Browns Head Home With 42 Game Lead
The St. Louis Browns, leading the American League, headed home after a 4-2 lead with 34 games left in the season. They survived a rough road trip despite losses to Washington and Detroit as Johnny Niggeling shined for the Nationals while the Pirates and Cardinals tightened the race behind St. Louis.
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Cornell Grid Drills To Start Monday
Cornell college football practice begins Monday under coach Walt Koch. Returning veterans include John Warren Belle Plaine DeWitt Ellinwood Winchester Ill Mel Osinga Appleton Wis Edward Quant Chicago and George Cummings Chicago. Navy V-5 refresher unit at the college may boost the squad with fifty two seamen planning to try out.
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Chicago
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City Tennis Tournament Drawings Planned for Thursday
Drawings for the city tennis tournament will be held Thursday evening. Anyone in the city is eligible to enter the tourney which will begin Friday. Entries may be telephoned to Frank Nye at 2-4200 or 2-1121 and must be made by 6 p.m. Thursday.
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West Branch seeks Sept 15 and 29 grid dates
West Branch high school football coach Sept L A Maley seeks opponents for September 15 and 29. The team will play home or away and interested schools may contact Maley at West Branch to arrange games.
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Golf Star to Show At Jones Co. Fair
At the Great Jones County fair in Monticello a double sports program features a 3 PM game between Truax Air Field Madison Wisconsin and Schick General Hospital Clin ton with Ralph Ingels a wounded Cedar Rapids veteran at shortstop. From 2 to 3 Jack Munger the former top amateur golfer will perform a driving and trick shot exhibition at Truaxfield before the ball game.
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Tucson and Portland vie for West post in Legion junior world series
In Billings Montana the West representative will be decided Wednesday night as Tucson faces Portland after Tucson edged Portland 5-4 to force a fourth day in the sectional tournament. Portland previously beat Tucson 8-3 in the second game of the double elimination series.
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Semi-Pro Tourney Sees Unscheduled Late Baseball Classic
In Wichita, the Cessna Bobcats beat Coleman Rangers 3-2 in 15 innings setting a 10 year tourney mark for length. The follow-on game ran past midnight and finished at 2:30 am. Camp Atterbury beat Camp McCoy 9-7 as McCoy is eliminated. Former majors Cecil Travis and Bama Rowell contributed for McCoy. Davis-Monthanfield blanked Welin Davis and Boat 6-0 to eliminate Perth Amboy club.
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Slip Praises Dean Selkin as Iowa Player Prospect
Iowa City, IA. Dean Selkin of Vinton, a versatile Hawkeye, was praised by Coach Slip Madigan as a progressive discovery this season. Madigan called Selkin a diamond in the rough and noted his running, passing, and kicking ability and willingness to take coaching.
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Baseball scorecard fragment from St Louis vs Washington
A partial box score listing players such as Zarilia Christman By rnes Vaughan and Kuhel, with pitchers Potter and Spgs, and totals 31 6249 377. Notes mention errors by Zarilie Christman and Sullivan, with time noted as two SSE of one.
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Grandson Drives Grandpa’s Horse to Barron Pace Victory
In Rice Lake Wisconsin veteran horseman Herman Friess aged 70 was injured and unable to drive. His 13 year old grandson Herman III took the sulky and steered the bay horse to a straightaway win in the Barron county fair 2:24 pace.
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Golf Champ Lt Law Son Little Announces Twin Daughters
Chicago golf figure Lt Law son Little, 1940 National Open champion, revealed at Tom O'Shanter Country Club the arrival of twin daughters to fellow golfers on Wednesday.
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Baseball doubleheader features Musial and Bergamo drives
The box scores show Musial driving in three runs and Bergamo contributing in key at bats. Cooper and Verban also plate runs as Tobin and Hutchinson work early innings. A second game details Lanier and Odes in a separate pitching battle.
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Baseball Box Score Fragments Display Player Lines and Totals
Scattered line items show players with positions and scores, including pitchers and fielders. Totals hint at team runs hits and errors but OCR remains incomplete and uncertain.
Red Grange shines in Illini showcase against Michigan
University of Illinois brochure recalls Oct 18 1924 dedication game where Red Grange sprinted for four touchdowns in 12 minutes and accumulated 402 yards on 21 attempts. The piece credits his kickoff returns and notes Madigan's coaching influence and Iowa preparations as factors in the era’s football strategies.
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Mud Hens Seize No 2 in AA Race After 8-4 Win
Toledo Mud Hens move into second place in the American Association after an 8-4 victory over St Paul. Louisville Colonels lost to pace leader Milwaukee 6-4 as two Tuesday doubleheaders produced wins for Minneapolis and Indianapolis and a 4-3 and 6-4 rout for the Millers over Columbus.
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Three Iowans Qualifiers in All American
In Chicago Polly Riley 18 from Fort Worth earned the women’s medal at the Tom O’Shanter club in the all American golf tourney. She shot 41 38 79 to lead the women’s open section as qualifiers including Ann Casey Mason City Des Moines and another Iowa entrant posted 86.
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Smith misses cut in Chicago amateur qualifier
Cedar Rapids entry Jack Smith shot 39 and 40 for a 79 on Tuesday to attempt qualification for the 72 hole tournament. More than 100 overflow entrants failed to play Monday and tried again.
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Fry and Dunn Reach Quarter Finals in Nations Tennis
Top seed Shirley Fry of Kron Ohio defeated Gladys Riess of Seattle 6-1 6-0 to lead a strong field in the twenty sixth annual girls nations tournament at the Philadelphia Cricket Club. Joanne Dunn of Des Moines beat Jean Crook of Philadelphia 6-1 6-3 and advances to meet Fry in the quarter finals on Wednesday.
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Harris Leaves Athletics for Navy Duty
Philadelphia Athletics suffer a setback as Lyman Harris 29 leaves the team to report for navy duty. The 10 game winner was tied with Russ Christopher for most wins on the Athletics pitching staff, dimming hopes for a first division berth this season.
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Phyllis Grotjahn Wins Des Moines State Tennis Titles
Mrs. Phyllis Grotjahn formerly of Fort Dodge won the singles title by defeating 15 year old Doris Jensen 6 4 6 1 and teamed with Frank Brody to take the mixed doubles crown in the all Des Moines finals of the Iowa state championships Be nk Beckerman and Janet Tillotson lost 6 4 8 6 in the final.
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New York and Detroit Scores From Tuesday Results
New York defeated Detroit 9 to 7 with Washington 3 and St Louis 5 listed for Wednesday. No games scheduled in Detroit.
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Galloway Sets Pace At West Liberty Fair
Galloway driven by Ed Allen won the 2 21 pace at the West Liberty fair on Tuesday in straight heats. Dean Ripper and Mary Saville led the field in the 2 28.
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Muscatine Indees Beat Kalona In Dees In 5–0 Victory
Muscatine Indees defeated Kalona In dees 5 to 0 on Sunday as Mel Clark limited the visitors to four hits. Muscatine hopes to schedule games with Cedar Rapids teams. Contact George Long at 505 Liberty Street, Muscatine, for games.
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Coon and Fox Hound Trials Set Near Springville
Field trials for coon and fox hounds are scheduled for Sunday August 27 two miles west of Springville on highway 151. Local organizers invite enthusiasts and participants to attend and judge the events.
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Sport Jabs Roundup of Wins and Knockouts
Poe Eaukee Juste Fontaine of Pittsburgh stopped Ted Christie of Benton Harbor Michigan. W Pedford of New Bedford outpointed Wait Thomas of New York. Joe Curcie of Newark won by technical knockout over Roy Peterson of the West Indies.
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Luckman Granted Leave to Play for Bears in All Star Clash
Sid Luckman, star passer for the Chicago Bears, was granted a 10 day leave from his base at Sheepshead Bay and joined the Bears at Collegeville training quarters. If fit, he will square off against Tulsa's Glenn Dobbs in the All Star tilt in Collegeville next week.
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Harmon wedding to be held at Michigan chapel this Saturday
Lt. Tom Harmon announces plans for a Michigan wedding to actress Elyse Knox in St. Marys chapel on campus. He is on 15 day leave from Camp Van Nuys and will skip a honeymoon to return to California after the ceremony. Knox will wear a parachute silk gown.
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