Prep Grid Season Opens Here Friday
Cedar Rapids area high schools begin football with Independence and Wilson at Hill Park in a Tri-Valley game while Franklin visits Burlington. McKinley meets Cedar Falls Saturday at Hill Park. Roosevelt faces Marshalltown next week. Coach Barnard names starting candidates and discusses Ramblers’ early scrimmage and weather disruptions.
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Franklin
Burlington
McKinley
Cedar Falls
Sunshine
Cedar Rapids
Independence
Wilson
Hill Park
Roosevelt
Marshalltown
Bill Barnard
Ramblers
Barnard
Anamosa
Fred Shadle
Blue Raiders
Wapsie Valley Playoff Sparks Site Dispute
In Center Point the Wapsie Valley semi pro league delegates could not agree on a playoff site for the Manchester Walker series. Manchester insists on its field or at Walker, while Walker refuses to return there. The third game is dropped after a delayed decision. Manchester won the opener on Aug 31, and the second game was played at Walker to even the series.
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Center Point
Manchester
Walker
New Cornell Football Welcomes 24-Man Practice Squad
Cornell's new coach Walton Koch greets 24 players on the first day of practice at Mount Vernon. Koch and aides Paul Scott and Charles Zoda oversee fundamentals, calisthenics, and ball handling before a full-contact scrimmage. Eleven on offense, seven to eight on defense, with seven lettermen including Loepp, Vodicka, Juhrend, Dahlberg, Hetland, Bodine, and Howery. Additional candidates and staff details noted. second session planned as classes start September 22.
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Mount Vernon
Cornell
Walton Koch
Koch
Paul Scott
Charles Zoda
Dick Loepp
Cedar Rapids
Rudy Vodicka
Gene Juhrend
Highland Park
Ernie Dahlberg
Laurens
Mel Hetland
Rochelle
Ill
Earl Bodine
Des Moines
Gayle Howery
Darlington
Day Westerlan
Edgewood
Malcolm Nielson
Jerry Wilson
Bill Lambert
Belvidere
Bill Dodge
Hinsdale
Dale Thomas
Marion
Jim Harris
Bob Sanderson
Gordon Benson
Batavia
Lll
Ralph Ringgenberg
Newton
Center
Jim Larson
Nerstrand
Minn
Dick Silliman
Elgin
Charles Voyce
Knoxville
Dick Houden
Irc
Wallace Littell
Purple
Millikin
Decatur
Waverly High School
Scott
Culver-Stockton College
Dick Barker
Judd Dean
Glenn Cunningham
Hokonson
Zoda
Eastern Iowa high school football opens with mixed prospects
Eastern Iowa kicks off the 1941 season this weekend as about two dozen high school squads start schedule-openers. Anamosa visits Lyons in a key matchup, Monticello hosts Maquoketa, and Fayette faces Nashua while North English eyes Richland, with several teams led by new coaches and changed lineups.
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Iowa
Iowa High School Athletic Association
Anamosa-Lyons
Jones County
Blue Raiders
Wally Schwank
Fred Shadle
Riceville
Ralph Beardsley
Johnny
the Brain
Monticello
Emil Klumpar
Otto Huebner
Panthers
Maquoketa
Bob Weigandt
Matt Starcevich
Bender
Hogan
W. Schneider
Haussler
Reyner
Carteno
P. Schneider
Bohlken
M. Rueken
Reiner Messerli
Buol
Toledo
Bob Smith
Grundy
Fayette
Upper Iowa
Nashua
Art Hass
Coe
Sigourney
Harold Wilkinson
Marengo
North English
Richland
Tracr
Vinton
Sacred Heart of Oelwein
Maynard
Town City
Kalona
Herb Cormack
Mississippi Valley Conference
Cedar F
Stine Pel Marie Matrden
Ette
Oelwein
Sacred Fears
N Freer
Vinton Sosa
Bill Zuber Heir Born to Senator Hurler Family
Mercy hospital welcomed a son to Mrs. William Zuber former Cornelia Moerschel wife of Washington Senators pitcher Bill Zuber. The child born Thursday adds a future Senatorial fan to the family.
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Washington
William Zuber
Senators
Mercy Hospital
Zuber
Cornelia Moerschel
Big Ten football squads begin fall practice across conference
Big Ten coaches welcomed opening workouts with optimism despite Minnesota’s strong early form. Illinois, Northwestern, Michigan and others fielded squads ranging from 55 to 65 players, with Indiana reporting 43 and Ohio State inviting 40 as coach Paul Brown begins reconciling personnel.
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Chicago
Minnesota
Bernie Bierman
Indiana
Ohio State
Schedule opens with Southern California drills described
The passage notes Southern California opening the schedule with extended drills led by Purdue Coach Mal Edwards and a 60-man squad. Veterans fill both lines and backfield while Wisconsin coach Harry Stuhldreher brings 55 players, including juniors and sophomores, as a gap remains from George Paskvan’s graduation. It also cites that over half of the 36 million telephone users are in North America.
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Southern California
Purdue
Mal Edwards
Wisconsin
Harry Stuhldreher
World
North America
Center Point Nine Starts Year Friday
The Center Point Nine begins a nine game baseball schedule under coach Otto Lammers. The Pointers open at home Friday against Central City with 12 games listed: Sept 6 at Water, Sept 19 at Cancun, Sept 23 Toddville here, Sept 26 at Central City, Sept 30 Troy Mills here, Oct 3 at Toddville, Oct 7 Coggon here, Oct 10 at Troy Mills.
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Center Point
Otto Lammers
Central City
Water
Cancun
Toddville
Central Cus
Troy Mills
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