Roosevelt and Marion Reach Sectional Semi Finals
Roosevelt beat McKinley 33 to 23 and Marion edged Central City 17 to 6 as Class A action moved toward semi finals. Wilson beat Coggan to join Roosevelt and Marion while Troy Mills defeated Palo and Alburnett overcame Center Point in Class B.
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Santa Anita Handicap Could Be Run On Off Track
Weather forecasts warned of rain and cloudiness as Santa Anita prepared the running of the $100,000 added handicap. Officials planned to name entries while track conditions were expected to be off for Saturdays mile and a quarter classic.
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Santa Anita
Los Angeles
Berg Reaches Semis in East Coast Golf Meet
Patty Berg of Minneapolis advanced to the semi finals of the Florida East Coast golf title in St. Augustine Fla by beating Mrs Leon Solomon of Memphis 2 and 1. Laddie Erwin Betty Jameson and Mrs Helen Hockenjos also moved into the semifinals.
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ST. Augustine
Hapac Named Captain of Illinois Cagers
Chicago dispatch reports Bill Hapac a junior forward from Cicero MI has been named captain of the 1939 40 Illinois basketball team Hapac holds the two year scoring record of 333 points for Illinois players
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Chicago
Bill Hapac
Cicero
Illinois
Hapac
Purdue and Ohio State Seeding Final Big Ten Battle
Purdue and Ohio State face off in Columbus in a pivotal season finale that could decide the conference champion. Indiana and Ohio State each hold nine wins and two losses, while Purdue trails but aims to derail the leaders and affect individual scoring honors led by Jimmy Hull of Ohio State. Illinois' Pick Dehner closes on the scoring crown with 151 points.
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Chicago
Purdue
Big Ten
Ohio State
Columbus
Buckeyes
Indiana
Hoosiers
Michigan
Wolverines
Jimmy Hull
Lewis
Dehner
Illinois
Wisconsin
Hull
Stephens
Andres
Beretta
Doug Mills
Coe Track Team Heads to Naperville Indoor Relays
Seven Coe College Kohawks depart Friday for the North Central indoor relays in Naperville. Runners Charley Ralston Vernon Elslager Harley Moore Leighton Mangels Walt Kinch Lloyd Patterson and Bob Van Evera compete against twenty midwestern colleges. Ralston adds broad jump and high jump while Elslanger runs 60 yd dash Moore and Mangels quad, Kinch hurdles, Patterson and Van Evera distance events. The meet tests Kohawks ahead of the indoor season with Pittsburg Teachers as 1938 classic champions.
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Coe College
Naperville
Kohawks
Charley Ralston
Vernon Elslager
Tlarley Moore
Leighton Mangels
Walt Kinch
Lloyd Patterson
Bob van Evera
Patterson
van Evera
Kinch
Ralston
Elslnger
Moore
Mangels
Forest Rutgers
Coe
Pittsburg
Kan
Burlington Juniors Beat Maquoketa Five
Burlington juniors defeat Maquoketa Jaysees 53 to 47 in a southeast conference challenge game. Jones led Maquoketa with 19 points before fouling out in the third period. Shupe scored 12 for Burlington with strong defense and Esau next with points.
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Gazette
Maquoketa
Burlington Junior College
Maquoketa Jaysees
Burlington
Jones
Shupe
R. Esau
Sabin Reaches Finals In National Net Meet
Wayne Sabin of Portland Oregon advances to the national indoor tennis championship final after defeating John P Tidball 6 3 6 1 8 6 in the semi finals. He will face the winner of Frank Bowden and C Depew Steele Jr for the title last won by Frank Parker.
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New York
GNL
Wayne Sabin
Portland
Ore
John P. Tidball
Frank Bowden
C. Depew Steele, Jr
Frank Parker
Favorites Advance In Sectional Meets In Des Moines AP
Des Moines AP reports six ty-four boys basketball sectional games began Thursday with few top seeds felled. Diagonal won its second sectional, 29 to 22 over Malay at Creston, while Pocahontas beat Humboldt 28 to 26. Fort Madison defeated Burlington 34 to 20 as Bloodhounds chase class A title. Creston 68 19 over Greenfield signals Hawkeye Six teams moving forward.
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DES Moines
Diagonal
Creston
Rolfe
Williamson
Jolley
Beech
Geneseo
Stratford
Baxter
McCalliburg
Alburnett
McGregor
Hinton
Simpson College Routs Upper Town 62 34 in Iowa clash
Simpson College rallied in the second half to defeat Upper Town 62 to 34 in an Iowa conference game at Indianola. Bowles scored 17 after a scoreless first half, helping Simpson widen the gap and remain in control.
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Indianola
Simpson College
Upper Town
Iowa
Simpson
Bodge Bowles
Spike Nelson Named Yale Line Coach. Ex Iowa Player
Emerson Spike Nelson, former University of Iowa athlete and coaching assistant, is appointed line coach at Yale University succeeding Marshall Wells who resigned last week. He will report next week after coaching at Iowa and LSU and a season as head coach at Mississippi State College.
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New Haven
DiMaggio Signs Contract and Heads to Yankee Camp
San Francisco dispatch reports Joe DiMaggio signed his contract and left on a Southern Pacific streamliner for the Yankees spring training camp in St. Petersburg Florida. The outfielder reportedly earns 27500 dollars this year, two thousand five hundred more than last season. Frank Crosetti also traveled toward St. Petersburg but had not yet signed his deal.
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San Francisco
INS
Joe di Maggio
Yeaks
St. Petersburg
Fla
Frank Crosetti
Picard And Snead Face Playoff For St Petersburg Open
Henry Picard of Hershey Pennsylvania and Sam Snead of White Sulphur Springs West Virginia clash in an 18 hole playoff for the St Petersburg open golf championship Picard led with a 54 hole total of 207 nine under par Snead also 207 with rounds of 70 69 and 68 The winner receives 700 and 450 to the runner up
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Hershey
Sam Snead
White Sulphur Springs
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Picard
New Orleans
Thomasville
Chocolate Soldier
Snead
Joser
District 1 sectional scores roll into Clinton Keota and Fort Madison
Sectional tournament results from multiple districts show Keosauqua, Cantril, Clinton Lyons, Fort Madison, Keota, South English, Martinsburg, Parnell and others set in play. Semifinals feature Iowa City University high against Marengo and Center versus Ladura as districts advance.
Missouri Routs Kansas 55 30 to Clinch Share of Title
Missouri defeated Kansas 55 to 30 in Columbia to clinch a share of the Big Six crown. The Tigers’ defense held Kansas to low scoring after a recent strong Oklahoma showing, ending a title drought dating to 1930.
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Missouri
Tigers
Kansas
Oklahoma
Tiger
Jayhawks
Local Y M C A Volleyball Team Travels to Davenport
The Davenport Y M C A hosts the Mississippi Valley tournament starting at 3 p.m. Local players join teams from Moline Clinton Des Moines Chicago and Dubuque with Davenport Blues as their first opponent. Cedar Rapids sends John Hann Oscar Thiesen Roy Harger Jack Skien Louis Hensley Henry Gundling John Powell Fred Taylor and E J Muilenberg.
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Davenport Y. M. C. A
Davenport Blues
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Des Moines
Chicago
Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
John Hann
Oscar Thiesen
Roy Harger
Jack Skien
Louis Hensley
Henry Gundling
John Powell
Fred Taylor
E. J. Muilenberg
Iowa grid program shifts focus to basic skills instruction
The Gazette reports University of Iowa coach Eddie Anderson begins with rudimentary drills teaching the shift from the T formation to the single wingback. Frank Carideo and Jim Harris supervise, with punting lessons from Carideo and individual tips for Nile Kinnick and other candidates as freshmen and sophomores practice signals from Couppee Cox and Huebner.
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the Gazette
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Notre Dame
Anderson
Eddie Anderson
Iowa
Frank Carideo
Jim Harris
Wisconsin
Carideo
Leroy Mills
Kinnick
Nile Kinnick
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Ed McLain
Buzz Dean
Gerald Ankeny
Roger Pettit
al Couppee
Council Bluffs
Louis Cox
Cuba City
Wis
Otto Huebner
Glenwood
Lighters Take Basket Title In Industrial League Final
Iowa Electric Light and Power company edged Wilson and company 20 to 15 to win the Allied Industrial league basketball title at the Quaker Oats gym. Kilowatts led after the third period and held on despite rough play, with Pack Hendryx Poole scoring the top totals for the winners.
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Wilson and Company
Quaker Oats
Packers
Wilson
Dick Prohaska
Lowell Pack
Pack
Vernon Hendryx
Allen Poole
Ralph Forrestal
Michigan Ohio State Meet Canceled
The dual track meet between the University of Michigan and Ohio State, set for Friday in Ann Arbor, is canceled as several team members are being treated for influenza according to an Ohio State spokesman.
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Michigan
Ohio State
Ann Arbor
Mich
Boxing Roundup Shifts as Arons and Moore Stop Foes
Chicago light heavyweight Milt Aron 148 won by knockout over Johnny Barbara 14635 South Bend. Ind. Billy Marauart and Pete Vella clash in Chicago. Obie Walker 231 Atlanta and Leroy Haynes 193 Philadelphia drew. Ack Bob Sikes 189 Fort Bluff knocked out Den Friend 201. Dick Demaray U4 Bismarck knocked out Speedy Wallace 119 in Minneapolis. Archie Moore 158 St Louis stopped Domenic Ceccareili 163 Italy in St Louis.
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Johnny Barbara
South Bend
Ind
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Philadelphia
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Pine Bluff
Ack
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Fine Bluff
den Friend
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Minneapolis
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Bismarck
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Speedy Wallace
Kansas City
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St. Lewis
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Italy
Stephens Named On All Big Ten Cage Team
Jim Hull and Lewis Dehner head the first team with Ben Stephens of Iowa and Ernest Andres of Indiana also honored. Fred Beretta of Purdue and John Kundla of Minnesota join as alternates, with Illinois and Ohio State players making the cut as leading scorers and defenders.
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Ohio State
Dehner
Illinois
Andres
Indiana
Beretta
Purdue
Chicago
United Press
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Jim Hull
Ben Stephens
Iowa
Ana
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Stephens
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Wisconsin
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Minnesota
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Hillopac
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Bob Dre
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Northwestern
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Bill Murphy
Coe and Cornell Clash In Season Finale At Home
Coe and Cornell men meet tonight at 7 30 in the Coe gym for the season finale. Cornell carries seven wins and three defeats in the Midwest conference and can claim the title if Kohawks beat them while Ripon loses to Lawrence on Appleton floor.
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Cornell
Coe Gymnasium
Kohawks
Ripon
Lawrence
Appleton
Michigan President Calls to Abolish Football
University of Michigan president Dr Alexander Ruthven urged abolishing football unless returned to students for education. He described the game as a degenerate extravagant spectacle with no worthwhile educational value and warned it could contaminate other sports. He urged colleges to remain educational institutions and avoid professional competition.
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Mich
Alexander G. Ruthven
University of Michigan
Ruthven
Michigan
Farr and Burman Set for London Return Fight
Tommy Farr the Welsh heavyweight will meet Clarence Red Burman of Baltimore in a ten round return set for April 13 or 20 at Harringay stadium in London.
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Tommy Farr
Clarence “Red” Burman
Baltimore
Harringay Stadium
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