West High Promises Strong Cage Season In Iowa Prep
In Waterloo Iowa the West High basketball squad the 1924 25 roster shapes up with captain Joe Sansone set to suit Dec 16 as he turns 21. Bob Potter Arza Burgess and Roger Haselman return while others contend for vacancies. Orange township provides the opener Dec 14 with Orange three last year’s regulars and two games already won this season. Coach Sarff aims to trim the roster to 6 8 stalwarts for the core squad.
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West High
Iowa
Althe
Old Rose
Joe Sansone
Joe
Dunkerton
Altho
Potter
Bob Potter
Jan
Mason City
Osage
Ralph Sarff
Arza Burgess
Roger Haselvman
Champ Fire
Bob Burton
Sarff
Orange Township Five
Orange
Orangites
Satf
Oelwein Independents Close 1925 Grid Season
Oelwein Iowa reports a fair season for its independent football squad. The team played six games, with two wins, three losses, and one tie, facing Marshalltown Charles City and Dubuque Bears among others. Notable players included Kaney Berger McAvin, Hickox Efr oy and Robertson, reflecting a strong mix of former college and high school stars.
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Oelwein
College
Hig
Marshalltown
Charles City
Dubuque Bears
Ociwsin
Postville
Marshelltown
Kaney
Upper Town
Berger
Oclwein
Jack McAvin¢they
Ames Kinebian
Hickox
Efroy
Robertson
Gelwein
Speers Named Harrier Captain at University
Maurice G. Speers of Centerville Ia was chosen captain of the 1926 University of Iowa cross country team. A junior in liberal arts, he has one year with the Hawkeyes and placed tenth in the conference meet at Ann Arbor, second in the Illinois meet, fifth against Wisconsin, and fourth at Minnesota. He is also a mile and two mile runner and was selected after strong spring track performances.
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Town City
Maurice G. Speers
Centerville
University of Iowa
Speers
College of Wberal Arts
Altho
Hawkeye
Ann Arbor
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Chuck Bresnahan
Royal Garter Honor and Other Miscellany
A tongue in cheek collage reports Austen Chamberlain being named to a royal honor amid theatrical pomp. It pivots to satirical vignettes on modern surgery, a printer friend, career climbs, a Florida death, and a jab about politics.
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Austen
Chamberlain Haseen
George
Albert Knipp to grap Griffiths in eight rounds
Albert Knipp, Waterloo’s popular pugilistic gentleman, will fight eight rounds with Buzz Griffiths of Sioux City in the Forum fight show main event Wednesday evening December 9, as announced by Promoter Morgan Lodar. Griffiths, 152 pounds, is a Midlands slugger with a strong left hook and a history of wins over Freeman Pepper, Mike Rozgall, Sid Lockion, and Mike Date. Griffiths is a Trinity College student and trainer. Knipp’s appearances here have long drawn crowds.
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Albert Knipp
Waterloo
Buzz Griffiths
Sioux City
Morgan
Lodar
Buzz Grifiths
Freeman Pepper
Mike Rozgall
Sid Lockion
Mike Date
Griffiths
Trinity College
Zeaxan
Knipp
Two Local Youths Survive Slash of Ames Cage Squad
Ames, Dec. 1 IAPJ Coach William Chandler of the Iowa State college basketball squad reports two local youths survived a slash incident involving the team. The roster lists Arnold, Hirrich, and several others from Ames Fort Madison Waterloo and Cedar Rapids area. Football candidates will join the squad later, bringing total players to eighteen.
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Ames
William 5. Chandler
Iowa State College
Arnold
Hirrich Watt
Fennema
Moorae
Gregg
Charles
Fort Madison
Kling
Merri Klinga- Tan
Watering
Lande
Norshwood
Martin
Laurens
Aaron Miller
Waterloo
Nelson
Fort
Tdndee
Stayer
Waukee
Wright
Larch
Wood
Roberts
Webb
Ca Anferson
North
Woods Cos
Wisher
Titonka
Hall
Cedar Rapids
Growth of Organized Pro Sports Expands With New Leagues
New York reports interest in a fledgling American basketball league with teams from Buffalo Boston Brooklyn Washington Cleveland Detroit Chicago Fort Wayne and Rochester. The circuit mirrors major leagues with a 36 game schedule and rules on eligibility uniforms and officials. Noted figures include Joe Carr and Tex Rickard with Brooklyn Whirlwinds and New York Giants linked to basketball and hockey ventures amid a broader push for professional minor sports in the era.
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New York
American Basketball League
Buffalo
Boston
Brooklyn
Washington
Cleveland
Detroit
Chicago
Fort Wayne
Rochester
National Professional Football League
International Hockey League
Joe Carr
Brooklina Whirlwinds
Tex Rickard
New York Giants
Will K Landis Be Offered A New Contract
A speculative piece asks if Will K Landis will get a new contract as high commissioner of organized baseball. It cites opposition from players umpires and others unhappy with Landis and argues for a baseball man or abolition of the commissionership.
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K. Landis
Gemakrer
Witcher
N Glanta
Tandis
Rone
Ezarl
Landis
Fiyor
Olds
Eball Miner
Sgz
Keres Mountain
Prines
Waites
Mussolini
Noad
Smith Rathers
Ofte Af
J Withers
Represent Ames at Valley Schedule Meet in St Louis
Iowa State delegates from Ames travel to St Louis December 4 and 5 for the Missouri Valley conference meeting. T. N. Metcalf director of athletics, Dean W. Beyer, Sam Willaman football coach, and Hugo Otopalik wrestling coach will attend. Peyer represents the faculty. Wilaman attends the football meeting and Otopalik the wrestling coaches convention to arrange schedules for 1926 season.
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Ames. Ta
T.N. Metcalf
W. Beyer
Industrial Science Division
Sam Willaman
Hugo Otopalik
Iowa State
St. Louis
Dean Peyer
Metcalf
Willaman
Otopalik
Neeting
Tutor Grid Year Was Successful at Cedar Falls
Cedar Falls December 1 Special report notes a strong Tutor football season with only one defeat in eight games and two ties. Coach Bender plans to begin wrestling preparation soon as many football players are new to the sport. Returning linemen provide a solid base for next year’s conference hopes while several multi-sport athletes expected to varsity wrestling monograms advance to full winter grappling activity.
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Middlewest
Hke
Thast
Tin Mara
Mesh
X Gibson
Exec
Wwe Link
Rewmn
Velwell
Faremer Orearh
Naval Academs
Vengesivania
Coarh
Banile Bay
Protec Xa
Brooklyn Teant
Coles Omen
Lee Bollayer
Gliese
Sutire
Ita
Cedar Falls
Bender
Tutors
Simpson
Penntooth
Bill Worth
Iowa Wesleyan
Luther
Upper Iowa
Kirksville College of Osteopathy
D. Harshbarger
J. Harshbarger
Horton
R. Andrews
Orr
C. Andrews
Grorzhovsky
Capt. Croy
Grapplers
White
Gil Dobie Names All Star Eleven
Gil Dobie selects an all eastern football eleven for the Associated Press with Cornell coach naming the players. The list includes ends Korm Swarthmore Thayer Densana Ames Wiberg Joss and backs Cheek Nevers Keefer with guards Carey and Diehl and tackles Fuss Fuss and Ellimois.
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New York
Dee
Dartmouth
Stanford
Keefer
Korm
Swarthmore
Thayer Densana
Ahlee Wiberg
Columbia
Joss
Ala
Carey
Cornell
Diehl
Kinaen
Pennsylvania
European track stars to tour the United States
European athletes including Norway's Charley Hoff and Finland's Paavo Nurmi are slated for a US tour to showcase pole vaulting, sprinting, and middle distance running. Hoff, with a 14 foot vault and strong broad jump, may draw bigger crowds than Nurmi if condition and indoor layouts suit him.
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Paavo Nurmi
Finland
Pole Vaukter
Charley Hoff
Norway
Pole Vaule
Nurmi
Dex
Amelia
Hoff
Holf
Huff
Bama
Liddell
Lowe
Martin
Paris
Seventeen Winter Athletics on Ames College Schedule
Anes la Iowa State dec 1 special lists the winter athletic slate with 17 home events the heaviest in years. Eight basketball six wrestling two boxing and one track meet highlighted by Cyclone basketball against Drake Kansas Washington Kansas State Nebraska and Grinnell with wrestling versus Oklahoma A&M Minnesota Nebraska Cornell Des Moines U and Simpson. Boxers include Notre Dame and Kansas Aggies in two home meets.
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Anes
Iawa
Illinats
Drake
Kansas
Washington
Kansas Aggies
South
Grinnell
Nebraska
Iowa
Oklahoma A. & M
Minnesota
Cornell
Des Moines U
Simpson
Notre Dame
Modern Nomad and Folding Boats Highlight Gotham Travel
The article previews a luxury motor bus conversion as a mobile home with toilet, shower, kitchen, beds, and mirrors, planning a three year tour across Canada the U S and Britain. It notes folding boats as a new trend and warns of risks. also reports Mayor Henry Walleser becoming vice president of Ellis & Ellis Incorporated and continuing duties at Citizens National Bank.
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Will H.dilg
Canada
United States
Great Britain
Commct
Charles Che
Henry M. Wualleser
Ellis & Ellis Incorporated
Security Trust & Savings Bank
Walleser
Citizen’s National Bank
Topics to be discussed at Big Ten meet in Chicago
Major John L. Griffith says pro football dominates college play and that rules to curb it may be unlikely. The meeting will discuss weather related postponements, satisfaction with last year’s rule revisions, and recruiting limits while inviting non conference coaches and high school coaches to attend.
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Chicago
John L. Griffith
Big Ten
Griffith
United Press
Barmyards
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