High School Association Adopts Insurance Plan
The Iowa High School Athletic Association will sponsor a mutual insurance company to cover state athletes at a cost of 50 cents per pupil for the rest of the school year. The plan includes a 20 cent substitution fee for adding or dropping players and runs through June 10, 1939 covering basketball track swimming golf wrestling and tennis. Benefits include coverage during transport to and from games with premiums paid through the association and a 10 percent commission on all business. Officers of the insurance company will be announced soon.
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Towa
Iowa High School Athletic Association
Athletic Mutual Benefit Protective Fund
Bulletin
Brown
Football And Cross Country Teams Dinner At Wilson
A crowd of 200 attended a dinner at the Wilson school cafe Tuesday night honoring the football and cross country teams and coaches. The event was sponsored by the PTA with the financial committee handling details. Hartley M. Holte hosted and Arthur Poe was principal speaker.
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Wilson School
L. W. Jonas
Frank McPherson
L. W Standard
Hartley M. Holte
Arthur Poe
Jeronie Post
Charles Moel
Robert Vesely
Pro golfers forecast booming 1939 season in P G A meeting
At the twenty second annual P G A gathering in Chicago officials reported 1939 prize money would reach 200000 across 40 tournaments with 1739 members on the roll. Fred Corcoran will again run the tournament bureau as the Ryder Cup and national championship bids loom. George Jacobus was re elected president with Tom Walsh and Jack Mackie also re elected to key posts.
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Chicago
Jack Mackie
Fred Corcoran
Tom Walsh
Augusta
Jock Hutchinson
P G.A
America
Reading
Great Britain
Nebrasketball? Nebraskas football woes deepen after rough season
The column recalls Knute Rockne tale of a prison game and analyzes Nebraska’s 1–1–5 record as it heads to two final games under coach Biff Jones. It notes the Huskers’ 47 year history in the sport at Lincoln and questions whether rest of schedule can salvage a historically poor season.
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Nebraska University
Town
Kansas State
Cornhuskers
Huskers
Nebraska
Biff Jones
Army
Lincoln
Dana Bible
Jones
Minnesota
Indiana
Iowa
Pittsburgh
Panthers
Kansas
Waldorf Rates Browns as Notre Dame Key Threat in Clash
Northwestern coach Earl Lynn Waldorf in a Chicago interview lauds Notre Dame as the top team, notes their speed and balance, and says stopping end Brown could curb the offense. He also predicts Notre Dame should beat Northwestern. The piece shifts to baseball, citing filled major league managing jobs and speculating on Bob Feller’s value to Cleveland.
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Lynn Waldorf
Northwestern
Wildcats
Chicago
Notre Dame
Waldorf
America
Brown
Stevenson
Sheridan
Saggan
Elmer Layden
Doc Protho
Ray Blades
Fred Haney
Philadelphia Phillies
St. Louis
Jimmy Wilson
Frankie Frisch
Protho
Blades
Cleveland Ball Club
Bob Feller
Northwestern Eyes Tie With Notre Dame In Big Ten Hopes
Northwestern aims for a draw with Notre Dame to stay in the Western race as 48,500 fans pack Evanston for the clash. Notre Dame counters with strong passing and running, while Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, and Indiana prepare for their own games as teams reassess deficiencies and coaching mood.
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Evanston
Ill
Wildcats
Northwestern
Notre Dame
Purple
Ohio State
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Knute Rockne
Harry Stuhldreher
Tom Harmon
Buckeyes
Frank Zadworney
Jimmy Langhurst
Don Scott
Indiana
Purdue
Lafayette
Ind
Champaign
Wilneis
Chicago
Maroons
Nebraska
Iowa City
Elmer Layden Named Coach of the Week for Notre Dame
United Press selects Elmer Layden of Notre Dame as Coach of the Week after a 19 0 victory over Minnesota. Notre Dame extends a ten game winning streak with two games left Northwestern and Southern California. Layden, one of the Four Horsemen, is praised for disciplined tactics and Rockne influenced method. he is a former star and 1926 bar admittee with deep ties to football and family.
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Knute Rockne
Notre Dame
Fort Madison
Uy Georgn Krikkspy
U. S
New York
Elimer Layden
United Press
Fighting Irish
Minnesota
Gophers
Bernie Bierman
Midwest
Northwestern
Southern California
Four Horsemen
Layden
Rockner
Rockne
Lawden
Davenport
Elmer
Fighting Trish
Joanne
Michael
Stanford
Columbia College
Dubuque
Duquesne
Dubuque Challenges St Ambrose for Conference Title
Dubuque University unbeaten through four Town Conference games issues a challenge to St Ambrose of Davenport, also undefeated. A Dubuque Upper Iowa clash could decide future championship plans and potential neutral-site or midseason meetings are discussed. Anamosa and Monticello finish without defeats, while Lawrence LaBarge shines for the Raiders with 18 touchdowns and near 1000 rushing yards.
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Dubuque University
St. Ambrose of
Davenport
Dubuque-Upper Iowa
Dubuque
Anamosa High
Monticello
Jones Counts
West Liberty
Medieval fishmonger exposed for smell and bad wares in public
Historical record notes a fishmonger who sold spoiled fish in the middle ages faced public exposure with malodorous wares suspended beneath his nose, a corrective humiliation used to deter vendors.
George Jacobus Reelected Leader of Pro Golfers Assn
George R. Jacobus of Ridgewood New Jersey was reelected president of the Professional Golfers Association of America for a seventh term at a Chicago meeting. Tom Walsh of Chicago finished second with 26 votes to Jacobus 40. Officials indicated the 1939 season would be one of the richest for professional players.
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Chicago
INS
George R. Jacobus
Ridgewood
N. J
Professional Golfers Association of America
Jacobus
Tom Walsh
Fayette Tops Upper Iowa Grid League
Fayette finishes unbeaten in the newly formed Upper Iowa conference, completing the season without a conference loss and remaining unbeaten in all competitions. The league organized in October plans next season with each team playing every other in the circuit. Final standings await.
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Postville—Fayette
Upper Iowa
Ward Ordered Home From Iowa Squad With Tonsillitis
Bob Ward the sole representative of the University of Iowa basketball squad was ordered home Tuesday due to acute tonsillitis. Ward has been under favorable attention from Coach Bebe Williams and is expected to remain with the squad next week.
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Bob Ward
Cedar Rapids
University of Towa
Ward
Bebe Williams
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