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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1939
Page
5
Cedar Rapids Raiders take both ends of a twin bill from Evansville Bees 2-1 in ten innings and 4-1 at Bosse Field during the celebration of baseball's 100th birthday. Lefty Gehrke's RBI triple scores the decisive run in the opener. Wolff and Marleau dominate the mound in game two.
Unstoppable Barkley escapes as Dudra fails to double Pike. Wolff hits George who errs, letting Talos score. Pike advances to third and scores on a wild pitch. Johnson relieves Morris. Barkley nabs Talos at the plate as Regina walks and Jones lines out. Johnson singles in third as George follows. Johnson scores on Ross single. After one game at Moline, Raiders head to Clinton for three, then a twelve day Hill park home stand with 16 games.
Cedar Rapids leads the Three Eye race with a commanding margin after beating Evansville twice as Decatur climbs from last to second with a win over Waterloo. Springfield strengthens third place with a 16 to 6 nightcap rout, while Bloomington slides past Moline 12 to 6. Next up Cedar Rapids at Moline, Waterloo at Clinton.
Philadelphia Athletics manager Connie Mack 76 leaves his bed for the first time since falling ill nearly a month ago. He joined team activities as he recovers, signaling cautious progress for the club.
Lou Fitzpatrick led Thursday qualifiers with an 84 at the Ellis course. Joe Zisko shot 85, M. King and Howard Springer 86, and C. W. Bohlander 95. Qualifying ends Saturday night with pairings for the Sunday championship.
New York hosts St Louis in a 9-4 setback with Davis earning the win over Melton. Demaree and Padgett homered for St Louis. Slaughter and J Martin posted multiple hits for New York.
The clippings show a Brooklyn versus Chicago baseball box score with player lineups, hits, errors, and pitching figures. Key names include Galan, Camilli, Phelps, Hartnett, Durocher, and Pressnell. Final tallies indicate Brooklyn 1 Chicago 3 with errors and bases staged across innings.
In Boston the Red Sox beat Cincinnati 1 to 0 with Warstler Simmons Craft and Lombardi keying the runs, while a second game saw Boston roll to an 8 to 9 loss as Cincinnati rallied with West Simmons McCormick and Craft powering runs. The box lists multiple errors by Cincinnati and Boston fielders, with pitchers MacFayden and Brulexickson noted.
Boston and Chicago lined up in a high scoring affair with Boston tallying 9 runs to Chicago's 1. Foxx hit a home run for Boston while Doerr Kuhel and McNair drove in multiple runs. Brown earned the win and Gase took the loss as the game stretched to 2 hours 20 minutes with several errors and extra base hits.
A scrambled box score recounts a Detroit game with McCosky Averill McCoy Higgins Gumberg Bel Fox Tebbetts Cratcher Trout Lewis Estaleila West Vernon Giulianni Carrasquel and others in a tense nine inning matchup. Errors by Giulianni and Carrasquel marked the contest while McCosky and McCoy delivered key hits.
Standings show Cedar Rapids at 49 33 .598 and Springfield 48 35 .578 with Bloomington 34 48 .415. Evansville 46 34 .575 and Clinton 42 37 .632. Thursday results list Cedar Rapids 2-4 Evansville 1-1 Clinton 4-6 Springfield 1-16 Decatur 3 Waterloo 2 Bloomington 12 Moline 6. Friday games schedule Cedar Rapids at Moline Waterloo at Clinton Springfield at Evansville Decatur at Bloomington.
The league tabulates W L and winning percentages for Cincinnati St Louis New York Pittsburgh Boston Chicago Philadelphia and Brooklyn. It lists matchups and results such as Ki oy 6-9, Boston 1-8 and series scores like Pittsburgh 8 Brooklyn 1. Upcoming games include New York at Chicago and Boston at Pittsburgh.
Miscible scores and standings show Detroit 45 45 .500 and Washington 37 56 .398 with teams Chicago Philadelphia Cleveland St Louis Chicago 12 Boston 7 Detroit 8 Washington 1. Games postponed by wet grounds rain and rough field conditions affecting St Louis New York and Chicase at New Bent. Detroit at Philadelphia and Cleveland at Washington.
The list shows team records and winning percentages for Kan. City, Louisville, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Indianapolis, Columbus, St. Paul, and Toledo. It includes a results line with Milwaukee defeating Columbus and Toledo beating Kansas City, and a Toledo victory over Milwaukee 3 to 1.
Estimates show each American consumes about 58 oranges five grapefruits and sixteen lemons annually. The figures illustrate substantial per person citrus consumption across the country.
Cincinnati stretched its National League lead to ten games by winning 6-1 and 9-8 in 11 innings against the Bees. Paul Derringer earned his 14th win, while Peaches Davis closed in relief after an eighth-inning collapse. Cardinals and Phillies beat Giants and Pirates to tighten the race as Don Padgett and Clint Brown starred for their clubs.
Arthur Armstrong of Honolulu meets Andrew Szwedko of Pittsburgh in the National Public Links semi finals at Mount Pleasant. San Francisco police officer Jim Molinari faces Phillip Gordon of Oakland in the other bracket.
Des Moines players Aldrich and Sandler opened the fourth round at the Middle States tennis tournament held at Cedar Rapids Country Club. Rugg, from Cedar Rapids, advanced after a three set win, with Kirwin and Ellertson also progressing, while other round matches included Knapp Carle Jones and Kirwin in second round results.
John Jacobs Jr. of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, state amateur champion, shot a 40 on the first nine at the seven hole St Paul open. He bogied five holes but birdied the 345 yard fifth after a 20 yard approach, playing straight woods yet inconsistent irons.
In 102 degree heat at Cedar Rapids Country Club, 29 players competed for the Middle States championship. Top seed Dick Hainline of Rock Island and his brothers Forrest and Dick Rugg advanced, while Bob Sandler and others earned byes. The lone doubles match saw Carney and Lord defeat Bradford and Umbaugh 6-4 6-1.
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