West High Basketeers Point for State Meet at Ottumwa
West High, winner of the district title at Mason City, heads to Ottumwa for the Class A state tournament after beating Dubuque 19 to 10 and Osage 20 to 19 in Mason City. Captain Potter, Burton, Sansone, Burgess, Haselman, McGarvey, and Gowan star as Waterloo and Osage contest for the state berth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West High
Mason City
Ottumwa
Waterloo
Iowa
Dubuque
Osage
Capt
Potter
Sansone
Burton
Burgess
Haselman
McGarvey
Grangs
Sanborn
Misner
MelGowan
Ottuma
Wait’ Si
Ralph Sarff
West
Waterloo Boys
Iowa Prep
Osago
Capt. Potter
iHaselman
iBurgess
McGavery
Wotais
Gutehes
Wheesee -Hogan
Sweeney
Cadar Rapids
Dubogna
Dubrque
Hesson
Whelan
Dubuqque
Lillard
Hill
Kramer
Traer
Big Ten Conference Rejects Expansion bid
Chicago officials report that Western conference faculty representatives voted to keep the Big Ten at 14 members, denying invites from the University of Nebraska and the Michigan regime after December overtures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Western Conference
Big Ten
University of Nebraka
Michigan
Fragmented verse and notes mix missives and humor
A scrambled OCR collage covers poems, odd musings, jokes, and mock ads. It mentions trains, a cracked bottle, Easter supplies, a willow metaphor, a stray cow turned camel dig, child toys, a foreign critic, Edison sleep claims, dining room crumbs for birds, and a dam fishing penalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edison
Rollinger shifts fighting style and gains praise
Boxing writer Jack Horsley reports Lou Rollinger has altered his approach, favoring quicker footwork and compact right and left hits. Los Angeles coverage notes a notable win over Young George, with observers calling Rollinger a rising heavyweight prospect in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lou Bollinger
Siues
Pacific Cease
Hrollinger
Mickey Walker
Jack Dempsey
Ernie Goozemen
Bobin Roper
Jack Horsley
Illinois Central
Rallinger
Jack
Horsley
Palm Beach
Los Angeles Times
Low Rallinger
Young George
Rollinger
George
Lou
The
Los Angeles Examiner
Low
Frank Holborow
Paul Lowry
Larney Lichtenstein
de Witt van iGourt
Lou Rolinger
Chicago
Van
Wnout
Bollinger
Dynamite Kid
Singer
Christ Episcopal Juniors Win Title in Postseason Clash
Christ Episcopal Juniors clinched the league championship by beating First Brethren 44 to 26 in the decisive game. Eicher, Parsons and Sansone led the winners while Dietz Klingman and Trupp top-scored for the losers. the Episcopalians advance to face Lutheran Juniors of Dysart on Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ Episcopal
First Brethren Cagers
Episcopal
Dysart
Eicher
Parsons
Sansone
Episcopalians
Dietz
Klingman
Trupp
Fox
Fowler
Muller
First Broshees
Loshman
Briingaman
Miller
Greeley Wins Delaware County Basket Tourney
Greeley high defeated Manchester 13 to 12 to win the Delaware county basketball tournament in Manchester Iowa. Greeley reached the final by beating Oneida 22 to 20 while Manchester beat Delhi 27 to 7 in the semifinals. Oneida topped Delhi in the consolation. The event drew crowds from nearby towns amid strong sportsmanship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greeley
Delaware County Basket
Manchester
Creeley High
Oneida
Delbi
Delhi
Greece
Teething Losses and Early Catchers in Baseball History
Before sign-stealing era, early catchers were noted for colorful names. The piece highlights Sinn among catchers and mentions "Ghick TM Meyers, the Indian catcher" with the Giants.
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Signa
Ghick
Meyers
Sign Signals in 1933 World Series Fool Athletics
Larry McLean of the New York Giants used simple finger signs during the 1933 World Series against the Athletics. He later learned the Athletics were adept at stealing signs, rendering his signals ineffective and exposing him to be outwitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry McLean
New York Giants
Athletics
Larry
Niaive
Charley Schmidt Signs Look for Fast Ball or Curve
Charley Schmidt, Detroit pitcher, had very large brown eyes and a ferocious glare. The stare signaled a fast ball when directed sharply at the pitcher, but a casual look indicated a curve ball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Schmidt
Detroit
Dysart Wins Class B District Cage Title at Cedar Falls
Dysart high school defeated Dike 17 to 12 to capture the class B district basketball title at Cedar Falls on Saturday. Stewart and Asphen led scoring for Dysart with three and four field goals respectively. Goke and Miller provided strong defense. An all-tournament team included Sonn, Finch, Rudd, Erbe, Moeller, Nesfield, and Jesup. Dysart earns state tournament berth at Boone.
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Cedar Falls
Dysart
Dike
Stewart
Asphen
Alc
Algo
Boone
Altha
Goke
Miller
Sonn
Finch
Rudd
Erbe
Moeller
Nesfield
Jesup
Ye Asphen
Rss
Anderson
Bonn
Murphy
Smith
McDowell
Volbers
Sewer Ances E-Une
Taunds
Dumont
Tesup
Luana
Little Cedar
Ellsworth
Hansell
Hopkinton
Lamont
Foot balance in golf swing on impact
Jock Hutcheson argues by British Open 1921 and American Open 1929 standards that both feet should have a heel on the ground at impact. He says minimal foot off ground preserves balance rhythm. many players lift a heel but compensate with balance and rhythm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jock Hutcheson
New Leaders Appear In Tri State Bowling Meet
Seamint of Davenport led the singles and the Benda Sundin duo of Rock Island topped the doubles in the Pele Bowling tournament in Dubuque on March 16. Schmidt rolled 644, while Benda and Sundin scored 4188. Leath's Furnitures of Dubuque led five man events with 245, and Field Bower of the city led all events with 128. Bowlers from Tarkford Davenport Waterloo Cedar Rapids and La Crosse competed. the tournament ends next Sunday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bubuque
Seamint
Davenport
Benda-Sundin
Rock Island
Schmidt
Benda
Sundin
De Molay Cage Meet At Tama March 27 and 28
Taras reported the second annual De Molay basketball tournament set for Tama March 27 and 28. Entries close March 20 with squads from Boone Brooklyn Muscatine and Wilton Junction plus Carroll and Marshalltown expected to compete. A basketball replica will be awarded to the winning team plus silver and bronze individual prizes at the banquet.
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DE Molay
Tama
Taras
Elase
Marshalltown
Befare Boone
Brooklyn
Musertine
Quintere
Chicago Alley Team Leads A B C Tourney At Buffalo
Buffalo March 16 The North Central bowling alley five from Chicago held first in the five man event with a total of 2937 in the A B C tournament. Fred Mounts and Joe Patton from Indianapolis led the two man event with 492 game. Individual leaders include Sh Devito of Chicago with 702 in singles and Devito totaling 1892 across all events.
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Buffalo
Chicago
Drortess
Fred Monnts
Joe Patton
Indianapolis
Orth Central Alley
Fulton Mounts
Sh. Devito
Local coach aims for Drake Relays with truck squad
Waterloo coach Hawkeye-Fuls Douglas Bragdon of Abraham Lincoln high school trains a large truck squad eager to enter the Drake relays next month. Cards star Lofty Faulson, formerly of Cornell, impressed in his first Cardinals game, while Minor league ambitions and regional club interest swirl around Waterloo and nearby towns as lumber and baseball prospects shift into spring shape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Bragdon
Waterloo
Abraham Lincoln High School
Council
Tufts
Aon
Lofty Faulson
Dermer Cornell Cotlege
St. Louis
Galifornia
Kansas City
Iowa Quintet Sets Free Throw Record In S73 Season
Iowa City March Ai Sniveretty led the team in free throw accuracy and topped Big Ten charts while Iowa posted 65 percent team free throw accuracy in conference games. The Hawkeyes attempted 176 shots and made 115 free throws, with 61 misses, accounting for about 29.6 percent of the season’s total score. Laude led with 4 Successful shots from 11 attempts at 67 percent. Janse converted 23 of 41 for a strong percentage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa City
March Ai Sniveretty
Iowa
Hawkeyes
Sam Harry
Laude
Janse
Aplington Girls Win Grundy Section Meet
Grundy Center Iowa March 16 Aplington girls captured the sectional basketball crown by routing Grundy Center 41 to 19 in the final. Earlier Aplington beat New Providence 37 to 6 while Grundy Center defeated Albion 26 to 4 in the semifinals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grundy Center
Aplington Girls
Aplington
New Providence
Albion
Grundy Center Wins Cornell Meet In Class A Prep Tourney
Mount Vernon Ia March 16 Special Grundy Center defeated Monticello 2 to 18 to win the class A prep invitation tournament at Cornell College Saturday evening Wheatland won the class LB title by defeating Urbana 174 to 13. The tournament was played here Thursday, Friday and Saturday and attracted a big entry list.
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Mount Vernon
J—Grandy
Monticello
Cornell College
Wheatland
Urbana
Forest Fire Causes Alarm in National Report
The annual chief of the United States forest service reports 5168 fires on national forests in 1923 with nearly half caused by lightning. The year saw 263,848 acres burned. cigarets rose as a major factor, with California noting 20 percent of fires from smokers and new ordinances to curb smoking in hazardous areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Sminckers
Forest Service
California
Dempsey Wills Fight Talks Face New Roadblock
Jack Kearns, manager, called on the New York Boxing Commission to confirm Dempsey will be allowed to fight Harry Wills or another heavyweight, citing a three year old signed agreement while Tex Rickard warned big purses are fading and Kearns must accept a fair share. Muldoon blamed Kearns for stalling negotiations by demanding excessive money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
New York
Jack Dempsey
Harry Wills
Jack Kearns
Kearns
Dempsey
New York Boxing Commission
William Aa. Muldoon
Muldoon
Wills
Tex Rickard
Richard
Jack
Renault
Bob Roper
California
Michigan City
Fom Gibbons
Kellogg named Columbia 1926 basketball captain
Joe Kellogg of Janesville Wisconsin was elected captain of Columbia College’s 1926 basketball quintet at a lettersmen meeting in Dubuque Iowa. A sophomore center, Kellogg succeeds Bernard White and has played end on the football team for two seasons. He received honorable mention on several all conference teams and was fifth among Western Interstate scorers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Joe Kellogg
Janesville
Columbia Jeollege
Kellors
Bernard White
Eidera
Orrey Smith
Rockford
Richard Dorsey
Piscoouth
Matt Keith
Dougherty
Peter Morgan
Holandale
Tis
All-Star Quint Meets Walnut Street Baptist Intermediates
The all-star Intermediate Division Sunday school basketball team will play Walnut Street Baptist Outfit at East High Tuesday. Team includes HR Lapole Christ Episcopal—Schnek United Brethren. guards. A second team with H Williams St Pauls M E—Sack Calvary Evangelical forwards. center Thompson Christ Episcopal. likely to play in second half. Walnut Baptists won the title by beating Christ Episcopal in a postseason series. Admission 10 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walnut Street Baptist
East High
Lapole
Christ Episcopal
Schenk
United Brethren
Greenley
Grace M. E
Hoag
First M. E
Snyder
First Presbyterian
H. Willams
St. Paul's M. E
Sack
Calvary Evangelical
Thompson
Borey
Leckington
M. E
Walnut Baptists
Downing Christ Episcopal
Kipke Joins Coaching Staff At Michigan U
Ann Arbor Mich March 16 Harry G Kipke star Wolverine halfback in 1923 and now assistant coach at Missouri has been named as a member of the Michigan coaching staff It rounds out the cabinet under Coach Fielding H Yost The staff includes Kipke Jack Bilott Tad Welman Franklin Cappon Garvey Emery and Duke Hayes
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Arbor
Mich
Hary G. Kipke
Wolverine
Missouri
Michigan
Kipke
Coali Lon
Fielding
Yost
Kinke
Jack Bilott
Tad_Welman
Franklin Cappon
Garvey Emery
Duke Hayes
Ames Basktmen Elect Anderson 1926 Captain
Ames, Va. March 14 Ernest J Anderson of Northwood 12 was elected Saturday to pilot the 1926 Iowa State College basket team. His selection by the athletic council follows Anderson who closes his varsity career next year has played basketball for two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Ernest J.) Anderson
Northwood
Iusketoelt
Iowa State College
Anflergon
Government plans carload of young fish to Waterloo
Captain G F E Culler district superintendent of the U S bureau of fisheries writes to the Izaak Walton league officers that a carload of young fish will arrive in Waterloo to stock the Cedar river and Black Hawk creek as soon as transport conditions improve. He notes the first shipment will be bluegills and crappies and that the river and creek will receive plentiful stocking throughout the year. The discussion with Waterloo Ikes explored the advisability of establishing a federal hatchery locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar River
Black Hawk Creek
Waterloo
G. FE. Culler
U.S. Bureau of Fisheries
Izaak Walton League
Cullar
Hlore
Baseball Used by Cap Anson's Team Tells Fine Story
Marshalltown records a relic in a window display. Matt Hira owns a century old baseball used in 1876 in a historic game where Marshalltown beat Atlantic 1 to 0. Adrian Anson played, and Pop's wallops may have torn the seam. Rube Dawson and Tom Hire were among remembered figures, with Hire recalling the match after 47 years on race and baseball circuits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
Bliss Anderson
Matt Hira
South Center Street
Marshall County
Atlantic
Philadelphia
Adrian
Anson
Pop
Hire
Steamboat Rock
Rube Dawson
Liscomb
Marshallstown
Mason City
Union
Cedar Valley
Jatin Rathan
Osage
Alo
Tom Hire
Oxford Cambridge Track Teams to Visit America
Princeton N J March 16 The international track meet on July 1 between combined teams of Oxford and Cambridge and Cornell and Princeton will be held in Palmer Stadium at Princeton Charles E Kennedy chairman of the Princeton board of athletic control announced last night The Oxford Cambridge team will meet Harvard Yale combination on July 14 at Cambridge Stadium
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
N. J
Oxford
Cambridge
Cornell
Palmer Stadium
Charles E. Kennedy
Princeton Board of Athletic Control
Tyrell Wins Indoor Putting Tour Final 2 and 1
In Iowa City on March 16 W. G. Tyrell defeated P. B. Gibson 2 up in the finals of the University of Tome indoor putting tournament after a 26 hole score that roused golfers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
W. GC. Tyrell
University of
Tome
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Thabbie’ Russell
Joe McGinnits
Johnny Am’strong
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Helden Hill Valley
Grundy Center High
Kearns Impossible
William Muldoon
Kellogg
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All-Star Quint
Michigan U
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F.C. Cutler
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Oxford-Cambringh
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