Bartzen and Connolly Win Crowns at Clay Courts
Bernard Tut Bartzen defeated Tony Trabert 6-2 4-6 6-0 6-2 to claim his first major title on clay in River Forest Illinois Maureen Connolly known as Little Mo won the women’s national clay court crown with a 6-3 6-1 victory over Doris Hart marking her second straight national clay title
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River Forest
Ill
Bernard “Tut” Bartzen
Tony Trabert
Maureen Connolly
Little Mo
Doris Hart
Bartzen
Stanky Protest Clouds Forfeit of St Louis Game
In St Louis on Sunday night a players riot between the St Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies led to the game being forfeited to Philadelphia by NL umpire Babe Pinelli. Managers Terry Moore and Eddie Stanky clashed as Sal Yvars and Earl Torgeson sparked the melee, with Stanky later protesting the forfeit in a telegram to Warren Giles.
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St. Louis Cardinals
Philadelphia Phils
Philadelphia
Terry Moore
Eddie Stanky
Moore
Cardinal
Stanky
Babe Pinelli
Phillies
National League
Warren Giles
Philadelphia Club
Sal Yvars
Earl Torgeson
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Yvars
Cardinals
Torgeson
Pinelli
Cards
Ellis Deal
Deal and
Deal
Busch Stadium
Philadelphia Phillies
Ed Stanky
Bobby Morgan
Bill Sarni
Stan Lo‘pata
Big Ten Faces Tough 1960 Schedule Says Crimmins
Indiana coach Bernie Crimmins frets over a demanding 1960 slate after noting six of nine last season’s opponents return. He predicts tougher tests from Ohio State Michigan State Missouri Iowa Northwestern Purdue and lighter foes College of Pacific Miami of Ohio. Michigan State’s Duffy Daugherty also voices concern over graduation losses as Minnesota’s Warmath plans to rebuild with a strong freshman class.
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Crimmins
Indiana
Bernie Crimmins
Hoosiers
Bernie
Ohio State
Michigan State
Missouri
Oklahoma
Maryland
Iowa
Northwestern
Purdue
Stagg
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College of Pace
Miami
Ohio
College of the Pacific
Stanford
McCoy
College of Pacific
Col-Pac
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Idaho
Utah State
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Duffy Daugherty
Biggie Munn
Duffy
Don Dohoney
Billy Wells
Evan Sloanc
Tom Yewcic
Jim Ellis
Larry Fowler
Jim Neal
Daugherty
Pennsylvania
Murray Warmath
Minnesota
M. Warmath
Warmath
Moses
Gophers
Schroeder Dominates CeMar Night For Fourth Straight Feature
Bettendorf speedster Hal Schroeder won his fourth straight CeMar feature, taking the lead early from sixth row and holding off Ernie Speth of Davenport. Darrel Dake of Cedar Rapids finished third as Milo Weber of Dubuque placed fourth amid a lively powder puff derby. A midseason championship race is set for next Sunday July 25.
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Hal Schroeder
Bettendorf
Schroeder
Ernie Speth
Davenport
Darrel Dake
Cedar Rapids
Speth
Milo Weber
Dubuque
Frank Richards
Marion
Darreilake
C.R
Milo Feber
Dulbuque
Colony Town City
T. Pil Qo Millon
Gham Rey Bud Gandy
Gaylin
Libert GR . Earl
Westores
Pernle
Coigh CR
Fonrescer
Pets da Weber
Nas
Ink
Vows City
Maion
Johnny Ee
Darrel Bain
West Liberty
Ray Wertz
Oyt
Fernen
Postville Falls 4-3 in Tri-County Junior Legion
Decorah handed Postville its first Tri-County Junior Legion defeat Sunday with a 4-3 score. Postville stands 4-1, while Decorah and Elkader sit at 3-1. Elsewhere Calmar beat Lansing 12-2 and Guttenberg forfeited to Elkader.
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Decorah
Postville
Cedar Rapids Indians Begin Indiana Invasion After Keokuk Win
Cedar Rapids heads to Indiana for a seven game swing after splitting a six game set with Keokuk. Funai pitched a 2 1 Cedar Rapids win over Keokuk as Pennington drove in the first run and scored the deciding run. Pitula took the loss despite ten strikeouts.
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Keokuk
Cedar Rapids Indians
Indiana
Veremos
Stan Pitula
Cedar Rapids
Indians
Art Pennington
Charlie Teague
Pennington
Tanana
CzZat
Pat Bellino
S Krueter
Comacho
Tello
Pitula
Waterloo Horseshoe Falls? No. Kernels Edge Cedar Rapids in Tight Tilt
Keokuk's lead in the Three-I League shrank as Cedar Rapids beat Keokuk 2-1. Waterloo swept Burlington 13-7 and 9-5 to reclaim wins, Peoria edged Terre Haute 4-2 to grab third place, and Quincy stopped Evansville’s six-game run 2-1. A postgame fracas erupted over a disputed fly ball call involving Burlington’s Bees.
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Indians
Evansville
Terre ‘Haute
Cedar Rapids
Quincy
Peoria
Big Ed Funai Autracted
Associated Press
Kernels
Waterloo
Burlington T
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Burlington
John Wells
Jim Sosebee
Bees
Joe Jaworski
Semproch
Snyder
Comelli
Volel
Rand
Roland
Denney
Wells
Bethel
Hoschelt
Mueller
Follmer
Battey
Lujack Buys Davenport Automobile Agency
Johnny Lujack former Notre Dame football star and his father in law Frank Schierbrock have purchased the Blackhawk Chevrolet Company in Davenport from George Margulies. Lujack has been linked with an Chicago insurance firm and will devote full time to the new business.
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Davenport
Johnny Lujack
Notre Dame
Frank Schierbrock
Blackhawk Chevrolet Company
George Margulies
Lujack
Chicago
Standings and Results from Three-I and American Leagues
Standings show Keokuk Waterloo and Cedar Rapids in Three-I with Cedar Rapids 41 45 and Terre Haute 88 49. Results include Cedar Rapids 2 Keokuk 1 and Peoria 4 Terre Haute 2. American League notes Cleveland Chicago and New York post records with Sunday results and upcoming games listed by city and time.
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Keokuk
Sesss-Ceeee
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Ceeseses
Peoria
Cca Gt Venus Braces Etcetera
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Terre Haute
Burlington
Cedar Rapids
Barinton
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Evansville
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G.B
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New York
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Isbington
Mays Six Games Ahead Of Ruths Record Pace
Cincinnati report notes Willie Mays leads pace toward Babe Ruth's single season home run record. The story cites Mays being six games ahead of Ruth's 1927 pace as the season progresses.
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Ruth
Cincinnati
Ins
Willie Mays
Babe Ruth
Bambino
Sunday Baseball Chaos Stuns Majors With Forfeits and Hitting Feats
In heat at Busch Stadium, the Phillies earned a 9-0 forfeit win over the Cardinals after delays and heated exchanges. Russ Kemmerer pitched a one hitter in his Boston debut, and the Yankees won their 13th straight as Cleveland briefly led before shifts in the standings. Willie Mays homered for the Giants in a split with the Reds, while the Dodgers and Cubs delivered big wins.
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Russ Kemmerer
Boston Red Sox
Kemmerer
Sam Mele
Baltimore Orioles
Orioles
New York Yankees
Detroit Tigers
Harry Byrd
Bombers
Cleveland
Washington Senators
Chuck Stubbs
Bengals
Tribe
New York Giants
Cincinnati Red Legs
Willie Mays
Monte Irvin
Giants
Brooklyn Dodgers
Chicago Cubs
Roy Campanella
Duke Snider
Carl Furillo
Dodgers
Walker Cooper
Cubs
Russ Meyer
Toman Hurls No-Hit Kids' Game 20-1 in League Play
Jim Toman pitched a no hitter as Standard Blueprint beat Gazette 20 to 1 in International league kids' action. Claes threw a two hitter for Killian's in a 5-0 win over UPWA-CIO. Major league results included Deetz and Tompkins strong wins and UAW CIO dominating Melberg Construction 11-1.
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Toman
Jim Toman
Stanard
Blank
Gazette
Standard
Killian
Claes
Upwa-Cio
Kiwanis
Deetz
Police
Ellis
Moose
Tompkins
Iowa National
Iam-Local
IAM
Uaw-Cio
Melberg
Clauson
Welch and Foster win CRCC golf in Cedar Rapids
Family tournaments at Cedar Rapids Country Club last weekend saw F C Welch and Ted Welch win the father son low gross with 170 for 18 holes while Mrs S H Foster and Irene Foster took mother daughter low gross with 56 for nine holes Other divisions list participants and scores across father son father daughter mother son and mother daughter events with names such as William Cormack Ken Kinsey Robert Neff Pete Topic and Robert Prewitt.
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Cedar Rapids Country Club
F. C
Ted Welch
W Gross
William Cormack
Billy Cormack
K. Kinsey
Keninsey
Ein
Low Grees
Robert Neff
John Neff
Rat Oss
Pete Topic
Jinny
Robert Prewitt
Prewitt
Low Ross
M. Delzell
Jane de
Low Gross
Herbert Knudten
Herbd Xudten
Low Net
Steve Prewitt
Low Gree
H. Foster
Irene Ter
Mae Ue Roies
Caats
Obert Walker
Cedar Rapids drivers shine at Minneapolis Aquatennial meet
Cedar Rapids and Eastern Iowa speed boat pilots earned multiple top finishes at Minneapolis Aquatennial. Jack Crissinger claimed two firsts in class D runabout and a first and second in D hydroplane, with other CR racers placing in A and B classes. About 40 boats competed per class.
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Minneapolis
Cedar Rapids
Ollie
Ken Crier
Hydro
Chuck Musil
Iowa City Advances in Ruth Baseball Tourney Semifinals
The state Babe Ruth tournament enters the semifinal round as 13 to 15 year olds compete. Iowa City beat Burlington 2 to 1 while West Des Moines, the defending champs, lost to Cedar in five innings 18 to 1. Ottumwa beat Osceola 7 to 5 and Marshalltown fell to Newton 2 to 1.
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INS
Iowa City
Burlington
West Des Moines
Kings
Cedar
Ottumwa
Oskaloosa
Newton
Klontz Wins OCCO Amateur With One Under 104
Cedar Rapids golfer Herb Klontz Jr won the OCCO Amateur in Oelwein with a one under par 104. Art Koch and Bud McCardell tied for second at 106 after a playoff. Jack Rule shot 108 and led a trio at 110 in the 27-hole event.
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Herb Klontz, Jr
Cedar Rapids
Klontz
Art Koch
Wane
Bud McCardell
Newton
Chicago
John Revolta
Medinah Country Club
McCardell
Koch
Herb Klontz
C. R. Nese
Waterloo
Bill Youngberg
West Ne
Jack Rule
Dave Rossey
C.R
Hank Anderson
W. Union
Les Handt
Independence
Pete Sakolowski
Wisconsin Rapids
Wis
Duff Lawrence
Tom Davis
Allen_ Fischer
Independents
Ken Draves
Oelwe
Bob Stephenson
Pred Gordon
Belmond
Ed Tabor
Don Naverson
Merle Stimson
Ae Eeeriog Pinees
Ed Howe
Calum
Art Cooper
Dupuguet Fea
Jackson T Miss Champion Seals 5 and 4 Victory
Jimmy Jackson of St Louis Missouri defeated Rex Baxter Jr of Amarillo Texas 5 and 4 in the final round to win the 51st Trans Mississipp...
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Denver
INS
Jimmy Jackson
St. Louis
Rex Baxter, Jr
Amarillo
Texas
Roosevelt Wins 13-5 in Seventh-Eighth Grade Baseball
Roosevelt defeated McKinley 13-5 in a four inning seventh eighth grade game last Friday. McKinley suffered its second loss in seven starts.
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McKinley
Pavelka
Saimarina
Stober
Tank
McQuiston
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