Favorites Narrow Escapes In State Cage Tourneys
Mason City edged Sioux Center 18 to 17 at Estherville in district play. East Sioux City beat Ida Grove 25 to 24, Davenport defeated Burlington 31 to 30, and Alburnett topped Wyman 33 to 21. Other results include Bronson over Plymouth 34 to 12 and West Union beating Dubuque 20 to 19 after overtime.
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ES Moines
Mason City
East Sioux City
Davenport
Sioux Center
Husky
Estherville
Sioux City
Ida
Dubuque
New Hampton
West Union
River City
Clair Wiltgren
Roosevelt High
Des Moines
Des Moines Roughriders
Newton
Marshalltown
Webster City
Sac City
Grundy Center
Council Bluffs
Blencoe
Burlington
Fairfield A
Franklin
Cedar Rapids
Ss BR
Danville de Richland
Alburnett
Wyman
London
Andrew
Clermont
Orange Township
Quasqueton
Waterville
Shellsburg
West Waterloo
Lass
Ottumwa
Albia
Melcher
Indianola
Williamson
Ng Tea
Mile
Blakesburg
van Meter
McCallsburg
Roosevelt
Ames
Churdan
Hampton
Goodell
Plover
Weer Center
Wall Lake
Pilot Mound
Wellsburg
Creston
Perry
Earlham
Mount Ayr
Bouse Winals
Wiota
Bumestan
Diagonal
Minburn
Abraham Lincoln
Gounei
Plutts
Villisca
Logan
Missouri Valley
Clarinda
Roun Gray
Prescott
Mae Maloy
Sioux Ae
Buffalo Center
Ida Grove
Bronson
Plymouth
Cunningham And Owens Lead Butler Relays Field
Indianapolis UP 312 athletes from 22 colleges compete in the fourth annual Butler relays. Ohio State star Jesse Owens and Glenn Cunningham headline the event with Michigan aiming to defend the university division title and Kansas State seeking the college title.
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Indianapolis
Jesse Owens
Ohio State
Glenn Cunningham
Butler
Michigan
Kansas State
Penn State
Pittsburgh
Cunningham
Sears
Rice
Notre Dame
Fanromani
Daly
Detroit
Trutt
Indiana
Local Swimmers Meet Davenport Squad Tonight
The Cedar Rapids Y M C A four division swimming team sails to Davenport for a 7 30 p m return meet at the Davenport Y M C A natatorium. The local swimmers beat the 1935 state champions 160 110 two weeks ago.
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Cedar Rapids
George Ross
Oliver Patrick
Gerry Brown
George Miller
John McGinty
Junior Griffith
Mikas
John Martin
Charles Gibson
Don Ross
Troy Deal
Jim Puryear
Don Hersch
Frank Martin
Bill McPartland
John Krabbenhoff
Louis Keller
Gerald Ar
Bernard Rudin
Walton Keller
Rob Robesburg
Jack Cocker
Kenneth Cochran
Unele Perry McCollister
Tom Kgnt
Bill Walsmith
Walter Maciejewsky
Charles Qowder
Francis Presler
Cyril Noon
Franke
Armour Tech Relays to Feature 32 Teams
CHICAGO AP Eleven Big Ten squads lead thirty-two indoor track and field teams in the eighth Armour Tech Relays. Over 400 athletes from eight states compete for twenty event titles. Standouts Don Elser of Notre Dame Al Haller of Wisconsin Bobby Grieve of Illinois and Abe Rosenkrantz of Michigan Normal may set records.
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Chicago
Armour Tech
Don Elser
Notre Dame
al Haller
Wisconsin
Bobby Grieve
Illinois
Abe Rosenkrantz
Michigan
Giants Drop Decision To Nashville Outfit
In Pensacola Florida the New York Giants manager Bill Terry used mainly second string players and Greenwood Mississippi club candidates as they lost 11 to 5 to the Nashville Vols of the Southern Association on a windswept field Friday.
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Pensacola
Fla
New York Giants
Bill Terry
Greenwood
Miss
Nashville Vols
Southern Association
Centerville Girls Set for State Semi Finals
Centerville the defending champion faces surprising Gilman in a state girls basketball semi final while Hansell meets Cumberland. Centerville beat Waterville 27 to 23 and Gilman upset Mallard 27 to 21, Cumberland edged Bode 26 to 24, Hansell edged Plover 26 to 25.
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Des Moines
Centerville
Gilman
Hansell
Cumberland
Marshall County
Waterville
Mallard
Bode
Plover
Redettes
Jean Puls
Wisconsin faculty ready to meet conference ultimatum
University of Wisconsin faculty prepared to satisfy a Western Conference demand by proving control of athletics. A new athletic board was appointed to replace the resigned panel after Walter Meanwell's dismissal. The board includes four faculty members, two alumni, and a student representative.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Walter Meanwell
District Boys Scores From Associated Press
District basketball results across Davenport New Hampton Ottumwa Council Bluffs Estherville and other sites show Class A and B rounds with teams such as Davenport Burlington Fairfield Franklin Danville Alburnett West Waterloo Dubuque West Union Sac City Perry Creston Perry and more advancing or being eliminated with several overtime and close finishes. Key scorers include Webster City Churdan Goodell Wall Lake and Wellsburg with multiple single game outcomes and round progress noted.
Boxing Results Roundup From Cities Across the Nation
The Associated Press reports featherweight Freddie Miller won a non-title decision in Birmingham. Other bouts included Ken Overlin over Johnny Rossi in Boston, Frankie Wallace defeating Hoyt Jones in Los Angeles, Lou Salica beating Small Montana in San Francisco, and Tiger Wade stopping Bash Lara in Manila. Draws occurred in Providence and Spokane matches.
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Birmingham
Ala
Freddie Miller
Andy Martin
Boston
Ken Overlin
Johnny Rossi
Worcester
Los Angeles
Frankie Wallace
Cleveland
Hoyt Jones
San Francisco
Lou Salica
Brooklyn
Montana
Manila
Tiger Wade
Chicago
Bash Lara
Mexico City
Gene Mantell
Providence
R. J
Ross Buster
San Diego
Calif
Lee Ramage
Gan Dicke
Jack Darcy
Oakan
Spokane
Wash
Charlie Byrne
Philadelphia
Jimmy McLeod
Tacoma
Drew
Greenberg Explains Why He Won't Sign Yet with Tigers
Detroit star Hank Greenberg states he is not a holdout and would sign a fair contract in a man to man deal. He argues his 1935 performance warrants higher pay and notes the club’s strong finances, including recent bleacher and roster investments.
Detroit Tigers Chief Refuses Public Comment on Greenberg Case
Walter Briggs, president of the Detroit Tigers, said in a long distance call from Lakeland Florida that there is nothing new to report on Hank Greenberg. He repeated that the team would not discuss offers or demands and provided no new information about the case.
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Hank Greenberg
Detroit
George Kirksey
United Press
New York
Walter O. Briggs
Tigers
Frank Navin
Detroit Tigers
Lakeland
Fla
Greenberg
Center Point and Toddville Girls Reach Linn County Final
In a Linn County girls basketball semifinal, Toddville defeated Central City 21 to 16 while Center Point routed Troy Mills 49 to 21. The final will feature Center Point versus Toddville with Central City and Troy Mills playing for consolation honors.
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Center Point
Toddville
Central City
Linn County
Troy Mills
Iowa Fair Managers plan racing circuits for fairs
Forty members of the Iowa Fair Managers association voted to continue the Midwest Racing circuit and form a new Northeast Iowa circuit. The Midwest meets will run in Burlington, Davenport, Eldon, Des Moines, Algona and Marshalltown, with dates for the new circuit to be announced later.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa Fair Managers Association
Iowa
Burlington
Davenport
Eldon
Algona
Marshalltown
White Sox Open 23-Game Exhibition Tour
The Chicago White Sox leave for a stiff exhibition run starting in Pasadena and heading to San Bernardino to face Los Angeles in the opener. Johnny Whitehead will pitch the first game while Monty Stratton starts Sunday against the same foe.
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Pasadena
Calif
Chicago White Sox
Los Angeles
San Bernardino
Johnny Whitehead
Sox
Monty Stratton
How to feel the click in a smooth golf swing
The article describes a drill to improve control and speed in the golf swing by keeping the left arm stationary while lifting the club and letting the wrists slow down. It emphasizes feeling the arms follow the club over the top to achieve a lash-like motion. An editor note mentions Chester Horton offering additional grip and stance guidance via his booklet.
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Chester Horton
Gazette
Eight Cage Fives Left In Catholic Cage Tournament
The national Catholic interscholastic basketball title field is reduced to eight. Chicago and Indiana each advance three teams to the quarter finals. De La Salle Chicago eliminates defending champion St. Xavier Louisville 43 to 21 and meets Reitz Memorial Evansville. St George Evanston beats Columbia Academy Dubuque and faces Catholic High Decatur. Indiana squads also win with St. Francis Mission St. Francis S C and Anderson Indiana overcoming foes. Semi finals set for tonight, title game tomorrow night.
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Chicago
INS
Indiana
de la Salle
St. Xavier of
Louisville
Reitz Memorial
Evansville
Ind
Reitz
Our Lady of Victory of
Little St. Mary’s
Anderson
Indians
St. Francis Mission School
St. Francis
S. C
Anderson Lads
Down Catholic
Baton Rouge
St. Patrick High
Elizabeth
N. J
Chicago Team Sets 3054 In A B C Meet
Oak Leaf Motors of Chicago surged to the head of five man standings at the American Bowling Congress tournament with a 3054 total last night. They eclipsed last year’s winning 3029 by Wolfe’s Tire Service of Niagara Falls New York, while The Tea Shop of Milwaukee holds the record with 1186 in the 1927 Peoria tourney.
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Indianapolis
Oak Leaf Motors
Chicago
Reds Target First Division In 1935 Campaign
Cincinnati’s manager Charlie Dressen pushes for a first division berth as the Reds plot to overcome holdouts Ernie Lombardi and Floyd Herman. With Lombardi and Herman potentially aboard, Dressen counts on 1935 freshmen to lift a club that rose from the cellar last season.
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Dressen
Lombardi
Herman Pack
Tampa
Fla
Cincinnati Reds
Charlie Dressen
New York
St. Louis
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Reds
Ernie Lombardi
Floyd
Babe) Herman
Herman
California Orange Grove
Red
Sunny Jim” Bottomley
Alex Kampouris
Lew Riggs
Billy Myers
Bottomley
George McQuinn
Newark
Leslie Scarsella
Wilmington
N. C
McQuinn
Scarsella
Iowa and Cornell Wrestlers Advance In National Meet
The ninth annual NCAA wrestling tournament opened in Lexington Virginia with multiple early matches. Julie Moore of Iowa State Teachers received a bye at 126 pounds while several lightweights and welterweights posted falls and unanimous decisions for Iowa Cornell and opponents from Minnesota Oklahoma Harvard and others advancing to round two.
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Lexington
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Juan Moore
Iowa State Teachers
M. Villareal
Oklahoma Central State Teachers College
Raymond Cheney
Iowa State
Dale Brand
Cornell College of Iowa
Earl Lancaster
West Virginia
Robert Larson
Iowa
Dale Scrivens
Oklahoma A
Calvert Thomas
Washington and Lee
Donald Dailey
Minnesota
Howard McGrath
Cornell
Joe Kaplin
Oklahoma University
H. D. Strong
Byron Guernsey
Carlson Johnson
Glen King
Central Teachers
Oklahoma
Earl Keilhorn
Robert Steidtman
Bill Keas
James Watson
Cornell College
Edward Paquette
St. Lawrence
John Whitaker
Jack McCullough
Southwestern State Teachers
Paul Weiler
Joe Parkey
Southwestern State Teachers College
H. B. Stoddard
Harvard
Stoddard
J. C. Hamilton
Carl Kill
Southwestern Teachers
Donald Bailey
Dailey
Lorrin Woodman
Woodman
Lee Bogle
Bogle
Grieve Breaks 60 Yard Indoor Dirt Dash Record
In Chicago Bob Grieve of Illinois set a new world indoor dirt track 60 yard record in 6.6 seconds using starting blocks, tying the world mark. Wisconsin defended its central AAU indoor title as unattached competitors scored 38 points and more AAU records were set.
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Chicago
Bob Grieve
Illinois
Wisconsin
Grieve
Ralph Metcalfe
Marquette
Jesse Owens
Ohio State
William Mihilo
Chicago Park District
A.A.U
James Lightbody
Fenske
Exhibition Baseball Scores and Cancellations from Florida Trip
Exhibition games at Fret Florida and New Orleans Cleveland featured Nashville against New York with a 11 and 7 score respectively Chicago faced New York 6. Other games were cancelled due to rain.
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THE
Associated Press
Fret, Fla
Nashville
New York
New Orleans
Cleveland
Chicago
California and Kansas Fives in A A U Cage Final
Hollywood Universals meet McPherson Globe Refiners in the 1936 National AAU championship. Kansas, noted for fast breaking, edged Kansas City Santa Fe Trails 54 to 51 in the semifinals, while the Globe refiners held a 45 to 16 halftime advantage over Hutchinson Transits.
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Denver
Hollywood
Calif
Universals
McPherson
Kan
Globe
Kansas City
Hutchinson
Iowa Swim Team Departing for Yale National Meet
The University of Iowa western conference championship swimming team will depart Iowa City for Yale University New Haven Conn to compete for the national collegiate title on Friday and Saturday ahead of the event.
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Iowa City
INS
University of Iowa
Yale University
New Haven
Conn
Tate Of Upper Iowa To Play Pro Football
Floyd Tate, Upper Iowa's great all around athlete, will play professional football next fall with the New York Giants of the National Pro League. Tate, an all state performer, plays either in the backfield or the line.
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Fayette
Floyd Tate
Upper Iowa
New York Giants
Tate
Yankees in Tampa Camp Circulation Sparks Trade Talk
In St Petersburg Clark Griffin and Joe McCarthy spoke briefly amid trade rumors while Senators players downplayed the chatter. Ed Brandt and Fred Frankhouse avoided the wet Sarasota grounds during a Red Sox postponement. Clark Griffith ordered faster conditioning for Deshong and Weaver as he eyed a game against the Reds.
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ST. Petersburg
Clark Griffith
Senators
Griffith
Joe McCarthy
Clearwater
Ed Brandt
Fred Frankhouse
Sarasota
Red Sox
Bradenton
TAMPA
The
Jimmy Deshong
Monte Weaver
Reds
Bucky Harris
Athletics Meet Browns Delayed by Veach Injury
The Miami Athletics were to face the St. Louis Browns today but pitcher Alvis Veach will miss the series after a leg break from a liner Wednesday. He heads home to Selmare once discharged from the hospital.
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MIAMI
Athletics
St. Louis Browns
Alvis Veach
Selmare
Hos
Phillies poised with strong pitching for Newark game
Sebring reports Phillies manager Jimmy Wilson is confident in his pitching staff and predicts the team will win 100 games this season He also expects Ur t Davis to win twenty The Phils face the Newark Bears today
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Sebring
Jimmy Wilson
Phillies
Davis
Phils
Newark Bears
White Sox Face Dodgers Today as Dykes Plans Steady Roster
San Bernardino reports the White Sox meet the Dodgers with manager Jimmy Dykes stating no roster cuts before departure for Chicago. He may alter his mind after the Pirates series begins March 28 following a thirteen game segment.
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San Bernardino
White Sox
Los Angeles
Jimmy Dykes
Chicago
Pirates
Browns Stay Ready as Injured Carey Shelved
Browns second baseman Tommy Carey is out with a bad ankle sprain and will be sidelined at least a few days. Reserve players have shown adaptability across positions as Rogers Hornsby and staff prepare for emergencies.
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MIAMI
Tommy Carey
Browns
Rogers Hornsburg
Bright Career Ends for Tony Scarpati in Ring Tragedy
Tony Scarpati a 22-year-old Brooklyn boxer and former Golden Gloves featherweight champion died after a seventh round knockout by Lou Ambers at a Broadway arena. He collapsed, suffered brain injury, and passed away in Bushwick hospital with family at his side. Ambers canceled future bouts and offered funeral expenses.
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Tony Scarpati
Brooklyn
Broadway Arena Ring
Lou Ambers
Herkimer
N. Y
Red Hook
Bushwick Hospital
Tony
Ambers
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Angelina Chechilo
Jenny
Degraw Street
Scarpati
Lou
Francis Fuchs
Our Lady of Good Counsel Church
Amana
Toys From Old Tinfoil Aid Crippled Children
John Marrilla, union station master in Louisville, has donated $1,107 over ten years to a crippled children's hospital from toy dogs made from melted tin foil. Friends bring scrap foil to the station, where 25 pounds daily are molded into toys for baskets in the lobby and local railroad offices.
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Louisville, Ky
John Marrilla
Union Station
Kosiar Crippled Children’s Hospital
Marrilla
Wrestling Results North Bergen and Waterbury
Joe Dudek from Omaha defeated Vic Christy in North Bergen New Jersey in one fall. Dr Carlos Hernandez from New York beat Chief Flying Cloud from Oklahoma in Waterbury Connecticut by straight falls.
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Associated Press
NORTH _ BERGEN
N. J
Joe Dudek
Omaha
Vic Christy
California
Waterbury
Conn
Carlos Hendriquez
New York
Chief Flying Cloud
Oklahoma
Real estate transfers involving banks and multiple heirs
D W Bates as receiver conveys lot 7 block 2 Orig Town Marion to Mary E Bickel for 2000 dollars. Katherine Nye Luberger and husband deed to Charles M and Kate Westerfield as joint tenants. Agnes Brainard et al to Ed Sheftie for one dollar. Grantors and grantees are heirs of Katerina Vostrel and Vaclav Vostrel. Frank Charles to Pauline Charles for property in Sutzin Subdivision and Irr Surne area for one dollar.
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D W Bates
Banking of
Iowa
Farmers and Merchants State Bank of
Marion
Mary E Bickel
Orig Town
Katherine Nye Luberger
Charles M
Kate Westerfield
Daniels Park
Agnes Brainard
Ed Sheftie
Hull
Katerina
Kate Vostrel
Vaclav Vostrel
Frank Charles
Pauline Charles
Sutzin
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