Packers In Fine Shape For Pro League Battle
The Green Bay Packers, led by Don Hutson back from injury, prepare for a national pro final against the New York Giants at the Polo Grounds. Coach Curly Lambeau hints at more passing with Hutson Isbell and Herber supporting, while Giants coach Steve Owen worries about fresh Packers and Hutson’s return.
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Giants
Polo Grounds
Redskins
Green Bays
Ie York
Green Bay Packers
Don Hutson
Philadelphia Eagles
Detroit Lions
Clark Hinkle
Curly Lambeau
Hutson
Cecil Isbell
Arnie Herber
Stout Steve Owen
Isbell
Worthington joins Nebraska State Loop
Worthington Minnesota residents voted to join the Nebraska league at an Athletic Club meeting. The town will guarantee 2500 season tickets while the league funds the team and players come from St. Louis Cardinals farm systems. Joe McDermott, former Grand Island manager, will lead the Worthington club with Sioux City Sioux Falls and Norfolk as league peers. Mitchell had indicated willingness to join if Worthington entered.
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Worthington Athletic Club
Worthington
St. Louis Cardinals
Joe McDermott
Grand Island
Nebr
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Norfolk
Neb
Mitchell
Toledo High To Open Cage Season With Gladbrook
The Toledo High Raiders start the basketball season December 13 against Gladbrook with returning players Bolt Smith and Winders. The schedule lists December 16 at Montezuma and January through February games versus Brooklyn Tama Belle Plaine and others, ending with Marengo on an indefinite date.
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Gazette
Toledo
Toledo High
Gladbrook
Bolt
Smith
Winders
Dee
Montezuma
Brooklyn
Elle Plaine
Tama
Muarengo
Belle Plaine
Taima
Marengo
Belle Plaine Hosts Diagonal In Opener At New Gym
Belle Plaine meets Diagonal in a home basketball game Saturday in the new high school gym. The showdown features the 1938 state champions and marks the gymnasium’s first use, promising to be the season’s top sporting event.
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Pryzette
AINE
Belle Plaine
Wile
Osts
Blackhawks Trade Doc Romnes To Toronto
Elvin Doc Romnes center for Chicago traded to Toronto Maple Leafs for center Bill Thoms. Connie Smythe Toronto manager said it is a straight swap with no cash involved. Both players to be in uniform when clubs meet here Saturday night.
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Elvin ‘Doc” Romnes
Chicago Blackhawks
National Hockey League
Toronto Maple Leafs
Bill Thoms
Connie Smythe
State Teachers Bow To Illinois Five
Cedar Falls Iowa AP Town State Teachers college edged Western Illinois State Teachers of Macomb 51 to 43 in a tight clash. Iowa State Teachers reserves added a 37 to 27 victory over Western Illinois reserves.
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Cedar Falls
Town State Teachers College
Western Illinois State Teachers of
Three-period college basketball trial tops Davenport schedule
St Ambrose faces Cornell in Davenport in the first game under a new three 15 minute period plan with eight minute rests between periods. Coach Dukes Duford notes faster pace, more rest for players and extra coaching chances, predicting higher scoring and fan enjoyment. Grinnell reveals 1939 football schedule with nine tough fall games spanning Sept 23 to Nov 18, including Monmouth, Carleton, Cornell, Beloit, Coe, Drake, Simpson and Colorado College.
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Dukes Duford
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Midwest
Grinnell College
Pioneers
Monmouth
Carleton
Grinnell
Beloit
Coe
Drake
Missouri Valley
Simpson
Colorado College
Iowa State
Ames
Cedar Rapids
Kohawks
Marion Five Hosts Springville Cagers Friday
Marion five returns home to face Springville Friday at 8 p m after two close losses to Anamosa and Monticello. A curtain raiser between the second teams starts at 7 p m. The squad features mainly sophomores and juniors with Coach Coffman substituting freely to find a winning combination.
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Monticello
Marion Cagers
Springville
Coffman
Chicago Maroons Will Think Less and Play More Next Season
Chicago's Maroons coach Clark Shaughnessy announced a major shift toward reducing plays by more than half to emphasize execution and physical drills. The plan aims to ease academic schedules and boost close scores, following a season with lopsided losses and low attendance.
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Chicago
Maroons
Clark Shaughnessy
Shaughnessy
Long
Bradley Tech
Depauw
Three Teams Remain Undefeated In Local Table Tennis League
Knapp Investments Marion and Belden Hill retain perfect records after five weeks of play at the Y. The local league table shows three teams yet to suffer a defeat.
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Knapp Investments
Marion
Belden Hill
Teams Tightly Bunched in NHL Race as Standings Fight On
In the NHL standings the leaders are within three points of each other. Boston Bruins idle with 15 points hold first, while the New York Rangers moved to 14 after a 6-5 win over Montreal Canadiens. New York Americans sit two points back with a 1-1 draw against Detroit in the other game.
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United Press
National Hockey League
Boston Bruins
New York Rangers
Montreal Canadiens
New York Americans
Detroit
Boston Tee Beens Ceeeee Tbp
Canadiens
Haben
Maquoketa Junior College Beats Lost Nation Five 53 38
Maquoketa Indians win over Lost Nation Independent basketball 53 to 38 on Thursday. M Jones leads Maquoketa with 20 points while Seng Phederman and Daniels each score eight for Lost Nation. Visitors trail until final quarter after early leads.
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Maquoketa Junior College Indians
Lost Nation
M. Jones
Indians
Seng
Phederman
Daniels
Norway Alumni Triumph Over Fairfax 40 to 23
The Norway Alumni basketball team defeated the Fairfax Young Men's Club 40 to 23 on Wednesday evening in Norway. The contest featured strong defense from Norway and a clear scoring edge to secure the win.
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Norway Basket
Fairfax
Gazett Norway
Norway
Fairfax Young Men’s Club
Dundee Basket Teams Win Two From Aurora
Dundee visitors claim a doubleheader sweep over Aurora. The girls edge Aurora 27 to 26 in a tight game, while the Dundee boys win 28 to 14. Aurora girls suffer their first defeat in seven games.
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Dundee Basket
Aurora
Dundee
Troy Mills Wins. Winthrop First Team Splits Double-Header
The Troy Mills first team defeated Winthrop 40 to 37 in a Wednesday double-header opener while Winthrop’s second team claimed the nightcap 26 to 13.
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the Gazette
Troy Mills
Winthrop
Minor league meetings in New Orleans delay Cedar Rapids decision
A telegram from Harry Johnson says the Cedar Rapids connection with a big league club will be delayed about ten days. The New Orleans session shows minor leagues expanding to 37 leagues since 1932 and stressing safeguards for owners players and finances. Newsweek announces consensus all america football team while Grantland Rice selects a different eleven.
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Harry Johnson
Cedar Rapids
Raiders
Johnson
New York
W. G. Bramham
Minor League Association
L. N. Addington
Bas
Ballyhoo
Chamber of Commerce
Addington
Bramham
Texas Christian and Cornell Dominate Collier All America Picks
Unbeaten Texas Christian and Cornell each place two players on Collier's all America team chosen by Grantland Rice. Texas Christian fields quarterback David O'Brien and Ki Aldrich at center, while Cornell earns A Sidney Roth at guard and William McKeever at tackle.
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Holland
Cornell
Young
Oklahoma
Beiner
Notre Dame
Wolff
Santa Clara
Heikkinen
Michigan
Smith
Southern California
Aldrich
Texas Christian
O'Brien
Goldberg
Pittsburgh
McLeod
Dartmouth
Battari
California
NEW York
Texas Christian University
Grantland Rice
Horned Frogs
David O'Brien
Ki Aldrich
A. Sidney Roth
William McKeever
Bowden Wyatt
Tennessee
Roland Young
Joseph Edward Reiner
Ralph Heikkinen
Sidney Roth
David O’brien
Robert Macleod
Vic Bottari
Marshall Goldberg
Collins Succeeds Gus Schrader As Champion
Emory Collins of LeMars and Los Angeles dirt track racer announced on arrival that he has been named world dirt track champion by the National Association of State Fair Secretaries in Chicago. The Grant trophy, symbol of the title, was awarded. first granted 30 years ago to Barney Oldfield.
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Emory Collins
Los Angeles
National Association of State Fair
Chicago
International Motor Contest Association
Collins
Gus Schrader
Grant
Barney Oldfield
Iowa Swimmers to Florida Holiday Training Trip
Iowa City University of Iowa swimmers prepare for their annual Florida trip over Christmas vacation. A 15 athlete squad will depart by car December 16 for a ten day stay at Fort Lauderdale to sharpen for the upcoming schedule, coach David Armbruster says.
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Iowa City
University of Iown
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Aquatic Forum
David Armbruster
Hartwick boys top Victor 19 to 6 in doubleheader win
Hartwick's boys beat Victor 19 to 6 while the Hartwick girls fell 58 to 21 in the twin bill. The games were reported by The Guzette from Hartwick.
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Guzette
Hartwick
Wyoming Beats Monmouth In Local Floor Matchup
Wyoming defeated Monmouth 38 to 27 on the local floor as Wyoming seconds topped Monmouth second team 15 to 11. Willman, Wyoming center, led with 25 points. in the girls game Wyoming beat Clarence 43 to unknown.
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Wyoming
Monmouth
Wyoming Seconds
Willman
Wyoming Girls
Clarence
Teufel Winner Gordon Jump Trophy At Iowa
Fred Teufel of Davenport was named winner of the Gordon Jump Trophy at Iowa intramural track. He jumped 21 feet 14 inches to beat Newton freshman Bill Green who had 20 feet 11 inches and Andy Kantor of Missouri Valley with 19 feet 9 inches.
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Iowa Cnty
Fred Teufel
Davenport
University of Land
Gordon Broac
Teufel
Bill Green
Newton
Andy Kantor
Missouri Valley
A Baird
Rochester
N. Y
Montezuma Braves Triumph Over New Sharon
Montezuma defeated New Sharon 30 to 26 in a Tuesday night game. Forrest Gorsuch led Montezuma with 14 points, pacing the Braves to the win.
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the Gazette
Montezuma
New Sharon
Baldwin Beaten on Home Floor by Oxford Junction
Baldwin bas keteers lose 24 to 8 at home to Oxford Junction on Wednesday night.
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the Gazette
Baldwin
Baldwin Basketeers
Oxford Junction
Real estate transfers and deeds listed in Linn County records
Transactions cover Josephine Hart transferring Lot 4 Block 4 Hart's First Addition Kenwood Park to Ray J and Anne Ales as joint tenants. Additional deeds include Linn County to Verda M Widger parcels in Marion, U S of America patent copies to McLoud Ford King, Fink to Costello, Seysler to Ruby Seysler, and Sanford Seysler with multiple, varied property interests and cemetery rights, dated 1938 to 1852.
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Ray J
Anne Ales
Hart's Ist
Treas Linn County
Verda
Widger
Daniels
Marion
Daniel's
John G McLoud
Thomas Ford
David W King
Fred .J Fink
Leonard A Costello
Brown
Valcon
Sanford T Seysler
Ruby Seysler
Mound View
Orig Town
Barry and
Ward
Walker
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Northern Ry Co
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
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Gibson
Chicago Gridmen
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Gundine
Monarch
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Elks Club
Io Alberts Cleaners
McKesson Churchit
Wilton and Co
Trench
Earl
Collier
Florida
Stuarts Way
Lea
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ATRA
Stuart
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Morgan Bros
Third Avenue SE
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