Gerber Installed As A Favorite In Labor Day Auto Races
Johnny Gerber is a top contender for Labor Day at Frontier Park after winning the Des Moines state fair sweepstakes. The Cedar Rapids star, holder of an Iowa half mile record, headlines a field including Hoffman, Schrader, Billman and Willman with trials at 11 and finals at 2:30.
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Gerber
Ohnny Gerber
Frontier Park
Des Moines
Stanwood Flyer
Sig Haugdahl
Cedar Rapids
Indianapolis
Tony Willman
Milwaukee
Curt Moore
St. Paul
Northwest
Art Plachy
Chicago
Maynard Clark
Milan
Ill
Hoffman
Bagley
Johnny Bagley
Omaha
Popp
West Side Oval
Johnny Gerber
Stanwood
Minn
Frenty
Bob Doyscher
Wm. Rud, Jr
Wheaton
Walter Trevelyan
Davenport
Ford
Sam Hoffman
Neb
H. M. Teterton
Wis
Belmont
Wencel Wales
Fronty
Wilson Pingrey
Blairstown
E. Clemons
A Cae Trautman
Sheboygan
Chrysler
Studebaker
Ottumwa Players Favored to Capture State PGA Title
Ottumwa locals predict the 1932 Iowa State Professional Golfers Association championship will stay in Ottumwa. Dave Bonella and Gene Isaacson, both Ottumwa natives, are the leading contenders to win the $600 purse as they know the Ottumwa Country Club course inside out and have the strongest recent records.
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Bonella
Isaacson
Iowa
Ottumwa
Iowa State Professional Golfers’ Association
Ottumwa Country Club
Harold Smith
Cedar Rapids
Art Andrews
Davenstar
Iowa P. G. A
Smith
Dave Bonella
Gene Isaacson
Andrews
Bonelila
Railbirds
Koenig Makes Baseball Comeback With Cubs In World Series Plans
Once traded out and booted from the majors Mark Koenig returns to prominence with the Cubs. Once alongside Tony Lazzeri on the Whitey Ford era Yankees Koenig rebounded from blindness to hit near .400 in the Coast League and draws praise for spectacular fielding as two old pals aim for the World Series.
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Tony Lazzeri
Claire Burcky
NEA Service
Chicago
New York Yankees
Chicago Cubs
Mark Koenig
San Francisco
Yankees
Tony
Yanks
Mark
Detroit
Cubs
Koenig
St. Paul
Lazzeri
Bill Jurges
Veeck
Jack Doyle
Ross Grimm
Tony Lazze
Veenker faces rebuild as Iowa State drills for Diamondball
Iowa State coach George Veenker plans to build a Cyclone squad for the Labor Day Diamondball tournament at Ellis Park. With four veterans and a shaky sophomore group, he relies on assistants Joe Truskowski Harry Schmidt and Louis Menze to shape centers ends and the backfield while hopeful freshmen may fill the line slots.
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Cedar Rapids
Ellis Park
Dubuque
Rock Island
la Porte City
Ames
George Veenker
Iowa State
Veenker
Cyclone
Joe Truskowski
University of Michigan
Schmidt
Harry Schmidt
Louis Menze
Dick Grefe
Des Moines
Grefe
Harold Templeton
Ochevedan
Ed Schafroth
Desprecy
Ivan Impson
Gliden
Templeton
Schafroth
Impson
Jack Beyer
William Dixon
Tama
Hiram Roe
Gerald Smith
Milwaukee
Glen Listen
Tame
Paul Berger
Manchester
Herbert Ohrt
Dexter
Cubans Defend Southwest Iowa Baseball Title
The Cubans defend their southwestern Iowa championship with a 4 to 1 win over Tekamah Nebraska in the 1932 tournament. Des Moines Daniels beat Omaha Carter Lakes 6 to 5 in class B. Stanton faces Mapleton in class B and Sioux City stockyards meets Eastern House of David in class A.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
Tekamah
Neb
Des Moines
Bresnahan to Announce Iowa Harrier Candidates
Coach George T. Bresnahan of the University of Iowa will resume duties September 26 as fall track and cross country candidates report. His pupils George Saling and Edward Gordon won hurdles and broad jump at Los Angeles, and he coached the American 1600 meter relay team to a world record. The Hawkeyes face about three dual meets and the Western conference championship in the next three months with intramural competition for track and field candidates.
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Iowa City
George T. Bresnahan
University of Iowa
Bresnahan
George Saling
Edward Gordon
Los Angeles
Marksmen From Eight States Compete At Des Moines
Eight states Iowa Minnesota Missouri Arkansas the Dakotas Nebraska and Kansas are represented in the regional rifle meets started at Fort Des Moines army post range. The regional contests replace Camp Perry as the national meet with championships based on scores from these regionals.
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DES Moines
National Rifle Association
Fort Des Moines Army Post Range
Iowa
Minnesota
Missouri
Arkansas
Dakotas
Nebraska
Kansas
Camp Perry
Ohio
American Tennis Stars Set Tour of Australia and Pacific
Ellsworth Vines leads a five month American team on a tour of Australia New Zealand and Tasmania. The squad travels October 5 from San Francisco with Honolulu the first stop and includes Wilmer Allison John Van Ryn and Keith Gledhill. Mrs Allison and Mrs Van Ryn accompany. Vines expects marriage soon and his bride will join.
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New York
Ellsworth Vines
Pasadena
Calif
Australia
Pacific Islands
United States Lawn Tennis Association
San Francisco
Honoulu
New Zealand
Tasmania
Wilmer Allison
Texas
John van Ryn
Philadelphia
Keith Gledhill
Santa Barbara
Iowa Gridders To Sport Form Fitting Suits This Season
University of Iowa football fans will see new gold form fitting grid pants and black jerseys with gold numerals this fall. Coach Ossie Solem aims to improve speed and movement by replacing bulky outfits with lighter regalia.
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Iowa
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Ossie Solem
Salem
American Association Ake Collins at Toledo Weather Grounds
Unclear fragments show Ake Collins associated with American Association and Louis Crouse at Toledo with mentions of wet grounds. No coherent event or outcome is readable. details are fragmented and unspecific.
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Ake Collins
Louis Crouse
Ieee
Toledo
Rixey Works Magic As Reds Beat Pirates In Shutout
Eppa Jeptha Rixey, a 20 year veteran, pitched a shutout against the Pittsburgh Pirates for his fourth win of the season. The 6 foot 5 inch Red pitcher silenced the Pirates with eight hits allowed as Cincinnati strongmen staved off a pennant chase.
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Cincinnati
Eppa Jeptha Rixey
Cincinnati Reds
Pittsburgh Pirates
Bucs
Bucaneers
Pirates
Rixey
Eppa
Dan Howley
Reds
National Phillies
University of Virginia
Carr Invited to 300 Yard Race With Metcalfe
Bill Dwyer, head of the Wethered J. Boyd council entry committee, invites Penn star Bill Carr to a special 300 yard race against Ralph Metcalfe at the Yankee Stadium victory meet on Saturday September 10. Metcalfe is already entered and will try the distance, a new event for him, if Carr accepts.
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New York
INS
Bill Dwyer
Wethered J. Boyd Council
R. of C
Bill Carr
University of Pennsylvania
Ralph Metcalfe
Yankee Stadium
Metcalfe
Carr
Presler and Westerfield Claim Waterloo Long-Distance Wins
Francis Presler and Dick Westerfield led Cedar River long-distance swimming in Waterloo. Presler set a course record for the three-mile race at 57 minutes 36 seconds, beating the prior mark by Lyle Graves. Westerfield finished second, with Graves third, as Waterloo’s municipal recreation department sponsored the event.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar River
Waterloo
Francis Presler
First Avenue E
Dick Westerfield
Bever Avenue SE
Presser
Cedar Rivers
Lyle Graves
Graves
Westerfield
Premser
Presler
Warren B. Ross, Jr
Westerfield Rhe
A Municipal Recreation Departmen
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Smiths
Waite Hoyt
Owen Carroll
George Wrestling
Harry Rice
Tigers
Mission Club
Labor Day
Cyclone Team
Backfield Post
Superintendents of Recreation
City
Willard Hayes
Diamond Oilers
National Union Assurance Society
Mullin’s Plumbers
Century Oilers
Dieroff Dairy
Three Minute Cereals
Superior Dairy
Killians
Merchants National Bank
Monticello
Sixteenth Avenue Commercial Club
Alberts
Iowa Harrier
Second Avenue
American Association
Pittsburgh Bucs
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Martin
Kirk
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Washington Philadelphia
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Chapman
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R. Johnson
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