Heavy Sales on Last Day Drive Raises Raiders Total
The annual Chamber of Commerce Raider baseball drive neared a $6,000 goal as Monday night at the Montrose hotel collected $4,800 in belated cash. Four teams will clash Friday through Saturday in a mop-up series to lift sales with optimistic turnout despite bad weather and illness.
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Chamber of Commerce
Montrose
Deere
Peter Bailey
Tom Fairweather
Three-Eye League
Cedar Rapids
Bill Culver
Pres
Harry S. Johnson
Raiders
Ollie Marquardt
Fairweather
Rockey Newton
Olle Marquardt
Marquardt
Carthage
Newton
Raider
Giants suffer errors as Cleveland game highlights miscues
Pulaski Virginia report notes the New York Giants have played 13 games with at least one error. In Monday's game against Cleveland four errors were recorded, three by Mickey Witek.
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Pulaski
Bill Terry
New York Giants
Giants
Cleveland
Mickey Witek
Freshmen Spotlight On Iowa State Football Spring Drills
Iowa State in spring football heads into week three with freshmen stepping into key roles. Coach Ray Donels relies on lettermen for now but aims to deepen the squad with new talent. Seaburg moves to halfback while Bedjam and Schalk compete for the same spot as timing and playbook work continue ahead of Saturday scrimmage.
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Des Moines
Charles Schalk
Iowa Falls
Cyclones
Pole vault bar raised to 12 feet 3 inches at Drake Relays
Des Moines reports the 32nd Drake Relays set the first attempt poles at 12 feet 3 inches and the high jump bar at five feet 10 inches. The change marks a shift in standard heights for competitors this year.
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Des Moines
INS
Feller Hands Giants 7 1 Defeat as Cubs and Yankees Win
Major league action Monday saw Brooklyn edge the Yankees 2 1 in Atlanta. Cubs beat White Sox 7 4 in El Paso with Lou Novikoff homering late. Giants fell 7 1 to Cleveland in Johnson City as Feller pitched seven for the Tribe. Athletics shellacked Pirates 13 6 in Albuquerque. Cards routed Shreveport 14 0 behind Clyde Shoun.
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Claude Passeau
Chicago Cubs
Chicago White Sox
el Paso
Tex
Lou Novikoff
Cubs
Ed Smith
Thornton Lee
Cleveland
New York Giants
Johnson City
Tenn
Bobby Feller
Tribe
Giants
Feller
Joe Heving
Bump Hackeey
Bill Lohrman
Philadelphia Athletics
Pittsburgh
Albuquerque
N. M
A‘s
Dick Lanahan
Cadis Swigart
John Lanning
Herman Besse
C Luman Harris
Pirates
St. Louis
Shreveport
Clyde Shoun
Savold Wins in Georgia After Alfano Fails to Answer Bell
Atlanta AP reports Lee Savold of Des Moines stopped Mike Alfano of New York in the second round of a 10 round bout when Alfano could not rise for the third. Savold weighed 194 1 2 pounds and was to fight Patsy Perroni who was drafted for military service.
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Atlanta
Lee Savold
Des Moines
Mike Alfano
New York
Savold
Patsy Perroni
Drake grid stars top Midwest ratings in 1940 season
Des Moines reports Drake noted by the American Football Statistical Bureau for 1940. Gene Moore led in passing average and yards per play, and Ray Vere topped rushing gains. Walt O’Connor followed in receiving and interception categories. Drake finished 61st with a 1028.4 team rating.
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Des Moines
INS
Drake
Gene Moore
Ray Vere
Midwest
American Football Statistical Bureau of
Seattle
Wash
Moore
Vero
Walt O'Connor
Iowa
Iowa State
Cavarretta May Hurl May Pitch Chance
Chicago Cubs outfielder first baseman Phil Cavarretta may get a mound chance as the result of a game situation in Lubbock Texas.
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Lubbock
Tex
Phil Cavarretta
Chicago Cubs
Pitcher Phil Stands Out In Exhibition Return
Manager Jimmy Wilson notes 24-year-old Phil showed promise in a recent mound appearance while recalling his role in converting Bucky Walters into a pitcher.
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Jimmy Wilson
Bucky Walters
Phil
Lloyd Harper Demoted as Clinton ISD Official
Clinton high schools athletics director Lloyd Harper was voted out by the Clinton Independent School District board in a surprise move. He returns to teaching with a $250 yearly salary cut after eight years as head coach. Harper, a Coe College graduate, came from Marengo, Iowa, to assume the post. The board gave no explanation or successor discussion.
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Clinton
Lloyd Harper
Clinton High School
Clinton Independent
Harper
Marengo
Coe College
Winn Reelected President At American Turf Assn Meeting
Matt Winn was reelected president of the American Turf Association for the fifteenth consecutive term. Two new directors were elected: Louis A. Beard of Lexington Kentucky and D. J. Gleason of Louisville.
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Chicago
INS
Matt Winn
American Turf Association
Louis A. Beard
Lexington
D. J. Gleason
Louisville
Pepsi Cola team falls short of first perfect ABC score
In St. Paul Minnesota the Pepsi Cola team of St. Joseph Missouri missed a possible perfect 300 as Ray Ockerman opened with seven strikes then left the 10 pin on his eighth ball. He finished with 279 for high meet score while Lieut Charles Wagner rose to fifth in singles with 711 and Cedar Rapids Josten's Trophies entered ABC top brackets but faded.
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ST. Paul, Minn
American Bowling Congress
Pepsi Cola
St. Joseph
Ray Ockerman
Charles Wagner
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Minnesota
End Smoke Habit 15000 Feet High
Dayton army flyers report during Patterson field acceleration tests that smoking at 15000 feet is difficult due to low oxygen and smell. A crewman notes lighting a cigarette is hard and lighting up seems like a ship fire. Another member says apples taste better on the ground, not at altitude.
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Dayton
Army
Patterson Field
Lieut. P. F. Davis
Delbridge Tallies 646 as Lead in Red Crown League
Jack Delbridge rolled a 646 series for Kenmore Bowling as his team lost three games to Iowa Electric Light and Power Co in Red Crown Commercial action. His scores were 210 262 and 174 to top the high series in the matchup.
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Kenmore
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Jack Delbridge
George Owen, Jr
Cedar Valley Dairy
Johnson Nut Co
Eleanor Vanous
Clarice Hillbrunner
Retired Montana sheepherder still active in volleyball
L H Hamilton of Great Falls, aged 89, remains the nation's oldest active volleyball player, playing three times weekly at the YMCA. He once headed a company with 10,000 acres and 30,000 sheep and began as a woolgrower herding sheep, dating to 1879 when he trailed two bands from Nevada to Grasshopper creek near Dillon.
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Mont
L H Hamilton
Hamilton
YMCA
Montana
Nevada
Grasshopper Creek
Dillon
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Kalamazoo Furnaces
Kalamanca
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3D Ave
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Lincoln Junior Hubbard Te Tvibb
Zanisek Coca Cola
RK Stolba Bakery
Weh Steyskal
Ace Beer
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Franklin Rigk School
Hickups
Pin Potters
Siebke and Taylor
Teahen’s. Funeral
Collere Inn
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Louie’s Clothes Shop
Lincoln Ladies
Naso Bros
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Minshall
Madeline Beauty Shop
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