West High Meets Dunkerton in Next Contest
West High overwhelmed Orange Township 42 to 12 as four members from the 1924 25 state champions played. Captain Burgess was elected after the game, succeeding Joe Sansone who closed his prep career. Dunkerton visits next Wednesday for a key season test.
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Nevers Signs to Play Football for Florida Team
Stanford captain Ernie Nevers signs with a Jacksonville Florida all star squad for over 50000 dollars, turning pro to repay his parents. Nevers, from Santa Rosa, joins a lineup including Red Grange and Thorpe in a planned schedule with prominent college stars.
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San Francisco Examiner
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Ed Weir
Ebraska
Red Roberts
Centre College
Intramural Basketball League Formed at Teachers College
Cedar Falls reports intramural basketball recruiting big among men at Teachers College. Four opening games set for January with weekly Saturdays through February 20, eight games per team. standings by percentage. Veteran players Morrison Donald Harshbarger to referee. Millard Verton to manage schedule and time.
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Cedar Falls
Teachers College
Fezmg
Morri Gonald D. Harshbarger
Millard Verton
Artvanse
Bricklayers Seek Sixteen a Day Headline
A jumble of clipped items notes bricklayers seeking sixteen dollars a day amid a mix of quotes and snatches about education, a St Petersburg hotel incident, and assorted humorous lines. It highlights labor pay, education debates, and cultural quips from a disjointed magazine-style page.
Berlenbach Grits Baines Victory in Narrow Defeat
New York December 12 AP The World light heavyweight title remained with Paul Berlenbach after a 15 round battle with Jack Delaney before 23 000 at Madison Square Garden Delaney was knocked down in the fourth and twelfth rounds and led in points by many reporters yet Berlenbach rallied to edge him 7 to 6 in rounds with two even. Delaney showed courage despite fatigue and illness while Berlenbach appeared improved since their previous meeting.
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Paul Berlenbach
Jack Delaney
Bridgeport
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Berlenbach
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Berlinbach
Mike McTigue
Yankee Stadium
Red Grange's Historic Football Feats Tallied by Statistician
Red Grange, famed as the miracle man, turned in remarkable yardage and 81 touchdowns in 20 games. He amassed 3,595 rushing yards across opponents including Iowa, Michigan, Chicago, and Nebraska, plus 633 receiving yards on 31 completions from multiple teams.
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New York Gianta
Red” Grange
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Ames Mat Tennis and Track Cards Hardest in Years
Nelson Metcalf Iowa State college athletics director released winter and spring schedules by sport. Wrestling runs January to March at Ames and nearby sites with matches against Simpson Cornell and others. track features Drake Grinnell and Kansas City meets plus Texas relays. tennis lists Grinnell Drake and Nebraska matches with Valley tournament at Ames and Grinnell.
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Iowa U Seeks Victory in Wabash Battle Tonight
Iowa City December reports a much improved Hawkeye squad aiming to avenge last year's defeat by Wabash in a key encounter on the Iowa floor. Coach Barry has drilled the team hard after the St. Louis win, with a lineup featuring Van Deusen Milfioman McConnell and others facing Red Robinson and the Little Giants in a nationally watched test.
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Englehardt
Orange Township Withdraws Protest Over Sansone Birth Date
Orange township officials dropped their protest against Joe Sansone's eligibility for the West High game after a baptismal certificate showed his birth on December 16, 1904, proving he is under 21. The certificate, notarized, was presented at a late conference with West High Principal Fred Kiss and Orange officials.
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Joe Sansone
Fred S. Kiss
West High
Joe Lichts
O. H. Tanner
Orange
Sansone
Kluss
Grange
Sansune
George Brown
Iawa High School Athletic Association
Little Tutors Lose To La Porte In Season Opener
La Porte City high school basketball defeated Teachers College in the opening game of the season 14 to 8 at Cedar Walls. The December 12 contest saw La Porte bag early points and control the pace while the Teachers College squad struggled to score throughout the game.
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Cedar Walls
la Porte City High School
Teachers Coltseigh
National Guard Cagers Begin Season Practice
The National Guard basketball team will hold its first practice of the season next Tuesday evening at Washington Irving gymnasium. All candidates are asked to arrive by 7 o clock. The opening game will be against Cutler Hardware five in the Industrial League.
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Iowa Eleven to Meet North Dakota Team on Oct 9 Next Season
The University of Town signed a contract for a football game with the University at North Dakota on October 9, 1926. It will be the second game on Iowa’s schedule.
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Iver Dee
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Red Grange on First Real Rest Day and Pro Career Talk
Detroit reports Red Grange spends his first real rest day en route to Chicago from a Bears Giants game and weighs a lighter schedule. Contracts behind his image are marked by a $300,000 escrow check and $10,000 advance, with managers estimating total football earnings near $125,000 plus outside income.
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Teachers College Cagers Open Season With JC Quint Monday
Cedar Falls Dec 12 Teachers College basketball team will meet the Wunterloo Illinois Central shopseenagere in the opening game of the season for the Tutors here Monday evening. The TC crew fills in for Ellsworth College of Love Falls which cancelled its game.
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Cedar Falls High Cage Team Triumphs Over Independence 23-19
Cedar Falls high school basketball team edged Independence 23 19 after a tied game at 17 17 at end of regulation and 19 19 after two overtimes. Behrens and Winger Winter delivered key baskets across extra periods to secure the win.
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Cedir Falls
Tenpin Topics Waterloo Aloys Bowlers At Omaha Meet
Water loo bowlers report prize totals from the Mid West tournament in Omaha with checks totaling 193 dollars. Vbetex finished tenth for 122 dollars. Smith and Lorenz duo won 45 for ninth in doubles. Newman and Manahl placed 39 and 0 in singles. Hall Ekfelt and Commercial league standings update, with Commercial National Bank leading at 17–4. two new teams Illinois Central and Rath Packing join. Waterloo to send four or five teams to Fort Dodge state event January 22 to February 1. LB A tournament in St Paul February 12–22 expected, with about 140 teams.
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Omaha
Vbetex
Smith
Lorenz
EL. Newman
Frank Manahl
Hall-Ekfelt
Rolteil
Gram
Commercial National Bank
Hal-Ekfelt
Diamond Joes
Fort Dodge
Des Moines
Dagon City
Thera
Local Youths Win Fresh Letters at Cornell College
Two Waterloo youths, Staduates of East High, receive freshman emblems at Cornell College. Harry Hu lett and Chester Stilson are named among eight 1925 grid veterans moving on, with Mogengon and Plane of Independence also noted. Coach Joe Meade leads the program with Hartwell as assistant as 1926 workouts loom.
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East High
Vortell College
Harry Hulett
Chester Stilson
Cornell
Mogengon
Oelwein
Plane of Independence
Add” Dean
Ermin
Joe Meade
Hartwell
Nebraska schedules Piker team for next year
Lincoln Dec 12 The Universial football team plans to play Washington University at St Louis on Dec 16 1926. The Piker game fills one of two holes in Nebraska Cornhuskers schedule leaving one open date after Notre Dame cancellation.
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Neb
Washington University
St. Louis
TEACHER MATMEN SHOW GOO FORM AT CEDAR FALLS
Cedar Falls reports open wrestling drills as Coach Paul Bender lists 37 candidates for the squad. Five letter men headline the group including captain Crow in top condition, while 145-pounder Grochovsky recovers from a shoulder injury. 135-pound Andrews, 112-pound White, and 240-pound Siebert headline the heavyweight hopes with Burns challenging for a place. Orr leads the 175-pound class with Hea backstopped by experience.
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East High Names Youngest Football Captain Next Year
Albert Barnard, captain elect for East High’s 1926 football team, becomes the youngest Orange and Black captain in the school’s history. Born February 25, 1919 in Janesville, he is a junior and has not played football before last spring. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Anson Barnard, 514 Oneida Street, per school officials.
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East Gridders
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Iowa State Teachers completes 1926 football schedule
Cedar Falls December 12 The Iowa State Teachers College meeting of the Iowa conference announces the nearly finished 1926 football schedule. Openers include October games against Western Union and Luther with home and away dates and locations to be confirmed.
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Iowaj State Teachers College
Iowa Conference
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Pioneer Trackmen Nine Meets Schedule Revealed
Grinnell College announces a nine meet track schedule from February to May. Events include indoor river meets and a Missouri Valley clash at Lincoln, with dates in February March April and May.
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East High Falls to Nashua 18–14 in Opener Scrap
East High led by 11 early in the first half but Nashua High, led by Shoop with 15 points and Jones, defeated the Wearers of the Orange and Black 18 to 14. Shoop scored from long range in the first quarter while East High rallied in the second half, but Nashua held on with key baskets including a late sequence by Shoop to clinch the win.
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Rockne Denies Columbia Coaching Post Notre Dame
Knute Rockne reportedly signed a three year contract with Columbia to coach their football team, but Notre Dame officials and Rockne himself deny any agreement and state he will remain at Notre Dame. Father Matthew Walsh of Notre Dame confirms Rockne phoned to deny the Columbia reports.
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Columbia University Committee On
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Towa Conference Opposes Scouting for Star Athletes
Des Moines reports the Towa intercollegiate athletic conference rejects scouting by member colleges and declines to drop baseball as a major sport. It adopts a one year basis for activity periods, schedules football and basketball for next season, and sets May track and field at Indianola. Penn College awarded the tennis tournament for May 26 and 33. Nac Workman of Simpson College is chosen permanent chairman of the coaches association formed last year.
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Simpson College
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