Basketball Loss Dominates Hillcrest Friday Night
Reports indicate a rough game as Ut bene and team faced a defeat on Friday night. The crowd saw key players struggle with shots while rivals pulled ahead.
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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1936
Page
4
Reports indicate a rough game as Ut bene and team faced a defeat on Friday night. The crowd saw key players struggle with shots while rivals pulled ahead.
In a tense county league clash Chadwick defeats Thomson 24 to 23 after a seesaw battle. Coach Kenson's Chadwick squad clung to a late lead as Thomson pressed in a tight gym scene with fans roaring for the final basket. The Chadwick grade team also won 26 to 6, while the junior lineup posted a 10 to 6 victory.
Fragmentary results list mentions teams and scores such as Chadwick 24 Mt. Carroll 25 and Moline 28 Milledge 20. Names like Léa, Liz Pole, and Milledge appear with limited context. The brief items suggest a multi-school score roundup or standings column with incomplete details.
Local sports column reveals Chadwick picks for Jan events including Lanark, Chadwick, Mt Carroll and Savanna matchups. Players Frank Mest and Tom Kustes lead Thomson and Chadwick scoring as readers note radio rambles and community involvement with weekly predictions and results.
William KR Traum celebrates one year of Radio Rambles, early local radio column in a weekly. Readers and radio stars send congratulatory notes praising the column’s help to listeners, interviews by mail, and program recommendations.
Maquoketa defeated Savanna 26 to 25 on Savanna’s home floor Friday night in an overtime contest after a 22 22 deadlock at regulation. Savanna led 12 to 7 at halftime. Nast scored four points to pace Maquoketa. The lightweight game score was 16 to 14.
Boxing fans anticipate Dick Folk and Polo Boker as rising heavyweights in Illinois. Folk trained by Sammy Mandell after a Sterling show victory over a Chicago foe, entering the Golden Gloves. This season marks the early height of Folk and Boker’s promising careers.
Lanark defeated Mount Carroll 29 to 25 in a Friday thriller. Remaining games and schedule notes for Milledgeville Chadwick grade schools appear in fragmented lines with dates including February 14 and February 21.
County warden Thomas Hand of Thomson said arrangements are complete for a January 27 county meeting at the Mt. Carroll courthouse to organize sportsmen clubs across the county. Farmers are invited. each chapter will raise and distribute pheasants as breeding stock with hatchery or home hatching options. Officials from Savanna, Thomson, Lanark, Chadwick, and other communities are listed, and local chapters will elect county officers at the meeting.
Joe Louis will headline an exhibition at the Masonic Temple in Freeport on Monday night January 20. The energy fighter will spar with a partner in a shell exhibition, followed by amateur bouts of three rounds and four round professional miscues. The program includes entertainment by local acts and the 129th Infantry band, with Miss Gilliam as vocalist and Miss Hurtig leading the dance segment.
East Moline high school toppled Savanna Saturday night with a 28 to 22 victory. Moline led 12 to 3 at halftime, Savanna rallied late but came up short as Slair and the River City squad drove to the win amid a rowdy crowd.
Tampico high school edged Milledgeville 27 to 26 in a hard fought Saturday contest. Coach Schuett led Tampico with timely scoring as Milledgeville’s Eson and Hummel battled to keep pace. Temple and Kepner paced Tampico’s attack in the closing minutes. Also, Polo high defeated Milledgeville 38 to 17 on Tuesday night on the Polo Court, with Mades the top scorer for Polo and Oleson leading Milledgeville.
A Shannon meeting of county chapters of the Sportsmen's Club arranged for releasing quail and prairie dogs. About twenty members attended with C F Moon as president and Miledeprilie noted. Turnbaugh was elected treasurer as the gathering planned a two week schedule.
Chadwick high school varsity boys edged Shannon 27 to 26 in a close Saturday contest. Chadwick built a lead by halftime, extended in the third, and held Shannon off in the final period as Coach Benver Chadwick’s team earned its eleventh straight win.
Abe Simaters led by Richard St Clair and Delbert Bias toppled Shannon with scoring in a late-half burst as the high school floor action unfolded Saturday night. The prelims set the stage on Hannan floor ahead of main games.
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