Improved dead ball tests spark talk of league changes
Tests comparing the National League dead ball with the American League rabbit ball showed pitchers and fielders expect faster curves and more plays with better grip. Players Foxx Klein Keller and Wittig noted audible and tactile differences, predicting fewer fluke hits and more inside baseball as crowds shiver through the cold.
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National Loop
Jimmy Foxx
Chuck Klein
Charley Keller
International League
Johnny Wittig
Baltimore Orioles
Tera Tess
Wittig
Frank Shaughnessy
John Ogden
Baltimore
Gerry Nugent
Philadelphia Phillies
Foxx
Klein
Oklahoma Aggies Defeat Drake 30 23 in Des Moines
Oklahoma Aggies beat Drake Bulldogs 30 to 23 at Des Moines. The Missouri Valley champions used a steady offense and strong free throw shooting to hand Drake its first conference loss after a string of non conference wins earlier.
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DES Moines
Oklahoma Aggies
Drake
Bulldogs
Aggies
Grinnell
Bulldogses
Basketball Scores And Market Ads From The Page
Basketball scores show Central 33 Penn 38 Wayne State Teachers 43 Buena Vista 30 Oklahoma A and M 301 Drake 23 Grinnell 33 Illinois College 33 Iowa State Teachers 835 Grinnell 5 Iowa State 2354 Northwestern 44 Want to buy or sell farm stock tractors or hay Read and use the Farmers Market Place in the Want Ad section Advertisement
Baseball rookies become financiers in modern hunt
Johnny Nee of the New York Yankees says big money has changed how players and families approach signing. He notes scouts compete intensely, often visiting grade and junior high sandlots, while towns and schools push prospects toward offers.
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ST Petersburg
Fla
Johnny Nee
New York Yankees
Nee
Johnny
Chamber of Commerce
Virgin
Johnny Allen
Bill Dickey
Big Ten Basketball Mix Ups Highlight Early Season
Illinois upset Purdue as Minnesota and Illinois vie for Big Ten supremacy while Ohio State falters. Northwestern frustrates Iowa with stifling defense and Benny Stephens of Iowa pours in 23 points against Indiana amid mixed results for the conference.
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Illinois
Minnesota
Purdue
Boilermakers
Wisconsin
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio State
Benny Stephens
Iowa
Ilinois
Northwestern
Viewing the Field by Leo Lucas highlights star players and matchups
The column tracks college basketball standout Bob Curtis of State Teachers College with rising scoring through the season. It notes freshman Perry Crandall at Iowa State and previews Coe College and Beloit, plus upcoming games against Cornell Carleton and Luther, with a look at league standings and early results across the Town Conference.
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Bob Curtis
State Teachers Basket
Iowa State College
Perry Crandall
Fairfield
George Bretnall
Crandall
Bretnall
Coe
Cornell
Purple
Carleton
Northfield
Luther
Decorah
Midwest
Beloit
Johnny Moir Sparks Irish to 57 33 Victory Over Canisius
In Buffalo, Notre Dame led by Johnny Moir who returned from a benching for indifferent play, routed Canisius 57 to 33 before 5 000 fans. Moir scored nineteen points early, including four field goals and a foul shot in the opening minutes.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Johnny Moir
Notre Dame
Canisius College
Moir
Irish
Canisius
Two Games Wednesday In Industrial Loop
Two Allied Industrial league basketball games set for Wednesday on the Quaker floor. At 7 30 Iowa Steel faces Witwer Grocers and at 8 30 the undefeated Quakers meet Light Company. Quakers have six league wins and Light Company five.
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Iowa Steel
Witwer Grocers
Quakers
Light Company
Cardinals Hope Slaughter Joins Medwick As Left Handed Star
St Louis manager Frank Frisch starts crossing fingers over Enos Slaughter a 21 year old rookie from Columbus Ohio now with the Cardinals Frisch compares Slaughter to Joe Medwick noting Slaughter 21 plays left handed and shares attributes with Medwick if he can keep his fingers uncrossed fans may dub Slaughter the left handed Joe Medwick.
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ST. Louis
Frank Frisch
St. Louis Cardinals
Frisch Nas
Enos Slaughter
Cardinals
Columbus
Frisch
Slaughter
Joe Medwick
Cardinal
New Rochelle
N. Y
Frankie
American Association
Slaughters
Medwick
Joe
Red Birds
Don Budge Weighs Professional Offer in Probe
New York report says Don Budge, the world’s leading amateur tennis star, is openly weighing a pro career. James J Johnston released a cable Budge sent from Adelaide on January 11 stating interest and asking for more details about returning to the United States around March 1.
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New York
INS
James J Johnston
Madison Square Garden
Don Budge
Budge
Johnston
Adelaide
Australia
States
Knitters Edge Drews 3-2 In Tight Cedar Rapids Hockey
Cedar Rapids Knitters defeated Drew's 3 to 2 in a close hockey game. Bill Avedo vech scored twice for Drew's while Tony Vynanek and L. Trefny each tallied for the Knitters. Kenwood Merchants set to play Cedar Rapids Knitters Tuesday at 8 on the west side rink.
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Cedar Rapids Knitters
Drew’s
Bill Avedovech
Drew's
Tony Vynanek
L. Trefny
Kenwood Merchants
C.K. Knitters
Pesek Gonl
Watterson Vynanek
L Wine Wood Lu
Trefny
R. Wing
Grinnell Wrestlers Defeated by Iowa Teachers College
Grinnell grapplers fall 35 to 5 at Cedar Falls as Iowa State Teachers College dominates with six quick falls from 118 to heavyweight. Calloway and Matrig score quick pins, followed by Moore Bahling Bogott Lund Holinski and Blue securing decisive wins.
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Cedar Falls
Iowa State Teachers College
Grinnell
Panther Grapplers
Calloway
Breitbach
Matrig
IST
David IG
Moore
Carns
Bahling
Greening
Bogott
Lund
Lehman
Suinutes
Holinski
West
Blue Ists
Tschirley
Fort Madison Dominates Little Six Standings Lead
Fort Madison remained undefeated in the Little Six Conference with a 35 to 16 Friday win over Mt. Pleasant. The article lists Friday results and upcoming games including Burlington, Washington, Fairfield, Ottumwa, Keokuk, Muscatine, and Keokuk versus Ottumwa.
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Gazette
Washington
Fort Madison
Mt. Pleasant
Seccees
Muscatine
Barlinat
Washington Pan Davies
Burlington
Fairfield
Ottumwa
Pt. Madison
Keokuk
Ft. Madison
Boxing Results and Roundups From Across United States
In Chicago Jackie Wilson and Lee Redak fought to a draw as14 Sinclair and other boxers were listed with weights and outcomes. Louisville and surrounding regions showed knockouts and decisions including Huddy Knox and John Henry Lewis with noted performances in varying bouts. The scattered lines indicate a roundup of results across multiple cities with incomplete names and scores.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Jackie Wilson
Pittabarah
Drew
Lee Redak
Louisville
Huddy_ Knox
Dayton
Oris
Arate Young
Anderank
Lek
John Henry Lewis
Leonard Nebielt
Sel Levinson
Cale
Ted Garela
Eh Cuan
Wareer
Art Oliver
Catennee
Fourth Street blockage disrupts Cedar Rapids bus schedules
A 50 car Milwaukee freight blocked crossings on Fourth Street for eight minutes causing a mass delay to Cedar Rapids City Lines during peak hours. The meat car train from Wilson and Co. delayed clearance, triggering 12 to 16 minute headways across lines and prompting inquiry into crossing-block limits.
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Cedar Rapids
Stuart Moore
Milwaukee
Penick and
Ford Yards
First
Second
Third Avenues
Moore
Rock Island
Kenwood Lines
Gordon Hughes
Milwaukee Yard
Wilson and Company
Ninth Avenue
Milwaukee Train
Living Cost Drops Slightly in December
The National Industrial Conference Board reports December living costs fell 0.4 percent from November yet rose 2.9 percent from the previous December. Food rent and clothing declined while coal rose and sun dries held steady. Dollar purchasing power is 112.9 cents for December.
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New York
National Industrial Conference Board
Local Cedar Rapids News Briefs and Personal Notes
Ella Hite of Cedar Rapids and Carlton Wickham of Mount Vernon wed Tuesday by Justice Il R Churchill. Fifteen new Cedar Rapids Hairdressers joined at Roosevelt hotel meeting. Robert Wieant admitted to University hospital Iowa City for bone infection in feet. Francis A Heald spoke at Canopus club meeting on Flashes of Reparatee. Tom Owens Cowboy Radio orchestra provided entertainment. St Johns Parish to hold annual meeting at church crypt Wednesday with supper and vestry elections for 1938. Purse lost by Mrs L B Davis found by George Seaman with cash missing.
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Ella Hite
Cedar Rapids
Carlton E. Wickham
Mount Vernon
Il. R Churchill
Robert Wieant
B Wieant
D Avenue NW
University Hospital
Iowa City
Ralph Wieant
Francis A. Heald
Canopus Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Lincoln
Mark Twain
James Watson
Tom Owens
Cowboy Radio
St. John’s
St. John's Church
L. B. Davis
D Avenue
George Seaman
Thirty-third Street
Bowling Street
Seaman
Seventh Avenue
Second Street
Columbus High Beats Morning Sun 27 to 16 in Local Gameday
Columbus High School defeated Morning Sun 27 to 16 in a Southeast Iowa league basketball game on Friday night. Myers scored four field goals and six free throws for the winners while Corey led Morning Sun with four field goals and two free throws.
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Coe
Beloit
Wisconsin
Carleton
Dubuque University
Armour Tech of
Chicago
Kenyon College of Gambeir
Ohio
de Pauw
Lake Forest
Beloit Boys
Columbus Junction
Columbus High School
Morning Sun
Myers
Corey
Gunfight at Shooting Gallery Leaves One Dead Three Hurt
In St Paul a gunman plus two companions and a detective were wounded in a gun battle after a double holdup. The dead gunman was Frank L. van Dorn. Earl La Shomb was critically wounded, and Dick Fortuna was jailed with a scalp wound. Detectives Ralph Merrill Louis Schultz and Thomas Shanley pursued the trio. Schultz was wounded and Merrill escaped, while Shanley was unhurt. Fortuna confessed to the holdups.
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ST. Paul
Frank L. van Dorn
Earl la Shomb
Ancker Hospital
Dick Fortuna
George Fortuna
Ralph Merrill
Ancker
Merrill
Louis Schultz
van Dorn
Representation Of 2 Factions Sought For Geiger Hearing
The house judiciary committee voted to invite the justice department and the Wisconsin and Milwaukee county bar associations to send representatives to a hearing on charges against Federal Judge Ferdinand A Geiger. Chairman Hatton W Sumners said the panel faced two sets of charges, one about autocratic procedure and the other about the bar associations defense of the judge. The dispute centers on the dismissal of a Milwaukee grand jury weighing charges against auto financing firms.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Justice Department
Wisconsin
Milwaukee County Bar Associations
Ferdinand A. Geiger
Hatton W. Sumners
Tex
Homer S. Cummings
Geiger
Bar Associations
Sumners
Judiciary Committee
Milwaukee
Man dies en route to mother as plane crashes near Bozeman
W E Borgenheimer of Basin Montana was killed when Northwest Airlines aircraft crashed near Bozeman while he was en route to his dying mother. Moments after he boarded the plane, friends in Basin were told his mother had died.
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Butte
Mont
INS
W. E Borgenheimer
Basin
Northwest Airlines
Bozeman
Marriage Licenses for Wickham Hite Ake Mann
Carlton E. Wickham of Mount Vernon and Ella Hite of Cedar Rapids receive a marriage license. Rollo Ake of Vinton and Stella Mann of Vinton also secured a license.
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Carlton E. Wickham
Mount Vernon
Ella Hite
Cedar Rapids
Rollo Ake
Stella Mann
Vinton
Ask Legislature To Build State Office Building
Des Moines AP A joint interim committee and Iowa council passed a resolution urging the next legislature to construct an adequate state office building on the capitol grounds. They note annual downtown rent of about 74 875 with taxes up to 25 000, and urge abandoning rent in favor of permanent state owned quarters. Separate quarters for the liquor warehouse were left for further study.
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Des Moines
Legislative Interrim Committee
Iowa
Capitol
A. J. Shaw
Pocahontas
Leo Elthan
Fertile
Leroy S. Mercer
Iowa City
Nominee As Ickes Aid Says He Was In Doghouse
E. K. Burlew, candidate for first assistant secretary of the interior, told a Senate committee he was in the doghouse for months during a department inquiry. Ickes testified and sparred with Senator Pittman as the interior department faced investigation questions.
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Ickes
Washington (Ap
E. K. Burlew
Interior Department
Pittman
Nev
Department
Bulew
Post Office Inspector Dies in Northwest Plane Crash
Walter R. Ton, 44, a St. Paul post office inspector, died in a Northwest Airlines crash in Montana while en route home after finishing a Seattle task a day early. His wife and 6-month-old daughter awaited news, unaware of the promotion tied to the Volts robery investigation.
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ST Taul
INS
Walter R. Ton
St. Paul
Northwest
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