Sports Echoes From Cedar Rapids Past And Present
History notes Cedar Rapids sports from boxing to bicycle racing and rowing. It recalls 1896 bicycle honors by Jackson White Coyle and Bell at Mason City, and a boat club with east Cedar Rapids boathouse leading midwest crews. It notes early prize fighting, Coe football with Cornell, winter skating on Cedar Lake, and 1933 declines of bicycle racing horse racing boating with Cedar Rapids risking no pro baseball that year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hill
Cedar Rapids
Western Association
Three Eye
Central Association
Hil
M. H. Sexton
Bunnies
Feague
Cedar Rapid
Rockford
Quincy
Fand Peoria
St. Joseph
Dubuque
Des Moines
Burlington
Rabbits
Ward
Betlee
Farence
Athletic Park
Bunny Park
Eta
Sinclairs
Printers
Farmers Insurance
Insurance Nine
Bill Hutchinson
Mai Kittredge
Cap Anson
Chicago Nationals
Hutchinson
Sinfae
Printera
Kittredge
Bill Dahlen
Chicago
Hofer
Pacific Coast League
Cedar Rapida
Jackson, White, Coyle and
Bell
Mason City
Boat Club
The
Cedar
FC Avenue Bridge
Middle West
Coe
Cornell
Cedar Lake
Slough
Somerville High School Produces Big League Baseball Talent
Somerville, Mass., a city of about 100000, is noted for its high school producing many major leaguers. Harold Traynor, Danny MacFayden, Francis Hogan headline a lineup of alumni playing for Pirates Yankees Giants and Braves, with others like Jimmy Galvin Arthur Graham Johnny Murphy and Haskell Billings shaping professional careers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerville
Mass
Harold
Pie) Traynor
Pittsburgh Pirates
Danny MacFayden
New York Yankees
Francis Hogan
New York Giants
Horace Ford
Boston Braves
Jimmy Galvin
Braves
Harrisburg
Arthur Graham
Yanks
Cumberland
Johnny Murphy
Giants
Haskell Billings
Detroit
Toronto
Brighton Undefeated In Ke-Wash League
Wellman Brighton high school leads the Ke-Wash conference with three wins and no losses in the loop. No league games this week. action resumes Jan 6 with Brighton at Richland and Jan 10 with Keota at Kalona followed by Wellman at West Chester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman
Brighton High School
Brighton
Richland
Keota
Kalona
West Chester
Chicago Five Faces Tough Season For Maroons
Chicago's University of Chicago basketball team appears set for a weak season after last year’s two wins. Coach Norgren relies on Keith Parsons James Porter Byron Evans and Ashley Offill while developing Bob Eldred and Bob Langford. Notre Dame visit February 4 and a March schedule against Purdue Wisconsin Northwestern and Michigan outline a challenging Big Ten slate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
University of Chicago
Maroon Five
Bradley Tech
Ohio State
Lake Forest
Beloit
Norgren
Keith Parsons
James Porter
Byron Evans
Parsons
Evans
Porter
Ashley Offill
Charles Merrifield
Bob Eldred
Bob Langford
Harold Wegner
Pat Page
Wegner
Page
Notre Dame
Maroons
Marquette
Wisconsin
India
Northwestern
Iowa
Chicagan
Michigan
Purdue
Indiana
One Girl Track Team Breaks Up Dance
Mildred Babe Didrikson, known as the one girl track team, attended a White Sulphur Springs dance then withdrew to swim. The orchestra and crowd followed to the hotel natatorium where Babe performed for about thirty minutes before leaving the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Mildred Babe Didrikson
Babe
Maranville and Evers Recalled in Baseball Anecdote
In a conference on baseball’s troubles, Ernie Quigley recounts a 1915 incident involving Rabbit Maranville and Johnny Evers. A hotel brawl over roiling mood led to a night watchman confrontation, with Evers fleeing, and Maranville’s bench-time suggestion from manager Stallings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Maranville
Evers
Ernie Quigley
Cincinnati
Jacklitsch
St. Louis
Kings Highway
Rabbit
Johnny
Eyers
Night
John
Stallings
Notre Dame Coaches Spawn Nationwide Football Network
Empire of Notre Dame coaches extends from South Bend to every major level. Ninety-one former players coached fifty-eight teams last season across universities colleges academies high schools pro squads and one prison eleven. Only Bachman and Miller lack assignments as others spread across major programs and smaller schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Notre Dame
Aes
South Bend
United States
Rockne
Washington Y Five Cards Busy Schedule
The Washington Y leaders set nine January games with teams including Alberta cleaners Cedar Rapids and local standouts. Manager Branton Kiescy arranges open house events and features a New Year game against former local stars vacationing in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bran
Ottumwa
Keokuk
Burlington
Rock Island
Oltuaiwa
Keota
Tentee
Wapello Legion
Also Mentioned on This Page
Karl Coutghiax
Dasphall
Aiowine
Ravdis
John McGraw
Bilt
Thi Sahian
Ortoler
Angen
Chen
Iheety
Belden Hill
Lincoln
Bill Long
Crescents
Batchelder Lyon
Hollom
Hurtt
Pannack
Win
Morin
Pratt
Hartsock
Bittenger
Lightner Jackson
Stone
McClenehan
Agner
James A. Plumb
Long A
Srume
Shes DaAcaiotiss
Billy Hofer
Baltimore
Russell Ford
Yankees
Neal Ball
Cleveland
Boston
Ennis Oakes
Pittsburgh
Mike Simon
Ivan Howard
Joe Jacobs
Max Schmeling
Jack Dempsey
Max Baer
Schmeling
Dempsey
Jess Willard
Los Angeles
Willard
Toledo
Pattery Service
Greasing Service
Auto Supply CO
2Nd Ave
10Th ST
Second Ave
Chicago Five
Kenneth D. Fry
United Press
WM. Tehel Bottling CO
Cedar Rapids Distributors
Evers Takes
Empire
S. Bend
Alma Mater
Charles Bachman
University of Florida
Don Miller
Four Horsemen Fame
James Phelan
Fordham
Heartley Anderson
Nordhoff Hoffman
Marchmont Schwa
Missouri
Frank O. Carideo
Noble Kizer
Edward “Slip” Madigan
St. Mary's
Oakland
Calif
Paul ‘Bucky’ O'Connor
Adam Walsh
Yale
Christy Flanagan
Rip Miller
John O’brien
Navy
Harry Mehre
Georgia
Joseph Bach
Duquesne
Norman Barry
de la Salle
Harry Baujan
Dayton
Joseph Benda
St. John's
Collegeville
Minn
Arthur Bergman
Catholic U
Joseph Boland
College of St. Thomas
St. Paul
Martin Brill
LaSalle
Philadelphia
Jack Cannon
Georgia Tech
Glenn Carberry
Michigan State
William Cerney
North Carolina
Charles Collins
Thomas Conley
Forrest Cotton
Clem Crowe
Xavier
Joseph Dienhart
Cathedral High
Indianapolis
Daniel Duffy
Holy Name
Wilbur Eaton
Howard Payne
Eugene Edwards
St. Vincent's
Beatty
Mal Edward
Jack Elder
Catholic Youth Organization
Rex Enright
A. J. Gebert
Wichita
Barry Holton
Wichita Falls
Tex
al. Howard
Ed Hun
Singer
Villanova
William Jones
Carroll
Helena
Montana
Thomas Kasper
South Dakota State
Thomas Kenneally
Rutgers
Daniel Larmont
Frank Leahy
Jay Lee
Buffalo
Thomas Lieb
Loyola
Joseph Locke
Frank Mayer
St. Thomas
Jack Meagher
Rice Institute
Joseph Meyer
Larry Mullins
St. Benedict's
Atchison
Kan
Eugene Murphy
Columbia
Portland
Jack Chevigny
Chicago Cardinals
Carl Cronin
Winnipeg
Ray de Cook
Renssalaer
Ind
Curly Lambeau
Green Bay Packers
John Law
Ossining
N. Y
Washington “Y
Adipcaspegy
Paul R. Wagner
Wagner Motor Co
3Rd Ave
8Th St
Plymouth
Distributors of
Graham
DE Soto
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