Cronin Sold to Red Sox as Player-Manager
Joe Cronin, Washington manager and star shortstop, sold to the Boston Red Sox for more than 125000 dollars on a five year player-manager contract. Cronin will replace Stanley Harris as Red Sox skipper while Lyn Lary moves to the Senators. the sale shocks Washington fans amid Cronin’s celebrated career and marriage to June Robertson.
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Joe Cronin
Boston Red Sox
Weeeeney
Washington
Lyn Lary
Boston
San Francisco
June Robertson
Clark Griffith
Senators
Cronin
Griffith
Rlub
Haseen
Bucky” Harris
Nce
Ihem
Griff
Bos
Yankees
Babe Ruth
Red’ Sox
Lynford Lary
Stanley
Bucky) Harris
Red Sox
Nationals
Kansas City
American Association
Pittsburgh
Washington Senators
Eddie Collins
Collins
Dissy Dean
Bateman
Bill Terry
Cronin’s Rise and Hallmark Seasons highlight a storied career
Cronin won the AL MVP in 1930 after a .346 season and posted lifelong averages around .306. He managed the Washington Senators in 1933 to a pennant run before a World Series loss to the Giants, and his injury plagued 1934 season ended with a wrist fracture on Labor Day.
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Wes Ferrell
Red Sox
Cronin
Walter Johnson
Nationals
New York Giants
Harris
Senators
Minnesota Gophers Loom Behind Iowa clash in Iowa City
Iowa City hosts a pivotal football day as Minnesota’s 34 man squad visits to face the Hawkeyes. The piece weighs a Minnesota win but flags Iowa’s renewed fight and a potential aerial game to offset a strong Gopher line. Also notes Red Sox Cronin deal and historic baseball sums.
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Cedar Rapids
University of Minnesota
Iowa University
Iowa City
Hawks
Minnesota
Barbers
Iowa Rearm
Gophers
Towa State
Cyclones
Iowa State
Iowa
Kohawks Set for Non-Conference Clash With State Teachers
Coe heads to Cedar Falls for a Saturday non-conference game against State Teachers aiming to build on a recent win. Coach Moray Eby names Elmer Keith to start at left half and Jim Carruthers at fullback, with Batista Saccaro at quarterback and Ralph Martin at fullback.
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Moray Eby
Kohawks
Cedar Falls
Coe
Eby
Elmer Keith
Cedar Rapids
Keith
Jim Carruthers
Cornell
Batista Saccaro
Ralph Martin
Dale Etka
Bernie Smith
Harry Green
Charles Claypool
Charles Ziogas
Arnold Brokaw
Harold Flood
Chair Sitting Sleuth Recovers Wealthy Wrist Watch
Patrolman John Hourihan, seated at the Warren Avenue police station, recovered a $5,000 diamond encrusted wristwatch for Mrs. Dorothy Spaulding. She had misplaced it in a taxi between Stewart Street Garage and her home. Hourihan quipped about turning clothes inside out and cited intuition from a past memory of finding a watch in a sleeve.
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Boston
Warren Avenue
John Hourihan
Dorothy Spaulding
Stewart Street
Hourlinm
Big League Bowling Tips From veteran Chuck Collier
Bowling column details how to throw a hook ball by turning the wrist at release. It explains English on the ball, spin direction, and follow through to produce a hook. Al Demaree offers an illustrated leaflet titled S P a r e s for readers who request it with a return self addressed stamped envelope.
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Chuck” Collier
Collier
al Demaree
Demaree
Punts and Passes From the Gridiron
Chicago area notes from a Big Ten football press box. Clark Shaughnessy paces the bench as quarterback Tommy Flinn is carried off praises. Bo McMillin of Indiana praises Beene and the tough players, with plans to sharpen Indiana’s offense.
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Ollie Adelman
Northwestern
Milwaukee
Bill Henderson
Dick Hanley
Andrew Jordan
Stan Kostka
Minnesota
Bronko Nagurski
Jack Manders
Les Lindberg
Illinois
George Kirkley
United Press
Chicago
Clark Shaughnessy
Tommy Flinn
Michigan
Bo McMillin
Indiana
Beene Will
Coe Freshmen Face Cornell Saturday Morning
The Coe freshmen seek to mirror the varsity win over Cornell last week as they meet the Big Red yearlings on Coe field Saturday morning. Expected starters include Lockwood and Wilfong at ends, Severson and Larson tackles, Largent center, Pate quarterback, Hunter and Bates halves, and B. Smith at fullback.
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Coe
Cornell
Varsity
Tom Hayden
Kohawks
Lockwood
Wilfong
Smith
Shedd
Severson
Larson
Largent
Pate
Hunter
Bates
B. Smith
Wrestling results from Ottawa Camden and Cincinnati
The Associated Press reports Karl McCready of Amulet Sask defeated Henry Piers of Helland in straight falls in Ottawa. Rudy Dusek of Omaha defeated Vic Christy of California two falls to one in Camden. Charles Midget Fischer of Cincinnati clashed with Jee Parelis of Brooklyn in Cincinnati.
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Ottawa
Ont
Karl McCready
Amulet
Sask
Henry Piers
Helland
Camden
N. J
Rudy Dusek
Omaha
Vic Christy
California
Cincinnati
Charles
Bierman Sees Minnesota Edge in Iowa Clash
University of Minnesota coach Bernie Bierman told Cedar Rapids luncheon clubs that comparative scores with Nebraska show the Gophers hold an edge over Iowa. He praised Iowa’s strength despite two losses and noted good relations with Iowa and Coe College facilities.
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Bernie Bierman
University of Minnesota
Hotel Roosevelt
High Twelve
Minnesota
University of Iowa
Iowa
Nebraska
Gophers
Bierman
Texas
Oklahoma
Centenary
California
Nevada
St. Mary's
Iowa City
Moray Eby
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Center Point Beagle Hound Field Trial Set Sunday
Center Point hosts the fourth annual Beagle hound field trial Sunday at Green's Grove School south of Center Point. Sponsors expect 30 to 35 entries as hounds are judged for trail ability and voice with judges W D Burdick and Kenneth Everhart of Waterloo.
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The
Gazette
Center Point
Green's Grove School
Glen Hoglan
W. D. Burdick
Kenneth Everhart
Waterloo
Hat ceremony marks Bougainville secret birth rite
A Bougainville custom in the South Seas places a curious hat on every male infant at birth. The hat remains on until the child marries, a practice described amid notes on world varieties of crops and plants.
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Bougainville
South Seas
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