Illinois Cagers Take Big Ten Lead and Boxing Ads Roar
A chaotic draft of sports blurbs covers Illinois basketball extending a Big Ten edge while New York buzz focuses on a boxing slate. Promoter hype surrounds Joe Louis versus Bob Pastor as 18 000 fans pack Madison Square Garden, with upbeat confidence from Pastor and cautious bets on Louis.
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Madison Square Garden
Bob Pastor
Joe Louis
Louis
Jimmy Johnston
the Garden
Pastor
Johnston
Illini rally past Maroons to seize Big Ten lead
Illinois tops Chicago 28 to 22 in a tight Big Ten clash as guard Tom Nisbet lifts the Illini from a 18 15 deficit with a late burst. Chicago misses nine free throws and drops to 5th in conference. Vopicka out sick and Riegel limited.
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Chicago
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Jim Vopicka
Bob Rie~gel
Mlinois
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Drake Too Tough For Iowa State Defeats 35 20
DES MOINES AP Drake's fast breaking attack stifled Iowa State as the Bulldogs topped the Big Six team 35 to 20. Drake led 17 to 6 at halftime and widened the margin early in the second period as Orebaugh and O'Connor led with three baskets and a free throw each. Flemming and Johnson scored five for Iowa State. the game grew rough with attempts to exchange blows in the first half.
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O'Connor
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Johnson
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Town City to Enter Golden Gloves Barrage
A Town City team of eight, led by coach Bob Rush, starts in the Golden Gloves preliminaries at the Memorial building on Feb 8 and 10 with more top flight athletes than last year. Ottumwa preparations and Cedar Rapids ties boost prospects for high class talent as tickets go on sale for three nights of boxing benefiting Camp Good Health and undernourished children.
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Gazette
Bob Rush
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Rush
Cyclone Johnny Thompson
Harvey Wyjack
Ralph Sherman
Bob Morley
Jim Tate
Fred Hargrave
Wendell Smith
Leo Cain
Bob Herman
Morley
Sioux City
Chicago
Memorial
Ottumwa
Cedar Rapids
Gizette
Chamber of Commerce
Camp Good Health
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Lyman’s
Thompson Phou
Armory
Memorial Coliseum
Mike Gutierrez
Bob Andrews
Jack Andrews
Hal Waltermeyer
Earl Carr
Clifford McDaniel
Bert Peddycourt
Orville Pangburn
Don Redmond
Caddy Kelly
Laddy Reyna
Vincent Short
Tommy Caldwell
Art Toms
Juan Cortez
Bob Gilliam
Jack Howard
Jack Krumbholz
John Malecek
Louis Deamer
Dan O'Connell
Hal Clarke
Bus Scriven
Art Short
Ed Orr
Roy Larken
Short Brothers
Ryan
Salaries for Major Leaguers Rise in 1937 Payroll Outlook
AP survey finds major league payrolls set to top $3,000,000 in 1937, highest since 1930-31, with the New York Yankees leading the way. Babe Ruth era records are distant memory as Gehrig tops earners, and holdouts loom while magnates show cautious optimism about a rebound from past downturns.
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New York
Associated Press
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Henry Louis Gehrig
Yankees
Iron Man
Dizzy Dean
St. Louis Cardinals
van Lingle Mungo
Brooklyn Dodgers
Boston Red Sox
Gehrig
Joe McCarthy
McCarthy
Mickey Cochrane
Detroit
Bill Terry
Giants
Joe Cronin
Red Sox
Iowa City column weighs Schroeder pick in athletic dept
The piece argues over Prof. E. G. Schroeder becoming Iowa athletic director after Ossie Solem resignations. It notes public discontent and suggests hiring a high profile football coach from a larger program to balance the director role, and contrasts Iowa with Nebraska amid Bible’s Texas move.
Ohio State Dumps Wolverines 37 32 in Big Ten clash
Ohio State defeated Michigan 37 to 32 before 7500 fans as Buckeyes wrested control from the Wolverines. John Gee led Michigan with 13 points while Earl Thomas and Tippy Dye paced Ohio State with 11 and four field goals respectively in a hard fought conference win.
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Michigan
Wolverines
John Gee
Earl Thomas
Spark Plug
William Harrison
Tippy” Dye
Dye
Scarlet
John Townsend
Townsend
Gee
Thomas
Jim McDonald
John Raudebaugh
Heine Mueller Signed as Cardinal Scout in St Louis
ST LOUIS AP Clarence Heine Mueller from St Louis sandlots was signed Saturday as scout by the St Louis Cardinals. Mueller will work in trial camps run by the club. Last year he managed Union City Tennessee and later played with Cedar Rapids.
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Committee to name Hawkeye head coach candidates in Iowa City
University of Iowa officials say interviews with four or five top candidates for the head football coach post will start this week. A two-member committee will narrow the field to four or five before the full board conducts interviews. Dad Schroeder and Glen Devine joined the athletic office at the meeting.
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Dana Bible
Texas University
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C. M. Updegraff
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James Withheld
Ernest G. “Dad” Schroeder
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Glen Devine
Des Moines
Schroeder
Unclear sports scores from scattered college games
A garbled OCR sports roundup lists numerous college and university teams with fragmented scores and partial team names. Notable items mention Fordham freshmen, St Marys Winona, Duluth State, Kansas State, and Central sources, but many lines are too incomplete to assign reliable opponents or outcomes.
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Serine
Otters
Luther
Sailors
Esther
Ston U
Stracane
Princeton Rio Gharazelle
Emr
Peper
Fordham
Familne
St."Mary's
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Minn
Ransay
South Lee
Canvsrdia
Fenchers
Oklahoma
West Texas
Seinhoms
Phillipe University
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Okl
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Duluth
Neonis
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Central
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Cathenie
Tech
Normal
Cornell Mat Team Beats Kansas State 15 to 11
Cornell wins 15 11 over a crippled Kansas State wrestling squad in Mount Vernon. Heavyweight bouts defined the meet with Sieben edging Berry in overtime and Watson also winning in overtime, while other matches featured laboring performances amid illness that hampered the Kansans.
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Kansas State
Gazette Mount Vernon
Cornell College
Sieben
Berry
Watson
Duncan
Usnde
Hopkins
Decison
Northwestern Too Much For Michigan State 44 to 29
Northwestern defeated Michigan State 44 to 29 in a slow basketball game on Saturday night. The Wildcats led 23 to 12 at halftime. Osterink sparked MSU by scoring three of his four field goals in a row to trim the gap early in the first period.
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Northwestern
Michigan State College
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Osterink
Wildcat
Surfran
Janet Dennis wins two races at Great Lakes skating meet
Janet Dennis of Cedar Rapids Iowa won two titles at the Great Lakes speed skating championships in Oconomowoc Wisconsin. She took first in the junior girls 220 yard and 880 yard events. The meet features Cedar Rapids skaters including George Ga are Shimek John Doherty Weston Ralston Peter Dows and Bobby Hash as juniors seniors and juveniles.
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