Trout Fishing Opens Monday in Iowa Streams
Iowa trout season begins Monday across more than 45 streams in ten northeast counties. Licenses valid from opening day until moonrise, with new 1935 licenses delayed due to fee changes. last year Linn county issued over 9,500 fishing and hunting permits. License costs rise modestly for single and combined permits, and rules from 1934 largely apply on opening day until new licenses arrive.
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Ike Walton
Iowa Fish and Game Commission
Fish and Game Department
Dempsy Jones
Linn County Recorder
Jones
Des Moines
Linn
Linn County
Fish and Game Commission
Commission
Cornell Builds Great Mat Record Under Barker
Special to The Gazette Mount Vernon Dick Barker Cornell athletic director since 1925 has produced a stellar wrestling program. The 1935 mat squad boasts ten wins and no defeats, the best dual meet record since Cornell began the sport. Barker revived wrestling in 1923 and built it to major status, coaching notable champions and Olympians such as Truckenmiller, Appleton, Morford, Ellison, and Osburn.
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Mount Vernon
Dick Barker
Cornell
Barker
Polly Wallace
University of Michigan
Bernard Vin Etten
Kenneth Truckenmiller
Thorpe Takes Extra Roles in Hollywood Prison Scene
Hollywood reports Jim Thorpe, famed football great, working as a film extra in Safe In Jail. The 47 year old weighs 215 pounds and earns about ten dollars a day, three days weekly, after leaving pro football in 1929. He praises the old Carlisle Indians era and prefers that era’s rougher play. Thorpe has three sons and will not push them to play football, letting them decide their path.
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Hollywood
Calif
Jim Thorpe
Thorpe
Chicago Cardinals
Los Angeles
Phillip
Billy
Carlisle Indians
Cornell Wrestlers Dominate 10-Match Season and Awards
McGrath led as high scorer with seven falls and one decision totaling 38 points while Weiler earned second with seven decisions two falls and one draw for 322 points. Bunch claimed seven decisions two falls for 31 points. Cornell totaled 216 points to 95 for opponents across ten matches. Six of ten lettermen were juniors: Bunch Weiler Tilton Johnson Smith Frye. four sophomores Kunz Leiben Miller McGrath. McGrath took second in the 155-pound class at Lehigh Nationals. Dale Brand won 135 pounds at Mid-West AAU. Barker plans to enter McGrath Brand and possibly Bunch and Weiler at the National AAU in Stillwater on April 13-14.
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Purple Grapplers
Truckenmiller
Liesd Appleton
Olympc
Amsterdam
Dvisor
Amercian Olmpuc
Carnell
Dick Esker
Appleton
Prunty
Iowa State
Hammond
University of Texas
Morrison
University of Illinois
West
Appacton
Lile Morford
Gordon Ellison
DeLoss Osburn
Barker
Leander Lupton
Thomas VeCrear
Morford
Bunch
McGrath
Weiler
Tilton
Johnson
Smith
Frye
Kunz
Leiben
Miller
Lehigh University
Dale Brand
Eagle Grove
Brand
Stilwater
Oklahoma
Fifty Men Working Out On Oelwein Track
Fifty men are reporting daily in Oelwein as the track and field team prepares for the opening class meet on April 20. Coach George W Lee hopes for dual meets before the district meet on May 11 with Decorah May 4 already arranged and a probable Sumner dual. A triangular with Charles City and Waverly may occur, and some team members will compete in Play Day at West Union May 18. The Northeast Town conference meet is set for Cresco May 25. member schools include Cresco Decorah Waukon New Hampton Osage Nashua Charles City West Union and Oelwein.
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George W Lee
Decorah
Sumner
Charles City
Waverly
West Union
Cresco
Waukon
New Hampton
Osage
Nashua
Oelwein
Elkader Juniors Field First Spring Baseball Team
Elkader junior college adds baseball as a spring sport for the first time. Coach Lyle Shroyer outlines material including Standard, Hyde, Witt, Olson, Costigan, Geraghty, Paull, Leath, Schulte, Hafner. Don Miller and Joe Meyer to handle most pitching. Schedule lists four confirmed games and several tentative dates with Lenox Waldorf Decorah and Platteville prospects.
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Elkader
Elkader Junior College
Lyle Shroyer
Standard
Hyde
Witt
Olson
Costigan
Geraghty
Paull
Leath
Schulte
Hafner
Don Miller
Mason City
Joe Meyer
Lenox
Waldorf
Luther College Preps
Decorah
Greenskeepers To Meet In Des Moines April 2
Joe Benson Cedar Rapids greenskeeper and vice-president of the Iowa Greens keepers association announced the next meeting would be held in Des Moines at the Country club on Tuesday April 2. At the last meeting more than 100 members attended. Members from Cedar Rapids include Benson George Taylor Ike Martin Nick Carter and Jimmy Twohig formerly of Kenmore now at Muscatine.
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Joe Benson
Cedar Rapids
Maquoketa Valley Baseball Circuit Meets April 8
The Maquoketa Valley baseball league will hold its annual meeting in Manchester on April 8 after a postponement from April 1 due to planning issues and an injured proxy. Last season included Cascade Dyersville Elkader Fairbank Farmersburg Guttenberg Manchester and Winthrop with potential changes for 1935 including possible returns by Monticello and Alburnett. Only Cascade Dyersville and Guttenberg have reorganized locally so far. others may drop out or face obstacles before the season starts.
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Richmond
Backbone State Park
Maquoketa River
Spring Branch
FERA
State Planning Board
Maquoketah
Cass Township
Clayton County
Towa
Clayton
AlNamakee
Fayette
Cedar Rapids
Delaware County
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Strawberry Point
Highway 13
Maquoketa Valley Baseball League
E. E. Leighton
Cascade
Dyersville
Elkader
Fairbank
Farmersburg
Guttenberg
Winthrop
Monticello
Alburnett
Elkader Baseball Prospects Bright For This Spring
Elkader coach Lyle Schroyer announces a ten game 1935 schedule excluding the county tournament. Seven lettermen return led by Don Witt and Nordine Olson with solid infield and pitching depth including Harold Bente and Elwyn Schulte. The slate features games at Farmersburg Littleport Edgewood Wadena Strawberry Point Monona Guttenberg and more with nine home games.
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Elkader
Lyle Schroyer
Don Witt
Bill Rogers
Ross Powell
Gregor Debes
Nordine Olson
Don Meder
Leroy Berg
Elwyn Schulte
Ervin Rugland
Dick Hyde
Dick Busching
Willard
Willis Steen
Harold Bente
Farmersburg
Littleport
Edgewoor
Wadena
Strawberry Point
Monona
Guttenberg
A. E. Himebaugh Named President of Oelwein Club
A. E. Himebaugh named president of the Oelwein Country club. Dr. John Gallagher becomes entertainment committee chairman. Don Witt and Milton G. Stebbins head grounds, sports, and pastimes. Harold M. Hintz appointed secretary. Harold Smith from Cedar Rapids becomes the new professional.
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Oelwein
A. E. Himebaugh
Oelwein Country Club
John Gallagher
Don Witt
Milton G. Stebbins
Harold M. Hintz
Harold Smith
Cedar Rapids
Towa Cagers Will Try Again To Beat Pitt Next Dec 14
Iowa City notes the University of Iowa basketball team will make its fifth attempt to defeat the Pittsburgh quintet next season. Iowa will face the Panthers at home on December 14, following four unsuccessful encounters since 1927. Pittsburgh defeated Iowa last season 38 to 26.
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Towa
Pitt
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Pittsburgh
Iowa
Panthers
Detroit Tigers poised to repeat in hard league race
ALAN GOULD reports the Tigers enter spring training with confidence as they aim to retain the lead in a tight Amer with a strong lineup and past success. The season opens with high expectations after dominating the circuit in 1934 and now featuring a battering offense to challenge for second place and beyond.
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Orleans
Mickey Cochrane
Detroit Tigers
Tigers
Iowa State Grid Force Totals 60
Ames Iowa AP Satisfied with a large turnout of sixty candidates coach George Veenker concluded the first week of spring football practice at Iowa State College with a light drill. He expects to fill backfield gaps with sophomores while retaining eleven lettermen for the nine game schedule next fall.
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George Veenker
Town State College
Veenker
Don Theophilus
Marlowe Williams
Bill Allender
Tommy Neal
Cresore
Techfield
Leves
Hunter Brown
Dwight Garner
Neal
Fred Poole
Cyclones
Iowa State
Towa State
Cornell
Nebraska
Iowan State
Upper Iowa
Oklahoma
Missouri
Marquette
Kansas State
Drake
Kansas
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