Hawkeyes face tough 1940s schedules with key nonconference foes
Iowa's four year gridiron slate targets every Big Ten opponent except Ohio State. Through 1940, the Hawkeyes will play 21 conference games and six major nonconference clashes, featuring Colgate Notre Dame Nebraska Michigan Minnesota Indiana and Wisconsin as regulars. Home games include Michigan Minnesota Indiana Wisconsin and Notre Dame in some years.
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Owa City
University of Iowa
Hawkeye
Aveal
Pui Sencuuie
Hawkeyes
Michigan
Minnesota
Indiana
Iowa City
Colgate
Nebraska
Notre Dame
Wisconsin
Purdue
Chicago
Illinois
Northwestern
Iowa
Midian
Diana
Washgton
Rduc
Wiscon
Pure
Minnepia
Eae
Bide
Whi
Notre Ee
Lecorah Man and Horse Enter Grand Circuit Race
Lecorah Martinique Junior, trained by B. M. Graham, is entered in the Grand Circuit. The entry starts in Toledo Ohio, with upcoming appearances in Cleveland and Minnesota. The horse is noted for a mile time around 2 minutes 10 seconds and strong late quarters.
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Lal
Gazett Ecorah
B. M. Graham
Toledo
Ohio
Cleveland
Minnesota State i
Ion Pines
Charles Hardin
Mount Vernon Golf Schedule Elucidated by Club Committee
Mount Vernon schedule released by club committee members Fred Young L C an and Laurance West lists events from June through August. Monticello West Liberty Tipton Taquoketa Maquoketa and eastern Iowa tournaments mark the circuit with home championships finals set in September.
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Mount Vernon
Minittee
Fred Young
L. C.an
Laurance West
Monticello
West Liberty
Tipton
keJuly
Iome
Maquoketa
Iowa
Taquoketa
Paler
Waukon Taylor Smith Reach Kenmore Tourney Round
In the Kenmore golf tournament three second round matches were played. Lire Smith beat Jack Smith 3 and 2 in the championship flight. In the second flight Happy Waukon won his second match by 2 and 1 over Cookie Adams, while N W Taylor defeated Bill Engle 3 and 2.
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Kenmore
Lire Smith
Jack Smith
Happy Waukon
Cookie Adams
N W. Taylor
Bill Engle
Giants Trade Fitzsimmons to Dodgers for Baker
New York AP Brookyln Dodgers acquire Tom Baker 22 from the Dodgers for Fred Fitzsimmons 35 a veteran hurler and cash not disclosed The deal completes near the trade deadline Baker previously starred with Allentown and the New York Penn league while Fitzsimmons came to the Giants in 1925 from Indianapolis stabilizing the Giants mound after last season’s 10 7 record but limited action this year Baker’s major league record includes one win and eight losses with the Dodgers since 1936 while Fitzsimmons has posted a 2 2 mark this season
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NEW York
Brooklyn Dodgers
Tom Baker
New York Giants
Fred Fitzsimmons
Dodgers
Giants
Fitzsimmons
Baer Family Hints At Expected Heir And Boxing Hope
London reports Max Baer and wife Mary Ellen Baer expect a child in the coming months. If a boy is born, Baer hopes he becomes a boxer and might cable Jack Dempsey for guidance, despite his wife’s efforts to push him from prizefighting after the Louis fight.
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London
Maximillian
Adelbert Baers
Maxie
Jack Dempsey
Baer
Dennis and Cedar Rapids Athletes Tie Tales to History
Looking Back profiles Louis D. Dennis, attorney and former Iowa athlete, recounting early baseball days near Cedar Rapids, the shift from bare hand to glove, and local stars like Kittridge and Hoffer. He notes his homemade mitt, college times, and 1905 eligibility impact. Dennis also champions Cedar Rapids ice skating, praising Silver Skates and Shimek’s Olympic potential amid hopes for a national meet.
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Louis D. Dennis
Dennis
Western
Cedar Rapids
Billy Hoffer
Kittridge
Cubs
Iowa University
Iowa
Gazette
Chicago
Minneapolis
George Shimek
Petoskey
Mich
Shimek
Red Peppers Sports Talk Mixes Baseball and Boxing Chatter
The column reviews a May 27 Raiders vs Rocks game with Cap Grassley picked off by Mike Radon, plus a note on Reds manager Dressen facing scrutiny after harsh spring remarks. It includes Warren Brown’s boxing referee idea for Dempsey Tunney Jeffries, and Tom Watterson’s golf odds for Bill Holt in the National Open.
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Raiders
Rock Island
Cap Grassley
Mike Radon
The
Rocks
Red van Fleet Button
Cap
Crossley
Pressen
Reds
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Dodgers
Dressen
Brown
Dempsey
Tunney
Jeff
Tom Watterson
Augusta
Bill Holt
Syracuse
Holt
Veattergon
Forest City Man Heads Bar Assn
Burt J. Thompson of Forest City was elected president of the Iowa State Bar Association at the closing session. Henry C. Shull of Sioux City became vice president and Mason Ladd of Iowa City was reelected secretary treasurer. Des Moines received the 1938 convention bid by a 3 to 1 vote. The new executive committee includes A. G. Kist le, Frederic Miller, Clyde McFarlin, Judge Henry N. Graven, H. G. Cartwright, T. M. Ingersoll, John F. Devitt, G. C. Murray, and J. D. Loew.
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Mason City
Burt J. Thompson
Forest City
Iowa State Bar Association
J. C. Pryor
Burlington
Henry C. Shull
Sioux City
Mason Ladd
Iowa City
Des Moinnes
Marshalltown
A. G. Kistle
Council Bluffs
Frederic M. Miller
Des Moines
Clyde McFarlin
Montezuma
Henry N. Graven
H. G. Cartwright
T. M. Ingersoll
Cedar Rapids
John F. Devitt
Muscatine
G. C. Murray
Sheldon
J. D. Loew
Algona
Clearlake
Seth Thomas
Fort Dodge
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Bar Association
George Bogert
University of Chicago
Libby Holman And Jack Doyle Romance Rumor
The Daily Mail linked prizefighter Jack Doyle and blues singer Libby Holman in a possible romance. Friends deny engagement and say Holman has not seen Doyle since meeting in New York years ago aboard the Normandie. Doyle had spoken of marrying a wealthy American widow with a tobacco fortune.
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London
Daily Mail
Jack Doyle
Libby Holman
Miss Holman
Doyle
Normandie
New York
Smith Reynolds
Reynolds Tobacco Company
United States
Flood Control Funds Authorized By House Committee
The House Appropriations Committee approved a 194,328,363 dollar appropriation for flood control river and harbor work and other non military projects. Total department funds for the year would reach 610,079,894 dollars with military funds already approved. Army engineers would receive 181,416,300 dollars for flood control projects including 30,000,000 for omnibus flood control act projects and 22,500,000 for Mississippi river works. The plan outlines allocations for upper Mississippi Illinois levees and ongoing contracts plus 8,706,000 for Fort Peek dam and 3,000,000 for Sinnis river completion to keep navigation as Lake Michigan diversions end in 1938.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
War Department
House
Budget Bureau
Army Engineers
Mississippi
Ilinois
Fort Peek
Sinois River
Lake Michigan
Mother Held In Finding Of Babies Deserted In Field
State Police Inspector Hoyt detained 34 year old Mrs Mary Regina Pfohl of Akron near Clarence in connection with the discovery of two baby girls in a field during a thunderstorm. He said she admitted abandoning the babies but no charge was filed yet. her husband is hospitalized in Buffalo. Separately, two Japanese set a flying record from Tokyo to London in 94 hours 18 minutes at about 198 mph.
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Clarence
N. Y
Eugene F. Hoyt
Hoyt
Mary Regina Pfohl
Akron
Pfohl
Buffalo
Tokio
London
Army engineer head seeks 27 million for upper Mississippi work
Brigadier General George B Pillsbury testified before a house appropriations subcommittee that a 27 million dollar appropriation is needed in the next fiscal year to finish construction on the nine foot channel from the Missouri River to Minneapolis. The total cost for the project will reach 148,177,000 dollars according to the testimony released Friday with the war department supply bill for non military activities.
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Washington
George B.pillsbury
Army Engineers
Mississippi River
House
Pillsbury
Missouri River
Minneapolis
Minn
War Department
Weight and space of a million pounds in bar gold
A million pounds in bar gold weighs 7 tons 8 percent cwt and occupies 17 cubic feet of space.
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Sinois Boxing Commission
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