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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1938
Page
28
Guldahl wins the national open title as the Raiders rally from early deficit to beat Decatur 13 to 8 in a late Saturday night game before about 1,200 fans. Lou Hanning leads the pitching and hitting effort with key singles and a homer by Cal Lahman.
Waterloo dominates Evansville as Warsick belts a home run and collects four hits. Mottley allows 14 hits and 11 runs in under five innings, with Waterloo piling ten runs in the fourth. Evansville errors fuel the rout in a game cheered by Waterloo fans.
JIdle Miss ridden by C Corbett captured the $5000 added Hannah Dustin handicap for three year olds and up at Suffolk Downs on Saturday.
Cedar Rapids fills Hawkeye Downs for the Jaloppy Derby with nearly 10,000 seats initially offered and only about 1,750 remaining. Tickets go on sale at 9 am for general admission 25 cents and box seats 75 cents, first come first served, to benefit the Cedar Rapids swimming pool fund.
In the run up to the Louis Schmeling world title clash this month, doubters fear bias against Schmeling. The piece recalls Frankie Whitney’s 1910s double cross tale, showing how insiders sometimes manipulate fights, and why the current match faces scrutiny despite high stakes and publicity.
Ralph Guldahl defied rivals to win the National Open at Cherry Hills with a 284 total over 72 holes. Dick Metz finished second at 290 after faltering late. Jimmy Hines, Henry Picard, and Emery Zimmerman also streamed into contention before dropping back.
Detroit capitalized on lengthy hitting and Roxie Lawson's pitching to beat Washington 7 to 2 in the first game of the series. Pete Fox hit a key triple scoring Rudy York as Detroit built a 2-0 lead, later adding three in the seventh on hits and an error. Washington tied in the fifth with Buddy Myer's triple, but Tiger rallies, including Lilabs' triple and Christman's single, sealed the win.
Cincinnati pitcher Johnny Vander Meer hurled a no hit, no run nine innings against the Boston Bees, facing 28 and walking three. Lombardi homered to back him as the Reds won 3-0, the first NL no hitter since 1934 and the first lefty to do so since 1931. Vander Meer praised his improved control after Will McKechnie’s coaching.
ST. LOUIS (UP) Terry Moore, center fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals, was injured in the sixth inning of the Giants game after colliding with a concrete bleacher wall while fielding a long fly off Alex Kampouris. He was carried off unconscious, diagnosed with a brain concussion, then taken to a hospital where officials later said the injury was not as serious as first feared.
Standings list Evansville Decatur Moline Bloomington Springfield Cedar Rapids Waterloo Clinton and Clinton with records. Weekend results show Cedar Rapids over Decatur and Waterloo, Evansville over Bloomington, with rain affecting Clinton and Moline games. Sunday's schedule includes Decatur at Cedar Rapids and Cleveland at New York among others.
Partial box scores list W W W iL Pet New York Boston Chicago St Louis Cincinnati Brooklyn Philadelphia Pittsburgh and others with results including Pittsburgh 4 Philadelphia 2 Cincinnati 3 Boston 0 New York 2 St Louis 2 Brooklyn at Chicago postponed and upcoming games noted for Sunday and Monday across major teams.
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