Indians Suffer Double Defeat at Danville in Illinois
Cedar Rapids drops both ends of a two game series to Danville 12-4 and 15-0 in Danville Illinois. Murray Richardson win opener, Bill Glane blanks in game two as Danville combines strong hitting with Cedar Rapids errors. Ray Peters suffers fifth loss. Cedar Rapids heads home for a nine game stretch against Evansville Terre Haute and Quincy.
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Snead Leads Sioux City Open as Exhibition Next
Sammy Snead holds a one stroke lead after two rounds at Elmwood in the Sioux City Open with a 131 through 36 holes and a 66 following a 65. Paul O Leary and Jack Burke Jr. hover close with 132 and 133 as Capper Lloyd Mangrum shoots 65 to move into contention.
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Terre Haute Lead Shrinks as Danville Routs Cedar Rapids
In the Three I league Danville crushed Cedar Rapids 12-4 and 14-0 to cut Terre Haute’s lead to two games. Terre Haute fell 8-4 to Quad Cities while Waterloo and Evansville won to stay within one game of third place Decatur dropped to the cellar.
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Imco Edges Iowa Steel 6-5 in Tough M-1 League Thriller
In a bruising Friday game, Imco rallied to beat Iowa Steel 6-5 at home. Harold De Woody starred for Steel until a late Imco rally, with Chuck Fulton ejected after a disputed seventh inning.
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Lowden and Dixon Reach Grand Mound Final Showdown
Lowden defeated Wheatland 11 to 4 while Dixon shut out Lost Nation 6 to 0 to reach the Grand Mound final. The losers meet in a five inning consolation game at 8 p.m. Sunday before the title clash between Lowden and Dixon.
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Softball League Notes with Team Matchups and Players
The Community Softball League update lists teams and players including Sweeting Ryan Maudsley Diehl Ellison Allard Cilek Pergsson Maidrite Sanches Wash Mc and boys leagues with Methodist versus Olivet and other matchups. Key players mentioned are Hensch Delp and others in a compact, partial box note format.
Yanks and Tribe Press Detroit in Tight AL Race
Detroit clings to first as New York Yankees and Cleveland Indians surge. Wertz homers for the Tigers but Chicago beats Detroit 7-6. Yankees beat Chicago 4-1 behind Bauer Rizutto. Rosen hits 28th and 29th for Cleveland in a 13-1 rout of Boston. St Louis edges Washington 5-4 as Bruening wins. Giants win eighth straight, Blackwell beats Boston. Cubs slip via Mauro bunt miscue as Pafko homers twice. Miller earns Phils win to widen NL lead.
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Falling Steel Injures Five Tiger Spectators
Five persons were injured, one seriously, when a section of the Briggs Stadium grandstand roof collapsed as the Philadelphia Detroit game ended. Detroit Tiger officials said names were not available and that a steel piece toppled into the upper deck as about two hundred spectators scrambled for safety.
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Moore's Wins in Softball Tourney
Oelwein Moore's Garage defeated Waterloo Guernsey Moon 17-7 after a ten run third inning in the Moore's and Oelwein VFW sponsored tournament. John Deere trailed Westgate 2-6 before We deking held on for a two hit win.
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Nebraskan Breaks 97 For Handicap Win
Ed J. McCluskey of Geneva Neb shattered 97 of 100 targets from the 20 yard line to win the preliminary handicap at the central zone trapshoot. Bob Allen of Des Moines broke 96 of 100 in the central zone doubles contest. The shoot continues through Sunday with the 200 target 16 yard central zone class championships on the schedule.
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Bob Allen
Des Moines Sporting Goods
Victor Nicks Watkins For ECSL Win 7 to 6
Victor Nicks Watkins defeated Watkins 7 to 6 in an ECSL contest Friday. John Voss of Watkins homered inside the park, while Marvin Bendorff added three singles for Victor. The win keeps Victor half a game behind Kellogg in the ECSL standings with six games left.
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Ritchie Wins Davenport Midget Race
Dick Ritchie led Cedar Rapids drivers George Miller and Red Hoyle in a brisk second heat at the Davenport fairground. Dick Cox of Tipton was hospitalized after a midget flip in the semimain. Ritchie then won the feature with Paul Newkirk Cedar Rapids taking the semimain and Ray Hall Erie Illinois winning the handicap. Most Midwest Midget drivers enter Hawkeye Downs Sunday night.
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Becks and Cherry Win In Marion Softball Tournament
Cherry nips Nelson Foods 1 0 to reach finals while Becks defeats White House lunch 7 0. Bob Shields and Walt Hanson homered in the fifth as Mel Stark allowed only one hit for the winning team.
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Franklin Junior High Edges McKinley 5 4 in Narrow Win
Franklin Junior High defeated McKinley 5 to 4 on Friday with three runs in the top of the fifth inning securing the margin. Beck and Chavez are mentioned among the players.
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Honor to Babe Ruth To Be Annual Memorial Day
Chicago observers will mark a yearly Babe Ruth memorial on August 16 with a minute of silence. The International News Service proposal earned broad support from fans and sports figures as the second anniversary of Ruth's death approaches next month.
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Minor Facets West League Scores Highlight Busy Night
Denver defeated Sioux City 6 to 1 in eight innings as per agreement. Pueblo won 5 to 2. Lincoln led 4 to 1 after 1 inning, Des Moines beat Colorado Springs 4 to 1, with Omaha and Wichita also involved in the night’s results.
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