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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1948
Page
12
Eastern Iowa summer baseball nears titles with a Sunday playoff at Dysart to decide the Corn Valley crown between Clutter and LaPorte City tied after last week. The 2:15 p.m. game determines who advances to the Waterloo tournament of league champions.
DES MOINES AP Two Des Moines teams Greenwood Electric and defending champion Walker-Shay will clash in the Class A final of the Iowa girls softball tournament in a best two of three series beginning Saturday night. Greenwood advanced with a 4-2 win over Lucas Thursday. In Class B, Osceola beat Meservey 13-4, and Dayton versus Des Moines Nash and Waukee versus Des Moines Statettes are set for Friday night.
In a 8-3 finish at Daniels Stadium LaPlant-Choate clinches regular season with DeWoody earning his sixth straight win. Havlik seizes individual batting title with three hits in four at bats while Cypra and Mohr contribute key doubles and two-baggers in the rally past Wilson and Company.
Fragmented report from The Associated Press recounts boxing results with multiple typos and missing details. Names and scores are incomplete making main outcomes uncertain.
Me Too Foods of Cedar Rapids and the Paul Dice tavern team from Davenport open the Iowa men’s softball tournament at Ellis Park Cedar Rapids at 8 p.m. Friday. Des Moines Hawkeye Elks meet Boxholm Swedes at 9:30 p.m. Me Too champions of Cedar Rapids face strong Davenport foe. 32 teams compete for Western Regional bid.
Laddie Kempa 26 year old Oklahoma A and M senior won the national left handed golf tournament at French Lick Indiana. He defeated Don Scott of Columbus Ohio 8 and 7 in the 36 hole final and also earned medalist honors after a three way playoff. Kempa, a blond World War II veteran, succeeds Bob Buchanan as the southpaw champion.
Ticket sales for the October 23 Michigan versus Minnesota game in Minneapolis were halted after all 62 000 seats in Memorial Stadium were sold. Athletic business manager Marshall Ryman announced the sellout. remaining home games against Nebraska Illinois Indiana and Purdue still have tickets available.
St Andrews and Speeder moved into the Cedar Rapids Softball Association playoffs second round at Ellis. Speeder overwhelmed Danceland 8 to 1 with six runs in the seventh. St Andrews pitcher Jack Curley limited St Wenceslaus to three hits in a 5 to 1 victory. The teams draw Monday at 5 45 p m to start the series.
Sun Valley Idaho reports coach Cecil Isbell and 46 Baltimore Colt players completed a month of preseason training on the mile high rodeo grounds.
Paris AP reports Harri son Dillard, a 1950s Baldwin Wallace athlete, may be a greater sprinter than hurdler. Despite 20.8 seconds for 200 meters and a 13.9 in the 110 meter hurdles, Dillard aims to stay focused on hurdles while coaches say his speed could yield world marks in flat races.
Ames Iowa State College hosts two American Legion golf tournaments Sunday at the college course. Sixth district and Post No 37 events will be decided over 18 holes of match play. Entry is 50 cents plus greens fees. Grant Dudgeon is defending champion.
Lawton Oklahoma AP Buddy Yount, an 18 year old Sooner State league pitcher who had not lost a pro game, left after a 10 inning no decision in a 4-4 tie against Lawton. Rocky Shaneck earned the win for McAlester in the 11th. An argument with umpire Carl Burke led to Yount's ejection.
An unnamed incident escalates as Burke pursues three individuals after a dispute, with neither the principals nor bystanders clearly recalling the argument's cause.
Remsen and Akron, two favorites, move to the semifinals in the Journal-Tribune semipro baseball meet. Johnny Niggeling earned credit for Remsen’s 13-5 win over Hawarden despite leaving in the sixth. Wendell Hill limited Hawarden to one hit for the rest of the game. Vermillion, Sr. beat Akron 7-0 for the tourney’s first shutout. Defending champ Storm Lake meets Oakland Neb and Spencer faces Lake Park as second round action continues Friday.
Elkader Vets took an upset over Cascade in a nonleague tilt with Moran delivering a long three run hit and a bases loaded triple, boosting Cascade to two straight appearances at the Elmwood arena.
Ten Towa Teachers and lettermen were among about 190 graduates at Cedar Falls summer commencement. The ceremony listed senior football standout A PockrelL and other high achievers, with degrees awarded to several honorees amid remarks on academic and athletic excellence.
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