New Yorkers Visualize Subway Series Bid in 1937 Spoilers
Jubilant New York fans point to DiMaggio of the Yankees and Mize of the Giants as bellwethers for a possible October classic. DiMaggio sparks the Yankees with a .352 average, while Mize leads majors in average and RBIs as Giants surge. Recent games feature DiMaggio homers in an 11-9 win over Cleveland and Mize's five hits in eight at bats to help Giants split with Cincinnati.
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Associated Press
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Big Dawn
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Slowest Mortals By Whitney Martin
New York AP reports two slow pitching nights by Joe Dobson and Ralph Branca drawing record crowds into a yawning duel of delays. Dobson against the Yankees and Branca against the Giants featured long pauses, repeated resin dusting, and batter fatigue as they seemed to stall for time rather than pitch.
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Red Sox
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Giants
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Rain Delays Cedar Rapids Tennis Club Finals
Wet weather forces postponement of the Cedar Rapids Tennis Association club tournament concluding rounds. Tournament manager John Palmer said the meet will be completed this week as all Eastern Iowa Tennis Association league matches were also postponed Sunday due to rain.
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Novice golfer acompletes hole in one in Kansas City
Martha Dietz of Olympia Washington scored a hole in one on a golf hole in Kansas City but used three strokes to reach the green. The article notes she was a novice at golf and swung in before connecting with the ball.
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Kansas City
Martha Dietz
Olympia
Wash
Big Nine Baseball Ends With Indiana at Purdue
The 1947 Big Nine season ends this week with Illinois crowned champion and Ohio State runner up. Indiana travels to Purdue for a two game series Wednesday and Thursday.
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Chicago
Illinois
Ohio State
Indiana
Purdue
130 Players Tee Off in Chicago Open Sectional
A field of 130 Chicago pro and amateur golfers will begin sectional trials at St. Andrews club. The low 12 scorers advance to the Open proper at St. Louis Country Club, June 12 to 14, with 36 holes played in Monday's program. John Jacobs and Bill and Jim McPartland of Cedar Rapids are noted competitors.
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St. Andrews Golf Club
St. Louis Country Club
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Bill and
Jim McPartland
Cedar Rapids
Reformatory Snappers Top Co-Op Dairy Cedar Rapids
The Reformatory Snappers defeated Co-Op Dairy of Cedar Rapids 11 to 9 on Friday. Casteel and Davis led the Snapper battery while Pflughaupt and Shedek played for Co-Op.
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Cedar Rapids
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Shedek
Co-Op
Ce-Mar Plans Midget Races Next Sunday
Ce-Mar will host midget racing next Sunday afternoon at the fifth-mile oval. Promoter McElhinney says a field of 20 plus cars is expected with time trials at 12 30 p m and races at 2 p m Extra bleachers will be added and rain checks from Memorial Day will be honored for the event which may heighten Cedar Rapids midget racing activity this summer.
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Don McElhinney
McElhinney
Cedar Rapids
Larry Sullivan
John Gerber
Midwest Midget Auto Racing Association
Davenport
Decoration Day
McEhinney
Gerber
Hawkeye Downs
Scenic loop lead as Farmersburg McGregor hold edge
In Monona Monona standings show Farmersburg and McGregor atop the Scenic league. Next Sunday's schedule sends McGregor to Castalia and Farmersburg to Luana with several matchups listed, while Friday results include Castalia over Luana 6 2 and Prairie du Chien routing Harpers Ferry 15 3.
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Scenic League
McGregor
Castalia
Luana
Farmersburg
Garnaville
Harpers Ferry
Postville
Lansing
Prairie du Chien
Marquette
Waukon
Farmersburge McGregor
Garnavillo
Cedar Rapids Horseshoe League Opens Soon
Cedar Rapids pitchers gather Monday at 7 p.m. at Ellis park courts for the final pre season meeting. The league opens Wednesday night with Cedar Rapids facing Cedar Falls next Sunday and Des Moines on June 15.
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Cedar Rapids Horseshoe League
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Falls
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids Coaches Seen Reemphasized Plan For Next Year
Cedar Rapids public high schools will implement a new coaching system next fall. Superintendent Clyde Parker defends the plan as a reemphasis to broaden the coaching base, limit coaches to two sports, and ensure deeper development and stronger teams across all sports.
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Cedar Rapids
Clyde Parker
Parker
Franklin
Orv Rust
Bill Barnard
Wilson
Board of Education
Jay Busby
Franklin and
McKinley
Giants Reds Split In Major League Box Scores
Summary of Sunday National League games showing New York and St. Louis wins and multiple rain delays. Postponements and Monday games listed with line scores and key players, noting Cleveland and Philadelphia results and a plan to adjust coaching across schools.
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Washington
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Reardon
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Rites for Jimmy Wilson Held on Wednesday
Bradenton Florida obituary notes former baseball catcher and manager Jimmy Wilson died Sunday at 46 from a heart attack. Wilson played for the Phillies and Cubs, led in Philadelphia, managed Chicago, and ended his career with Cincinnati.
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Jim‘my Wilson
St. Louis
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Chicago Cubs
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Phils
Cincinnati Reds
Cubs
Cincinnati
Patience steady play key to Locke's Goodall victory
Bobby Locke won the Goodall invitational at Charles River CC coming from behind with a final round 68 to pass Vic Ghezzi and claim the $2,000 first prize. He credited patience and steady play, and golfing star power from Lew Worsham to secure victory in Newton Massachusetts.
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Tigers
South Africa
Vic Ghezzi
Kansas City
Lew Worsham
Ghezzi
Transvaal
Charles River Country Club
Ellsworth Vines
Jimmy Demaret
Herman Barron
Locke
St. Louis
Ed Oliver
Lloyd Mangrum
Ben Hogan
Worsham
George Schoux
Bob Hamilton
Lawson Little
Herman Keiser
Sam Snead
Harold McSpaden
Cary Middlecoff
Illini Westward for Pacific Coast Conference Meet
The Illinois track team, victorious in the 47th Western Conference outdoor championships, beat the Pacific Coast Conference in a dual meet at Northwestern's Dyche Stadium. Illinois won six of 14 events, scoring 69 percent for their third straight win before 10,000 fans. the top three finishers will represent the Big Nine at the coast meet on June 28.
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Illinois
Illini
Northwestern
Dyche Stadium
Big Nine
West Coast
Speedway 500 finish ruled fair by contest board
Indianapolis AAA contest board chairman Col A W Herrington said there is no reason for an investigation of the Memorial Day 500 mile race finish. Bill Holland charged he was ordered to slow for Mauri Rose. Herrington insisted Lou Moore did not deliberately slow Holland and added the signs were correct throughout the race.
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Bridgeport
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Chicago
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Moore
Seth Klein
Rain Abbreviated Tennis Season at Cornell Ends
Cornell's tennis team wrapped up three matches in a rain shortened season. The Purple tied Coe, lost to Loras and Bradley. Standouts: Sid Garland, Bob McConnell, Bill Allen, Bob McNamara, with Townsend and Sinclair also seeing action. Local players hailed from Indiana, Illinois, Chicago, and St. Paul.
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Okinawa
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Hilltop Outfit
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Chicago
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Dixon, Il
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Clinton
del Sinclair
Freeport
Hannibal Man Wins Small-Bore Tourney
H. W. Cartwright of Hannibal Missouri topped the Iowa State Rifle Association small-bore meet at Camp Dodge with an aggregate 1572 of 1600. Horace Wiley of Leon followed with 1566 and Arthur Schweppe of Algona placed third in a sharpshooter class field.
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Hannibal
National Rifle Association
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Horace Wiley
Leon
Arthur Schweppe
Algona
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