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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1936
Page
13
Washington AP notes a year packed with surprises across all sports, from football to golf and tennis, prompting readers to quiz themselves on notable moments and champions such as Luke Appling, Paul Waner, Horton Smith, and Stanford’s Rose Bowl win over SMU.
Vernon Huffman of Indiana University, quarterback and basketball player, was named the Big Ten football player of greatest value for the 1936 season by a 23 member Chicago Tribune panel. Huffman scored top points, led passes, and helped Indiana tie Purdue 20 to 20 in the final game.
Georgia Tech Engineer offense uses razzle dazzle to stall California’s undefeated-looking season. Sims throws for touchdowns and Konemann scores as Tech edges Bears 13 to 7 in Atlanta. Bottari leads Cal with late drive and Bears nearly rally in final minutes.
Cleveland’s 18 year old pitching sensation Bob Feller will teach young players at Ray Doan’s baseball school in Hot Springs Arkansas. Doan said Feller accepted the offer to instruct the pitching students and Dizzy Dean also signed to tutor at the school.
Purdue Iowa Indiana and Northwestern lead the undefeated Big Ten as the league nears the championship race. Illinois Michigan and Ohio State also showing strong early form with several key matchups on the slate this week. The weekly schedule includes Montana at Purdue and Indiana at Butler among others.
Jesse Owens, the American sprint star, beat a race horse by six yards in a special 100 yard dash opening Cuba's international sports week. He ran 9.9 seconds with a 40 yard handicap given to the horse Julio Macaw, a five year old bay gelding. Owens said he could have run faster if better prepared.
Coral Gables Fla AP Tony Manero one time national open champion selects an all American golf team for 1936 led by Light Horse Harry Cooper of Chicago. Cooper is followed by Denny Shute Ralph Guldahl Henry Picard Horton Smith Gene Sarazen Ky Laffoon Jimmy Hines Byron Nelson and Paul Runyan in Manero's lineup.
Loyola defeats Nebraska 53 to 35 in a college basketball clash. Montana State tops Evansville 44 to 7. Long Island University posts a 41 to 29 win over Milneis. California leads Ohio State 33 to ? in another early season matchup.
A retrospective piece names Max Schmeling's knockout of Joe Louis, Northwestern over Minnesota, Carl Hubbell's pitching for the Giants, Jesse Owens at the Olympics, the Yankees pennant and World Series run, Bob Feller's 17 strikeouts, and DiMaggio's rise. It notes Brundage and Eleanor Holm Jarrett controversy, Landis’s contract ruling, football upsets from Pittsburgh to Minnesota, and Lawson Little and Fred Perry turning pro alongside Yale star Larry Kelley.
Loyola University beat Nebraska 53 to 35 as Loyola rallied in the second half behind Wiles Kautz who scored 20 points with eight field goals and four free throws. Colen added five field goals while Amen led Nebraska with six baskets and three free throws.
Long Island University with its 43rd straight win and tenth this season defeated Illinois Wesleyan 41 to 29 in New York. Illinois Wesleyan, carrying a 24 game streak, fought hard in the opening ten minutes but trailed from the start.
Ken Sandbach of Jersey City repeats as Princeton University's outstanding athlete for 1936. He won letters in football baseball and basketball and starred as quarterback for the Tiger eleven. He joins the all east squad to face the west in the California New Year’s day intersection game.
Word arrived of the marriage of Mrs. Leeila Morton Lantman, former Cedar Rapids resident and daughter of Nellie White, to Christy Mathewson Jr., son of the famed New York Giants pitcher. The ceremony took place in Coral Gables, Florida, last Tuesday.
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