Holiday drills set for East and West High basketball
Regular practice regimens outlined by Midge Makeover and Ralph Barif prep East and West High squads for a January 8 season opener. Daily workouts, signal practice, and early scrimmage planned. Frank Snyder and Dan Sansone depart after Feb 1, with replacements sought among Rose or Townshendeans. Key lineups and upcoming games against Cedar Rapids Grant and Cedar Falls noted with roster changes and forward/center duties highlighted.
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Ralph Barif
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Bust High
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Dan Sansone
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Harrington
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Hay
Watson
Sietzel
Pixley
Cedar Haplde
Fragmented overheard prose and political snippets in a garbled page
A chaotic OCR fragment mixes a surreal narrative with political commentary. It references a congressman and a revenue bill, describes heated remarks and a violent outburst, and intersperses unrelated garbled phrases about training, soup, and fashion. The text reads like a collage of incomplete quotes and stray notes without a coherent single event.
Iowa U Swimmer Nears New Mark
Cam J C McClintock of the Iowa swimming team stands one tenth of a second from the national collegiate record after timing 24 seconds in the 50 yard freestyle at the Midwest regional meet. Hawkeye captain aims for the record in March while planning to focus on the 40 and 60 yard freestyle and individual events in the Western Conference meets this season.
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Greek Boxer McGraw Defeats Vicentini in New York Debut
Detroit lightweight contender Philly McGraw, the only Greek boxer with championship detensions, overwhelmed Louis Vicentini of Chili in a 12 round decision. McGraw pressed from the bell, dominating 11 rounds before Vicentini rallied in the final minutes, but McGraw remained in command to the final bell.
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Baseball Player Sues Writer for $100,000 in Libel Case
Douglas, former Giants pitcher, sues Pittsburgh sports writer Ward for $100,000 over an alleged libelous article published in January 1925 in the Baseball Magazine. The suit was filed yesterday in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, naming Ward as defendant and seeking damages.
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La Barba Fights Tonight At Madison Square Garden
Fidel La Barba flyweight champion of Los Angeles tops a six round semifinal against Lew Perfetti of Long Island City at Madison Square Garden. The card also features Mike McTigue versus Tiger Flowers in a ten round bout with the winner earning a shot at Paul Berlenbach the world heavyweight champion. La Barba is praised as smart fast and dangerous with an orthodox stance and heavy left. Perfetti is fast and capable though labeled sometimes as an in and outer. The crowd is eager to see if La Barba can win in his first MSG appearance and prove his early pro promise.
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Barlenbach
Flowers
Cage Star Eye Knocked Out But It’s Glass
A Lockport high school game ends in chaos when a glass eye falls from the floor after a guard blocks a shot. Descriptions of the crowd’s fear and the injured Chicago player’s reaction are given, including an account of the eye being replaced. The article recalls Sprague’s athletic history at Notre Dame and various teams trying to guard him.
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Goose Hunters in Snow Wear Ku Klux Garb to Ambush Geese
Three hunters in Ku Klux garb used a sunlit snow camouflage method to lure geese, kneeling like Arabs and lying still as birds flew overhead. They attempted to conceal their faces yet the group appeared with geese slung over shoulders and a physician tending wounds afterward.
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Brads Rees
Genaro to Box Perfetti in Six Round Semifinal
Frankie Genaro the American flyweight champion meets Lew Perfetti in a six round semi final. Also listed is Ganrone Golfr a heavyweight who has challengeday Wills facing Martin Turks of New Orleans in another six round bout. Proceeds go to charity.
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Lew Perfetti
New York
Ganrone Golfr
Atry Wills
Martin Turks
New Orleans
Iisuinas
Charity
Iowa cage squad to resume drill after brief rest
Iowa City December 23 special flashes of driving offense and taut defense will boost Iowa’s basketball team as it prepares for conference play. The Hawkeyes beat St. Louis 35 29 Wabash 38 26 and Butler 26 24 with strong guard work.
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Finland Skater Set for American Three Mile Race
New York Dec 25 Critics say Clas Thunberg the Olympic champion may outpace many of America s best skaters in a three mile race on Jan 14. Thunberg will meet Joe Moore Charley Jewtraw Charley Gorman and others in his first race.
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Clas Thunberg
Finland
Feld
America
Thunberg
Joe Moore
Charley Jewtraw
Charley Gorman
Alumni to help hawkeye practice and 1926 Waterloo club contracts
West High coach Ralph Sarfe plans a New Year practice with alumni including Miller, Burton, Siinson, Sansone, Smith and others. In baseball, Waterloo has signed only Lyle Billerbeck to a contract. several veterans may receive deals, while others were sold or released amid cold weather and holiday rush. Meanwhile, local Intermediates report a Sunday school game, and a boxing promoter cancels two bouts citing injuries and risk to fighters.
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Ces
Can Ani Apron Miller
Bob Burton
Merle Siinson
Jon Sansone
Paul “Root
Smith
Cou Ary
Waterloo
Bert Willard
Lyle Billerbeck
Lincoln
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Willtord
Mount Pleasant tops Ottumwa in two overtimes
Mount Pleasant high school forged a stunning rally to defeat Ottumwa 20 to 19 in double overtime at home. After trailing 13 to 1 at halftime, Mount Pleasant staged a remarkable comeback noted as one of the Little Six’s great moments, with Dee starring for the winners.
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Mount Pleasant
Ottumwa
Dee
Mount Pleasant High School
Ottumwa High
New Year's Day Pasadena Bowl Draws Large Crowd
Los Angeles Dec 23. The Alabama football team traveling to Pasadena for the New Year's Day game against Washington Seattle is expected to draw about 55 000 spectators. Over 25 000 tickets have already sold for the Tournament of Roses bowl clash in Pasadena.
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Os Angeles
Gal
University of Alabama
University of Washington
Seattle
Arizona
Five teams still unbeaten in Sunday school basketball
In the Intermediate division at East High Gym last night five teams remained undefeated: Christ Episcopal Walnut Street Baptist Streen Baptist Grace M B First Evangelical and First Brethren. Other notable results include Calvary Evangelical upsetting First Baptist 8 6 and Grace M E beating Westminster Presbyterian 18 5 as First Presbyterian fell to St Pauls A L E 15 2.
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East High Gymnasion
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Garden
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Beers Defeats Olympic Alternate in Town Wrestling Meet
Towa Ta December 23 Bernard L Beers sophomore wrestler at the University of Town won a decision against Eugene Grattan an Olympic team alternate and former conference runner up in the 138-pound class Grattan held a lead briefly but Beers reversed it and earned the victory coach Mike Howard called Beers one of the best he has ever coached showing his top form in the university shin meet
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Bernard L. Bears
University of Town
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Beers
Eugene Grattan
Mike Howard
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