Opening Day Shockers Hit Big in Baseball Debut
Opening day wild with Feller, Derringer and Ruffing defeated as Cleveland, Cincinnati and Brooklyn suffer early losses. Dodgers collapse after 4-0 edge as Giants rally. Cubs beat Pirates. Phillies edge Bees. Chaney Dean tops Ruffing. Red Sox rally from 6-4 to win 7-6. Park crowds set records with 197,839 paid fans across seven games.
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Bill McKechnie
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Sam Chapman
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Standings and results in the American League
Baseball standings show W L and winning percentages for Chicago Detroit Philadelphia New York Boston Washington Cleveland St Louis Cincinnati Philadelphia Boston New York Brooklyn Chicago Pittsburgh St Louis and others. Tuesday results include Chicago 4 Cleveland 3 Philadelphia 3 New York 1 and Boston Washington Detroit at St Louis rain delayed. The Tigers were rained out in their debut against St Louis Browns. MacFayden walked Cronin to force in the winning run with Doerr homering.
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Ohio State Leads Drake Relays Sprint Medley Field
Des Moines UP Ohio State enters 117-man squad for Drake Relays April 25 and 26 with a six team sprint medley field including Texas Notre Dame LSU Michigan and Missouri. Bob Wright tops Buckeyes with indoor records in 70 yard highs and 50 yard highs. Wisconsin enters 26-man squad led by Bill Williams and George Paskvan. Ralph Hammond and Andy Jones headline a fast Buckeye lineup across events.
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Bill Easton
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Bob Wright
Chicago
Wisconsin
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Andy Jones
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Opening Games Draw Huge Crowds in Two Leagues
New York reports official attendance for Tuesday's baseball openers in both leagues. American League games included Chicago at Cleveland and Philadelphia at New York with crowd totals around 103,692 across matchups. National League saw St Louis at Cincinnati and New York at Brooklyn among others, contributing to a combined league-wide turnout near 283,902 for the day.
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Philadelphia
Washington
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New Pitcher Wins For Hotel Nine 7-0
Roosevelt Hotel nine defeated Smulekoff’s 7-0 in five innings as rookie Frank Stastny struck out 10 in a dominant performance. Stastny allowed only four walks and scattered one clean hit while Everett Andrew collected three hits for the Hotel lineup. The game opened the junior league season and hints at a potential city title run for Roosevelt Hotel if the pitching and defense stay sharp.
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Boxing fine flags Barland in Chicago fiasco
In a Chicago boxing episode the Illinois state boxing commission fined Gunnar Barland nearly $3,000 after a wagered bout with Billy Conn. Promoter Mike Jacobs and Conn’s team were cleared. Barland bears the punishment amid claims the fight was miscast from the start. A clipping from the Kansas City Star adds context on Chartak’s status with the Blues and continued tales of baseball notables.
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Major League Box Scores Chicago Cleveland BHO ABH O A
Box scores show Chicago and Cleveland with runs, hits, and errors for players like Mack Rosenthal Trosky and Feller. detailed counts and pitching changes listed. Washington Boston New York Philadelphia games note timely RBIs as Cronin Doerr and Foxx homer, with Hudson and Johnson in key pitching roles.
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Caleed ban tamweight title scene notes mixed results
A terse fight snippet reports Pete Lello of Gary Indiana and Young Bebby Ruffin from Astoria New York drawing in a bantamweight bout. Kenney Lindsay of Vancouver outpoints Tony Olivera of Oakland. Other line items mention Cores Kid and Jerry Florelle with scattered city references and weights.
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German blitzkrieg hits Iowa State football Captain sick
Ames report says Iowa State College quarterback LaVerne Lewis from Clear Lake was hospitalized after contracting German measles during weekly practice. The incident adds to team health concerns ahead of upcoming games.
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Dinsdale Falls to Tama Nine in 13-1 Loss
Tama High School overwhelmed Dinsdale 13 to 1 Tuesday as Hap Miller’s lineup exploded for 11 runs in the first three innings. Bobby Barnes and Mike Quigley limited Dinsdale to five hits until the seventh, with the Tama bats pacing eight runs in the third. Line score shows Tama’s strong early push and Dinsdale’s late rally attempt.
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Maynard Matson schedules opening baseball slate
Special to The Gazette. Maynard coach Matson lists April 18 Randalla here April 28 Arlington there April 28 Hawkeye there April 28 Sumner there May 1 Fayette there May 8 Hawkeye here May 13 Fayette here May 16 Arlington there. La Porte City Waverly Bremer county champions will play here Friday in the season’s first home game. La Porte City schedule incomplete: April 18 Waverly here April 23 Dynsart there April 25 Hudson here April 29 Dunkerton here May 6 Waverly there May 14 Dynart here May 19 Orange there.
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Legion Post Saves Sioux City Berth In Western League
Sioux City regained a Western League berth after the Monahan American Legion post backed the season. The post executives met with Elwood Romney of Denver and Rex Stucker of Sioux Falls to formalize the working agreement with the St. Louis Cardinals. The five-team circuit includes Denver Sioux Falls Norfolk Cheyenne and Sioux City. Pueblo’s status was not commented on.
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Local Preps List Teachers Entries At Iowa Relays
Special to The Gazette Cedar Falls two records have fallen in the twentieth annual Iowa State Teachers college relays to be held here Saturday. The meet has an all time entry list of 550 and a college entry record of 172. Colburn Collinge of Roosevelt Cedar Rapids is the only defending high school champion in competition this year.
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No New Marks Yet As A B C Nears Finish
The American Bowling Congress entered its last three weeks of competition with leaders well short of records. Vogel Bros. Forest Park Ill led team scores 169 pins from the all-time 3234 mark set by Birk Brothers in 1938. Carlson Rockford Ill tops singles with 730, 44 behind Shotwell's 1930 record. Zeutzius Green Bay Wis posted 1950 in all events to rank sixth. No changes among readers.
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Berg Extends Lead in Land of the Sky Golf
Patty Berg stretched her advantage in the Land of the Sky invitation at Asheville as the third round began. After a 76 73 149 total she stood six strokes ahead of defending champion Jean Bauer who moved into second with an 81 and final rounds to come.
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Toddville Wins First Tilt Nips Alburnett
TODDVILLE The local high school baseball team won its season opener here Tuesday, defeating Alburnett 11 to 1. Walser pitched four no hit innings and starred at bat with a homer and a triple. Toddville 122 114 1 Alburnett 0100 126 1 W. Smith Moore Walser Williams Taylor Thompson.
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Five Star Final Predictions for Baseball Season
Whitney Martin predicts a starry season with 20 game winners including Paul Derringer Bob Feller Kirby Higbe Buck Newsom and Bucky Walters. Monte Pearson to win 15 for the Reds Joe DiMaggio to lead the AL in hitting and homers Joe Medwick to hit about .350 for the Dodgers Johnny Mize to vie for NL home run honors Jimmy Foxx to provide bat help for the Red Sox.
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Buck Newsom
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National Amateur Champion Chapman Joins Army. Baseball Forecasts
Greenwich resident Richard D Chapman, the national amateur golf champion, enters the army to replace barber Michael Sicilia who was deferred 30 days. A string of baseball predictions follow, naming stars like Pete Reiser, Charley Gehringer, Paul Waner, Eddie Joost, Bob Feller, and others, forecasting performances, injuries, payrolls, and pennant chances for the Reds Dodgers Yankees and more.
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Iowa P.G.A. Elects Anderson President
Members of the Iowa Professional Golfers association elected new officers at a Cedar Rapids meeting. Co V Anderson of Byrnes Park Waterloo became president for 1941, succeeding George Taylor. Vic Bass Keokuk Country Club was named first vice president, Charlie Burkart Kenmore Cedar Rapids second vice president, Ed White Davenport secretary treasurer, Montie Schenck Des Moines publicity chairman, with Taylor Bass and Burkart on the tournament committee. The group voted to donate prizes to state tournaments and the low amateur in the Iowa Open.
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Trautman to convene umpires before opening contests
Columbus Ohio AP reports George M Trautman proxy of the American Association will hold a session with umpires on Wednesday as the final business ahead of Thursday opening contests.
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West Liberty Fourth in M Relays at Mechane icsville Relay
West Liberty placed fourth with 241% points in the Mechane icsville relays. Toledo Juvenile Home, University High of Iowa City, and Sigourney finished first, second, and third.
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Firebaugh named Mount Ayr athletic coach trio
Carl Firebaugh, Lenox high school coach, was elected to lead Mount Ayr football basketball and baseball. He replaces Harry Knapp, who stepped down after 13 years and will remain as high school principal.
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