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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1946
Page
7
New York dispatch reports the Davis Cup selection committee disfavors Tom Brown Jr of Wimbledon fame, citing non top notch form and doubts over his readiness. Gardner Mulloy and Bill Talbert are favored for doubles, leaving Brown sidelined despite past exploits.
Detroit defeats St Louis 7 to 3 as Al Benton wins after 8 innings and Hank Greenberg slugges his 25th homer. Muncrief allows 10 hits in five innings but loses. Browns drop fifth straight game.
Waterloo blanked the Cubs 6-0 to clinch a three game series as Davenport slipped three games back. Danville and Terre Haute games were rained out while Springfield edged Quincy Gems 5-4 despite being outhit 9-7.
The Y M C A leagues report postponement of last Wednesday matches and set Aug 28 as the make-up date. The Aug 21 schedule lists upper flight games Pepper against Moore Insurance, Lions versus Eagles 2, Rotary versus Jaycee Atomics, and lower flight Jaycee TNT versus B P B Boy Scouts, Optimist versus Lions, Eagles 1 versus H 8 Lions.
Auto racing fans in Cedar Rapids can see midgets on Ce-Mar Acres between Cedar Rapids and Marion with the first event at 2:00 pm after noon time tricks. About 25 top Midwestern drivers are listed including Dick Hobel Johnny Hobel Red Hoyle Paul Newkirk Danny Kladis Tony Russo Ken Rubright Corky Singer Walt Raines Harley Phillips Joe Gustoff Ray Richards and others. Purse based on gate split about 40 percent. no appearance money.
Collins Radio team led by Swift Elliott Hough and Knowles captured the Tuesday division title in the Allied Industrial league. Iowa Manufacturing finished second as teams prepared for postponements with the season ending August 27. Howard Martin shot a three under par 45 to lead Thursday division scoring. Bob Stephenson was three behind with 48.
Slip Madigan builds the Los Angeles Dons with 77 players in camp as football and baseball figures like Bill Veeck and Bob Feller dominate headlines. Northwestern lists 92 for opening drills with 67 war veterans. Jake Thirteen minor updates cover Robinson’s rise, Thorp, Medwick, and Michigan football veterans returning.
Entry blanks are available for the annual distance swim at Ellis Park pool next Saturday. Divisions cover men 16 and over, boys 15 and under, women 16 and over, and girls 15 and under with distances of 1500m, 750m, 750m, and 400m respectively. Trophies for winners and medals for second to fourth place. no entry fee. Each swimmer will be medically examined prior to swimming.
A local swimming meet will allow each contestant one assistant to help count the pool lengths. Officials said the rule aims to ensure accurate measurements and fair competition during the event. The measure will be enforced at all heats and finals.
The Linn County Bar association will hold a golf tournament on the Country club course Thursday with first tee times at 1:30 p.m. Prizes will be awarded for low net low gross and blind bogey. The committee includes Adam Kreuter Otto Schluter Dave Elderkin Ralph Harmon and Harry Wilmarth.
Allen Stohr of Lincoln and Leonard Dodson of Kansas City shot 68 in the first round to lead the Midwest Open qualifier. Stohr, a former caddie, and Dodson, the 1943 Midwest champion, went four under par. Other leaders included Skip Alexander of Lexington NC with 69 and Pat Wilcox of Des Moines at 73.
Philadelphia Athletics score five in the eighth to beat the Washington Senators 5 3 after Washington won the opener 12 7. Buck Newsom earned his eleventh win in relief for Philadelphia as Sam Chapman hit a key homer and Elmer Valo drove in runs. Washington's Ray Scarborough took the loss in the nightcap after a 3 0 lead unraveled in the eighth.
University of Iowa football resumes under Eddie Anderson on Monday with 75 candidates invited to form the early squad. About a dozen lettermen and former service players participate, including seven ex Iowa Seahawk members and several veterans of service football. Assistants Frank Carideo and Joe Sheeketski join Anderson, marking Sheeketski’s first year on the Iowa staff.
In Olympia Washington Attorney General Smith Troy decided the seized slot machine proceeds should be deposited with the state treasurer for the school fund. He said the money should come to some good.
Ed L. Wilson, 37, a St. Louis Cardinals baseball scout, died in an all night bout with alcohol in a Savoy hotel room. Autopsy found acute alcoholism as the cause, with injuries from a self inflicted frenzy deemed non fatal. Police noted no murder witnesses and two porters delivered alcohol during the night.
Suzanne Zimmerman and Nancy Merki of Multnomah added two swimming championships at the National Senior AAU meet at Shakamak State Park. Merki won the senior women's 200-meter breaststroke in 3 15, while Zimmerman led the senior women's 100-meter backstroke in 1 18, beating Brenda Messer and setting a Shakamak record. Crystal Plunge led the team standings with 23 points, ahead of Multnomah's 20. A rain delay affected the 800-meter relay. Crystal Plunge won in 11 10. Joyce McCrae reportedly faced suspension for public drunkenness, a case that could echo Eleanor Holm Jarrett's suspension in the 1930s.
The American Legion National Americanism Commission picked Charleston South Carolina as the site for the junior baseball national championship starting August 26. The event was moved from St Paul due to an infantile paralysis outbreak in Minnesota. Winners from Syracuse New York Gastonia North Carolina Lafayette Indiana and Aberdeen South Dakota will vie for the title.
Education raced to a three lengths victory in the $80,025 Washington Park Futurity before 32,000 on a muddy track. Jett Jett, a 40 to 1 shot, finished second and Delegate was third.
Davenport wins four state American Legion Junior baseball tournament by beating Missourians 2 0 after a 1 0 extra inning loss to St Louis. Dick Kenyon and Dick Hoeksema spark the Iowa rally, with Keyoth and Klaus clashing in a three extra inning series. The Iowans advance to Lafayette Ind for sectional play.
The 1946 PGA Championship opens Monday with a 36 hole qualifying round in Portland. Defending champ Nelson is seen as the main threat, having won titles in 1940 and 1945, with Vic Ghezzi favored to join him in the finals. Dark horses include Armand Farina of Schenectady and Clarence Doser of Scarsdale who have impressed on the tour this summer.
About 200 contestants from 12 Cedar Rapids play grounds vied for city titles in seven sports at Ellis Park last week. Event winners include Softball Intermediate Daniels and Junior Lincoln, Table Tennis, and multiple singles and doubles titles across captions such as Marilyn Jensen, Bill Quimby, and D Dickson with teams and partners listed.
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