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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1937
Page
26
Detroit's baseball team faces a shifting leadership storm as Mickey Cochrane's injury and a family emergency force Del Baker to depart Yakima. Cy Ferkins steps in as manager until Baker can return.
Lowden hosts Mechanicsville on Sunday hoping a win creates a three way tie for first with Wheatland. Wheatland, who clinched first by beating Mechanicsville last week, has a bye this round as Clarence plays Dixon and Calamus visits Lisbon.
Ambiguous OCR text reports Sunday games for the Iowa Valley League with multiple teams listed such as Walford Watkins Van Horne and Berstown. Reads like a schedule block noting AM start times around 236 with several team pairings and results mentioning five victories in incomplete phrases.
Sioux City pounded Rock Island 8 to 3 as Kennedy and teammates led a strong offensive showing. The game featured Kennedys pitching and several runs with errors by Rock Island, securing Sioux City a decisive win.
Box score fragment shows batting for Kner and players Mas mic Herrich Dickey with multiple errors and runs batted in. Listing includes players West Henrich Diekey Magsto Gehsis and Stolen bases Powell, double plays Hroit to Knickerbocker to Davis. Left on bases St Louis 58 New York bases on balls Ruins Knott Trotter strikeouts Rating Knott 6 Knott 2. Losing pitcher Knott. Astros Basil Summers Rolls Time 154.
In Open League action Calves Motors Wl H and A defeats Witten Co 6 0 4 69 23 D. MeGsire and K. SteGure drive key plays as Sitder Lf leads for the winning side. Betty Cerrum Peacock and Dats contribute notable hits while C.F. Leader and Veterans team efforts frame the standings.
Patrolmen Hines and Weiland spotted smoke near Hill Park Grandstand at 12 40 a m Saturday and alerted Cedar Rapids fire department. A discarded cigarette started a pile of rubbish under the stands. firemen prevented damage to the grandstand before Raider game turnout.
Saturday was expected to be the big day in the Kenmore golf tournament with eliminations underway. By nightfall only two second round matches in the second flight and three in the championship round were completed, while no second round matches in the third flight had been played. Championship results include Jacobs defeating Hastings and Smith defeating Smith. In other flights Hare Waukon beat Adama, Nico Taylor defeated Enele.
Evanston. The Big Ten Medal was awarded to Adelman of Milwaukee Northwestern University, a senior in the school of speech and a standout in football and tennis. He earned three letters in football and two in tennis, and won both the Kirk oratorical contest at Northwestern and the oratorical contest at Wisconsin.
Reserves Tae and pieces performed for the Cubs as the team spars with the Brewers in a key late season matchup.
Standings show teams like New York, Chicago, St. Louis and Boston with records in the 20s and 30s. Friday results include Cedar Rapids beating Des Moines and Waterloo defeating Davenport, with Rock Island routing Sioux City. Saturday matchups feature Cedar Rapids at Davenport and Sioux City at Waterloo.
Cleveland AP Connie Mack announced the release of infielder Bill Cissell to Baltimore of the International League.
The passage describes dividing a back stroke into two parts. First the body initiates turn by moving the right hip back while the shoulders follow, the clubhead travels low to the ground then rises as the shaft and left arm align. The second half rises to the top with the left arm extended, wrist bending, keeping shoulders turning and the clubface square for solid delivery. It mentions a 1937 copyright and references Horton and Barnotd.
James J. Braddock sweats through five rounds in Grand Beach testing a close range approach aimed at Joe Louis. He drills on in fighting with Cooper and Massera while trainer Doc Robb cautions him to box carefully. Braddock plans eight rounds Saturday and six Sunday to sharpen speed before tapering next week.
Quaker Oats beats Wilson Company 5 to 2 as Melichar allows three hits in a six inning effort. Don Shaffer drives in two runs, Mattier adds two, and the Quakers move to within a half game of the league leaders while Wilson falls to third as their first loss of the season.
The Associated Press notes fight results across cities: in Batavia Salvatore Burelella lost on points to Hilly Trees in 183 rounds. New Orleans Kil Cocoa defeated Holman Williams by points in Hartford. Garcia defeated Fuerseh in Hollywood and Fred Apostol edged Dale Sparrs in San Francisco.
Johnny Whitehead pitched nine innings allowing eight runs as the Chicago White Sox walloped the Washington Senators 14 to 8. Zeke Bonura led a 17 hit attack with a homer and five RBIs while Boston and Cleveland details highlighted a contrasted day in the majors.
The Hawkeyes finish 13 wins and 15 losses on a 28 game schedule. They placed seventh in the Big Ten with seven wins and seven defeats, suffering a double loss to Minnesota that cost third place. Key players include Gene Hinrichs, Warren Haltom, Arthur Manush, and captain Lowell Gosser. The team scored 120 runs on 220 hits while allowing 112 runs on 478 hits from opponents.
Des Moines AP reports the American Animal Health Foundation’s nationwide study finds the United States healthiest for livestock. Foot and mouth disease is eradicated and tuberculosis under control. Hog cholera remains the leading annual loss about 20 million dollars, preventable with spring vaccination.
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