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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1932
Page
7
Fields may be stripped as welterweight champion after failing to defend the title within the six month limit. A scheduled bout with Young Corbett II in Fresno was delayed from June to August due to an eye ailment, and further postponement requests have been filed.
Faireno ranked the overnight favorite among seventeen high-class thoroughbreds for the Hawthorne handicap run Saturday afternoon. Plucky Play and I are listed as rivals with other stellar performers including Peereorme Prine Ectapar sans ve in the field.
In Baltimore, the Orioles traded first baseman Baxter Jordan to the Boston club for three players and a small cash sum. General Manager Henry Pawson announced the deal on Saturday.
Gene Sarazen the British open champion meets Bobby Cruickshank and T Phillip Perkins, the duo who fell to him in the final round of the national open at Fresh Meadow. The 18 hole match is set for Elmwood Country Club Saturday afternoon in Paterson New Jersey.
Hoxwood defeated Glen Allen of Atlanta in the final match, knocking him down twice in the fourth round. Henry Falegano of Des Moines won a six round semi final against Artie Martin of Indianola.
The Olympic program includes multiple decathlon events today in Los Angeles. Events listed cover hurdles, discus, 400 meter relay trials, pole vault, javelin, 600 meter relay trials, and the 1500 meter run.
Maurice J. McCarthy of New York advanced to the quarter-final round of the New York state men's amateur golf tourney by defeating Mike Parco of Buffalo 1 up after 20 holes. Other results include Duane Tower of Niagara Falls defeating H. H. Newton of New York, Paul Hyde of Buffalo defeating Chris Carr of Buffalo, WW Gardner of Buffalo defeating Joe Brydolek of Buffalo, Jack Ryerson of Utica defeating Dudley Ward of Rochester, Leo Shen of Buffalo defeating Fred Williams of Buffalo, and Jack Ahern of Buffalo defeating Arthur Yates of Rochester.
Iowa City reports the Hawkeyes will travel to Washington to face George Washington University in a 1952 game. It marks the first eastern trip since 1921 when Howard Jones led Iowa to a 6–0 victory at Yale Bowl.
New York based Long Island University cancels its 1932 football season citing a policy shift to emphasize athletics for broader student participation and to focus on basketball and intramural sports. The move follows recommendations from university officials and athletic directors.
A reader letter from Mrs. L. A. Chipman evokes old prairie days as a boy tended cows and a horse, with a faithful shepherd-like dog, a fox terrier, and cow bells ringing from a nearby cornfield. The tale recalls routine herd movements, pasture alarms, and a bareback ride home with Dick the horse.
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