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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1948
Page
7
Barney's Paint moved one game ahead in the Cedar Rapids Kids league playoffs by defeating the Veterans of Foreign Wars 5 to 3 at Daniels Park on Tuesday.
Davenport eyewitness report notes a crowd gathering for an evening event in Kenosha at Thr Mississippi. Police and participants respond as speakers and performers set up and the program proceeds amid noise and tension.
Eric Wilson of Iowa and Ted Carpenter of Marquette, both sports publicity directors, will be honored at a Thursday 4 p.m. luncheon in Chicago. The event, hosted by Wilson Sporting Goods, marks their 25 years in sports publicity. engraved leather billfolds will be presented by Charlie Callahan of Notre Dame with Midwest publicity colleagues and Big Nine representatives in attendance.
SIOUX CITY Jack Bruner, University of Iowa junior hurling for Remsen, dominated the first two nights of the Journal-Tribune semipro baseball tournament. He beat Beres toe S S. D. 2-1, allowing three hits and fanning 16 as Remsen notched nine of the last 12 outs by strikeout.
The All Star football game in Soldiersfield Chicago will be carried by the Mutual Broadcasting System through The Gazette stations KCRG KCRK at 7 30 p m Friday night.
American League leaders appear with names like Pet and Masarilla while several players from Cleveland St Louis Philadelphia and Chicago are listed with batting averages hits and runs. The fragmentary data shows team and player standings with numbers in a period baseball context.
Box scores show Cubs versus Caeds with pitchers and batting lines for players including Durak Verban and Maddernis. Key notes include Scoring by innings, hits by players such as Moore OCloretia Blauemty Lang and Richolson, with attendance figures and umpires listed.
Becke St Wenceslaus and Denreland moved to the second round of the Cedar Rapids softball playoffs on Tuesday after first round wins. Scores and round details are partially unreadable, with several names and figures obscured in the aged text.
Iowa City college sports notes report only one letterman at halfback for the fall squad. The veteran is third-string last season, Bob Longsey of Davenport. The roster totals 66 names with ongoing drill and selection details.
Fort Dodge and Iowa Teachers wrestling star William Koll who competed in the recent Olympic games has been named head wrestling coach at the University of Chicago.
The three I league standings list Quincey Waterloo Danville Springfield Evansville and Terre Haute with win loss and percentages. Tuesday scores show Waterleo Decatur Springfield Evansville Terre Haute and Danville in various results. Western League and American Association results list Des Moines Pueblo Lincoln Omaha Sioux City and others with win losses and Tuesdays results.
North English Iowa reports Gil Dodds a premier distance runner and Wheaton College coach may turn professional. He cites family ties to Falls City Neb and Ashland Ohio, Olympic aspirations, an ankle sprain hindering London tryouts, and a plan to coach full time while giving exhibitions.
Buffalo Bills quarterback George Ratterman threw three touchdown passes to lead a 21 to 19 win over the Brooklyn Dodgers in a Tuesday preseason exhibition. The outing showcased Ratterman's accuracy and the Bills offense against Brooklyn's defense.
Mrs Elliott Waples and Russell Knapp face Tise Weber and Jim Netolicky in the city tennis mixed doubles final. Weber and Netolicky, runners-up last year and seeded No 2, reached the final with a 6 4 10 8 win over Mr and Mrs J H McAndrews. No date set for the final match of the 1948 city tournament.
Special to The Gazette notes Manchester will host a big car racing meet on August 29. Time trials start at 12 30 pto and seven events follow. It is the first race here in several years.
Minnesota athletic director Frank McCormick said the Big Nine recruiting case is now in the hands of the conference faculty committee after Tug Wilson, the commissioner, left the country. McCormick spoke Tuesday on his return from the Olympic games and emphasized the faculty will decide.
City announces plan to finalize stadium work after a recent rush of activity. Officials, led by Mayor Thomas P. Alees, confirm Wednesday as the target date for completing critical framing and safety measures.
Williamsburg defeats LaPlant Choate 11 to 10 as Van Steenhuyse tripled and scored in the ninth. Wes Cranston homered with a runner on in the sixth. Marshalltown slated to face Williamsburg Friday in a high school baseball clash.
Iowa golf fans will see Byron Nelson, world famous pro, play a golf match and exhibition at Elmwood Country Club in Marshalltown on Sunday.
Babe McCoy of the Los Angeles Olympic auditorium announced Primo Carnera has signed a 22 day tour of Brazil starting September 1 with a guaranteed purse of 30 000. The event aims to showcase the heavyweight contender across major cities in Brazil.
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