Intra-City Prep Games Highlight Hill Park Week
Franklin and Dubuque clash Thursday under the lights in Dad's game with fathers as guests. Friday features Wilson hosting Roosevelt in a homecoming showdown as both undefeated in the Mississippi Valley Conference. Don Maloney sidelined for Roosevelt with a broken nose. Franklin may be tested by injuries. Games start at 8 pm.
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Hill Park
Wilson- Roosevelt
Ramblers
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South Side
Wilson
Marion
Rough Riders
Iowa City
Thunderbolts
West Waterloo
McKinley
Little Hawks
Conesville Tops Springdale 8 1 In Baseball Clash
Conesville high school defeated Springdale 8 to 1 on Tuesday. Pitching battery listed as Singleton Buckman Adams and Buser. The win showcases Conesville's offensive and defensive edge in the nonleague contest.
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the Gazette
Conesville
Springdale High
Singleton
Buckman
Adams
Buser
Oxford Junction Triumphs Over Solon 15-4 in Five Innings
Oxford Junctions high school baseball team closed a strong season by routing Solon 15-4 in five innings. pitcher Kolarik hit a grand slam homer in the third inning. Solons Hofer and Zenishek homered for Solon.
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Oxford Junction
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Kolarik
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Zenishek
Viewing the Field by Leo Lucas
The piece recounts the 1891 Cornell versus Coe football clash, the first in their intercollegiate series. Cornell, in its debut season, crushed Coe 82 to 0 amid muddy field conditions, padding, and an improvised post relocation, marking the start of a storied rivalry.
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Wedge play and rival teams set for a seventy-year clash
The account recalls a long history of wedge and massed offensive plays between Linn county colleges Cornell and Franklin. It notes how the pattern evolved into modern tactics and hints at upcoming tests this weekend with bands and officials traveling from dark to light. The piece contrasts past fracas with present expectations and previews McKinley’s upcoming game against Iowa City’s Little Hawks highlighting changes in pass defense and Al Eddy’s passing threat.
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Iowa City
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al Eddy
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Thunderbolt
Reds may buy Columbus from Cardinals in talks
The Columbus Dispatch reports a possible sale of the Columbus Red Birds to the Cincinnati Reds. Branch Rickey discussed the matter with Warren Giles, with a $500,000 asking price cited for franchise, stadium, and players. Columbus finished seventh in the league.
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Rickey
Hawks Ease Up in Work for Chicago
Iowa City coach Irl Tubbs orders lighter drills for the Hawkeyes before Saturday trip to Chicago to face the Maroons. Freshman coach Waddy Davis scouted Chicago and saw a veteran backfield and a strong passing attack led by John Davenport. Balazs out with knee injury, Olson doubtful with infected elbow, Pettit locks left end, Enich at center with Bush backing signals.
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Iowa City
Iowa
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Chicago Eleven
John Davenport
Cedar Rapids
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Dick Anderson
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Chet Poluga
Russell Bush
Ken Pettit
Pettit
Erwin Prasse
Balazs
Moray Eby backs tough early season conditioning claims
Moray Eby, with 35 years coaching football, argues this season is the hardest to condition a team under the hot weather. He cites sluggish Iowa and Wisconsin players and notes practice demands damaged readiness for key games, including an interstate trip to California.
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Corydon Plans Dedication for Late George Saling Field
Corydon will honor its famed athlete George Saling with a dedication on October 20 as the high school athletic plant is named Saling Field. Saling, a former Iowa track letterman, won the 1932 Olympic 110 meter hurdles and held two world records before dying in a 1933 car crash.
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Corydon
George Saling
Saling
University of Iowa
Iowa
Decorah Star Hart Schedal In The Gazette
Decorah high school football loses Snooks Granth to a fractured arm in Friday’s game at Oelwein. Gerald Janstad takes his spot and Decorah aims to face its toughest foe this season at New Hampton Friday.
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Hart
Schedal
the Gazette
Snooks
Granth
Oclwein
Gerald Janstad
Grant
New Hampton
Alcoban Offered As Non Habit Forming Cure For Drinking
A doctors prescription used for years to help those addicted to excessive drinking is now offered to the public as Alcoban. It claims to reduce liquor craving and can be taken with or without the user's knowledge in any beverage or food. Try a box at our risk with money back not delight. Sold by May's Cut Rate Drug Store and other druggists.
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Alcoban
Cornell Gridders Light Drill Ahead of Coe
Cornell football coach Dick Barker fields a light practice week to limit injuries. Only 25 usable players remain for Saturday against Coe with five backfield regulars and three defenders likely to see action. Veteran fullback Chuck Harris remains sidelined with a shoulder injury.
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Mount Vernon
Dick Barker
Cornell
Purple
Coe
Knudson
Tornaquist
Fais
Pease
Sprague
Taylor
Purkey
Chuck Harris
Jim Sprague
Squad Optimistic on Injury Recovery Ahead of Games
Coach reports injuries are healing with minor issues among the squad. The team remains in fairly good shape and is not expected to be handicapped by the two injuries.
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Stuarts
Medwick And Mize Not For Sale
St Louis Cardinals president Sam Breadon ruled out trading star sluggers Joe Medwick and Johnny Mize after Chicago reports that the Cubs sought both players. Breadon said the club aims to strengthen the Cardinals and will not trade any players who can help next season.
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Breadon
Joe Medwick
Johnny Mize
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Medwick
Mize
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Mount Vernon Eleven To Meet West Liberty
Mount Vernon will host West Liberty in an Eastern Iowa Seven game Friday afternoon. The Mount Vernon eleven is improved this year after losses to Iowa City and West Branch, with wins over Wilton Junction 27-0 and a 0-0 tie with Tipton.
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West Liberty High
Iowa
Iowa City
West Branch
Wilton Junction
Tipton
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