Nelson aims to repeat Open title at Canterbury course
Byron Nelson, favored to win the National Open at Canterbury, predicts a 284 score to prevail over a 170-man field. Bud Ward and others offer mixed views on the tough layout with heavy hay and rough, while Nelson singles out the fair test and his confident pace.
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Byron Nelson
Canterbury Country Club
Nelson
Ralph Guldahl
Detroit
Bud Ward
Philadelphia
Softball extra innings mark Ellis Park league play
Four of six Tuesday games at Ellis Park required extra innings with darkness halting two of them. Cherry Burrell drove in seven runs in two innings to beat Honeymead 7 4 in Industrial A. Bud McGuire limited La Plant Choate to two hits in a 2 2 deadlock after 10 innings.
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Ellis Park
Cherry Burrell
Honeymead
Bud McGuire
The
Light Company
la Plant-Choate
Wilson
Merchants Bank
Collins Radio
Standard Body Works
Stall Manufacturing
Eddy Paper Company
Standard Bakery
Wilson Player Injures Ankle in Hill Park Game
In a preliminary Cedar Rapids Madison Three-Eye league contest at Hill Park, Wilson player Odo Reynolds of Wilson and Company twisted an ankle sliding into home and was taken to St. Luke's hospital. He was later discharged after treatment.
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Hill Park
Cedar Rapids Engineers
Theodore Reynolds
Wilson and Company
St. Luke's Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Night Ball and Track Echo Through Past Decades
A sports column recalls Johnny Altfillisch’s rise from a shy junior to a Midwest Conference standout. It also notes Tuesday night baseball debuts for the St Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates, Des Moines ten years ago, Will Rogers’ regrets, and the rise of night ball in minor leagues.
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St. Louis Cardinals
Pittsburgh
Pirates
Forbes Field
Des Moines
Demons
Wichita
Earl Coughlin
Pacific Coast
International
American Association
Will Rogers
Beverly Hills
Will
Roosevelt Hotel faces protest decisions in 1940 Legion title race
The 1940 American Legion Junior league title may be decided tonight without a game on the field as the baseball committee reviews two protests by Roosevelt Hotel. One involves Armstrong's game lost 4-3 due to darkness, the other claims ineligible player use in Smulekoff's 9-5 defeat. If protests fail, a playoff between Roosevelt Hotel and Hubbard Ice may determine the champion.
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American Legion
Roosevelt Hotel
Hubbard Ice
Armstrong
Smulekoff
Chine Stodola
Jack Carter
Roosevelt Nine
Armstromg
Smulckoff
Novice pitcher Rollis Deetz tops Roosevelt Hotel champs
Rollis Deetz of the Habbard Tee American Legion team began as a weak pitcher, losing 7 to 3 last Saturday. By Tuesday he improved enough to blank Roosevelt Hotel with four hits allowed, winning 4 innings and reversing the earlier defeat with the same score.
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Rollis Deetz
Habbard Tee American Legion
Deets
Roosevelt Hotel
RONNIE RAWSON ACE AT ELLIS COURSE HOLE FIVE
Ronnie Rawson joined the golf hall of fame with a hole in one on the Ellis course. The ace came on No five, a 200 yard shot in a trio with George Dusek and Barney Lindenkamp, witnessed from the sixth tee by Delbert Miller.
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Ronnie Rawson
Ellis Course
Golf Hall of Fame
Ellis
George Dusek
Barney Lindenkamp
Delbert Miller
Rollie Prusek
Kenneth Johnson
Bob Larson
George Kisinger
John Heaton
Ted Norbert
Paul Bishop
Udham Singh Sentenced to Death for O Dwyer Killing
Udham Singh was sentenced to death on Wednesday by a jury that found him guilty of murdering Sir Michael O Dwyer in an assassination that shocked British India.
Owners Rush Horses To Hawkeye Downs in Weekend Meet
Owners rush to declare horses for next Sunday's Hawkeye Downs meeting as Friday's deadline nears. The young men's bureau and Alle Town fair co sponsor the event with eight riders named for the Hollywood traction race amid early entries for 2 24 trot and 2 17 pace. The program features Automa te barrier start and free gate with 85 cent grandstand admission. Gates open at 12 30 pm for horse warm ups.
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Young Men’s Bureau
All-Town Fair
WNERS
Hawkeye Downs
Young Men's Bureau of
The
Chamber of Commerce
Alle Town Fair
Hollywood
Frrwin Wastas
Josephus
Lucille McLaughlin
Iowa
Independence
Royal K. C
Bobby Potemkin
Highland Siliko
Dorothy Senator
Worthy Bellwin
Fea
Lady Gold
Billy McKlye
Luci Kinney
Sammy Direct
Pat Bacon
Illinois
McNamara
Mississippi
Moore
Reuben Smith
Woman's Club Golf League Highlights Matches
Shelters Trailers and Toppers won league matches on Tuesday defeating the Quakers Hotshotters and Highlanders. Ava Laurence earned low score, Clare Mc Pherson had the fewest putts, and Isabel Mott won the draw prize.
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Womans Club Golf League
Quakers
Hotshotters
Highlanders
Ava Laurence
Clare McPherson
Isabel Mott
No Money No Fight Ends Cancelled Heavyweight Bout
Kansas City AP report notes only about 100 fans attended the scheduled 10 round heavyweight match between Lee Savold and Ed Murray, leading promoters to cancel the bout. Savold’s manager Pinkie George then traveled to Detroit to discuss a future matchup with Mike Jacobs and Max Waxman, who represents Red Burman.
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Kansas City
Kan
Lee Savold
Des Moines
Ed Tipperary Murray
Shelby
Pinkie George
Savold
Detroit
Mike Jacobs
New York City
Max Waxman
Red Burman
Towat
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Gene Sarazen
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Honexmead
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Rolilis Deetz
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Tony the Great
Star Makin Family
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