National League Embraces Youth Over Veterans Says Frick
Ford Frick, National League president, argues the league has moved from a haven for aging stars to a youth driven era. He notes the Giants remain sturdy while the Reds Cubs and Cardinals boast many young players forecasting a potential Cubs vs Cards pennant race.
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W York
INS
Jack Quinns
American
Ford Frick
The
National
Tom Zachary
Waite Hoyt
Frick
Giants
Reds
Cubs
Cardinals
Nac
Frankie Frisch
Frankie
Connie Mack
Frisch
National League
Tobin and Plummer Set to Meet in Major Wrestling Card
Wrestling promoter Eddie Jennings headlines a big Thursday night show in Memorial Coliseum with Farmer Tobin against Lou Plummer in the main event. Tobin has drawn acclaim across Boston Chicago New York and St Louis and promises the busiest night Plummer will face in some time. The undercard features Karl Davis versus Billy Hansen and Ivan Vakturoff versus Abe Rothberg. The Cedar Rapids Y swimming team will compete in Clinton district meet with a path to the state event in Iowa City on April 18.
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Boston
Chicago
New York
St. Louis
Farmer Tobin
Lou Plummer
Eddie Jennings
Memorial Coliseum
Tobin
Maine
Middle West
Plummer
Jennings
Rasputin
Karl “Big Boy” Davis
Billy
Tarzan” Hansen
Ivan Vakturoff
Abe Rothberg
Thompson
Cedar Rapids Y
Clinton
Iowa City
John Krabbenhoff
Oliver Patrick
George Miller
Don McGinty
Junior Griffith
Joe Mead
Junior Mikas
George Henry
Bernard Rudin
Walter Kellar
George Brown
Junior Pettit
George Ross
Bud Tremain
Jim Puryear
Don Ross
Bob Ronnesburg
Charles Griffith
Bill McPartland
Dick Swatek
Gurney Day
Francis Presler
Troy Deal
Cyril Noon
Kenneth Cochran
Jack Cocker
Don Hersch
Leo Baughman
Bill Walsmith
Perry McCollister
Walter Maciejiewsky
Charles Lowder
John Ely
John Martin
Bob Gibson
Frank Martin
Louie Kellar
Gerald Ard
Davenport Remains in Valley Loop with Basketball Exclusion
Davenport will stay in the Mississippi Valley Conference but be excluded from the 1936-37 basketball schedule. The Blue Devils will not count towards the conference standings for four required games, affecting eligibility for the title. A tentative local schedule is to be formed this week, with a conference-wide meeting set for April 8 in Anamosa.
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Iowa
Davenport
Iowa City
Blue Devils de Sire
Dubuque and
Clinton
Cedar Rapids
Fred Winter
Wilbur Dalzell
Dubuque
Anamosa
Atalissa High School Presents First Letters to Basketball Team
The first annual letters for the Atalissa boys basketball squad were awarded at the school chapel. Superintendent A N Hopperstead presided. George Hise spoke for the West Liberty Index. Veral Miller Kenneth McKillip and Chester Zimmerman presented by Coach Dale Smith.
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Atalissa
Theoys
Atalissa High School
A. N. Hopperstead
George Hise
West Liberty Index
Verl Miller
Kenneth McKillip
Chester Zimmerman
Dale Smith
Lyle McKillip
Maurice Martin
Herbert Gatzke
Sukeforth Named Manager of Leaksville Club
Clyde Sukeforth veteran catcher from Brooklyn was appointed manager of the Leaksville Dodger farm team in the Bi-State league based in Clearwater Florida.
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Clearwater, Fla
Clyde Sukeforth
Brooklyn
Leaksville
N. C
Dodger Farm
Clinton Winners Dominate Valley Indoor Track Meet
Clinton high school captured the Mississippi Valley indoor track championship with 56 points led by Swanson and a strong dash and hurdle corps. Davenport was second with 32, Dubuque third with 18 as new conference records fell in shot put high jump and the half mile. Rendleman of Davenport set the shot put mark at 48 feet 3 1/4 inches. Manley and Harris also posted conference records for Clinton. Swanson led as top scorer with ten points.
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Iowa City
Swanson
Clinton High School
Mississippi Valley
Davenport
Dubuque
Rendleman
Jones
Clinton
Manley
Harris
Slack
Barstou
Griffith
Sturtz
Vosberg
Cozad
Franklin
Wishniewsky
Wilson
Tharp
McKinley
Seiler
Tellier
Michaelsen
Andrews
Flack
Saunders
Speck
Cedar Rapids
Christie
Eee
Reilly
Roosevelt
Axtell
West Waterloo
Nelson
Arp
Finch
Oo Christie
Wrieses
Clintons
Case Clinton
Daye
Stonrt
Schmidt
Saur
Snell
Cedar Rapid
Orioles Top Phillies in Winter Haven Exhibition
In Winter Haven Florida on Saturday the Baltimore Orioles defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 3 to 1 in an exhibition game as the Phillies’ hold on minor league opponents faltered.
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Winter Haven
Fla
Phillies
Baltimore Orioles
Exhibition Baseball Scores From Florida and Beyond
Exhibition games in Florida and other sites feature Chicago and Cincinnati, Toronto and Buffalo, Boston and New Orleans, St. Louis and Rochester, Milwaukee and Albany, and more. The slate includes varied scores, lineups, and pitchers across Plant City, Sarasota, Bartow, Winter Garden, Orlando, New Orleans, Atlanta, and Newark with multiple teams posting offensive outputs and pitching notes.
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Tampa
Fla
Chicago
Cincinnati
Kowalik, Root
O'Dea
Nelson, Brennan
Lombardi
Campbell
Plant City
Toronto
Buffalo
O _Mooty
Nekola
Rochester
Heusser and Clark
Weiland
Michaels
O'Farrell
Poland
Winter Garden
Milwaukee
Albany
Johnson, Schrenzer
Griswald
Suarez and
Guerra
Orlando
Fila
St. Louis
Washington (A
VanAtta
Mahaffey
Meola
Guiliana
Lanahan
Appleton
Bolivia
Boston
Holbrook
New Orleans
New York
Cleveland
Smith, Coffman
Mancusoildebrand
Milnar
L. Brown
Pytlak
Atlanta
Philadelphia
Dietrich
Maturak
Smith and Hayes
Schmidt
Thomas and
Richards
Cage
Pittsbur
Whitehead
Kennedy
Sewell
Hoyt
Swift
Lucas
Todd
Finney
St. Ae
MacFayden
Benge and
Lewis
Hadley
Ware
Winter Haven
Baltimore
Pierce, Bivin and
Spencer
Grabowski
Passen
Mulcahy Wana Atwood
Earwater
Newark
Laflamme
Ahearn
White
Her
Frankhouse
Mungo
Elps
Eastern Iowa Amateur Loop To Have 8 Teams
The Eastern Iowa Amateur baseball league for 1936 will have eight teams with Epworth confirming on Friday and Colesburg the last holdout among last season's clubs. Returning franchises include New Vienna Bankston Farley Pleasant Grove Dyersville Epworth Peosta and Worthington. The final decision rests until the April 6 meeting.
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Dyersville
Iowa
Carl McDermott
Epworth
Loop
Colesburg
New Vienna
Bankston
Farley
Pleasant Grove
Peosta
Worthington
Tipton Dog Wins at Mississippi Valley Kennel Show
The St Louis Iowa exhibitors dominated the twenty fourth annual Mississippi Valley Kennel Club dog show with Champion Ruxton's Molly O'Day, owned by Jack A. Spear of Tipton Iowa, earning Best of Breed among Irish Setters as judging continued Saturday.
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Tipton
ST. Louis
Iowa
Mississippi Valley Kennel Club
Ruxton
Molly O’day
Jack A. Spear
Baseball Leagues Face Season and Leadership Shifts
The league president, Harry Johnson, and Dr A J McLaughlin lead the office as the two six club circuits split season. Lee Keyser pursues Des Moines park commissioner while major league races start in two weeks.
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National Association
Harry Johnson
A. J. McLaughlin
Lee Keyser
Des Moines
Bobby Jones Sets Augusta Course Record 64 Ahead of Masters
Bobby Jones scorched the Augusta National course with a 64 to lead preparations for the Masters. He opened with 32 and finished four under par, sharing a foursome with Ed Dudley Scotty Campbell and Johnny Dawson as sixty seven players arrived for the tournament. Lawson Little also posted a brisk 34 for the first nine before darkness halted play.
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Augusta
Bobby Jones
Augusta National
Jones
Bobby
Ed Dudley
Dudley
Albert “Scotty” Campbell
Johnny Dawson
Campbell
Seattle
Wash
Lawson Little
Nation's Net Stars Assemble At Houston
The nation's top tennis stars gathered in Houston for the River Oaks tournament, a buildup to the cup zone match with Mexico. Play starts Monday with Bryan Bitsy Grant of Atlanta defending his singles title.
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Houston
Tex
Mexco
Bryan
Bitsy) Grant, Jr
Atlanta
Doubles Crown Held by Grant and Allison
Grant and Wilmer Allison of Austin hold the doubles title and share the crown as national champions. They are part of the U S Davis Cup team of five set to face a Mexican squad April 10 12 for the right to challenge the European zone winner. Teammates include Donald Budge Gene Mace and Johnny Nona Ryn.
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Wilmer Allison
Austin
Grant
Allison
United States
Donald Budge
Gene Mace
Johnny Nona Ryn
Picard Wins North South Open in Pinehurst Playoff
Henry Picard of Hershey Pennsylvania defeated Ray Mangrum of Pittsburgh by five strokes in a playoff to claim the North and South Open title at Pinehurst. Picard’s five round total was 288 even par for 90 holes, while Mangrum shot 288 but 77 in the playoff cost him the gold and $1,000 as the top prize.
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Pinehurst
N. C
Henry Picard
Hershey
Ray Mangrum
Pittsburgh
Picard
Mangrum
Pines
Derringer In Court In Divorce Case Delay
Tampa Florida. Paul Derringer ace Cincinnati pitcher was ordered to stay in Florida until courts grant permission to depart as part of his divorce suit against his wife.
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Tampa
Fla
Paul Derringer
Cincinnati
Florida
Records Fall At Texas Relays in Austin Texas
Sam Francis of Nebraska opened the record spree with a shot put of 51 feet 9 1 2 inches. Texas broke several university and high school marks in the mile, relays, pole vault, and shot put, with Oklahoma Baptist hurdler Sam Allen winning the 120 yard hurdles. Texas lowered the half mile relay record to 1 25 and Kansas State Teachers and Emporia Teachers set new distance medley marks.
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Sam Francis
University of Nebraska
Hugh Rhea
Sam Allen
Oklahoma Baptist University
Texas Relays
University of Texas
Texas
Kansas State Teachers of
Pittsburg
Oklahoma Baptists
Kansas State College
Emporia
Kan
Bob Fitzsimmons Rated Greatest Heavyweight
A San Francisco Chronicle consensus ranks Bob Fitzsimmons as the world’s greatest heavyweight to date with James J. Jeffries second, Joe Louis third, and Gene Tunney fifth. The ballot lists other legends including Corbett, Sullivan, Dempsey, Johnson, Jackson, and Langford among the top ten. Fitzsimmons, famed for titles across three divisions, died at 52 after a long career ending with a 1914 no-decision bout.
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AN Francisco
Bob Fitzsimmons
Australia
Harry B. Smith
San Francisco Chronicle
Ruby Robert
James J. Jeffries
Fitzsimmons
Detroit
Joe Louis
James J. Corbett
John L. Sullivan
Gene Tunney
Jack Dempsey
Jack Johnson
Peter Jackson
Pudgy
Sam Langford
Hall of Boxing Fame
Corbett
George Gardner
Eastern Iowa marbles players seek national shot at trip to Wisconsin
The Gazette sponsors an eastern Iowa marble championship for players under 15 to determine the region’s finalist for the national Fourteenth Annual Marble Tourney. The winner earns a vacation trip to Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, for the western finals and a chance at the national title in Ocean City, New Jersey.
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Iowa
The
Gazette
Lake Geneva
Wis
Ocean City
N. J
Wisconsin
Cunningham Entered In St. Louis Indoor Event
Glenn Cunningham world record holder for the mile indoors and outdoors will race in the St Louis indoor relays on April 4 promoter Marvin Plake said he will seek worthy opponents for the former Kansas track star Ralph Metcalfe from Marquette has entered the 50 yard dash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Glenn Cunningham
Marvin Plake
University of Kansas
Ralph Metcalfe
Marquette University
Armbruster Named President of College Swimming Coaches
David Armbruster of Iowa was elected president of the College Swimming Coaches Association of America at its annual meeting in New Haven. He succeeds R B Miller of Bowdoin. Joe H Nill of West Point was named first vice president with Charles Graham of Williams as second vice president and Henry Ortland of the Naval Academy as secretary treasurer.
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New Haven
Maquoketa Valley Ball League Plans 1936 Reorganization
DYERSVILLE The Maquoketa Valley baseball league calls a Friday night meeting to launch plans for reorganizing the circuit for the 1936 season. Officers are Acting president Max H. Jenk and secretary Charles Gebhart.
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Dyersville
Maquoketa
Cascade
Oxford Junction
Anamosa
Coggan
Monticello
Alburnett
Guttenberg
Bellevue
Bernard
Dubuque
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Kates
Cc. R
R. Roosevelt
Waterloo
Ohare McKinley
Orioles
PHILS
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Red Peppers Hot Sport
By Earl
Nation
Derringer
Austin, Tex
E&f
Auto Service
Second Ave
Jeffries
Tunney
Dempsey
Tait Cummins
Lassie
Cunningham
Dave Armbruster
Maquoketa Valley
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