Cleveland Indians Start Boudreau Era Amid Star Losses
In Clearwater Lou Boudreau begins as Cleveland manager facing Feller and Trosky departures. The Indians may finish low, with reshuffled pitching and infield questions, new rookies, and uncertain outfield depth as Boudreau tries to lift a weakened club.
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Franklin Boy Battin Leads Freshman Track Feats and Texas Doom
Franklin’s Jim Battin, a junior track standout, starred in freshmen quarter and relay events. Texas A&M freshmen swept Fort Worth meets with a 3:20.2 mile relay and a 3:24.9 quarter, while Battin clocked 51 seconds in the quarter. Schwinn, Markey, and Colman pursued college programs at Notre Dame, Iowa State, and the West Coast.
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District lines in Iowa high school journeys debated
A readable letter column from Strawberry Point and Postville readers questions travel distances for district and substate basketball journeys. The piece recalls Roosevelt era guidance to minimize travel and argues for fixed districts to reduce costs, while citing local games and state tournaments. Ben Hogan leads Greensboro Open after a 271 course record.
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McCluskey Earns All American Honor In Track
Joe McCluskey of the New York Athletic Club earned an all-American spot in the AAU selections announced by secretary treasurer Daniel Ferris. The list includes Lou Gregory close behind with nine places, with Warmerdam Wolcott Tolmich Borican and others noted for multiple consecutive years and events.
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Detroit Timber
Four Iowa Tankers Compete At National Meet
Four Iowa swimmers sought national honors at the intercollegiate tank meet at Harvard University. The meet continues Saturday. Hawkeye entrants include a 400 yard freestyle relay team previously placing third, with Don Wenstrom Clyde Kemp and teammates Ganoni Kemnitz Vito Lopin Ed Armbruster in the relay and individual 100 yard freestyle races.
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Sanitary Dairy Wins YWCA Cage Title Over Arm Stings 43 35
Sanitary Dairy defeated Arm Stings 43 to 35 on Thursday to clinch the YWCA basketball league title held by Paris Academy last year. In other games YWCA beat Paris Academy 57 to 35 and Becks defeated Quaker Oats 35 to 15.
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Jimmy Burke, former baseball player, dies of pneumonia
St. Louis report says former major league third baseman Jimmy Burke died Thursday after a brief illness from pneumonia. He once managed both the St. Louis Cardinals and St. Louis Browns during his major league career.
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Cornell Grapplers Entered in U. S. Collegiate Meet
Six Cornell wrestlers will compete in the national intercollegiate meet in East Lansing Michigan Friday and Saturday. The team includes Fred Bishop Arlo Ellison Wallace Littell Dale Thomas Quentin Joy and Walt Haloupek. This may be Cornell’s final year competition though freshmen enter a YMCA meet in Moline Illinois in April.
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