Big Ten football season opens with strong prospects
Chicago AP reports about 600 youths beginning Big Ten football practice as the 1941 season looms. Officials cite high advance ticket sales and minimal impact from the war effort, with Maj. John L. Griffith detailing athletics as essential to national morale and preparedness. Western schools plan free or reduced admission for armed forces and seek intercollegiate games with camps and training centers.
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Newton D. Baker
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England
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Michigan
Illinois
National Defense Agencies
Lowden Nine To Play Wheatland Tomorrow
Lowden high school baseball coach C. S. Dayhoff will debut the 1941 fall season with a non-conference game against Wheatland here Monday. Wheatland leaves the Cedar county league to join a Clinton county circuit, with Lowden's upcoming schedule including Beek Wheatland here and Sab Calamus there along with the sectional and other autumn games.
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C. S. Dayhoff
Wheatland
Wapsie
Cedar County
Clinton County
Stanwood
Clarence
Lisbon
Calamus
Bennett
Mechanicsville
Olin
Norway Opens Baseball Season With 17-9 Win
Norway high school opened its baseball season Friday at Atkins with a 17 to 9 victory. Coach Darrell Latham arranged the following schedule including Blairstown Amana Newhall locations and a sectional tournament in late September to early October.
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Norway High School
Atkins
Teeo
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Amana
Newhall
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Dykes Says White Sox Have a System of Confusion
Chicago White Sox manager Jimmy Dykes claims the team owes its success to confusion. He describes players’ erratic bat and baserunning antics as deliberate, likening them to a visible “boss” presence and noting a three year contract to stay in charge.
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Rickey’s winter market plans loom for Cardinals trades
Branch Rickey eyes major league sales as Cardinals farm talent floods the market. Names like Johnny Mize, Ray Sanders, Norman Russell, Ted Wilks, and others are discussed with potential moves to bolster the Dodgers or Yankees, while Rickey weighs peddling veterans to balance the roster.
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Johnny Mize
Cardinals
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Mize
Samuel Breadon
Ray Sanders
Sanders
Yankees See Rizzuto as Good Luck Omen
The New York Yankees trust shortstop Phil Rizzuto as a luck charm, noting his five-year pennant history and his rise through Bassett Norfolk and Kansas City before helping the club clinch another pennant. Other sports chatter includes talks of a million-dollar gate for Louis-Nova, Snead’s swing setback, and Bears and Redskins road trips.
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Harry Ferguson
New York Yankees
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Norfolk
Kansas City
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Texas Tech Tackle Jack Shanks Aims Multifaceted Roles
Jack Shanks a 202 pound tackle from Texas Tech ranked third on the tennis team and serves as a student instructor in dancing in Lubbock Texas.
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Lubbock, Tex
NEA
Jack Shanks
Texas Tech
Harmon May Enter Navy's Air Corps
Gary Indiana AP Tom Harmon Michigan's All American halfback hoped to settle with his local draft board before leaving for Detroit to take a radio announcing job. His deferment was withdrawn after he did not appear at a meeting. His 3 A to 1 A status change came despite affidavits from Harmon's parents claiming he is their sole support. He said he would not appeal if called and might join the naval air corps. Montgomery said a physical in Detroit could be arranged if Harmon's called for service.
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Tom Harmon
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Naval Air Corps
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Maynard Montgomery
Draft Board
Practice Under Way At Montezuma High
Montezuma High football under coach A I Gabriel shows improvements in 1940 substitutes to offset five graduates. Returning vets include Captain Glenn Thorn Leon ard Busby Kenneth Lof tin Paul Reynolds Carroll Purdum Keith Byers Don Purdum and Keith Jenkins. Home games except Armistice day against Brooklyn to be under lights with a schedule listing Keota Belle Plaine Toledo Al Marengo Toledo Juvenile Home Al Tama North English and Brooklyn.
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A. I. Gabriel
Gabriel
Glenn Thorn
Leonard Busby
Kenneth Loftin
Paul Reynolds
Carroll Purdum
Keith Byers
Don Purdum
Keith Jenkins
Raiders Playoff Schedule Under League Rules
Continuation notes that playoffs are set by the league office with local officials enforcing regulations. Decatur and Evansville will begin fireworks in Evansville and move to Decatur after two games under league directions.
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Decatur
Evansville
Keokee coal field reopened after 19 years abandonment
A coal field at Keokee Virginia, unused for nineteen years, has been reopened. The district resumed operations marking a restart for local energy resources and employment activity in the area.
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Keokee
Ted Williams Near Coveted .400 Mark In 19 Games
Ted Williams can finish the season at .400 if he collects 19 hits in 57 at bats over Boston's final 19 games. Williams already sits at .411 after Thursday's games with walks to first base rivaling a postman’s. The story also notes Pete Reiser leading the NL with .333 and other league leaders.
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Variety in Educations New York NEA coaches study routes
Three New York university coaches attended two colleges. Bill Mc Carthy coached baseball and studied at Holy Cross and Lehigh. Howard Cann coached basketball and attended Dartmouth and N U. Mal Stevens coached football and studied at Washburn and Yale.
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NEA
New York University
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Holy Cross
Lehigh
Howard Cann
Dartmouth
N .U
Mal Stevens
Washburn
Yale
Linn County fish and game club completes pheasant rearing and rescues fish
The Linn County Fish and Game club finishes this year’s pheasant rearing and distributes 20 to 30 chicks per farm across Linn County. The state conservation commission conducted a two week fish rescue, totaling over 500000 fish, mainly crappies bass catfish and bluegills, with soft fish given away and game fish released to suitable waters.
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Fight Experts Split On Nova For Joe Louis Title Tilt
New Jersey based heavyweight Lou Nova draws debate as Sept 29 showdown with Joe Louis nears. Experts clash over Nova’s cosmic punching, yoga conditioning, and odd training as manager Ray Carlen recalls a quirky past and underdog victories that underline his uncertain path to the world's championship.
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Lou Nova
Joe Louis
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York
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Carlen
Edwards Still Leads in Three Eye League Stats
Hank Edwards of Cedar Rapids and Norman Jaeger of Clinton top the Three Eye league batting rankings with .359 and .358 respectively. Jaeger leads in hits with 167. Edwards has 165. Edwards also has 277 total bases and 21 homers while Jaeger owns 35 doubles and 15 triples and Frank McElyen has 41 steals. George Diehl remains unbeaten with eight straight pitching wins. Arizona Indians are not permitted to vote.
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Cedar Rapids
Norman Jaeger
Clinton
Howe News Bureau
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Jaeger
King
Delbert Jones
Frank McElyen
Evansville
Joe Mowry
Moline
Williams
Decatur
Jones
George Diehl
Pairings Set For Y YMCA Handicap Golf Tourney
Drawings completed for the Y YMCA handicap match single elimination golf tournament on Kenmore course. First round matches set for Monday or Tuesday with handicaps, including Carroll Briess versus Lewis Woolfolk and Charles Lebeda versus Leonard Dvora, among others.
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Leonard Dvora
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Howard Wilsonk
Lee Conley
Ray Nodgson
Gurney Day
Bob Moody
Ty Rankinen
Nate Worcester
Oni Womacka
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