Iowa to Meet Carleton in Basket Duel Saturday at Iowa City
Iowa will defend its unblemished record against Carleton College at the Bastian Center. Lineups feature Blackmer replacing Bastian at center with Barko moving to forward, while Carleton relies on captain Chet Raasch and a restricted roster. Coaches Williams and Diebold bring shared coaching lineage under Walter Meanwell.
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Hitler Takes Personal Charge Of 1936 Olympic Games
BERLIN INS Adolf Hitler assumes personal control of Germanys 1936 Olympic effort. He proclaims construction of a world class stadium and urges organizations to back a grand games while the Reich sports leader answers only to him. The move comes amid debates over a Jewish exclusion and tensions with the American Amateur Athletic Union.
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Sonnenberg Magent Draws Wrestling Fans in Iowa
Sonnenberg tops the wrestling scene with strong attendance in Davenport, Cedar Rapids, and other towns. The article notes his gate receipts exceeding $50,000 in big cities and high turnout in smaller venues, with a planned match against George Mack and a likely strong crowd for the Boston Cave Man encounter. The local high school gym hosts the events, and the Cedar Rapids crowd with Joe DeVito is highlighted. The piece also lists the local basketball squad featuring Fehlhofer, Sauegling, Guttenberg, Gerber, Rath, Stoops, Larson, Kramer, Wolf, and Wistrick.
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Elkader High School
Elkader Organizes Independent Quintet Reach Local Debut
Elkader forms an independent basketball team for the first time in years. Joint managers Lorimer Gilje and Joe Donlon, both former U. S. men, lead the squad. The season opener pits Elkader against the Marquette independents on Saturday evening in Elkader.
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Douglass Joins Alberts For Big Five Cage Duel
Benny Douglass joins Alberts in the Savoy Big Five lineup for a Coe gym battle Monday night against a fast Negro basket squad. Grinnell star and former Brooklyn NPL player in good shape after the fall season. Starting five likely Eddie Break, George Van Deusen, Lefty Schnack, Douglass, Bobby Kinnan. Tickets on sale at Belden Hill's and other outlets.
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Anamosa High And Marion Basketmen Struggle Tonight
Anamosa hosts Marion in a high school basketball clash with only a week of practice. Starters include Mershon Weiderman Hayner and Quinn Paul, while last season’s letter-winners lead the lineup. Last year each team split two games, Anamosa winning 12 2 at home and Marion 39 10 at home.
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Peering Into Baseball’s Shifting Power Shapes
The piece surveys the 1930s American League balance with Eastern strength likened to a lasting trend, notes the A’s player losses, and predicts Red Sox prominence. It discusses the Cubs Hafey trade derailment, Cincinnati ownership influence, and the Missouri Valley Conference’s fragile future amid Butler's exit and potential realignments for six-member play.
London doctors grow smallpox vaccine in eggs
Two London doctor scientists succeeded in producing smallpox vaccine virus from chicken eggs rather than calf lymph. Material obtained from twenty eight eggs could vaccinate seven thousand persons.
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Barker denies quitting Cornell amid coaching rumors
Dick Barker rebutted reports linking him to a South Dakota university and a Cornell College vacancy. He said he has made no move to leave Cornell and plans to remain in his current roles. The Chicago story tied Judd Dean of Simpson College to the Cornell post, noting Dean’s credentials and past Iowa Conference titles.
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Cornell Travels To Battle Ripon Lawrence Fives
Mount Vernon Iowa The Cornell basketball team opens its Midwest conference race this weekend meeting Ripon Friday and Lawrence Saturday in Badger fives strongholds Coach Burt O Connor relies on sophomores with four of the starting unit likely to be in their first varsity season Still and Underwood to start at forwards Coffman at center and Henke and Berve at guard against Ripon and Lawrence.
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Pittsburgh Plays Purdue as Buckeyes Meet Ontario Five
Pittsburgh's basketball team opens its Western conference schedule Friday night against Purdue, while Ohio State hosts Western Ontario at Columbus. Pittsburgh brings four of the five regulars from last year's defeat of Purdue, as the Boilermakers counter with a strong contingent of lettermen.
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