Roosevelt High Teams Reflect Strong 1937 Season
Roosevelt and other Cedar Rapids public high schools enjoyed a strong 1937 year in basketball track and football. Roosevelt surpassed rivals in city and conference play, with Carl Fjellman Kari Ryerson as star scorers, while football crowned Franklin as city champion and Dubuque claimed the Mississippi Valley title. The district meet featured notable track performances by Stanley Mrkvicka of Wilson.
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Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt Court
Iowa
Rough Rider
Carl Fjellman
Kari Ryerson
West Side
Franklin
Muscatine
Monticello
Davenport
Roosevelt
Coe Field
Clinton
Stanley Mrkvicka
Wilson
Rambler Star
Hank Vollenweider
Dubuque
Thunderbolts
Ramblers
McKinley
Bears
East Siders
Ore
Marshalltown
Immaculate Conception
St. Patrick’s
St. Wenceslaus
Wellman Sweeps Brighton in Ke-Wash League Showdown
Wellman Wildcats routed Brighton 46 to 16, led by Harold Moothart Russell Ross and Carol Yoder with 16 15 and 15 points. Richland stayed undefeated in league play by beating West Chester 34 to 17, with Ward scoring 19 for Richland. Kalona trounced Keota 21 to 17 as Drollinger Welte and Gingerich keyed the attack. Next Ke-Wash games: Jan 7 Keota at Wellman Richland at Kalona West Chester at Brighton.
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Gazette
Wellman
Wellman Wildcats
Brighton
Wellman Cagers
Brighton Bears
Wetrick
Schwartz
Red Moothart
Harold Moothart
Russell Ross
Carol Yoder
McClean
Mineart
Richland
West Chester
Ward
Thrapp
Statler
Kalona
Keota
Drollinger
Welte
Gingerich
Keola
W. L. Pet. Richland
Sepestes
Tao
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Quaker Oats to Meet Racine's Lunch Monday Night
The Quaker Oats basketball team faces Racine's Lunch of Iowa City on the Stuart Hall floor Monday at 8 o'clock. The game pits two local outfits in a late season clash with potential regional implications.
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Quakers
Racine’s
Iowa City
Quaker Oats
Racine
Iowa Citty
Stuart Hall
De Correvont to go to Midwest college
Star football and baseball prospect Bill De Correvont plans to attend a Midwest college after high school graduation on January 28. He has narrowed choices to Notre Dame Northwestern Ohio State Wisconsin Illinois or Chicago and will announce after the Rose Bowl trip with his mother. He values education and athletic ambition and recalls his Austin high teammates with high praise.
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George Kirkley
United Press
Chicago
Bill de Correvont
Midwest
Notre Dame
Northwestern
Ohio State
Wisconsin
Illinois
de Correvant
Warner Brothers
de Correvont
Harriet de Correvant
Bill
Mills Stadium
West Side
Austin
Mills Field
Nagurski Welcomes First Child Before Christmas
Bronko Nagurski, famed football star and wrestling claimant, and his wife welcomed an eight and a half pound son this Christmas. The couple said Bronko expected to recover in time to appear in a scheduled match on Tuesday. This is the Nagurskis' first child.
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Minneapolis
Bronko Nagurski
Bronko
Nagurskis
Chess Is Certainly A Hair-Raising Sport
James Cannon reports on a Yale Marshall Club round robin where Harkvard defeats Dartmouth Yale and Princeton in a tense chess match. Spectators observe silent boards two hours per 36 moves amid oil portraits and a wax museum mood, noting the intense focus and sportsmanlike endings.
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New York
Willard
Marshall Chess Club
Hark Vard
Dartmouth
Yale
Princeton
O’brien
Sec‘tion
Hawkeyes Set for 300th Big Ten Game Jan 8
Iowa starts its 38th Western conference season by hosting Indiana in the field house on January 8 marking the Hawkeyes 300th Big Ten game. Iowa has won 117 of 299 Big Ten contests for a .391 winning percentage. The program has shared two conference titles, in 1923 with Wisconsin and in 1926 with Purdue Indiana and Michigan.
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Garette
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Hawkeyes
Indiana
Fred Beebe
Wisconsin
Purdue
Michigan
Iowa
Minnesota
Mrs M Cutcheon A Bowling Missionary
Cedar Rapids women will learn bowling from Floretta McCutcheon the champion woman bowler. She rose from obscurity to defeat Jimmy Smith in 1927 and later taught thousands through bowling schools. Her aim is to expand women's participation making bowling a woman’s game.
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Pueblo
Cole
Cedar Rapids
Floretta McCutcheon
Red Crown
Jimmy Smith
Colorado
Jimmy
Denver
McCutcheon
Smith
Comet Tells Of Days As Tennis Star Maurice McLaughlin
A profile of Maurice McLaughlin once known as the California Comet. The piece recalls his rise from a poor boy to Davis Cup hero, his amateur stance, and the toll of travel and competition on his life, ending with a toast to the volunteers who supported him.
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Adent
Hollywood
Maurice McLaughlin
Little Boy Blue
Lawn Tennis Association
Mac
Charley
Ted
Joe
United States
California
Maurie
Johnston
Bill
George Lott
J. Donald Budge
Mauric
Vines
Lott
United States Lawn Tennis Association
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