Conn Faces Cooper in Madison Square Garden Test
Billy Conn meets Henry Cooper in a 12 round heavyweight clash at Madison Square Garden as part of a busy plan to determine his title fate. Fred Apostoli pockets a Bettina rematch in February with a Miami title bout likely, while Lee Savold debuts at MSG against Jim Kinson in the semi windup.
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Billy Conn
Fred Apostoli
Conn
Madison Square Garden
Henry Cooper
Brooklyn
Apostoli
Melio Bettina
Apostoli-Bettina
Miami
Mike Jacobs
Bettina
Cooper
Johnny Paychek
Joe Louis
Apostolis
Postols
Lee Savold
Des Moines
Jim Kinson
Philadelphia
Savold
Davenport to Face Dubuque in Key Mississippi Valley Race
The Mississippi Valley race centers on Davenport and Roosevelt with Davenport atop after losses by Roosevelt. Dubuque and Clinton loom as threats with key games upcoming. Grinnell’s Jim Nash leads scoring as the season tightens toward the conference title amid upsets and eligibility rules impacting Davenport.
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Davenport
Roosevelt
Dubuque
West Waterloo
Waterloo
Clinton
Iowa City
Grinnell
Jim Nash
Sioux City
Nash
Pioneer School
Fred Luther
Wilbur Luick
Luther
Luick
Linn County
Springville
Center Point
Alburnett
Jensen
Popp
Blue Devils
New Hazard In Cage Sport
St Luke s hospital attendants treated Cannon Helscher a Coe college senior riv at Greene hall for tongue lacerations after biting it during basketball practice at the Coe gym at 730 p m Tuesday. He was dismissed after three hours with a fourths inch gash.
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St. Luke's Hospital
Cannon Helscher
Coe College
Rivat Greene
Out of Town Skaters Enter Silver Skates Trials
The Gazette Silver Skates entries pile up for January 21 at the Manhattan rink with 18 prize blades. Notable entrants include junior girls Gweneth Edwards Marion and several Cedar Rapids skaters such as Jack Hamm and Clinton Edwards.
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Gazette
Manhattan
Darrell Mills
Central City
Jimmie Ironside
Coggan
Dick Baker
Marion
Gweneth Edwards
Frank McGhee
Anamosa
Cedar Rapids
Jack Hamm
Fourth Street NW
Clinton Edwards
Wayne Wood
Eleventh Street NW
August Miller
Third Avenue SE
Hal Marshall
Crescent Street
Bobby Hash
Twenty-fifth Street Drive
Dick Heaton
Kinnick Credits Coach and Team for Football Honor
Nile Kinnick of the University of Iowa accepts the Robert W Maxwell award as the nations top college football player and credits coach Eddie Anderson and the team for their success. Anderson calls himself lucky to win coach of the year as the presentation at the Warwick hotel honors Kinnick.
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Philadelphia
Nile Kinnick
University of Iowa
Robert W. Maxwell
Eddie Anderson
Kinnick
Notre Dame
Anderson
Warwick Hotel
Davey O’brien
Texas Christian
Clint Frank
Yale
Touchdown Club Names Beil Speaker for Jan Dinner
The Touchdown club announced AP Washington bureau chief Brian Beil will be the principal speaker at the annual dinner on January 16. Awards for the 1939 football season go to Nile Kinnick Iowa Ken Kavanaugh LSU and Don Herring Princeton. Coach Eddie Anderson Iowa voted by writers as coach of the year will accompany Kinnick to the dinner.
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Washington
Touchdown Club
Brian Beil
Associated Press
Nile Kinnick
Iowa
Ken Kavanaugh
Louisiana State
Don Herring
Princeton
Eddie Anderson
Ilowa
Kinnick
Iowa A A U Swim Meet Canceled Over Lack of Interest
Iowa City notes coach Dave Armbruster announced the A A U swimming meet for Friday and Saturday is canceled due to low entries. Only the Iowa varsity and freshmen filed participants.
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Gazette
Iowa City
Dave Armbruster
Iowa
City weighs Rose Bowl expansion to 100000 seats
Pasadena city directors discuss enlarging the Rose Bowl from 83570 to 100000 seats after hundreds of visitors were disappointed by not getting tickets for the New Year’s game. Director George L. Shuler cites attendance pressure and visitor discontent as key factors in the plan.
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Pasadena
Calif
George L. Shuler
Free Throw Woes Plague Hawkeyes sparks debate
An Iowa City compilation shows Iowa Hawkeyes miss 62 free throws while making 60. Starters Bill Wheeler and Tommy Lind struggle with discipline, while debates swirl over player salaries and holdouts in baseball with Dizzy Dean and Ed Barrow as focal points.
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Hawkeyes
Press Boys
Iowa City
Hawks
Bill Wheeler
Blazin
Ben Stephens
Tommy Lind
Bowler Leads 619 Series in Lincoln League Night
Orr Greedy topped Lefebvre Corp with a 619 three game set and 250 in game two as Lefebvre defeated Yagers twice in the Lincoln Commercial league. McMeeken opened with 220 for Yagers but finished 553. Other matches included I O O F Staff over Eagles and Certified Hams vs Fresh Park with Stolba 615.
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Lefebvre Corp
Yager
Lincoln Commercial
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Joe Stolba
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Sacred Heart Rallies Past St Wenceslaus In 25 21 Upset
Sacred Heart high school staged a late rally to defeat St Wenceslaus 25 to 21 in Waterloo. Dick Aarons and Trost produced key late baskets as Waterloo erased a 21 20 deficit, with Dick Taylor leading scoring for St Wenceslaus and Severa directing play.
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Waterloo
Sacred Heart High School
St. Wenceslaus
Dick Aarons
Trost
Sacred Heart
Dick Taylor
Wenceslaus
Severn
Jack Halbmeier
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Lynch
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Halbmeier
Matias
Purdue To Play At Iowa Homecoming
IOWA CITY The athletics board announced the 29th annual homecoming football game will be against Purdue on Nov. 2. The board also designated the Oct. 12 Wisconsin game as Dad's Day.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Purdue
Boilermakers
Wisconsin
Roosevelt and McKinley to Clash Thursday in Public School Basketball
Roosevelt Rough Riders travel to face McKinley in a Thursday public school basketball game after a loss to Dubuque and a win over Marshalltown. Emory Sample returns at forward, team aims for top form following recent results.
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St. Patrick’s
Iowa City
St. Mary's
Iowa
Roosevelt Rough Riders
McKinley
Roosevelt
Emory Sample
Dubuque
Marshalltown
Immaculate Conception
St. Wenceslaus
S. C
Franklin
Wilson
Cedar Falls
Iowa U. schedules 28 baseball games
Iowa City announced a rich home slate under Coach Otto Vogel. The Hawkeyes will host Southern Louisiana Inst Lafayette March 18–20, Louisiana Tech March 21–23, Bradley Tech March 29–30, Luther April 5–6, Purdue April 10–11, Notre Dame April 12–13, Illinois April 19–20, Wisconsin April 26–27, Chicago May 3–4, Northwestern May 10–11, Michigan State May 17–18, Western State Teachers May 24–25, and Minnesota May 31–June 1 at Iowa City.
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Otto Vogel
University of Iowa
Southwestern Louisiana Institute
Lafayette
Louisiana Tech
Ruston
Bradley Tech
Luther
Purdue
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South Bend
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Chicago
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Michigan State
Western State
Minnesota
Al Simmons Signs With Philadelphia Athletics
Connie Mack announced the signing of Al Simmons the veteran outfielder for the Philadelphia Athletics. He also stated he had optioned infielder Bill Nagel to the Baltimore Orioles of the International League for 1940.
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Philadelphia
Connie Mack
Athletics
al Simmons
Bill Nagel
Nagel
Baltimore Orioles
Basketball Scores From AP Roundup
AP provides college and university basketball scores. Notable results include Alabama 46 over Tulane 29, Kansas State 50 over Creighton 31, Utah 41 over California 39, Simpson-Jose 31, Knox 38 over Augustana 35, Mac St Olaf 31 over Carleton 33.
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Cornell
Kansas State
Creighton
Texas
Southern Methodist
Denver
Greeley State
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California
Ig. Idaho
Disk State
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Calif
Westminster Marveille
Missouri William Jewell
Rockhurst
Bethany
College of Em
Simpson - Jose
Wilson Cagers Defeat Manchester 30 to 25 in Tri-Valley clash
Cedar Rapids Wilson defeated Manchester 30 to 25 to even the season series. Tom Janos led with 11 points, Bernard Butler added nine, while Manchester’s Bissell scored 12. Wilson's seconds also won 29-19.
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Tom Janos
Cedar Rapids
Manhawks
Wilson
Mayhawks
Ramblers
James
Bernard Butler
Bissell
Manchester Seconds
Muskies Ride Over McKinley 40 to 15 in Muscatine
Muscatine high led by Georgie Parks and Kenny McIntyre overwhelmed McKinley of Cedar Rapids 40 to 15 before 1500 fans at the new fieldhouse. The Muskies built an 8 to 5 edge after a tight first period and extended it to 22 to 10 at halftime, then pulled away to 35-15 after three quarters as reserves dominated the final stanza.
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Bob Kinnan
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McKinley High School
Cedar Rapids
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Er Muscatine
McKinley
Parks
Hoffmar
Plotz
Gregor
Penningroth
Pemble
Simpson
Barrows
Coe
American League Dominates 1939 All Star Lineup
The 1939 all star team as selected by 259 Baseball Writers Association members favors the American League. Nine of eleven players are ALers with five from the world champion Yankees. The squad includes Ted Williams Jimmy Foxx Joe Gordon Joe Cronin and Bob Feller among others.
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ST. Louis
Baseball Writers’ Association of America
Sporting News of
Yankees
Joe Medwick
Cardinals
di Magsioe
Ted Williams
Red Sox
Jimmy Foxx
Joe Gordon
Cafego Undergoes Knee Operation in Knoxville
Tennessee football star George Cafego had surgery on his right knee Tuesday in Knoxville. Dr. R. M. Powell said a leading bone specialist removed cartilage, the knee was cast, and Cafego would stay in hospital 10 days to two weeks with hopes of returning to pro football with the Chicago Cardinals if healing goes well.
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Knoxville
Davenport Beats St Ambrose Five 30-25
Davenport high team, leader in the Mississippi Valley conference, defeated St Ambrose academy 30-25 in a tight contest as the first of two city championship games.
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Davenport
St. Ambrose
Gazette
Davenport High
Iowa
St. Ambrose Academy
Budolfson Ailing as Cyclones Lose Big Six Opener
Iowa State star forward Al Budolfson remained in an Omaha hospital with a fever, sidelining him on a trip that left the Cyclones without a Big Six win as they visited Nebraska.
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INS
Iowa State
al Budolfson
Omaha
Budolfson
Cyclones
Nebraska
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