West High Narrowly Edges East High In Tournament Thriller
Cedar Falls March 3 West high of Waterloo lost to East high in a district basketball tourney in a marathon finish. After three 3 minute extra periods the final score read East high 27 West high 25. Howrey led East high with clutch baskets while Banton Meyers and Simmons starred for West high. Parkin and Dean added for East high with Banton contributing for West high as the teams battled through two halves and OT periods.
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Cedar Falls
West High
Waterloo
East High
Kresensky
Howrey
Banton
High
Simmons
Cohn
Verry
Dean
Meyers
Parkin
Scripture
Babcock
Mavns
Zimmerman Sings Song of Crooked Baseball Players
United Press reports on allegations by Rube Benton Fred Toney and Benny Keut offering to throw a 1919 Giants Cubs game. Zimmerman's affidavit claims he spoke to Kauf and others, and that Knott and Mathewson intervened as the game progressed.
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United Press
New York
Heinie Zimmerman
New York Giants
Grand Jury
Joseph O'Brien
Giants
Rube Benton
Fred Toney
Benny Keut
Zimmerman
Chicago
Kauf
Toney
Benton
Lifther
Cubs
Asther
Kaud
Toner
Kent
Cleveland Sandlots Furnish Big League Teams Many Players
Cleveland sandlot baseball stars head to professional play, the largest group in years. About 50 local players will join major and minor leagues this season, with 12 to the majors, plus umpires, a manager, and an assistant coach. Several leagues are represented across the country as factories, wartime shifts, and job losses reshape rosters.
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Cleveland Sandlots
Cleveland
Ohio State
Ohio
Transylvania
Florida
Texas
Ignorant Essays By J P McEVOY Speaker Introduction
A humorous introduction essay sketches Arthur Gazumph writer of Hog Jaw Head. It traces his Greenwich Village start, publishing work, and infamous tour life, claiming his ghostly gimmicks and speed of output marked his erratic path to literary notoriety.
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Fire Apeaker
Arthur Guzumph
Colese Arcnur
Gazumph
Yale
Goting
Greenwich Village
Greenwich
Pickering
America
Oliver Lodge
Sain
Lewis
Corking
Copyright Associated Editors
Iowa’s Big Ten finish in doubt after tight race
Iowa’s final standing in the Big Ten basketball race holds slim hope for a top spot. Four to five teams likely occupy the first three places as Iowa fights through key remaining games. Purdue looms as a major obstacle after a recent 15 to 8 defeat. Illinois Michigan Wisconsin also factor in.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Hawkeye
Hawkeyes
Aitho
Traving
Indiana
Northwestern
Purdue
Lafayette
Boiler
Lam
Illinois
Wisconsin
Michigan
Minnesota
Sconsin
Br Ick
Aniston
Oss Pons
Chicago
Towa
Chicago Plans Six Day Bike Grind Event
The city proposes a six day bicycle race starting April 2 at the stockyards pavilion to host more spectators than the coli lseum. The event will feature the January race stars and marks another major cycling contest in Chicago.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Stocky Yards Pavilion
Colilseum
Purdue Guard Tops Big Ten Scoring Through February
Chicago reports Captain Don White of Purdue leads Big Ten scorers for January and February with 132 to 21 total points and 26 free throws. With two games left in March, he is poised to finish atop the season tally as the race tightens among trailing teams.
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Purdue
BIG Ten
Chicago
Woma
Don White
Surprises Shake the Teachers College Tournament
Cedar Falls March 5 Surprises dominate the Teachers College basketball tourney as Jesup, a surprise bomb, defeats Waverly 32 to 20 Cedar Falls 29 25 and Grundy Center 13 to 12 in successive rounds. Washington east high Waterloo survive to the semifinals with College high and Jesup remaining audience packed for the event.
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Cedar Falls
Jesup
Waverly
Grundy
Washington
College High of
East High of
Waterloo
E & Dike
Belmont
Parkersburg
Geneva
Rockford
Me Springs
Clarksville
Cesar Falls
Garwin
Grundy Center
Hansell
Elsworth
Oelwein
Mast High
Winthrop
West High
Hudson
Tama
la Porte City
Heindeck
Floyd Sheldon
Diversvills
Scott County Plans Five or Six Team Baseball League
Scott County will form a county league with five teams from smaller towns and a possible six club option. A meeting in Dixon Tuesday evening will decide the final lineup with Wheatland or Bennett possibly joining. Preliminary talks began Monday in Dixon with Eldridge Donahue Big Rock and Walcott among those represented.
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Davenport. In
Scott County
Dixon
Wheatland
Clinton County
Bennett
Cedar County
Eldridge
Donahue
Big Rock
Walcott
Aromie
Kirk
Davenport
Muscatine
Ruth Bats Third in Yankees 1921 Lineup
Manager Huggins announced the 1921 New York Yankees lineup with Babe Ruth batting third. The order features Baker at first, Ward Tipp and Mouse as alternates at first, Fewster in the outfield, and Johnny Mitchell, a $20,000 recruit from the coast, who impressed the rookies during workouts in Shreveport.
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Shreveport
Baker
Ward Tipp
Mouse
Fewster
Huggins
New York Yankees
Babe Ruth
Johnny Mitchell
Dempsey Carpentier May Go To Canada Plan
AP dispatch notes Montres!, C F Graham meeting Tex Rickard to discuss the Dempsey Carpentier bout possibly in Canada. Chicago reports Kid Gleason and White Sox depart for spring training camp. Boston calls Richard Rudolph back to the Braves. Michigan Gov Groesbeck letters to block boxing in state. Presbyterian hospital seeks young women for purse position.
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Associated Press
C. F. Graham
Tex Rickard
Canada
Chicago
Kid" Gleason
White Sox
Boston
Fred Mitchell
Boston Braves
Richard Rudolph
Benton Harbor
Mich
Gov. Groesbeck
Utie
Michigan
Indoor relay carnival at Illinois may shatter records
Urbana March 5 The fourth annual indoor relay carnival of the University of Illinois draws 42 midwest colleges into the armory tonight. Notre Dame’s Murphy Illinois’ Alberts and Osborne and Virginia’s Archer expected to break high jump marks while Michigan’s Slaughter may better his 12 feet 12 inches vault record. 65 teams entered promise the largest card yet with Ames Kansas Illinois Wisconsin and Chicago seen as top two mile contenders and Illinois Wisconsin favored for the four mile race. Brutus Hamilton Missouri leads all around. Martin Delaney of the Chicago Athletic Association referees and starts events.
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Associated Press
Urbana
Middlewest
University of Pennsylvania
Armory
University of Illinois
Murphy
Notre Dame
Alberts
Osborne
Illnois
Archer
University of Virginia
Slaughter
Michigan
John Ll. Griffith
Griffith
Ames
Kansas
Illinois
Wisconsin
Chicago
Ilinois
Brutus Hamilton
University of Missouri
Martin Delaney
Chicago Athletic Association
Bovaird Outpoints Melichar in Tough Bout at Manchester
In Manchester Ta on March 5 the 10 round American Legion boxing main event saw George Melichar Cedar Rapids versus Jimmie Bovaird Mason City go the distance with Bovaird winning. Bovaird fought at 126 pounds to Melichar 140 and after the bout Bovaird challenged a 135 pound rematch which Melichar accepted. Preliminaries featured Pat Hartman Monticelli against Charles Sampka Anamosa at 150 pounds in a less polished exchange. This marked Manchester’s first exhibition of the sort with plans for more if finances permit.
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Manchester
American Legion
George Melichar
Cedar Rapids
Jimmie Bovaird
Mason City
Bovaird
Melichar
Manchester Post
Fayette Cage Meet Promises 18 Teams March 10 11
Eighteen teams are expected for the Upper Iowa university invitation basketball tournament set for March 10 and 11 in Fayette. Schools from Fayette County and neighboring counties will compete with drawing for places Thursday morning and play beginning Thursday afternoon. Games run Thursday night and Friday afternoon and evening with plans for host homes to feed players. University classes will be shortened to allow all students to attend. Elmer A. Billings will referee backed by Upper Iowa varsity officials.
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Fayette
Maroh
Upper Iowa University
Fayette County
sMace
Coner Town
Elmer A. Billings
Upper Iowa
Hornsby to Play Third as Series Opens in Houston
Rogers Hornsby, the National League batting champion, will start at third base for the St. Louis Nationals in the opening series against the Philadelphia Americans in Houston. Homeby fills the vacancy for Stock, with George Toppinger of Syracuse, N. F., at second base. Reports from Rogalusa note pitchers having the best of it after an extra week of work.
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St. Louis
Rogers
Hornsby
the &T Louis Nationals
Philadelphia Americans
Houston
Orange
Tex
Carolingia
Milton Stock
George Toppercer
Syracuse
N. F
When Wild Dogs Hunt They Make Their Kill
In Africa wild dogs hunt in packs of twenty or more, feared by both prey and natives. The narrator recalls a rhinoceros fleeing a pack, a perilous gully ride, and a lion gin trap capturing a dog. Pack violence, canine stamina, and native observations frame vivid wilderness danger and a failed attempt to tame an impala's fate.
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Llewelin Powys
Africa
Deckan
Kipling
Baia Sana
Bai Sana
Colvill
Lake Naivasha
Impaila
Byrne to pilot Miami team in new Southwestern league
St Louis March 5 Bobby Byrne former NL third baseman for Pittsburgh and St Louis has signed as manager of the Miami Oklahoma team in the new Southwestern league He will also serve as captain announced by J Benny Meyers president of the club Bleyers has signed 31 players from St Louis and nearby towns and training starts March 22
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St. Louis
Bobby Byrne
Pittsburgh
Miami, Okla
J .Benny Meyers
Bleyers
Stagg Trains Grid Men In Pass Game At Chicago
Chicago March 3 String football practice has begun at the University of Chicago with over 30 players from varsity and freshman squads in Bartlett gym. Players focus on aerial attack while Stage field stays indoors. outdoor sessions expected to start soon.
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Chicago
University of Chicago
Bartlett Gymnasium
Ward quits senate post to rejoin New York club
Aaston Ward, third baseman for the New York American League club, resigns as reading clerk of the Arkansas state senate to join his team at Shreveport, in a sudden political to sports career shift announced in Little Rock on March 5.
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Little Rock
Ark
Aaston Ward
New York American League Baseball Club
Reading
State Senate
Shreveport
Rapids Defeats Boone In Overtime Narrow Win
Cedar Rapids high school beat Boone 23 to 21 after a 19-19 tie in regulation. The Tigers scored 4 points in overtime while Boone added 2 points.
Yale Poloists Will Play Troop Team March Nine
Yale indoor polo team will face Troop C of Squadron A New York National Guard in New York on March 9 Princeton's trio will play the troop team on March 16 outlining a campus interstate polo schedule
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YALE
New York
New York National Guard
Princeton
Cleveland Indians Start South Tonight
March 5 The second squad of the world champion Cleveland Indians will leave tonight for the spring training camp at Dallas. The party will be in charge of Secretary Walter Mc Nichols. It will include George Burns Larry Gardner and outfielders Joe Wood Charlie Jamieson Elmer Smith and Jack Graney. The battery men devoted most of their practice yesterday to fielding bunts and a game of rounders.
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Cleveland, O
Cleveland Indians
Dallas
Walter McNichols
George Burns
Larry Gardner
Joe Wood
Charlie Jameison
Elmer Smith
Jack Graney
Stuffy McInnis Real Holdout Declines Boston Terms
Stuffy McInnis refused to sign with the Boston Americans at the offered salary and said he would not join the spring training trip to Hot Springs. He stated he will not play until his terms are met and will not be in the departure party tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Boston
Mass
Stuffy McInnis
Boston Americans
Sai
Hot Springs
Nebraska University Cage Meet Claims Largest World Event
Lincoln March 5 The seventh annual high school basketball tournament, organized by the University of Nebraska, is set for March 10 11 and 12 with over 200 teams and about 2000 athletes expected. Last year 170 teams and 1728 athletes participated as classes are formed by play record city size and prior results. Officials estimate XII officials score and time most games.
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Lincoln
Neb
Seleventh
University of Nebraska
University of Nebraskan
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