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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1948
Page
3
Brooklyn Dodgers rallied in a seventh inning explosion to defeat the New York Giants 7-5 on Saturday. Buddy Kerr left the game after being struck in the face by a throw, feared fractured cheekbone, ending his run for an undetermined period.
Fragmented box score shows players such as Br o eslyn Reese Layton and Cooper with runs hits and errors. Mentions Newark Bog Brook pub lo Ramsdellyp and Janzen with limited readable team details and incomplete line scores.
Clinton Iowa City star Ken Cline advances to the Mississippi Valley tennis quarterfinals after defeating Herb Chudzick of Aurora 6 4 6 3. Other Cedar Rapids players exit as Saturday completes third round play and quarterfinals are set for morning sessions.
Clarence Baker of Cedar Rapids won the men’s division and Mrs Laura Kula of Oxford Junction took the women’s title in a double American archery event sponsored by the Oxford Junction American Legion. Top men’s scores were Baker 1236 and Anton Kula 935. women’s leaders were Mrs Kula 980 and Frieda Graham 935.
Victor teams earned two victories before 850 fans at the new lighted baseball field dedication. The Victor American Legion Junior team defeated Grinnell 2-0, while the Victor American Legion independent team beat Ladors 4-1. Hatamon Shaul Parvin and Haines were noted.
The Monticello Junior Legion Baseball team won three games this week defeating Caggon High 10 to 3, Anamosa Junior Legion 14 to 6, and Maquoketa Junior Legion 6 to 1.
Pitcher Hoyt Newhouser improved to 11-0 with a 6-2 win over the Chicago White Sox. The Tigers tallied runs in the middle innings as Chisox failed to solve his fastball.
West Liberty hosts a one day softball tourney starting Monday with 16 teams. Games begin at 8 a.m. as quarterfinals run at 2 p.m. semifinals at 6 30 p m and the final at 8 45 p m. Sponsored by the West Liberty Softball Association.
Dr Eddie Anderson head football coach at the University of Town will address Post 788 Veterans of Foreign Wars in Cedar Rapids July 15. The speaking engagement was announced by Dale McCalley, entertainment chairman. Anderson is an Overseas veteran who served as a hospital staff surgeon in England and took a three year leave from the university to serve in the Army. The talk follows the VFW business session at 5 p.m. in the post clubrooms at 709 Second Avenue SE.
Hal Newhouser earned his 11th victory for the Detroit Tigers with a 6 2 win over the Chicago White Sox. The lefty allowed only five hits, trailing 2 0 until the seventh inning, and yielded just two singles in the final six innings. He tied Bob Lemon for the American League pitching record.
The New York Yankees erased a deficit with a four run rally in the eighth to defeat Washington 5 to 3 and even the series at one game each. Yogi Berra and Joe DiMaggio sparked the comeback with an RBI single and a double that brought in the tying and winning runs. Sid Hudson took the loss for Washington while Earl Harrist pitched scoreless relief.
Wilford Wehrle, the 1937 champion from Louisville, disqualified himself after discovering he carried 15 clubs, one too many for the Western Amateur in Wichita. Various match results followed with players from Oklahoma City to Wichita.
Princeton sweep-swingers weigh about 150 pounds and captured the Thames Cup at Henley, beating the Royal Air Force entry by 2 34 lengths to give America the trophy for the second straight year.
Knights of Columbus held the top spot in the Service and Civic Club leagues after a 7-2 win over the Elks at Daniels Park. Michaels led the victory with a single and a home run in three at bats. Barney's remained undefeated with a 20-2 home run parade against Morehouse, while Craemer's beat The Gazette 7-0 behind Stegman’s one hitter.
Vintage box score fragment lists leaders and players across leagues. Names such as Musial Cardinals, Williams Red Sox, Mize Giants and Kiner Pirates appear among runs batted in and home runs leaders, with era context implied by boxward references and team tags.
The New York Yankees announce a baseball tryout at Daniels Park on July 22 and 23 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. No instruction will be given and the event is not a clinic or school. The team will evaluate youths for possible contracts and no advance reservation is needed.
Cedar Rapids juniors Jim Wasta and Norman Barnes depart for St Joseph Missouri to begin a week long Missouri Valley tennis tournament They will be joined by Burlington trio Norman Sprock Jim Bischoff and Merle Miller The Iowa group returns with Carl Kirwin at week end.
Baseball hits scheduled at 2 30 p m today with Belle Plaine meeting Tama Legion. Monday the locals face Williamsburg as part of the East Central Iowa league.
Joe DiMaggio leads the Gazette All Star voting with 303 total ballots, ahead of Ted Williams and Lou Boudreau as fans in Cedar Rapids cast ballots for the July 13 All Star game in St. Louis. Stan Musial tops NL outfielders with 216 votes. ballots must reach The Gazette by noon Monday to count.
Bobby Locke shot a one under par 70 to finish at 208 and share the 54 hole lead with Dutch Harrison in the Motor City Open. Ben Hogan and Stewart Alexander sit one stroke back at 209, as Melvin Chick Herbert is two back after a 210.
Over 1,000 fans filled the Union venue for the first of three days of July 4 celebrations as local boxers faced off in six bouts. Referee Alex Fidler oversaw the event with notable fighters including Tommy Gavin of Cedar Rapids and Dariton Counts from Cedar Rapids in action.
Cedar Rapids Horseshoe league schedule has City Club facing Independents and CIC with Cherry Burrell meeting CI0 in Wednesday action. Last week City Club lost 9-7 to CSO, a tight finish decided by Roy Reed beating Hiram Halmerson 50 44. Cherry Burrell and Independents were rained out.
A Cedar Rapids area feature notes high school and Legion players weighing pro offers against college paths. Kenny Kuester of Monona plans to attend the University of Iowa, joining Dysart’s Hubert Kopriva and other Wilson LaPlant players eyeing colleges or pro spring options. Comments from scouts and teammates highlight Keokuk’s farm prospects and M J League outlook.
Lawrence Kansas AP University of Kansas Chancellor Deane W Malott defies Big Seven faculty reps ruling by allowing four Jayhawker players and a basketball man still ruled ineligible to compete this fall if they enroll and wish to play He says the Kansas board of regents and athletic director approve and will inform other presidents in the conference.
Snyder leads kenn as con tender for national dirt track auto racing championship. He wins the feature race at West Union during the American Legion Fourth of July weekend, setting a half mile track record of 26.97 seconds. Luptow finishes second in the feature. Grim takes third with Fleming and Rice winning sprint events.
Wilton Junction and Mt. Pleasant open the three day district American Legion junior tournament in Iowa City with nine county champions entered. The event uses a straight elimination format and advances the winner to state play. Schedule lists matches including Wilton Junction vs Mt Pleasant and Fairfield presence.
The Gazette notes no Central Association games in Moline over a two day holiday as the Philadelphia Athletics moved the club to Kewanee Illinois. Davenport and Waterloo clubs travel east for league games leaving the local sector baseball idle.
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