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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1940
Page
28
The Cedar Rapids Country Club hosts the annual Iowa Amateur Open with the Pro-Am portion featuring teams like Pat Willcox Merle Stimson and Johnny Jacobs. Entries near 200 with hopes to top 300. prize pool around $400. Jacobs posts 68 in warmup as field readies for 18 hole best ball rounds.
Reds top Cubs 4 to 0 as Derringer dominates with a one hit game before 12 939 fans. Hack breaks the no hit bid with a sixth inning double and a walk, while McCormick belts a homer for Cincinnati.
The list shows qualifying pairings for the 1940 Iowa State Amateur Golf Meet with players from Cedar Rapids Des Moines Davenport Dubuque Marion Newton Clinton Mason City and more. Names include McGrane Whitcomb Culver Van Horn Epler Koffron Seamen Knopp Volsht Naso Schenken Blackburn Densler Booth Lynch Walmsley Rostburg and several others.
New York Giants drop six games behind after an 8-2 loss to last place Philadelphia. Kirby Higbe dominated with six hits allowed, improving to six wins against nine losses. Paul Dean was knocked out in the seventh following a miscue by Johnny Rucker off Art Mahan in a fumbled play.
Clinton edged Waterloo 3-0 as Tom Gorman scattered eight hits to keep pace with the league leading Raiders. Springfield toppled Moline 8-7 with five early home runs, Hargrave Ogen and Montgomery homer highlights.
Cedar Rapids Country club hosts the state amateur golf tourney with defending champion Johnny Jacobs of Cedar Rapids photographed. Other notable players include Johnny Kraft of Oclwein Walt Hodge of Ellis park team Bernie Stieger Pat Willcox Dixie Smith and Merle Stimson. Willcox tagged for the pro-amateur tourney after placing eleventh in the National Open and holing out a hole-in-one.
Brooklyn Dodgers extend to seven straight with a 2-0 win over the Boston Bees. Tot Pressnell scatters three hits and earns the decision over Dick Errickson in a tight pitching duel. Reese drives in the first run, Mancuso scores on a sacrifice, and Camilli adds a late RBI as Brooklyn edges Boston 2 to 0.
Pittsburgh swept a two game set from St Louis 15 to 8 and 4 to 3. In the nightcap Spud Davis walked in the tenth and Al Lopez ran for him. Mace Brown struck out, Handley reached on a fumble, Lopez took second. Frank Gustine delivered his second hit of the game with a single.
Cedar Rapids hosts the Three-Eye all-star game on July 15 with players from eight cities. Local officials urge strong community support to back the event at Hill Park and avoid a black eye for Cedar Rapids. Tickets are available at downtown cigar stores as fans are urged to turnout for a profitable night of baseball.
Detroit Tigers split a doubleheader with St Louis. Buck Newsom pitched a three hitter to earn his 12th win in the opener. Johnny Gorski held St Louis to five hits in the nightcap as the Tigers won 2 to 0. Rudy York doubled and scored, Hank Greenberg stole a base and scored, and Pete Fox delivered the decisive fly in the sixth. Dick Bartell homered in the fifth of the first game.
Cedar Rapids Raiders beat Madison Blues 5 to 4 in a late rally. An error by Stan Stencel allowed Del Jones to score the winning run in the ninth as Madison also scored once in the frame. Walter Riples started for Cedar Rapids and was relieved by Stan Gehrke in the ninth.
Cleveland ganes off Dietrich in fifth as Sti Mack leads with four hits and Ray Mack drives in key runs. Mel Harder goes seven innings before fatigue in ninth and Alen finishes as Indians extend lead in the American League race.
Boston capitalized on three Washington miscues to score four runs with two outs in the ninth, beating the Senators 9 to 3. Jim Tabor and Bobby Doerr starred for Boston as Ken Chase took the loss.
The report lists WoL Pet and team standings for the Three-Eye League with teams such as Madison, Moline, Springfield, Evansville, and Cedar Rapids. It notes upcoming Sunday and Saturday games across Cedar Rapids Madison Clinton Moline Springfield Evansville and others with scores and results from recent matchups.
Saturday results show Milwaukee defeating Toledo 7 1 and Kansas City 6 2 with Columbus and Louisville also winning. St Paul beat Indianapolis 6 1 and Minneapolis 1 0. Sunday games include Philadelphia 2 New York ? and Pittsburgh 0 Chicago 0 with other matchups listed amid standings.
Box seats and grandstand seats for the Three-Eye league all-star event at Hill Park on July 11 went on sale this morning in downtown cigar stores. Buyers are urged to pick up tickets quickly to avoid gate delays. only 1 400 grandstand seats are available and remaining tickets will move to bleacher seats.
The report describes early batting struggles with Riples facing five of the first eight batters while Moardsen highlights a fourth inning triple. Workman walks, Jones scores on a double, and McGuire starts a rally with a left field hit. Neeman Lee and Gustafson contribute as later at bats, with Nieman ending the inning on a grounder.
Decatur Indiana AP The Decatur baseball club of the Three Eye league named center fielder Louie Scoffie as manager replacing Bob Morrow who had held the job only a few days Morrow was named after Tony Kaufman former major league pitcher moved up to Rochester in the International league Scoffie previously played in both the International and Pacific Coast leagues
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