Dutra Heads Deep Open Field at Oakmont
Olin Dutra leads a strong Open field at Oakmont as eight past champions compete for the National Open title. Gene Sarazen warns of brutal greens as Craig Wood, Henry Picard, Johnny Revolta challenge the favorites amid a record tough course and international contenders like Sid Brews.
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Armont
Sarazen
Dutra
Craig Wood
Henry Picard
Johnny Revolta
Sid Brews
Johannesburg
South Africa
Brews
Henry Cotton
America
Philadelphia
Willie MacFarlane
Johnny Farrell
Johnny Goodman
Tommy Armour
Walter Hagen
Billy Burke
Picard
Wood
Revolta
Atkins Conroy Norway And Walford Triumph
Atkins Conroy Norway and Walford won in the Iowa Valley league Sunday. Conroy beat Amana 6 to 4 with Leahy Kuhnle Maas catching. Amana's Bright Hahn. Atkins defeated Keystone 7 to 0 with Schirm McMurry Risch. Keystone Hecht Henning. Norway beat Watkins 12 to 4 with Holland Big. Bachman Warner. Walford routed Newhall 9 to 0.
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Specini
Gazette
AMANA
Atkins
Conroy
Norway
Walford
Leahy
Kuhnle
Maas
Bright
Hahn
Keystone
Schirm
McMurry
Risch
Hecht
Henning
Braddock tipped to dethrone Baer by former trainer
Lochsheldrake New York AP Braddock shown sparring four rounds by Mike Cantwell who says Braddock has the weapons and work ethic to beat Baer. Baer’s form waned after peak knockouts as sparring partners including Eddie Haughton Diamond Jackson and Bob Fraser test him at Asbury Park ahead of the June 13 bout.
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Lochsheldrake
N. Y
Mike Cantwell
James J. Braddock
Max Baer
Philadelphia
Braddock
Baer
Diamond Jackson
Bob Fraser
Paul Cavalier
al Truhlman
Bahram wins 156th British Derby at Epsom Downs
Bahram, favored from the Aga Khan stable, captures the Derby with Robin Goodfellow runner up and Field Trial third in a field of sixteen. American tickets in the Dublin sweepstakes yield major prizes totaling about 1 031 500 dollars for U S holders.
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Epsom Downs
Eng
Bahram
Aga Khan
Robin Goodfellow
Trish Hospital
Brooklyn
N. Y
F.C. Pratt
Buffalo
T. O’berle
New York City
Miss Hocken
Oakland
Joseph Taymoe
Allston
Mass
Jack and Sondra Brody
Dorchester
Haverford
J. Cunie
New York
Lucky Sophie
Another Chance
N.Y
J. A. Fassick
Frank Maguire
Give Him A Change Judge Bramham Should Let Alabama Pitts Play
A United Press column argues Judge Bramham erred in barring Alabama Pitts from with Albany of the International League after his Sing Sing sentence. It notes Pitts’ early release, good behavior, and Warden Lawes’ praise, urging a second chance for the player and questioning lifetime punishment for a $10 theft.
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Benry McLemore
United Press
New York
W. G. Bramham
National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues
Alabama Pitts
Alabama
Sing Sing
Albany
International League
Carolinas
Bramham
Lewis E. Lawes
Marengo Softball Loop Elects New Officials
Marengo selects new officers for the kittenball league with M E Fetzer to serve as president and J H Shipton as vice president and Harold Swift as secretary treasurer. Officials for seven teams list reps and managers including Fetzer, Shipton, Swift, Chantry, Vauhn, and Spargrove with named managers.
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Marengo
Melvin E. Fetzer
J. H. Shipton
Harold W. Swift
Leo Engelbert
Kenneth “Ike” McCune
Orville Mumby
Harold Swift
Walker Edges Toddville 4-3 in Twelve Innings
A hard fought baseball game Sunday afternoon ended with Walker defeating Toddville 4 to 3 in twelve innings. Walker pounded 13 hits, Kelso and Baker forming the battery, while Toddville managed 5 hits with Kerth and Schneider.
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Walker
Toddville
Kelso
Baker
Battery
Kerth
Schneider
Chelsea Team Defeats Elberon 6 to 2
Chelsea town team defeated Elberon by six to two on Sunday. The report notes a 6 to 2 victory for Chelsea with no further gameplay details available.
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Chelsea
Elberon
Cardinals in-fight after four-run fourth inning
Cissy Dean charged into the Cardinals dugout after a four-run fourth inning against the Pirates, accusing teammates of quitting while Joe Medwick and others contested the outburst. Manager Frisch warned Dizzy to improve effort or face a $5,000 fine. Dean claimed the club plans to make him look bad to reduce his contract payoff.
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Pittsburgh
Cissy Dean
Cardinals
Joe Medwick
Frisch
Dizzy
Dean
Ruth and Dean trade rumors roil major league talk
International News Service observer Davis J Walsh argues Ruth should quit big league baseball for peace of mind and notes magnates have rejected him. The piece also covers looming June 15 player trade deadlines with Cubs, Klein, Cuyler, Lindstrom, and possible returns. Dizzy Dean seeks a Cardinals exit and a potential deal could net $250000 for teams.
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Davis J. Walsh
International News Service
Babe Ruth
Braves
Ruth
Walsh
Jensen and Yarnall Lose in C C Meet
In the Cedar Rapids Country Club golf tourney second round results Citrus. Jerry Carey beat Yarnall while J B Terry ousted Jensen. Vavra continued with a 72 to defeat Chambers and reach the semi finals alongside Carey and Terry. Wolverton and Chehak won second flight matches. Blaul won third flight over Misak.
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Cedar Rapids
D. R. Lynch
C. R. Marshall
Vavra
Carey
Terry
A. H. Sargent
M. J. Foster
Dr. B. F. Wolverton
Milo Chehak
T. F. Blaul
Ed Misak
Art Carey
T. Yarnall
B. Terry
H. C. Jensen
J. Vavra
F. C. Chambers
Berwanger And Johnston Named Captains Of Maroon Track Team
Chicago AP. Jay Berwanger star of the University of Chicago football and track team and Quintin Johnston broad jumper and quarter miler were elected co captains of the 1936 Maroon track squad. Both will be seniors next year. The athletic department announced a University of Chicago wrestling team's Japan tour for six weeks this summer.
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Chicago
Jay Berwanger
University of Chicago
Quintin Johnston
Japan
Boston Red Sox Sign Three College Stars
The Boston Red Sox offered tryouts to three midwestern college players Elvar Wendlandt a southpaw pitcher from North Central Russell Davis a right hander from Illinois and Charles Gerlach a Wisconsin outfielder who has hit over .300 as they expand their scouting raid on college talent.
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Chicago
Boston Red Sox
Middlewestern
Red Sox
Elvar Wendlandt
North Central College
Russell Davis
Illinois College
Charles Gerlach
University of Wisconsin
Gerlach
Thrilling Air Show to Illuminate Cedar Rapids Sunday
The Cedar Rapids airport hosts the first air circus in years with 15 events including parachute jumps and stunt flying. Motorcycle acts feature pole games, a wall of fire ride, and a transfer at high speed under Cedar Rapids Knight Riders sponsorship. Flights for pleasure will be offered by the Airways Corporation.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Airways Corporation
Funeral services for Fayette resident Fred Chittenden
Funeral services for Fred Chittenden 72 were held at the Methodist church in Fayette conducted by Rev. John D. Clinton. Born August 5 1862 on a farm near Fayette he married Dora Pennollow at Elkader November 2 1890. He ran a local pump shop and later lived with his daughter Mrs. Beryl Thompson. Surviving are Mrs. Thompson other relatives including Mrs. Huber Donaldson Sheldon Chittenden Fayette Mrs. Grover Lambert Lima Mrs. Winifred Tripp Seattle and 15 grandchildren.
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Fayette
Fred Chittenden
John D. Clinton
Chittenden
Dora Pennhollow
Elkader
Beryl Thompson
Thompson
Huber Donaldson
Sheldon Chittenden
Grover Lambert
Lima
Winifred Tripp
Seattle
Wash
Engagement announced for Viola Meyer and Clifford Stevens
Miss Viola Meyer of Ossian was guest of honor at a shower hosted by the Hugh Brody home where her engagement to Clifford Stevens of Decorah was announced. The wedding is planned for early June. Meyer has completed four years as a teacher in Urbana schools.
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Urbana
Viola Meyer
Ossian
Hugh Brody
Clifford Stevens
Deccorah
Meyer
Big League Hitters Slump Deepens Across MLB
Chicago AP reports a wide slump among top hitters with ten of twenty batting leaders in each league below .300 eight weeks into 1935. The group trails last season by about 1,009 points collectively, with only three leaders matching or surpassing 1934 marks. Joe Vosmik and Jimmie Foxx are among those still near previous highs.
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Chicago
Joe Vosmik
Cleveland
Jimmie Foxx
Raiders and Saints Postponed by Cold Weather at Hill Park
Tonight's Raiders versus St. Joseph game was called off due to cold weather. If warming occurs Thursday a double header will begin at 8 15 with seven inning games. otherwise only one inning will be played and one admission applies.
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Raiders
St. Joseph
Hill Park
Batting leaders compare .334 and .362 marks across eras
Baseball notes show a player at .334 last year improving to .362 this year, a 66 point rise from 1934. Lou Gehrig, the AL batting champ at .363 last year, falls to .275, while Paul Waner, last NL champion at .362, drops to .304.
Frolic Club to Meet Krejci Brothers on Frolic Field
The Krejci Brothers softball team will face the Frolic club on Wednesday night at 8 at Frolic field located on Twenty-first avenue and Second street SW. No games have been played there in ten days due to a carnival last week.
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Frolic Club
Krejci Bros
Krejci Brothers
Frolic
Twenty-first Avenue
Second Street
Frolic Field
Luther College Tops Upper Iowa 6 to 5 In Baseball
Luther College defeated Upper Iowa University 6 to 5 in Decorah on Tuesday. Luther’s five run rally in the second inning turned the game after Upper Iowa opened with two runs in the first. Crimmings earned the win with six strikeouts in the last four innings. Stanley Munch of Fenton was voted most valuable squad member with a .298 batting average.
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Crimmings
Luther
Stanley Munch
Fenton
Peter Yowm
Sree Neweneete Fem
Hughes
Anderson
Raabe
Bunch
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Kiki Cuyler
Fred Lindstrom
Dizzy Dean
Brother Paul
Diszy
Paul
Jensen
Yarnall
C. C
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John Terry
F. A. Safely
M. Chehak
J. L. Cooper
Berwanger, Johnston
Saints
Upper Iowa
Uzekistan Institute of Language and Literature
Russia
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Sears
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