East High Faces Cedar Rapids In Big Grid Week
Black Hawk county fans note a weekend of gridiron action with East High's key clash against Cedar Rapids at Cedar River Park Saturday. West High meets Nashua on Friday, while Cedar Rapids eyes a state title path and Fort Dodge plays Waterloo next Sunday. Teachers College prepares to host Upper Iowa as Cedar Rapids reshuffles its lineup for East High.
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Polo series set with St. Louis Country Club
Des Moines Polo team will play a series of matches against St. Louis Country Club. The series is planned for next Saturday and Sunday in St. Louis, according to Associated Press dispatches from Missouri.
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A Comic Strip in Type and Mail Carrier Guidance
A humorous piece by J. P. McEvoy contrasts a comic strip voice with vocational guidance on becoming a mail carrier. It mocks pay, exposes post office grind, and urges training of body and endurance, ending with promotional pitch for correspondence courses.
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Big Ten Football Week Signals Key Showdowns
Ohio State Wisconsin and Chicago won as season contenders press toward pivotal matchups. Wisconsin faces Minnesota at home while Chicago eyes Ohio State on Nov. 5, and Ohio State prepares after a victory over Michigan. Illinois and Michigan need wins to stay in contention. Notre Dame meets Indiana in a major clash for state bragging rights.
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Ames Overconfidence Seen After Loss to Kansas
Ames, Oct. 25. Cyclones blame overconfidence for a 14 to 7 defeat by Kansas, noting loss of unity without Captain Polly Wallace and Red Lingenfelter. Wallace returns to bolster offense and defense as team gears up for Washington game. Cross country also favors Ames, with Rathbun edging Patterson in a five mile race.
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Eastern colleges vow to finish football schedule despite strike
New York October 25 United Press reports athletic officials of eastern universities say the threatened railroad strike will not stop the season. They will use air transport if needed to move players and games to finish the remaining schedule.
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Miller Huggins to Get Gate as Pilot of N Y Yankees
Miller Huggins led the Yankees to the American league title and the World Series before retiring as manager. Speculation swirls on his successor with names like Babe Ruth Eddie Collins Roger Peckinpaugh and even a St Louis Cardinals link. His contract has expired leaving the field open for a new pilot.
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Sons of Devine and Macrae Poised as Football Prospects
Glen Devine and Donald Macrae are named as key players on the current football team. Devine is in his third college season and Macrae his first, both listed as halfbacks. The article notes their young sons ages seven months and three and a half years respectively, and states Devine is Aubrey Devine's brother, the team captain this year.
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New Boxing Club Proposed in New York
New York Oct 25 California promoter Jim Coffroth and Billy Gibson Benny Leonard’s manager back a new boxing club due to start operations November 28 Jim Buckley to act as matchmaker The club aims to rival Tex Rickard and reportedly secured a Leonard Jack Britton welterweight title bout
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Gibbons Claims Youthful Errs in Ring War
Chicago dated Oct 25 Tom Gibbons St Paul heavyweight contender disputes official age records saying he is 28 born 1893 not 1885 and notes his brother Mike is 23 with another late brother. He also claims to be the youngest 23-year-old he knows and cites his seventeenth straight knockout ahead of a bout with Georges Carpentier for Tex Rickard.
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Brown Players Wounded. Yale Game in Doubt
Providence Oct 25 seven of Brown football stars are in hospital lists after injuries including two ends two tackles a guard and two backs. The outlook for the Yale game Saturday is quoted as dismal.
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Hawkeye Stars Look Ahead as Father Sons Play
Iowa City's State University of Iowa sports scene centers on two football stars who are also rearing sons. The feature notes the team’s strong season after defeats by Notre Dame and Illinois and highlights the players' roles on and off the field amid rising expectations for the program.
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Columbus to stage Armistice Carnival of Sports on Nov 11
Columbus Nebraska announces an Armistice day athletic carnival in a circus tent seating 10 000 to headline heavyweight boxers Billy Miske from St Paul and Tony Melchoir from Chicago and heavyweight wrestler Joe Stecher of Dodge and Sheriff Peters of Sarpy county The Columbus post appeals to Nebraska posts to assist in promotion for the event.
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Football player ordered to quit after brain clot
Leo n Shanley of Washington University was ordered not to play further this year due to a brain blood clot traced to a game with the Kansas Aggies three weeks earlier. Also listed is Ray Dixie Drace of St Louis University with a broken collar bone among injured players.
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