Southwestern Iowa Tournament

1934-7-30 (Council Bluffs) Second in series of articles, it tells of the 1921 tournament. 

1934-8-07 Ninth in a series, it deals with the 1928 tournament.

1921

    tournament to be at Council Bluffs from 8-24 to 8-27

1922 (2nd annual tournament)

    

    McDowell, Carl 1922 Pacific Junction

    Williams, Cy two-way 1922 Corning

    1922-8-30 has play by play alt 1K ATT

    1922-8-31 (Omaha) 1.5K ATT

1924 A  Sioux City Stockyards

    Prendergast, Mike p 

    1924-8-08 class A competitors are decided. 

    

    1924-8-25 1.2K ATT. Boxes. Eddie Foster, AA, pitched for Millard.

    1924-8-29 Boxes. Gives scores of prev. results and lists remaining games.

1927

        8-30

1928 A  Sioux City Hanford Eskimos

    8-05 tournament rules

1929

        7-24 tournament will run to 8-23 - $5K in prize money Bert Murphy's "Murphy-Did-Its"                              unquestionably strongest team in Omaha

1930

        Class B  Tekamah

    1930-8-30 4 WL players suspended for playing with Council Bluffs Athletics in game w/suspended         player.

1931

       Kelsey, Arch vg-two way 1931 Tekamah

1933

     Beckwith, Dean 1933 Tekamah A (I think)

     Matulka, Otto  1933 Tekamah A

    

1934 A  Memphis Red Sox

         B Omaha Carter Lakes

    Bucklin, Luke p  1934 Oakland A vg in NESL

    Hruska, Jack c 1912-36 1934 Canadian Clowns A (own team) - pitched in that game

    Intlekofer, Johnny 1934 Red Oak B 

    1934-8-23 Class B pairings

    1934-9-09 Memphis Red Sox beat McKain Chevvies 22-10 - McKain was unable to get most of players and so had a pick-up nine

    

1935 

    Brown, George 1935 City Clubs

     Matulka, Otto 1935 Omaha Piccolo Petes

    Vachal, Carl 1935 Ford V-8 B

        8-28 Memphis Red Sox eliminated by House of David

        1935-6-26 Council Bluffs gets WL franchise of Omaha
                the Council Bluffs Junior Chamber of Commerce has sponsored tournament annually

        1935-7-07 w/pic - new Council Bluffs batboy is 12 y.o Joe Quinlan - was batboy for three clubs in

            tournament last year

        1935-8-16 teams lined up for 15th annual tourney - Bismarck with Satchel Paige & Chet Brewer -             Stockton Japanese club

1948

    8-08 entry blank to enter tourney