Great Lakes Nine Again Powerful
The Great Lakes naval training station baseball team plans its 1944 edition with many majors unavailable. Mickey Cochrane, ex Tigers catcher, will lead a squad likely to resemble a big league club as 14 of 16 clubs are expected to play, with St. Louis and Washington barred.
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Great Lakes
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Sam
Mickey Cochrane
Detroit Tiger
St. Louis
Washington
Cedar Rapids GI page spotlights WW2 service stories
A Cedar Rapids Gazette feature highlights local servicemen and relatives in the Army Air Corps and Navy. Major Phillip W. Shive and son Tom share a Miami Beach area photo. Eggsy Nobleisieren and Lt. Bob Ettinger also appear along with updates on Bill Gillam Freddie Musel and others. It mixes hometown reminiscences with front line notes and home-front doings.
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Army Air Corps
Cedar Rapids
Phillip W. Shive
Tom
Lovey
Thomas M. Shive
Miami Beach
Fla
Shive
AAF
Franklin High School
Iowa State College
Air Corps
Deming
N. M
San Marcus
Texas
Shives
State Highway Commission
Eggsy Noble
Ellis
Panama
Noble
Eggsy
Bob Ettinger
Carl Ettingers
Pratt
Kan
Marvin Bishops
Ralph Martin
Cne
Martin
Moray Eby
Armstrong’s
Coe
Cornell
Rutgers
Moray
Alex
Fidler
Bill Gillam
Bob
Bill
Farragut
Idaho
O.K
Bernard Butler
Lexington
Guadalcanal
Bougainville
Tarawa
Hawaii
Kansas City
Cardinal Yank Nines Favorites
Major league baseball prepares to start amid wartime constraints with rookies filling gaps and stars delayed. St Louis Cardinals anchor the National League with stable lineup while New York, Washington, and Chicago compete for American League honors as the season opens.
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New York
Major League Baseball
White House
National Gane
Seaon
Abner Eee
Bobby Doerr
George Case
Cooper Boys
Bill Nichelson
Greg Clarke
Ed Busch
Gene Mauch
Luis Suarez
George Hausmann
St. Louis Cardinals
Washington
Chicago
Notre Dame Sweeps Indiana In Two In 1944 Debut
Notre Dame opened 1944 baseball with a doubleheader sweep of Indiana at Bloomington. The Irish collected nine hits in the first game while Indiana’s starter Seifert struggled with control. Bill Martin pitched well in the second game as Notre Dame won, with Hoosiers held to a few hits and errors aiding the visitors.
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Bloomington
Ind
Otre Dame
Basel
Indiana University
Seifert
Indiana
Hoosiers
Bill Martin
Navy
Jotre Ec Aastel
Prep Relay Meet Moved to Monday
The ninth annual city relay meet was postponed from Saturday afternoon to Monday due to weather. Fred Winter, city athletic director, announced the meet will be held Monday at 4 15 p.m. on the Franklin track.
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City
Fred Winter
Franklin
Franklin Field
Roosevelt
Clarence Paulson
Roughriders
Leonard Sturm
Hugo Sindelar
Leslie Stumpff
Bob Muir
Wisconsin Iowa Baseball Series Game Canceled
The second game in the Wisconsin Iowa series was canceled due to wet grounds in Madison Wisconsin. The opener, halted after seven innings by rain, saw Wisconsin defeat Iowa 27 to 1.
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Madison, Wis
Badgers
Seerey Homers As Indians Blank Reds 5-0
Pat Seerey hit a three run homer in the eighth inning to spark the Cleveland Indians to a 5-0 win over the Cincinnati Reds. Paul Calvert held Reds hitless into the fifth and supported by timely runs. Calvert, Seerey and O'Dea are former Cedar Rapids Raiders teammates. The Indians improved to win their first of a four game stretch.
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Cincinnati
Pat Seerey
Cleveland Indians
Reds
Paul Calvert
Eric Tipton
Indians
Mike Rocco
Roy Cullendine
Ken Keltner
Tribe
Seerey
Calvert
O’dea
Cedar Rapids Raiders
Red Sox edge Braves 3 2 in city series win
Boston wins second straight in the city series as Bob Johnson drives in two runs for the Red Sox and Jim Tobin gives up the lone Braves runs on a wild pitch. Dutch Nieman accounts for both NL tallies.
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Boston
Boston Red Sox
Boston Braves
Red Sox
Big Jim Tobin
Bob Johnson
Braves
Dutch Nieman
Tola Rose Wins Bowie Handicap at Pimlico
Tola Rose, seven year old carrying A. J. Sackett’s silks, defeated four younger rivals to win the Bowie Handicap at Pimlico. Tom Rose, with Warren Mehrtens up, ran a mile and 70 yards in 1:46 2/5 on a sloppy track, earning $5,875 and boosting career winnings to $79,045. Pensive, the favored Pensive, finished second two and a half lengths back. Green Tree Stable’s Victory and Chaldon Heath followed in a five-horse field.
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Baltimore
Tola Rose
A. J. Sackett
Jacksonville
Fla
Pimlico
Head Play
Conqueror
Whirlaway
Ben Jones
Calumet Farm
Pensive
Hyperion
Greentree Stable
Max Marmerstein
Chaldon Heath
Tom Rose
Warren Mehrtens
Cuban Players on Six Month Visas Avoid Draft
Washington Senators scout Joe Cambria said Latin American players on six month visas are not subject to U S draft rules. The draft order requires registration or departure by June 12, but six month visa holders may stay and reenter next year. Cuban players must register in Cuba. Hiram Bithorn has already joined the navy.
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Washington (Ap
Joe Cambria
Washington Senators
Washington
United States
Selective Service Commission
U. S
Selective Service
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Hiram Bithorn
Chicago Cub
Navy
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Musel
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Ray R. Murdock
Italy
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George W. Hidinger
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Duane Blackwell
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Myron L. Koenig
Don
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Claypool
Second Avenue SE
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Bill Moore
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Tom Shive
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Harry Gumbert
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Lou Klein
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Chief" Reynolds
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Cedar Rapids Memorial Coliseum
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Jewish Community Center
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Philippines
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