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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 25, 1941

Page

6

Raiders Trade Fiore Blaze Send To Flint And Fargo

Cedar Rapids Raiders move Carl Fiore and Mike Blaze to Flint and Fargo respectively. Fiore, praised for defense at third, struggles at short. Blaze, strong catcher but limited speed and power, heads to Fargo. Also shipped Henry Heller and Bob McCabe to Flint as rebuilding continues amid Joplin defeat.

Arthage Cedar Rapids Raider Mike Blaze Fargo Carl Fiore Flint Ringsiders Hank Stoeber Louis Kahn Blaze Eddie Kosinski Fiore Henry Heller Bob McCabe Cedar Rapids Hal Chase Ollie

Joplin Raiders Prep For Weekend Games In Scrap Match

Ray Poat held the af fair without a hit through four frames as Connatser and Kosinski collected two hits apiece for the Raiders. Joplin, now tied to the Yankee chain, shows improvement over Cedar Rapids with many players having trained with the Yankees or Kansas City Blues. A Saturday game pits Joplin against Atlas Powder, followed by a Sunday double bill.

Marquardt Charley Workman Buck Frierson Ollie Kosinksi Stoeber Kahn Carl Wessels Joplin Raiders Jesse Mamm Ted Greble Raider Paul Calvert Ray Poat Connatser Kosinski Cedar Rapids New York Yankees Kansas City Blues Yankee Atlas Powder Company

All Big Ten Nines Tackle Loop Rivals

Northwestern and Ohio State lead the Big Ten baseball race as all ten teams start conference play. Northwestern hosts Minnesota while Ohio State welcomes Wisconsin. Michigan faces Chicago and Iowa meets Indiana in their first 1941 Big Ten games. Purdue visits Illinois as part of the opening weekend.

Chicago Northwestern Ohio State Minnesota Wisconsin Wildcats Buckeyes Purdue Michigan Iowa Indiana Hawkeyes Illinois

Koch To Start Cornell Grid Drills May 9

Walton Koch the incoming Cornell football and basketball mentor announced weekly football drills in Mount Vernon starting May 9. Paul Scott the new wrestling and track coach pledged high level wrestling effort to keep Cornell competitive in major circuits.

Koch Cornell Mount Vernon Walton Koch Waverly High Paul Scott Culver-Stockton College

Anderson fixes May 10 for Iowa squad game

Dr. Eddie Anderson announced May 10 as the intra squad game to close spring drills at Iowa stadium in Iowa City. The event drew nearly 10 000 fans last year and will feature members of the Iowa football squad.

Iowa City Eddie Anderson Iowa Anderson Iowa Stadium

Legion Teams Tie In Five Inning Draw

Five innings of slow motion baseball produced a 3 to 3 tie between Jeft Butter-Nut and Smulekoff's on Thursday night. Don Ceynar and Lefty Richardson struggled with wild pitches and walks as Usher and Bramson contributed key plays. The game ended early due to darkness after two hours and thirteen minutes.

Jeft Butter-Nut Smulekoff Don Ceynar Butter-Nut Ceynar Lefty Richardson Richardson Bramson Joe Kenney Chuck Cacek Usher Little

Butter-Nut Smulekoft's Edged in Narrow Loss

Box score shows Butter-Nut Smulekoft's narrowly defeated 7 to 8 with Crissinser subbed in. Key plays include Schuartz attempting steal, multiple hits by Kenney and Richardson, and two base hits by Kenney and Everett Usher. Umpires were Stone and Stodola. time 2 13.

Smulekoff Goodrow Matter Shaffer Olea Usher Little Cacek Dvorak Kenney Tufts Ceynar Davis Usher Black Bramsen Schuarz Mitchell Brabbit Rich'dson Stone Stodola

Plan Morning Golf Leagues for Ladies at Kenmore Course

Kenmore golf course officials announced a summer program supervised by Mrs. Lillian Hefner to organize fore noon ladies leagues on the Kenmore course. The new handicap based leagues run Monday through Friday, adding to existing women’s play. contact Mrs. Hefner at 6948 or the Kenmore course at 9254 for participation.

Kenmore Lillian Hefner

Glassy Infield Three Browns Wear Spectacles

Providence report notes that three of Brown university infielders wear spectacles while the four infielders are described in a casual sports item from the news.

Providence NEA Brown University

Hubbell to Start Sunday Against Dodgers

Major league notes report Carl Hubbell will debut for 1941 season against the Dodgers on Sunday. The piece also notes Joe DiMaggio and Lefty Gomez watching a robbery incident nearby, and mentions Porter's Cap Whirlaway and Robert Morris in derby discussions, plus other sports and entertainment tidbits.

Eddie Brietz NEW York Jimmy Carroll Porter Cap Whirlaway Robert Morris King Cole Joe DiMaggio Lefty Gomez New York A. C Frank Erickson Carl Hubbell Dodgers King Cole Chicks Wood Memorial Jim Fitzsimmons Busy Man International Rotary Reports Jim Thorpe Kansas

Malcom Boxing Show Draws Large Crowd

A capacity crowd attended Tuesday night’s boxing card in Malcom Auditorium. Referee Alex Fidler oversaw results with Wortham Blairstown defeating Marvin Dayton Malcom Hack Smith of Oskaloosa stopped Shirley Lamb Malcom Burl Smith of Oskaloosa beat Donald Griffith Malcom Ray Hopwood of Malcom defeated Harold Wallace Grinnell Sam Sheldon Malcom knocked out E Vogel Malcom Merle Lamb Malcom defeated Roland Thurston Eldon Coglon Blairstown beat Ray Morrow Malcom.

the Gazette Malcom Alex Fidler Wortham Roland Thurston Oskaloosa Eldon Coglon Blairstown Ray Morrow

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