Landis Ikes Softball Will Not Harm Baseball
Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis, recovering from illness, says softball should not hurt baseball and may boost overall sports interest. He notes possible scheduling tweaks if the NL pennant race tightens and comments on the Cubs Cardinals and Giants in the standings. He also hints the Tigers could clinch the AL by next week.
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Von Lackum Reaches Cedar Rapids Handicap Final
Dr J K Von Lackum won over G H Cornwell in the Cedar Rapids Country Club handicap tournament 4 and 3 to advance to the finals. He will meet Elmer Hightower for the handicap crown at a date to be determined while lower flights progress slowly and semi finals await.
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Opening Ford V-8 Agency Announced for September 12
The author thanks friends for nineteen years of patronage and announces a new Ford V-8 sales and service agency. He has enlarged facilities to improve service for pleasure and commercial automobiles and to expand the battery department. Opening date is September 12 with a cordial invitation to all.
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Coe gridiron squad opens drill with 26 players
Twenty six Coe gridders reported to coach Moray Eby for two days of practice as preparations begin for a heavy season starting September 28. Eby praises early work and notes centers and tackles as position questions.
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Real Estate Transfers in Cedar Rapids Area
Perp Saws and Loan Assn transfers to Lewis and Mina Hepker, joint tenants with survivorship rights on lot 4 frl bik 17 Greene and College addition Cedar Rapids. U S of A patents to John T Jersey and Emanuel Russell for sections 34 86-5. J R Roberts Trustee transfers to Minnie A Dutcher Lucinda Rieger Lavina McElhenney Ida Reardon Lulu Dye and Jennie E Dean as trustees under deed of record for section 20-84-5 Cons 9-2-35.
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CCC And Alberts Tie At 5 All In Softball Playoff
After three games in the city championship series Alberts leads CCC one game to none with last night’s game called after seven innings tied 5 to 5. The first game was thrown out due to a CCC protest sustained. Kridler and McGuire split mound duties with five hits allowed each and Kridler striking out fourteen. The teams will play again Thursday.
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Year Books At Iowa To Be Sold For $10
Iowa City announced by Charles S. Galiher that yearly athletic tickets covering about thirty-five contests at the University of Iowa will go on sale for 10 dollars on Sept. 18. The I books grant reserved seats at home football and basketball games and admission to baseball track swimming wrestling and gymnastic events. Major letter men will sell the tickets.
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Red Pepper’s Hot Sport Chatter Headlines Iowa Fall Football Push
The Iowa athletic dept reports a heavier advance sale for the coming season led by the Minnesota game with Colgate and Indiana also strong. Dick Crayne defends teammate Ozzie Simmons against color-related dissent and notes team loyalty. Milt Bocek recalled to Chicago White Sox shines as a former Raider. Detroit Tigers face cautious optimism amid a minor slump while Ossie Solem restructures Town football practice into two smaller groups for targeted instruction.
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Pop Warner Warns Against Coaching Career Risks
Pop Warner argues there are more coaching aspirants than jobs as he discusses how material quality and favorable conditions shape success. He notes many high school coaches excel but struggle to move to college ranks, and warns young men away from chasing coaching as a career.
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Wellman Gun Club Announces Turkey Shoot Event
The Wellman Gun club will stage a turkey shoot at the B. C. Foster farm two miles south and two miles west of Wellman next Sunday. Turkeys awarded for each participant in the regular program and for high gun in all events. Traps open at 10 a.m.
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Troy Mills Nine Opens Against Walker Friday
Troy Mills baseball coach William Guthrin unveils the schedule with opening game against Walker on September 13 at Walker and a slate including September 14 at Quasaudon, October 4 with Alburnett, and October 11 with Rowley at home.
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Gridiron drills open as Big Ten teams begin season
Chicago reports a busy start to practice across the conference. Northwestern lists 72 hopefuls under Lynn Waldorf, Chicago's 50 candidates under Clark Shaughnessy, and Illinois with 80 players under Bob Zupke. Minnesota fields 74, Purdue 55 candidates, while Notre Dame totals 85 as Elmer Layden stages a show drill.
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Washington and Keota open season Friday
Demons of Washington high school start football with a home game Friday evening against Keota. Coach Guy Carlton and Assistant Fred Maas lead about fifty candidates. cuts will trim to around thirty for the first squad. Prospects look encouraging though Little Six competition is uncertain.
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Elgin High Reports 23 Football Players for Fall Season
Elgin coach Charles Whitney reports twenty three players out for fall football. Lettermen include Webel Robbins Shaffer Gruver Roberts Schneider Wenger and Schupbach. Schedule lists games at Postville Calmar Arlington Fayette West Union Maynard Wadena and Monona with home and away designations.
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Chester Horton’s Golf Tips From 1938 Source
This excerpt explains golf swing flaws and corrective posture. It notes that bad shots arise when the club deviates from the starting swing line due to exertion, body weaving, or dropping the right side. It advises straight legs and a controlled unwind from the left shoulder at impact.
Sixteen Report For Stanwood High Nine Sixteen
Stanwood High reports sixteen candidates for fall baseball under coach Thomson. Seven are lettermen. A seven game schedule includes three night games at the local high school field. The lighting system has been rebuilt to 40 500 watts with additional lights.
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Belle Plaine Holds Chicken Shoot Sunday
Belle Plaine will host a chicken shoot this Sunday starting at 1 p.m. The event by the c. and N. W. Gun club offers prizes in all classes.
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Baer Works On Sharpshooting Ahead Of Louis Bout
Max Baer trains to improve punching accuracy for the September 24 meeting with Joe Louis at Yankee Stadium. Sparring partners Tony Cancela Willie McGee and Lou Scozza confirm Baer’s precision has sharpened. Louis, meanwhile, plans to marry soon and watches the Tigers battle the Yankees in New York.
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O'Mahoney and George Set Return World Title Bout
Boston dispatch reports Danno O'Mahoney vs Ed Don George will decide who holds the world wrestling championship in a return match at Fenway Park Wednesday night. The bout, postponed from last Monday by rain, is now expected in fair weather.
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