Americans Defeat Crawford Quist in Davis Cup Doubles
In the interzone final at Wimbledon, George Lott and Lester Stoefen edged Australia’s Jack Crawford and Adrian Quist 6-4 6-4 2-6 6-4. The win gives the US two matches to one, with two singles wins required Tuesday to reach the challenge round versus England. Continues with Crawford and Stoefen’s superb exchanges and Lott’s pivotal serving.
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Bennett Holds Lead In East Iowa League Standings
Special to The Gazette Bennett remains atop the East Iowa League after Sunday games. Lowden drops to a tie for second with Walcott and Wheatland, each rising after defeating Lowden and Calamus respectively. Heat delays forced cancellations as teams like Clarence and Stanwood planned makeup games.
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Higbee Wins 125-Pound Wrestling Title at St John’s Academy
Glenn Higbee son of Mr and Mrs G W Higbee of 1915 Washington Avenue has won the 125 pound wrestling championship at St John’s military academy in Dele field Wis according to word received here today.
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Roosevelt Juniors Play Robins Tuesday at Riverside Park
The Roosevelt Juniors face Robins at Riverside Park on Tuesday at five o'clock. Roosevelt lists an open Sunday date and invites teams to contact Bill Kimball at 28044 for scheduling.
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Witwer Nine Licks Amana Demons in 5-2 Win
Witwer nine of Cedar Rapids defeated the Amana Demons 5 to 2 on Sunday. Dale Smith, former Cedar Rapids pitcher in the Western league, pitched for the winners.
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Raiders Protest In Omaha Game Is Sustained
Western League president Dale Gear sustained Cedar Rapids protest over a ruling in last week's Omaha series. The seventh inning play had a runner between the fielder and ball. an umpire ruling of no interference was deemed incorrect. The game will be replayed from the ruling point on August 11 at Cedar Rapids.
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Victor to Stage Softball Tourney in Victor
Special to The Gazette Victor Kansas hosts an eight team kittenball tournament at Victor Diamond on July 29. Teams entered include Brooklyn Marengo Malcolm Victor Walther League Belle Plaine Conroy Guernsey and Victor. First game at 1 pm four afternoon games and three in the evening. Victor kittenball beat Cedar Rapids Chevrolet 5 to 0 Thursday night and defeated Brooklyn Friday night 2 to 0.
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Yellow Cab Nine Beats Norway 4 3 in Seven Inning Tilt
In Norway Cedar Rapids Yellow Cab nine scored four runs to three over Norway. Keith at shortstop starred on defense while K Lee collected two of Norway’s four hits. The game was called due to heat after seven innings.
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Red Pepper sports chatter on managers players and stars
In a montage of sports notes, the piece recalls Charley Grimm and Walter Johnson managerial pressure, the Indians surge, Raiders need for hitters and pitching, golf hopes of Johnny Vavra, Babe Ruth and Dazzy Vance milestones, USC protecting Iowa athletes, and Iowa labor under the sun for college players.
White Sox Good Team On Paper
Al Demarece notes the White Sox boast star power like Al Simmons Jimmy Dykes Luke Appling Mule Haas and Swanson yet still underperform on the field The piece questions why great rosters translate into poorer results and cites manager banter with Detroit Tigers boss Jim Cochrane The column ends by posing a trivia question about Lou Gehrig four home runs in a game.
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Mount Vernon-Lisbon Golf Edges Tipton by One Point
Mount Vernon-Lisbon Country club golfers edged Tipton 1814 to 1714 in a Sunday meet. Burt O'Connor led MVL with 77 after a 39 first round and 38 second. F A Blaine was close second with 79, followed by Lambach of Tipton and C W Bohlander of MVL with 80.
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Program complete for mat festival at Cedar Gardens
The wrestling card for Thursday at Cedar Gardens was finalized by Match maker Eddie Jennings. Featured is Milo Steinborn versus Tony Catalino in a 30 minute main encounter. George Keverly of Hollywood faces Frank Buresh of Dodge, and Jack Vincent meets Pete McEhringer, a former Kansas standout. Vincent previously lived in Cedar Rapids and visited the venue two years ago. Beverly impressed the local audience in last winter’s Coliseum appearance.
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Mississippi Valley tennis meet opens in Iowa City
About 40 entries have been received for the Mississippi Valley tennis tournament in Iowa City with more players expected from Cedar Rapids Davenport Des Moines and nearby states before the Tuesday night deadline. The event starts Wednesday and runs through Saturday with championships planned for men and women singles and men doubles and mixed doubles. Trophies will go to champions and runners up in each division.
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Paul Fidler Wins Sports Honors At St Johns School
Paul Fidler of Delafield Wisconsin son of Alex Fidler earned multiple honors at St. Johns Military Academy senior class competition. He won state events in track hurdles and breast stroke swimming and placed in high jump broad jump crawl back stroke as well as canoe doubles and singles. He also reached the semi finals in horseshoe pitching.
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Marengo Swimmers Break Red Cross Record Marks
Marengo swimmers at the Legion pool set new Red Cross lifesaving marks. In 100 yards side stroke and 80 freestyle the 1933 records fell to Robert Burdette Boyd Norman Zahrt Delbert Brown Francis MacDuffee and John Septer with times from 1:33.9 to 1:20.9. An unofficial 72 foot pool record by Robert Jacobs was 0:10.3. Life saving training continues for two and a half weeks under Roland White with twenty qualified so far.
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Girls Net Tournament Opens At C C Country Club
The third series of the girls tennis tournaments begins Tuesday at 4 PM at the Country Club, under Bell Raymond. Phyllis Rogers, the recent champion, beat Betty Neuzil in the finals. Drawings list matches including Rogers against Margaret Barngrover and others such as Marion Reiff, Barbara Rogers, Joan Yessler, Ruth Knight, Marianne Corey, and several more contestants.
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Cedar Rapids dominates Waterloo in 7 1 tennis match
Cedar Rapids tennis team beat Waterloo in an Eastern Town league match 7 to 1. CR won all six singles matches and one doubles, with a second doubles default. Notable results include Bingles Lethsohn over Weiss man 6 2 6 3 and R Yuill over Rick ert 6 2 7 5.
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Marvin Nelson Wins Hearst 15 Mile Marathon Swim
Marvin Nelson of Fort Dodge Ia wins the second annual Hearst 15 mile marathon swim in Lake Michigan with a 7:54:05 finish, earning 5000 prize. Frank Pritchard of Buffalo places second for 1500, Gianna Gambi of Ravenna third for 700. Toby Tobin, 16, Toronto, finishes sixth winning 100 to cover travel home. Janet Sheather of Port Credit wins the women’s 5 mile race in 2:32:10, with May Loony second and Lucy Spence third.
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Walford Falls to Van Horne 13 to 6 on Sunday
Van Horne defeated Walford 13 to 6 with two late scores after the second inning. Battery for Van Horne Denbo Berry, for Walford Trosky Svoboda Hibbins Zeb. Open dates for August, call Manager Larson.
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Golfer Swing Fundamentals by Chester Horton Preview
An OCR style excerpt outlines core ideas of professional golf swing mechanics. It describes the first force line in the back swing as a ground level path created by a chip drill, with the clubhead moving in a curved but steady height. It notes the second half repeats on the down swing and mentions a Horton booklet offering fundamentals.
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Center Point Rally Beats Walker 5-4 for seventh straight win
Center Point Merchants erased a deficit to score four runs in the eighth and defeat Walker 5-4 on Sunday. Tunks earned the win with ten strikeouts and one walk as Center Point extended their streak to seven victories.
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Father J. G Grone Dies
Joe C. Grone of 213144 First Avenue W travels from Burlington after the death of his father C. Grone who died there at 730 am Monday. Funeral services are set for Burlington Wednesday forenoon. A Vienna notes by Professor Joseph say boy babies predominate in hard times while girls lead in times of plenty.
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British expect many U.S. tourists to England
London expects over 250000 American visitors this year through September with potential spending around 55 million dollars. Advance bookings show nearly one third more arrivals, and households now stay two weeks or more, longer than a week previously. hotel and shipping bookings confirm the surge.
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Dillinger Captors Confirm He Is Safe After All
CHICAGO AP The Tucson officers who captured Dillinger in January Dallas Ford and Captain J Smith inspected his body in Chicago and said He cant get away this time. They were visiting the World’s Fair when they learned he had been killed by federal agents.
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Abandon Peoria as Stratosphere Base
Peoria is dropped as a base for a National Geographic stratosphere ascent. Officials say Peoria’s location is too far east to meet the big bag’s descent from Rapid City. Sioux Falls and Fort Dodge are now candidates, with Geographic society reps in Des Moines.
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