Griffith Loughran Battle Being Fought by Sioux City Rumor
Griffiths the Chicago light heavyweight extended his win streak to fifty with a hard fought ten round decision over Canadian Harry Dillon at White City. The bout drew over 5,000 fans and around $10,000 in gate money.
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Tuffy Griffiths
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Harry Dillon
Griffiths
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Tommy Loughran
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Dillon
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Walter Madey
Art Malay
Tyindup
Tron Mittens Handicap to Pros in Golf
Kansas City professionals Bill Wotherspoon and Hank Decker wore overcoats and handcuffs as a handicap in a nine hole match against Jess Stuttle and Mrs O B Hill. The handcuffed pair led by six points at the finish with scores of Decker 38 Stuttle 39 Wotherspoon 41 and Hill 47.
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Kansas City
Bill Wotherspoon
Hank Decker
Jess Stuttle
Hill
United
Stuttle
Bill
Minnesota Bone Crushers Build For Fall and Fight
Dr. Clarence W. Spears molds the Minnesota football team into a hard practice unit with early scrimmaging and conditioning. The long-time coach, an All-American tackle and physician, relies on few substitutions to foster a crushing Gophers attack feared by opponents.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Gophers
Clarence W. Spears
Spears
Dartmouth
West Virginia
Rochester
Unique Cleaners Edge Smith-Lichty Five in League Series
In a Commercial league matchup at Waterloo, the Unique Cleaners swept the Smith-Lichty quintet 2 games to 1. The Cleaners dropped the opener by 37 pins, captured the middle game 759 to 734, and sealed the series with a six percent pin margin in the final contest.
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Unique Cleaners
Smith-Lichty
Waterloo Glers
Cleaners
Mosher
I Brandes
S.eee Acteess Nee Watters
Stephenson Hallowky Holbrook Wheeler Ayres
Autumn glows and missing her in village verse
Fragment from a local page mixes seasonal musings on missing someone during autumn with snippets of humor and notices. It references poplars, maples, creeks, pumpkins, and generational lines about hunting dogs and Halloween lanterns.
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Michigan
Rivalry Renewed as Top Teams Clash This Weekend
National gridiron matchups highlight Saturday's slate with Princeton at Columbus, Penn at Chicago, Notre Dame at Penn State, Alabama at Wisconsin, and Texas at SMU. Yale meets Dartmouth while Columbia hosts Cornell in closely watched contests across the East and South.
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A.A. Stagg
Trish
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Cannonball Clyde Crabtree Dominates Florida Football
Florida report lauds Clyde Crabtree of Florida as a versatile star. The piece notes he can run, pass with either hand, punt near forty yards, and perform dual roles on offense and defense. It highlights eight touchdowns in the first portion of the season and past wins over Alabama and other foes.
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Alabama
Alost
Field goals fade from football as posts move back
An old debate over scoring in football notes that moving the goal posts back has virtually eliminated field goals. The piece cites scarce examples from early college play and argues the team effort behind kicking while questioning the value of three points versus one.
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Warren
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Iowa
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Prehn Proposes Push to Expand Boxing Regulation
Paul Prehn newly elected president of the National Boxing Association launches a plan to recruit non-member state commissions. Each member state body will reach out to non-members such as New York Pennsylvania Massachusetts California Wyoming Idaho and both Dakotas urging them to join the NWBA.
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Chicago
Paul Prehn
NW. B. A
New York
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
California
Wyoming
Idaho
Dakota
Fragmentary quote hints at stalled agreement and rulings
An ambiguous excerpt quotes Prehn on a disputed plan. It suggests Illinois and a state commission may press for a working agreement to implement rulings and suspensions, moving the project forward if an accord is reached.
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Prehn
Ilinois
Noss Commission
Tutors Loom to Rank Iowa Conference Leaders
Des Moines Iowa October 30 Twice Victorious Iowa State Teachers College leads the Iowa conference football race with Des Moines University and Morningside College also undefeated St Ambrose and Simpson have ties Buena Vista and Luther trail with two wins and a toss Parsons and Penn at .500 The schedule includes St Teachers vs Upper Iowa and Penn vs Iowa Wesleyan with action Friday and Saturday A caterpillar automobile climbed snow to St Bernard last January becoming the first car to visit the Swiss Loespice in midwinter.
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Iowa State ‘Teachers College
Iowa
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Simpson
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Parsons
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Ba Central
Chamonix
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Peacocks reshuffle lineup for key game with State Teachers
Upper Iowa football plans bold lineup changes for the Friday clash with State Teachers. Captain Gutches remains at left end while Hetzel moves to wing. Julien shifts to left tackle, Oleson becomes center, Moore to right guard, Lauritzen to tackle, Bates to right end, and Harvey returns at backfield to bolster the team after injuries. The Peacocks seek a season upset despite low Iowa conference hopes.
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Julien
Oleson
Moore
Lauritzen
Bates
Pene End
Nif
Harvey
Peacocks
Iowa
Upper Iowa
Dotman
Holland Team Leading Chicago's Six Day Bike Race
Holland duo Pete Van Kempen and Mike Rodak held a slim lead at the end of the twenty-ninth hour after riding more than 859 miles in the Broadway Armory six day bicycle race. Debaeres and Declerck dropped to second as Winter and Coburn moved up after midnight.
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