Muscatine District Meetframes Even Matchups In Basketball
Local district tournament previews emphasize balanced fields in classes A and B with no clear favorites. Teams like Davenport, Muscatine, Franklin, West Liberty, Belle Plaine, Monticello, Grundy Center, and Bennett meet in a schedule of close games from Wednesday through Saturday, with officials Harrison and Gump assigned.
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Davenport
Muscatine
West Liberty
Calamus
Mechanicsville
Vinton
Keystone
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Monticello
Grundy Center
Harrison
Iowa City
Gump
Maquoketa
Franklin prep team faces tough district bracket in tournament
Franklin's chances hinge on beating Vinton and then Monticello or Grundy Center, with Davenport and Muscatine out of its path initially. Monticello boasts an 18‑2 record, Grundy Center is strong, and Vinton's lineup includes Niles Jack. The Muscatine tourney favorites mix class A and B talent, promising exciting first round games such as Bennett facing Sharon and Geneseo versus Martello.
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Davenport
Muscatine
Franklin
Thunderbolts
Roosevelt
West Liberty
Iowa City
Belle Plaine
Vinton
Geneseo
Martello
Calamus
Mechanicsville
Keystone
LeGrand
Franklin Prep
Grundy
Monticello
Town City
Maquoketa
Moore
Dubuque
McKinley
Wilson
Girls basketball teams prep at Drake Field House
In Des Moines sixteen high school girls basket teams that reached the district round robins for the state tournament will each receive a 45 minute practice on the Drake Field House floor tomorrow. In New Orleans Frank Kohlbecker, Cleveland Indians secretary, donned a uniform to help warm up pitchers clarifying a catcher shortage.
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Drake Field House
New Orleans
Cleveland
Cedar Falls state wrestlers shine as Ray Cheney leads
State Teachers College wrestlers end season with solid finish. Ray Cheney tops the Cedar Falls record with 18 wins in 20 matches across 126 135 and 145 pound classes. He scored 31 points and only loss came to Larson of Iowa in 1936. The team aims for top honors after beating Center Junction and facing St. Marys Waterloo in previous rounds.
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Martello
St. Mary's of
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St. Wenceslaus
Cedar Falls
Ray Cheney
Larson
Iowa
Squash Tournament Opens at Y M C A March 22
The first city squash championship begins on the Y court March 22 with two divisions A and B. Entry fee is 25 cents. Gold and silver awards will go to winners and runners up in each division. Class A entrants include Otto Ambroz John Balcar Dr K Bogaard Ralph Yuill Jim Gregory George Farmer. Class B entrants include C A Frederickson Jack Miller Jim Bell Ted Fuehr Leon Meyer Ed Wadsworth Sam Nigh Orville Tousey Lynn Swaney Henry Gundling. A pair of rats will produce 68 offspring in a year.
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Y Court
Otto Ambroz
John Balcar
Dr. K. Bogaard
Ralph Yuill
Jim Gregory
George Farmer
C. A. Frederickson
Jack Miller
Jim Bell
Ted Fuehr
Leon Meyer
Ed Wadsworth
Sam Nigh
Orville Tousey
Lynn Swaney
Henry Gundling
Kammer Scores 55 in Season, Kohawks Top Scorers
Ben Kammer led the Coe Kohawks with 155 points in 19 games for the just completed season. Teammate Bob McKinley finished second with 198 points, as revealed by Forest Rutgers, Kohawks coach.
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Coe
Forest Rutgers
Kohawks
Bob McKinley
Iowa Athletes to Compete in Four Big Ten Title Meets
About 34 Iowa athletes will enter four Big Ten championships this weekend. Fourteen will join the indoor track meet in Chicago led by John Graves and Captain Andy Dooley. Eight swimmers compete in Bloomington with Ray Walters and Dick Westerfield. Eight gymnasts led by George Nissen compete in Iowa City. Four wrestlers head to Ann Arbor, led by Wilbur Nead and Carl Vergamini.
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University of Iowa
Chicago
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Andy Dooley
Bush Lamb
Homer Harris
Bloomington
Ind
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Ray Walters
Dick Westerfield
Iowa
George Nissen
Tumbler
Eugene Wettstein
Ann Arbor
Mich
Wilbur Nead
Carl Vergamini
Gophers Defend Big 10 Gym Title At Iowa Saturday
Special to The Gazet. Iowa City meets host Iowa Minnesota Illinois and Chicago in the Western Conference gymnastics championship Saturday afternoon. Minnesota defends the title with eight entrants as does Iowa Illinois enters ten Chicago six. Chicago's best two gymnasts are healthy and pose a strong challenge.
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Minnesota
Iinois
Chicago
Illinois
Vance Rimmer Of Delhi Tops Delaware County League Scorers
Vance Rimmer, the left handed center for Delhi undefeated champions, led the Delaware county league in scoring with 200 points in 16 games, an average of 12.14 per game, topping all players. Wilbur Beehm of Greeley was the other player over ten points per game and shifted to forward in the second half.
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Gazette Oneida
Vance Rimmer
Delhi
Rimmer
Wilbur Beehm
Greeley
Scoring Totals From Sixteen Games Highlight Regional Meet
A rundown lists 14 games totaling 164 points by an eight school field with six of eight schools represented in the top ten scorers. Fifteen players posted the highest averages led by AYG Delhi Hopkins and Morton. Runners include Wilson Buck Creek, Miller Oneida and others, with points and averages ranging roughly from 96 to 41.
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Morenz of Canadiens Dies of Heart Attack
Howard Howie Morenz star of the Montreal Canadiens hockey club dies in St Luke's hospital from a heart attack after recovering from a double leg fracture suffered in a game with the Chicago Blackhawks. Doctors cited a nervous breakdown and worry about his future as contributing factors. Morenz, a fourteen year NHL star and Montreal idol, helped popularize professional hockey.
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Howard
Howie” Morenz
Les Canadiens
St. Lukes Hospital
Chicago Blackhawks
Morenz
Earl Stebert
Chicago
Yankee Buys Insurance on Gehrig Holdout in St Petersburg
In St Petersburg Florida Babe Dahlgren, first baseman for the Yankees, says the club has purchased an option as insurance against Lou Gehrig's continued holdout. He adds he would not mind sitting on the bench if it preserves a spot in the World Series run.
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Ellsworth
Babe Dahleren
Yankees
Lo Gehrig
Ban on Bowl Games Sparks Southern Conference Controversy
The Southern Conference bans post season games controlled by third parties except Sugar and Rose Bowls, drawing charges of discrimination from Florida and Georgia. Atlanta officials push for a New Year’s Day game, while a Georgia House resolution calls on Tech and the University of Georgia to influence rescission of the rule.
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New Orleans
Southeastern Conference
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Miami
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Georgia House of Representatives
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Local Girls Head to Diocesan Cage Meet in Dubuque
St. Wenceslaus and Immaculate Conception girls basketball teams depart for Dubuque to compete in the diocesan tournament at Clarke College. St. Wenceslaus brings nine players led by Miller and Koutnik. Immaculate Conception fields ten players including Robinson and Neary. St. Wenceslaus faces St. Columbkline of Dubuque at 9 p.m. Wednesday, Immaculate Conception plays St. Joseph's of Bellevue at 2 p.m. Wednesday afternoon.
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Immaculate Conception
Dubuque
Clarke College
Leona Mercer
Margaret Miller
Helen Koutnik
Henrietta Severa
Agnes Krejci
Margaret Musel
Frances Tresnak
Hattie Capek
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Elizabeth Majewski
Catherine Robinson
Jean Neary
Peg Neary
Dorothy Moorehead
Betty Becker
Gloria Zemancek
Marie’ Davenport
Babe Turner
Ann Lazio
Peg Jameson
St. Columbkine’s
St. Joseph's of Bellevue
Luther Cagemen Accept Invitation To Title Tourney
Luther Norsemen basketball champions of Iowa conference accept invitation to the College Championship tournament in Kansas City March 9 to 12. They open Tuesday night against Missouri state champions Central Teachers of Warrensburg. The field includes eight state champions from Kansas Missouri Oklahoma Nebraska Iowa Indiana Illinois and South Dakota. Buck Newsom awaits Washington Senators owner Clark Griffith to discuss a salary cut from 11000 as his contract calls for a 6000 reduction.
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DeMolay Edges Marion 25 24 On Last-Second Basket
Frank Scheible scored the winning basket with five seconds left as the DeMolays defeated the Marion All-Stars 25 to 24 on the Coe floor Monday night. Ben Hermsen led Cedar Rapids with four field goals, Bailey and Rickey each had five points, while Givens topped Marion with nine points.
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Marion All-Stars
Coe
Ben Hermsen
Forrest
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Rickey
Givens
Elkader Junior College Faces Maquoketa in Final Tourney
Special to The Gate Elkader junior college meets Maquoketa in the North east Iowa junior college conference tournament final to be played here Tuesday at 8 p m In the first round Maquoketa beat Waukon 33 24 and Elkader upset Independence 39 20 The only second round game saw Lenox defeat ere aanete 45 31
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Tigers spring camp notes on Bob Logan and Mickey Cochrane
Manager Mickey Cochrane at Detroit Tigers spring camp discusses pitcher Bob Logan who impressed with a fastball and curve. Logan posted sixteen wins and nine losses with Indianapolis last season as Cochrane expressed confidence in his mound work.
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Bob Logan
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Mickey Cochrane
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Indianapolis
Cornell Mat Team Defeats Grinnell 15 to 13 in Finale
Cornell College beat Grinnell College 15 to 13 as five matches went by time advantages and Grinnell scored the meet’s only two falls. Callaway toppled Rossi at 118 pounds, Shepard pinned Hakinson in heavyweight, and results show Campo, Kenyon, Youns, Knudson, Watson, and Mokinson noted in lighter classes.
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Cornell College
Grinnell College Grapplers
Cornell
Pioneers
Callaway
Rossi
Shepard
Hakinson
Campo
Davis
F. Kenyon
Stotler
Youns
Spence
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West
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Knudson
Lehman
Watson
Caborn
Mokinson
Paul Frank
Towa
Association Sells Broadcasting Rights for 1937 Baseball Season
President George M. Trautman of the American association announced that the league sold broadcasting rights to General Mills of Minneapolis and Socony-Vacuum Oil. The package covers all 1937 season games except Sundays and holidays, marking the first joint league-wide radio deal in baseball history. Officials did not disclose the price, but estimates placed it near $50,000.
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American Association
General Mills
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Socony-Vacuum Oil Company
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