Seeded Stars Advance To Second Round In National Net Meet
In New York seed players led the National indoor tennis championship into the second round with one upset loss. Harold MacGuffin fell to George Lott after winning the first set 4-6 6-2 6-2 final. Frank Shields beat Allan Squayze 6-3 6-1 and Berkeley Bell beat Bryan Hamlin in straight sets.
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EW York
N. Y
Harold MacGuffin
Philadelphia
George Lott
Chicago
Wille Lott
MacGuffin
Frank Shields
Allan
Cliff Sutter
Ellsworth
Mangin
Sidney B Wood
Sutter
Edward W Burns
Burns
New York
Wood
Gilbert Hall
Eugene McCauliff
Clark Andrew
Yale
George Key
Harvard
Hall
McCauliff
Cascade Hosts Triple Basketball Night
Cascade featured three games as St Martins boys beat St Columbkills 35 10 and St Martins girls defeated St Wenceslaus 52 14 at Cedar Rapids. Marv Faber scored 38 points for Cascade Advertisers who beat Hopkinton Independents 49 30 to close with seven wins five losses. Ov named all star as Cascade won Western Town tournament at Oversville Town.
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Cascade
St. Martin's Boys
St Columbkills
St Martin's Girls
St Wenceslaus
Cedar Rapids
Marv Margaret Faber
Hopkinton Independents
Orr
Cascade Advertisers
Oversville Town
HH Ov
Northern Iowa Loop Organizes For 1933 Season
Maquoketa sports notes report the Northern Iowa Baseball Loop forming for 1933. Officers named include Jack Haner Preston president Frank Carter Macginketa vice president and Crzvet Harding Badwin secretary treasurer with teams from Charlette, Oxford, and Treed areas preparing for a season schedule and managerial assignments.
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Maquoketa
Northern Iowa Baseball
Eae
Feassr
Jack Hanrer
Preston
Frank Carter Macginketa
Crzvet Harding Badwin
Tre
Sens
Charlotte Macwees
Demar Baidain
Sec
Ae Preston
Oxford
Tre Lasy
Beng
Teeds Grove
Ediegrer Bates
Preston Fourtees
Earue
Skort
Newel
Ear Azan
Raorts Chaeciotte
Penrar
McCarthy Faces Yankee Roster Dilemmas For 1933 Season
Joe McCarthy eyes key Yankee vacancies as aging stars threaten the 1933 lineup. Second base shortstop third base and outfield positions are uncertain with Lazzeri Sewell Combs Ruth and Crosetti among veterans to replace. Youthful pitching depth from Don Brennan Russell Van Atta Jimmy DeShong and Pete Jablonowski offers support as the club seeks stability.
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New York
Yankees
Cubs
Joe McCarthy
McCarthy
Yankee
MacFarden Moore
Pennock
Yanks
Don Brennen
International League
Russell van Atta
American Association
Jimmy DeShong
Pacific Coast League
Pete Jablonowsk
Newark
Marie Joe
Bennett High Cagers To Be Feted At Dinner
Bennett high cage team will be feted by alumni and townsfolk at a banquet in the high school gym Friday night. Speakers will include the Rev Otis Moore and Dr E Bees. Two basketball games and a boxing contest are on the program. Team captains Tead Blair and C I Boian lead the first game. Harry G Carl and John Belch lead the second. Coach Otto Lammers oversees the boxing.
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Garter
Bennett
Bennett High Cage
Aumn
Otis Moore
Dr . E. Bees
Tead Blair
CI Boian
Harry G Car
John Belch
Otto Lammers
Sokol Five Falls to Monticello DeMolays
The Monticello DeMolays defeated Cedar Rapids Sokol Five 44 to 20. Appleby and Ebied led the Sokals while G Madard Schlack topped the losers. Sokals schedule another home game Saturday night.
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Sokol Five
Monticello
DeMolays
Epec Alta
Gazette
Monticelo
Quntet
Cedar Rapids
So-Hos
Appleby
Ebied
G Madard Schlack
Sokals
Changes in Baseball Spring Training Life Over Time
A look at how Brooklyn and other teams altered spring camp norms from rugged barns and shared rooms to Miami hotels with trunks for sport and evening wear. It contrasts prior low budgets, single-room keys, and lack of showers with postwar comforts and beer, noting fan and press dynamics and shifting facilities.
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New York
Brooklyn
Miami-Biltmore
Florida
Sarasota
Yankees
Miami
Third Dean family member to try out with Houston Buffs
AP reports Houston Buffs president Fred Ankenman signed Elmer Dean, Dizzy Dean’s brother, as an outfielder in the Ozarks. Elmer, seasoned in semi pro ball, may carry the Dean name’s color and spark on the field. Dizzy and Paul Dean remain notable siblings in baseball history. The piece also notes Uganda’s rare twin birth festival context in the same era.
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Houston
Jerome
Dizzy
Dean
Fred Ankenman
Houston Buffs
Arkansas
Ozark Mountains
Ankenman
Elmer Nicer
Elmer
Ozarks
Hawkeye Nine Has Strong Material For 1933 Season
Special to The Gasette Iowa City reports the University of Iowa baseball team prepares for a 23 game 1933 schedule the longest since 1929 with nine lettermen returning two veteran pitchers and a strong outfield. Vance Marquis and Joe Whiting may start several games while sophomores Blackman Ford and Andrews push for pitching spots. Infield features Baker at first Schultehenrich at second Drager at third with Sennaidt handling catching duties. Only six Big Ten games in Iowa City with two to three more home games hoped. The opening tests begin April 11 against Kalamazoo Normal followed by Michigan State at East Lansing and Michigan Normal at Ypsilanti.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Iowa
Otto Vogel
William Ricke
Breda
Franklin Stempel
Macedonia
Vance Marquis
Remsen
Joe Whiting
Charles Blackman
Eugene Ford
Raymond Andrews
Glen Baker
Davenport
Herman Schultehenrich
St Charles Mo
Frank Drager
Monroe
Maranall Riegert
Mapleses
Mo Jere Laws Calfaz
Bi Ward Christensen
Christian Sennaidt
Dysart
Tows City
Hawkeye Baseball
Kalamazoo Normal
Michigan State
Fast Lansing
Michigan Normal
Ypsilanti
Elkader Tops Backbone Conference in Strong Season
Elkader high school finishes first in the Backbone conference with four league wins and two losses and three wins in non conference play. Coach Lyle Schroyer sees only one regular graduation, LaVerne Meyer, a county tournament standout. Five juniors depart Stoops Jungblut Wolf Bunting and Grifith.
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Elkader
Lyle Schroyer
LaVerne Meyer
Stoops
Jungblut
Wolf Bunting
Grifith
Ke-Wash Conference to Hold Track Meet in Washington
At their spring meeting in Washington officials announced the Ke-Wash Conference will sponsor a track meet this spring. President Ross said Washington junior college will likely host the league event with preliminary runs in the afternoon and finals under floodlights in the evening.
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Wellman
Washington
Ross
Washington Junior College
McCoy Describes Feud With Jim Corbett Ahead of 1900 Fight
Detroit instance recounts the Aug 30 1900 bout where Jim Corbett knocked out McCoy in the fifth round. He recalls a bitter prefight feud sparked by an earlier insult and a refused move to Rochester. The piece covers training disruption after family tragedy and lingering animosity turning to respect in later years.
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Detroit
INS
Jim Corbett
Jim
Corbett
Hawthorne Athletic Club
Buffalo
Rochester
McCoy
George Considine
Gilsey House
Considine
New York
Big Jim Kennedy
Saratoga
Simpson Five Home Games On 1933 Schedule
Simpson college forwards a 1933 football schedule with five home games at Indianola and most on Fridays. Key matchups include Drake in Des Moines and Iowa conference foes Buena Vista Luther Parsons Teachers St Ambrose Cornell and Kansas Teachers with homecoming on October 28.
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Indianola
dJudd
Dean
Simpson College
Iowa
Drake
Des Moines
Central
Parsons
Buena Vista
Storm Lake
Luther
Cedar Falls
St Ambrose
Davenport
Cornell
Kansas
Pittsburg
Kan
Connie Mack the Hard Fighter Behind Gentle Exterior
EW YORK Connie Mack is portrayed as a fighter at heart, not just a polite leader. The 1933 plan rebuilds the A's by selling Simmons Haas and Dykes, promoting rookies like Finney and Higgins, with McNair and Coleman stepping into key roles as Mack reshapes the team to regain fan support and profitability.
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Connie Mack
York
A’s
Mack
Boston Braves
Boston
Simmons, Haas
White Sox
Lou Finney
Simmons
Roger Cramer
Haas
Ed Coleman
Bing Miller
Frank Higgins
Jimmy Dykes
Higgins
Eric McNair
Boley
Bishop
Foxx
Rivers and Hampton Box in Mason City Benefit Show
Joe Rivers and Don Hampton headline an eight round main event at the armory on March 16 a benefit boxing carnival for the American Legion drum corps Proceeds fund equipment Two prior meetings produced close decisions Other bouts include Freddie Atkinson versus Young Trimble Tex Pancho versus Jimmie Kruze Raymond Wilson versus Ben Taylor plus Jimmy Tate and Arnold Chipley in four rounders A six man Negro battle royal tops the undercard Reserved seats 50 cents general 35 cents Women 25 and 15
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Joe Rivers
Don Hampton
Mason City
Colored Post of the American Legion
Post
Rivers
Hampton
Waverly
Iowa
Freddie Atkinson
Trimble
Atkinson
Tex Pancho
Jimmie Kruze
Raymond Wilson
Ben Taylor
Jimmy Tate
Arnold Chipley
Winneshiek Diamond Loop Sets County Baseball Schedule
The Winneshiek county Cow Pasture Baseball association issued its season schedule. The 8‑team Cactus League operates in the south half, the Alfalfa League in the north half. Season runs May 7 to Aug 6 with games across Decorah, Ossian, Festina, Calmar, Lincoln, Fort Atkinson, Spillville, Mystery and Port Atkinson.
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Cactus League
Lincoln
Festina
Spillville
Fort Atkinson
Decorah
Ossian
Port Atkinson
Mystery
Calmar
Bpfilville
Hungarian Net Star Collapses After Match
Baron Bela von Kehrling, long time Hungarian tennis champion and Davis Cup star, collapsed from a heart attack after a Riviera championship semi final defeat to Martin Legeau of France. Final score 7-5 2-6 10-8.
Kalona High Retains Ke-Wash Loop Title
Kalona High School’s basketball team defended its Ke-Wash Loop crown by beating Brighton 29 to 20 in a postseason game at Washington. The win earned the undisputed league championship after tying for first in the regular season and meeting in a conference playoff.
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Kalona High
Wellman—Kalona High School
Brighton High
Washington
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