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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1939
Page
3
Detroit's Schoolboy Rowe finally wins again as Hank Greenberg belts his sixteenth homer and drives in four on eight Yankee hits. Tigers split with the Yankees at New York, lifting them into a three way AL tie for third behind Red Sox and White Sox.
Conesville’s dependent team defeated Wapello 12 to 2 at Wapello Sunday, allowing four hits. Hawkins led offense with three hits including a triple as Singleton Adams and Hawkins pitched. Batteries: Conesville Singleton Adams Hawkins. Wapello’s pitchers were Johnson Murray McGill Milburn Archibald. Conesville will play Wapello here next Sunday.
The Traer softball team defeated Cities Service of Waterloo in a Friday night double-header. Wood pitched the first game to a 5-0 victory, and Konicek hurled the second game for a 7-3 win.
Heavy rainfall halted the Bloomington Cedar Rapids game with the Raiders leading 2-1 in the third inning Sunday night. The third game was moved to tonight at 8 15 weather permitting. Springfield holds the league lead and starts a three game set at Hill Park Tuesday night. Tickets 20 cents cover most seats. An M and J league game between Wilsons and the Light Company precedes at 5 30 with league leadership at stake.
Des Moines UP reports Chick Evans, chair of the national collegiate golf event opening next Monday, announced the field will grow from 32 to 64 qualifiers. The bracket expansion adds one more match-play round, making the path tougher for the eventual champion. Defending champ John F. Burke of Georgetown will compete. Maxwell Cup team race remains 36-hole final. Wakonda course plays tougher after recent rains, practice begins midweek with several participants already arriving.
AP report from Summit New Jersey notes Tony Galento doubles his sparring partners in meals at Mme Beys camp while others eat lighter. The piece mentions Lou Nova training in Yoga country for Baer, but Brescia and others get ham and hamburger. Various side items include crowd chatter about Wooderson, a Dairy Night in Minneapolis, Earl Averill trade fallout, and Oklahoma team schedule critiques.
Special to The Gazette North Liberty softball team fell to Coralville 8 6 in the first game and 5 3 in the second Friday evening. Elmer Raim pitched with David Von Stein catching for North Liberty. Don Anciaux and Owen Morgan pitched for Coralville with Ray Anciaux catching.
The columnist critiques the Princeton mile race and Sidney Wooderson’s withdrawal after a perceived foul. He argues top runners squeeze space along the inner rail and notes the crowd’s sympathy for visitors, while contrasting performances from Fenske Cunningham Rideout and Wooderson, with upcoming AAU games and other baseball notes from the era.
Box scores show Boston and Cleveland wins, with runs batted in led by Hassett Warstler and Cronin. Pitcher details include Derringer and McGee’s wins, Ostermueller and Feller in Cleveland games, and multiple line scores across Brooklyn Chicago St. Louis New York and Philadelphia contests.
In New York the U S dream team faced Britain in polo, fielding four 10-goal players without Cecil Smith. The Americans chased the handicap and led 10-0 but finished 16-14 after the British surged in the final moments, though the U S retained the international cup.
Art Bartlett, Ottumwa veteran and seven time state amateur champion, captured the Ottumwa municipal course medal event with 141 strokes over 36 holes. Johnny Stoltz, 17, was seven behind, and Eddie Reece placed third as Bartlett earned an expense paid trip to Mason City for the Iowa amateur meet starting July 10.
The Hills Jr softball team defeated the Maccabees of the Fraternal League in a 13 inning Sunday game at Ellis Park. Hills used Kline and Ernefekt as batters and pitchers, while Hib bens and Prusek pitched for the Maccabees.
The Springfield Browns held the Three-I lead for a third straight day after sweeping Waterloo 17-7 and 5-3. Six Springfield homers in game one set a local park record with three in the third inning. Bell Neighbors and Keller drove in five, De jarnell homered with two on, Neighbors added another, and Debbie closed the barrage with a two-on homer in the eighth. Waterloo’s Falk homered in the fifth. The second game featured a two-hurlers’ duel as Hanning beat Lotz, with three Springfield runs in the seventh giving the win and a one-game lead over Decatur, which swept Clinton. Clinton fell to fourth, two and a half games back. Evansville netted a doubleheader sweep over Moline to sit one and a half back. Bloomington-Cedar Rapids was rained out, boosting Bloomington ahead of Waterloo.
BERKELEY Calif UP The sponsors expect a Pacific coast victory in the track and field meet on Wednesday led by USC in Los Angeles where coast athletes may set several new records. Michigan's Bill Watson is seen as a major threat in shot put broad jump and possibly discus while Diefenthaler fininois challenges USC star Wilson in the high jump.
Standings and Sunday results across the Three-I and other circuits. Springfield Waterloo Decatur Clinton Evansville Moline Bloomington Cedar Rapids with rain noted. Monday games include Bloomington at Cedar Rapids and others. Other leagues show New York Detroit Boston Philadelphia Cleveland St. Louis Chicago Brooklyn Cincinnati and Milwaukee with several rain delays and postponed games.
Sydney Wooderson and four American rivals ran a staggered mile in Princeton to shattering crowds. Wooderson blocked traffic and finished in a marathon time as Rideout and others passed him late. The race drew 28 000 spectators and was billed as the mile of the century.
Johnny Revolta of Evanston and Henry Picard of Hershey won the Inverness four ball golf title after a 30 foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole. The trio of Snead Picard and Revolta edged a six-team field through four days and 126 holes, ending a tense playoff to claim the $1,000 prize.
DES MOINES AP Clem Dawson Barberton Ohio will box Pat Comiskey Patterson New Jersey in the semi windup of the Johnny Paychek Maurice Strickland main event on June 26 Promoter Pinkie George said Monday.
Decorah crowd of 1,500 watched Martinique Jr. owned by B. M. Graham win the first heat of the 2:11 trot in 2:07 34. Pace-Purse events drew entries including Kate C Grattan and Rhea Russell, with other horses and drivers listed among the day’s races and times.
Andy's Service captured the Happy Valley baseball tourney by beating Honeymead 11-8 in the final. They had defeated Chocolate Cream 12-10 in the semifinals, after Honeymead eliminated Happy Valley 8-7 in the first round.
In St. Louis Gene Mako and Frankie Parker overwhelmed John Doeg and Wayne Sabin 6 2, 6 2 to claim the doubles title at the Triple A tennis tournament. Parker then defeated Mako 6 3, 6 3, 6 4 in the singles final to take the championship.
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