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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1941
Page
5
Ray Pont pitched well for the Plowboys, allowing eight hits in thirteen innings as Moline’s defense stifled the Raiders. Peat blanked the Raiders through twelve, but clutch scoring eluded the visitors while Merrick and Poat battled in a tense 3-3 tie.
Evansville closes three game series with Moline at Hill Park then hosts first place Evansville Bees for four games in three days. Series opens Friday at 8:15 p.m. Ladies Night with ten cent defense or sixteen cent grandstand. Saturday Raider Cub Club night at 8:15 p.m. Sunday features two games at 6 p.m. and 8:15 p.m. with single admission.
Del Jones wins as Cedar Rapids and Moline exchange runs and errors. Joe Mowry robs baserunners with two outfield catches and a cannon throw at home plate. Hershey, Edwards and Jones deliver key hits while Del Jones scatters hits through ten innings. The crowd is small but the late game suspense carries the doubleheader night.
Edwards overthrows on the same play as Hank scores from third after Lou Kahn singles. Stasey opens the 13th with his third single, Mowry is intentionally walked to face Rolandson who delivers the walk off run. Mason robs Lou Kahn with a leaping one handed catch to save the game.
Notre Dame halfback Bill McGannon surged to the top in the national vote to assemble an all star college team to face the Chicago Bears on August 28. He held an 11,000 vote lead over Michigan’s Tommy Harmon with other leaders named including Rankin Purdue and Foran St Benedict’s among tackles and O’Boyle Tulane and Lokane Northwestern at guard.
Spectators at the Iowa women's golf tournament witnessed Mrs. David Richardson of Davenport score a hole in one on the 159 yard eighth hole during the nine hole consolation flight.
The Amana Blue Jays will play Carlston there on Sunday.
Three-Eye league game notes show Evansville losing 10-5 at Waterloo while Cedar Rapids fell 4-3 in 13 innings to Moline. Clyde Umstead earned the win for the White Hawks, rookie southpaw with one prior victory. Upcoming weekend features a Cedar Rapids vs Evansville series as the Bees seek to stay in the hunt.
Chicago based Blube Dye formerly with the Chicago Black Hawks of the NHL now works in the mutuel department at Lincoln Fields.
Columnist riffs on baseball quirks and umpire tactics in the Coast and Three-Eye leagues. Mentions Pepper Martin in Sacramento, Hank Edwards vs Warren Spahn, and a Lubbock manager quip. Praises Cedar Rapids officials and Moline Raiders for the all star game, with local business support and club gratitude.
Cincinnati and New York box score snippets show Hartnett and M McCormick key RBIs in a 7 4 NY win while Carpenter and Walters mix in for the Reds. Pittsburgh and Boston also play with DiMaggio and Vaughan producing RBIs and Hartnett contributing for Cincinnati edges.
The New York State clay court championships set quarter finalists after three singles matches. Advancing are Jack Kramer and Gene Mako of Los Angeles seeded third and fifth, plus Ladislav Hecht of New York seeded sixth. Hecht meets Don McNeill while Schroeder faces Ted Olowine as lower bracket pairs advance.
The Three-Eye League standings show Evansville at 42 25, Clinton 34 0, and other teams with mixed records. Wednesday results include Moline 1 Cedar Rapids 3, Waterloo 10 Evansville 5, and Springfield 4 Clinton 3. Thursday games list Marine at Cedar Rapids, Evansville at Waterloo, Decatur at Madison, Springfield at Clinton. American Association leaders include New York 55 27, Detroit 42 43, Cleveland 50 34, and Philadelphia 26 44 with scattered results noted amid rain postponements.
Des Moines The Gazette reports on John Jacobs known as Jake, a 20-year-old Iowa golf talent aiming beyond state titles. He won three straight Iowa championships, played in the National Open at Fort Worth, and is coached by his father while preparing for national amateur events in Omaha. Phyllis Otto is also noted as a young golfer from Atlantic.
The Yankees beat Cleveland 10-3 as Joe McCarthy shuffled pitching with Artley Donald earning his fourth win. DiMaggio extended his hitting streak to 56 while McCarthy’s bold selections drew both praise and skepticism.
A young golfer who began at eight and won a state women's title as a five year old high school girl opened this week with a 76 to qualify, breaking the Davenport Country Club women's record once held by Lucille Robinson Mann of Omaha. Phyllis fell to Marion Miley in the 1941 Trans Missiquippi quarterfinals and then lost a 20 hole match to Jeanne Cline of Bloomington Illinois in the Western junior meet.
Davenport player Mrs Douglas Brown beat Cedar Rapids opponent Mrs James Bell one up in a 22-hole third flight match during the Town women’s golf tournament. The match was even after nine holes and again at regulation, then Brown pulled ahead on the final stretch.
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