Ruth Signs for Sixty to Seventy Thousand Per Year
The article recounts Babe Ruth’s contract surge, noting a one half hour agreement at $70,000 a year for three years, with comparisons to other stars like Cobb Speaker Hornsby and McGraw, and mentions Barrow’s summary of Ruth’s pay progression from $3,000 to $70,000. It places Ruth as the highest paid baseball figure of the time amid context of General negotiations and rival bids.
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Waterloo Y M C A Volleyball Team Faces Marshalltown
Waterloo Y M C A volleyball team meets the Marshalltown Lions club sextet at the Marshalltown Y Saturday evening. About 10 players travel by auto under E R Record, aiming to compete in an invitation sectional tournament at Marshalltown on March 17. Conrad won the meet last year.
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A Maid and Skates Ride the Crowded trolley
A maid in cap and scarf with skates and knickers rides a crowded trolley. A youth offers his seat. she declines saying she has skated all day and is tired of sitting. The piece nods to hazy news blurbs and social musings from the era.
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Cornell Expects Victory Friday in Midwest Title Race
Mount Vernon March 3 Cornell fast basketball team, winner last year, aims for victory Friday against Coe in Cedar Rapids after a 40 to 31 win over Carleton. Coach Judd Deans lineup shows Lew Hord at guard with Capt. Johnson, Muilenberg and Del Raymond scoring 18 and 16 against Carleton, Dickoff at forward. Beloit, Carleton, Ripon, and Lawrence surrounded the chase. Cornell seeks second Midwest championship with 11 wins in 12 cage games against Coe.
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Courier Special Service
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Dean
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Beloit
Lawrence
Ripon
I. C. Five Leaves Today for Basket Meet at Capital
I C five leaves tonight for Des Moines to compete in the state amateur basketball tournament at the Y M C A. The shopmen will learn their first opponent upon arriving Des Moines. The tournament winner will represent the state in the National A A U cage meet later this month. Those making the trip with Manager Fred Seidler are Potter and Mostetler forwards Leonard Ginsted center Burgess and Stewart Seidler guards and Lawrenss Ginsted Hulett and McDermott reserves.
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Section Tourney Opens Tonight At East High Gym
The sectional tournament begins tonight at East High with six teams in action. Class A games include East High vs Cedar Falls and La Porte City vs Shell Rock, while Class B features Finchford vs Janesville and Orange Township entering after Parkersburg's withdrawal. West High also starts Friday night against Waverly, with a full schedule through Saturday including multiple semi finals.
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Sharkey and McTigue Set for Madison Square Garden Bout
New York March 3 Mike McTigue and Jack Sharkey clash in a 10 round semifinal in Tex Rickard heavyweight elimination at Madison Square Garden. The winner meets Jimmy Maloney for a shot at champion Gene Tunney next fall. Sharkey, a 2 to 1 favorite, weighs about 190 pounds with a 20 pound edge, while McTigue promises his best punches will end the fight in six rounds.
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Gene Tunney
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Tunney
Jack Dempsey
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Mike
Bing Holman
Billy Vidabeck
Soldier King
Paul Berlenbach
Jimmy Delaney Dying in Hospital Report
Minneapolis March 3. St Paul boxer Jimmy Delaney was dying today with physicians abandoning all hope of saving his life. Delaney's condition was unchanged after blood poisoning from an infected jaw received in Cincinnati two weeks ago left him with virtually no chance of recovery.
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Academy Will Close Basket Season in Fort Dodge
Our Lady of Victory basketball team closes the 1927 season this weekend with games in Fort Dodge. They meet Corpus Christi academy Friday evening and Sacred Hearts Saturday night, as coach Bill Mehl and eight players travel tomorrow morning.
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Iowa City
Manchester Set for Independence Meet
Manchester boys basketball advances to the sectional tournament at Independence Friday night and draws Monticello in the first round. A girls practice game is scheduled for Friday on the local floor against the Greelay team.
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Waterloo St Paul Hockey Match Set At Hippodrome
American Legion officials announce a strong Minnesota six plus Wasner center Malcolm and Tlun ter guards will play for Waterloo in Friday’s hippo drome game. Expected ideal weather, ice kept by hose, and a fast, tense contest with brilliant stick handling and high speed skating mark the event. The match starts at 8 p m.
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Toledo Youth Wins End Season Unbeaten
Leander Lupton, son of Mr and Mrs J L Lupton of Toledo Iowa and a Northwestern University student in Evanston, won the midwestern amateur wrestling title in the 126 pound class held in Chicago with wrestlers from across the region. Last year Lupton won the international championship in his class while a student at Cornell College Mount Vernon.
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Iowa Hawkeyes Face Ohio State in pivotal clash
Iowa plans to converge on Columbus for a key Big Ten test against Ohio State, then travel to Michigan. Iowa seeks third place tie with Purdue, holding six wins and three losses. Ohio State has won two straight and boasts a stingy defense, limiting recent opponents under 20 points. Captain Hunt and Buckeye defense loom large as Iowa aims to disrupt scoring and break Ohio State’s rhythm.
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