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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1934
Page
3
The annual city championship golf tournament begins August 20 with qualifying rounds at three courses Kenmore Ellis and Country club. Seventeen low shooters at each course plus a regular qualifying round determine 32 finalists for 10 hole match play.
In Washington Iowa, the Tigers beat Winfield 7 to 1 at Troop field as Stanton Kiesey limited Winfield to four hits. Dale Tonningordsville earned a 2 to 0 win, and Wapello topped Columbus Junction 6 to 2, tying the league leaders for first place.
The Frolic club diamondball team meets Cedar Falls Sunday evening at St. Ludmila's school field under lights. Cedar Falls seeks to rebound after Cedar Rapids won both ends of last week's double header. First game starts at 8.
Paul Fidler a Washington high school athlete added to his honors by winning the 100 yard breaststroke for junior boys at an AAU meet in Oconomowoc Wisconsin He also placed fourth in the 100 yard freestyle The seven tee n year old will return home Monday and will be a junior at Washington high this year He has previously earned honors in track and surfboard riding
The Casette reports the city tournament in progress with semi finals set in five flights. Westphal defeats Reynolkis and Shannon defeats Cox in flight four, meeting for the title. Flight five pits Marsh against Morrison. Other semis include Shannon vs Knauss and Lytle vs Clow in flight one.
Riverside defeated the Iowa City Elks 5 to 2 in a Tuesday night game. Scoring started in the third inning, with Riverside tying in the fifth, adding three in the sixth and one in the eighth. Paul Yansky hit a two run homer in the sixth and Lloyd Kiepper followed with a homer.
Seventy two horses are entered for the West Union races on August 22 23 and 24 as part of the Fayette county fair. The entry total is the largest ever, per H A Kent the superintendent of speed.
Gail Lundberg of Northwood, a 190 pound sophomore, is viewed as a likely starter for Salem's 1934 Iowa football squad under Ossie Solem. He may fill the guard vacancy left by All-American Zud Schammel and is noted for speed, height, and versatility on the line.
Stanwood Gun Club members have organized and received a charter. The group holds practice with small caliber guns on the indoor range near the Herald office on Broad way. An outdoor 500 yard range will be built when a suitable site is secured.
A survey shows forty-one of the University of Iowa's forty-five football captains are still living and over half of the former leaders reside in Iowa. The death of 1907 captain R. A. White in Los Angeles is the most recent death among former grid leaders.
Wilton Junction Ia Aug 12 The Wilton Rifle club held its first annual match on the Wilton range. A large crowd prevented completing the event as planned. The 200 and 600 yard ranges were finished and prizes were awarded at that point.
Before the season, critics labeled the Reds the weakest in the majors while the White Sox faced sharper decline due to front office flaws. Minnesota football optimism grows under Bernie Bierman despite potential upsets, and the Cardinals’ young pitchers face salary scrutiny as the league sees promising futures for the Dean brothers.
Chicago Bears and the all American college team opened practices for the gridiron clash at Soldier Field on August 31. Rain canceled yesterday sessions. Fordham coach Jimmy Crowley joins the college staff under Noble Kizer. veteran official James Masker accepted to referee the game.
The Iowa Steel face Independence All-Stars in a Cedar Park double header Friday night. First pitch is at 8 15 with Jones and Broussard slated to pitch for Iowa. Independence touts one of eastern Iowa’s fastest teams and a pitcher with a 1 loss in 13 starts.
A compilation of 1934 and 1954 property transfers lists multiple Cedar Rapids and Marion deeds. Transactions include quitclaims, warranty deeds, and reconveyances involving William Gallo, Barbara Kiimand, Lena Houck, Harry Hoadley, Jennie Mickel, Leon Hines, Addison Chadsey, David Byerly, Vinnie Waters, Olive Mundy, Sherman Thompson heirs, Florence Baughman, Westwood Land Company, Alfred Dougan, and others with nominal consideration. The note ends with a statistic about speed and strength comparing men and women.
Joe Carr, president of the National Football League and promotional head of minor league baseball, predicts professional football will soon outdraw baseball or any other sport. He cites growing attendance, strong fan bases, and plans for large indoor stadia to combat weather, noting football’s rise across schools and communities.
Gossip from the pass gate at Chicago Cubs park notes Al Campion and Jimmy Crandell as longtime staffers. Andy Lotshaw is praised as an expert trainer, while Buck Herzog works as a railroad athletic passenger agent. Larry French studies opposing batteries from the bench. The piece mentions George Moriarty as a former player manager and poet. It also cites the Royal Gorge suspension bridge on the Arkansas at 1,053 feet.
Qualifying rounds for the annual Country Club championship will be held Friday and Saturday with match play starting Sunday. Most leading shooters are expected to compete as about five flights of sixteen players each. Johnny Vavra is the defending champion.
Fifty five Oneota Golf and Country Club members qualified for the first flight of the annual club tournament with matches drawn including A Baker versus C Inman and Wilson against Anderson.
In the recent tournament at the East Side course, Bob Meyers beat Wokoun 1 up to win the Kenmore flight. Earlier reports claimed Wokoun won 4 up, but Meyers was the true victor by one hole.
Strawberry Point edged Dyersville 3 to 2 in the first game. The R Grocers defeated Maynard Alourne the R Grocers in the second game.
Sigourney will host a Keokuk county kittenball tournament on August 26. Julius Graber was named chairman by association president R. G. Yoder of the junior Chamber of Commerce.
In Hazleton Ia on Monday night the Independ ence kittenball team tied the Hazleton squad 3 to 3.
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