Nile Kinnick Voted Outstanding Athlete of 1939
Nile Kinnick of Iowa edged Joe DiMaggio by eight points in the AP poll for 1939 outstanding athlete. The tally shows football, baseball and other sports represented, with Kinnick as top choice by 21 experts and DiMaggio earning 11 first-place votes.
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Joe Louis
Bucky Walters
Eddie Anderson
Associated Press
Hawkeyes
Joe DiMaggio
New York Yankees
Iowa
Otes
Ne York
Nile Kinnick
Kinnick
DiMaggio
Cincinnati Reds
Byron Nelson
Don Budge
California
Compa
Parker Hill
Mississippi
Tom Harmon
Michigan
George Cafero
Tennessee
Pitchin
Paul Christman
Missouri
Li'l
Davey O'Brien
Philadelphia Eagles
Don Hutson
Green Bay Pro Packers
Ken Kavanaugh
Louisiana State
Esco Sarkkinen
Ohio State
Charley Keller
Yankees
Williams
Boston Red Sox
Walters
Cincinnati
Paul Derringer
Reds
High School Cage Cards and 1924-25 College News
Basketball and football notes from area high schools and colleges. Includes game results such as St. Patrick's 17-14 over Sacred Heart of Waterloo and Grant versus Dubuque 35-22, plus Cedar Rapids and Notre Dame items. Also mentions All-America picks by Walter Camp and upcoming Rose Bowl preparations.
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Sacred Heart of Waterloo
Schamberger
Grant
Dubuque
Melvin Wessel
St. Patrick’s
Washington High
Iowa
University of Southern California
Los Angeles
Tommy Gibbons
Kid Norfolk
Jack Dempsey
Davis
Walsh
International News Service
Red Grange
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Horsemen
Wakefield
Vanderbilt
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Pennsylvania
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Chicago
Horrell
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Diehl
Dartmouth
Weir
Neb
Luman
Yale
Stuhlsdreher
Grange
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Layden
Wabash
Laude
Eddie Hines
Washington
Bob Sheldon
Fort Dodge
Coe
Pasadena
Ira Carrithers
Frank Shimek
Iowa City
Walter Camp
Higgins
Penn State
Miller
West
Colgate
Henry
Washington and Jefferson
Alexander
Syracuse
Youngstrom
Weaver
McMillin
Casey
Harvard
Harley
Ohio State
Rodgers
West Virginia
Cornell
Headley
Hurlburt
Kepler
Lemon
Sanderson
Shimek
Findlayson
McConnell
Nicalous
Worth
Cedar Rapids High
High School Athletic Association
Iowa sports highlights from 1934 and 1929 week
Viewing the Field recalls 1934 Iowa games with Carleton 36-23 St Patricks 31-14 Northwestern coaching change 1934 notes Washington highs 33-27 Iowa City and St Ambrose 31-18 Coe 33-32 Grinnell 1929 Plunkett leads 35-26 over Duquesne St Wenceslaus 18-17 St Marys Northwestern 30-14 James A Blake affidavit on Elmer Marek Iowa offers for games outside Big Ten 14 Hawkeyes deemed ineligible loans from trust fund Augustana 44-24 Coe 24 Clinton 25-14.
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Iowa
Carleton
St. Patrick’s
St. Pat’s
Iowa City
McDermott
Hays
Shamrocks
Iowa State
Coe
Cowen
Cyclones
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Northwestern
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Hanley
Washington High
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Nicholas
Snyder
St. Ambrose Academy
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Frye
Mason
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Duquesne
St. Wenceslaus
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George Pisarik
Red Hawks
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Iowa City Railway
F. A. Marek
Elmer Marek
Ohio State University
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Fenn State
Detroit
Drake
Fordham
Marquette
Hawkeyes
Oran Pape
Mike Farrah
Irving Nelson
Augustana
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Egereg
Quaker Cagers Bow To Eldridge Squad
The Quaker Oats basketball team lost its second non league game of the season 37 to 35 at Stuart Hall to Eldridge Hawkeye Garage. Both teams tied for high scoring with 10 points each. Gam ber of Eldridge had nine.
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Stuart Hall
Hawkeye Garage
Eldridge
Lachel
Gamber
Packers Capture Fifth National Pro Football Title
The Green Bay Packers defeated the New York Giants 27 to 0 to win the 1939 NFL championship in Milwaukee. Cecil Isbell, Andy Uram, Clarke Hinkle and Joe Laws sparked a 40 yard drive leading to a field goal and a TD. A crowd of 32,279 paid a gross of $83,510. players earned $703 each, Giants $455.
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Milwaukee
Green Bay Packers
New York Giants
Giants
Packers
Green Bay
Cecil Isbell
Andy Uram
Clarke Hinkle
Engebretsen
Bays
Gantenbein
New York
Isbell
Joe Laws
Ernie Smith
Packer
Des Moines Fight Card Adds Simms Nestell for Dec 18
Eddie Simms and Bob Nestell are set to fight on the Christmas Inc card in Des Moines promoted by Pinkie George. Simms will face Lee Savold while Nestell from Los Angeles joins as an added attraction with opponent yet to be named.
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Des Moines
Eddie Simms
Bob Nestell
Christmas, Inc
Pinkie George
Simms
Joe Louis
Will Box
Lee Savold
Sensation
Maurice Strickland
Nestell
Los Angeles
Calif
Savold-Simms
Northeast Iowa high school group suspends Charles City
In a special session the Northeast Iowa High School Athletic association voted to suspend Charles City for failing to schedule the required 10 basketball games. The Comets, with eight league games, faced representation from Osage Cresco Oelwein Decorah and New Hampton. A rotating schedule will be adopted while current season requires eight league games.
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NEW Hampton
Northeast Iowa High School Athletic Association
Charles City
Comets
Osage
Cresco
Oelwein
Decorah
Dizzy Dean To Aid At Baseball School
Dizzy Dean will instruct baseball students at Ray Dean's annual school in Hot Springs Arkansas this winter. He will teach from February 18 to April 1 alongside Gabby Street Johnny Mostil and Dick Kerr with Bill McGowan and Red Ormsby conducting an umpiring course.
Red Pepper Sports Confirms Preseason Trade Talk
Before the baseball meetings, Chicago White Sox manager Jimmy Dykes argued against trading first liners unless the return is stronger, while publishers predicted few major deals. The piece cites Jim Turner, Les Scarsella, Taft Wright, Julius Solters, Pete Appleton, Marv Owen, and other trades among the Pirates, Bees, Cubs, Red Sox, Tigers, and Athletics, noting the overall exchange lacked significant first-line impact.
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Jimmy Dykes
Chicago White Sox
Rogers Hornsby
Clark Griffith
Washington
Cecil Travis
Detroit
Griffith
Hank Greenberg
Travis
Kenesaw M. Landis
Cincinnati
Jim Turner
Boston
Les Scarsella
Cash
Bees
Turner
Scarsella
Rip Radcliff
Gerald Walker
Sox
Radcliff
Taft Wright
Senators
Walker
Julius Solters
Oxy
Another DiMaggio on road to majors
Column rounds up sports chatter and rumors. mentions Lefty O Douro cousins to Joe DiMaggio, Zeke Bonura salary talks with Phillies, Dick Prothro, Bill Terry, and other baseball items. Notes awards for Red Barber, Joe seeds offer, and various coaching tidbits with humorous asides.
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Dimaggio
Dan Daniel
N. Y
World Telegram
Doc Prothro
Phillies
Bill Terry
Zeke Bonura
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Zeke
Giants
Doc
Bill Klein
Tom Yawkey
Boston U
Red Sox
Dodgers
Red Barber
Brooklyn
Sporting News
Bob Seeds
The
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Roger Peckinbaugh
Bob
Newsboy Boxing Show Tonight at Immaculate Conception
The annual newsboy benefit boxing show begins at 7:30 p.m. at the Immaculate Conceptionnasium with Alex Fidler organizing all bouts. Golden Gloves boxers from the Community House face newsboy opponents as ring fireworks light the event, with proceeds aiding the newsboys who sponsor the show.
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Newsboy
Immaculate Conceptionnasium
Alex Fidler
Golden Gloves
Newsboys
Iowa Hawkeyes Tangle With Denver U Tonight
The Iowa Hawkeyes host Denver University in a non conference game at the Iowa City field house. Coach Rollie Williams relies on freshmen and sophomores as Iowa tests depth with starters likely Seigel Lind and Hein. Time is 7 30 with WSUI broadcasting the game.
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Gazette
Iowa City
Denver University
Iowa
University of Iowa Hawkeyes
Pioneers
Rollie Williams
Carleton College
Northfield
Minn
James Millikin College
Decatur
Iowans
Minnesota
Williams
Vic Seigel
Davenport
Millikin
Seigel
Tom Lind
Burlington
Dick Hein
Erie
Ill
Dick Evans
Chicago
Hawks
Rudy Soderquist
Rapid City
S.D
Vince Harsha
Oxford
Paul Siglin
Ceda Falls
Erwin Prasse
Prasse
Denver
Walter Walls
Norman Maris
Iowa Denver
Holy Cross Tops Five-Year Football Ranking Says AP
New York AP notes Holy Cross lead five-year football standings with a .886 win rate and 39 wins, five losses, four ties. Alabama slips to sixth after five-year period. Villanova Fordham tied for second with .857. Duke and North Carolina fourth and fifth. Tennessee tenth after perfect last season.
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NEW York
Holy Cross
Associated Press
Crusaders
Alabama
Crimson Tide
Villanova
Fordham
Duke
North Carolina
Tennessee
Sign Remains Of Huskers Celebration At Lincoln Cafe
Lincoln cafe owner keeps a sign above the counter reading Tomato juice, aspirin, black coffee, and our sympathy-15 cents to mark the Nebraska Cornhuskers football season wrap. The sign captures the lighthearted aftermath of the celebrations in Lincoln.
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Lincoln, Neb
Ins
Nebraska
Cornhuskers
Lincoln
YMC A Christmas Handball Pairings Announced
The YMCA announces the Christmas handball pairings for men 19 to 25 years and middle aged brackets. Matches include Breffa vs. Simon, Johnson byes, Seaton and Seaton paired with Wilson, and Simon vs. Wright in the 19 25 group. Other divisions list numerous first round matchups with byes noted.
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Sam Johnson
Howard A
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Verle Wright
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H. Seaton
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B. L. Jackson
J. Wasta
al Goodyear
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Vernon Johnson
John Beck
Charlies Lebeda
Russell Knapp
Louis Burkhaiter
5Am Abrams
Vernon Spurrier
Gene Leonard
Frank Healy
Pete Topic
Hero Killian
Bob Kutchera
Genase & Abrams
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Ranen
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Beck
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Burhatter
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Spurrier
Russpere
Nissen
Cue Knapp
Otto Ambroz
J. Kelly
Geerse Liddle
F. Keehn
Achter
Bop Janda
Pra Coyne Se
Ira Carrithers
Gee Ie
Texas A and M and Tennessee Primed for New Year Bowls
Tennessee seeks to extend its 23 game winning streak by facing Southern California in the Rose Bowl while Texas A and M targets Tulane in the Sugar Bowl. The Sugar and Orange bowls present Missouri and Georgia Tech and Boston College and Clemson respectively as other major attractions.
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Texas A
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Southern California
New Orleans
Miami
Missouri
Georgia Tech
Dallas
Tex
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Clemson
el Paso
Arizona State
Catholic University of Washington
D. C
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Southern Cats
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Heavy firing on Iowa cage front opens week slate
Des Moines AP reports a busy early season with three games Monday night across Iowa. Iowa State hosts Denver at Ames Wednesday. Drake and Iowa start road trips with Maryville Teachers and Wayne University. Grinnell hosts Iowa State Teachers. Parsons and Buena Vista open the Iowa conference race. Midwest teams visit from Lawrence College and Cornell with Grinnell and Coe.
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Izy
Ictory
Simpson
Iowa
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Cyclones
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Bulldogs
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Wayne University
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Cedar Falls
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Storm Lake
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Coe
Lisbon Bears Dethrone Mechanicsville Ma roons 58 to 42
Lisbon Bears defeated Mechanicsville Ma roons 58 to 42 Saturday at Mechanicsville. For Lisbon games contact Joe Bova at Lisbon or call No 19 there.
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Lisbon
Mechanicsville Maroons
Mechanicsville
Joe Bova
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