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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1938
Page
3
A sprawling parry of boxing and sports notes notes plans and rumors. Gunnar Barlund from Finland arrives Thursday to likely face Tommy Farr in September while Joe Louis eyed various matches and other boxing figures face future moves. The column threads many personalities, bets, and timelines across the sport world.
In Des Moines Spillville defeats Des Moines Negro Elks 9 to 4 while the Daniels Comets beat Adel Cardinals 10 to 6 in the state semi pro baseball tournament. The two winners advance to the quarterfinals Friday night.
Van Horne beat Mount Auburn 5 to 4 on the local diamond in a hard fought game. D Schallau and Gingrich hit triples. Batteries Van Horn Wieditz and Dietrich for Van Horne. Rathe and Oliver for Mount Auburn. Van Horne plays Chelsea next Sunday.
Fringe league games feature Grain Dealers and Odd Fellows, with scores 8 to 5 and 5 to 4. Church teams Trinity Lutheran versus Marion, plus Calvary Baptist and Trinity M. E. meet in tight counts. Open League shows Park’s beating Krumbholts and Haviik, plus Dietric and Evans in other matchups. Industrial A and C contests end with Forfeit or close margins.
National leaders include Ott driving in and Greenberg leading with 92 runs batted in. McCormick of Cincinnati tops hits with 146 and Goodm an of Cincinnati/New York 27 homers. Stolen bases led by Mack and Scharein with 31, while Blanton posted 81 saves. American leaders feature Foxx of Boston batting .350 and Foxx again leading in RBIs with 109. Rolfe leads New York with 134 runs, Cronin and Chapman pace doubles for Boston.
In Rye New York Kay Stammers leads match day as eastern grass courts championships reach day five. Sidney Wood, a former Davis Cup star, loses to Leonard Hartman 6-4 2-6 8-6 after a tough session on slippery courts. Bobby Riggs defeats Chester Murphy 6-2 2-6 7-5 as Stammers partners with Margot Lamb in women's doubles.
Iowa City prepares football information folders and ticket blanks for 30 000 Hawkeye fans as Charles Galiher mails envelopes with schedules windshield stickers and return envelopes. The 1938 Hawkeyes, aided by new players and a year under the new coach, aim to meet strong opponents and improve on last season’s results.
Patty Berg of Minneapolis led the Women's Western golf derby at the halfway point with a 36 hole total of 151, seven strokes ahead of Ella Mae Williams of Chicago. Marion Miley of Lexington, Ky., sat third at 159, with Opal S. Hill and Edith Estabrooks close behind. 18 more holes remained Wednesday and another 18 on Thursday.
University of Iowa swimmer Francis Heydt finished fourth in the 100 meter backstroke at the national A A U outdoor meet in Louisville Kentucky. He missed a first place Europe trip by only half a second as Adolph Keifer of Chicago won and Bill Nuenzig of Ohio State took second after judges deliberated.
Davenport Turners win the Wilton softball tournament final 9 5 over the Davenport Democrat. Wilsons of Cedar Rapids fell to John Deere of Rock Island and Rosenbaum s lost to the Davenport Democrat.
A quiz style list of clues and answers covering a wide range of terms from 15 Fever to 55 Thing with entries including age related hints, grammatical forms, animals, materials, and measurements. It blends historical and linguistic prompts with references such as Maid of and Vernacular notes.
Iowa City plans three new residences and garages to be built in the coming months with permits issued to Vernon Rogers W S West and Lampert Yards Inc. More than 100 people will join a goodwill tour of county 4-H show sites led by the Farm Bureau and Chamber of Commerce. The Veterans of Foreign Wars drum corps will accompany the trip visiting Hills Lone Tree Downey West Branch Solon North Liberty Oxford Tiffin Wellman Kalona and Riverside. Funeral services are set for Mrs W E Beck widow of the high school principal, at Beckman’s funeral home. she died at a Cedar Falls cottage. Survivors include her husband, son William E Beck Jr, daughter Margaret, and brother Dr M A H Jones. The Iowa City council will ...
Johnson county supervisors reported a Friday morning session to certify the delinquent sewer rental list, to be turned over to the county auditor before August 15. Homestead credit claims totaling 8,169,621 were approved and certified to the state board of assessment and review, compared with last year’s total near 8,000,000. Olive Wright of Iowa City named chemistry and foods instructor at Frances Shimer College in Mount Carroll, Illinois, after five years as a research assistant in foods at the University of Iowa. Edith Bell named head of the Shimer art department following appointment in the graphic and plastic arts department.
DES MOINES Iowa banks totals show continued decline as of June 30 with 542 institutions reporting total resources and liabilities of 418 million. Superintendent W D Bates released the consolidated statement detailing 300 savings banks and 239 other banks.
State banks and three trust companies provided figures for the report, revealing a total decrease of 2 581 441. 55 from the March 7 statement and a slump of 5 653 288 87 from June 30 1937. Bates noted three more banks reported a year ago and two more on March 7. The June statement also shows an increase of 6 047 687 17 in loans and discounts over June 30 last year to 233 434 771 47, though this is 2 141 850 08 below the March total. Compared with a year ago, other increases occur in overdrafts, stock in federal reserve bank, while decreases appear in U S securities and other assets. Under liabilities, surplus and undivided profits rise, while capital and deposits decline along with bills payable and other liabilities.
Mason City Democrat Rep. Morgan J. McEnaney says Ford agents offered to lease 40 000 or 50 000 square feet or more to the state at 15 cents a square foot a year. He notes current downtown Des Moines rentals exceed $1 a square foot and urges council retrenchment review before signing new leases.
Kenneth Fosnaugh, once blinded by a childhood head injury, bumped his head in Lake Wawasee last week while diving. Doctors say the jar likely relieved pressure on a nerve that had caused his defective vision and his sight is now normal.
Washington reports that Ecuador has signed a reciprocal trade agreement with the United States, according to authoritative sources. The pact aims to expand commerce and reduce barriers between the two nations. Further details and framework of the agreement were outlined by officials familiar with the negotiations.
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