Local Grid Poll Ends With Kinnick On Top
The Gazette reports Iowa seniors Nile Kinnick and teammates Nile Kinnick Erwin Prasse Buzz Dean and Dick Evans led the all star poll for the Soldiers Field game in Chicago. Votes exceeded 50 thousand with Kinnick at 55 497 and Prasse Dean Evans close behind. The drive highlights booster support from eastern Iowa and venues Cedar Rapids Theaters and local clubs. Voting for a head coach to direct the all stars against the Green Bay Packers begins Wednesday with the first ballot in Thursdays Gazette.
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Chicago Tribune
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Green Bay Packers
Eddie Anderson
Hawkeyes voters rally to support 1939 season stars
Results show nearly all who backed the All American half back also backed his teammates who helped make the 1939 Hawkeyes season great. Last minute voting sparked amusing scenes as the South Side Civic club sent a note casting unanimous votes for Nile Kinnick, Erwin Prasse, Floyd Dean and Dick Evans. The letter, signed by secretary O h Felereisen, reflects club solidarity and a belief votes should be counted for the named players.
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South Side Civic Club
Nile Kinnick
Erwin Prasse
Floyd Dean
Dick Evans
L. Felereisen
Cedar View Golf Tourney Advances to Second Round
The Cedar View club tournament moved into the second round despite heat. Bill Garrison beat Gilbert Martin 4 and 3, and John Garden defeated Earl Bapty 5 and 4. Second-round results feature Gartison vs Martin and Garden vs Bapty, with several other flight matches listed.
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Gilbert Martin
John Garden
Earl Bapty
Walt Hodge
Verne Woods
Mack Gelinek
Rodney Kenyon
O. Neal Henton
T McCready
Gartison
Went Garden
F. An McNutt
Jinery Sullivan
A. Brink
John McIntyre
Engineers Defeat La Plant in Close 3 1 Victory
Cedar Rapids Engineers edged La Plant-Choate 3 to 1 behind Daffy Usher’s pitching and a timely single by Carol Thenhaus. A dropped fly and a fourth inning single by Rollis Deetz produced the decisive runs as Usher and defensive plays kept La Plant-Choate to three hits.
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Harold DeWoody
la Plant-Choate
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Howard Mohr
Fred Fluegels
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Usher
Rollis Deetz
Tom Seabrook
Don O'Brien
Plowboys
Fluegel
Dick Bressler
LaPlant-Choate, — Engineers
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C. Thenhaus
St. Germain
Engineers
DeWoody Balk
Savel
Blake
Brilliant Golf Marks Public Links Qualifying Record
DETROIT AP Sixty four top golfers began match play to crown the 1940 national public links champion. Record scores stunned with Worth Stimuts Jr and Edward J. Furgol setting a 138 qualifying mark, the best in USGA events. Stimuts shot 69s, Furgol 68 70, two days of low-stroke effort. Sixty six qualified at 149 or better. Alexander and Ogrin were eliminated after extra holes.
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Chicago
Industrial League Softball Scores and Highlights
Industrial League results feature Standard Bakery edging Eddy Paper 44 to 11 in a night game. Key performances come from Wilson, Kolek, Zisko, Williams, and McGuire. Other matchups include Honeymead versus Cherry Burrell and Standard Body Works versus Sawyer teams, with multiple runs and defensive plays noted.
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Zisko
Wilams
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Michalek and
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A. McGuire
Hensley
Standard Bakery
Eddy Paper
Swartz
Bissell
van Slyke
Poole
Chess
M. Eye
Heefner
Johnson
J Wood Haji Min, Co
Standard Body Works
Sawyer
Marion Women Win In Maquoketa Golf Tournament
Marion players dominated the Maquoketa Country Club invitational with Mrs. Honore Fitzgerald and Emma Lu Henney tying for low score. Fitzgerald won the playoff, with multiple local winners in various categories including Ethel Gordon, Mary Balster, Joan Balster, Edith Truslowe, Hazel Birdorf, Ella Flint, Leah Esbeck, and Flazes Kendall.
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Honore Fitzgerald
Marion
Emma Lu Henney
Bellevue
Maquoketa Country Club
Edith Truslowe
Hazel Bisdorf
Ella Flint
Andrew
Leah Esbeck
Flazes Kendall
Landis Fines Boston Red Sox for Violation
Chicago report says Baseball Commissioner K M Landis announced a 500 dollar fine on the Boston Red Sox for a violation. The action came as part of a broader disciplinary crackdown announced Wednesday.
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Chicago
K. M. Landis
Red Sox barred from dealing with minor league player for three years
The Boston Red Sox and its minor league affiliates were prohibited from signing or dealing with Lawrence Jansen for three years after a Landis ruling. The decision cites a May 20 1938 ruling against blank contracts where a club name is inserted later.
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Lawrence Jansen
Boston
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