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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 04, 1946

Page

9

Speculation on Cleveland Indians Manager Next Season

The New York AP report speculates on potential replacements for Lou Boudreau as Cleveland Indians manager. Jimmy Dykes and Charley Grimm are mentioned as likely candidates, with Bill Veeck and aides tied to Grimm, but no official word has been given and Boudreau is said to possibly return.

Whitney Martin NEW York Cleveland Bill Veeck Lou Black New Haven Conn Charley” Grimm Banjo Chicago Cubs Grimm Veeck Milwaukee Rudy Schaeffer Jimmy Herry Grabiner White Sox Indians Boudreau

City Club Triumphs in Horseshoe League Opener

City Club defeated Wilson No 1 12 to 4 while Wilson No 2 edged Collins Radio by forfeit in last week’s Allied Industrial league horseshoe matches. Upcoming Monday features City Club vs Collins Radio Wilson No 2 vs LaPlant Choate and Cherry Pasteurizers vs Independents.

City Club Wilson No Wilson No. 2 Collins Radio Allied Industrial League LaPlant-Choate Cherry Ellis Park Cherry Univats Independents LaPlant- Choate Peer Wilson Club Independent Wilson Coe College

Oldfield to Referee Fair Races At All Iowa Fair

Barney Oldfield will serve as official referee for three days of dirt track competition on the All Iowa fair program August 11 12 and 16 He will also drive the pace car for speedway style starts in feature events The veteran racer has a long history in speed sports dating to 1896 and has been inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame last June Two Cedar Rapids pilots Arthur Speedy Butts and Clarence Sonny Ebsen join the entries Butts drives a Frontenac powered speedster and Ebsen will race with a Cragar Special on August 12

Barney Oldfield Oldfield Ohio Indianapolis Speedway Daytona Beach Fla Salt Lake City Detroit Blizen-Benz Kaiser Automotive Hall of Fame Henry Ford William B. Olds Studebaker Deroit Cedar Rapids Arthur Speedy) Butts Clarence Sonny) Ebsen Second Avenue Butts Hawkeye Downs Speedy Bults Danville Ebsen Joe Gemsa Santa Monica Calif Ben Musick Dallas Texas Milwaukee Ladd Womacka Womacka V.F.W Hearn Stevenson Archie Baker Ellis Central Cafe Dubuque

Y M C A Sports Golf and Boys Swimming Standings

In upper flight golf standings Moore Insurance and Eagles Dr Pepper appear among teams and players listed with partial scores and names. Boys swimming reports note week progress with 18 foot swim test passers in Junior Tadpoles and Groups 1 2 and deep water test passers in Groups D and Tadpoles with numerous students named.

John Hamilton Billy Oble Dick Kruse Phillip Montgomery Steve Recentine Howard Kennedy Dennis Damon Todd Rinesmith Dick Colvin Bob Eddins Allen Havens John Schimberg Bill Burmeister Bil Prastka Ed Burgess Jim Kearney Bob Mischek Jerry Maples Allen Ahrens Doys Deep Water Jrest Tadpoles Joe Rossey Clair Kasner James Gremmels Keith Hamilton Roger Ham Tton Leonard Ronnenbere Miles Jordan Ken Robbins Roger Baker Don Myers David Mackey Kenneth Kimes Milo Kubas Bill Evans John Bousek Dick Miller Don Barta Scott Sanders

John Deere Heads Midwest Open as Favorite Team

Seventeen teams enter the Midwest Open softball tournament at Ellis Park August 11 to 18. John Deere of Waterloo, winner of the Iowa Centennial tourney at Des Moines, leads the field with strong pitching and a chance to clinch the pennant in their next game. Local teams, boosters, and prizes underscore a busy week of league play and open contests with a $375 purse and spectator prizes.

Ellis Park John Deere Waterloo Des Moines Cedar Rapids So Grape Iowa State Teachers College Waterloom Vets Schuker Motor Team United Packinghouse Workers Ottumwa Marshalltown Athletic Club Vosburgh-Costello Davenport Kelly Oilers Iowa City Traer Bud and Walt’s North Liberty Wilson Packers Coe College Quaker Oats Iowa Steel Peter Pan C.I.O. No Iowa Manufacturing St. Mark’s Lutheran Coe Wilson's Packers Calvary Baptist Sinclair Memorial Sinclair Trinity Lutheran

All Stars in Chicago Ready To Open Drills

Outstanding collegiate football players from across the country arrived in Chicago to form a 67 man squad under Indiana coach Bo McMillin for the 13th annual all star game against the Los Angeles Rams on August 23. McMillin and assistants Wallace Butts Jim Phelan and Tuss McLaughrey greeted the players and held a strategy session ahead of Sunday drills at Northwestern's Dyche Stadium.

Chicago Bo McMillin Indiana Los Angeles Rams McMillin Wallace Butts Georgia Jim Phelan St. Mary's Tuss McLaughrey Dartmouth Northwestern Dyche Stadium

Melon grower offers big bets to lure Louis Mauriello fight

Everett Marshall a Colorado melon grower and wrestler arrives in New York proposing a mixed wrestling versus boxing bout with Joe Louis and Tami Mauriello. He bets $100,000 that he can stop Louis inside four three minute rounds and offers $150,000 plus a cut from film rights.

Lawton Carver New York INS Everett Marshall Joe Louis Tami Mauriello Marshall Louis Man- Tiello la Junta Colo United States Joe Billy Sandow Sandow Farmer Burns Billy Papke Burns Papke Mauriello Air Express Colorado

Deanna Likely for Hambletonian Ride at Goshen

Hall of fame level family lore grounds a potential Hambletonian win as Deanna, bay daughter of Dean Hanover Rosalind, carries White stable colors. If victorious, it would mark the first mother daughter Derby win for Rosalind, and possibly a first father driven victory for Ben White with Gib White’s horse.

New York NEA Goshen Deanna Dean Hanover Rosalind Ben White Gibson White Will N. Reynolds Ed Lasater Hambletonian Gib White Benjamin Franklin White L. B Sonny” Sheppard, Jr Hanover Munich

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