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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1941
Page
4
Reynolds of the Raiders faltered late as rain paused a tense 4-3 win over Moline. After six dominant innings, a mysterious late-inning collapse forced him from the mound, adding another odd chapter to a three-game pennant race series interrupted by a cyclone near Hill Park.
Evansville visits for four games in three days as Raiders aim to climb after a near miss. Tonight is Ladies Night with 10 cent defense tax or 16 cent grandstand seats, plus a single admission for two Saturday night and Sunday games. Sunday contests at 6 and 8 15 pm, first game limited to seven innings by agreement. Repairs were begun Friday on Will Park fences and light poles. field is in fine shape.
Reynolds held Cedar Rapids to three singles through seven but faltered in the eighth as Ray Poat relieved after a 15 inning stretch. Del Jones belted a homer to spark the Plowboys in a 4-3 win, with a brutal eighth inning rally and a toppled grandstand as storm winds interrupted play.
In a tense Hill Park game, Wally Korden Brock's glove stop on a second-inning action anchored by a sharp flip to Marquardt for a force-out preserved the tie. Marquardt then fielded a difficult throw to first to end the inning and seal the win as Lou Kehn added two doubles in a pivotal late surge.
Elkader’s tennis tournament will begin July 24 at the municipal courts and include five divisions: men’s singles, women’s singles, junior singles under 15, men’s doubles, and women’s doubles. Defending champions are Joe Hyde in men’s singles and Mary Virginia Fedderson in women’s singles.
Baltimore bout saw Louw Transparents outpoint Archibald after 12 rounds in Providence. Chalky Wricht defeated Jacke Wilson on points in Pittsburgh by 19. Portland card featured Vale Wright stopping Tea Mideste Aye Manchester after 9 rounds in a spirited bout.
Cedar Rapids Raiders rally past Moline 4 to 3 as Evansville's lead narrows to one game. Reynolds allows three hits in seven innings, Peat closes out in relief to seal victory. Clinton outscores Springfield in 10 innings 4 to 3. Decatur tops Madison 4 to 2 after rain shortened game.
Ira N Davenport, 93, once a Chicago University track star, died in Dubuque after a five week illness. Davenport set many track records and later coached football at Loras College. He also served as general manager of the Dubuque Boat and Boiler works.
The Fairfax Gun Club will be open for practice on Sunday afternoon starting at 2 o clock.
A Chicago source reports Illinois football after Zuppke by suggesting Wilson will depart and Doug Mills may become athletic director. The piece praises Zuppke and notes Mike Enich’s all star prospects for August Chicago game. It also weighs Nagurski vs Kimbrough and updates on Dee Davis’ family tragedy and George Bink’s troubled career path through Cedar Rapids Madison and Green Bay minor leagues.
Boston wins 7 to 4 over Chicago with strong hitting by Foxx DiMaggio and Kreevich. Doerr Wright and Spence lead Boston. Spence two RBIs. Cronin also contributes. Chicago offense limited as Lee allows eight hits in eight innings. Umpires McGowan Quinn Orleve. game time two hours.
Standings show Evansville 42 25 .627 and Clinton 32 34 .485 in the THREE-EYE LEAGUE with other clubs like Cedar Rapids Madison Decatur Waterloo Springfield Moline listed. Thursday results include Cedar Rapids 4 Moline 3 rain halted Decatur 4 Madison 2 rain, Clinton 4 Springfield 3 in 10 innings, and Evansville Waterloo rain halted with Friday games noted.
Harris Coggeshall, defending singles champion from Des Moines, rallied past Cliff Williams of Guthrie 6-8 6-4 6-4 to reach the Iowa Open semifinals. Coggeshall will face John Fletcher of Des Moines after Fletcher beat Frank Brody 6-4 6-4. Dick Hainline and Sterling Lord also moved into the semis in singles. Lord beat John McNabb 6-4 6-2. In doubles, Lord and Dick Rugg reached the semis with a 6-3 6-3 win over Nye and Anderson. Shenandoah’s Ted Hainline won the boys’ singles 3-6 7-5 6-3 over Ken Johnson.
The Williamsburg American Legion team earned entry to the sub-state tournament after a state commander forfeiture ruling. Muscatine used a pitcher listed as Atkins under the name Kelly, making Atkins ineligible. Williamsburg led 4 1 in the seventh before the 12th inning final 7 6 Muscatine payout and prior July 8 protest.
After two games on successive days Iowa Manufacturers and Wilsons each won over the other Friday but the Packers held the upper hand overall. Thursday’s league game saw the Manufacturers fall 1-0 at Daniels park as Kenney and the Lighters preserved their pennant race edge.
Chicago AP report shows Tom Harmon of Michigan slipping to fourth place in a national newspaper poll to name an all star college football team to meet the Chicago Bears August 28 at Soldiers Field. Rankin leads with 108,116 votes. Franck and Mucha follow, with Harmon at 104,172.
Winthrop, unbeaten first half Delaware County league champ, takes on a rest of circuit all star team Sunday at 2 45 pm. Ed Wessel of Lamont directs the select squad including Meader Velden Delaware Guetzke Hansis Andrews Lamont Fry Keegan Murray Conant Silver Creek Schulte Graybill Quasqueton Rhinchold Ryan Decker D Decker Cashman Masonville Eberhart Cook. Winthrop coached by Frank Rich counters with Halford Halford Carson Breitbach Landis Callan Brubaker Peterson Cook Rich Householder Holt Ferreter Steifel Scott.
Duluth Dukes manager Joe Davis has been replaced by Howard Taylor from Decatur in a straight player deal. Taylor previously played with Cedar Rapids in 1937 and 1938, and joins Duluth as the new hurler-manager replacing Davis.
AP sports report notes Joe DiMaggio extended his hitting streak to 56 games in a high profile night at Cleveland Municipal Stadium. The Yankees faced a pennant battle against the Indians as DiMaggio’s quest drew massive crowds and wall-to-wall media attention, overshadowing the main pennant clash.
The Fraternal league leaders tightened their grip after round eleven as the Eagles beat second-place CSA 9 to 4 in A division to widen their edge to three games. Maccabees toppled ZCBJ 12 to 9. Sokols forfeited to CYO. In B division the YMCA defeated Triton 8 to 5. Northwest Forum upset Knights of Columbus 5 to 4. LO0F hammered I.O.O.F. 21 to 11.
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