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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 07, 1927

Page

13

LAMBS CHARGES DEFEAT EAST IN GLASS A FINALS

Vinton High hosts district basketball after Waterloo fails to reach class A title. Teams advancing include Vinton Orange township Britt Swaledale Crest Rudd Lamont Edgewood. Vinton upset Waterloo 77 33 in semifinals with L Gordon and Faris scoring. Orange township beat Aplington 18 14 to claim class B title.

Waterloo East’ High Vinton High School George Brown Iowa High School Athletic ‘Association West High Vinton Orange Westleigh L. Gordon Good Stetzel Templeton West New ‘Hartford New Hartford Lichty E. Peterson Brown Juel Schoeman Brothers New Hortford Abernathe Beebe J. Gordon Snes Ley Kilingaman I. Peterson Peterson Graham Blough Hees Walters Sienige Vasa East High Kicker Sansone If. Schammel Rose Aes Smith Ta Gardens Aris Markham Mts Toile S.eejeeeeraane Mason City Britt and Swaledale Orange Township Oelwein—Lamont Edgewood Charles City Cresco Rudd Reinbeck Dike Baxter Newton LeGrand Webster City Roland Boone Boone and Gilbert Des Moines Nevada Wallea Lorimer Delphes Beaconsfield Oskaloosa Newerg Chariton Sewal TRICT Willisea Shenandoah Grant Harlan Missouri Valley Hancock Stuart Anita van Meter Glenwood Tabor Under- Wa

Land of dough and tale in a world of cakes and ale

A garbled column lists boxers and sports figures with earnings this and that, naming Gene Tunney, Earle Sande, Walter Hagen, Jack Hobbs, and others in a satirical flavor. It riffs on wealth in boxing, golf, cricket, and racing, mixing observations and quips about public figures and a joke about encyclopedias and reformers.

Jack Hobbs

Free Throw Cage Tourney Carded in YMCA Gym

Intermediate and Senior Sunday school basketball teams compete in a free throw contest at the YMCA. Each team fields seven players who will shoot 60 attempts. The city amateur championship begins Thursday at the YMCA with six teams Illinois Central Maccabees Blacks United Brethren and First Presbyterian in the Senior league and First Baptist in the Intermediate league, in a round robin running to March 16.

Six Fen Illinois Central Maccabees Black’s United Brethren First Presbyterian First Baptist

Class Tourney to End Basket Season for West Himagers

West Himagers will wind up the basketball season this week with the annual class tournament on Wednesday Thursday and Friday. Coach Ralph Sarff announced. The winner will receive possession of the Loomis trophy for the coming year. Each class will choose its team from its intramural league representatives.

West Hish Ralph Sarff Loomis

Paddock Aims to Reclaim 220 Yard Record This Spring

Los Angeles on March 7 Charles W Paddock famed world sprint record holder plans a spring bid to recapture the 220 yard record once held by himself. He targets the 20.5 second mark set by Roland Locke in Lincoln Nebraska last year and says he will try to reclaim it.

Los Angeles Charles W. Paddock Stow Father Time Lincoln Neb Roland Locke Paddock Locke

Iowa high school basketball districts set for renewal tourney

Des Moines March 7 district centers announced for the Iowa high school basketball championship tourney. Sixty four survivors from classes A and B enter this week’s play with winners advancing to Iowa City for the finals. Girls teams from about 175 schools begin Thursday. Districts list matches across districts 1 through 7 and notes Armstrong class B winner and playoff sites at Spirit Lake, Storm Lake, and more.

Des Moines Ottumwa Cedar Rapids Vinton Boone Oskaloosa Glenwood Ida Grove Spirit Lake Iowa George A. Brown Iowa City Brown Newton Fairfield Stockport Winfield Mediapolis Olds Aty Sigourney Wellman Ixeswick Spencer Armstrong Storm Lake Sioux Rapids Plover West Bend Sheldon Paullina Sioux Center

Ten Girls Sextets Compete This Week In Hampton Tourney

Hampton Iowa March 7 A sectional girls basketball tournament opens Friday with 10 high schools entering Ten teams from Aplington Wellsburg Waverly Shell Rock Rowan Nora Springs Hampton Dumont L Meter Cedar and Dows Hampton seeks repeat after last year and nine wins in 12 games this season The local team is considered to have the best chance to win the tournament.

Courier Special Service Hampton Aplington Wellsburg Waverly Shell Rock Rowan Nora Springs Dumont Lite Cedar Dows

New Grid Rules Speed Up Football Games

New York March 7 Coaches and fans praise radical football rule changes aimed at stopping stalling. A key exception allows free balls on fumbled punts by receivers, while balls touched by a receiver become dead. Rules also cut captain timeouts from four to three, limit play-in time to 30 seconds, and cap huddle time at 15 seconds. Prominent figures like Knute Rockne and Bill Roper weighed in on potential issues with signals and timers.

New York Rules Committee Rockne Knute Rockne Notre Dame Bill Roper Princeton

Ills Central basketball set to tackle Danville today

Illinois Central basketball team faces stiff opposition in a return game at East High gymnasium tonight. Danville’s fast C E J railroad squad seeks revenge after an 80 to night loss earlier in the season. Waterloo hosts Hostetler Potter Gunstead Burgess Seidler for the locals, while Danville counters with Moss Hulce Adkins Graves and Smith. Preceding action features Illinois Central Freshmen meeting John Deere. Start time is 7 30 p m with Makeover of Coe as referee.

Illinois Central East High Gymnasium Danville Til Ilinois S. C Hostetler Potter Waterloo Gunstead Burgess Seidler Moss Hulce Adkins Graves Smith Ilinois Central John Deere Coe

Kansas Center's High Scorer Again in Missouri Valley

Lawrence Kan March finding the season with Albert Petersen leading the Missouri Valley scoring. Petersen, KU center, finished with 726 points to claim back to back scoring honors, beating Byers of Kansas State A&M by one point as Oklahoma and Missouri trailed in the standings. Nebraksa and Drake also noted in the final table with Ames Grinnell and others in the middle pack.

Big Ten Michigan Indiana Purdue Wisconsin Ohio Chicago Northwestern Minnesota Misson Wali Kansas Oklahoma Missouri seeeWs Nebraska Kansas Aggies Drake Oklahoma A. & M. Weae Ames Washington Grinnell Tawrence Kan Albert Petersen University of Kansas Missouri Petersen Byers Aggies

Camel Cigarette Ad Claims Peak Taste and Quality

A vintage advertisement extols Camel as the top choice for a discerning era. It asserts Camel’s taste and fragrance come from choice tobaccos, offering supreme smoking pleasure and the highest standard of goodness, urging readers that modern smokers overwhelmingly prefer Camel.

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