Olympic Track Ace Will Run On Ohio State Team
New York AP reports Jesse Owens faced AAU sanctions over amateur status after announcing pro aims. Ferris says Owens did not intend turning pro and suspension remains automatic for leaving a Swedish tour without permission and for public pro career statements. Owens and coach Snyder knew consequences, no hearing requested.
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Beesons to Play Merchants Bank In Playoff On Monday
Beesons Open League champions meet Merchants National Bank title holders in a city softball playoff at Ellis Park on Monday at 5 30 p m Diamond Four. Merchants won game one 1 0 Thursday night and need one more win to clinch the city title. If Beesons win, a third game will follow since a best of three is required to decide the championship.
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Washington Preps And Juniors Open Friday
Washington teams prepare for season openers with junior college led by Kenneth Kimberlin and a high school squad under George Freshwaters. Scrimmages finished, positions to be decided next week. Juniors travel to Albia College, high school to Iowa City. many local players enrolled, signaling strong prospects.
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North English High Battles New Sharon for 9-Game Schedule
Special to The Gazette North English Iowa six lettermen and about twenty recruits reported to Coach Burl Berry for football and began workouts for a tough nine game schedule starting with New Sharon here in September. Co captains Glen Reed and Billy Thomas Gerald Newberry Arthur Carter Robert Davisson and Gordon Englebretson lead the lettermen. Other reserves include Jack Barnes John Coakley William Coffman Melvin Grimm Leelyn Miller Joe O Brien Vernon Tedrow Owen Voss Raymond Spain Robert Hatter Edwin Holden Wilfred Lown William Mahannah Robert Plank Elroy Hill Lewis Hohenshell Nicholas Feldaver d Elm Butter Harold Weimer and Homer Kallsen.
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Owen Voss
Raymond Spain
Robert Hatter
Edwin Holden
Wilfred Lown
William Mahannah
Robert Plank
Elroy Hill
Lewis Hohenshell
Nicholas Feldaverd
Elsworth Butter
Harold Weimer
Homer Kallsen
Duke Slater Revisits Iowa City To Recall Hawkeye Era
Duke Slater, former All American Iowa tackle and one of three Hawkeyes with four letters, rejoined at Iowa City to watch the 15 year ago era, praising Ossie Solem and Hawkeye stars. He recalls the 1921 team that beat Notre Dame and lists Indiana as his toughest game, noting his post football career with Chicago.
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Raiders Acquire Pitcher Potter From Asheville
Cedar Rapids wins contract for right handed 24 year old pitcher Dykes Potter who played with Asheville in the Piedmont league this year. Potter has a history with the Nebraska State league and the Cardinals Rochester International league path and won fifteen games for Piedmont despite the team’s weak record. Raiders will send two Class D players and cash to acquire Potter who will report next spring.
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Asheville
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Traer High Football Prospects Are Dull
Traer Ia with only four lettermen returning to date the outlook for a successful 1936 Traer high school football season is dim. Only Captain Dale Crippen Duane Morrison Clarence Read and Wayne Otterman remain from last year. Fourteen games listed four home and four away include five Iowa Cedar League scraps. Schedule notes include games against Teachers College Cedar Falls Grundy Center and others at Traer and on neutral or away fields.
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Duane Morrison
Clarence Read
Wayne Otterman
Fisten
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Grundy Center
Wilton Junction High Opens Season Against West Liberty
Wilton Junction High trains daily as 25 players prepare for the September 18 opener versus West Liberty. The Beavers scrimmage Tipton Friday. Captain Atkinson leads seven returning lettermen. others include Maurer Luethye Freeland Thurston Grings and Duffe. Newcomers Sterner Taylor Coss Marolf Gatzke Lange Staack Ovesen Collier join the squad.
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Newly Formed Negro Cage Team Seeks Games in Cedar Rapids
A newly formed Negro basketball team in Cedar Rapids named the Ambassador Athletic Club seeks games with amateur organizations. They claim to have the fastest amateur Negro team in the state. Managers should write Adolph Wilson at 715 H Street SW Cedar Rapids.
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Eleven The Gate: Oelwein Football Drills Attract Forty-One
Forty-one aspirants reported to George Lee for football practice, the largest squad in years. Fifth-year lettermen include Jamison at guard likely center duties, Johnson at end, Harms at tackle, Brittingham at halfback, with Bob Young possibly moving to fullback for speed and blocking. The line matches last season in heft as East Waterloo and Waverly provided the stiffest opposition. Schedule lists games against Franklin CodER Rapids, Independence, a night game at sereece, New Heene Sinton, and Noy Chas oo at home. most players are green but eager to learn.
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Coder Rapids
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Dizzy Dean Believes Giants Have No Real Shot at Yankees
International News Service reports Dizzy Dean of the Gas House Gang doubts the Giants can beat the Yankees in the World Series. He cites Hubbell as the only Giants pitcher who might slow the Yanks, notes Card pitchers face fatigue, and previews a tough series with the Cubs and Cards limited by injuries and form. Dean concedes the Yankees look strong enough to win despite pitching concerns.
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Wampler and Martin Set To Close Outdoor Wrestling Season
Outdoor wrestling ends next Thursday at Cedar Park Open Air Arena with headliners Bull Martin and Earl Wampler as top draws. They headline a card expected to surpass summer efforts, each known for manipulating finishes, with sixty minutes for the main event and two preliminaries lined up by Matchmaker Eddie Jennings.
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Monticello to Meet Maquoketa in Opener
Monticello announces the high school schedule with Sept. 18 at Maquoketa and Sept. 25 at Manchester, plus Sept. 30 at Tipton, Oct. 25 at West Branch, and Nov. 11 at Anamosa. Probable lineup lists Schoon as end captain, with Bone, Prull, Behrends. Kuhns, Lubben, Schlemme as tackles. Rickels, Viv Richardson, York, Kiburz as guards. Eden, Behrends at centers. Hobert, Field, Balsiger, K Cox, L Cox as backs.
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