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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 17, 1939

Page

4

Cardinals Narrow Reds Margin on McGee and Moore Rally

St Louis rode a two homer performance by Terry Moore and a three hit shutout by Bill McGee to split with Pittsburgh and trim Cincinnati's pennant lead to six games. Johnny Mize and Augie Galan fueled the Cards while Claude Passeau limited the Reds to eight safety hits but double plays spoiled several rallies.

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Burgess Whitehead Suspended By Giants

New York Giants second baseman Burgess Whitehead, out all of last season with a nervous breakdown and batting only .244, was suspended indefinitely without pay for violating team rules. Manager Bill Terry cited continued recovery delays from prior surgery and need for rest.

NEW York Burgess Whitehead New York Giants Whitehead Bill Terry

Bees gain on league leaders with doubleheader sweep

The Evansville Bees swept the Springfield Browns 5-1 and 9-2 in a rained out doubleheader to gain a full game on the league leaders and improve the margin to three games.

BEES Evansville Bees Raiders Springfield Browns

Raiders Rally With Doubleheader Plans In C League Action

Rained out Wednesday night Clinton Cedar Rapids Raiders schedule back to back doubleheaders with the Giants Thursday and Friday starting at 6 and 8 pm. They head to Hill Park Saturday for a four game set with Waterloo Hawks then tour Illinois next week facing Bloomington and Springfield. Lefty Lamanna and Wiegel credited with wins as teams chase a playoff spot near Springfield.

Clinton Cedar Rapids Raiders Giants Raiders Hill Park Waterloo Hawks Illinois Bloomington Springfield Lefty Lamanna Wiegel Clinton Giants Raider Browns Kash Decatur Warhol Evansville Cronin Rollins Payton Lamanna Griecer Nethery Conors Keller Viere House Grebeer Gas Vitalics Warchol Mcarry

Iowan Tied In Regatta At Grand Lake

George Perk Jr of Des Moines and Martin Harrington of Denver finished tied for points in the Grand Lake Yacht club 1939 regatta standings. Peak took second to Harrington in the fourth Lipton cup race, leaving the final race Friday to decide the winner.

Grand Lake Colo George Perk Jr Des Moines Martin Harrington Denver

Cardinals Advance In Major League Box Scores

National League games feature St Louis and Pittsburgh with tight scoring. Key players include Moore, Mize, Vaughan, and Slaughter for St Louis while Brown, Vaughan, and Brown contribute for Pittsburgh as the teams split a doubleheader.

Standings and midweek results for the Three Eye League

Standings show Old Rapids leading with 6229.61, Clinton 5240.51, Evansville 5841.58, Elminston 4458.43, Decatur 5746.59, Moline 4161.40, Springfield 5447.53, Waterloo 3663.36. Wednesday games at Clinton and Moline and rain affected Cedar Rains, with Evansville 5.9 and Springfield 1.2, Bloomington 3, Decatur 2. Thursday schedule has Cedar Rounds at Clinton 2, Moline at Waterloo 2, Springfield at Evansville and Bloomington at Decatur.

Old Rapids Clinton Evansville Elminston Decatur Moline Springfield Waterloo Bloomington

Baseball standings and results from Wednesday games

The standings show New York 74 33 .694 and Detroit 57 53 with other teams Boston Washington Chicago Philadelphia Cleveland St Louis Cincinnati Brooklyn Pittsburgh and New York. Wednesday results include Chicago 7 Detroit 6 in 112 innings and New York 4 Washington 4 Cleveland 3 7 with St Louis 0 1. Upcoming games list Detroit at Chicago and Cleveland at St Louis among others.

New York Detroit Boston Washington Chicago Philadelphia Cleveland Louis St. Louis Chicaco Cincinnati Brooklyn Pittsburch FY Pittsburgh

Oyster industry aided by slag used as attachment

Slag has been found to be useful in the oyster industry as a substrate for young oysters to fasten. The discovery came after slag was accidentally lost overboard from barges, solving the material shortage for initial oyster settlement.

Aussies Win Again In Doubles Tourney

In Chestnut Hill Mass the Australian Davis cup teams bid for the first all foreign final in 58 years of the national doubles championships. No 1 pair Adrian Quist Jack Bromwich face Gene Mako Jack Tidball. No 2 Crawford Hepman meet Hare Hecht. Mako Budge Cooke Riggs games noted. women's quarterfinals set with Fabyan Marble vs Nutall Brown and others. Parker McNeill advance to semifinals.

Chestnut Hill Mass Down Under Adrian Quist Jack Bromwich Gene Mako Jack Tidball Jack Crawford Harry Hepman Charlie Hare Ladislay Hecht Mako Walter Pate Holcombe Ward Riggs Cooke Bobby Sarah Palfrey Fabyan Alice Marble Betty Nuthall Nina Brown Dorothy Andrus Silvia Henrotin Silvia Henrotin Vs. Mme. Simone Mathieu Virginia Rice Johnson Helen Jacobs Dorothy Workman Mary Hardwick Valerie Acott Patricia Canning Virginia Wolfenden Kay Stammers Freda James Hammersley Frankie Parker Don McNeill Russ Bobbitt Frank Guernsey

Hainline Wins Iowa Tennis Crown In Tight Final

Richard Hainline of Rock Island Illinois defeated Harris Coggeshall of Des Moines 6-1 4-6 8-6 6-3 to retain the state meet title in men's singles. Des Moines competitors Swain Mace and others contest women's singles and doubles as Fay Dunn battles Harry Dunn for the junior crown.

Des Moines Richard Hainline Rock Island Ill Iowa Harris Coggeshall Virginia Swain Marian Mace Miss Mace Teresa Anderson Miss Swain Doris Popple Fay Harry Dunn Keith Bloom Shenandoah Hamline Brothers John Fletcher Frank Wegener

Emory Collins Enters All Iowa Fair Dirt Races

Emory Collins files official entry for the All Iowa Fair closing day dirt track races amid a crowded field. Notables include Blazin Ken Shaw with a new air plane motor mount and Jimmy Wilburn challenging for top honors alongside drivers such as Claude Booker Leverett Tex Peterson and Don MacDonald.

Emory Collins Gus Schrader Cedar Rapids Hawkeye Downs Offenhauser Iowa Imory Collins Iowa Speed Collins Everett Saylor Dayton C. D. Moore Saylor Indiana Ohio Jimmy Wilburn Bill Cummings Mauri Rose Wilbur Shaw Claude Booker Morgan- Marine Motor Leverett Sal Jimmy Miller

Jackie Berg Suspended From New Jersey Rings

New Jersey storied welterweight Jackie Berg was suspended indefinitely by State Athletic Commissioner Abe J. Greene. Berg, set to fight Lou Fortuna in Trenton, reportedly underwent eye scar tissue removal without notice to managers, rendering him unavailable for the Thursday night match.

Trenton N. J Jack Kid) Berg New Jersey Abe J. Greene Berg Lou Fortuna Philadelphia Greene

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