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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1940
Page
10
Brooklyn lives up to the hype as the Dodgers remain the only unbeaten club, riding a five game winning streak. Hugh Casey adds his second victory as Dolf Camilli homers to seal a 3-1 win over the Phillies.
St Louis Browns sold catcher Joe Glenn to the Boston Red Sox in a straight cash deal. The amount was not disclosed but a $10,000 season contract was discussed, contingent on conditions. Glenn sent it back after failing to report to training camp promptly.
Readable lines show team abbreviations and partial inning scores. numerous player surnames listed (Fisher Sloat Phelps Schlueter Har der Martin Sherrul Cowper, Bonham Riddle DePhillins Robinson Lewis, Barholder Garbark Monre Farnese Spindel, Kelley Rolandsen Wirkkala). Location names Columbus St Paul Milwaukee Indianapolis Minneapolis Toledo appear as partial placeholders.
Bowling a two hit game Bob Bowen fanned 13 as Smulekoff tied Bupane Gas 5 5 after seven innings at Daniels Park. Errors in first inning let Gasers lead. Smulekoff tied with two runs in second and later. Box scores show Curtan Matter Shahe Jensen Usher and Pealer among key names.
MecSwiggan's Gluck Beer bowl ing team won the Red Crown Commercial league playoff by taking two of three from Builders' Material Wagner. Wagner posted a 568 series and a 219 last game for high single honors. Phillips of the Master Barbers rolled 569 for high series in RC Merchants league. Cities Service Men beat Cities Service Ladies in a special match with Mildred Pettit at 344 for high ladies and Janda 583 for men. Nicholson of Krebs Dairy had 506 for high total in Booster league.
National League matchups include Cincinnati vs Chicago Thompson and Passenger, Kasten vs Strincevich at New York Hubbell, Bigoklen vs Fitzsimmons, and Brown at Pittsburch with multiple listed pitchers. American League slate covers Detroit at St Louis, Chicago at Cleveland, Philadelphia at Washington, and New York at Boston with numerous listed starters.
Des Moines Iowa Friday Brown secretary of the Iowa High School Athletic association announced district tennis meets on May 11 at Burlington Teacher s Cedar Falls Cherokee Lincoln Des Moines and Red Oak. Eight district track meets are set for May 10 and 11 at locations including Cherokee Lincoln High Council Bluffs Denison West Waterloo Cedar Rapids Clarion Indianola and Ottumwa. Winners advance to state at Iowa State College May 24 or 25 with points and times determining eligibility.
Fayette High baseball beat Maynard 7 to 3 at Maynard on Wednesday. Fayette totaled eighteen hits with four errors while Maynard had three hits and one error. Pitchers were Johnson and Paxine for Fayette with Moore catching. Maynard’s batters included Thomas Schlegel and Hennager.
A tribute to boxing manager Joe Jacobs who died after a long heart illness. The piece recalls his sharp negotiating skills with Tony Galento and his role in the Baer Galento bout, noting Jacobs was seen as both a ruthless promoter and loyal friend.
Major League box score shows Bob Feller earning his second win for Cleveland against Chicago. Kennedy, Boudreau, Kuhel, and Chapman contributed RBIs as the Tribe mounts an offense while Smith starts for Chicago and takes the loss.
OXFORD JUNCTION The Jones county baseball tournament will be held Monday Tuesday and Wednesday. The schedule lists Martello vs Oxford Junction Monday at 12 noon, Monticello has a bye, Wromine vs Meters and Onslow vs Olin at 4, Monticello vs Startelie Oxford Junction winner Tuesday at 1 pm, Wyoming Morley winner vs Onslow Olin winner at 4 pm, with the final at 2:30 Wednesday.
Standings show WOL and Pet. Brooklyn 5 0 1.000 leading. other teams include Chicago 4 4 1.000, New York 3 2 .600, Philadelphia 4 2 .667, Detroit 5 2 .714, St Louis 2 4 .333. Thursday results: St Louis 19 Pittsburgh 9, New York 9 Boston 1, Brooklyn 3 Philadelphia 1, Chicago 4 Cincinnati 2. Friday games: Cincinnati at Chicago, St Louis at Pittsburgh, Boston at New York, Brooklyn at Philadelphia. other notes list rain and rescheduled matchups. Additional standings show Cleveland 5 1 .833, Philadelphia 3 2 .600, Detroit 4 2 .667, New York 3 2 .600, Chicago 4 1 .800, Washington 4 2 .667. The Western group shows Kansas City 4 2 .667, Milwaukee 2 3 .400, Indianapolis 3 2 .600, St Paul 2 3 .400. Minor entries include Minneapolis 3 2 .600, Toledo 3 3 .500, Columbus 7 2 .778, Louisville 2 3 .400.
In Des Moines the 31st Drake Relays open with Oskaloosa taking the class B two mile relay in 8 33.4. Charles City and Keokuk finish second and fourth as McKinley of Cedar Rapids posts top 440 yard relay qualifying time 44.8 seconds equal to a 1934 Denison mark. Amity Blakey Warren Johnson and Russ Ferguson lead McKinley in the 880 and 440 yard qualifiers, while Anamosa leads mile qualifiers with 3 34.8.
Cornell College and Muscatine Junior College split two events in Mount Vernon. Muscatine took golf 7 to 5 while Cornell’s tennis team won 4 to 3. Individual tennis results show Dant defeated Jeske 6-3 6-3 and Sampson beat Runinsland 6-3 6-1 among others. Doubles saw Sampson/Jeske prevail 6-0 6-0.
Maquoketa track team won the Mlowa league meet with Floyd Taylor taking the 100-yard dash and Lawrence Kier finishing second. The squad defeated Savanna DeWitt and Lyons entries. Taylor placed second in the broad jump and fourth in the 220 while Kier was second in the 220.
Cahoon doubled twice and drove in the decisive run in the eighth inning with Miller on first as Monona beat Elkader 6 to 5. Steen pitched for Elkader while Cahoon also contributed a strong win preserving performance.
Castalia beat Ossian 9 to 5 on Wednesday with Tehel and Schultz catching for Ossian and Stangeland and Schulz for Castalia. The page notes weathering details and nearby notices ending with an advertisement about classifications in the Want Ads.
Sports columnist Steve Snider extols Dizzy Dean and the Cincinnati Reds, praising his impact, memory, and enduring legend within baseball lore.
Cubs ace Dizzy Dean pitched five hit ball against the Reds at Wrigley Field while facing a painful right arm flare. He argued with catcher Al Todd about leaving the mound but stayed in to earn his first win of the season. The same day Kentucky Derby prospects, led by Bimelech, heated up Keeneland as the Idle Hour colt cruised to victory in the Blue Grass Stakes.
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