Nedayr Upsets in Arlington Classic at Park
Nedayr ridden by Wayne Wright surged from the back to edge Bull Lea by a length in the tenth Arlington classic. Stagehand and Menow faded, Cravat finished third as Nedayr paid 31.60 to win on a slow track run in 2 minutes 6 15 seconds for a mile and a quarter. Willis Sharpe Kilmer owns the winner with a $27,500 net prize and a ceremonial cup. Wright secures his second career classic triumph following Omaha in 1935.
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Willis Sharpe Kilmer
Binghamton
N. C
Nedayr
Wayne Wright
Rexburg
Texas
Bull Lea
Neddie Sunayr
Ee Park, Ill
Seabiscuit
War Admiral
Stagehand
Earl Sande
Jackie Westrope
Menon
Nick Wall
Bull Sea
Townsend B. Martin
Cravat
Menow
Wright
Discovery
Santa Anita
Suffolk Downs
Delaware
Omaha
Lighters and Quakers Clash In Key Title Showdown
Iowa Light and Power defends its league lead against Quaker Oats in a pivotal midweek clash at Daniels Park with a pennant on the line. Thenhaus and Reid, undefeated hurlers, may duel as Light and Power aims for a fifth straight crown while Quaker Oats relies on Cronkhite and Currell for support.
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Daniels Park
Iowa Light and Power
Quaker Oats
Light and Power
LaPlant-Choate
Wilson’s
Cedar Rapids
Wilson's
Packers
Engineers
Kenny Thenhaus
Ivan Reid
Quakers
Thenhaus
Joe Bailey
Reid
Ducky Holmes
Don Martin
Power
Jim Koch
Gene Bishop
Don Shaffer
Bishop
Make Plans For Pro Grid Eleven Here This Fall
Plans for organizing a professional football team here for the coming season are in a formative stage. With Francis Bigley as manager and Heinie Groth as coach, the first practice is scheduled for next Sunday at Ellis park. A number of players from last year's Crushers are expected to report including Jerry Kriz Dick Zvacek Bud Byrnes Ford Shoudy Paul Akin and Groth himself. Tentative arrangements have been made to meet the Green Bay Packers of the National league at Ironwood Mich on Sept 5.
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Heinie Groth
Ellis Park
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Jerry Kriz
Dick Zvacek
Bud Byrnes
Ford Shoudy
Paul Akin
Groth
Bill Seel
University of Iowa
Chicago Cardinals
Ladd Womacka
St. Louis Gunners
Jack Krumbholz
Jim Nance
Green Bay Packers
Ironwood
Mich
Northeast Iowa Net Meet At Cedar Falls
The fifth annual Northeast Iowa tennis tournament will be held at Island Park courts in Cedar Falls on August 5 6 and 7. Event includes men's singles, men's doubles and junior singles.
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Iowa
Cedar Falls
Meccial
The
Gazette
Island Park Courts
Sam Snead Shrugs Off Open With Brilliant 64
Sam Snead fires a 64 in the national open, parring the 18th with a two putt birdie after knocking a 10 foot putt. Ralph Guldahl ties for fifth at even par, while amateurs and pros including Dutch Harrison and Art Doering chase the leaders amid electrical storms and shifting scores.
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Ralph Guldahl
Lawson Little, Jr
Harry Cooper
Chicopee Falls
Mass
Art Doering
Chicago
Ernest “Dutch” Harrison
Oak Park
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W. Sulphur Bogs
Laffoon
Wilford Wehrle
Racine
Wig
Art Mangum
Pittsburgh
Gene Sarazen
Brookfield
Conn
Bert Montressor
Decatur
Jack Hoerner
Harry Todd
Dallas
Tex
Dave Tosh
Ed Dudley
Philadelphia
Johnny Bulla
Downers G've
Leonard Dodson
Springfield
Tony Penna
John_ Gibson
Bil Heinlein
Indianapolis
Ind
Bob Hamilton
Evansville
Dick Metz
Braidburn
Floyd _Parley
Oklahoma City
Industrial Horseshoe League Drives City Sports Rise
The Industrial Horseshoe league expands to twelve courts at Ellis Park in a bid to be state’s largest facility. City chair Louie Soukup split the league into A and B classes with Monday and Wednesday Thursday play nights. Indoor winter play uses Pla-Mor ballroom courts under Lou Nielsen. The August 7 civic league picnic features a top class A match and an exhibition by C. E. Jackson and wife of Blue Mound noted as leading pitchers in the world.
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Florida
Louie Soukup
Horseshoe League
Pla-Mor
Lou Nielsen
Industrial Civic League
C. E. Jackson
Blue Mound
Minn
Jackson
Four Cedar Rapids Golfers End Ellis Meet Qualifying
Four Cedar Rapids golfers completed eighteen holes to begin the annual Ellis golf tournament in qualifying. Bob Hastings led with 78 while Don Taylor shot 84 Karl Thompson 95 and Al Goodyear 105. Match play begins next week in flights of sixteen with non qualifiers placed in lower flights. Walt Hodge is the defending champion.
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Cedar Rapids
Bob Hastings
Don Taylor
Karl Thompson
al Goodyear
Walt Hodge
Giants Lose to J Dean and 0 Cubs Season Summary
The article notes the Giants were defeated by J Dean and the Cubs, with seven runs and 31 hits allowed across the game. Details continue from page 1 in this section, indicating continued scoring and pitching outcomes for the opening game of the series.
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New York
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Igor Bartell
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Sl Herman
Leslie Ll
Ott
O’dea
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Galan Js
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Mancuso
Demaree
Gumbert
O Collins
Coffman
Cn Brown
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Herman
Rey Bartell
Lee
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ASC Reynolds
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Ib Mancuso
Schum
Moore
ts—Jurges
Hermanta Jurges
Collns
Schumacher
Dean Sirikeauts
Brown
Dennifts
Browns
Barr
Stark
Stewart
Dodgers edge Cardinals 4 3 as Posedel stars on mound
Brooklyn stays in fifth in the National League by beating St. Louis 4 to 3 behind Bill Posedel. The Dodgers had eight hits with four in the third and three in the eighth to back Posedel as Mize and Medwick homered for the Cardinals.
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Cardinals
Bill Posedel
Dodgers
Curt Davis
Johnny Mize
Ducky Medwick
Brooklyn
Rosen
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Hudson
Brown
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Doowene
Shea
Myers
Posedelp
Slaughter
Davis
Martin
Vesee
Gutteridge
Durocher
Mize
Medwick
Stainback
Padnett
Scandal-tainted era hits baseball amid gambling plots
Accusations claim pitchers Devlin Nichols and Hall took 100 dollars each from gamblers to throw a series toward Hartford. All four barred, with most retiring. Hall attempted alias evasion and was ousted. The 1877 1919 arc saw no suspicions until next century milestone as the sport faced major scandal scrutiny.
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Devlin
A. G. Spalding
Nichols
Hall
Reds Erase Phil Frailties In Wild 10 9 Victory
Cincinnati beats Philadelphia 10 to 9 after taking advantage of four Red Jeg errors in the fifth inning. Frey hit a two-run homer, Goodman hit his 26th with a man aboard for his 29th birthday, and Hallahan struggled as Cincinnati surged in the third and fifth frames. The Phils used four pitchers to stop Cincinnati’s sixth inning rally.
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Deacon Danny MacFayden
Elbie Fletcher
Rabbit Warstler
Boston Bees
Pirates
Bucs
Deacon Danny
Dick Errickson
Russ Bauers
Bees
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Warstler
Joe Bowman
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Lombardi
Mershberger
Brack
Weintraub
Arnovich
Mueller
Berger
Goodman
Martin
Frey
Schurein
Young
Hersehbereer
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Mulcahy
Walters
Mallahan
Bink
Phillies
Reds
Phils
Hallahan
Clinton Stops Moline 7 to 4 in Saturday Night Game
Clinton unleashes a five run rally in the third inning to defeat Moline 7 to 4, pulling even with Cedar Rapids for fifth and sixth in the standings. Marquardt hit a home run for Clinton while Moline outhit the Owls 10 to 7.
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Clinton
Swanson to Fight Chewicki Next Thursday in Cedar Park
Rain disrupted last week’s mat show but promoter Eddie Jennings booked the rematch between Olaf Hands Swenson of Sweden and Chief Bearclaws Chewicki, the Oklahoma Indian, for next Thursday. The semi windup pits Jack Hader and Don McIntyre, with opener Gabe Zeller meeting Cliff Thiede.
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Eddie Jennings
Cedar Park
Olaf Hands” Swenson
Sweden
Bearclaws Chewicki
Swenson
Chewicki
Jennings
Jack Hader
Kansas City
Don McIntyre
Omaha
Gabe Zeller
Olympia
Wash
Cliff Thiede
Long Beach
Calif
Hawks Triumph In Narrow 3-2 Win Over Waterloo
Raiders edge Waterloo 3 to 2 as Falk reverberates a long drive over Howard, Marion speeds to the plate, Kee ney snatches Goldie’s throw from the fence and relays to Krole for the decisive play keeping the Hawks on their heels.
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Raiders
Waterloo
Falk
Howard
Marion
Keeney
Goldie
Krole
Clinton and Cedar Rapids game tickets offered at stations
Tickets for Thursday night's game between Clinton and Cedar Rapids, sponsored by Mid-Continent Petroleum, may be bought at any Diamond D-X service station for 20 cents. A ticket grants access to any seat except the reserved box sections. An estimated crowd of 3,500 to 4,500 will attend.
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Clinton
Cedar Rapids
Mid-Continent Petroleum Company
Raiders Open With Plows In Bid To Stay Ahead
Cap Crossley plans an extra motivator as Moline remains a key rival for the Raiders to beat to reach first division. Falk advanced to third during the tense sequence before Warsick lifted a deep fly to Keeney for the out. Bob Olson is pegged as the probable starter for the opener.
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Falk
Warsick
Keeney
Cap Crossley
Moline
Raiders
Bob Olson
Slugfest at Sportsman's Park Ahead of Dodgers Cubs DH
At Sportsman's Park a slugging contest precedes the Cardinals Dodgers double header. Babe Ruth headlines the Dodgers with two other hitters chosen in a prelim. Johnny Mize and Joe Medwick lead the Cardinals with eight homers in eleven days. Artillery officers from Jefferson Barracks will judge using range finders, awarding $50 for the longest hit and $25 for second place.
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ST. Louis
Sportsman’s Park
Cardinals
Joe Medwick
Jefferson Barracks
Cubs owner dismisses Grimm and picks Hartnett as manager
Chicago owner P K Wrigley says Charley Grimm was not fired for losing games but for how the team trained and played. He explains Grimm had full authority at times, declined it, and Hartnett was chosen as the best fit after discussions with multiple baseball men.
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Cubs
Gabby Hartnett
Grimm
P. K. Wrigley
Wrigley
Cincinnati
Hartnett
Charley
Bill Terry
Giants
Nelson Offers Fox to Replace Galento in Lewis Bout
Billy Nelson manager of Tiger Jack Fox No 1 light heavy contender wired promoter Herman Taylor in Philadelphia offering Fox as substitute for the stricken Tony Galento in a bout with Light Heavyweight Champion John Henry Lewis. Galento Lewis was postponed after Galento fell ill with pneumonia, Nelson said Fox would meet Galento when he returns.
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Sns
Billy Nelson
Tiger Jack Fox
Herman Taylor
Philadelphia
Fox
Tony Galento
John Henry Lewis
Galento
Lewis
Tony
Nelson
Taylor
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