Vitt Praises Cleveland Double Play Duo For Pennant Push
Vitt lauds Lou Boudreau and Ray Mack for stellar middle defense and double plays helping Cleveland lead the pennant race. Lefties Al Smith and Al Milnar have shouldered much of the pitching load, posting strong totals and improving all around.
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Cleveland Indians
Ossie Vitt
Vitt
Yanks
Boston
Mel Harder
Red Sox
Lou Finney
Boudreau
Mack
Trosky
Mel
Bobby Feller
Smith
Milnar
al Smith
Giants
Dodgers
Frankie Pytlak
Buffalo
Steve O'Neil
Frankie
Netolicky Ryerson Beauchamp Win City Tennis Tourney
In the city tennis tournament, Netolicky Ryerson and Beauchamp won in the third round. Metolicky beat Ellertson 6-2 6-3, Ryerson beat Rice 6-2 6-2, Beauchamp beat Gund ling 6-3 7-5. Two first-round matches remain. Marilyn Schrimper and Dorothy Lehman advanced, with Olson beating Kovar 4-6 8-6 6-1 in boys division.
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Russell Knapp
Jim Metolicky
Jim Ellertson
Karl Ryerson
Herlan Rice
F. E. Beauchamp
Henry Gundling
Marilyn Schrimper
Dorothy Lehman
Billy Olson
Miss Schrimper
Bernice Bierucci
Miss Lehman
Lucia Smith
Olson
Bobby Kovar
Brandon to Host Unbeaten Opponent in Weekend Baseball
Bob Hurych will pitch against Brandon on Saturday as Roosevelt Hotel’s state American Legion champions resume play. Bob Tordik faces Marion Merchants Sunday at 2 30 p.m. on the Daniels Park diamond. Brandon, 16 and 17 year olds, are undefeated this season.
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Bob Hurych
Brandon
Bob Tordik
Marion Merchants
Roosevelt Hotel
American Legion
Daniels Nark Diamond
Marion
Release of pheasants on local farms in Franklin township
Two hundred pheasants, half grown, released on 14 farms in the Franklin township area. The birds were purchased by the Franklin township Fish and Game club and raised at the Linn county game farm.
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Caratta Mount Vernon
Franklin Township
Morehead Reaches Semi in Cedar Rapids Club Meet
H L Morehead advanced to the first flight semi finals at Cedar Rapids Country Club after beating J L Cooper 2 up in Thursday’s handicap golf tournament. Ed Soboda Jr and J A Wessler won their first round matches by default. F W Smith and O H Tousey reached semi finals in flight two with Smith defeating G S Holmes 1 up and Tousey ousting H H Cherry Jr 4 2. G W Hopkins and J T Hamilton moved to third flight semis, each by 3 2. Dr B J Moon defaulted to RC Booth. Moon had been miscredited with a 5 4 win. Bill Brown reached fourth flight semi after H R Taylor defaulted.
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H L. Morehead
Cedar Rapids Country Club
J. L. Cooper
Ed Soboda
J. A. Wessler
O. H. Tousey
F W. Smith
Tousey
H. H. Cherry
Smith
G. S. Holmes
G. W. Hopkins
A. H Sargent
J. T. Hamilton
N. P. Craemer
B. J. Moon
RC Booth
Dr. Moon
Booth
Bill Brown
H. R. Taylor
Laws Injured Knee Threatens Packers All Star Plans
Joe Laws suffered a wrenched knee in a scrimmage and may miss the August 29 clash with the college All Stars in Soldier Field Chicago. Packers team doctors said the veteran signal caller could be out for days and might not be ready for the game. If unavailable Laws would be a serious blow alongside possible absence of Charlie Brock who hurt his shoulder last week.
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Green Bay
Wis
Joe Laws
Iowa
Charlie Brock
Brock
College All Stars Ease Practice Ahead of Soldier Field Game
The college All-Stars who face Green Bay pros in the seventh annual charity game at Soldier Field loosened drills on Friday after watching a Green Bay demonstration. They attend an interfraternity luncheon and will be feted at the All-Star banquet Friday night. Rival coaches Eddie Anderson and Curley Lambeau plan to meet Monday to finalize game rules.
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Green Bay
Soldier Field
Eddie Anderson
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Schrader sets new Ottumwa track record
Gus Schrader of Cedar Rapids set a new half mile track record at the Wapello county fair grounds Ottumwa. He completed a lap in .259 seconds breaking the former mark of Jimmy Wilborn of Portland Oregon with a 26 second time.
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Gus Schrader
Cedar Rapids
Wapello County Fair Grounds
Jimmy Wilborn
Portland
Ore
Southern players spark upset in national doubles semis
Rain postponed the doubles semifinals at the 59th national championships in Chestnut Hill. Russell Bobbitt of Atlanta and Frank Guernsey of Orlando upset the second seeds, facing Mulloy Prusoff in the other semi while top seeds Parker McNeill advance.
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Grandstand Court
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Atlanta
Frank Guernsey
Orlando
Fla
Gardnar Mulloy
Coral Gables
Henry Prusoff
Seattle
Wash
Giant
Frank Parker
Beverly Hills
Calif
Don McNeill
Oklahoma City
Okla
Newport
California
Jack Kramer
Montabella
Ted Schroeder
Glendale
Bobbitt
Guernsey
Bobby Riggs
Chicago
Welby van Horn
Los Angeles
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Prusoff
Ted Olewine
Santa Monica
Joe Hunt
Annapolis
Parker
McNeill
Bill Reedy
Ken Bartelt
Ohio Valley
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Seabright
Southampton
Charles Matt
Valerie Scott
Mary Hardwicke
England
Dorothy Bundy
John van Ryn
Austin
McKinley Football Candidates to Receive Equipment Saturday
McKinley high school will issue equipment at 2 p.m. Saturday to about 40 varsity candidates, with only varsity men reporting. Morning workouts begin Monday until classes start. Franklin varsity candidates receive gear Monday at 9 a.m. and first practice Tuesday. Coaches Wolfe and Barnard have yet to announce plans.
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Leonard Paulu
McKinley High School
Paula
Franklin
Orville Rust
Don Wolfe
Roosevelt
Bill Barnard
Wilson
Western All Stars Schedule Scrimmage in Des Moines
Western All-Stars arrange a Friday scrimmage in preparation for the East West high school all star game set for August 30 in Des Moines.
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Des Moines
INS
Eagles advance in city softball title race with 4 0 win
The Eagles shutout the Packers Union 4 0 at Ellis Park to reach the second round. Anderson and Broussard allowed three hits, while the Eagles hammered Skala for eight. Withers and Eddy Paper wrap up their final arcs Friday night as they aim to meet Wilson Packers in the Industrial playoffs.
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Eddy Paper
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Speedy Trots Hit Purses in Wisconsin Fair Meet
Racing results list two harness events with purse values. Dimple Gratton driven by ic Clyde Taylor won a 2:17 pace at Durand Wis, Mary Fide driven by Morrel placed high at Preston Minn, and Bobby B driven by Guy Howse led another free for all trot with Volcamar and Hunter G among finishers.
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iClyde Tayior
Durand
Wis
Grace Densmore
Walter Kriese
Owatonna
Minn
Lou McKinney
Gus House
West Unions
Mary Fide
Morrel
Preston
Bobby B
Guy Howse
West Union
Volcamar
Horse Race Notes from Rochester Iowa Track Event Purses
The article lists drivers and horses in a late nineteenth century style harness race. Names include Mortensen Rochester II Regur Keosauqua and Langley while purse figures show 200 plus added money. The last heat ends in a dead heat between Sis Aeran and Say Guy with top times around 22 seconds.
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Starmore
Starlander
Monty
Sis Aegan
Siskiyou
Robert Teter
Davenport
Peter North
Guy
Armin Guy
Henry Jil
Peter Paul
Peter Woot
Fairfield
Mariene
Holly Annd
Peter R
Wall
Fremont
Czar
Peter
Guy Brown
Aledo
Mi Driver Brown
Sis Aeron
Say Guy
PACE PURSE RESULTS LISTED WITH DRIVERS AND CITIES
A clotted OCR snippet shows pace purse entries and drivers from various Iowa towns and cities. Names include Claudia Man Art Berry Fort Dodge Wilfred Lees Cascade Lloyd Perrin Lancaster and Anna Hart, with references to judges sponsors and times. the fragmentary text suggests a racing card or result list from 1972.
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Johnson
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tArt Berry
Fort Dadar
Fat
Cannony
John Eliott
Viola
Foxy Chénaliit
Wilfred Lees
Cascade
Anna Hart
Lloyd Perrin
Lancaster
Wis
Ellen Oakley
D. R. Wilson
Jefferson
Mildred
T E. Buckertdre
Beloit
Landis Fines Michigan Loop $500 for Firing Umpire
Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw M Landis fined the Michigan state league $500 for conduct detrimental to baseball after it discharged umpire Robert Williams following a dispute with Grand Rapids manager Burleigh Grimes The fine includes covering Williams salary to season end and any post season series Landis warned against reading the action as a future precedent and noted unresolved suspension of Grimes by minor league commissioner Bramham may be investigated The league discharged Williams on July 29 alleging inefficiency which Landis called wholly fictitious and the vote to dismiss stemmed from Williams reporting the matter to Bramham
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Kenesaw M. Landis
Michigan State League
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Burleigh Grimes
Grand Rapids
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Grimes
William G Bramham
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Oxford Junction Triumphs at Jones County Fair
Oxford Junction defeated Dyersville at the Jones County Fair with a 4 to 0 score as Bright allowed nine hits but the winners had 17, scoring one run in the first two, two in the fourth, and the losers added one in the second and two in the ninth. Red Van Fleet pitched for Dyersville.
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Dyersville
van Fleet
Jones County Fair
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Red van Fieet
Ex Iowa Tank Star Named Beaumont High Coach
Tad Close of Iowa City former University of Iowa swimming star has been named head swimming coach at Beaumont high school in St Louis Missouri. He was a Hawkeye swimmer in 1933 34 and captained the water polo team in 1934. He also coached freshman swimming at Iowa while earning a master’s degree in arts.
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INS
Tad Close
University of Iowa
Beaumont High School
St Louis
University Department of Physical Education
Close
Hawkeye
Iowa
All Sorts of Sports Shorts Highlight College All Stars Visit
The piece notes Dr Eddie Anderson leading the College All-Stars against the Green Bay Packers on Aug 29 at Dyche Stadium and details Northwestern University hosting a coaching school this week with about 200 coaches enrolled. It also mentions players and teams across baseball and football with various anecdotes and stats.
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Dyche Stadium
Eddie Anderson
Northwestern University
Manchester Golf Club Amateur Championship Flights Begin Sunday
The Gazette reports the Manchester Golf and Country Club fall tournament opens Sunday with four flights. Prizes go to winners and runners-up as pairings include Joe Burbridge with COW Bangs and many other named entrants across Championship and lower flights.
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Stannt Klaas
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Robert Nieman
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Rabe der Nolphin
Dutton
H_ Lawrence
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Mooj Yorar
D J Goen
John McKeag
Rossmar
Ned Richardson
O Sullivan
Alpha Defeats Sumner In Favette County Far Event
Alpha secured a victory over Sumner in a Thursday matchup at the Favette county fair. The rough contest saw both teams exchange leads as Alpha pressed for a late edge.
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Speral
West Union Alpha
Sumner
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