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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1933
Page
2
United Press surveys show Big Ten schools shifting to hand to mouth funding for minor sports. Wisconsin rents space to sporting goods stores for rowing. Purdue, Iowa, Michigan, and others rely on student fundraisers, donations, or cost cutting as football and basketball remain the financially stronger sports.
The Quaker Oats five defeated Mechanicsville 35 to 18 in Stuart Hall Tuesday night. Cherimak Menoher Cronkite and Hohnes each scored three field goals to lead the Quakers. A preliminary game saw Ful-o-Peps beat the Fro centel.
Former champion Sharkey announces four more bouts to fund a family dynasty with sons pursuing church and law careers. He hints at a second million and a Cannes villa, but doubts a fourth fight will materialize after past retirement misfires.
In Dubuque St Ambrose defeated Dubuque 40 to 11 to extend its Iowa conference winning streak to twelve. Kerry Ausman led the Dragons with 14 points while Simpson starred for St Ambrose and Luther also posted a win in Decorah as the season progressed.
The Marion area hosts a 64 team statewide sectional with 17 squads in class A and B contests beginning Thursday at 2:30 PM. Teams include Grant Washington Marion Springville Central City Coggon Mount Vernon and Lisbon in class A and Stanwood Morley Marcelle Alburnett Ely Toddville Olin Mechanicsville Clarence in class B. Washington favored in A while Class B centers on Marte.e as the top contender.
Nebraska jumped to a 19 point lead and held Iowa State in check in State gym as the Cornhuskers routed the Cyclones 43 to 16 ending Iowa State’s Big Six play. Coach Lous Menze used many players with no breakthrough until late in the game.
The lineup features players from the Cubs preparing to meet the New York Giants on Friday. Reported from St. Petersburg and Los Angeles, spring training notes list Wood, Grimm, Hart, and LeRoy among position players and a core of pitchers ready to report.
Reported results show Jim Browning from Verona and Mothrew Mike Mazurht from Poland placing in weight class 250 and 273 respectively. Ray Steele from Girnsdale California defeated Abie Coleman from Kansas City in a separate match with a 2010 score noted.
A playful roster of baseball greats ages 39 to 46 toys with a hypothetical outfield and infield. The piece notes Dazzy Vance and other veterans, questions a Cardinals bid, reports on William Benswanger's training camp accident, and ponders Notre Dame captaincy shifts under coach Hank Anderson.
Hubert Vivian Scott-Payne of the Royal Motoryacht Club cabled a challenge to Gar Wood for a Harmsworth Trophy race. Scott-Payne, a Royal Air Force motorboat designer, has built a secret challenger in Kent at a cost reportedly over 750000 dollars. The craft is powered by a Napier Schueli-Cer engine and tests have reportedly been satisfactory.
Monticello gears up for a mat boxing show on April 4 with plans featuring local athletes and competitions. The card includes noted fighters Jace Byrett and Nick Coggon among others, with bouts at Main venue.
Former Luther College standout Maryse Olson is reported to join the Boston Red Sox organization this spring. Olson, coached by S Roque at Luther, signed after completing her college career and is described as a ball player of exceptional potential.
The Marion A. C will stage a Christie hall event Thursday night featuring a Kope the Butcher versus Jimmy Bear best two of three mat match. Scissors Dick faces Sam Smith and Gene Miller opposes Kenny Gibson in bonus bouts with Bean Picker Edwards vs Wud Jerineck and Bud Ozburn vs Kid Beeryhill plus another four rounder.
Carnegie Tech defeated Grave City 54 to 34 in a decisive basketball result. The summary lists numerous mismatched scores and team names across a long, garbled OCR page with several errors and unreadable segments.
Grant defeated Marion 37 to 31 in Roosevelt gym in a rough fast contest. Holmes led scoring with 13 points while Harte of Marion added four field goals and two free throws. Box score follows.
Coe Kohawks meet Alberts independent five in a 8 pm exhibition at Coe gym. The lineup features Good and Poole at forwards, Pack at center, Neary and Belknap at guards. Alberts starts a star-filled lineup including Kanitz Van Deusen OConnor Wilcox Kinnan Johnson, with Break sidelined by a broken foot.
Freddie Miller retained the National Boxing Association featherweight title with a ten round victory over Alberto Arizmendi in Los Angeles. Miller dominated early with a jab from long range while Arizmendi pressed late, prompting a riotous barrage from the Mexican crowd as police cleared the arena. One ringside spectator was injured by a projectile as the crowd noise surged after the final bell.
Northwestern star Ernest Rentner played in the East West charity football game in January and now is scholastically eligible for track but ruled ineligible due to participation. He excels in high jump and hurdles with a best mark of six feet four inches.
Freddie Millier defeats Baby Arizmendi in Cincinnati to retain the featherweight title by outpoint, while Gorilla Jones stops Willie Oster in Akron. Other results include Bobby Pacho winning over Jackie Pikington in New York and Johnny Martinez outpointing Stanley-Krawhere in Los Angeles. Grognone and Quintinar draw in Grand Rapids.
Iowa, 8-3 in Big Ten play, eyes a road clash with Illinois to stay in third place. Starters Howard Bastian and Gueldner Krumbholz pace scoring, while the Hawkeyes average 31.7 points in conference games and allow 28.7. A note on a 3,800 year old giant sequoia in Yosemite National Park accompanies the item.
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