Big Attractions In Store For Basketball Fans Here This Year
Muscatine fans await a stiff season schedule as management seeks top national teams to play on the armory floor. Negotiations with the Chicago Big Five and Basloe’s Globe Trotters center on guarantees, with talks that most teams would visit if terms are reasonable. The Muskies have four wins in four starts, facing early-season opponents not considered strong, while chasing tougher showdowns later in the schedule.
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Basloe’s Globe Trotters
New York
Beloit Fairies
Chicago
Big Five
New York Nationals
Two Harbors
Wis
Des Moines Bankers
Yale
Notre Dame
Colgate University
Muscatine
Musky
Armory
Chicago Big Five
Frank Basloe
Globe Trotters
Muskies
Minors Hold Fast Against Major League Raids in Draft Rules
At the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues meeting in Buffalo the group reaffirmed the selected player rule and resisted changing it outside a major league conference. They also announced that reserve jumpers may be reinstated upon payment and application, and noted a sale of Ralph Pinelli from Oakland to Cincinnati for two pitchers and cash.
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Buffalo
N. Y
National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues
New York
T. J. Hickey
American Association
W. H. McCarthy
Pacific Coast League
J. C. Toole
International
Landis
Board of Arbitration
National Association
Pipe Flush Quickly Clears Clogged Drains
An advertisement promotes Pipe Flush as a quick dissolver of obstructions in drains and sewer pipes. The copy urges immediate purchase and trial.
Alumni want full athletic overhaul at Minnesota
The General Alumni association board urges drastic changes to the Minnesota athletic system. It proposes an athletic director with complete charge of all sports and immediate coach contract cancellations. Names mentioned include football coach H L Williams and basketball coach L J Cooke among others, with Paige’s role in the athletic board of control likely to end.
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Associated Press
Minneapolis
Minn
University of Minnesota General Alumni Association Board of Directors
Athletic Board of Control
Board of Regents
Minnesota
H. L. Williams
L. J. Cooke
Leonard Frank
Neil Thorpe
Frank Gilman
Jamess Paige
Paige
Williams
Alumni Association
Letts Teams Open Season At Grandview Saturday
Letts high school boys travel to Grandview for the season opener on Saturday night. The team, buoyed by an undefeated football season and six lettermen returning, seeks a winning start after hard preparations. Pasadena reports acceptance for January 2 football clash with Washington and Jefferson from the University of California.
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LETTS
Grandview Letts
Grandview
Pasadena
Calif
Washington and Jefferson College
University of California
Sunday School League Opens Season at YMCA Tonight
All six teams in the Sunday School basketball league begin play at the YMCA with opening night pairings First Baptists versus First Methodists Grace Lutherans versus First Presbyterians and Trinity Episcopals versus German Methodists. Each game features two 12 and a half minute halves with five minutes between halves. The first game begins at 7 20 p m with games every Friday. The league plans ten games per team ending February 10.
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First Baptists
First Methodists
Grace Lutherans
First Presbyterians
Trinity Episcopals
German Methodists
Junction Opens Season Tonight
Columbus Junction Iowa begins its high school basketball schedule with a home game against Olds. Captain Max Woodruff leads the first team with Rex Paxton on the second team. The lineup features Woodruff Hanft as forwards, and Duncan Ossip as guards. Upcoming games listed include Grandview Letts Wapello Morning Sun and a Morning Sun tournament.
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Columbus Junction
Iowa
Olds
Max Woodruff
Rex Paxton
Woodruff
Hanft
Over
Halt
Duncan
Ossip
Grandview
Letts
Wapello
Morning Sun
Special Train to Yale Game Planned
Iowa City eagerness grows as alumni sign on for a big special train to the Iowa Yale game slated for October 14, 1922. John Dondore leads the drive with the Howling 300 pep club, rallying alumni in Davenport Des Moines Chicago and Omaha to secure tickets and transport. San Diego Notre Dame and Centre College are noted as a separate matched game in the region.
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Towa City
Iowa
Iowa University
John Dondore
Iowa City
Davenport
Des Moines
Chicago
Omaha
Forecast of 1922 Intercollegiate Football Schedule
Outlook predicts more intersectional games in 1922 than 1921 with Yale vs Iowa and Princeton vs Chicago highlighted. Kansas Nebraska Notre Dame expected to invade the east, while Georgia Alabama Tech Centre Maryland Virginia North Carolina tally for the south. McGill to seek games in Canada.
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Yale
Iowa
New Haven
Princeton
University of Chicago
Kansas
Nebraska
Notre Dame
Georgia
Alabama Tech
Centre College
University of Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
Canada
McGill University
Michigan
Wisconsin
Dallas U Offers McMillin $35 000 For Five Year Contract
Dallas Texas December 9 The University of Dallas offers Centre College star Bo McMillin of Danville Kentucky a five year head coaching deal totaling 35000 dollars. The proposal follows McMillin’s recent conference with university authorities which originally envisaged seven thousand dollars for one year.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Tex
Bo” McMillin
Danville
Athletic Council
University of Dallas
McMillin
Increase Cadet Corps at West Point to 2500
Brig. Gen. Douglas MacArthur, superintendent of the academy, urges expanding the West Point cadet corps from 1334 to 2500 in his annual report to the secretary of war. He notes the current size trains only one third of officers needed for a 150,000-man peace time army and would lack nucleus for mobilization. Expansion would require new construction and significant cost.
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Washington, D. C
West Point Military Academy
Douglas MacArthur
Lone Tree Quintet Rents Opera House For Season Games
Lone Tree Iowa December 9 Fisher's opera house rented for season by Lone Tree Independents basketball games with opponents from nearby towns likely to be scheduled. Wayne Stonebarger manager. Tryouts include Wayne Stonebarger Edward Smid Bud Green Ralph Morrison Hugh Dunn and Harry Sievers. Wilton West Liberty Riverside and other towns have asked for games. First game likely during the holidays.
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Lone Tree
Fisher
Lone Tree Independents
Wayne Stonebarger
Edward Smid
Bud”Green
Ralph Morrison
Hugh Dunn
Harry Sievers
Wilton
West Liberty
Riverside
Stonebarger
Receivers named for Tex Rickard and MSG Corp
Allen Lexow and John Ringling were appointed as receivers for Tex Rickard and the Madison Square Garden Corporation and Madison Square Sporting Club Inc by Justice Guy. They posted a $100,000 bond. Frank Armstrong, who sought the receivership, says he loaned Rickard money across ventures from the 1910 Reno Johnson Jeffries bout to 1920 Madison Square Garden lease.
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New York
Allen Lexow
John Ringling
Supreme Court
Guy
Tex” Rickard
Madison Square Garden Corporation
Madison Square Sporting Club, Inc
Frank Armstrong
Rickard
Johnson- Jeffries
Reno
Nev
Madison Square Garden
Notre Dame to Battle Centre in Dec San Diego Clash
Notre Dame will face Centre College of Danville Kentucky in a December 26 game at San Diego city stadium. A telegram accepting Notre Dame terms to cover expenses was sent to South Bend by the local organizing committee. Also Texas Christian University pulls January 2 clash with Centre from the schedule in Fort Worth amid cancellation by local officials.
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San Diego
Calif
Notre Dame
Centre College
South Bend
Ind
Texas
Fort Worth
Tex
Danville
Texas Christian University
Iccal School
Vitt Goes to Reds via Waiver Route
Oscar Vitt, third baseman, moves from the Boston Red Sox to the Cincinnati Reds for the waiver price. Vitt joined Boston from Detroit years ago and served as a substitute last season. Red Sox president H. H. Frazee returned to New York with no major negotiations, while a separate report estimates $6,000,000 for two memorial buildings and hotel linked to the club.
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Boston
Oscar Vitt
Boston Red Sox
Cincinnati Reds
Red Sox
Vitt
Detroit
H. H. Frazee
New York
Devine Honored On All American Grid Eleven List
Aubrey Devine of Iowa named quarterback on the first all American eleven by Henry L. Farrell. Belding and Slater of Iowa named on the second team, McMillin of Centre at quarterback on the second string, Wynne of Notre Dame at fullback on the second eleven. Farrell notes Devine is top class. Also reports Wills defeats Tate in boxing and Schaefer beats Conti in billiards.
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Aubrey Devine
Iowa University
McMillin
Wynne
Notre Dame
Wynne l
Locke
Iowa
Farrell
King
Navy
Kiley
A. Devine
Killinger
Penn State
Aldrich
Yale
Owen
Harvard
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Oakland
Califf
Ralph Pinelli
Cincinnati Nationals
Horace Eller
Herbert Branton
Otto Grocery Co
Judge Landis
Pabe
Philadelphia
Junction
Horlick
Son
Dallas U
Geo. Kranz & Son Florists
Lone Tree Quintet
TEX Rickard
REDS
Academy
Havercamp’s DrugStore
Gingery & Austin Veterinarians
The
Atti
Devine
Centre
Wynne of Notre
Denver
Colo
Harry Wills
New Orleans
Bill” Tate
Jake Schaefer
Roger Conti
Munson Army
U.S. Army
Iowa Avenue
BY Allman
Aunt Clara
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