Shipley and Harker Earn Freshman Numerals at Cornell
Two Waterloo high school alumni Eugene Harker and Robert Shipley are named among Cornell College freshmen awarded class numerals and sweaters for playing on the Cornell freshmen squad last season. An unusually large group of over 50 candidates remained in practice after the football campaign. Harker, a former West High lineman, shows promise as a valuable guard next year, while Shipley, a former Fast High athlete, has demonstrated versatility at several positions. The freshmen scrimmaged the varsity most of last fall and also faced Coe and Monmouth freshman teams, with officials hoping to present numerals and sweaters to the 27 players before Christmas.
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Eugene Harker
Robert Shipley
Cornell College
Cornell Fresh
Harker
West High
Cornell
Shipley
Fast High
Corell
Coe
Monmouth
Walter Hagen Enters Catalina Island Open Golf Meet
Avalon, Catalina Island, Cal. Dec. 20. Golfing champions began arrival for the island’s first open tournament. Eighty golfers played the nine hole course in qualifying. About 100 players start the three day event with $2,500 in prizes. Ted Barnes of Los Angeles led qualifiers with 127. Roy Mangrum and Joe Brotherton followed with 133 and 134. Hagen, a leading pro, is among the entrants in the event which ends Sunday with 36 holes.
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Avalon
Catalina Island
Cal
Ted ‘Barnes
Los Angeles
Roy Mangrum
Joe’ Brotherton
Rancho
Walter Hagen
Bowlers Score High in Waterloo League Night
Eight games above two hundred marked Waterloo league action at the Waterloo alleys. Kezir defeated Bartilett McFarlane 2 to 1 while Bishop thrashed Riviera. Buhlman rolled 230 in the last game. Stainbrook 223 Olds 221 211 McFarlane 211 Harper Kezar 203 Manaht 201 among other strong scores.
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Waterloo
Washington and Iowa Swimmers to Compete
Towa City Dec 20 Swimming teams of the University of Iowa and Washington university of St Louis will meet in a dual affair in the Hawkeye field house pool Jan 26 if negotiations are completed. Coach David A Armbruster awaits the Bear athletic board decision to determine whether the Hawkeyes and the champions of the Missouri Valley conference will clash. Iowa has never met the St Louis athletes in a duel swimming meet.
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Towa City
University of Iowa
Washington University of St. Louis
Hawkeye Field House
David A. Armbruster
Bear's Athletic Board
Hawkeyes
Iowa
St. Louis
West Union Gun Club Holds Poultry Trap Shoot
Waterloo marksmen invited to compete in a poultry trap shoot sponsored by the West Union Gun Club next Sunday morning at 9 oclock at West Union. Ducks geese and chickens will be distributed as prizes. Bim Casile Iowa state champion will attend. Shells on site. Club site southeast of West Union on route 56.
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Waterloo
West Union Gun Club
West Union
Bim Casile
Iowa
Still College Downs Penn College 49 to 28
Des Moines December 20 Still college basketball team defeated Penn College of Oskaloosa 49 to 28. Davis and Benz led Still with eight field goals each and Benz added a free throw. Still led 27 to 14 at halftime and extended the margin as the game continued.
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Des Moines
U.P
Penn College
Fromm Oskaloosa
Davis
Benz
Qosteopath
Origin of six day bicycle racing in England
English to blame. The origin of six day bicycle racing dates back to 1875, when a 12 hour a day event was held in Birmingham, England.
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Birmingham
England
Christmas Shopping and Odd News Bits Burst From Newspapers
A collage of holiday buying notes and quirky clippings from papers. Silks and laces, hairpins, bananas, sealing wax and Havanas mix with postal card warnings, a Baltimore Sun joke about gold pieces, and curious items about Jack Sharkey and Jack Dempsey. Also noted are shipping rules, a Stribling fight report, a Yankees sale, a Capone deer hunt, and an Honolulu ad seeking a practical handyman.
Two League Games Played as Church Teams Take Floor
Calvary Evangelical and Burton Avenue Baptist clashed as illness hit the league with forfeit losses to First Presbyterian and Central Christian in the senior division. First M E defeated Church of the Brethren 22 to 16, while a practice thriller saw Presbyterian 33 Central Christian 27. A Plymouth Congregational game vs First Brethren was cancelled after Plymouth withdrew.
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United Brethren
First Presbyterian
Central Christian
M. C. A. Calvary Evangelical
Burton’ Avenue
Plymouth Congregational
First Brethren
Plymouth
Layton defeats Hoppe to keep three cushion title
Johnny Layton, the Missouri cue expert, won the three cushion world title by defeating Willie Hoppe 30 to 23 in 22 innings. The pocket billiards title remained in dispute as Frank Taberski’s protest against Ralph Greenleaf triggered a replay plan. Third place in pocket went to Rudolph Erwin, while Otto Resselt claimed third in the three cushion event.
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Chicago
Johnny Layton
Missouri
Willie Hoppe
Tremains
Frank Taberski
Schenectady
National Billard Association
Ralph Greenleaf
Greenleaf
Layton
Hoppe
Taberski
Erwin
Rudolph
Pasquale Natalie
Otto Resselt
Sacred Heart Quint Plays Independence Tonight
Sacred Heart coach Tim Murphy will field a weakened quintet at Independence to face St. John's, as two regulars sit out with influenza. The game had been slated for Friday.
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Sacred Heart Quint
Tim Murphy
Sacred Heart
Independence
St. John’s School
Georgia Tech Ready for New Year Rose Bowl Trip
Georgia Tech football team left Atlanta with 31 players, trainers, coaches, and staff for the postseason game against California at the Tournament of Roses in Pasadena. The squad, in top condition, will travel via New Orleans and the Sunset Limited with short practice stops en route and is expected in Pasadena Sunday night.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Tech
University of California
Pasadena
Bill Alexander
New Orleans
Southern Pacific
Alexander
Marquis of Queensbury Denied Creating Boxing Rules
New York reports that the original Marquis of Queensbury did not author the rules. Henry Irving Dodge, in Elks magazine, claims the reform framework was created by a London newspaper man to lend prestige. Dodge portrays the Marquis as a publicity seeker who never attended a prizefight.
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New York
Marquis of
Elks Magazine
Marquis
Dodge
Snill- Van-Mitchell
London
Swan
Edith Catherwood Wins Olympic High Jump and Worlds Record
A Canadian athlete Edith Catherwood triumphs in the women’s high jump at the Olympics, breaking the world record as the Canadian flag and anthem are celebrated. She attracts offers and plans for indoor meets in New York and at Millrose in February. She cleared one meter 59 centimeters indoors may be a future height.
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Edith Catherwood
Amsterdam
Father Knickerbocker
Miss Catherwood
New York
John Anderson
Millrose Athletics Association
Edith
Fifteen Contests on Upper Iowa's Basketball Chart
Upper Iowa University announces a 15 game basketball schedule starting after holiday break. Eleven opponents include seven home games and eight away, with Dubuque U and Hamilton College of Commerce as outsiders. Potential rematch with Dubuque U not finalized.
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Courier Special Service
Fayette
Upper Iowa University
Peacock
Iowa
Dubuque University
Hamilton College of Commerce
Mason City
Dubuque “U
Dorman
Hemphill
Dubuque U
Payette
Hamilton C. of C
Penn Harvard Standings Report and Milk Truck Idea
The record shows Harvard leading Penn by thirteen to nine in their yearly standings. The piece notes both teams began play in 1881 and mentions a city milk delivery truck operable from the running board as a devised innovation.
Iowa to Play Game at Pittsburgh U
Iowa’s undefeated basketball team will face the University of Pittsburgh on December 29 in Pittsburgh. After a Marquette game in Moline, Iowa Hawkeyes drill daily before their travel on December 27. Pitt, once strong in the Midwest, fell to Northwestern and Wisconsin this month.
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Courier Special Service
Iowa City
Iowa
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh
Department of Athletics
W. D. Harrison
Pitt
Hawkeyes
Marquette
Moline
Panther
Middle West
Michigan
Chicago
Northwestern
Big Ten
Wisconsin
Panthers
Ohio State
Babe Ruth's Fame Grows Beyond Baltimore
A noted baseball star, Babe Ruth, reportedly earned over a million dollars since departing Baltimore. He has appeared in nine World Series, signaling a towering career peak and continued public interest.
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Babe Ruth
Baltimore
Basketball Results From Local High and College Games
High School action includes Ackley 16 Town 14 and Lamont 37 to 25 for Aurora and Lamont with girls scores 20 and 25. Edgewood game postponed. College results show Still 49 Penn 28 Army 37 Columbia 30 Navy 33 William and Mary 19, Temple 42 Johns Hopkins 21, Dartmouth 18 Vermont 17, Penn 35 Drexel 14, Harvard 44 Northeastern 39, St Louis University 40 McKendree 19, Cornell 33 Alfred 19, Williams 38 Brown 29.
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Ackley
Town
Falls
Gazella Third Yankee To Get His Release
New York reports that utility infielder Mike Gazella became the third Yankee released this off season. Gazella moves to Tris Speaker's Newark club in the International League, while Pat Collins and Joe Dugan had already been displaced. Gazella’s departure narrows rookie infield candidates for the Yankees next spring as Ducky Gazella shifts to third base for Newark, possibly bringing a pennant to the Sersey town.
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Mike Gazella
New York
New York Yankees
Tor Day
Tris Speaker
Newark
Pat Collins
Joe Dugan
Gazella
Ducky
Mike
Atlanta
St. Paul
Iowa State Quintet Debuts Tonight Against Simpson College
Ames Iowa December 20 The Iowa State basketball team under Coach Louis Menze makes its debut tonight on the home floor facing Simpson College of Indianola. The Cyclones, in Menze’s first year, are watched closely by followers eager to see the new cage outfit.
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Ames
U.P
Iowa State
Louis Menze
Cyclones
Simpson College
Indianola
Menze
Man on Water Wagon Arrested for Intoxication in Osage
Osage Iowa December 20 a young man was arrested on the street Tuesday for intoxication after encountering County Attorney H H Matt on the sidewalk. He claimed he was celebrating having been on the water wagon for 52 days when brought into the attorney's office.
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Osage
H. H. Matt
Promising German Heavyweight Will Not Travel
Dr Ludwig Haymann, a rising heavyweight in Germany, announces he will stay home and not travel. The statement suggests he plans to focus on domestic competition rather than international exposure.
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Ludwig Haymann
Germany
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