Sarazen and Little Tie for U S Open Title in playoff
Gene Sarazen and Lawson Little finished the 72 holes tied at 287 after a rain soaked Canterbury course. Ed Oliver, a Hornell pro, shot 287 but was disqualified for starting time violation alongside five others. A Sunday playoff will decide the championship.
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Connecticut
Ed Oliver
Leveland, O
Gene Sarazen
Lawson Little
Canterbury
Little
Oliver
U S. A
Willcox Knocks In 176 Yard Hole In One
Leland Pat Willcox of Waterloo Iowa carded a hole in one at the National Open on the 176 yard third hole at Canterbury Country Club Cleveland. He used a number five iron as spectators crowded the green and watched the ball drop into the cup.
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Canterbury Country Club
Cleveland
Leland
Pat” Willcox
Waterloo
Iowa
Willcox
Oliver and duo chase money in tense U.S. Open scene
Oliver and companions Johnny Bulla and Dutch Harrison were in contention when Joseph Dey, secretary of the U.S.G.A., appeared to flag them as play continued. Five others were ruled out.
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Oliver
Johnny Bulla
Dutch Harrison
Joseph Dey
U.S.G.A
Fast Field In Boat Races At Ellis Today
Between 35 and 40 contestants are expected in the annual Cedar Rapids Boat Club event at Ellis with entries from Omaha and several Iowa cities. Five main races plus two to three midget events will be run starting at 2 pm with riverbank seating at fifteen cents.
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Ellis
Cedar Rapids
Ted Ahrens
Des Moines
F. A. Grerald Ammons
Robert Bynlperds Weterson
Sammy Carr
Palo
Rex Gaddis
Young Men’s Bureau
The
Chamber of Commerce
Eastern Iowa Racing Club
Pat Bacon
Illinois
Bacon
United States Trotting Association
American Trotting Association
Reds Rally Past Dodgers 23 to 2 for National League Lead
Cincinnati roars to a 23-2 win over Brooklyn in a 27 hit barrage to seize the NL lead. Harry Craft slams a homer with four other hits and six RBIs as Freddie Fitzsimmons struggles early before relief.
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Cincinnati
Reds
Brooklyn Dodgers
Brooklyn
Freddie Fitzsimmons
Paul Derringer
Dodgers
St. Louis
Harry Craft
Thirty-Two Horses Entered In Hawkeye Downs Race Meet
Hawkeye Downs hosts 2 p.m. card featuring 32 starters from pacing and trotting champion lines. Betty Dillon likely 2:17 pace favorite. other events include 2:24 trot 2:14 trot and exhibitions of the McNamara starter and racing-related demonstrations.
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Hawkeye Downs
Betty Dillon
McNamara
America
Silver Sails
Oscar Thee
Adrian, Mich
Jackie Davis
Be. Green
Frank Yates
Central City
Silk Hart
Johnny McDivern
Davenport
Smokey
McKissey and Johnson
Aes
Peter Duke
Dhs
Uj, Shanklin
Des Moines
Teen H
Green
Dan Herring
Clint Alice B.g
George Fisher
Gilbert Vonian
B.g
Great
Pinto Edgewood
Amby Dillon
B.m
Schmitz Brothers
Vinton
Pace
Sammy Direct
Bom
R. W. Fugit
Springfield
Moxin
Big
Lee Bebee
Anamosa
Red Constanting
Zene Markham
Augusta
Dr. G
George Tehel
Cedar Rapids
McKyle
Bob Bell
Marshalltown
Lu_ McKinney
Bre
Art Platt
Wood
de ‘Bing Dillon
Nona R
Br.m
W. O. Rinehart
Fort Dodge
R. Waldbureer
Aegon
R. Z. Peterson
Kantwine
Patton
Milnar Shuts Out Yankees on Two Hits in Cleveland Victory
Milnar earned his eighth win as Cleveland defeated New York 3 to 0. Russo allowed five hits in eight innings, with Hemsley driving in two runs on a fifth and seventh inning homer and Bell adding a ninth inning tally.
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NEW York
INS
AI Milnar
Yankees
Cleveland
Marius Russo
Rollie Hemsley
Beau Bell
Johnny Murphy
Russo
Charley Keller
Buster Mills
Yanks
Crosetthss
Witherly
Kellner
Keller
Trosky
Chapmadf
O'Dickes
Bell
Osclkirkls
Mack
Gordon
Hemsley
Helmsley
Keltner
Stinat
Milnar
Murphy
Innines
Losine
Standings and results from major two leagues and associations
The update lists three eye league standings with teams like C Rapids Evansville Springfield and Madison, plus results from Saturday and Sunday games. It also covers National League and American League standings with teams such as Cincinnati Brooklyn New York St Louis Boston and Philadelphia and notes scores from Saturday games and upcoming Sundays matchups. The American Association standings include Kansas City Columbus Minneapolis Louisville Indianapolis Toledo Milwaukee and St Paul with recent results.
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W. L. Pet
Cincinnati
Pittsburch
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
New York
St. Louis
Chicago
Boston
Bosto
Pittsburgh
Louis
Cleveland
Detroit
Washington
American Association
Kan
City
Columbus
Minneap
Louisville
Indiapolis
Toledo
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Rola
T. Paul
Indianapolis
Raiders Rise Sparks Cedar Rapids Baseball Drama
Cedar Rapids climbs in the league standings as May reports show the Raiders top contenders amid a 4-3 run in seven games. The pitching staff faces injuries and suspensions with Ray Foat out and Embree listed, leaving Arntzen Gehrke Reynolds as the reliable trio, while Marleau and Reid are new depth pieces. Team batting sits around .260 with Frierson Workman Hershey hitting over .300 as St. Louis turns toward Billy Southworth's return to lead the Cards.
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Clinton
Marquardt
Madison
Springfield
Evansville
Orie Arntzen
Chief Reynolds
Gehrke
Ray Foat
Charles Embree
Winlow Johnson
Arntzen
Reynolds
Eddie Marlheau
Ken Reid
University of Iowa
Marleau
Peat
Raiders
Buck Frierson
Charley Workman
Bob Hershey
Meyers
Bruhn
Frierson
Leiter
Blaze
Workman
Raiders Clinch Sixth Straight Victory In 9-7 Win
Cedar Rapids Raiders end a 12 day layoff with a 9-7 win over Waterloo and sweep the White Hawks and Madison in a 17–1 stretch across 18 games. Ken Reid, ex-White Sox, debuted with a strong seven innings before Marleau closed. Workman homered and collected three singles.
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Washington
Ken Chase
Rene Monteagudo
Chicago White Sox
White Sox
Cedar Rapids Raiders
Waterloo
White Hawks
Madison
Springfield
Clinton
Raiders
Ollie Marquardt
Ken Reid
University of Iowa
St Paul
Reid
Eddie Marleau
Chief Reynolds
Stan Gehrke
Red Sox Fall to Tigers 4-2 on Grove Day defeat
Detroit beats Boston 4 to 2 as Rudy York and Hank Greenberg drive in runs. Williams singles twice for Boston, while Greenberg hits his ninth homer with Gehringer aboard in the eighth. Ted Williams also drives in both Boston runs.
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Boston
Rudy York
Hank Greenberg
Lefty Grove
Red Sox
Detroit
Cleveland
York
Pinky Higgins
Birdie Tebbetts
Tiger
Greenberg
Charley Gehringer
Ted Williams
Browns overpower Athletics with 15 to 1 rout in St. Louis
The Browns exploded for seven runs in the fifth inning and added six more through the seventh as St. Louis cruised past the Athletics 15 to 1. Roy Cullenbine hit a homer in the sixth and Mynl Hoag belted one in the seventh as St. Louis collected 14 hits.
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Philadelphia
INS
St. Louis
Athletics
Browns
Roy Cullenbine
Mynl Hoag
ABH
Arus
McCoy
Moses
Auker
Cullendine
MeCos
Heffner
Chapman
Lanbs
Hoag
McQuinn
Berardino
Radcoff
St Louis
Dean
Miles
Beckman
Rue, Moriarty
Hubbard
Springfield Beats Bees in Long-Running Three Eye League Hit
Springfield dominated Evansville 7 to 6 extending its win streak to seven in the Three Eye league. Cedar Shinn powered Clinton past Madison 5 to 3 with a second-inning homer and a teammate on base. Moline swept Decatur 7 to 4 after a five-run fifth.
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Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Springfield
Evansville
Moline
Decatur
Clinton
Madison
Browns
Shinn
Wate and
Carr
Gunter
Eller Moline
Nivises Wyse
Montgomery
Card
E Madison Ene
Hendrix and
Tighe
Gait’ de Toncofi
Vosberg Named Captain Of Marquette Track Team
Donald Vosberg of Dubuque Iowa was elected captain of Marquette University track team for 1941. He claimed the Central Collegiate javelin title with 204 feet 4 inches and ran the anchor leg on Marquette’s second place mile relay squad.
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Milwaukee
Donald Vosberg
Dubuque
Marequette University
Voseberg
Marquette
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Sarazen
Bob Considine
Hornell, NY
Pat Willcox
Marie Gaddis
Junior Gaddis
Bert Green
Meservey
Frank Fisher
Piri
Doc Horner
Brighton
Mildred Miller
Jene Rapids
Freeman Morelock
Dewey Rhiner
Burlington
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Norman Theat
F. Eaediacek
C. Pauline Sediacek
A. George Seeman
Lincoln
Neb
George Shearer
Jack Sherman
Gary
Ind
Sherman
Bail Taylor
Hank Tietwe
al Waniseck
Omaha
Andy Wandell
Lieva Willams
Wayne Winters
Council Bluffs
Violet Winters
Bash Dodgers
Derringer
Worthy Bellwin
C. E. Garrett
Amboy
Iil
Wilbur Long
Independence
Greystone
Alfred
Hawkeye Downs Oval
Sammy
MR. Martin
Reval K-C
Mona A
Rinehart “Up
Micnar
Clevelanders
Rollie Nemsley
Chase
Sal Washington
Case
Kuhel
Llewisdb
Kreevich
OjWela
Wrightrt
Walker
Dietrich
Brown
Monteagudo
Dietrich: Losing Pitcher —Chase
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Pipsras
McGowan
L Pet
Pet. C. Rapids
Decatu
Red Peppers
Leo
St. Louis Cardinals
Billy Southworth
Billy
Kenneth Reid
Leo Lucas
Radtke
George Bink
Semezak
Mike Blaze
Bink
Cromer
Stack
Cramer
Detroit Naston
Tarteliss
Carev
Eth
Averill
Ocrameres
Gehrger
Spencesil
Grinders
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Higgins
Tabor
Tebbettse
Desaultesse
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Galehoute
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Wilson
Friars
Bartell
Griepbere
Tebbetts
Williamis
Gehrincer Tebbetts
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York Greenhers
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H Workman
Marmardt
Hershey
Fiore
Ilaza
Gedzins
Ae Meyers
Ats
Brohn
Bradshaw
Fitzpatrick Boyles
Ath
Semczak
Merers
Werkman
Flore
Mareuardt
Klershey
Brie
Cedar Waterloo
Reld
Relean
Boyles
Steels
Ze Bradshaw
Marlean
W Reid
Witcher
Shaw
Pires
Goreden
Maddock
Vosberg
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