DiMaggios and Fellers Face Old Guard In Major League Baseball
Passing stars like the DiMaggios and Fellers may draw headlines next summer but the record book shows many 10 year men have left the game since January. Freddy Lindstrom hints at retirement while veterans such as Hornsby Terry Frisch Hartnett Gehrig and others remain active with long careers noted.
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Hornsby
Oldster
Hicago
DiMaggios
Fellers
Freddy Lindstrom
Rabbit Maranville
Fred Marberry
Wally Stewart
Dazzy Vance
Travis Jackson
Ray Benge
Huck Betts
Hughie Criz
Tom Zachary
Bill Walker
Alvin
Crowder
Mark Koenig
Charlie Grimm
Bing Miller
Jackson
Maranvil
Cruz
Marberry
Vance
Jess Haines
Jimmy Wilson
Frankie Frisch
Bill Terry
Rogers Hornsby
Harold “Pie” Traynor
St. Louis Cardinals
Terry
Frisch
Jimmy Dykes
Chicago White Sox
Punch
Gabby Hartnett
Chicago ‘Cubs
Lou Gehrig
Yankees
Handball Tourney In Three Classes Opens Tomorrow
The M C A city handball championships begin Monday with play in three divisions. First round matches must be finished by Monday night with teams to agree on times. Class A games on court 1, B on court 2, C on court 3. public admission free.
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M.C. A
Ae Arash
Aes Oan
John Hann Named Captain of Y M C A Volleyball Team
The Y M C A volleyball squad elected John Hann as captain for the coming season at a Friday practice. The team, the largest in years, features Hann, Bill Whipple, Roy Harger, Tom Young, Ode Theisen, Needam Young, Howard Wilfong, and Dr. John Hecker as spikers. Set-up men include George Hanry and others. The eight-man squad will travel to Washington IA to face the Y M C A team, with Davenport ranked among the nation’s best teams visiting next.
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John Hann
Hann
Bill Whipple
Roy Harger
Tom Young
Ode ‘Theisen
Needam Young
Howard Wilfong
John Hecker
George Hanry
Louis Hensley
Bud Proctor
Jack Skien
Jack Miller
Russell Knapp
L. Severa
Jim Bell
Harley Hollenbeck
Don Stella
Don Houser
Henry Gundling
Washington
Davenport
Y. Davenport
Clutier and Keystone Split Double Header
Clutier high school defeated Keystone 32 to 30 in the second meeting of the season as Keystone rallied in the final quarter but could not overcome Clutier’s 20 to 13 halftime lead. Both teams played strong defense. Keystone reserves outscored Clutier reserves 17 to 7 and both sides had two players fouled out.
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Keystone
Stone
Clutier High School
Clutier
In The World Of Bridge By JOSEPHINE CULBERTSON
A bridge rule discussion centers on honoring strategies with a focus on South’s play. The article analyzes a hand where weak-hand considerations prompt a reversal of the usual emphasis, detailing dealer positions, vulnerability, and bidding actions across an example deal.
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Bridge
Josephine Culbertson
South
Scrappy Pastor and the Card Problem No. 104
A bridge problem from 1937 features South aiming to establish the diamond suit with spades as trump. The West hand ducks clubs, and a heart entry allows run of diamonds. alternative lines risk losing control. Also mentions last week’s puzzle and a boxing note involving Bob, a former NY Univ halfback, facing Joe Louis in Madison Square Garden on Jan 29.
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East
South
West
Bob
New York University
Joe Louis
Madison Square Garden
North
Cedar Rapids
Baseball players not zero on lines in golf tourney
Henry McLemore mocks baseball players as he follows the national golf tour in Sarasota. He predicts chemists making gold from scraps before a ballplayer wins a major golf title and jokes about players quitting the diamond for the fairway. He fears crowded galleries and quips about salaries and packing socks in bags.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry McLemore
United Press
Sarasota
Fla
Fairway
Sahara
Brooklyn
Baseball stars face Crosley cup test in quirky profiles
Noted players vie for the Powell Crosley cup with humorous baseball portraits. Jimmy Foxx smokes a 25 cent cigar and swings with Horatius like resolve while Heinie Manush hides in the woods from hostile crowds and caddies. Lyn Lary charms gamblers with bold swings and repeated wear on the ball. Lloyd Waner hits long but short on distance and wears a cap from the nineties. Bill Cissell handles every shortstop ball with ease and attracts forestry service offers for tree blazing. Bill Swift roams courses and even misleads as a moving five some is illegal.
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Jimmy Foxx
Mr. Foxx
Horatius
Heinie Manush
Lyn Lary
Lary
Lloyd Waner
Sarasota
Bill Cissell
Undefeated trios in YMCA basketball league action
Three teams hold perfect records after two weeks of YMCA basketball as Culver Motors Iowa Electric Light and Power and Armstrong Clothiers lead a tight second- half race. Week plans include eight games two double headers and triple-headers, with matches at the YMCA gym. Standings show Iowa Light and Power and Armstrong Clothiers atop the table, followed by other contenders.
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Y. M. C. ‘A. Basketball League
Culver Motors
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Armstrong Clothiers
Motormen
Armstrong’s
M.C. A
Iowa ‘Liehteand Power Armstrong’ Clothiers Bieter Ba Hslernational Marvester
Gherra-Burreller Geeens Towa “Steel Bishop Cafeteria
College Pro Teams Proposed to Balance Amateur Athletics
Lehigh University president C C Williams urged large colleges to sponsor professional teams alongside student squads. He proposed a royalty on college name usage to offset loss of patronage from intercollegiate play, preserving amateur status for students. He urged Carnegie Foundation aid to define college football prowess ratings based on male enrollment, coaching expenditures, and scholarships.
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Iladelphia
C. C. Williams
Lehigh University
Williams
University of Iowa Engineering College
Iowa Athletic Board
Lehigh University Club
Philadelphia
College Athletic Department
Harvard
Boston Redskins
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Voosaa
Pas ‘West
Scrappy
Ager Mies
Schroeder
E. G
United States Forestry Service
Bill Swift
Ideayager
Yagers
3Rd. St
Cedar Valley Hill Billies
Yager's
WMT
Advocates College
Lehigh
Iowa
YAGER
Silvertone
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