Big Ten Faces Eligibility Clash Over McLain and Holman
Chicago awaits the Big Ten conference as questions arise about Mayes McLain of Iowa and Allan Holman of Ohio State. Protesters claim both players are ineligible due to prior college play and transfers. The conference plans to set eligibility standards while Iowa and Ohio State defend their stars for next season. The 1929 program also features eight key intersectional games and a full slate of conference meetings for scheduling across sports.
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Chicago
Mayes McLain
Iowa
Allan Holman
Ohio State
Big Ten
McLain
Haskell Indians
Haskell
Holman
Ames
Holmen
Iowa State College
John R. Griffiths
Princeton
University of Washington
Illinois
Army
Champaign
Wisconsin
Colgate
Madison
Harvard
Michigan
Vanderbilt
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Pitt
Pittsburgh
Navy
Columbus
Notre Dame
Northwestern
Indiana
Yankee strategy tale features Ruth Gehrig and Robby
Warren Brown recounts a World Series era yarn about pitching to Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. Robby, manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, jokes he would walk every Yankee except Moe, Moe M. and others, to avoid giving them chances. The tale recalls McGraw’s tactic with Fred Snodgrass and the era’s batting orders.
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Warren Brown
Robby
Brooklyn Dodgers
Ruth
Gehtig
Buck
Robb
St. Louis
Warren
Gehrig
Rooby
Moeusel
Rovby
Heath
Pilsher
McGraw
Fred Snodgrass
Chief Sievers
Meyers
Sno
Yours Truly
Hazleton Prep Teams to Host Quasqueton Gym Night
Hazleton high school boys and girls squads prepare to meet Quasqueton High tomorrow night at home. The event features a school band performance as Hazleton eyes a home schedule of 13 games this season.
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Hazleton
Quasqueton High
Haleton
Christmas gifts and a shared value in Ottawa Herald
A digest of quips and verse on Christmas gifts, commerce, and social quirks. The note laments equal value expectations, pressures merchants face, and holiday barbershop chatter. A poem about wings contrasts northern cold with southern skies and rail fare. Also mentions Henry Litchfield West Texas and Ginan reportedly in a New York hospital for a joint ailment.
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Henry Litchfield West
Cedar Falls Youth Now Candidate for Ames Cage Squad
Cedar Falls youth and Town State College players push through daily scrimmages under coach Louis Menzo as they prepare for the season opener on December 20 when Simpson College visits the state gym. The first team features Lester Lande Northwood Fred Ludwig Lawton Glenn Woods Irwin Doc Taylor Montezuma Burnett Zimmerman Watertown S C. A further squad cut is expected next week and several new players have joined this week including Dick Wilcox Stratford Don Wilson Hopkinton Forrest Bennett Marshall Okla Harry Johnson Dubuque and Roy Peters Cedar Falls.
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Courier Special Service
Ames
Louis Menzo
Simpson College
State Gymnasium
Lester Lande
Northwood
Fred Ludwig
Lawton
Glenn Woods
Irwin
Pirot
M. H
Doc) Taylor
Montezuma
Burnett Zimmerman
Water
Billiard Tournament Set At Popular Cigar Store
A pocket billiard tournament for three classes A B and C will be held at the Popular Cigar store in a fort night. Merchandise prizes await winners in each group. In the Waterloo Billiard League event recent at the same store Frank Bros. team won three cues by beating the Popular Cigar store cuists 40 to 27. Popular Cigar store players secured second by defeating the Nauman company team 31 to 30.
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Frank Powers
Waterloo Billard Ieague
Frank Bros
Nauman Company
Workman denies quitting Ames football coach post
Noel Workman, Ames head football and baseball coach, says he has no intention of leaving Iowa State College. Rumors linked him to Nebraska’s ex-coach vacancy, but Town State athletics director T. N. Metcalf and officials affirm Workman will be kept indefinitely, praising his work and popularity.
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Ames
Dee
Iowa State College
Noel Workman
Workman
Earnest Beary
Nebraska
T. N. Metcalf
Athletutes
Town State
Ere
Biddle Millions Seek Allbbious To Gene Tunney
New York December 6. Tony Biddle son of a Philadelphia magnate dominates boxing news as he buys Rene de Vos’s managerial contract for 20000 and backs promoter Jimmy Bronson to land Belgium’s Blonde Fox for Mickey Walker’s throne. He envisions a training camp near the city and backs amateur boxing, with Major Anthony J Drexel Biddle Jr, still active in the sport, as a social and athletic force behind the effort.
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New York
Tony” Biddle
Philadelphia
Nick
Tony
Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle, Jr
Rene de Vos
Jimmy Bronson
Gene Tunner
Blonde Fox
Belgium
Mickey Walker
Bronson
Heronson
Altho Reno
Bulgaria
Gene Tunney
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr
Major Biddle
Ying
Jack O’brien
Kid Griffo
Frank Erne
Kid Willams
Jack Johnson
Jim Jeffries
Bob Fitzsimmons
Jim Corbett
Ackley High School Basketball Schedule Announced
Ackley Iowa December 14 Ackley high school's basketball season opens with a game against the alumni. The schedule includes games at home and away from December through February against towns and teams such as Town Fails, Parurg, Alden, Geneva, Parkersburg, Iowa Falls, Wellsburg, and others.
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Courier Special Service
Ackley
Ackley High Coal
Town
Dan
Parurg
Alden
Geneva
Parkersburg
Iowa Falls
Wellsburg
Golf A gence Meets Western Golf Association Elects
Chicago action at the Western Golf Association annual meeting expected to reelect President Robert M. Cutting of Chicago and other officers. The gathering is held tonight with officials slated for renewal.
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Golf Ass
Chicago
Dee
Robert M. Cutting
Western Golf Association
Spider and Mr Depew in golf rules clash at Virgin ia Hot Springs
A golf match at Virginia Hot Springs sees Mrs Dorothy Campbell Hurd call attention to a live spider on the putting green. Official Mr Ganson Depew lifts the arachnid by hand, deeming it an impediment that may be lifted, and preserves it for the archives as an object lesson in rule observance.
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Associated Press
Virginia Hot Springs
Dorothy Campbell Hurd
Harry Pressler
Ganson Depew
Mr. Depew
St Johns Basketball Schedule Promises Tough Games
St Johns high school announced a demanding schedule for its basketball team led by secretary treasurer W F Assmus. The slate includes Dec 11 vs St Patrick's Cedar Rapids, Dec 14 vs St Weenesnbuse Cedar Rapids, and a series of away and home games through February with opponents such as Sacred Heart Waterloo Monticello Elkader and Immaculate Conception Cedar Rapids.
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Courier Special Service
Independence
St. Patrick’s High School
Cedar Rapids
St. John's High School
W. F. Assmus
St. Patrick's of
St. Weeneesbnuse
Sacred Heart of Waterloo
Alary's
Waterloo
St Navier
Manchester
Monticelloa
St. Patrick's
St. Wenceslause
Sacred Heart
Immaculate Conception
St. Mavier
St. Mary's of Watering
C. L. Ve AL
Immaculate Conception of
Elkader
Monticello
Charles City and Wauken Lead High School Conference
Charles City and Wauken claim a share of the Northeast Town High School conference football title after Wauken won three conference games while Charles City won four, including a trio of wins and a scoreless tie with Decorah that Charles City says still justifies a rightful title claim. New Lampton fields a green team.
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Canarer
Charles City
Dee
Wauken
Charles City High School
Northeast Town
Decorah
Wanekon
West Union
Cresco
New Lampton
Chickasaw Season Ends With Key Wins and Narrow Losses
The Chickasaw team finished a strong season, defeated only by Charles City, with notable wins over Osage by New Hampton. Cresco Decorah Nashua were toppled, Decorah suffered injuries after a solid start, while Cresco, Nashua and West Union lagged due to inexperience. Final standings listed.
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Charles City
Osage
New Hampton
Cresco
Decorah
Nashua
Chickasaw
Norsemen
West Union
Giraffes Enter Tigers Cage At Missouri Basketball
Columbia Mo Dec 6 Nine cagers for the 1929 Missouri squad stand at least six feet tall with Charles Huhn leading at six six and six tenths. Teammates include Bohrer McKenzie Roach guards Baker Craig centers Alston Ruble Welsh forwards.
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Columbia
University of Missouri
Charles Huhn
Bohrer
McKenzie
Roach
Baker
Craig
Alston
Ruble
Welsh
Detroit Olympics players eyed for major league promotion
Detroit December 6 Three league leading Detroit Olympics players were under consideration for major league promotion. Bernard Brophy center will join the Detroit Cougars Sunday night and be ready for duty against the New York Rangers. Bill Brydge and Harvey Rockburn may be taken for duty with the Cougars. The Olympics rejected a Rangers offer of 17500 for Rockburn.
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Detroit
Detroit Olympics
Bernard Brophy
Detroit Cougars
New York Rangers
Bill Brydge
Harvey Rockburn
Olympic
Cougars
Olympics
Rangers
Blackburn
Glassgow Named Iowa Captain as Hawkeyes Start 1929
Willis A. Glassgow, Iowa halfback, was elected captain of the 1929 Hawkeyes, ending a four year run by linemen. A top ground gainer, he led in rushing for 1927 and 1928, totaling 546 yards this season, and is praised as a leading back in the Midwest. He will be out of athletic competition until February 1.
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Courier Special Service
Iowa City
Willis A. Glassgow
University of Iowa
Hawkeye
Leland Parkin
Waterloo
Iowa
Burton Ingwersen
Parkin
Glassgow
Aubrey Devine
Hawkeyes
Middle West
Otto Vogel
Football captain-elect to report as shortstop
Glassgow enters university in February 1926. He has played shortstop for two seasons and batted over .350 last spring.
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Glassgow
The
University
Nine Officials Represent Iowa at Big Ten Meet
Iowa City officials will travel to Chicago for the Western Conference meeting to draft schedules in baseball track swimming tennis gymnastics and wrestling. Attending are Dr. P. E. Belting Prof. Louis Pelzer Burton Ingwersen George Bresnahan Otto Vogel David Armbruster Ernest Schroeder Orville Simmons and Dr. Walter FieselER.
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Courier
Towa City
University of Iowa
Chicago
P. E. Belting
Division of Physical Education
Louis Pelzer
Burton A. Ingwersen
George T. Bresnahan
Otto H. Vogel
David A. Armbruster
Ernest G. Schroeder
Orville Simmons
Walter R. Fieseler
Tuffy Griffiths to Box in Chicago Ring
Promoter Jim Mullen announces an all star program for next Wednesday night in Chicago featuring Jerry Tuffy Griffiths of Sioux City Iowa light heavyweight plus Joey Medill Chicago lightweight Joey Sanger Milwaukee junior lightweight and Jack McCarthy Chicago welterweight. Opponents are not named.
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Chicago
Jim Mullen
Jerry Tuffy
Griffiths
Sioux City
Joey Medill
Joey Sanger
Milwaukee
Jack McCarthy
Dave McCuskey Chosen Captain for Tutors 1929 Season
Cedar Falls December 6 Dave McCuskey of Woodbine has been elected captain of the 1929 Tutor football machine. The selection was announced at a dinner with the squad and athletic board by President O R Latham. McCuskey was second in scoring among Iowa conference players last season and is esteemed as a top Purple and Gold performer. Olie Meyer Gay Orr and retiring captain had remarks along with Coach Paul Bender and President Latham.
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Cedar Falls
Dave McCuskey
Woodbine
Iowa State Teachers College
McCuskey
School Athletic Board
O. R. Latham
Iowa
Olie Meyer
Waterloo
Gay Orr
Paul Bender
Latham
Large Squad Seeks Cage Positions at New Hampton High
Forty men report for basketball and thirty for wrestling at New Hampton High School as the team gears up for 17 basketball contests this winter. The first game is at Nashua on December 14 with a schedule listing dates at Nashua Lawler here West Union here Cresco here Decorah there Charles City there Cedar Falls there Oelwein there Ossie here Decorded here Clear Lake here Charles City here Cresco there Ossie here Nashua here East Waterloo there. The native oyster of Californians is noted as quite small compared with eastern oysters.
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Courier Special Service
New Hampton
New Hampton High
Nashua
Lawler
West Union
Cresco
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