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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1939
Page
8
Clinton rallies past the Raiders 12 to 6 at Hill Park in a high scoring affair led by Frankie, who hit two homers. Mike Naymick struggled with control, surrendering four homers and a triple as Goldie Howard and Ramsey homered for the Giants.
Special to The Gazette Elkader Iowa lists draft schedule for Junior Legion base ball with games among Guttenberg St Olaf Strawberry Point Marquette Elkader and idle days. A county tournament is set for July 1 to 3 in Strawberry Point with Elkader Strawberry Point Marquette and Guttenberg slated for matchups and a championship round on July 3.
St Lucas defeated Decorah 6 3 Wednesday night as H Keunnen held Decorah to two hits through six innings. Decorah rallied in the seventh for three hits and two errors to score. St Lucas tallied in the first, fifth, sixth and ninth as the teams combined for eleven hits. Batteries for St Lucas H Keunnen and Summers. for Decorah Balik Gilman and Anderson.
Work on a new baseball diamond in Swisher is underway. An independent team has been formed and will play games on Sundays with the first game scheduled for June 4.
A jumble of sports notes mentions Patty Berg headed east for exhibition play with Virginia Guilfoil, chatter about boxing bouts and fighters, baseball opinion columns, and various golf and track anecdotes. The piece blends celebrity, forecasts, and humorous asides from a late 1930s sports column.
The University of Chicago tennis team led by the Murphy twins won eight of nine conference titles in the Big Ten tournament, with Chet Murphy taking the singles crown and teaming with Bill Murphy for the doubles title. Northwestern was runner-up for the team title.
Harold Cole, longtime high school coach with sixteen years in the field, resigns from his Dike coaching post after four successful years to become superintendent of Hartwick schools. Cole previously coached at Dows Sioux Rapids and Lehigh before moving to Dike.
Monticello golf schedule lists dates from June 4 with Maquoketa at Monticello through Aug 13 with Eastern Iowa tournament. The calendar shows home and out of town dates including Marion Manchester Mount Vernon Tipton and Maquoketa events.
Clinton Giants rattle Mike Naymick with four homers and a triple at Hill park. Despite blazing speed and control, Naymick yields six runs as Clinton’s hitters loft high drives over a shallow centerfield wall. Anderson shifts to slower pitches late, limiting Raiders to weak contact and sealing the win.
Standings show Evansville 18 8 .692 and Clinton 18 11 .621 with Waterloo Decatur Bloomington Springfield and Moline. Wednesday results list Clinton Cedar Rapids Waterloo Moline Decatur Bloomington Evansville Springfield with scores. Thursday games include Clinton at Cedar Rapids Moline at Waterloo Bloomington at Decatur Springfield at Evansville and Chicago at Brooklyn schedule notes. The WL standings also include Cincinnati Brooklyn St Louis New York Chicago Boston Pittsburgh Philadelphia and Newark with night games listed.
The clipping lists team records and games in the American Association with figures for New York Detroit Boston Washington Cleveland Philadelphia Chicago St Louis and others. It notes open dates and upcoming matchups such as Philadelphia at New York and Boston at Detroit, plus partial scores and league percentages.
Hope Hibben limited Hall Manufacturing to four hits as Post Office beat them 4 0. Curley former Iowa Manufacturers beat Gazette 7 2 with Les Lawrence homering in the first. Fire Shift No 1 rallied to defeat Honeymead 7 5. Briar Gate Stores crushed Standard Bakery 11 2. Cherry Burrell topped Chocolate Cream Coffee 11 5. Speeder Machinery routed French Stamats 23 4. Industrial C Briardale 11 Standard Bakery 26.
Everett Rightmire of Sioux City ranked sixth in featherweights drilled in Des Moines in preparation for his first Iowa capital appearance against Frankie Covelli of Brooklyn next Wednesday at Riverview Park. He showed sharp speed during sparring with Leroy Selover and worked the bag and rope.
The Dodgers defeated the New York Giants 7-4 as Al Todd delivered a pinch double in the eighth inning capping a three run uprising. Brooklyn moved to fifth in the NL, while Giants struggles continued amid a flurry of spring trades and roster shuffling.
The Washington Senators released first baseman Jimmy Wasdell on Wednesday to Minneapolis of the American association. He is subject to recall. The Senators will use outfielder Sammy West at first until a trade for a first sacker is completed.
The 15 round comeback bout between Max Baer and Lou Nova is set for Thursday night at Yankee Stadium with 30 000 fans expected. Betting has shifted toward Nova who trained steadily at Nyack and could secure a decision or upset Baer who shows fatigue and a limited defense.
Evansville lives by late two runs as Bray and Barkley homer to spark a 6-5 win over Springfield. Clinton stays within reach while Cedar Rapids drops to second division after a 12-6 loss to Clinton, with Bloomington and Decatur also noting shifts in the standings. Wayne Rossbach pitched for Evansville as Vavrek and Warrick powered the offense.
In Lubbock Babe Ritchie stops King Levinsky with a knockout. In Fort Myers Charles Williams knocks out Feldman. The scattered notes from Poughkeepsie and Schenectady reference other bouts and boxers.
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