Prep Basketeers Face Tough Tests This Week
Waterloo area prep basketball squads prepare for a busy weekend. West High hosts Dubuque on Friday in the Old Rose gym as East High plays Marshalltown and Waverly away. Dubuque and West High, longtime rivals, seek a key win while East High looks to bolster defense and ball handling before the Waverly clash.
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Dickinson
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Bremer County Basketmen
Stray thoughts mix with comic snippets and schoolyard chatter
A garbled column blends jokes, misread quotes, and student musings from a chaotic page. It touches on a bathtime mishap, sports banter, dance hall trouble, and playful historical skepticism, mixing local color with idle chatter and stray names.
Walsh Still Has Eyes on Scandal in Mystery Around DolanOConnell
New York Jan. 12 The Dolan O Connell baseball scandal testimony deepens mystery as OConnell admits partial guilt and names a few accomplices Dolan and three others deny charges while Dolan is convicted The judge faces a lack of fresh leads and questions about a hidden higher up figure remain unresolved. Jimmy Ring linked to the scandal by public note of a complaint against him by John Herdtner. McGraw denied involvement.
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Basketball results scattered across multiple colleges
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Munn Defeats Strangler Lewis In Kansas City Ring
Wayne H. Mann from Nebraska, once a football player and novice in wrestling, became world heavyweight champion by overpowering Strangler Lewis. Mann won the first and third falls and took the second when Lewis was thrown from the ring. The referee disqualified Mann for the breach, Lewis later reentered, was severely hurt, and missed the third fall. Lewis, six feet seven and 258 pounds, required hospital care and could not wrestle for a year.
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Wayne H. Big
Munn
Lewis
Kansas City
Mann
Untangled Claims About McGraw With No Complaint
A scandal note denies treason and asserts McGraw made no complaint. Records reportedly show there is no truth in the stories and that the speaker has documentation to support the denial.
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McGraw
Monmouth Five Defeats Cornell College Cage Team 24-18
Mount Vernon January 12 Monmouth College beat Cornell College 24 to 18 in a Midwest Conference game. Starley for Monmouth and Smiley led scoring with six field goals and six free throws each. Cornell fought hard but could not overcome the Monmouth defense.
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Cornell
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Altho
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Cornellians
Boy Walks Nine Miles to Basketball Contest
In Nashua Tennessee a 12 year old, William Gretsch Jr., walked nine miles to see a Plainfield basketball game after his father challenged him to walk if he went. He reached the venue in time for the contest and was then offered a taxi ride home once his father learned of the journey.
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Willam Gretsch, Jr
Willian Getech
Plainfield
Cornell and Dartmouth Open 1925 Seasons With Early Matchups
Cornell travels to Philadelphia to face Penn in intercollegiate basketball as the 1924-25 season begins. Dartmouth hosts Columbia at Hanover while Princeton leads the race with early wins. Yale drops both openers as Columbia and Penn split two games, and a slate of other events includes Fairbanks new game Deng with University of Southern California.
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Landis Relays Set to Dazzle February Twenty-Eight
Urbana Illinois reports the eighth annual Illinois Relays will bring top universities colleges and high schools to the Armory for what organizers call the largest indoor athletic meet in America. Penn State medley relay led by Alan Helfrich Olympic star. Wabash defending medley record. entrants expected 600 to 800 participants from ~50 schools. The Armory features the world’s longest indoor straightaway 75 yards and fast circular 634 laps to the mile. Events include medley relays one two and four miles in university and college groups plus field events and nine track races. Paul Jones of DePauw, last year’s all around champion, is expected to contend again.
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Overhead and Underhand Pass Techniques for Hoops
Nat Holman explains the two main passes in basketball the overhead and the underhand. He advises choosing the right pass to fit distance and movement, emphasizes keeping passes clean and accurate, and notes the importance of ball possession for smaller teams.
Sectional basketball tournaments rise to forty six in state March 6 7
George Brown secretary of Town High School Athletic association says 46 sectional basketball tournaments are planned in the state for March 6 and 7 up from 32 last year. East High will host one tourney per the Courier News. Semi pro baseball moves bring Harold Erickson to Decorah Iowa to organize a team next spring. Vern Clemons, a veteran catcher from Marshalltown, retires to enter real estate in Oak Park Illinois.
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Hig Partnner
Charles H W. Trafton
Des Moines College
Low Score Records and Notable Sports News
A mixed sports recap mentions Elmer Layden of Notre Dame visiting Davenport, potential pro offers, and Rockne involvement. It also reports a high profile basketball game Union High 7, School 2, including Conrad Kick’s notable performance and a sanitation of incidents. Other notes include boxing chatter about Conrad Strangler Lewis, Johnny Cline, and Padgett bouts with regional boxing plans in Sioux City.
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Lewis
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Kansas City
University of Nebraska
Fane
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Reese
Jane Bow
Unicorn
Jack Dempsey
Vance Holds Out Amid NL Valuation Stir
New York pitcher Dazzy Vance, named National League most valuable, remains in holdout. Eddie Kane plans a London fight for Tommy Gibbons with Luis Firpo as talks stay firm. Wayne Mung defends his heavyweight title in Oklahoma City between Jan 30 and 25. Strangler Lewis leaves hospital after injury in defeat to Wayne Mann. Benny Leonard journeys to Lakewood for recovery from crione and tonsillitis after vaudeville bout collapse. Bobby Metean sets unofficial quarter mile mark in Milwaukee as skaters face heavy wind and spills at national jumping contest in Cary.
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Crione
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Minnesota Triumphs In Close Big Ten Opener
Minnesota edged Wisconsin 16 to 14 at the Gopher Armory to open the Big Ten slate, with a late rally securing the win as Racey and Wackman contributed late baskets and free throws. Illinois beat Chicago 27 to 10 at Bartlet Gym, showcasing finish and defense in the opening conference game. Michigan defeated Northwestern 2 59 to 6 in Ann Arbor, while Ohio State toppled Indiana 30 to 22 in Columbus.
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Wrestlers Eager to Win From Big Munn
Plans to bring Wayne Big Munn to Chicago to meet a prominent title contender unfold. Allen Eustace and Stanislaus Zbyszko will wrestle at the Coliseum Wednesday night with the winner slated to meet Munn. Eustace is favored by fans as the likely foe for Munn.
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Big) Munn
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