Dodger Spring Training Mixes Music Umpires and Bus Trips
In Vero Beach spring camp, Cedar Rapids and Great Falls clashed as umpires faced disputes over close plays at the plate. Ray Perry teased an umpire about spring training, while players like Don Drysdale and Pistol Pete Reiser weighed in on lines, travels, and future roles. The piece blends camp anecdotes, personnel moves, and a slice of Dodger organization lore with notable figures and locations.
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Dodgertown
Vero Beach
Fla
Dodgers
Cedar Rapids
Great Falls
Ray Perry
Ray
Dodger
Bakersfield
Don Drysdale
Montreal
Ray Coombs
Lewis
Red” Gisinger
Emil <Oyakovich
Tom Kerr
Ted Lotz
Cedar Rapids bowlers shine at ABC tourney in Fort Wayne
In Fort Wayne Indiana the ABC bowling tourney drew Cedar Rapids players Theron Smith and Bob Stastny pairing to 1055 in doubles while William Biederman and Joe Kopecky posted 895 and H M Herrington with Wayne Bruce 878. Bruce finished third among Iowans with a 578 in singles as Smith 543 Kopecky 490 Stastny 518 and Herrington 461 also scored.
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the Gazette
Fort Wayne
Ind
Cedar Rapids
ABC
Theron Smith
Bob Stastny
William Biederman
Joe Kopecky
H. M. Herrington
Wayne Bruce
Bruce
Smith
Biederman
Stastny
Kopecky
Herrington
Boxing Roundup Tells Faint Fractions of Results
By The Associated Press. Boston bout results include Eduardo Lausse at 158 from Argentina and Georgie Small at 161 in Boston. Hollywood's George Macias, 137, from San Jose, outpointed Lou Filippo, 136, of Los Angeles. In Waterville Maine Charlie Goulart, 158, Cambridge Massachusetts, outpointed Stanley Ketchell, 156, of Portland.
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Associated Press
Boston
Eduardo Lausse
Argen- Soe Fiennes
Georgie Small
Boson
Hollywood
Georgee Macias
San Jose
Calif
Lou Filippo
Los Angeles
Waterville
Charlie Goulart
Cambridge
Maas
Stanley Ketchell
Portland
Leading Bosox Grip Early Season Power Without Williams
The Boston Red Sox, 5–1 in six games, lead the league with a .292 team batting average and 11 hits per game. Faye Thorneberry, filling in for Ted Williams, hits .400 with 12 RBIs and four doubles. The club blasted Baltimore with 14–5 and 12–9 wins as the season opens.
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Joe Reichler
Associated Press
Ted Williams
Fenway Park
Boston Red Sox
Red Sox
Faye Thorneberry
Williams
Memphis, Tenn
Standings and upcoming games in midseason baseball quarrel
Standings show Brooklyn and Milwaukee atop the pack with Philadelphia New York and Cincinnati close behind. Monday and Tuesday schedules feature Pittsburgh at New York and Brooklyn at Philadelphia with several key matchups and notable performances including Sammy White Jackie Jensen Ted Lepcio Billy Goodman Al Kaline and Harvey Kuenn among standout hitters and pitchers posting strong showings.
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Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Milwaukee
St. Louis
New York
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Surkent
Liddle
Erskine
Wehmeier
Hacker
Buhl
Nuxhall
Raschi
Sammy White
Jackie Jensen
Ted Lepcio
Billy Goodman
Kaline Hits Three Homers In Tigers 16-0 rout
Detroit rookie Al Kaline belted three home runs and a single for six RBIs as the Tigers routed Kansas City 16-0. Kaline, 20, extended his early-season tear to a .560 average after six games, with two homers in the sixth inning tying a modern major league mark. He remained calm and praised his growing confidence, recalling his late 1950s ascent from Baltimore high school baseball.
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al Kaline
Detroit
Kansas City
Steve Gromek
Athletics
Kaline
Harvey Kuenn
Detroit Tigers
Baltimore
Southern
Kansas City Athletics
Andy Seminick
Sid Gordon
Joe DiMaggio
Ken Williams
Bill Regan
Lewis Wilson
Hank Lieber
Johnny Gray
Bob Spicer
Bob Trice
Trabert Wins and Delays Pro Career for Davis Cup
Tony Trabert, favored at the River Oaks Country Club tournament in Houston, won his fifth straight title by defeating Vic Seixas in the Dallas Country Club invitational. He will not turn professional before the next Davis Cup challenge round, aiming to stay in amateur status.
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Houston
Tony Trabert
Vic Seixas
Trabert
River Oaks
Weather and Scores Amid Rain Delays Across Leagues
In a string of baseball results and suspended games, teams report mixed records across the Texas League and Southern Association. Minor facts list city standings. several outings in Los Angeles San Diego Seattle Hollywood Portland Oakland Sacramento and others were postponed or suspended due to rain.
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Los Angeles
San Diego
Seattle
Hollywood
Portland
San Francisco
Oakland
Sacramento
Maaske Resigns Wheatland Coach to Lead Grinnell
WHEATLAND AP Paul Maaske long time Wheatland high school basketball coach announced Monday his resignation to take over as head coach at Grinnell high school next fall. Maaske will leave Wheatland May 1 and move to Grinnell in June. His six year record at Wheatland stands 137 wins 23 losses with a 1954 state tournament finals appearance and multiple titles. He also coached football and track at Wheatland.
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Wheatland
Paul Maaske
Grinnell High School
Maaske
Grinnell
Davenport
Nellie Fox Ends 40-Game Error Free Streak
In Chicago during a Sunday double header, Nellie Fox’s 40 game error free stretch ends after a wild throw on Bob Lemon’s grounder by the White Sox second baseman. Fox handled 185 straight chances before the miscue. Doerr’s all time record remains 414 consecutive chances.
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Chicago
Bob Lemon
Chicago White Sox
Cleveland Indians
Nellie Fox
Sox
Fox
Bobby Doerr
Boston Red Sox
Kansas City A’s fade after 16-0 loss in Detroit
Kansas City Athletics, winless since the opener, ended a road trip with a 16-0 defeat at Detroit. On return to Kansas City, about 5,000 fans greeted the team with a wild ovation as players deplaned. Coach Oscar Melillo fought tears, hailing the crowd as the greatest. Gus Zernial reflected on poor form and urged a winning turnaround.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Athletics
Detroit
Bobby Shantz
Oscar Melillo
Sawchuk Named Professional Athlete of the Month
New York dispatch reports Detroit Red Wings goalie Terry Sawchuk, Stanley Cup winner, selected as Professional Athlete of the Month for March in the Hickok poll of sports writers and broadcasters.
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New York
Terry Sawchuk
Detroit Red Wings
Hickok
Cedar Rapids Raiders sign 1st baseman and plan kids league
Cedar Rapids General Manager Jim Meaghan announced the first player signing since spring training. The 1st baseman drafted by Brooklyn from the Pittsburgh farm system and previously with Elmira was added. Meaghan outlined plans to invite about 500 boys aged 9 to 15 for opening day tickets, with ballots collected at schools for a special seating section.
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Cedar Rapids
Jim Meaghan
Pounder
Clinton
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Elmira
Meaghan
Raiders fall to Tourists in nine inning camp game
VERO BEACH Florida Ashville Tourists defeated the Cedar Rapids Raiders 3 1 Sunday afternoon at Dodgertown diamond No 3 in a fast moving nine inning game under the camp time limit. Asheville hurlers Bing Martin and Ron Wells held Cedar Rapids to two base hits while Asheville batters totaled seven. The Tourists led the scoring for eight innings with one run in each of those frames.
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Vero Beach
Fla
Ashville
Iowa City Netsters Hand Wilson 9-0 In Tennis Meet
Iowa City Netsters defeated Wilson of Cedar Rapids 9-0 on the one set twelve game system. Singles winners included Art Andrews Richard Shulman and Jim Voxman with scores such as 12-1 and 12-1. Doubles also produced decisive 12-2 results as Andrews-Cline and B Voxman-J Voxman won.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
Wilson
Cedar Rapids
Art Andrews
Todd Stastny
Bill Voxman
Leo Basten
Richard Shulman
Anton Zacek
Jerry Stack
Doug Sargeant
Jim Voxman
Carl Espe
Ister Cline
Jay Langhurst
Government Civil Service Test Prep Ad
An advertising notice promotes civil service exams for government jobs paying up to 350 dollars monthly. It claims high security and easy entry with little experience, urging readers to request free information from Franklin Institute, a private test-prep school, by mail today.
Deaton Named Simpson College Basketball Coach
Les Deaton was named basketball coach at Simpson College in Indianola Iowa replacing Fank Casey who did not coach last season due to illness. Deaton, a Simpson alumnus and former professional player, previously coached at Columbus Junction and Belle Plaine.
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Indianola
Iowa
Les Deaton
Belle Plaine High School
Sunday
Simpson College
William Kerstetter
Simpson
Deaton
Fank Casey
Casey
Gus Ullrich
Drake _ star
Columbus Junction
Belle Plaine
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Pete Reiser
Reiser
Thomasville
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Asheville
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Naylor
Lou Rochelli
Piccadilly Tavern
Morris Milburn
Raiders
Texas
Odebolt
Milburn
Gene Hines
Tama
A. S. Barnes
Art Shires
Shires
Wesley College
Greeneville
Dana Prince
Marshall College
Huntington
W. Va
Canisius
Buffalo
Bill French
Robert Lowe
Geneva College
Beaver Falls
Westminster
Wilmington
Del
Harry Simmons
International League
Rex Barney
Omaha
Brooklyn Dodgers
WNTN
Barney
Sigmund Freod
Bob Brooks
KCRG
Miami
Bob
Florida
Alivojvodie
Stoyakovich
WA Mme
America
Pincor
Pauls
Max
Earth
Bosox
Cleveland
National League
Indians
Jack Harshman
White Sox
Johnny Schmitz
Spec Sheal
Washington
New York Yankee
Mickey Vernon
Roy Sievers
Eddie Lopat
Newark
Kansas
P.m
Gar Ela
Kellner
Ford
Moore
Lloyd Northard
American Association
Minneapolis
Louisville
St. Paul
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Toledo
Denver
Charleston
Pacific Coast
Texas League
Fort Worth
San Antonio
Dallas
Shreveport
Oklahoma City
Beaumont
Tulsa
Southern Association
Memphis
New Orleans
Chattanooga
Nashville
Birmingham
Atlanta
Little Rock
Mobile
Nellie
Paris
Hudson-Kaisers
4Th Ave
6Th ST
K. C
Gus Zernial
James Patrick Manning
Paul Jones
Tourists
Bing Martin
Wooton
Neilborn
Contos
Martin
Wells
Scannelli
Netsters
Shhutout Wilson
Andrews-Cline
Stastny-Basten
B. Voxman
J. Voxman
Zacek
Sargeant
Shulman-Stack
Espe-Langhurst
Mosler
Underwriters Laboratories, Inc
Pioneer Litho Co
Office Outfitters
Erwin J. Wasta
Second Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
U.S
Franklin Institute
Plainers
Deaton Simpson
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Rochester 4
United
AIR Lines
United Air Lines
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