Kinnick Leads All Star Ballot With Southern California Purdue Notre Dame
Backers from USC Purdue and Notre Dame push two players each into early leads for the seventh annual all star game on Aug 29. Nile Kinnick Iowa leads overall with 173 497 votes as ballots are distributed to city playgrounds and theaters to boost Hawkeye stars.
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180 Attend Oelwein Women's Golf Meet
Special to The Gazette. Decorah readers learn the Oneota Golf and Country club invited women event drew 180 attendees from ten towns. Nine golf flights and fifteen bridge tables were played with winners including Mrs C M Thomas Cresco 92 first flight and runner-up Mrs Ray Farragher New Hampton 93.
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West Union
Clarence Bears Twins Shut Out Stanwood 7 to 0
Clarence girls lost 14 to 7 to Olin with Vonsprecken Hasselbusch and Miller as battery. Clarence Bears defeated Stanwood 7 to 0. pitchers were E Hasselbusch and E Bixler for Clarence, Reed and Hughes for Stanwood.
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Harvey Miller condemns mixed weight boxing title bouts
Lieutenant Colonel Harvey Miller, president of the National Boxing Association, denounced the Henry Armstrong light welterweight fight with Lew Jenkins as a sacrifice to gate receipts. He argued champions should not fight out of their class and promoters should not stage two bouts at once.
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Eagles claim moral win in Fraternal A league at Ellis Park
Eagles beat C B J 13 4 in Fraternal A action while CSA defeated Maccabees 9 4. Packers Union surged to first in Fraternal B with an 11 1 victory over CAN club. Knights of Columbus tied for third with Junior ST O O F after KC 5 2 win over Odd Fellows. Moose Lodge crushed Triton Club 25 5.
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Ghosts Meet Dyersville Independents In Night Game
A traveling Negro softball team the Ghosts will play the Dyersville Independents at Dy ersville City Park Monday night at 6 30. The event promises top level softball action in a scheduled non league contest.
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Arlington classic stakes field led by Bimelech at Arlington
Six top three year olds including Bimelech Gallahadion Dit and Andy K contest the $50 000 Arlington classic stakes at mile and a quarter. Bimelech the 8-5 favorite aims to add the gold cup as the field seeks a new record time. Milky Way farms Gallahadion and Dit are strong contenders with Alhalon a long shot.
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Brandon and La Porte Meet in Corn Valley Showdown
La Porte and Brandon clash Sunday at Brandon in the featured Corn Valley loop game. Both teams are undefeated in the second half of the split season, the only unbeatens in the circuit. Other Sunday games send Vinton to Garrison, Van Horne to Urbana, and Palo to Dysart.
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Buck Newson's annual baseball bone break returns in 1950s recap
Newson, famed Tiger right hander with a southpaw mind, fractures a thumb in a Wednesday collision with Ted Williams in Boston. The sport notes Buck’s yearly pattern of bone breaks, including a 200-foot cliff car crash and a mule incident, seen as a quirky link to baseball roots amid pennant chaos.
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Dizzying series of injuries knock pitcher off stride in 1940
The player struggled with a string of injuries from 1935 onward. A knee cap injury from Earl Averill line drive, a finger fracture in Boston, trades and a move to the Tigers, and a broken right thumb as he chased a 14th straight win in 1940. He remains optimistic a full year will reset his relief and return to form.
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Eastern Iowa Golf meet directors hold planning session
Anamosa hosts a Monday meeting of Eastern Iowa Golf Association directors to finalize plans for the 1940 tournament on Sunday Aug 11 at the local course. Kenneth Humpal and Eugene Rees lead the organization with attendance expected from Ray Groves Nelson Quigley L Barewald Harry Lewis Fred Blaine Claude Appleby and Bill Jacobsen.
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Eugene Rees
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Tipton
Harry Lewis
West Liberty
Fred Blaine
Women Hold Spotlight In Net Tournament
In Des Moines AP reports the state tennis tournament focused on the women’s singles semifinals Friday while men’s singles semifinals are set for Saturday. The field featured favorites in the women’s division and action highlighted by competitive matches through the day.
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Bud and Walt Softball Drops 13 9 Decision to Bremers
Special to The Gazette reports NORTH LIBERTY Bud and Walt softball team fell 13 to 9 to Bremers of Iowa City on Wednesday. Jack Canney pitched for Bud and Walt with Dean Bowman catching. Martin Warren pitched for Bremers with Joe Norton catching.
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Midwest Champion Marguerite Letts Advances in Quarterfinals
Marguerite Letts of St. Joseph Missouri leads vision through a smooth quarterfinal win as Midwest champion. In men singles, fifth seed Bob Sandler from Des Moines defeats third seed Gayle Kellogg of Omaha 6-2 6-4 while favorites advance in easy fashion.
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Fitzpatrick to Manage Rayne Club in Louisiana
Waterloo ex manager Jack Fitzpatrick, who left the White Hawks of the Three-I league 19 days ago, plans to take over as manager of the Rayne club in the Evans geline league, a class D circuit. He previously led Rayne about three years ago and was replaced by Fred Bedore in Waterloo.
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