Billy Hoon Gears Up For Legion Card In Muscatine
Billy Hoon shows marked improvement in speed and footwork at the Legion club as he prepares to face Matt Schultz of Chicago in the main event at the American Legion benefit boxing show at League field Monday night. Schultz, arriving Sunday, and other preliminaries feature Ridley, Licato, Reed, Kelly, Mack, Flake, Buddy Flake, and Letty Kistner in a busy card expected to entertain local fight fans.
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Jimmy Bovaird
Mason City
Waterloo
Muscatine
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Davenport
Brown
Iowa
Dakotas
Matt Schultze
Wired
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Schultz
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Babe Ridley
Leo Licato
Rock Island
Mit
Legion
Jimmy Duffy
Frankie Taylor
Jackie Sanders
Jimmy Watts
Jimmy Kelly
Frankie Jummall
Frankie Mason
Benny Volger
Eddie Shea
Kid Mack
Snyder Flake
Lone Tree
Buddy Flake
Letty Kistner
Hawkeye Quintet to Play Seventeen Games This Winter
The University of Iowa basketball team outlines a seventeen game schedule for the season with six Big Ten contests. Iowa will open at home with St. Louis University in its new 12 000 seat field house dedication game against Michigan on January 15. The slate includes matches against Illinois Purdue Wisconsin and Chicago plus non conference dates with Notre Dame Wabash Marquette Butler Ohio State and Michigan opponents.
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Blue Laws Fail to Stop Sunday Baseball in Philadelphia
An injunction was granted in common pleas court preventing Mayor Kendrick from ordering police to interfere with a baseball game between Chicago and the Athletics in Philadelphia. The city sought to enforce the 1794 Blue Laws but the restraint stops enforcement for the upcoming game.
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Common Pleas Court
Frank Smith
Bentley Day Win in Net Meet at Muscatine
Oliver Bentley and Donald Day of Muscatine won their first round matches in the Mississippi Valley district tennis tournament, defeating Harold Nesbitt of Aledo and Major Stafford of the Illinois Military Academy. Sweet of Des Moines defeated Harry Shaw, who pushed his opponent to the limit in a 6-3 9-7 second set.
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Oliver Bentley
Donald Day
Harold Nesbitt
Aledo
Ill
Major Stafford
Illinois Military Academy
Harry Shaw
Sweet
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Shaw
Star
Bentley
Nesbitt
Gene Rosenthal
Conrad
Burlington
Boyles
Iowa City
Johanson
Creston
Everett
LeGrand
Davenport
Catlaw
Day
Voss
Rock Island
Conrad-Boyles
Kimball
Seething pennant race grips Pirates Cardinals Reds
In a tight three team NL battle, Pirates, Cardinals and Reds vie for the lead as Rhein and Mays spark strong pitching, while Mays, Hornsby and McKechnie push for another Reds or Pirates pennant. Shawkey’s relief helps Yankees past Browns.
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League Leaders National and American baseball stats
National league batting leader Hargrave Reds .384 with 151 hits and 83 runs. Cuyler Pirates 83 runs and 18 stolen bases. Heathcote Cubs 32 doubles. Walker Reds 18 triples. Wilson Cubs 18 homers. Haines Cardinals 9 2. American league Ruth Yanks .383 with 179 hits and 115 runs. Burns Indians 56 doubles and Gehrig Yanks 20 triples. Ruth 39 homers. Rice Senators Humefield White Sox 20 stolen bases. Davis Tigers 9 3 pitching.
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Wilson
Haines
Cardinals
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Yanks
Burns
Indians
Gehrig
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White Sox
Davis
Tigers
Channel Attempt Is Postponed by Baltimore Girl
Cape Gris-Nez France Aug 21 AP Miss Lillian Cannon Baltimore swimmer postpones her English Channel attempt due to bad weather. New York Johnny Dundee featherweight defeats Fred Bretonnell of France by judges decision 10-?
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Cape Gris-Nez
France
Lillian Cannon
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Johnny Dundee
Fred Bretonnell
Iowa net star rising rapidly falls to Philneer in tough match
Des Moines teenager Harris Coggeshall, a rising star in U S tennis, pushed former intercollegiate champion Phil Neer to the limit in the Missouri Valley California team clash. Coggeshall won the first set before Neer recovered to win 1 6 6 2 6 3 as rain halted another nearby match with James Davies and Wray Brown.
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Iowa
United States
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Des Moines
Phil Neer
California
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Coggeshall
Neer
Wray Brown
St. Louis
James Davies
Kautz Probed as Grinnell Prospect from Pioneer School
Charles Kautz of Muscatine a former Muscatine high school star is seen as a likely backfield prospect for Grinnell College this season. The sophomore worked hard and impressed Grinnell coaches last year with his determination to join the team.
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Muscatine
Grinnell College
Pioneer
Kautz
Grinnell
Leading clubs equally equipped with hitters
Chicago, Aug. 21 AP The five leading clubs of the National league are nearly evenly supplied with .300 hitters as the season nears its end. Pittsburgh St. Louis and New York each have six players at .300 or better, Cincinnati seven, Chicago four. Ruth Burns Gain. Babe Ruth and George Burns are the top American league hitters this week with Ruth closing in on a 59 home run total. Burns needs three two-baggers to reach the same mark.
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Brothers Katkish and Zivic Shine in Welterweight Ballyhoo
The article profiles Croatian American boxing brothers Jimmy Bronson-Lou Brown stable with Jack and Pete Zivic and Jack and Joey Katkish. Jack Katkish climbs welterweight ranks with wins over Jordan and Lowrie while Joe Katkish claimed the amateur bantam title and joined the U A U squad to Buenos Aires. Joey Katkish mirrors Jack in aggression and power.
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Zivics
Jack Katkish
Tommy Jordan
Brooklyn
Bob Lowrie
Boston
Jordan
Jack
Katty
Pittsburgh
Joe Katkish
Buenos Aires
Joey
Brother Jack
Methodist Board Condemns Dempsey Tunney Fight in Philadelphia
The Methodist board of temperance and public morals decried Tex Rickard's plan to stage the Dempsey Tunney championship bout in Philadelphia's sesqui centennial stadium. They called the arrangement a threatened disgrace and warned prize fighting corrupts public morals nationwide.
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Washington, D. C
Tex Rickard
Philadelphia
Methodist Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals
Eight Teams Enter Muscatine Doubles Tournament
Doubles tourney in the Muscatine Tennis Association will start Monday with eight teams entered. Pairings set: Nietzel and Schmeichel vs Baird and Ogilvie. Murphy and Kern vs Goetzman and Goetzman. Shaw and Bentley vs Hughes and Roththal. Harper and Mark vs Hempstead and Hempstead.
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Muscatine
Spike Nelson Ideal Athlete in Hawkeye Line
Emerson W. Nelson known as Spike, a 190 pound 6'1" tackle at the University of Iowa, begins his junior year. Coaches call him the best all around weight man in Iowa with standout track feats in the Western conference and Big Ten meets. He is an Alpha Tau Omega member and an agile, heady player in football and field events.
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Emerson W. Nelson
Cherokee
University of Iowa
Hawkeye
Nelson
Iowa
Ingversen
College of Liberal Arts
Alpha Tau Omega
Tunney Adds Sparring Partners Amid Training Grind
Gene Tunney expands his sparring cadre with Bud Gorman of Summit New Jersey likely to join tonight and Johnny Grasso of New York expected tomorrow. Training continues at Bill Osborne’s hotel with boxing drills rope skipping and reading as part of his routine. No training camp near Philadelphia has been chosen yet.
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Gene Tunney
Bud Gorman
Summit
N. J
Johnny Grasso
New York
Tunney
Bill Osborne
Buddy
Marine Corps
Gene
Philadelphia
Rivers Wins Narrow Decision Over Schwartz in Flyweight Bout
Hollywood California and San Francisco boxers meet as Georgia Rivers defeats Izzy Schwartz by decision in a flyweight contest. The bout draws interest from New York observers with a close scoring outcome.
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Georgia Rivers
San Francisco
Izzy Schwartz
New York
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