Iowa State Open Tennis Draw Crowded With Doubles Hope
Prospects shine for a strong Iowa State Open tennis meet in Cedar Rapids on August 12 with over 100 entries across seven divisions. Doubles feature Len Prosser Jr and Alex George of Kansas City defending champs, Fletcher and Brody, the Nelson brothers, and top Missouri Valley pairings. Entries due by August 1 to Henry Gundling. cement courts may be used to run matches.
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Robert E. Nelson
Rock Asland
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Robert A. Nelson
Silvis
Ill
John Fletcher
Frank Brody
Des Moines
Iowa City
Hal Surface
Kansas City
Iowa
Fletcher
Brody
Nelson
Cedar Rapids
Doris Jensen
Doris Popple
Janet Tillotson
Henry Gundling
Linn County Fish and Game Club News
John D Wakefield of Des Moines has been appointed superintendent of forestry by the state conservation commission. He succeeds Harold Bjornson who resigned to enter the ministry. Wakefield will oversee developments on state forest areas and park lands. He is a World War II veteran and a former captain in field artillery. W W Trusell of Sioux City becomes supervisor of predatory animal control with headquarters there. He will manage bird and animal population control and state trapping operations where nuisance removals are needed. The commission notes ongoing beaver dam age concerns in northwest Iowa and has used professional trappers to ease pressure. Removal of nuisance beavers has totaled two to four hundred annually, with musk rats, foxes, wolves, raccoons also removed upon landowner complaints.
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John D. Wakefield
Des Moines
Iowa State College
State Conservation Commission
Wakefield
Harold Bjornson
W. W. Trusell
Sioux City
Trusell
Iowa
Ruffing Placed on 60 Day Disabled List
New York Yankee Charley Red Ruffing, 43, is on the 60 day disabled list with a fractured kneecap after being hit by a batted ball ten days ago. X rays confirmed the injury ending his active major league pitching career for now.
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New York
Charley
Red” Ruffing
New York Yankees
Dodgers Miss Mickey as Catching Woes Plague Pennant Drive
Brooklyn fans hear criticism of Branch Rickey as the Dodgers rely on two inexperienced catchers Ferrell Anderson and Bruce Edwards. Manager Leo Durocher scolds Anderson after a mound miscue with Rex Barney. Edwards misses time, Howie Schultz fills warming up duties while criticism traces back to Mickey Owen’s 194? departure and late trades.
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Chicago
Brooklyn Dodgers
Branch Rickey
Flatbushers
Dodgers
Dodger
Ferrell Anderson
Bruce Edwards
Mobile
Leo Durocher
Cubs
Anderson
Rex Barney
Rickey
Brooklyn
Mickey Owen
Owen
Clyde Kluttz
Phillies
St. Louis
Billy Herman
Boston
Stewart Hofforth
Edwards
Mike Sandlock
Alligator gar photographed by J Bailey Finney at Gulf scene
Column highlights a 100 pound freshwater alligator gar caught near the Gulf of Mexico by J Bailey Finney of Cedar Rapids after a tough fight. It notes gar size range, saltwater excursions, and ties to gar family. also covers trout egg stripping with ether, Minnesota wild rice yields, and a new Grand American Trap shoot feature.
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Frank Powers
Gulf of Mexico
J. Bailey Finney
Cedar Rapids
Law on Trot and Throw Lines in Iowa Rivers
A reader quotes Iowa law restricting trot and throw lines to the Mississippi Big Sioux Missouri and rivers south of U S Highway 30. The column notes readers should locate Highway 30 on a map to avoid penalties and mentions Cedar River north of Cedar Rapids as potentially south of the highway.
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Iowa
Mississippi River
Big Sioux River
Missouri River
Cedar River
Cedar Rapids
Water Polo Exhibition At Ellis Park Pool Today
Visitors to Ellis Park municipal pool will see a water polo exhibition at 3 30 p m. Don Zook of WMT will announce the event as AAU diver Dave Brockway brings University of Iowa swimmers to face a local squad. The free Sunday program is the third in a series.
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Ellis Park
Don ‘Zook
WMT
Dave Brockway
University of Iowa
Borowy Finds Method Of Toughening Hands
CHICAGO AP Hank Borowy Cub pitcher says he has found a cure for his blisters. He has rubbed the second finger of his right hand on a baseball along the seams for half an hour nightly for more than a week. The process has already toughened the finger and he plans to treat the forefinger similarly once soreness subsides.
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Chicago
Hank Borowy
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