Six Local High Schools Open Basketball Season This Week
Six of seven Marshalltown area high schools start cage play this week with four days of practice since football. Immaculate Conception faces St Marys tonight, then public schools advance with games against McKinley Mount Vernon and Fort Madison. St Patrick's St Wenceslaus meet Friday with Roosevelt likely scrimmaging and Dubuque set for Dec 4.
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Otball
Vinton
McKinley
St. Wenceslaus
St. Patrick's
Mount Vernon
Franklin
Wilson
Fort Madison
Immaculate Conception
Quinty
Stary’s
Marshalltown
Stramel
Fleming
Austin
Prohaska
Jump
Phil Seghi
Turnipseed
Taylor
Green
Russell
Moore
Quint
Thunderbolts
Ramblers
Parnell High Opens With Cosgrove Five
Parnell high school begins its 19 game schedule Tuesday facing Cosgrove high. Coach Whalen will start Ward and Hanson at forwards Griffin at center and Murphy and Donohue at guards.
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Parnell
Parnell High School
Cosgrove High School
Whalen
Ward
Hanson
Griffin
Murphy and
Donohue
McGregor Cagemen Open Season at Guttenberg
McGregor high school begins basketball with both junior and senior teams facing Guttenberg at Guttenberg Tuesday. Last year McGregor won county championships in both divisions. Senior lineup includes Aird, Walters, Noble, with Goergen, Henry, O'Brien and Luce returning. Reserves feature Fritz, Huebsch, McGhee, Bakcer, Frantz, Merritt, and Bakcer. Junior high adds O'Brien, Latham, Hendrickson, Melvin, Mehsling, with Staples, Hultgren, Butterfield, Knapp, Aird among others. Schedule lists games at Guttenberg, Nova, Farmersburg, Decoral, Elkader, West Union, Marquette, Monona, Luana, Waukon, and other venues through February.
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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
Nova Farmersburg
Monona
Elkader
West Union
Marquette
Waukon
Luena
Ja Farmersburo
Luana
Viola Opens New Gym With Homecoming Game
Viola visits Coggon to dedicate the new gym as the season begins with a homecoming night. The schedule lists dates against Central City Viola Alburnett Troy Mills Buck Creek Springville Delhi Walker Mount Vernon and others with both home and away games.
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Viola
Coggon
Troy Mills
Alburnett
Central City
Delhi
Walker
Mount Vernon
Buck Creek
Springville
Church Basketball Pioneer Section St Paul No 1
St Paul No 1 defeats United Brethren 16 to 15 in a church league game. Box score shows Doherty 10 points and Petit 2 for St Paul while Jones 10 and O’Gregor 12 led United Brethren. Final totals 7 25 for St Paul and 7 10 for United Brethren.
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Pioneer Section
St. Paul No. 1
United Brethren
Doherty
Wilson
Petit
O'Bisek
Jones
O'Gregor
Kriz
Veida
Cornelly
Rummens
Oengberg
Twenty Drilling For Cage Berths At Marion High
Marion High opens the 1936 37 basketball season December 17 with a squad of twenty under Coach Coffman. Seniors Davin Fowler and Hagerman likely hold three regular positions while five to six juniors sophomores and seniors compete. A larger B squad of about thirty five practices nightly for curtain raisers this season.
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Coffman
Marion High
Davin
Fowler
Hagerman
Geese Victory at Tipton Bird Shoot Ends in Toe Injury
Cedar Bluff’s Elvin Sailor won two geese at a Cedar County fairgrounds bird shoot sponsored by the Izaak Walton League and Tipton Gun Club. A muzzle discharge injured his toe while resting the gun, not in serious condition. About 200 attended. other Tipton winners included Ray Burkett, Roland Yocum, Clifford Statts, Richard Moon, and L. O. Gossett.
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Tipton
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 standout Negro fullback, will make his professional football bow Thursday for the Chicago American Giants against the Calumet All-Stars. His brother Don, an end, will join the venture in the money game.
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Chicago
Oze Simmons
Iowa
American Giants
Calumet
Reid Parks Dog Second in Chicago Breed Show
Parkson's White Knight owned by Reid Parks took second in the American bred class at a Chicago specialty show sponsored by the Midwest Bull Terrier club. E. E. Vary of Davenport showed the dog for Parks. The Des Moines Kennel Club results in mid November had three firsts for White Knight in related classes.
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Parkson
Chicago
Midwest Bull Terrier Club
Olson and Marshall win two straight falls in boxing card
Worcester report notes Cliff Olson of Minnesota defeated Cliff Warner from St Louis in two straight falls. Philadelphia report details Everett Marshall of La Junta Colorado throwing George Zaharias of Pueblo Colorado in 5 43.
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Worcester
Mass
Cliff Olson
Minnesota
Cliff Warner
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Everett Marshall
la Junta
Colo
George Zaharias
Pueblo
Western league may stay six teams next year
Indications are the Western league will meet Sunday to decide on continuing as six teams. Peoria and Quincy appear out of the question for expansion, while Davenport and Decatur intrigue in Three Eye league revival schemes.
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Davenport
Peoria
Quincy
Harry Johnson
The
Raiders
Harry Scranton
Scranton
Liberty
Gene Wiley
Decatur
Wiley
Deecatur
Three Eye
Moline
St. Joseph
Des Moines
Sioux City
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Purdue
Indiana
Nebraska
Washington
State
West Coast
Swimming Clinic At Iowa U To Draw 100 Coaches
More than 100 coaches and swimmers from high schools and Y M C A schools in four states will attend Iowa's first annual swim coaches clinic in Iowa City. Coaches from Chicago Omaha Rockford NL and St. Louis will join Iowa's Y M C A directors for a day of diving demonstrations films stroke and turn instruction and a 4 20 p m workout led by Coach Armbruster. The event includes a noon luncheon and a Dolphin water show for guests. The clinic is free to all competitive swimming coaches.
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The
Gazette
Iowa City
Dave Armbruster
Iowa
Chicago
Omaha
Rockford
St. Louis
Mermen
Armbruster
Camden bout ends in two falls victory for Hefner
Camden wrestler Ernie Hefner 208 from Sherman Texas defeated Gino Martinelli 203 of Italy two falls to none. Atlantic City match sees Ed Meske of Am ears threw Jack Donovan 215 from Bo on.
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Camden
N. J
Ernie_ Hefner
Sherman
Tex
Gino Martinelli
Italy
Atlantic City
Ed Meske
Jack Donovan
Boon
No Wonder Those Mighty Gophers Were Good
Forty one Minnesota football players were awarded letters after approval by the university senate committee of intercollegiate athletics. Athletic director Frank G. McCormick announced the news Monday night ahead of the annual convocation on Tuesday.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
University Senate Committee of Intercollegiate Athletics
Frank G. McCormick
Gopher
Golden Gophers
Bernie Bierman
Waterville Splits Doubleheader With Waukon Inseason Opener
In WAUKON Iowa the Waterville squad swept the boys game 14 to 13 and the girls were routed 73 to 12 as the Waterville consolidated team opened the season with a close win and a lopsided defeat.
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Waukon, Ia
Waukon High School
Waterville Consolidated School
Waterville Boys
Waukon Girls
Waterville
Spurgeon Elected Football Captain At U of Illinois
Lowell Spurgeon of Centralia was chosen captain of the 1937 Illinois football team. Clifford Kuhn of Mooseheart was named most valuable player. Twenty five letters and forty freshmen nominations were awarded. new numerals depend on scholastic standing.
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Champaign
Ill
Lowell Spurgeon
Centralia
Illinois University
Clifford Kuhn
Mooseheart
Illini
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