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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1950
Page
4
Cedar Rapids Indians outslugged Danville 5-3 at Memorial Stadium as Dodgers running game was contained. Key plays included four unearned runs in the first inning after Danville errors, and a Jekielek homer for Danville. Walters? (Note: contains names and events from the game)
Bob Schubert won the Elmcrest Country Club flag golf tournament Sunday going 20 holes in 80 strokes. Clem Schnoebelen took second after an 18, Harold Ferguson placed third as the event tested farthest on par 70 with handicap. Tuesday features mixed two ball foursomes at Elmcrest.
Thom Cooper of Kansas City won three power boat events on the Mississippi at Dubuque driving two boats Tops VII and Pop's Top. Fire damaged Hornet, owned by Marion Cooper of Louisville, Kentucky, during the day’s races.
National League standings show varied records for Philadelphia Brooklyn Chicago and Pittsburgh with Boston and Cincinnati slim gaps. Sunday results list multiple blowouts and a curfew noted end of 10 in Brooklyn New York Philadelphia Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati. Monday probables feature Roe Jansen Bickford Church Mac Donald Ramsdell Rush Lanier. Tuesday games include Brooklyn New York Boston Philadelphia Pittsburgh Cincinnati Chicago St Louis. American League details Detroit New York Cleveland Boston Washington St Louis Chicago Detroit and St Louis at various venues with specific starters listed.
In a packed Sunday card, Bobby Feller earned his 200th major league victory while Joe DiMaggio moved from center field to first base. The Phillies beat the Dodgers 6-4 to stay atop the National League as a doubleheader ended in an 8-8 tie after curfew. Cleveland and St. Louis traded runs, Detroit and New York split, and Boston swept New York as Hal Newhouser hurled relief to seal a Tigers win.
Bradley's home town horses win half the six heats at Waterloo two day harness meet Sunday. Charlie Miller sets track record 2 11 2 5 mile in free for all pace and wins both feature heats. Gay French wins one heat of the 2 20 trot. Jud Tunnis hints at September harness racing after fair season. attendance 1 350.
Alec Mackenzie and Doug West of Cedar Rapids exited after rounds in the Mississippi Valley tennis meet. Mackenzie won 6-2 6-1 over Pete Shields but lost 6-3 6-3 to Richard Moran. West fell 6-3 2-6 6-0 to Bill Rudelius and, with Mackenzie, lost 6-2 7-5 in doubles. Dick Hainline led in Rock Island with a 6-2 7-5 win. Joann Dunn Gibson and Pat Norman reached the women’s final. Jim McCullough and Dick Ludwig prepare for the junior final. Tournament resumes Tuesday.
The Cardinals and Red Sox topped the All Star ballots with three players each. Stan Musial Marty Marion and Enos Slaughter join the National League squad at Comiskey Park on July 11. Walt Dropo Bobby Doerr and Ted Williams lead the American League selections. George Kell led all vote getters with 1,132,945 votes.
The Gazette and KCRG will announce the winner of the contest to select the correct All-Star baseball game starting lineups. The winner gets two tickets to the All-Star game. More than 400 ballots were returned. final poll results also surface tomorrow.
Jackie Robinson led with 1 132 954 votes, Ted Williams third at 1 041 396. 3 167 326 fans cast ballots. Starting lineups list players from Boston, New York, Detroit, Cleveland and Philadelphia with top batters and fielders across American and National Leagues.
Cedar Rapids Indians, already short of the full roster, may be without two steady performers for a time. Ray Peters pulled a leg muscle last Thursday and is not in top shape, while Jerry Majercik, illness sidelined, traveled to Chicago to defend a lawsuit after a car—loaned to another—was in a winter accident. Manager Bill Jurges noted few complete games this season as Cedar Rapids played its 61st game. A letter from Cliff Wilson urges shorter games via better umpiring and pitching, praising Bob Bannons defense and highlighting Allie Reynolds’ B'nai B'rith award.
Gene Benner of Rock Island won the Ce Mar Acres stock car feature Sunday night before 5276 paid admissions, the second largest crowd of the season. The 15 lap race stopped near the end after a collision between Duane Quick and Roy Dickinson. Chumley won the first heat. Jack Fleming won the rollover contest. The same event is scheduled again Wednesday with time trials at 7 p.m.
A 16 year old baseball player, Robert Freeman Morris of Anaconda, was killed when lightning struck the Helena diamond during a game between Helena and Anaconda American Legion junior teams. Seven others were injured and several spectators were knocked down as the storm hit. Authorities described the incident as a tragic weather accident at the sports field.
In a high scoring 9 inning contest Waterloo beat Carr 7 to 9. Decatur Latz and Kneuper homered for Decatur while Naster, Knamer and others added runs. Pitchers Rothman and Willard worked through the later innings as Valen tinet te and Thrasher appeared for defensive outs.
Carry Middlecoff of Ormond Beach Florida tops the field with 133 after a six under par 66 at Red Run Country Club midway through the Motor City Open. Lloyd Mangoo of Ojai California is two shots back at 134 and is followed by Skip Alexander and others as organizers push toward the $16,500 prize pool.
The Chicago White Sox released infielder A Kozar to Oakland of the Pacific Coast League on a 24 hour option to make room for outfielder Mike McCormick. McCormick, bought to strengthen the right handed batting power, was to report to the White Sox from Oakland on Monday.
C R Vets from Cedar Rapids defeated a largely all star Marshalltown squad 20 to 2 in a Sunday afternoon nine inning contest halted in the seventh. Delimer Pille tripled for the visitors' lone hit as Bill Rucker fanned 12 in five innings. Don Wink led Cedar Rapids with three hits and three RBIs, as the VFW team capitalized on four first inning steals and a string of big innings.
Local baseball roundup notes Cedar Rapids teams LaPlant Choate 8 and Marshalltown Ansony at VFW field with nearby scores. Other lines reference Marshallton and Ferry, plus a 4 to 5 score in a related matchup.</s>
Vernon Bickford allowed five hits over nine innings to stop the Philadelphia Phillies 3-1 as Boston Braves outpitched the league leaders. Bob Elliott slugged his 13th homer, and the Braves snapped a game with Crandall Heintzelman Candini and Seminick handling the Philadelphia lineup.
Jim English of Red Oak Iowa posted a four under par 67 at Happy Hollow to forge a course record and margins in the Trans Miss tournament final, defeating Jack Vickers of Wichita 1 up for the championship.
Quincy Illinois reports Herb Plews former Illinois baseball captain was hit in the head by a pitch in the third inning of Evansville versus Quincy three league game. He was rushed to hospital with possible skull fracture after the incident and is listed in serious condition.
Cedar Rapids Choate defeated the Marshalltown Ansons 8 to 7 in a Sunday night baseball game played in Marshalltown. LaPlant Choate led the visitors with timely hits as the Cedar Rapids squad edged the local team in a tight contest.
Dave Rosenberg of Cedar Rapids won the Aurora rifle shoot, edging Rob Spahr for the title with 106x to 100x. Bill Hankin finished 12th as Ax Tenberg planned to enter the Sparta, Wisconsin tourney next Sunday.
Cascade LaPlant Choate of Cedar Rapids faces Cascade here Monday while Manchester visits for a Tuesday afternoon game.
Ladies' golf day at Indian Creek Country Club, usually on Tuesday, will be held Wednesday this week to make way for the Fourth of July men's tournament.
Western League table shows team records and percentages for Omaha St, Pueblo, Sioux City, Wichita, Des Moines, Omaha, Colorado Springs, and Denver. The fragment lists wins and losses, with several teams near .600 or .500, including Indianapolis and Milwaukee, plus multiple cross-town matchups and status on the season.
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