Washington high school to start spring football drills
Washington high school announces three week spring football practices led by Coach George Iresh Wiles starting Monday. The squad may number twenty to thirty plus, with emphasis on punters passers and pass receivers. Some letter men remain active in track, basketball duties may limit football involvement, and competition for spots is expected.
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Washington High School
George Iresh- Wiles
Freq Marsham
Freshwinters
Kenneth Kimberlin
Freshwaters
George
Washington
Biography of Ernest G Schroeder Iowa athletic director
Ernest G Schroeder known as Dad to Iowa alumni after thirty years on the University of Iowa physical education and athletics staff became director of the division of physical education. Born in 1882 in Germany, he moved to the United States at age six and played track basketball and wrestling early in Dayton Ohio. He coached at Marshalltown Y M C A and Simpson College before joining Iowa in 1907, trained at YMCA College of Chicago, Princeton, Simpson, and Iowa. Father of intramural athletics at Iowa since 1910, he coached basketball track wrestling gymnastics cross country swimming and tennis and served on national wrestling committees and rules panels. He was known as an inventor of football equipment and a shrewd trainer of players and teams.
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Ernest G. Schroeder
Iowa
University of Iowa
Division of Physical Education
Germany
United States
Dayton
Marshalltown YY. M. CA
Simpson
YM. C. A. College of Chicago
Princeton
A. A
National
A. A. WU
Calf of years and coach named in 1937 football hire
A southern born coach with twenty years of football experience, 49 years old, and a William Jewell College graduate was named Iowa's twelfth paid football coach on February 4, 1937. He previously coached Central High School Superior Wisconsin 1916 to 1920, Wisconsin State Normal College Superior 1921 to 1929, and headed to the University of Miami Florida in 1935 from a 400 member student body.
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William Jewell College of
Missouri
Iown
Central High School of
Superior
Wis
Wisconsin Prep
Wisconsin State Normal College of Superior
University of Miami
Florida
Burlington Adopts Coaching Changes At Burlington High And Junior College
Burlington Hawkeye Gazette reports multiple coaching shifts for the upcoming school year. Carl Johannsen is slated as junior college head football coach, Vernon Trowbridge shifts to faculty duties and likely basketball coach, J F Thomason remains head high school coach for football basketball and baseball with Verne Rice assisting football and Johannsen overseeing track and tennis efforts with Pease stepping into junior college duties.
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Burlington Hawkeye Gazette
Burlington High School
Junio College
Leroy Pease
Burlington
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon, Jr
Carl Johannsen
Vernon Trowbridge
Trowbridge
J. F. Thomason
Verne Rice
Pease
Johannsen
Hig
Rice
Iowa athlete linked to 1921 championship team and athletic leadership
Des Moines native born 1895 rose from Iowa blocking halfback to assist the director of the division of physical education in charge of intercollegiate athletics. He starred for three years at Iowa, aided by brother Aubrey in sensational runs, graduated 1922, coached three sports at Parsons College until 1932, then shifted to insurance. He later served two terms as vice president of the Iowa alumni association.
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Iowa
Division of Physical Education
Des Moines
Brother Aubrey
Parsons College
Iowa Alumni Association
Pease cited as versatile asset in Burlington sports
Leroy Pease is praised as a capable assistant in football and wrestling coaching. He earned a Cornell varsity letter and has six years of first team experience including Burlington high, junior college, and Cornell squads where he played quarterback. He will join the high school faculty next year as an assistant in physical training and biology under Johannsen.
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Pease
Cornell
Leroy Pease
Burlington High School
Burlington High
Satter
Johannsen
Mrs Cloyd Knupp Reported Ill at Snowball Home
Sympathy flows from this community to the Cloyd and Genn Knupp families in the loss of their father Sam Knupp. Mr and Mrs Don Hays and baby spent Sunday evening with Mrs L T Hoyle, and Mr and Mrs John Shebeck. Mrs Lawrence Nowell and Everett, Mr and Mrs Alvin were also mentioned in the note.
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Cloyd
Genn Knupp
Sam Knupp
Don Hays
Baby
L. T. Hoyle
John Shebeck
Lawrence Nowell
Everett
Alvin
Boland named Iowa assistant coach after Lafayette exit
Stanford all American fullback and five season star turns to backfield duties at Iowa in 1937. The Minnesota born athlete, 230 pounds, previously coached and played for multiple pro teams including the St. Louis Browns and Chicago Cardinals under Coach Tubbs.
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Stanford
Ana
Lafayette
Iowa
Tubbs
Central High School
Superior
Wis
Minnesota
St. Louis Browns
Duluth Eskimos
Chicago Cardinals
Norris New Coach at Ainsworth High
Fairfield Iowa April 27 George Norris Parsons college senior from Grinnell Iowa has been named athletic coach at Ainsworth high school He will coach basketball and baseball teach manual training general science and agriculture The new coach was a halfback on last year’s Iowa conference football championship team and won two varsity football awards at the Wildest Institution while serving as assistant coach for one year
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Fairfield
Iowa
George Norris
Parsons Ecollege
Grinnell
Ainsworth
Norris
University of Iowa
Parsons
Funeral and social visits noted in Iowa City region
Shebeck attended a relative's funeral in Iowa City last Friday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Adolph Guenther visited the Carl Jarrard home Sunday evening. The doctor treated Mrs Cloyd Knapp twice last week. she was ill but improving. George Genkinger sold shares and delivered them to Dave McLaughlin Saturday. Cloyd Knupp owns a new Allis Chalmers tractor.
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Shebeck
Iowa City
Adolph Guenther
Carl Jarrard
Cloyd Knapp
George Genkinger
Dave McLaughlin
Cloyd Knupp
Allis Chalmers
Turkey's Area by Regions Reported in Old Figures
The record notes Turkey covers 24 492 square miles in total with 9 257 in Europé and 285 251 in Asta, reflecting historical regional measurements.
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Turkey
Europé
Asta
Maine Coastline Notches Create Long Tidal Line
Maine’s direct coast spans 250 miles yet its numerous bays and inlets yield a tidal line of over 2,400 miles, about half the U S Atlantic coastline.
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Maine
United States
It Girl’s Boy Tony Bell Portraits Clara Bow Son
Clara Bow and Rex Bell pose with their two year old son Tony Bell in a rare portrait. Clara says if Tony wants to be a screen player, it’s all right with her.
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Tony Bell
Clara Bow
Rex Bell
Clara
Tony
Miss Oma Strain Spends Weekend at Parental Home
Crawfordsville April 27 Miss Oma Strain a student in Iowa City visited her parents Mr and Mrs C M Strain over the weekend. Her grandmother Mrs Nettie Strain was in poor health. Mrs Bar Ferguson and others went to Clearfield Sabbath and R J Ferguson stayed longer. The article recalls local residents and notes Richard Thomas of Chicago ill in hospital with diphtheria and his sister Mrs John Williams along with Mrs Thom as parents left for Chicago Sabbath night.
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Crawfordsville
Oma Strain
Iowa City
C. M. Strain
Nettie Strain
Bar! Ferguson
Clearfield
R. J. Ferguson
Henry Clark
Dick Bitzer
Kate Clark
Edith Mark Lester
Kewanee
Nelson Clark
Henry
Winfield
Emmerence Rodruck
Richard Thomas
Chicago
John Williams
Thomas
Reland Rees
Sub-machine Gun Compared to Automatic Pistol
A sub machine gun is an automatic pistol heavier and more powerful with a longer range than the ordinary automatic pistol.
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Guernsey
Iowa University
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Irl
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Ernest G. Schoeder
Glenn Devine
John Shebek
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Hernie Bierman
Miami
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Ainsworth High
Miss Oma Strain
Nellie Manners
Carl Hubbell
New York Giants
Len Warneke
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Gas House Gang
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Warneke
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Van
Th. Bax
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Resh Malif
Halligan’s Pure Quill Coffee
Johnson
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Camay
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Velset
Kent
Club Ybacco
Emerson van Dyke
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la Fendrick
Wm. Penn
Pals Naptha
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