City Softball Playoffs Open After Regular Season
Playoffs begin Monday for the city softball championship as league titles near securing. Armstrongs lead the Open league with Becks Athletic Goods and Wilson Packers in pursuit and a replayed game could redefine the race. Industrial leagues see Packers and Witwer’s contending, with Fraternal A and B titles decided by upcoming games. Cedar Rapids teams schedule late August exhibitions and a Waterloo clash looms for Beck’s in the state tournament.
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Beck's Athletic Goods
Wilson Packers
Armstrong
Packers
Wilson
Bupane Gas
Bakers Union
Bakers
Quaker Oats
Eddy Paper
Collins Radio
Eagles
Packers Union
C.A
Junior Odd Fellows
Knights of Columbus
Trinity Lutheran
Cedar Rapids
Beck's
Bankers Life Team
Waterloo
Beck’s
Bowling season nears Vesely calls city meeting
Cedar Rapids bowling season approaches as Bob Vesely calls a meeting of the Cedar Rapids Bowling Association for Wednesday night August 21 at 7 30 pm in the Chamber of Commerce. Officers will be elected an executive committee named preliminary work for the state tournament in Cedar Rapids next winter will be discussed Vesely, president of both the city and state associations, will preside Representatives from all leagues are urged to attend.
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Cedar Rapids Bowling Association
Chamber of Commerce
Cedar Rapids
Vesely
Winneshiek County Harness Meet Three Falls
Special to The Gazette Decorah Holley G Gayland and Mr Bogalusa fell in the first heat of the 217 trot at the Winneshick county fair Saturday but finished the race. Edward Grattan, who placed second in the first heat of the 222 pace, was injured when he fell in the second heat and was withdrawn. St Lucas beat Spillville in a local baseball game. Race results list Miss Etta BM and several horses with owners and locations including Pecatonica Ill Du rand Wis Rice Lake Wis and Pilot Mound Canada.
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Gayland
Bogalusa
Winneshick
Edward Grattan
St Lucas
Spillville
St. Lucas
Perse
Etta
van Tuyl
Powllina Edward Guy
William Mott
Pecatonica
Tyler Jor
Thomas Fox Durand
Wis
Holly G. Garland
Ae John Lemeler
Rice Lake
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Handy Man
Valorda the Great
Penny
Thro Brothers
Mankato
Minn
Demaret Named No 1 PGA Threat Says Corcoran
New York based Freddie Corcoran rates Jimmy Demaret as the top threat to win the National PGA at Hershey Country Club from August 26 to September 1. Corcoran cites Demaret’s comeback, match and medal prowess, past wins, and winter tour success despite a summer slump.
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INS
Jimmy Demaret
Demaret
Freddie Corcoran
Professional Golfers Association
Hershey Country Club
Hershey
Jimmy
P.G.A
Texas
Corcoran
San Francisco
Walter Hagen
Gene Sarazen
Hagen
New Orleans
Freddie
Busy Morn Wins Beverly Handicap at Washington Park
Busy Morn captured the $5,000 added Beverly handicap for mares and fillies by two lengths at Washington Park on Saturday. Montsi finished second and Shine O Night came in third in the Chicago event reported by AP.
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Busy Morn
Washington Park
Montsi
Shine O'Night
Boxing notes and rumors from New York to Philadelphia
A sprawling note slate from the Conn-Pastor postponement to boxing chatter across cities. Mentions Dempsey's Broadway Tavern, Lew Jenkins, Max Baer, Pat Comiskey, and various managers, matchmakers, and upcoming fights with dates and locations across Jersey City, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles.
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TWA
New York
Jack Dempsey
Broadway
Jack
Wisenheimers
Lew Jenkins
Lew
Texas
Katie
Dallas
Mike Jacobs
Dodgers
Jack Kearns
Max Baer
Pat Comiskey
Jersey City
Nighttime crawlers hunt in Daniels park draws keen crowd
Forest Field notes revel in a late night outing to watch a gang hunt for nightcrawlers near a Daniels park around 9 o clock. The writer praises Pennsylvania's deer season and conservation, noting 200000 deer shot last season without harming breeding stock and comparing hunting zeal to fireflies.
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Pennsylvania
Fish Tales At All Iowa Fair Shelve Duck Season Hopes
The Maquoketa River fishing talk and conservation exhibit at the All Iowa fair showcased local anglers and a willing staff. Readers learn about eagle daily flight, male katydids, and camel hair brushes from squirrel fur as well as rising water and early morning duck hunts. The piece notes pollution concerns on Shell Rock river and details June conservation law violations and fines.
Allied Industrial Horseshoe League Starts Playoffs
The Allied Industrial horseshoe league prepares playoffs at Ellis park with lights enabling night matches. Division A teams include Wilson No. 1 LaPlant Choate Link Belt Speeder Quaker Oats City Water Works. Division B lists Penick and Ford Hubbard Ice Quaker Oats ties 2 Wilson No. 3 Wilson 0.
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Armstron Mt
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Central Park
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Horseshoes
Ellis Park
William Pulda
A Cherry
City Waterworks
Noel Randall
LaPlant-Choate
Lou Lougar
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Link-Belt Speeder
City Water Works
Penick and Ford
Hubbard Ice
Quaker Oats Ties
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Hubbard Tec
Horseshoe
Lowden to Face Bennett in Postponed Iowa League Game
Lowden will play Bennett Sunday in a postponed Eastern Iowa league contest. The pair head the standings with Wheatland, as several postponements remain to be resolved.
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Lowden
Bennett
Iowa
Wheatland
Elkader Plans Ring Program for Sept 20 Open Air Show
Elkader will open the fall amateur boxing season with an open air show planned for Friday night September 20 in front of the Elkader fairgrounds grandstand weather permitting. The Elkader Commercial club will oversee future events with a committee including Secretary Joseph Meyer Dr R Withell Guy E Hughes and C W L Reinecke Training will be conducted by Ray Boots who trained last year and local boys will be recruited from Allamakee Winneshiek Fayette and Clayton counties for the first card. A Golden Gloves tournament is planned to select a team to represent this area in Cedar Rapids and Chicago. Contact Secretary Meyer to join training this week. Mallard ducks clocked at 60 mph and canvasbacks at 72 mph.
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Elkader Fair Grounds
Elkader Commercial Club
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Inca
Boots
Meyer
Higbe Eyes Dodgers or Giants in Winter Trade
Brooklyn or New York rivals may land pitcher Kirby Higbe, who sues as a top NL hurler with the Phillies. Higbe, 24, recalls a 65 000 deal offer from the Dodgers and notes his success and frustrations with Philadelphia. He credits manager Duro Prothro and explains his motivation, while joking about pregame shaving as a superstition.
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Dae Prothro
Three L ye And Major League Averages Elephants
A fragment notes four tasks attributed to elephants in prehistoric days. The brief item riffs on three terms and major league averages, but details are unclear and no concrete events, people, or locations are established.
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