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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1937
Page
2
Dean Victor delivers strong pitching in a 8-1 Giants win over Hubbell's team. Dizzy Tian secures the win with three hits allowed as fans pack the stands in New York.
Fragmentary OCR text references a basketball card with twenty games and scattered notes on teams and players. The readable portions mention dates and names with unclear context, yielding limited concrete facts for a full structured summary.
In Chicago transcription era play by play shows the Indians pounded Red Sox for 12 runs as Burleson Solters and Trosky led on offense with Foxx and Cronin scoring. Crude box shows McNair, Cronin and Moriarty on the mound with 215 time.
Walter O Burges, president of the Detroit baseball club, said Mickey Coch rane requested his removal from the active roster. Coch rane will serve as non playing manager after a staff decision. Pete Gellum s Heery Ford host star Pete is recovering from a fractured skull. Mart an Gwen fractured a small bone in his left hand Tuesday. Rudy York recalled from Toledo to fill vacancies.
The University of Iowa track squad surpassed six 1936 records at Iowa City and posted new university bests in the quarter mile and half mile. Milton Bilhe clocked a fast 83 seconds in the 440 yard dash while Joan Graves lowered the half mile mark to nine minutes and a few seconds, both breaking long standing standards.
Standings show Davenport leading the Western League with 14 wins and 17 losses and Waterion at 14 and 20. Wednesday games featured Davenport against Wes Maves and Rae Isand with Cedar Ragada hosting. Thursday schedules included Washington at St Louis and Detroit at New York.
Birmingham Michigan AP notes a star field of 143 professionals and 25 amateurs at the 41st National Open on Oakland Hills. Sam Snead, the Winter sensation and favorite, struggles to find form with Sarazen Little Armour in practice as betting odds list Snead about 8 to 1, with Picard Cooper Nelson Guldubi and Armour Laffoon among close contenders.
Claude Passeau snapped a six game winless drought for Philadelphia as the Phillies routed Pittsburgh 8 to 1. Joe Martin drove in runs and Chuck Rue sparked the offense while the Phillies bullpen protected the lead throughout the game.
An umpire working in the Western League was injured after a collision involving a train and a vehicle. He collapsed on the field and was helped away by players before being hospitalized in critical condition.
Sioux City scored ten runs through four innings to beat Waterloo 11 to 6. Charley Timm and Bill Anderson pitched. Anderson left sick after the seventh. Plummer homered with two aboard in the fourth. Monahan, Richards, Plummer and Plummer also tallied for Sioux City. Waterloo's runs were unearned, with Cosbey and Craft contributing late offense.
Roosevelt Hotel league leaders and Cities Service Oilers won junior league games Tuesday. At Riverside Park Frank Tordik’s Roosevelts beat Armstrong Clothing 4 to 0 behind Skinny Stafford. At Daniels Park Ducky Holmes’ Oilers beat Smulekoff Furniture 7 to 6 with Roy Olson keying the offense and Olson throwing in relief. White tripled in the first inning and singled in the seventh for Cities Service.
Des Moines defeated Rock Island 7 to 4 as Bolsenga exited in the first inning after wildness. Tiny Finch allowed walks but stayed through nine innings, while Del Brissonette powered Des Moines with three hits and three RBIs.
A field of fifteen was indicated for Latonia Derby including Reaping Reward the Derby show horse. Four runners from the Kentucky Derby field will join the Latonia feature for three year olds in the 53rd Latonia Derby. War Admiral and Pompoon who were Derby and Preakness winners are among 51 nominees on May 10 but not sure of entry status.
New York venturi outpointed Jimmy McLeod in a staged bout while Harold Brown defeated Chevor Hudson in Chicago. Los Angeles saw Master Rosenbloom outpoint Lee Kamase in a New York telecast. Other results include Andre Jesserun beating Frankie Blair in New York and Nernte Friedkin edging Paris Anter in Providence.
Fifty employees from thirteen teams competed in week three of the Allied Industrial Civic Golf league. Hall Nia Tne Co defeated Quaker Oats No 2, Quaker Oats No 4 beat No 3, La Plant-Choate No 1 won by default 12 to 0, Light Co defeated Penick and Ford No 2 6 to 5, Penick and Ford No 1 beat No 3 7 to 6, Quaker Oats No 1 beat La Plant-Choate No 2 9 to 3, Gaan No 1 defeated Wilson No 2 8, with team standings listing Penick and Ford No 2 25, Quaker Oats No 2 24, Quaker Oats No 1 22, Penick and Ford No 1 20, Quaker Oats No 3 20, La Plant-Choate No 1 19, No 2 19, Wilson No 2 18, Light Co 16, Wiltony No 1 18, Penick and Ford No 3 13, Jowd Manufacturing Co 0. Schedule notes Thursday matchups include La Plant-Choste No 1 vs No 2, Light Co vs Town Manufacturing Co, Quaker Oats No 2 vs Penick and Ford, Wilsons No 2 vs Hall Manufacturing, Quaker Oats No 3 vs Wilson and Co, Penick and Ford No 1 vs Quaker Oats No 1.
Special to The Gazette Farmersburg coach Carl A Burbridge after three years at Farmersburg accepts the job at Norway consolidated school. His teams set a county baseball record by winning the county tournament three years in a row and added two basketball trophies to their collection.
In a cold game at Davenport the Raiders erased a two run deficit in the ninth, then scored five in the tenth to defeat the Blue Sox 7 to 6 and sweep the series. Cal Lahman hit two homers and Jinks Keeney had a triple and three singles, driving in the decisive run.
The Franklin golf team won the city championship with a low team score of 335. Roosevelt and McKinley followed with 348 and 367 as Wilson did not enter a team. Five boys per team, scoring the best four. Bill McPartland of Franklin had the low medal score of 79 for 18 holes.
McKinley high school coach Leonard Paulu announced track letters for the season. Recipients include Richard Arnold Earl Carr Jay Cravens Jack Davis George Gable Chester Jeffrey Robert Johnson Robert Jordan Dean Kirkpatrick Clare Miles Ed Person Everett Phillips Godfrey Platz Heath Smith and Lorraine Vaclay.
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