Net stars to play in Cedar Rapids exhibition March 28
Tennis exhibition at the coliseum features stars Vines Perry with Bell and Senior. Perry and Vines clash for dominance as Bell and Senior meet, then Vines and Senior team against Perry and Bell. Prices range from 55 cents to $1.40 including tax.
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Berkeley Bell
Texas
Walter Senior
University of California
Tred Perry
Ellsworth Vines
Vines
Perry
Bell
Senior
Donald Budge
California
DiMaggio and Ruppert Mediate Salary Standoff
Column reports Col. Jacob Ruppert will offer Joe DiMaggio $25,000 for the season as a stalemate with 3,000 miles and $5,000 separating them. Ruppert favors standing firm, boasting four ready outfielders and past boosts with Gehrig Ruffing and Gomez, while DiMaggio seeks a higher wage after a strong prior year.
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INS
Joe DiMaggio
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St. Petersburg
DiMaggio
di Maggio
Colonel
Gehrig
Ruffing
Gomez
Sixteen Teams Still Tussle In A A U National Cage Race
Sixteen teams from eleven states remain in the third round of the national AAU basketball tournament in Denver. Montana State Bobcats and Warrensburg Teachers meet Wednesday, with Missouri Valley entries posting easy second-round wins. Heidelberg of Tacoma and several Missouri Valley clubs advance as extra round action continues. AOxford University survey notes music winners claiming most prizes despite few electors.
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Denver
Missouri Valley League
Montana State Bobcats
Central Missouri State Teachers
Warrensburg
Montana State
Missouri
Kansas City
Colorado College
Montana Collegians
New Mexico Normal
Las Vegas
Denver Safeways
Alt Heidelbergs
Tacoma
Wash
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Heidelbergs
Adams State Normal
Alamosh, Colo
Evans Paper Company
Missouri Valley A. A. A
Colorado Springs Antlers
General Electric A. A
Schenectady
N. Y
Oklahoma City Parks
Jaglowicz
Detroit
Phillips 66
Bartlesville
Okla
Wichita Kansas Gas and Electric
Wichita Gridleys
Fase Dincglin Neb
Woodmen
Wilson Team Loses None In Local Tourney Upset Wins
Wilson and Company dominates the Gold Medal basketball tournament action at the YMCA gym. In the feature, Wilson led early 14-12 then surged behind Kirch Wilson and Wessel to beat Martello 53 to 29. Armstrong B and West Liberty join the advancing list with Mount Auburn Palo and Jack Yager's also earning byes or wins.
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Wilson
John Kirch
Red Wilson
Mel Wessel
Sprynels
Armstrong
West Liberty
Glenn Creno
Creno
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Mount Auburn
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South Dakota Indians Enter National Prep Meet
St. Francis Mission team from South Dakota will compete for the national Catholic prep basketball title at Loyola Academy in Chicago March 23 to 27. Seventeen teams entered the fifteenth annual tournament, filling fourteen remaining places including St. Ambrose Davenport Iowa and St. Augustine High Austin Minnesota.
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Chicago
St. Francis
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Missions
Loyola Academy
St. Ambrose
Davenport
St. Augustine High
Austin
Minn
Future Farmers Hold Tournament At Postville
The Future Farmers of America in northeast Iowa will stage a basketball tournament in Postville on Saturday March 19. Decorah faces New Hampton and West Union meets Postville in the afternoon. Winners play the first evening game and the losers compete for consolation honors.
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the Gazette
Postville
Future Farmers of America
Iowa
Decorah
New Hampton
West Union
Ruffing and Gehrig Trade Salary Jibes Over Pennant
The text notes Ruffing's $15,000 asking price and eventual concession by the colonel costing a month’s pay. It highlights Gehrig’s raise to $39,000 and suggests his calm approach to salary disputes. The piece ends with a remark about persuading the old gent from afar.
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Gehrig
Guiseppe di Maggio
Mike Jacobs Aims for Midwestern Fight Cash
Promoter Mike Jacobs heads from Manhattan to Chicago with about 3 million dollars in fights tied to a vest. He seeks 100000 for the Joe Louis vs Harry Thomas bout and plans more western shows if Detroit Chicago and Milwaukee back him. Jacobs has grossed around 500000 from thirteen MSG fights this season.
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New York
INS
Mike Jacobs
Manhattan
Joe Louis
Harry Thomas
Hitler
Austria
Mike
Detroit
Chicago
Milwaukee
Madison Square Garden
Definitely 1940 Olympics Set for Tokyo
The international Olympics congress announced that the 1940 Games would take place in Tokyo from September 9 to October 26. The proposal to postpone due to wartime conditions was rejected while Japan, Italy and Germany supported a later date because of late summer heat. The United States France and Britain opposed the change.
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Cairo
Egypt
Tokyo
C. T. Wang
Japan
Italy
Germany
United States
France
Great Britain
Yawkey 15 No Longer Dispenser of Money
Tom Yawkey abandons big bankroll casting in baseball. He shifts to farm system gains, building nine Red Sox farms and buying young talent like Jim Bagby who shone with a no hit three innings.
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Sarasota
Fla
Tom Yawkey
Tom
Boston Red Sox
Mr. Yawkey
Connie Mack
Joe Vosmik
St. Louis Browns
Jolin
Joe
Red Sox
Yawkey
Branch Rickey
Joe Qi
Jim Bagby
Sarge Bagby
Cleveland
Jim
Sarge
Young Jim
Charlotte
Rocky Mount
Hazleton
Cincinnati Reds
Bagby
Vitt Sets Tone With Cleveland Indians In Early Spring
Oscar Vitt, new Cleveland manager, vows a hard working, hustling club while banning poker and dice. He benches Rollie Hemsley after multiple rule breaches and aims for a smooth infield, strong pitching led by Al len and Harder, and a battle for second base among Kroner Irwin and Grimes. The Indians race the Yankees and Tigers with hopes of quick results.
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Oscar Vitt
Cleveland Indians
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Vitt
Indians
Roger Peckinpaugh
Cleveland
Walter Johnson
Steve O'Neill
Oss
Rollie’ Hemsley
Hemsley
Yankees
Tigers
Johnny Allen
Bob Feiler
Deny Gatehouse
Mel Harder
Earl Whitehill
Willis Hudlin
Joe Heving
John Humphries
Tom Drake
Bill Zuber
Pytlek
Trosky
Lary
Hale
Ken Keltner
Milwaukee
John Kroner
Tommy Irwin
Oscar Grimes
New Orleans
Salters
Averill
Campbell
Roy Weatherly
Jeff Heath
Armstrong Beats Arizmendi in Tough 10-Round Bout
Arm strong defeated Arizmendi in a non-title 10 round bout at Los Angeles with Arizmendi receiving a standing ovation from about 10 500 fans. The 1380 lb Hank dominated most rounds though Arizmendi refused to yield, earning praise from Armstrong and the crowd.
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Los Angeles
Henry Armstrong
Baby Arizmendi
Idol of
Armstrong
Hustlin
Hank
Arizamendi
Arizmendi
George Blake
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Walter
Tennis and Skating Assns
Leo Lucas
Cedar Rapids Tennis Association
Rapport
Davis J Walsh
Oxford University
Lasy
Martelle Wilson
Miller
Thede
Forrestal
D. Meeks
D. Thede
Wessel
M. Meeks
Ahrens
Thomas
Kiteh
Felrelsen
Vo Millers
Meynig
Armstrong “Ry
South Dakota
Future Farmers
Mat
Ali Babi
Memorial Coliseum
Paul Jones
al Bisagnano
Alf Johnson
Frank Brown
Houston
Tex
Ed Kruml
Pat Robinson
PACT
Mickelson
Murrumbidgee
New South Wales
Australia
George Kirksey
Ali Baba
Rapids
Chevrolet
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