Feller Shuts Detroit as Walker's Triple Beats Tigers 2-1
Cleveland ace Bob Feller no runs through eight innings before Elmer Walker delivered a go ahead triple in the eighth that scored two to defeat Detroit 2-1. George Stainback homered for Detroit.
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Etroit
INS
Bobby Feller
Detroit
Tigers
Gerald Walker
Cleveland Indians
Feller
Johnny Gorsica
Elmer
Bartell
Heath
Pwalker
Blozis Betz and Dispose Spar for Track and Turf Honors
Blozis aims at the Drake Relays shot put mark next Saturday and is expected to surpass it. Coach Eleanor Tennant predicts Pauline Betz will win the national women’s singles title at Forest Hills next August. Dispose attracts strong turf expert backing ahead of May 3 at C Downs. A three way parlay across Blozis Betz and Dispose presents a top betting option.
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Blozis
Pauline Betz
Dispose
Eleanor Tennant
Forest Hills
C Downs
Blazis
Betz
Near-Record Spring Mile Meet in Damp Weather
In soggy track conditions 650 college and high school athletes competed in 31 events at the twentieth annual eastern Iowa track carnival. Terry Ennis broke the weight record and Harry Rusham set a new high jump mark, while most marks stood and Orville Rust’s Franklin team led Cedar Rapids with two relay wins and Jack Coleman winning class A 100 yards.
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Edar
Iowa State Teachers College
Terry Ennis
Loras College
Harry Rusham
Iowa State
Iowa
Ennis
Delmar
Morningside
Rusham
Coe
Norman Stookey
Cedar Rapids
Cld
Orville Rust
Franklin High School
Jack Coleman
Texas Medley Team Upset By Hoosiers
Indiana University set a new Kansas relay medley record 3 25 2 despite wind and a slow track led by Cochran Riley Burnett and Kane with Kane anchoring over Umstattd Texas took second as its Carlton Terry matched 9 4 in the 100 yard dash Texas claimed the half mile and quarter mile university relays Drake won the two mile university relay Thunderbolt mile relay won by Markey Schwinn Colman Battin Franklin led in the two mile with Tharp Morison Powers and howardi in 8 52 5 and Langridge outlasted Bruce McLain of Ames
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Lawrence
Kan
University of Indiana
Kansas
Texas Longhorns
Cochran
Riley
Burnett
Kane
Umstattd
Texas Ace
Texas
University of Texas
Carlton Terry
Terry
N. J. Markey
Pete Schwinn
Jack Colman
Jim Battin
West Des Moines
Waterloo East
McKinley
Franklin
Markey
Schwinn
Battin
George Henry
Jack Tharp
Dick Morison
Frank Powers
Howard i
Langridge
Bruce McLain
Ames
Allied Industrial Golf Meeting Set for Wednesday
George Harless, chairman of the Allied Industrial Golf League, announces the final general pre meeting at the YMCA on Wednesday April 23 at 7 30 p m. Final season details will be worked out and all league golf enthusiasts are urged to attend.
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George Harless
Allied Industrial Golf League
City Bowling Meet Sees No New Leaders In Final Weekend
Scores piled up in the fourth weekend of the city bowling tournament at Lincoln alleys. Fox Head Tavern Keglers missed a chance to lead Class A as they closed with 2682, eight pins behind Drew’s Locksmiths. Cliff Hansen led Fox Head with 588. Quaker Oats and Hubbard Ice and Fuel posted strong Class A scores while Iowa Electric Light and Power led Class B. Buck Hensley led LaFayette Cafe with 613 in Class B. Brass Rail led Class C with 2391.
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Lincoln Alleys
Fox Head Tavern Keglers
Drew's
Cliff Hansen
Fox
Quaker Oats
Hubbard Ice and Fuel
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Frank Jesina
Buck Hensley
LaFayette Cafe
Barney
C. Krueger
Brass Rail
George Garden
Bill Hesse
Hesse
Garden
A. Norton
P. Hampton
Clark
Sam Haddy
Sam
Shalberg
Rain Delays Raiders Training as Weather Impacts Camp
Heavy April rain hampers Carthage Raiders camp with only brief hitting drills possible. Coach Ollie Marquardt faces unresolved selections as Irelan Cleveland scout reports limited practice and several players arrive or depart from Sumter and Wilkes-Barre. The squad stands at 32 with 14 pitchers, 4 catchers, 8 infielders and 6 outfielders amid ongoing release decisions.
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Carthage
Raiders
Ager
Ollie Marquardt
Harry S. Johnson
Marquardt
Irelan
Cleveland
Ray Poat
Paul Cal- Bob
Joe Koo
Lou Kahn
George Davis
Wilkes-Barre
Sumter
S. C
Kansas City
Bill Helmbrecht
Dor Hauri
Toledo
Bob Lange
Wilton Junction
Eddie Dancisak
Appleton
Reds snap skid with 5 3 win over Pirates
Cincinnati Reds end four game losing streak by beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 5 to 3. Paul Derringer pitched all nine innings as Cincinnati used a three run eighth inning start to pull away. Dick West Harry Craft Eddie Joost and Paul Derringer led the attack with timely singles.
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Pittsburgh
Cincinnati Reds
Pittsburgh Pirates
Reds
Dick West
Harry Craft
Eddie Joost
Paul Derringer
Billy Werber
Cincinnati
Pirates
Cornell Freshman Wins Des Moines Handicap Eight Mile Race
Cornell College freshman Dave Clutterham won the handicap eight mile marathon in 41 minutes 42 seconds at Des Moines. Ray Mahannah former Drake runner posted the fastest time 41 minutes 31 seconds, edging Clutterham by nine seconds. Teammates Vance Wilson and Howard Orms finished second and third as Cornell swept the top spots. Bud Bonwell Central was fourth and Mahannah fifth. Alvin Bratten of Oelwein and Wayne Sands followed, with several others in the long field completing the event.
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DES Moines
Dave Clutterham
Cornell College
Ray Mahannah
Drake
Clutterham
Vance Wilson
Howard Orms
Cornell
Bud Bonwell
Central
Alvin Bratten
Oelwein
Wayne Sands
Ray Fritsch
Iowa
Charlies Dewild
Glenn Cunningham
Coliseum
Thomas
Charles Boyer
Sheafferden Athletic Club
Ft. Madison
James Teenth
Charles Lingren
Ft. Des Moines
Giants Rally Past Phillies in Fifth Straight Win
New York Giants defeated Philadelphia 7 to 4 as Hal Schumacher limited the Phillies to five scattered hits. San errors and timely hitting helped the Giants score in the first and seventh innings. Tom Hughes pitched well for Philadelphia with costly early frame miscues three runs and Babe Ruth homered in the eighth.
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NEW York
INS
Giants
Phillies
Hal Schumacher
Phils
Tom Hughes
Philadelphia
Les
Babe
Hidden Phillies and pennant chances through Brandt's lens
Baseball statistician Bill Brandt notes how teams rose and fell across 1940 trends, revealing Phillies near misses and Dodgers hot streaks. He highlights cluster runs by Brooklyn, St Louis, Pittsburgh, New York, and Cincinnati, with pennant outcomes shaped by hot stretches and stalls.
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Bill Brandt
Brandt
Johnson Announces Winners In Raider Booster Drive
Pres. Harry S. Johnson announced the prize-winning salesmen in the Raider baseball booster ticket campaign. National League names included Chine Stodola Dr J F Prout Mike Kelly Dick Jones Gilbert Stewart Joe Sten ner James H Smith Lee Winter Chuck Filipi and Harry Cut American League names included Teddy Betty Klinger Gordon Charles Roy Hillis Hauser ney Morrison Al Schmi Ralph Anderson A E Arthur Axmear.
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Harry S. Johnson
Chine Stodola
Dr. J. F. Prout
Mike Kelly
Dick Jones
Gilbert Stewart
Joe Stenner
James H. Smith
Lee Winter
Chuck Filipi
Harry Cut
Teddy Betty Klinger
Gordon Charles Roy
Hillis Hauser
Ney Morrison
al Schmi Ralph Anderson
A. E. Arthur Axmear
Cedar Rapids Eagles Lead in Crossing City Bowling Tourney
Cedar Rapids Eagles No 1 bowls in Clinton on Sunday for the Crossing City tournament. The keglers will post scores in team doubles and singles events.
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Cedar Rapids Eagles
Crossing City
Clinton
Standings National League Games Sunday at St Louis
National League standings and results noted for Sunday games at St Louis with league leaders and team order impacted by outcomes.
Baseball Scores and Schedule Highlights
Results show Louis 1 to 3 defeat in Detroit and 14 to 7 in Washington. Roten led with 7, Sg New York 3 in a 20 inning game. St. Louis at Chicago weathered rain. Games Sunday feature New York at Philadelphia and Detroit at St Louis at Washington.
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Ad . Louis
Detroit
Roten
New York
Perat
St. Louis
Chicago
Philadelphia
Soreians
Detroit. Louis
Ston
Washington
Baseball scores fragment from a midweek games roundup
Incomplete recap shows Gee BES defeating Toledo 4 to 3, Minneapolis trailing 3 to 6, Streat at 3, Milwaukee winning 4 in 10 innings, and Kansas City 3 to 2. Names and exact teams are unclear.
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Toledo
Minneapolis
Streat
Milwaukee
Kansas City
Rice Wins Exhibition Mile and a Half at IS Teacher College
Greg Rice of Notre Dame outlasted a three man relay including two Iowa State Teachers freshmen and a Drake freshman in a special mile and a half exhibition. His 6 minutes 48.3 seconds was about 14 seconds slower than Glenn Cunningham’s world mark. A crowd of 1,000 mobbed Rice for autographs after the race.
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Notre Dame
Greg Rice
Iowa State Teachers College
Drake
Glenn Cunningham
Rice
Coe Athletes Shine Amid College Meet Dominance
Franklin yielded honors to Marion in the event while Bob Mitchell Harvey Luedeman Jim Frazee and Bob Lary clocked 8 48 6 to win the 1940 title. Colman led the 160 yard dash in 10 3 inches besting college division times. Claude Santee won the college event and Tess Levis tied for discus gold. George Hidinger high jumped six feet as Teague Davis and Stoutner scored in distance and hurdles. Coe also placed in three relays as host Vern Bredow won the 120 yard high hurdles.
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Comfort
Franklin
Marion
Bob Mitchell
Harvey Luedeman
Jim Frazee
Bob Lary
Colman
Claude Santee
Town State Teachers
Coe
Tess Levis
Lenth
Iowa
George Hidinger
Keith Keith Teague
Bill Davis
Everette Stoutner
Walt Kinch
Stoutner
Billy Arnett
Hawks Split Twin Bill In Iowa City Opener
Iowa and Notre Dame split a Saturday twin bill in Iowa City. Bob Stastny pitched a four hit shutout as Iowa won 3 0 in the opener while Ray Fisher limited Iowa to four runs in a 4 2 Notre Dame nightcap. Warren Smith drove in two Hawks runs in the first game.
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Iowa City
Bob Stastny
Ray Fisher
Iowa
Notre Dame
Hawkeyes
Irish
South Bend Invaders
Stastny
Fisher
Warren Smith
Hawks
Dickens Newicki
Dick Hein
Tom Callahan
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