Waterloo West Loses To Greeley Five In Chicago Meet
Waterloo West High was eliminated in the national high school basketball tournament at the University of Chicago, losing 19 to 15 to Greeley, Colorado. Sansone led Waterloo with 11 of his team’s 25 points, while Greeley relied on long shots to build and hold leads. The consolation tourney and next-round pairings were announced as Chicago hosted the event.
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April Fool Pranks and School Memories
A collage of school era nostalgia with mischief in April Fool pranks and classroom mishaps. The piece references a parade of pranks from glue in hair to pepper in rolls, plus a nod to a reputational incident in a Kelsey Indians context and a prohibition officer's arrest linked to liquor.
Big Mom Versus Ed Lewis Match Up Reported
A wrestling bout between Big Mom and Ed Lewis is described as a toss-up. A fragmented crime note claims a waterlogged Nome area invasion with eggs and shells cracked, with police pursuing a theory.
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Ed Lewis
Byrnes Park Golf Club Prepares For 1925 Season
Byrnes Park Golf Club plans its 1925 organizational meeting in a few days. Officers Coburn, Johnson, and Debs remain in place. A small clubhouse at Byrnes Park will be renovated for member use. Several tournaments are planned, likely starting Memorial Day May 30.
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M. C. Coburn
del Johnson
Fred Debs
Byrnes Park
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Tutor Baseball Team Sets Friday Tilt With Ellsworth
April 1 special report describes Tu tors preparing for their first ball game of the season, traveling to Mamond for a Friday match against Ellsworth. Both teams lack proven strength, though Tutor fielding and Pedlazogs experience could influence the outcome as the pitchers and hitters tune up for the season opener.
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Getar Falls
Ellsworth
Pedlazogs
Witow
Nurmi Reds Fastest Indoor Mile Pace in 13-Lap Run
Boston on April 1 Paavo Nurmi Finnish running star ran thirteen laps indoors covering one and a half miles in 6 47 eight seconds from his world record. Hraba and Ray did not finish. Princess Ketto Mikeladz of the Amatera family aims to break a 500 year idle record and becomes a stage dancer in a claimed early training.
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Boston
Mass
Paavo Nurmi
Aloyd Hraba
Jose Ray
Ketto Mikeladz
Amatera
Hurlers Set for Torrid Season Across leagues
The article surveys 1925 pitching prospects across teams in Illinois and neighboring states. Rusty Malmgren and Cletus Dixon loom large for Waterloo, while Archie Kelsey, Beryl Anderson, and Kettenbeil show mixed control. Burlington’s Dick Speer builds a strong corps. Fred Newton eyes 20 wins after signing, and Lee Venemon also targets near 20 victories.
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Rusty Malmgren
Michigan
Hooster Kettenbeil
Milwaukeee
AL OG
Buck Freeman
Waterloo
G Walmgren
M. WI. Sexton
Cletus Dixon
Reuben Malmgren
Claude Willoughby
Dixon
Rusty
T. A. Spurbeck
Illinois
Archie Kelsey
Beryl Anderson
Kettenbeil
Archie
Anderson
Florida
Brewars
Hawk
Stck
April Foot Ball Proved to Be a Grapefruit Bomb
AL DEMAREE notes April fool pranks in training camps and recalls Robbie’s grapefruit catch fail. It mentions pitchers Art Vetter Bill Speas Dennison and others, currency of spring rosters, the Rock Island rotation, Ottumwa new staff, and the Cardinals as a dark horse in the season context.
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AL Demaree
Giants
Wilbert Robinson
Dodgers
Baltimore Orioles
Robbie
Brooklyn
Wpward
Dennison
Cedar Rapii
Burlington
Bunnies
Bill Speas
Flannagan
Radlofft
Hardin
Speas
Rock Island
Nixon
Lawrence Irvin
Chicago
Chick - Mattick
Ottumwa
Cardinals
Maraithon
Woodhull Chosen Captain of Cyclone 1926 Wrestling Team
Gerald W. Woodhull of Des Moines was elected by teammates to captain the 1926 Ames wrestling squad. A 245-pound Cyclone wrestler from Iowa State, he has not lost a dual meet in two years, won four this season, and captured the 145 pound class title at Minneapolis in the Western Intercollegiate tournament.
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Iowa State
Gerald W. Woodhull
Des Moines
Ames
Woodhull
Minneapolis
Misouri
Lewis Tiops Demetriam Upsets Wrestling Card
In Cleveland on April 1 Lewis Tiops Demetriam defeated William Demetrial in 44:16 before officials declared Deme trial unable to continue with the sat and Faull due to neck injuries. Mike Romanov beat Tom Draak in straight falls in a semi final bout.
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Cleveland
Lewis
William Demestrial
Demetrial
Faull
Mike Romanov
Tom Draak
Gibbons Tunney Bout Planned At Polo Grounds
United Press reports Tom Gibbons and Gene Tunney are matched to meet at the Polo Grounds on June 12. The fight carries no title, both boxers will train in New York, and heavyweights Harry Wills remains sidelined for now with potential challengers listed as Joe Stoessel or Mike McTigue. Gibbons holds eight to one odds to win.
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United Press
New York
Tom Gibbons
Gene Tunney
Polo Grounds
Harry Wills
Jack Dempsey
Gibbons
Wills
Bartley Maddens
Joe Stoessel
Gibbons-Tunney
Eddie Kane
Billy Gibson
Tunney
Chicago
Kid Norfolk
Jimy de Forest
Polo Grounds Atheltte Association
Paul Bexlenback
Mike Mc Tigue
Hot Springs
Mage
Tutor Trackmen Prep For Home Meet Next Wednesday
Cedar Falls April 1 Special The team under Coach Bender works on fundamentals and sprints aiming to break a quarter in Teas under 65 seconds daily. Runners train with calisthenics and stem work as less experienced cinder path candidates receive extra coaching ahead of the home meet and potential Drake relays.
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Cedar Falls
Coach Bender
Coe
Bender
Drake
Cunningham Brothers World Title Bid Crumbles in Neb
The Cunningham Brothers of Wahoo Neb defeated the Yost Brothers of Swanton Neb 26 to 3 at Nebraska Wesleyan University court. In late second round rough play led to a Yost and a Cunningham banishment, finishing with four players per side.
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Lincoln
Neb
Cunningham Brothers
Wahoo
Quinatet
Yost
Caddie Rule on Advice in 19th Century Golf Tournaments
British Open champion Jook Hutchison notes a 1821 rule banning players from asking advice in stroke play, except from their own caddie. Fourball rules differ, allowing advice from a partner or partner’s caddie. An exception lets any member of the group indicate shots.
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Jook Hutchison
Hunner
Catholic Teams May Compete In District Tournaments Next Year
Dubuque Iowa March 1 Fire tournaments may be held to deter Ming the Catholic high school basketball champions of Iowa next year. Rev Maurice Sheehy of Columbia College announced that four preliminary tournaments could be held one for each diocese at Columbia Des Moines Catholic Trinity and St Ambrose colleges. The winners would then meet in a round robin at a college for the right to represent the state at the national tournament. The Archdiocesan Dubuque tourney led by Columbia College was won by Columbia Academy.
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Ming
Iowa
Maurice 3. Sheehy
Columbia College
Loyola University
Chicago
Loyola
Columbia
Des Moines Catholic
Trinity
St. Ambrose
Hawkeye tennis opens season with Coe April 18 in Iowa City
Iowa City April 1 Iowa tennis squad to open the season with Coe College in Iowa City April 18. The match was moved from Saturday. Veterans John Doisey Julius Swartz and James Luts head the Hawkeye lineup as the nucleus of the team.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Coe
John Doisey
Clinton
Julius Swartz
James Luts
Des Moines
Suad
Gates Business College to field spring baseball team
Gates Business College will form a baseball team this spring after two meetings of prospective players. Bruce Gates cannot lead the team, a new manager and captain will be elected. Prospects look rosy with several former high school stars and players from Columbia academy Waterloo Tigers and West Heid Athletic Club joining. A schedule will be formed to face Dunkertor Oclwain and other strong teams in the region.
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Business College
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Bruce Gates
Jsavad
Gates Nine
Jack Innes
Columbia
Ray Nemmers
Waterloo Tigers
West- Heid
Kingery
Green and Seger
Gates College
Aled Bath
Dunkertor
Oclwain
Five Jowans Entered at Penn
Five University of Iowa track and field athletes are entered for the Pennsylvania relay in Philadelphia on April 24 and 25. Harold Phelps, Hancock, Dauber, Daine, and Handy are listed with events in the two mile shot and discus and hammer. Phelps is favored in the two mile, while Dauber and Hancock show strong hammer and discus potential. No Hawkeye relay teams will race at Penn as Bresnahan favors Drake Relays on the same dates.
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University of Iowa
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Harold R. Phelps
Towa City
John WW. Hancock
Superior
Wis
Ray G. Dauber
Harry Daine
Elvin Handy
Lowa City
Phelps
Hawkeyes
Weattern
Tibbetts
Harvard
Lowan
Penn
Dauber
Hancock
Handy
Daina
Hawkeye
George T. Bresnahan
Drake
Sims Named Captain Of Our Lady Victory Basketball Team
Eddie Sims was named captain of Our Lady of Victory academy basketball team for next season at a banquet last night. Rev Fr McDonald made the appointment. Sims was a former reserve guard. Brennan Dwyer and Sims will form the nucleus of next season’s squad as others graduate in June. The squad won 12 of 15 games this season. Coaches were Jean Sullivan and Bill Mehl.
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Our Lady of Victory Academy
Fr. McDonald
Sims
Brennan
Mat Brennen
Brannis
White
Kelly
Dwyer
Vollenwelder
Mat Brennan
Jean Sullivan
Bill Mehl
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