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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1935
Page
3
The weekly top ten shows SMU leading, Minnesota second, and Texas Christian third. Arkansas and California chase, while LSU Alabama Dartmouth and Pittsburgh rise as the season narrows.
By GLENN G. WARNER the list of undefeated college football outfits is unusually short this season. He cites Psychology and underdog pressure as causes and recalls Duke beating North Carolina and Stanford falling to UC SA to illustrate the volatility of unbeaten teams. He notes upcoming eastern clashes among Dartmouth Princeton Yale Harvard and others and predicts mixed outcomes across a crowded schedule.
About 400 officials arrived in Dayton Ohio for the 34th annual minor league meeting amid major league gossip. Notables include Branch Rickey of the Cardinals Frankie Frisch manager and Casey Stengel of the Dodgers. Charlie Dressen carry a one year Reds contract.
Franks Franklin & Marshall edges Albright as Fenn State may top Bucknell. Columbia nudges Brown and Duquesne beats Detroit. Maryland tops Georgetown while Yale edges Harvard. Johns Hopkins loses narrowly to Overford. Lehigh defeats Lafayette. Army over Vermont. West Virginia vs. Wash Jeff a heated affair with tight margins.
Chicago AP reports Charlie Grimm, manager of the NL champion Cubs, signed for 1936 while en route to Dayton minor league meetings. The one year player manager contract signals a likely salary increase though terms were not disclosed.
Northwestern junior Ollie Adelman, elevated from the bench after Bob Swisher’s ankle injury, ran eight times for 117 yards and three touchdowns against Wisconsin. The piece also notes Billy Evans resigning as Cleveland Indians GM and C. C. Slapnicka rising to a key executive post as Walter Briggs takes control of the Tigers.
George A. Brown of Des Moines was re elected executive secretary for 14 years at a board of control meeting in Des Moines The board chose Dr C Warner of Diagonal as chairman replacing Charles Humphrey The 1936 state basketball tournament site will likely be set at the next December meeting.
A meeting of team managers in the M. and J. basketball league is scheduled for Wednesday at 7 45 p m in the Quaker Oats gymnasium. All managers are urged to attend.
W O Briggs co owner of the Detroit Tigers announces he will take full ownership of the World Series champions. Navin field officials say Briggs holds slightly less than half the stock and has not been active in management. Navin died of a heart attack last week and Briggs planned policy talks after minor league meetings in Dayton and a conference with Mickey Cochrane.
Roosevelt High School held an assembly to honor its football and cross country teams. The football squad clinched the city title last Friday night and the cross country team won the quadrangular meet on November 11. A banquet for the football team is planned for later in the week.
In line with government policy to coordinate transport and limit competition a new law bans the creation of new airlines without governmental sanction.
Cornell and Grinnell renew a storied rivalry in Mount Vernon for homecoming. Cornell seeks a landmark season as the Purple eye Grinnell after a 34 to 0 win over Simpson and a 124 to 26 team scoring edge this season.
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