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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1942
Page
2
Tait Cummins reports Raiders rout Decatur 12-1 at Hill Park as Ed Kleiman earns 12 strikeouts but six hits scatter and an 11-0 first inning blunts Decatur. Approximately 2,000 fans attend Bargain Night, with a Saturday game billed as the next matchup.
In a Thursday night match the Raiders trailed early as O'Dea and teammates sparked scoring. Freiburger homered, Mapes and Seerey drove in runs, and Kahn, Frazier, Altenberg and Seghi added more. Manager changes and personal notes framed the event as Ollie Marquardt received a clock while Tomy Kaufman mourned a brother’s death.
Les Burke outpoints Armetrems in a 145 match while Ted Lewry from New Bedford knocks out Buddy Thomas in a 173 bout in Washington D C. The results reflect a string of brief professional showings and local fighters in the arena.
Lou Zamperini, the California miler who ripped down a Nazi flag in front of Hitler in Berlin during the 1936 Olympics, has graduated from Midland’s air school and plans a return to the chancellery. Now 26, he keeps the pilfered pennant as a memento.
Robert Joseph Saggau of Deni son Illinois, a former all around athlete at Notre Dame, was commissioned an ensign in the naval reserve on Thursday. He received an operational assignment with the fleet.
The Three-Eye League standings show teams such as Waterloo Madison Decatur Evansville and Cedar with partial records and fractions like .615 and .552. Friday games list Waterloo at Springfield and other matchups incomplete in the text.
Partial data shows team records and results but details are incomplete. Names and numbers suggest basketball standings with New York Detroit Boston Cleveland and Washington entries, plus a Thursday results line.
Weather disruptions impact games across the National League with partial results showing tight play. Cincinnati and Pittsburgh teams are among the clubs affected as late details emerge.
Evansville pitcher William Siders received a 127 day suspension for the assault on Waterloo coach Don Spyker. The eye league ruled he will miss the remainder of the season plus 90 days of the 1943 campaign after throwing a ball at Spyker at close range during a game at Waterloo on August 2.
Springfield edged Evansville 8-7 after trailing by four runs, with George Stuart outpitching Gene Pereyra as Madison beat Waterloo 7-6. The White Hawks totaled 14 hits, including Van Heim's three-run homer in the seventh.
The Gazette defeats Honeymead to win Industrial B while Eddy Paper beats Y M C A 9 2 to claim Industrial C. Sweeting pitched a four hit shutout until Honeymead scored in the final frame as Morningstar and Phillips led the Gazette with two hits each. Kinderknecht starred for Eddy with three doubles. Collins Radio took second with twin wins over Hall Manufacturing. Cedar Rapids Engineering beat Clover Farm in the C division.
A large crowd is expected August 23 as the Sea hawks of Iowa City face the Great Lakes Naval team in Dubuque to gauge postwar baseball sentiment. Prominent local figures including Carl V. Riley helped arrange the feature game, with veterans recalling the earlier Red Faber era and Dubuque’s dormant baseball scene reviving for war relief and future league hopes.
Erwin Prasse once captained Iowa University’s 1939 Iron Man football team and now serves as a private in the U S Army stationed at Camp Swift Texas. Judge M L McKinley notes other Iowa grid alums in service including Brun Andruska a marine lieutenant in San Diego and Ed McLain a 1939 halfback.
Salt Lake City champion Bill Korns and Denver Co medalist Si Newton won semifinal matches to reach the 1942 Colorado state golf final. Korns defeated Babe Lind 2 and 1, while Newton beat Don Bell 4 and 3 and Fred Newton 2 and 1.
In the 1942 Western Amateur at Sunset Ridge Mary Agnes Wall of Menominee Mich faces defending champion Mrs Mann of Omaha Neb in the semifinals after both won rounds. Wall, who scored 79 in qualifying, defeated Cline Mayer and Doran while Mann outplayed Lines 4 2 to advance toward the 36 hole final.
The Western Conference athletic directors visited the Navy pre flight school in Iowa City during their meeting. They toured the facility on Thursday and observed cadets in sports on Friday while a regimental review honored Lieut. Comdr. Tom Hamilton. The Friday business session was canceled with only a Saturday morning agenda for war relief receipts.
Bob Montgomery the Philadelphia Negro lightweight and Fritzie Zivic of Pittsburgh won their Garden bouts before 14,964 fans at Madison Square Garden. Montgomery defeated Bob Ruffin in a ten round decision, enhancing his championship chase after a close loss to Sammy Angott, while Zivic remained in the hunt in his division.
The Fairfax Gun club will be open for practice this Sunday after noon. Members and visitors are invited to join, weather permitting, at the range to shoot and drill.
With pennant races waning experts favor Claude Passeau to reach 20 wins, likely the only pitcher to do so. Passeau leads by 16 victories, projects 21 with six weeks left, and just eight losses as he helped the Cubs end a four game skid. Other contenders include Beazley Vander Meer Wyatt and a group of AL pitchers chasing 20.
Box score fragment shows Cleveland at Detroit with 6 to 3 final. Mentions players Keltner Grible and Boudreau with runs batted in and two bases. Unclear lines reference umpire Grieve and pitcher loss.
An American League game summary notes Dietrich batting for Dietrich in the sixth, with totals 381324 and 34112714, 2 errors by Cuft, umpires Summe Piperas, time 2 09. Players mentioned include Neues Judnich and Sandra Stesiens.
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