Local high schools schedule a full week of basketball
Cedar Rapids teams Wilson Franklin St Wenceslaus and Immaculate Conception begin a dense week with two games per team through Friday. Highlights include St Patrick's vs St Marys and McKinley vs Wilson with Immaculate Conception visiting Sacred Heart Waterloo and St Wenceslaus at OLV Waterloo.
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Franklin
St. Wenceslaus
Immaculate Conception
Newhall
Bt. Mary's
Iowa City
St. Patrick's
Pranklin
Perry
Priday
McKinley
Sacred Heart
Waterloo
Roosevelt
Davenport
Pranklian
Webster City
East Waterloo
St. Mary's
Shamrocks
Iowa City Five
Whson
Hindu Mat Artist on Thursday Card Promises Big Show
Dynamite Gus Sonnenberg headlines a Memorial Coliseum wrestling card with three main events. Prince Bhu Pinder of Calcutta, a 225-pound Hindu sensation, faces Ray Steele of Glendale. Sonnenberg, ex-Dartmouth star, meets Johnny Marrs of Cheyenne as Sun Jennings draws straws with Frank Brown of Houston in opening.
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Gus Sonnenberg
Memorial Coliseum
Prince Bhu Pinder
Calcutta
Pinder
Ray Steele
Glendale
Calif
Sonnenberg
Dartmouth
Johnny Marrs
Cheyenne
Wyo
Marrs
Sun Jennings
Frank Brown
Houston
Texas
Motorcycle Riders of 25 Years Ago Plan Jan 8 Meet
Motorcycle riders who rode in 1910 to 1915 will gather at the Barn room of the Montrose hotel on Saturday evening January 8. About 50 former members are targeted with invitations. Current officers are Harry Yonkers president Ed Meisel vice president Fred Currell secretary and Ben Rubins treasurer. Members are expected from California Colorado Michigan Ohio and Illinois as the club seeks names and addresses to mail invitations.
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Montrose
Harry Yonkers
Ed Meisel
Fred Currell
Ben Rubins
California
Colorado
Michigan
Ohio
Illinois
Traer to Meet Geneseo Basket Team Tuesday
Traer fans expect the largest crowd of the season as the home team faces Geneseo next Tuesday in Traer gym. The Geneseo squad, led by Coach Harold Hartman, boasts a strong record and high scoring games, while Traer aims to reverse past results with solid recent showings. A second-team game opens the twin program, and Traer’s band will perform during intermission.
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TRAER
Geneseo
Stavenhagen
Harold Hartman
Traer High School
Menu Of Don ts For Football Coaches
A satirical guide lists fifteen don ts for football coaches with cautions on losses, workload, discipline, system, finances, and public image. It mocks coaching pressures, urges balance, warns against vanity, and ends claiming adherence prevents disaster.
Vines Predicted To Win 1938 National Amateur Golf Title
Henry McLemore reports Bing Crosby backs Ellsworth Vines as 1938 national amateur golf champion. Vines, famed tennis star, shows rapid golf improvement since 1932, finishing sixth in the California state open with rounds 73 74 76 81. He plans to play the national amateur this year and cites a prior USGA eligibility letter.
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Henry McLemore
United Press
Los Angeles
Bing Crosby
Velvet
Crosbys
Ellsworth Vines
Crosby
Lakeside Golf Club
Bing
Vines
Ellsworth
White Sulphur Springs
Pasadena
Fred Perry
United States Golf Association
Harry Cooper
Pitchers Return to Iowa practice as drills resume
University of Iowa baseball resumes drills at the fieldhouse after a three week recess. Coach Otto Vogel aims to add six pitchers before February 2, with five freshmen joining the squad and several returnees trying new roles as Hawkeyes prepare for a southern schedule pending final opponents.
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Stowa City
Otto Vogel
University of Iowa
Hawkeye
Kenneth Reid
Rose Hill
Gosser
Lowell Gosser
Manson
Gene Hinrichs
Rockwell City
Harold Manders
Adel
Howard Miller
Bennett
Iowa
Manders
Detroit Tigers
Texas
Evangeline
Miller
Hinrichs
Deroit
Art Manush
Burlington
Emil Sulek
Iowa City
Marvin Kaplan
Cedar Rapids
Charles
James Cook
Williamsburg
Matt Faber
Remsen
Dan Sherman
Des Moines
James Knipe
Armstrong
Keith Wymore
Gibson
Sherman
Hawkeyes
Vogel
Vines Aims to Bring Humility and Enthusiasm for Golf
Vines credits former Davis Cup partner George Lott for sparking his golf interest and recalls bets on his future in national amateur and Open qualifications and a 300 score in a 72 hole event. He predicts strong support and high energy for the sport in the years ahead.
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Says
Vines
George Lott
George
Brother Lott
Copsrisht
Dysart Independents Win Twice In Local Games
Dysart’s newly formed American Legion Independent basketball team won two games at the school gym this week. They defeated the Waterloo Couriers 25 to 12 and edged the Independent team of Winton 27 to 20 in the two opening contests.
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Stanford
Indians
Hank Luisetti
Phil Zone
Art Stoeffen
Luisetti
Jack Calderwood
Bob Zone
Dysart
American Legion
Waterloo Couriers
Winton
Fishbach Wins Indoor Singles Tennis Crown
Joseph Fishbach, 17, freshman at St. John's in Brooklyn, defeated Marvin Kantrowitz 6-1 6-3 6-4 to win the national junior indoor singles championship in New York. Kantrowitz and Roberta Low then won the doubles title 6-4 6-1 5-7 6-2, as Low completed a boys doubles win with Stanley Slater Jr.
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NEW York
Joseph Fishbach
Marvin Kantrowitz
Fishbach
St. John’s University
Brooklyn
Kantrowitz
Roberta A. Low
Stanford
Bellis
David S. Johnson
Roosevelt High
Washington
D C
Bender
Low
Stanley F. Slater, Jr
Scarborough School
Southpaw
Miles Suchin
Irving Prep
Grant D. Small, Jr
Tarrytown
Local college and high school hoops set for busy week
Coe College Cornell and Mount Vernon prep teams resume play after holiday breaks with a slate of league and nonleague games. Coe faces Central College on the Pel la floor as Iowa conference action looms, while Cornell opens Midwest Conference play against Monmouth and awaits a Monmouth visit to their gym.
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Augustana College
Rock Island
Illinois College
Mount Vernon Cagers
Monmouth
Dean
Forest Rutgers
Coe
Central College
Pella
Iowa
Kohawks
Cee
Monmouth Five
Mount Vernon
West Virginia Routs Texas Tech 7 6 Sun Bowl Thriller
West Virginia edges Texas Tech 7 to 6 in the Sun Bowl as Isaac scores on a fourth down run after a scoreless first half. Tech kicks fail to tie late as WVU seals the defensive stand near their goal line before 12,500 spectators.
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LPASO
Tex
University of West Virginia
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West Virginia
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Moan
Mark Gussie
Mountaineer
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Meane
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Lhe
Holmes Clark
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Ove Calhoun
Clark
Caroun
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Minton
Indiana
Sears ‘Kentucky Normals
Dyer ‘Rice
Creighton Cagers Fall to St Josephs in Holiday Clash
St Josephs of Philadelphia pulled away late to defeat Creighton University 50 to 40 in an interseason game. Johnny McMenamin sparked a 11 point burst in the final six minutes, with Goukas Kenney Rosenberg contributing as Creighton trio Shaw Roh and Kittleson scored the late points.
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Philadelphia
St Josephs
Creighton University of Omaha
Johnny McMenamin
St. Joseph’s
Matt Goukas
Dan Kenney
Pete Rosenberg
Crei
New Jersey Teen Wins National Indoor Tennis Title
Richard J Bender of Thomas Jefferson High School Elizabeth N J, the top seed, defeated Cas sin Friedman of James Madison High Brooklyn 6 1 6 2 to win the national boys indoor singles championship.
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New York
Richard J Bender
Thomas Jefferson High School
Elizabeth
N. J
Cassin Friedman
James Madison High
Brooklyn
Fairfield High Beats Washington in Little Six Clash
Fairfield high school defeated Washington 36 to 30 to claim the cellar title in the Little Six conference. Washington opened with a rough first quarter trailing 13 to 2, improved to 7 to 25 at halftime, then outscored Fairfield 12 to 3 in the final period to narrow the gap.
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Washington, Ta
Fairfield High School
Washington
Fairfield
Fairfields
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