Middle States tennis tourney opens at Cedar Rapids Country Club
The Middle States tennis tournament starts Wednesday at 10 a.m. on Cedar Rapids Country Club courts with first round men’s singles, running through Sunday finals in men’s singles, men’s doubles, and women’s singles. Defending champion Harris Coggeshall arrives to defend his title as about sixty entrants compete, including Don Leavens. Doubles champions Smalley and Dulling may defend, Coggeshall and Beckerman to challenge. Tickets $1.50 season, singles at gate. events include a tennis dance Saturday night.
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OWA
Middle States
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Charles Fleming
Harris Coggeshall
Des Moines
Don Leavens
Milwaukee
Leavens
Northwestern University
Coggeshall
Carl Smalley
Gordon Pease
Fleming
Smalley
George Dulling
Ben Beckerman
Country Club
Armstrong’s
Iowa
Harper Holds Lead In Keokuk County League
Special to The Gazette Harper retained top place in the Keokuk county league after a Sunday win over Sigourney by 9 to 3. The report lists players and batteries for Sigourney and for the Dayton Dodgers with partial names and lineups as readable in the OCR, indicating ongoing standings and team entries in the local league.
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Harper
Keokuk County
Sigourney
Piri OE
Maeee Eee
Bales
Bote
Adams
Ray
Cocahran Meneedy
Dayton Dodgers
Lane
Spivey
O. Pope
V Pope
Denver Trapshooter Sets New World Mark
Rush Razee, a Denver pro trapshooter, set a world record by breaking 201 straight targets at sixteen yards with a 20 gauge gun. His flawless run exceeded the previous 168 record, with typical runs around 100, and he may extend the mark in his next event.
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Denver
INS
Rush Razee
Razee
Helen Wills Moody Quits Major Tennis
San Francisco star Helen Wills Moody, 31, retires from major competition after a decade at the international tennis forefront. She will devote herself to fashion designing and will not defend her title at the national championships in New York next month.
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San Francisco
Helen Wills Moody
New York
Salem Seeks New Punter as Iowa Hones for 1936
Iowa coach Ossie Salem, entering his fifth season, returns from a Minnesota camp to open practice on Sept. 10 and urgently seeks a reliable punter after Dick Crayne’s departure. He notes no average kicker exists on the squad yet, with eighteen lettermen to greet and nine lost to graduation. Strong players include Ozzie Simmons at fullback and several returning lettermen at ends, guards, and backs.
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Iowa City
Ossie Salem
University of Iowa
Dick Crayne
Salem
Owanka
Annandale
Minn
Iowa
Crayne
Wren
Ozzie Simmons
Homer Harris
Seattle
Wash
Robert Lannon
S. D
Don Simmons
Fort Worth
Tex
Wayne Mason
Logan
Frank Jakoubek
Cedar Rapids
Gordon Matson
Alta
Floyd DeHeer
Cornelius Walker
Denver
Eugene Liggett
Elgin
Ill
Don Nelson
Rockford
Ted Osmaloski
Toledo
Oni
Richard Anderson
Yankton
S. C
Richard Bowlin
Chicago
Bush Lamb
Newton
Warren Halton
Creston
John Hild
Hedrick
Oze Simmons
Scott Wagler
Bloomfield
Strawberry Point Triumphs Over Edgewood 9 to 1
Behind left handed pitcher Dunsmoor and a string of timely hits, Strawberry Point defeated Edgewood 9 to 1. Opposing pitcher Shingledecker kept Edgewood in the game early, but Strawberry Point pulled away. The clubs plan a rematch at Littleport on Tuesday August 4 during the Harvest Home picnic.
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Strawberry Point
Dunsmoor
Edgewood
Cedar Rapids to field pro grid team in Northwest league
Plan to form a professional football club for Cedar Rapids moves forward with C A Hienie Groth handling negotiations. The Northwest league would include teams from Minneapolis St Paul Duluth Ironwood Chippewa Falls Eau Claire La Crosse Des Moines Cedar Rapids Omaha and Rock Island with eight to twelve games and northern southern divisions. Groth aims to finalize plans in Des Moines and secure Hill park as a home, while Clarence Schulte will run operations and local players may be tested for spots.
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Cedar Rapids
C. A
Hienie” Groth
Washington High School
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Duluth
Ironwood
Chippewa Falls
Eau Claire
la Crosse
Des Moines
Omaha
Rock Island
Groth
Chicago Bears
Walter Barngrover
Hill Park
Louisville
Clarence Schulte
Schultz's dramatic homer lifts Walford to 11 10 win
In an Iowa Valley league tilt Walford overcame a five-run deficit to tie Newhall on Schultz's eighth inning homer. The game went to 14 innings before Walford scored the decisive run for an 11 to 10 victory, dropping Newhall from first place. Holmes and Booth pitched for Walford. Svoboda and Manship for Newhall. Blairstown beat Van Horne 8 to 5. Keystone and Norway won to join atop the standings.
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the Gazette
Walford
Schultz
Newhall
Homer
Holmes
Booth
Svoboda
Mason
Manship
Blairstown
van Horne
Devore
Rieke
Barry
Pieper
Keystone
Norway
Atkins
Heck
Bokholt
McMurray Schirm and Rich Overwhelm Watkins 10 to 1
McMurray Schirm and Rich defeated Watkins by ten to one as Hibbens and Vig and Bachman and Brown contributed strong batteries in a high scoring game.
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Hibbens and
Vig, Bachman and Brown
All-America backs chosen for all star gridiron classic
Chicago AP reports 3 419164 football fans selected eight midwest players and one from other regions to start against the Detroit Lions in the third annual all star game at Soldier Field September 1. Jay Berwanger led voting with 784 573, followed by Riley Smith and Bill Shakespeare with Beise at fullback.
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Chicago
America
South
Southwest
Pacific Coast
Detroit
Lions
Soldier Field
Riley Smith
Alabama
Jay Berwanger
Bill Shakespeare
Notre Dame
Sheldon Beise
Minnesota
Wayne Millner
Keith Topping
Stanford
Dick Smith
Truman Spain
Southern Methodist
Paul Tangora
Northwestern
Vernon Oech
Gomer Jones
Ohio State
Berwanger
Athletics To Train In Mexico City Next Year
Philadelphia's Athletics will train in Mexico City next spring at 7,000 feet altitude after Benjamin Shibe secured arrangements. He chose the high altitude climate and playing fields, and noted satisfactory prospects for Mexican competition.
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Mexico City
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Philadelphia
Benjamin Shibe
Alburnett Maintains Lead In Wapsie Valley Loop
Alburnett’s baseball team stayed undefeated in the second half by defeating Quasqueton 18 in the Wapsie Valley League. Coggin Coggon beat Winthrop 8 to 7 in a ten inning clash with Scott and O'Brien hitting homers for Winthrop. Walker beat Lafayette 11 to 9 and Urbana beat Pale 9 to 5.
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Coggon
Alburnett
Winthrop
Coggon Boys
Terrill and Decker
Doyle
Scott
O’brien
Walker
Lafayette
Urbana
Pale
GAMES AUGUST 2 PAIRINGS LISTED FOR AREA TEAMS
GAMES set for August 2 include Coggon visiting Palo, Lafayette at Winthrop, Urbana hosting Quasqueton, and Alburnett traveling to Walker.
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Coggon
Palo
Lafayette
Winthrop
Urbana
Quasqueton
Alburnett
Walker
Conroy Falls to Middle Amana in 24-4 Bout
Amana defeated Conroy 24 to 4 Sunday. Amana batters Higert Roemig and Hahn led the effort while Conroy’s Leahy Kuhnle Tschopp Wiebold Sims and Ahrens contributed. Leahy of Conroy and Clark of Amana each homered.
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Conroy
Amana
Higert
Roemig
Hahn
Conroy Leahy
Kuhnle
Tschopp
South English beats Dayton Dodgers at Keswick 9 to 0
The South English baseball team shut out the Dayton Dodgers at Keswick Sunday by a score of 9 to 0. The win advances South English but leaves them with no chance to clinch first place since one game remains in the league schedule.
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Dayton Dodgers
Keswick
Boxing Roundup From AP Hits Several Cities
In Chicago Davey Day 135 percent faced Geno Salvatore 136 and Everette Rightmire 129 outpointed Jimmy Buckler in Louisville. Bobby Britton 152 beat Al Reno 147 in Miami. Arizona Kid 16 outpointed Joe Smallwood 157 in Leiperville.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Davey Day
Geno Salvatore
la Salle
Louisville
Everette (Young) Rightmire
Sioux City
Jimmy Buckler
Miami
Fla
Bobby Britton
al Reno
Baltimore
Lancaster
Arizona Kid
Leiperville
Joe Smallwood
Wilmington
Del
Calvary Baptist Wins 5-1 Verdict In Church League
Calvary Baptist defeated Kenwood 5 to 1 in an Open church league game at Ellis Park. Kenwood played with eight men as Whitmore led Calvary Baptist to the win with strong hitting and steady play. Trinity Methodist beat Church of the Brethren 5 to 1, and Sinclair Memorial overwhelmed First Evangelical 11 to 4. In the B league, St Pauls beat First Christian while St James lost to Second Christian 10 to 9. Trinity Methodist and Bethany Congregational posted 8 to 12 results after tight action.
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Kenwood
Calvary Baptist
Ellis Park
Whitmore
Trinity Methodist
Church of the Brethren
Sinclair Memorial
First Evangelical
St. Paul’s
First Christian
St. James
Leagui E. Trinity
M. Eye
D. Jevis Baptist
King
Morrow
Baer
Hanna
Clin Sinclair
Lowe and
Johnson
Walker and
Loder
Leas JZ
St. Paul's
Schrader
Meyer
Hockaray
Frutchey
Vv. Andrews
K. Andrews
W. Mee Allen
Hayward
Bethany Congregational
Detlefsen
Gerhold
Bliss
Lust
Laws Signs With Green Bay Packers in 1936
Green Bay signs Joe Laws a halfback for the 1936 NFL season increasing the Packers roster to eighteen. Laws a former University of Iowa star will be in his third year with the club.
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Green Bay, Wis
Green Bay Packers
Joe Laws
Laws
University of Iowa
Packers
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