Iowa City Clash Leaves Three Regulars Out
West High basketball team meets Iowa City High at the Y tonight with three regulars sidelined through sickness knee injury and travel. Leonard sidelined by illness Murky Allen out with bum knee Doc Miller absent. Coach Miller’s quintet to show creditable effort as Banton Haselman move to forward with Cohn at center and McAlvin Hitchens in the backcourt.
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Iowa City
Leonard
Rusty” Allen
Cedar Falls
Doc Miller
Iowa City High
Banton
Haselman
Cohn
McAlvin
Hitchens
Hitchins
Dempsey Seeks to Clear War Record Before Legion
Indianapolis officials say a decision on whether heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey may testify about his war record before the supreme council of the American Legion will wait until national commander Franklin d Olier returns to Indianapolis from Philadelphia.
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Ind
Jack Dempsey
Supreme Council of the American Legion
Franklin d'Olier
D'Olier
Philadelphia
Hickey Re-elected President of American Association
Chicago report states Thomas J. Hickey was re-elected president for three years at 7200 dollars annually, with a 154 game schedule favored by major leagues. Club owners discussed managers and surplus-player deals as Mordecai Brown and others attended the meeting in Chicago.
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Thomas J. Hickey
American Association
Otto Borchert
Milwaukee
Lee Fohl
Cleveland Americans
Jack Egan
Providence R. C
Mordecai Brown
Brown
Terre Haute
William Rourke
Ned Hanton
St. Joseph
American Sociation
Hickey
Cedar Valley junior college trips Cedar Falls crowd in State Teachers clash
In Osage on January 15 Cedar Falls led early but Cedar Valley Junior College surged to win 15 to 14 in the final period. Cedar Valley impressed with fast play and accurate free throws as they defeated the Cedar and Torai Cedar Valley team on the road.
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Jtorai
Cedar Valley Junior College
WAIT
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To & Im
Shell Rock
Shell BR High School
Clarksville
Shell Neck
F.y Canter
Wellsburg i i Grundy
Wellsboro High Schol
Grundy Center High School
Springfield bout ends in 16 round draw
In Springfield Illinois Mike Dundes and Marty Henderson battled 16 rounds to a draw in a boxing match. A humorous ad for Hayes Healing Honey appears among the copy.
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Associated Press
Springfield
Mike Dundes
Marty Henderson
Hayes
Grinnell Pioneers Set To Meet Kansas Aggies In Missouri Valley Clash
Grinnell Iowa January 16 Grinnell Pioneers head to Manhattan Kansas for two Missouri Valley Conference games against the Kansas Aggies Friday and Saturday night Coach Carl Compton has prepared the squad with heavy practice after two early wins. Last season Grinnell tied for third in the Valley and faces last year’s champions in a pair of key contests.
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Grinnell Pioneers
Manhattan
Kan
Kansas Aggies
Missouri Valley Conference
Carl Compton
Pioneers
Missouri
Nebraska
Man 63 Wins $5 Wager on 10 Mile Trot
Grundy Center Iowa January 16 Bill Staplemoor Wellsburg age 63 won a $5 bet by trotting from Wellsburg to Holland a 10 mile distance. He was followed by friends in a sled as he completed the journey.
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Grundy Center
Bill Staplemoor
Wellsburg
Welsburg
Holland
St Paul Fans Confident As Melley Signs Renewal
St Paul Minnesota January 16 Fans of the St Paul Saints baseball club felt confident of a pennant in 1920 after Manager Mike Melley signed his renewal. A setback followed as Dixie Davis left the league and was traded to the St Louis Browns, ending a long run of trouble for the Saints against him on Lexington field since 1914.
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Minn
Mike Melley
Dixie Davis
Louisville
St. Louis Browns
Davis
Saints
Lexington
Al Tearney seeks Cuba cafe venture and saloon plans
Chicago reports describe Al Tearney, head of the Western and Three-I leagues, scouting Cuba for business. He may open a $100,000 cafe in Havana and has shipped over 100 barrels of liquor to the island. Tearney joins Chicago cafe owners on a Cuba inspection trip amid talk of relocating venues and entertainment.
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A! Tearney
Cuba
Wai Vana
Tearney
Havana
Minnesota approves intercollegiate swimming
The University of Minnesota board of athletic control officially approves swimming as an intercollegiate sport. Norman Kingsley leads plans for meets with Northwestern Wisconsin and Iowa, with Dan Bessessen as coach. The program shifts from local meets to official NCAA level competition.
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Minon
Board of Athletic Control
University of Minnesota
Normal Kingsley
Northwestern
Wisconsin
Iowa
Dan Bessessen
Gopher
Minnesota
Casey Quits Harvard After 1919 Honor
Cambridge Mass January 16 Harvard halfback Eddie Casey who earned a spot on the 1919 All American team announces he will leave college next month to receive a war degree. The report notes final contests will be held Wednesday.
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Harvard
Cambridge
Mass
Eddie Casey
Son takes place of his father as president of Grundy County Bank
Grundy Center Iowa January 18 R 31. Finlayson who has been president of the First National Bank for many years has resigned. A son of Mr Finlayson Will Finlayson who has been cashier of the Villisca National Bank steps into the presidency.
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Grundy County Bank
Grundy Center
Tan
Finlayson
First National Bank
Will Finlayson
Villisca Nalsonal Bank
Grundy County Farm Bureau Elects New Leader
Grundy Center Iowa January meeting of the Grundy County Farm Bureau elects Clyde Smith as president. Smith plans to move to town to sell coal for a Chicago firm due to wife illness. Meeting at Gem theatre includes reports, speeches by M McDonald and Robert Plager, and officer elections.
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Grundy Center
Grundy County Farm Bureau
Gem Theatre
O. W. Plager
Hreaver
M. McDonalal
Robert Plager
Grendy County
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