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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 20, 1951

Page

14

Hodges Reclaims NL All Star Lead Over Kiner in Detroit Poll

In Chicago AP dispatch, Gil Hodges of the Brooklyn Dodgers overtakes Ralph Kiner of the Pirates for the NL starting first base spot in the Detroit All Star game balloting. Hodges sits at 121,593 votes, with Kiner at 119,212, while Stan Musial remains the top vote getter with 148,378.

Chicago Gil Hodges Brooklyn Dodgers Ralph Kiner Pittsburgh Pirates Detroit Hodges Kiner Stan Musial St. Louis Cardinal Nelson Fox Chicago White Sox Ted Williams Boston Red Sox Jackie Robinson Brooklyn Pittsburgh Waitkus Philadelphia J. Robinson Schoendienst St. Louis Opeky New York Elliott Boston Hatton Cincinnati Dark Reese Hamner Baumholtz Ennis Furillo Ashburn Snider Jethroe Mass St. Louis Sisler Gordon Teteces— Campanas Cooper Westrum

Rain Delays Western Amateur Qualifying In South Bend

In South Bend Indiana rain and lightning halted play at the South Bend Country Club during qualifying for the Western Golf Association event. Officials postponed Tuesday's second round as the flooded course failed to meet conditions for play.

South Bend, Ind Chick Evans South Bend Country Club Western Golf Association

Oxford Junction Joins East Iowa League as Sixth Team

Oxford Junction is admitted to the Eastern Iowa baseball league, expanding from five to six teams. Secretary J. T. Bova announced the move at a special meeting, and Oxford Junction will host night games at Lost Nation diamond while away games are set against a recently scheduled open date. The listed schedule includes June 24 at Morley and July 22 at Martelle among others.

Lisbon Eastern Iowa Baseball League Oxford Junction J. T. Bova Lost Nation Morley N—Martelle Morle Martelle Clarence N—Anamosa Aus

Satch To Pitch Thursday Night In Cedar Rapids Game

The Chicago Giants face the Baltimore Elites in Cedar Rapids Memorial Stadium at 8 p.m. LeRoy Paige will start for Chicago and pitch at least three innings. Ed Hamman the Negro baseball clown appears. Box-seat holders can reserve for the regular Three-I league game before 10 a.m. Thursday. Season Indians tickets do not apply.

Chicago Giants Baltimore Elites Cedar Rapids Memorial Stadium LeRoy “Satch” Paige Cleveland Indians Chicago Ed Hamman Cedar Rapids Baseball Club

Major League Box Scores Tuesday Night Action

Baseball box scores from the American League and National League show West Coast and East matchups with runs, hits, and errors. Key performers include Kell, Evers, Souchock, Joost, Zernial, and Verble for the American League games, and Lenhardt, Berra, and Rizzuto contributing for the New York- Chicago contests.

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Chicago Cubs Fall Short In Rain-Shortened Tilt

Ostrowski earns win while Kretlow takes the loss as Chicago bats rally with homers by Gumpert Raschi and Masi. Surkont yields five runs as Font secures the win for the visiting team. Rain ends the game after eight innings with a 5-1 Chicago defeat and 6,496 in attendance.

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Brooklyn Beats Cincinnati 12 6 in Baseball Clash

In a 12 to 6 score, Brooklyn racked up 12 runs against Cincinnati. Key hitters included Kluszewski Reese and Merriman with multiple RBIs, while Ramsdell and Wehmeier suffered losses. The game drew 26,618 fans as Newcombe pitched well for Brooklyn.

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Rain and wind cancel ECIL league games

Rain, wind and a power shortage forced cancellations of ECIL Tuesday night games. North English at Marengo and Belle Plaine at Williamsburg were wiped out by weather and a light outage with a rescheduled Marengo at Waterville moving to Wednesday.

Iowa Marengo Belle Plaine

Eastern Iowans Earn Iowa Teachers Awards

Cedar Falls. Two Cedar Rapids baseball players Dick Matter and Bob Vrbicek were among 15 earning baseball letters at Iowa Teachers college this spring. Other Eastern Iowa lettermen included Hubert Kopriva of Dy sart and Jack Whipple of Fair banks. Ken Aller Keota Ray Eileen Monticello and Jim McCullough Tipton received track letters.

Cedar Falls Cedar Rapids Dick Matter Bob Vrbicek Iowa Teachers College Eastern Iowa Hubert Kopriva Dysart Jack Whipple Fairbanks Ken Aller Keota Ray Eileen Monticello Jim McCullough Tipton

Andrews Brothers Dominate Heart of America Tennis

In Kansas City the Heart of America tournament advances three Eastern Iowa players. Jamie and Art Andrews win their junior boys singles 6-0 6-0, Susie Hamilton defeats Sharon McConnell 6-1 6-0 before loss to Beverly Siebert 6-1 6-0, and Ruth Ashton reaches Wednesday’s junior girls quarterfinals without playing.

the Gazette Kansas City Iowa Iowa City Jamie Art Andrews Susie Hamilton Sharon McConnell Miss Hamilton Beverly Siebert Jamie Andrews Paul Markese

Terre Haute Wins Lead Grows in Three-I Race

The Terre Haute squad won 3 4 against Evansville Tuesday, overcoming deficits to secure a third straight win and extend their lead in the Three-I league. Evansville drops to third, one percentage point behind Quincy for second place.

Terre Haute Evansville Evansvillerom Quincy

Unclear OCR sports snippet outlines runnerup result

Fragmentary text shows a 12 10 decision placing a team runnerup over eee Cities ansville with names Pediota and Heyman mentioned. additional numbers and letters appear as stray OCR artifacts without clear context.

Eee Citiesansville Eee Ease Aca Wile Pediota Heyman

Suspension of Denning Lifted in Three-I League

Terre Haute Indiana Otto Denning manager of the Waterloo club in the Three I baseball league had his suspension lifted by league president Vern McMillan on Wednesday. The penalty followed Sunday’s Waterloo at Terre Haute game after Denning reportedly spoke abusively to an umpire. McMillan said he has been assured of Denning’s future cooperation.

Terre Haute, Ind Otto Denning Waterloo Loop Vern McMillan

Boxing results and postponement cited for Rex Layne fight

JRTLAND reports bouts featuring Joe Kahut and Bernie Reyn with knockouts for Martinez and Estarito. Ray Lee and Lee Deck are listed with weights, while a scheduled match involving Rex Layne is postponed due to unresolved conditions.

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Iowa City Juniors Triumph Over Cedar Rapids in Tennis

Iowa City juniors coached by Don Klotz defeated Cedar Rapids Country Club juniors 6 to 0 on their home courts. Matches included Cye Korman and Goeo Bob Boyson Orth, plus Nancy Stutzman and others posting straight set wins 6-2 6-2 and 6-0 6-0.

Iowa City Ors Iowa Don Klotz Cedar Rapids Country Club Boy Cye Korman Goeo Bob Boyson Orth John Kegley Buts Gime Re Bruce Boyson Jim Woman John Rinderaim Kelly Pred Honsett Nancy Stutzman Barbarderknechtt

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