Strong teams fall in Northeastern Iowa tourney rounds
Cedar Falls, March 10. Surprises marked the opening day as West High Northwood and Reinbeck fell early while Cedar Falls Nashua Waverly and Osage advanced to the semifinals. New Hampton and Osage battled to the end with Osage pulling out a 13 to 11 victory. Cedar Falls defeated Teachers High 19 to 7 to advance.
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Northwood
West
Reinbeck
New Hampton
Nashua
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Osage
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Teims
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Ae Schurr Warren
Tink Walrat
Johnson Angell
Shaffer Cole
Shaffer Scorin
Wisketalrath
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Rink
Warren
Strikes and Spares League Scores Report
In the Citizens Gas league Edison Lamps split two of three against Mumphrey Arts, with Kenneally posting high scores and averages. The Gas team overwhelmed Repass Auto in two games while leading by seven pins in the final.
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Repass Auto
Gitizens Gas
Ard Kenneally
Bradbury
Thobbi
Moettain
Yawbecker
Newton
Clark
Edison Lamps
Mumphrey Ares
Citizens Gas League
Kenneally
Tartlett
Tiec Burrs
Christenson
Sorese Rat
Lumphrey Arcs
Balsh
Tim
Marshalltown High Plans March Football Schedule
Marshalltown high school coach C Sanford announced a stiff schedule for the team starting in March. The plan lists games with Grinnell Cedar Falls Waterloo teams and several minor contests across Iowa.
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C. Sanford
Grinnell
Cedar Falls
Waterloo
Iskaloosa
Cedar Rapids
Felior Selina
Marshalle
Nikalon Staal Town
Te Ranne
Benin
Marshall
Coe Track Team Plans Busy Spring Schedule
Cedar Rapids March 10 Ira T Carrithers director of athletics announces the 1917 Coe college track schedule with matches against Drake Relays Grinnell Cornell and a conference meet at Des Moines plus a history noting Coe’s track success since 1893 and a record of 7 wins 5 losses and 2 ties in dual meets.
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Ira T. Carrithers
Coe College
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Waex
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Mt. Vernon
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Moffett
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Tan
National A A U basketball entrants eye Chicago tourney
Chicago expects 25 teams for the national A A U basketball championship in mid March. entrants include California Pacific coast squads, Utah Utah. Wyandotte Kansas City teams, and eastern hopefuls Penn Yale Princeton, with Western clubs Brandeis Omaha and Waterloo among possibles. The event runs March 14 to 17 at the Illinois armory, with medals for winners and runners up.
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University of Utah
Prigham Young University
Brandies Stores
Omaha
Waterloo
Nebraska Wesleyan
Browning Rings
St. Louis
Alva
Oklo
Kalamazoo, Mich
Chanor Long and Short Pitchers Enter Major Leagues
The Southern league's longest pitcher Ed Monroe and the shortest Dick Kerr have moved to the majors. Monroe, 21, 5 ft 4 in and 115 pounds, was drafted by the New York Americans. Kerr, 22, 5 ft 9 in and 147 pounds, was sold to the St Louis Americans with Browns holding an option until May 7. Both formerly starred for Memphis last season. Monroe began pro ball in Paris Kentucky four years ago. Kerr debuted in Paragould Arkansas eight years ago.
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Ed Monroe
New York Americans
Dick Kerr
St. Louis Americans
Browns
Monroe
Kerr
Memphis
Paris
Paragould
Dubuque Fangs organize new central association team
George Hughes arrives from Marshallstown to run Dubuque club preparations for the Central Association season. He played in the Three-I league in 1905 and plans a meeting with Mr. Maynard to finalize finances and travel arrangements, asserting Dubuque remains Three-I territory despite past claims.
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George Hughes
Central Association
Marshalstown
Third Degree
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Maynard
Tearney
Toledo Trio, Wrestlers, and Bowling Record Highlight Sports Roundup
The Toledo American association releases Al Shaw George Perring and Earl Gardner. W Perring to Ryansville Central league. Robbie Roth signs with the Cleveland Americans. Olin Wins Again in wrestling. John Olin and Nathan Hall win titles in boxing and billiards. Maulbetsch named athletic director at Phillips University. East-West Tennis matches postponed. 17 year old Robert Dolan sets Nebraska bowling record with 4717 pins. Medical schools join naval sanitation lectures as papers output rises.
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al Shaw
George Perring
Earl Gardner
W Perring
Ryansville
Ind
Robbie Roth
Cleveland Americans
Roger Iornsly
St. Louis Nationals
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Parsons
Kansas
Philadelphia Nationals
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Florida
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Jick Fisher
Young Willoughby
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Decatur
John Olin
Worcester
Carl Sehultz
Sioux City
Nathan Hall
Boston
John F. Maulbetsch
University of Michigan
Phillips University
Enid
Okla
Los Angeles
Chief Bender One of the Last Great Indian Baseball Pioneers
New York remembers Chief Bender a standout pitcher who helped the Athletics win the 1911 pennant and the 1911 World Series. The article praises his role in the 1915 Series and notes his later time with the Federals before moving to the National League. It places him among the era’s notable Native American players and cites Connie Mack’s influence on his career.
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New York
Chief Bender
Bender
Chief Meyers
Jim Thorpe
Sockalexis
Chief Johnson
Connie Mack
Harrisburg
Athletics
Jack Coombs
Mackmen
Federals
Phillies
New Bantamweight Champion Peter Gulatto Emerges
Peter Gulatto also known as Peter Tierman wins the bantamweight title and starts defending it. The article recalls his humble beginnings as a bootblack and notes his Italian heritage and tested character amid early life temptations in New Orleans.
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New York
Peter Gulatto
Peter Tierman
Pete
Italy
Free
New Orleans
Pete's Rise From Slime and Nickel to Champion Fighter
The narrative follows Pete gaining a fighting reputation after a hospital stay and victories that lift him above peers to claim champion status. It notes Herman at 21, fighting six years, and envisions Pete opening a cafe in New Orleans with a gym atop it. It also recalls Terre Haute alumni who rose to prominence in baseball.
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Pete
Herman
New Orleans
Terre Haute Gives Up On Central League Ball Club
Terre Haute Ind March 10 for practically the first time since 1884 Terre Haute probably will be without a professional league base ball team this season. ANL hope of having a Central league club has been abandoned and Lefty Gilbert manager of last year's team has disposed of all of his players. Local capital failed to back a club and fans declined to buy season tickets. Terre Haute during its baseball season ends without a club this year.
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Terre Haute
Ind
ANL
Gilbert
Woman 72 Divorces Husband in Harrison County Court
Margaret Stansberry, 72, was granted a divorce from Jenry Stansberry, 60, in Harrison County district court on grounds of cruelty. They had lived at Sandy Point in Clay Township for many years. A note references typhoid fever vaccine effectiveness in 1916 with eight U.S. Army cases.
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Margaret Stansberry
Jenry Stansberry
Harrison County
Sandy Point
Clay Township
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