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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1936
Page
35
Dated OCR fragment lists Fourth Avenue Second Street intersections with phone numbers and chaotic entries. It references UCLA, a football game with remarks on a defensive end and punter, plus scattered notes about transit costs and regional topics, presenting a mosaic of era-specific city life and sports chatter.
A readable portion lists Grinnell High School grid players set to receive awards. Names such as Geib and Jeter appear among the honorees with likely team and school context. The text is fragmentary but indicates a local sports recognition event.
Winthrop college basketball opens the season vs Lamont quint at home. The text is largely garbled with incomplete names and stray letters, but indicates a team facing Lamont to begin the season and mentions players or starters in unclear form.
Fragmented report lists players and cities from multiple teams and leagues with several unreadable names. It mentions Milwaukee, New York, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and St Louis in a haphazard midweek context with dubious scores.
The piece previews key college football matchups shaping the Southern Conference and other leagues. It notes NC State’s slim title chances, mentions Clemson Furman, Alabama, Vanderbilt, Tennessee, and Kentucky, and highlights Texas A&M, TCU, Arkansas, Rice, and Houston as regional contenders, with the title race stretching to December 5.
Roosevelt high school awarded letters to twenty two football players led by Captain Bill Diehl and Bill Cubbage along with fourteen more names listed. Four cross country runners who won the state mile team race at Iowa City on November 14 were also honored. Football awards at Franklin, McKinley and Wilson will follow soon.
The Delaware County Cage League began last week with four non conference games and one postponed due to a wind damaged light wire at Greeley gym. Colesburg repairs delayed a game but were completed after an hour. Eight teams start league play with several matches set, including Potter at Crees and Dave Jonneton at Hopsin Sow.
Yale campus notes Quentin Fary Frank chosen as football team leader amid shifts in coaching and lineup. Reports from New Haven indicate the selection may affect training and game plans as the season approaches.
Chet Wynne, athletic director and head football coach at the University of Kentucky, was granted a three-year renewal by the university athletic council. The contract mirrors his initial terms with adjusted dates, paying Wynne $7,500 annually. A former Notre Dame quarterback under Knute Rockne, Wynne has led UK to 16 wins and 12 losses since his arrival.
Indiana wins the Central Intercollegiate cross country title at East Lansing led by Dor Lash who ran four miles in 1936.2 minutes. Lash finished first with Drake’s William Feiler about fifty yards back as Indiana totaled 23 points to beat Drake 52 and Michigan State 57. Ohio State finished fourth with 90 points.
Vic Hanson resigns as head coach of Syracuse University football after a two hour meeting with acting Chancellor William P. Graham. Hanson cites best interests of the university and his future, ending a seven year tenure marked by a one win in eight games season.
Mount Vernon reports Cornell eyes a second straight Midwest conference title with three 1935-36 veterans, Capt Hugo Birkhahn Bob Cline and Joe Fink leading, coach Judd Dean cautioning on the road ahead. New starters Dave Peterson and Martin Schaeferle joined, with a demanding schedule through February and March.
Dr James Naismith founder of basketball and Kansas University faculty will address the YMCA basketball banquet tonight at the Y at 6 p.m. He discusses experiences at Berlin's Olympic Games. Other speakers include Horace Capp Hedges and Dr Fred Bailey. Tickets cost 50 cents.
Minnesota reclaiming the No. 1 spot in the AP weekly college football poll after beating Northwestern. LSU and Alabama rise to second and third as Notre Dame and Nebraska gain ground. Kansas City no, the chart shows shifts with Minnesota collecting 30 of 42 first-place votes for 391 points.
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