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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 09, 1939

Page

15

Roosevelt Hotel Leads 1939 American Legion Juniors Race

The 1939 American Legion Junior league opens next Tuesday at Roosevelt Hotel and Hubbard Ice with six teams set to play at least one game. Hubbard Ice faces Roosevelt Hotel in the opener as teams like Smulekoff's and Cities Service vie for early wins and a veteran infield for Roosevelt Hotel may form around Konigsmark Frueh Gallagher Butler.

American Legion Roosevelt Hotel Cities Service Bupane Gas Armstrong’s Hubbard Ice Smulekoff Smulekoff's Smulekoff’s Tom Farmer Dick Lahman Bob Hurych Tom Janos Herman Frueh Don Konigsmark Herb Gallagher Bernard Butler Wilson High Butler Frueh Konigsmark Gallagher Frank Tvyrdik Farmer Jack Carter Jack Joe Kenney Jack Kenney Kenney Bob Preis Armstrong's Franklin and Roosevelt Armstrong St. Wenceslaus Immaculate Conception

Clayton County Baseball League Planned by Local Towns

Special to The Gazette. A movement to form a Clayton County baseball league is underway with six towns signing to join Garber's meeting. Edgewood Elkport Garnav ille Guttenberg Littleport Osterdock are on board and two more towns may join to form an eight club league. An Elkport meeting is set for April 10 at 7 30 PM to discuss further plans and invite interested communities to send reps.

Elkader Clayton County Garber Edgewood Elkport Garnaville Guttenberg Littleport Osterdock

Daisy family relies on bees for fertilization

The plant group with over 11 000 members depends on bees to transfer pollen, enabling seed production and fruit set across species. This ecological relationship highlights pollination as essential for the reproduction and biodiversity of daisies and related plants.

Civic Golf League Plans Ambitious Third Season

The Allied Industrial Civic Golf league outlines plans for a new season with a 15 member meeting at the YMCA electing Ellsworth Fife as chairman. The executive committee includes Harless, Keese, Slauson, Parmater, and Greenway and sets May 16 as opening day with two weekly matches on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Entry details require fees and roster by May 1 and three qualifying rounds by May 8.

Allied Industrial Civic Golf League Ellsworth Fife Wilson Company Henry Houseman LaPlant-Choate Manufacturing Company George Harless Quaker Oats Bernard Keese Penick and Ford Charles Slauson Light Company Cliff Parmater William Greenway la Plant-Choate Manufacturing Company League Parmater Greenway Charles Burkhart Kenmore Pro Ronnie Rawson Lew Fitzpatrick Iowa Manufacturing Company Penick and Ford, Ltd the Gazette P. M. Lattner Manufacturing Company Quaker Oats Company Wilson and Company Williams and Hunting Company Speeder Machinery Company

Cornell Track Prospects Show Stronger Lineup

Cornell track coach Dick Barker forecasts a larger, higher-caliber squad for the season. Six lettermen plus promising sophomores bolster the team with captain Roy McCauley leading a group that includes Bob Swenson George Schroeder Dick West William Bell and Howard Bennett. A busy spring schedule features intra mural events and meets with Coe Muscatine Grinnell and the Midwest Conference tournament planned in Cedar Rapids and Mount Vernon.

Vernon Cornell Dick Barker Barker Roy McCauley Bob Swenson George Schroeder Dick West William Bell Howard Bennett Cedar Falls Ambrose Pee Oneinee Beloit Wis See-Cernaliearunnes Raps Midwest Cenne Rapids Coe Mount Vernon Muscatine Junior College Dubuque U Ril Grinnell Goderrames Dubuque

Marengo Club Plans Two Tennis Courts This Year

The Marengo tennis club will keep two courts in Roosevelt park with work already underway. Elected officers for the coming year are James Franey as president, Paul Klein as vice president, and H. W. Swift as secretary-treasurer.

Marengo Marengo Tennis Roosevelt Park James Franey Paul Klein H. W. Swift

Covelli De Bello Card Preview at Coliseum Next Friday

Promoter Johnny Fryrear schedules a ten rounder between Frankie Covelli and Tommy De Bello with Hoston and Gans in the semi final. Hoston, welterweight standout, faces Jackie Gans as Cedar Falls Howard Strand battles Don McGraw.

Frankie Covelli Tommy de Bello George Hoston Washington Jackie Gans Des Moines Hoston Gans Johnny Fryrear Heston Howard Strand Cedar Falls Don McGraw Little Paychek Indian Buck Burdette Lackman Cedar Rapids Jim Tate Iowa City Jack Derifield Vinton Tex Pancho Paychek Peoria Golden Gloves McGraw

Cow Produces Twenty Pounds Milk Daily Needs Seven Gallons Water

A dairy cow yields about twenty pounds of milk each day and requires seven gallons of water to sustain its production.

Speeder and Local Bowling League Results Highlight

Local bowling leagues showcase a crowded list of scores and team matchups across divisions including Penick and Ford, Vanous, North West Bell, WITWER, and Red Crown leagues. Top scorers like Balve Wolfe and Drew's feature in multiple events with handicaps noted, reflecting a busy bowling scene with many clubs and players.

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Softball Association Prepares For Opening

The Cedar Rapids Softball Association outlines plans for the league season starting May 1 at Ellis Park. A general meeting Wednesday will elect Church league officers and invite church representatives. New rules align with national scoring, including bases on balls and foul fly practices, with transfer signoffs required.

Agers Superior Court Room Cedar Rapids Softball Association Ellis Park Church League Nationa

M and J Leaguers Open Play May

The M and J baseball league will begin its sixteenth season on May 1 with six clubs. Each team plays a fifteen game schedule and finishes in early August. Booster ticket sales fund the season with no admission at Daniels park. season tickets are 50 cents. Board of control members Frank Quass Herbert F Gallagher Rube Lembaugh Arthur Berthel Louis Stepanek Charles Kirchner lead ticket sales.

M. and J. Baseball League Daniels Park League Board of Control Frank Quass Iowa Electric Light and Power Company Herbert F. Gallagher Quaker Oats Rube Lembaugh Cedar Rapids Engineering Company Arthur Berthel Wilson and Company Louis Stepanek la Plant- Choate Charles Kirchner Universal Crusher

Church League Finals Set For Monday Night at the Y

The YMCA church league finals schedule lists three games on Monday night at the Y. John Huss ME Pioneers face St Paul ME Mohawks at 6:30, Trinity ME Comrades meet St Paul ME Comrades at 7:30, and Marion Presbyterian play Trinity ME Seniors at 8:36. The annual basketball banquet follows Friday, April 14.

John Huss Trinity M. E Y. M.C.A

Vinton Hosts Fourth Annual Invitational Track Meet

Vinton high school opens the outdoor season with its fourth annual Invitational track meet on April 18 inviting 50 schools. The program includes Cedar Falls Relays on April 22 and a Tri-Valley conference meet May 6 at Vinton, plus district and late meets slated through May 13.

Vinton Vintoe Cedar Falls

Malayan slow loris hangs by its feet while resting

The Malayan slow loris suspends itself by its feet from a tree bough when resting or sleeping.

Manchester High Triumphs Over Dundee in Snowy Tilt

Manchester High, coached by Pau Beckman, defeated Dundee 24 to 4 on Friday. Roy Cook hit a home run in the fourth, Bert Stitzel and Bob Leighton added triples, with Bob Bardimar earning the win as the game closed from snow to sunshine.

Manchester Pau Beckman Manchester High Schoo Dundee Roy Cook Bert Stitzel Bob Leighton Bob Bardimar

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Hubbard Hurych and Janos Kenney Brothers Thorpes Civic Golf League Muscatine Marengo Tennis Club Zeke Bonura Giants Has Schumacher George Myatt Mel Ott Cliff Melton New York Giants Myatt Bonura Schumacher Melten Carl Hubbell Ott Covelli DE Bello Strand Speeder League Penick and Ford League Yeich-Cook Bis McRaith's Omer Moeller Tastny Hamer McRaith McDermott iGilkerson McCrory Chaired Kresge Peter Pan Kuba G Delbridge ii Kretchmar Oliver Onecny Rocock Martin's Homan Lovan Carnes Zelenda J. Carver Pryear Frankel R. Miller Handicap Savers Yontldere Mat Kyener Stoiba Bie Or Kovacik Buchan Kosina Barlow Wilson Voshek W. O. A. Women's Auxiliary League Industrial League Softball Association Rapids Chevrolet CO Ave. E. Dial Kansas City Crandic Pullman Rock Island Rocket Chicago Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway
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