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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 29, 1955

Page

14

Al's Furniture tops Beck's 4-0 as Hanson shines

Strong-armed Barney Hanson pitched a complete shutout, his 10th win against no losses, powering Al's Furniture to a 4-0 victory over Beck's in the Major Open league at Ellis Park. Tom Stahle delivered a three-run homer, boosting Al's to a 5-1- tied for second with American Legion as Beck's sank to fourth.

Barney Hanson Hanson Beck Ellis Park American Legion Thede Chat Chew Oss Bob Greene Barney Tom Hendrickson Bob Johnson Al’s Bob Klopp Tom Stahle Jack Delbridge Lou Dvorak Stahle

Major Boxscores from a Baseball Twin Bill

The score digest covers several 1940s era games with St Louis, Cincinnati, New York, Philadelphia, Milwaukee, Chicago and Boston results. Highlights include Rammas, Virdon, Repulski driving in runs for St Louis. Post and Campanella contributions for Brooklyn. and strong pitcher lines featuring Schmidt, Fowler, Crandall and Wynn. Groundouts, RBIs, doubles and stolen bases populate the box score listing with team totals and game times.

East Iowa Baseball Schedule In Buchanan County

East Iowa Baseball features matchups across Iowa Valley with Newhall at Keystone Blairstown at Dysart n Vinton at Norway Garrison at Atkins Northeast Iowa West Union at Castalia Volga at St Lucas Festina at Spillville Postville at Monona Urbana at Independence Alburnett at Fairbank Hameton at Center Point Delaware County Dundee at Delhi Hopkinton at Manchester Ryan at Earlville Petersboro at Colesboro.

Iowa Valley Newhall Keystone Blairstown Dysart N. Vinton Norway Garrison Atkins Iowa West Union Castalia Volga St. Lucas Festina Spillville Postville Monona Buchanan County Urbana Independence Alburnett Fairbank Hameton Center Point Delaware County Dundee Delhi Hopkinton Manchester Ryan Earlville Petersboro Colesboro

Cedar Rapids Junior Legion Opens State Bid Saturday

Schaller Cedar Rapids Junior Legion, a longtime state title contender, opens its 1955 bid Saturday night. Linn County champions face Modale at 7 p.m. in the first of two state games, followed by Des Moines Baldwin Patterson versus State Center at 8:30. Winners meet for the state title Sunday at 8 p.m. Modale won the district 7 playoff over Rembrandt 1-0.

Allis-Chalmers Cedar Rapids Schaller Baldwin Patterson Des Moines State Center Modale Rembrandt

Raiders Fall Short In Ninth Inning Rally

Quincy pulled ahead in the top of the ninth as Kubek and Wellman delivered key hits and Unzicker misplayed a pickoff, scoring twice to seal a 4 2 win while the Raiders managed late threats but could not plate the tying run. Kubek doubled to start the rally and Kudajeski drove in the final run.

Quincy Kubek Doug Wellman Emmy Unzicker Wellman Kudajeski Raiders Jerry Kudajeski

Ford Sets Pace In Akron Tourney

Akron Ohio Ford, the newly crowned PGA champion, shot six under par 66 to lead a 150 player Rubber City Open field into the second round. Kiamesha Lake pro used a hot putter to pace a tough lineup that includes Homa Balding Mengert and Finsterwald among the leaders.

Akron Ohio Doug Ford Kiamesha Lake N. Y

Andrews To Face Green in Tourney

Art Andrews of Iowa City reached the quarterfinals of the national junior tennis singles in Kalamazoo and will meet top seed Mike Green of Miami Beach. Andrews defeated Ron Werksman of Los Angeles 6 1 6 0 in the fourth round and, with Crawford Hendry of Atlanta, won junior doubles 6 1 6 4 over Dave Hewittson and Harry Hoffman.

Kalamazoo Mich Art Andrews Iowa City Mike Green Miami Beach Fla Andrews Ron Werksman Los Angeles Crawford Hendry Atlanta Dave Hewittson Trenton N.J Harry Hoffman Philadelphia Ken Carter Tom Robertson Baton Rouge Bob Boyson Cedar Rapids Tom McIntyre Waterloo Dick Leach Arcade Calif Ron Sandys la Jolla

Marshalltown Reaches Iowa Open Semis With 8-4 Win

Des Moines report says Marshalltown defeated Linden 8-4 in the Iowa Open semifinals as Lou Jennings earned his sixth straight win. Kellogg was set to meet Rippey in the other semifinal. Linden had 13 hits but only four runs while Marshalltown collected 14 hits for eight runs.

Des Moines Marshalltown Linden Lou Jennings Kellogg Rippey

Winthrop, Stratford win in NBC regional play

Winthrop defeated Link-Belt Speeder 6-3 and Stratford beat Urbana 5-1 in Thursday night action at the NBC double elimination tournament in Iowa. Carl Slamenshine hit a fourth inning homer for Winthrop. Wall doubled in Stratford’s decisive sixth inning.

NBC Winthrop C.R. Sameer Stratford Urba Davenport Lineville Dubuane Des Moines Link-Belt Urbana Carl Slamenshine

Rookie Craig Leads Dodgers Past Reds 10-2

Rookie Roger Craig struck out 11 as Brooklyn hammered Cincinnati 10-2 to hold a strong NL lead. Roy Campanella hit two homers and the Dodgers collected nine runs on nine hits in the first nine frames. Milwaukee swept Philadelphia 4-2 as Bob Buhl earned his eighth win. Eddie Mathews hit his 25th homer for the Braves.

Staley Minareln Klippste dRan Brogia Gross Brooklyn Cincinnati E—Post Kluszewski Smith Campanella RBI Zimmer Furillo Camanche Reese Ballanfant Barlick Enth Quincy Vitale Witwicki Sickel Roy Campanella Craig Dodgers Bob Buhl Milwaukee Philadelphia Eddie Mathews Braves Mez Chicago Paul Giel Vicae Giel

Minor Facts Pacific Coast and League Standings

Summary of scattered baseball results across multiple minor leagues with team scores and records. Includes Pacific Coast standings Portland, San Diego, San Francisco, Hollywood, Seattle, Sacramento, Los Angeles, Oakland. International League totals Syracuse, Rochester, Columbus, Toronto, Montreal, Buffalo, Havana, Richmond. American Association games Minneapolis, Louisville, Toledo, Omaha, Denver, Charleston, Indianapolis, St. Paul. Texas League matchups Shreveport, Oklahoma City, Houston, Fort Worth, Dallas, San Antonio, Tulsa, Beaumont. Southern Association Nashville, Atlanta, Mobile, Little Rock, Birmingham, Chattanooga. Western League Colorado Springs, Lincoln, Wichita, Sioux City. MOV League Kokomo, Paris, Dubuque, Hannibal, Lafayette, Mattoon.

Pacific Coast Portland San Diego San Francisco Hollywood Seattle Sacramento Los Angeles Oakland Syracuse Rochester Columbus Toronto Montreal Buffalo Havana Richmond Minneapolis Louisville Toledo Omaha Denver Charleston Indianapolis St. Paul Shreveport Oklahoma City Houston Fort Worth Dallas San Antonio Tulsa Js Beaumont Nashville Atlanta Mobile Little Rock Birmingham Chattanooga Colorado Springs Lincoln Wichita Sioux City Kokomo Pacatat Clinton Paris Dubuque Hannibal Lafayette Mattoon

Fight results report muddled by scattered names and places

Boxing results list several bouts with fighters such as Kenny Lane in Milwaukee Lakatos in Youngstown Zora Foliey in Los Angeles Jake Williams in Phoenix Bobby Hughes and the Boddies in Warren Dayton and Moncton Yvon Durelle in Baie Ste Anne knocking out Billy Fifield in Toronto. The OCR text is fragmented with odd percentages and numbers attached to names.

Milwaukee Kenny Lane Muskexon Mich Lakatos Youngstown Ohio Los Angeles Zora Foliey Phoenix Ariz Jake Williams Portland Ore Warren Bobby Hughes Lee George Boddie Dayton New Moncton N. B Yvon Durelle Baie Ste. Anne Billy Fifield Toronto

Kemp Back for CLR Stock Race at Hawkeye Downs

Hawkeye Downs hosts stock car action with Bill Kemp of Marion expected to return after his car toppled in last week's feature. Flip Tucker, Bob Colony, John Mullink, Darrell Dake and Johnny Geiken star for Cedar Rapids, while Jim Schneider and Jim Cox also race as time trials at 7 p.m. determine the 12 fastest for the feature at 8:15 p.m.

Hawkeye Downs Bill Kemp Marion Jis Flip Tucker Iowa City Bob Colony John Mullink Cedar Rapids Darrell Dake Johnny Geiken Buck Bean Phoenix Ariz Jerry Trimble Dick Cox Monticello Jim Schneider John B. Gerber

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