Softball Week Features Iowa Manufacturing Dubuque Duel
Tonight at Ellis Park the Major league champion Iowa Manufacturing faces Dubuque’s Iowa Egg Products in a 7 p.m. double header. Dubuque holds 25 wins to 3 losses. The card also includes Bush league and Minor league all-star games with Open league showdowns and closer notes on Armstrong, Century Engineering, and key players for Iowa Manufacturing led by Don McGuire pitching and Al Nelson managing.
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Ellis Park
Iowa Manufacturing
Iowa Egg Products
Dubuque
The
Light Company
Century Engineering
Armstrong
al Nelson
Don McGuire
Paul Detlefson
Tony Miller
Church of Brethren
Sanitary Dairy
John Beck
Century Eng
Pet
al Ia. S Ory
Kyochiter
Arch of Brethren First Calvary
LaPlante First
Quaker Oats
Collins Radio
Forest Field and Stream Fishing Tales and Tips Row
In Troy Mills on the Wapsie Ed Stirsky hooked a northern pike while fishing with S Holub after a failed catfish attempt. The writers share fishing notes on gear, wire trot lines, a McGregor trip, sunrises, and a squirrel caller toy, plus reminders about upcoming ammunition and fish health topics from the Iowa Conservationist.
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Frank Powers
Oday
Ed Stirsky
S. Holub
Wapsie
Troy Mills
Stirsky
Sticksy
Holub
Iowa State Cites Rich Grid Talent in 1944 Roster
Iowa State plans a Sept. 30 opener vs Gustavus Adolphus as 72 players, about one third civilians, begin two-a-day pads Sept. 4. Coach Michalske lists 25 veterans including Gallaher Wagner Trammler Cole Shifflet Fatuhauer Wright Kokjer Noble Phelps with several civilians and navy trainees among the promising squad.
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Ames
Gustavus Adolphus
Iowa State
A. M
Mike) Michalske
V-12
Michalske
Oklahoma
Missouri
George Gallaher
Muscatine
Rexford Wagner
Omaha
Neb
Gallaher
Cyclone
Wagner
Kenneth Trammler
St. Louis
Richard Cole
Clarence Shifflet
Port Arthur
Texas
Navy
Jack Fathauer
Charles Wright
Bill ‘Travers
Brooklyn
N. Y
Carter Kokjer
Sidney
Clifford Dennis
Whitewater
Wis
Joe Noble
Tom Harmon Weds Actress Elyse Knox in Michigan Chapel
Hero football star Tom Harmon, 24, and actress Elyse Knox, 26, married at St. Mary's chapel, University of Michigan. Knox wore a parachute themed dress and veil. usher Forrest Evashevsky, Harmon's teammate, attended from the Navy Preflight school in Iowa City.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Tom Harmon
Elyse Knox
Harmon
Miss Knox
Hollywood
St. Mary’s
University of Michigan
Elyse
China
Forrest Evashevsky
Navy
Iowa City
Jockey Strike Halts Lincoln Fair Races
In Lincoln Nebraska racing halted at the state fair meet as jockeys struck over hazards and pay, demanding 2.50 more per race for a muddy track. Management refused and reported the walkout after prior laundry bill demands had been settled. Hundreds had bought mutuel tickets and rain checks were offered as fans awaited any possible rides.
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Lincoln, Neb
Ins
America
Lincoln
Anamosa Welcomes New Athletic Instructor for Grid Drills
Plan grid drills start next Monday according to Earl Klinzman assistant coach. Wendell Lisle Guthrie Center becomes the new athletic instructor at Anamosa and will line up the Blue Raider squad then.
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Anamosa
Earl Klinzman
Wendell Lisle
Guthrie Center
Blue Raider
Plan Service Baseball Tournament at Omaha
Four area winners in the Seventh Service Command baseball series will meet in Omaha next weekend to name a champion. Teams include Schick General Hospital Clinton Iowa, the Clarinda Iowa prisoner of war camp, a Leonard Wood Missouri unit, and Ft. Warren Wyoming. The double elimination event follows area and sectional wins, with playoffs set for Saturday Sunday and Monday.
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Omaha
Service Command
Schick General Hospital
Clinton
Clarinda
Leonard Wood
Ft. Warren
Wyo
Atley Donald’s Standout Freshman Season with Yankees
Atley Donald of the New York Yankees posted his best season as a freshman in 1939, winning 13 games and losing only 3. This strong performance highlighted his early impact on the team.
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Atley Donald
New York Yankees
Two Year Old Racing Nags Aims at Hopeful Futurity
John Marsh's Free For All heads east for the Hopeful at Belmont as Pavot dominates two year olds. Horsemen rate Pavot as the year’s king with hopes to win both the Hopeful and Futurity, while other stables like Bradley Burns and Brookmeade field strong teams.
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Pat Follinson
New York
INS
John Marsh
Wayne Wright
Walter Jefford
Pavot
Belmont
E. R. Bradley
Brookmeade
Walter Chrysler
Manchester Golf Meet Opens Today
The annual Manchester Golf and Country Club tournament opens today with pairings listed for the Championship Flight and subsequent flights. Named players include Jay Welch, Howard Shelly, Reuben Teske, Stanley Klaus, and many others across rounds.
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Manchester
George Greenway, Jr
Clair Groves
Henning Anderson
Robert Watson
Maynard Spalgat
Louis W Holbert
Shannon Chariton
James Williamson
Frank Davis
E. H. Campbell
Paul J. Kehoe
Russell Tostenrud
Stephen Schackle
Arthur G. Platt
Ed Bolsinger
Clyde Bumeyer
Lee Joslyn
Elmer Howe
Gordon Spechelli
Robert Davis
Bre
Bert HR. Butzel
Rex Pelly
Geeres
W. Hermann
Carl Stenway, Jr
Elmer Widner
Irving D. Long
No Chicago Baseball Series This Season
Chicago will not host a Cubs versus White Sox series this fall marking a second straight year without the city contest. Manager Charlie Grimm cited many injuries and players wanting to return home after the regular season.
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Chicago
Cubs
White Sox
Sox
Charlie Grimm
YWCA Hosts Season Finale for Allied Industrial Golf League
The YWCA notes season end with a dinner at the Y M C A and prize awards. Final team standings: Honeymead 190.14 points first, Y W C A 183 points second, Iowa Manufacturing 161 third, Metropolitan 148 fourth. Individual scores listed for Teufel Morningstar McBurney Hagenstein Gray Borgstrom Helscher Rogers Baxter Brousard McPherson Gousin.
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Allied Industrial Golf League
Y.M.C.A
Honeymead
Y.W.C.A
Iowa Manufacturing
Metropolitan
Teufel A
Morningstar McBurney
Hagenstein Gray
Borgstrom
Helscher
Rogers
Baxter
Brousard
McPherson
Landis Sets Monday Meeting to Schedule World Series Dates
Commissioner Landis will convene a meeting Monday with top American league clubs and the pennant bound St. Louis Cardinals to settle the World Series dates and opening site. Tentative plan has the series beginning Tuesday October 3 at Sportsman's Park. The Browns Yankees Red Sox and Tigers hold varying chances in the league race.
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Chicago
Sportsman’s Park
St. Louis Cardinals
Browns
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Baseball
New York Yankees
Boston Red Sox
Detroit Tigers
Foxx Leaves Cubs For Minor's Job
Chicago AP reports 1944 season ends for Cubs as Jimmy Foxx resigns from coaching to manage Portsmouth, Va. club, replacing Bill Steinecke who joins the New York Yankees. Outfielder Ival Goodman is injured and cannot play again this season.
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Chicago
Chicago Cubs
Jimmy Foxx
Cubs
Portsmouth
Cub
Bill Steinecke
New York Yankees
Ival Goodman
St. Louis
Y M C A Golf League Results and Standings
Y M C A notes report results of the Y Business Men Golf league. Matches include Kiwanis No 2 over Kiwanis No 1 and Moore Agency over Shell Oil Co. Others list Lions No 1 over Navy Inspectors and Lions No 2 over Junior C C No 1. Standings show Moore Agency first, followed by Lions No 1, Navy, Inspectors, Kiwanis No 2, Lions No 2, Shell Co, and Kiwanis No 1. Matches for Wednesday: Kiwanis No 1 vs Lions, Moore Agency vs Kiwanis No 2, Junior C C No 1 vs Navy, Inspectors vs Junior C C No 1, Shell Co vs Lions No 2, and Ontimist.
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Kiwanis
Ony
Inspectors
Lions
Moore Agency
Shell of Co. Ag Oaunst
Junior C. C
Taman Be
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Navy
Shell Ol
Cedar Rapids Gazette Wide World News Clipping
The Sun Aug 27 1944 issue of the Cedar Rapids Gazette carries a daily wrap of World War II frontline updates and local notices. Readers see brief dispatches from battle zones, political developments, and community notices that shape wartime civic life.
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Cedar Rapids
Sun
Ted Wilks Elevates Cardialn Rotation with Three Pitching Gifts
Cardinal rookie Ted Wilks leads the NL with 13 victories against one loss crediting a three-way delivery from overhand sidearm and three quarters. He cites control and Mort Cooper’s guidance as key while noting his fastball and developing slow ball complement a strong season.
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Stan Mockler
ST. Louis
Ted Wilks
Cardinals
Ted
Wilks
Big Mort Cooper
Ace Moundsman
Dixie Walker
Brooklyn Dodger
Bill Nicholson
Chicago Cub
Columbus
Cardinal
Plan Golf Tourney At Kenmore Be Held Monday
The Allied Industrial golf leagues host a two ball foursome tournament at Kenmore on Monday at 5 30 p m with 44 entries and prizes in three flights. A buffet dinner follows the meet and rain would shift play to Tuesday at the same time.
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Kenmore
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