Little Muskies Rally to Overtake Alumni 16 to 14
In a tense Jefferson gym comeback the Muscatine High School Little Muskies erased a 14 10 deficit in the final minutes to beat the Alumni 16 14. Hahn scored the winning basket with 20 seconds left as Barko and Figg led a stout defense and late surge.
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Jefferson Gym
Gold
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Herb Valett
Buck McIntyre
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Hahn
Jimmy Figg
Burko
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Barger
Fabrizius
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Little Musky
Jones
Bud Fabrizius
Barko, Haln and Company
Fred Messenger
Texaco
Hyink
Fairall
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Weber
Reae
Rf Tucker
Freights Triumph Over Orange Squeeze In League Game
Freights beat Orange Squeeze 32 to 26 in the YMCA factory league opener played Monday at the Y gym. Newell led Freights with 10 points while Sywassink and Baurbach starred for Orange Squeeze. Three more factory league games are set for Thursday night.
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Cohn
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Toyne
Newton
Ses
SPORT OUTLOOK BRIGHT IN 1930
The 1930 sports outlook, per ALAN GOULD, predicts more international rivalry and bigger audiences. Key items include the east west gridiron race, Iowa’s status, Sharkey’s title chances, Lipton’s America's Cup bid, Bobby Jones challenging Britain, and Davis Cup and horse racing prospects. Also notes Kid Socko stops Dave Saurs in Sioux Falls.
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Alan Gould
Associated Press
New York
San Francisco
Pasadena
University of Pittsburgh
Stanford
Iowa
Jack Sharkey
Gene Tunney
Lipton
Thomas Lipton
A Christmas Carol Excerpt Though Scrooge Faces Spirits
This OCR passage follows Ebenezer Scrooge as Marley’s Ghost announces three Spectres. The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come leads Scrooge through visions of future gloom and a corrupt, beggarly side of London, closing with a glimpse into a dingy shop where characters laugh at misers.
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Scrooge
Bob Cratchit
Tiny Tim
Scroogs
College basketball scores from a winter matchup card
Purdue defeats Vanderbilt 43 to 22. Butler beats Nebraska 38 to 26. Georgia Tech tops Stevens Tech 37 to 25. North Dakota U edges Montana 24 to 22. Southwestern over Far of Mexico City 36 to 26. Utah 52 downed California Los Angeles 44. Brigham Young Utah 47 over Occidental 41. Colorado 45 over Kearney Normal 40. Two overtime periods noted.
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Vanderbilt
Butler
Nebraska
Georgia Tech
Stevens Tech
North Dakota U
Montana U
Southwestern
Far of Mexico City
Utah
University of California
Los Angeles
Brigham Young
Occidental
Colorado
Kearney Normal
Pittsburgh and Southern California Prep for Rose Bowl Clash
Pasadena notes indicate undefeated Pittsburgh and Southern California ready for the Rose Bowl on New Year’s Day. Media says 70 000 seats sold out as teams hold workouts with Pitt and USC aiming for final prep before the inter sectional classic.
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Russell J. Newland
Associated Press
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Southern California Trojans
Pittsburg Warriors
Stanford
Trojans
Pitt Boys
Sutherland
Southern California
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California
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Denene Rake
Ben Hoff Montgomery
Barrager Daugherty
Err
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Meolo
Galloway Macurdo
Anthony Collins
Arbelbide Baker
Saunders Uansa
Edelson Walinchus
Pinchert Parkinson
Shaver
East West Classic All Star Lineups Listed
San Francisco December 31 AP tentative starting lineups announced for the fifth annual east west classic with over 50 000 expected. Eastern coach Andy Kerr and Dick Hanley list ends Booma Dartmouth Tanner Minnesota tackles Sleight Purdue Twomey Notre Dame guards Cannon Notre Dame Gordon Illinois center Erickson Northwestern quarterback Peters Illinois halfbacks Brazil Detroit Glassgow Iowa fullback Nagurski Minnesota Western coach Percy Lacey lists ends Holmgren Whitman Churchill Oklahoma tackles Ackerman St Marys and Richards Nebraska guards Schwarz California and Bramblow Texas Christian center Seghetti St Marys quarterback Hunting Gonzaga halfbacks Clark Colorado College Sloan Nebraska fullback Pomeroy Utah.
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Bramblow
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Seghetti
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Gonzaga
Clark
Colorado College
Sloan
Pomeroy
Utah
Football rules to stand after coaches vote in New York
The National Football Coaches association rejected three proposed changes in the rules code by an informal 4 to 1 vote. They kept the point after touchdown, rejected penalties reclassification on fouls, and dismissed the side line play option. Officers named include President William A. Alexander and others plus an advisory committee.
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New York
National Football Coaches Association
Association
Glenn Thistlethwaite
University of Wisconsin
William A. Alexander
Georgia Tech
J. F. Meehan
New York University
Clarence W
Mills to Succeed Little as Georgetown Coach
Tommy Mills chosen to replace Lou Little as head football coach at Georgetown University. Mills has spent the prior four years as an assistant to Knute Rockne at Notre Dame.
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Little
Georgetown U
New York
Lou Little
Georgetown University
Tommy Mills
Knute Rockne
Notre Dame
Hartnett Arm Recovers As Cubs Gift Bruins New Year
Chicago December 31 AP A New Year gift for William Wrigley Jr and the Chicago Cubs the return to life of Leo Gabby Hartnett s 18000 throwing arm The arm that was dead in 1929 training and refused all season to show life while the Cubs chased the pennant yesterday acted like old times The peppery catcher once rated the best receiver in the majors hauled and fired a baseball 200 times in a half hour at an imagined target.
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William Wrigley, Jr
Chicago Cubs
Leo
Gabby” Hartnett
Cubs
Lise
Peetz Quintet to Show Here and Challenge Muscatine Aces
The Peetz Undertakers girls from St Louis under Dr E F Benway meet the Muscatine Aces Friday at the armory. Peetz, city league champions last year, feature Catherine and Dot Ducker with Ruth Burkhart at forward and Luepke and Bick at guards. Muscatine aims to extend its unbeaten start despite tough foe. Two preliminary bouts open the program with Baltimore Buster Brown vs Billy Kennedy and New York Ben Jeby vs Joey Lagrey.
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Washington University
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St. Louis
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Dot Brown
St. Louis Headlights
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Myrtle Whitmer
Mildred Cresswell
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