Six Local High Schools Open Basketball Season This Week
Six of seven Marshalltown area high schools kick off the season this week as public schools begin four days of practice after football. Immaculate Conception vs St. Marys opens tonight in Marshalltown, with others Friday facing McKinley Vinton St. Wenceslaus St. Patricks Franklin Mount Vernon Wilson. Public squads undecided. Franklin led by eight returning lettermen from last year. Roosevelt to scrimmage. official opener set for Dec. 4 at Dubuque.
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St. Mary's
Marshalltown
Vinton
McKinley
St. Wenceslaus
St. Patrick's
Mount Vernon
Franklin
Wilson
Fort Madison
Quinty
St. Mary’s
Stramer
Fleming
Austin
Prohaska
Jump
Phil Seghi
Turnipseed
Taylor
Green
Russell
Moore
Quint
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East Side
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Shamrocks
Rea Hawks
Roosevelt
Dubuque
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Madison
Ann Arbor
Harry Stuhldreher
Bernie Bierman
Minnesota
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Parnell High Opens Season Against Cosgrove Five
Parnell high school begins its nineteen game schedule Tuesday evening facing Cosgrove high school. Coach Whalen starts Ward and Hanson at forwards Griffin at center and Murphy and Donohue at guards.
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Parnell High School
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Cosgrove High School
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Hanson
Griffin
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Donohue
McGregor Cagemen Open Season Against Guttenberg
McGregor high school opens the basketball season against Guttenberg at Guttenberg on Tuesday with both junior and senior teams in action. Senior players include Don Aird Burt Walters and Bob Noble from last year, plus reserves Bill Goergen Walter Henry Jim O Brien and LeRoy Luce. Junior high features Bob O Brien and several newcomers led by Bud Latham. Coach Marion Moore names Eldon Staples Willis Hultgren Glade Butterfield Harry Knapp and George Aird as likely contributors.
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Gazette
McGregor
Walton Fritz
Tom Huebsch
John McGhee
Charles Bakcer
Alvin Frantz
Pete Merritt
Bud Bakcer
Bob O'Brien
Bud Latham
Tom Hendrickson
Maurice Melvin
Walter Mehsling
Marion Moore
Eldon Staples
Willis Hultgren
Glade Butterfield
Harry Knapp
George Aird
Guttenberg
Farmersburg
Monona
Elkader
West Union
Marquette
Waukon
Luana
Viola Opens New Gym With Homecoming Visit
Viola high school begins basketball season in the new Coggon gym with a homecoming game against Central City. Coach Robert Smola lists a schedule including games vs Viola, Alburnett, Troy Mills, Buck Creek, Springville, Delhi, Walker, Mount Vernon and a county tournament from November through February.
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Troy Mills
Alburnett
Central City
Delhi
Walker
Mount Vernon
Buck Creek
Springville
Twenty Drilling For Cage Berths At Marion High
A Marion high basketball squad of twenty chosen by Coach Coffman practices for the 1936-37 season starting December 17. Seniors Davin Fowler and Hagerman lead likely regulars, with five to six juniors and sophomores and several seniors competing. A second squad of about thirty-five is also shaping up for curtain raisers and early games.
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Marion High
Coffman
Davin
Fowler
Hagerman
Tipton Bird Shoot Ends with Toe Lost for Shooter
Elvin Sailor of Cedar Bluff won two geese at a Cedar County Izaak Walton League and Tipton Gun Club bird shoot at Cedar county fair grounds west of Tipton. Sailor injured his left foot when his gun discharged while muzzle down. He received first aid from Dr. R A Peters and was not in serious condition. Nearly 200 people attended the third annual event with several Tipton residents among winners.
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Elvin Sailor
Cedar Bluff
Cedar County Fair Grounds
Cedar County Izaak Walton League
Ray Burkett
Roland Yocum
Clifford Statts
Richard Moon
L. O. Gossett
Simmons to Debut with Chicago Colored Pro Team
Ozzie Simmons Iowa's Negro fullback will play for the American Giants Chicago against Calumet All-Stars. His brother Don, an end, also joins the pro venture in the money sport.
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Ozzie Simmons
Chicago
Oze Simmons
Iowa
American Giants
Calumet
Reid Parks Dog Takes Second in Chicago Show
Parkson's White Knight, a twelve month old American bred bull terrier owned by Reid Parks of Parkson's cigar store, placed second in the Chicago specialty show. E. E. Vary of Davenport showed the dog for Parks as a local entry trailed by a dog two and a half years older.
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Parkson
Chicago
Midwest Bull Terrier Club
Olson defeats Warner in two straight falls
In Worcester Cliff Olson of Minnesota at 215 pounds won two straight falls over Cliff Warner of St Louis, 220. In Philadelphia Everett Marshall of La Junta Colorado at 220 pounds defeated George Zaharias of Pueblo Colorado, by falls at 5 43.
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Mass
Cliff Olson
Minnesota
Cliff Warner
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Everett Marshall
la Junta
Colo
George Zaharias
Pueblo
Western league to stay six teams next year
Indications point to a six team Western league in 1937 as Davenport and Peoria back out of expansion plans. Quincy financial woes and Scranton's shifting interests cloud hopes for an eight city circuit with Peoria or Moline as possible add ons.
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Peoria
Quincy
Harry Johnson
The
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Harry Scranton
Scranton
Liberty
Gene Wiley
Decatur
Wiley
Moline
St. Joseph
Des Moines
Sioux City
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Swimming Clinic At Iowa U Aims To Boost Coaches
More than 100 coaches and swimmers from high schools and Y M C A groups across four states will attend Iowa’s first annual swim coaches clinic in Iowa City. Coach Dave Armbruster will lead demonstrations and film showings after registration at 9:30 a.m. The event features experts from Chicago Omaha Rockford and St Louis and includes diving, strokes, starts and turns, with the Iowa squad practicing at 4:20 p.m. Evening guest at a Dolphin water show. Open to all competitive swimming coaches at no charge.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
Dave Armbruster
Iowa
Chicago
Omaha
Rockford
Ill
St. Louis
Mermen
Armbruster
Forty-One Minnesota Gophers win varsity football letters
Forty-one members of the 1936 Minnesota football squad were awarded letters after approval by the senate committee. Athletic director Frank G. McCormick announced the move on Monday night, with the awards to be formally presented at the annual football convocation Tuesday.
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University of Iowa
Minneapolis
Minnesota
University Senate Committee of Intercollegiate Athletics
Frank G. McCormick
Gopher
Golden Gophers
Bernie Bierman
Waterville Beats Waukon In Season Openers
In Waterville Iowa, Waterville consolidated school opened with a doubleheader against Waukon. The Waterville boys edged Waukon 14 to 13 while the Waterville girls overwhelmed Waukon 73 to 12.
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Waukon
Waukon High School
Waterville Consolidated School
Waterville Boys
Waukon Girls
Waterville
Spurgeon Elected Football Captain at Illinois
Spurgeon Lowell, junior halfback from Centralia, was elected captain of the 1937 Illinois football team at the university meeting in Champaign. Clifford Kuhn of Mooseheart named most valuable player. 25 letters given to upperclassmen and 40 freshman nominations announced. freshmen will receive numerals after scholastic standing is approved.
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Ill
Lowell Spurgeon
Centralia
Illinois University
Clifford Kuhn
Mooseheart
Illini
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