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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 22, 1937

Page

13

Braddock Louis Title Bout Moves Toward Climax

AP reports a calm buildup to the James J Braddock Bomber Joe Louis heavyweight championship at Comiskey Park Chicago with no legal fights or betting upheavals. Attendance could reach 100000 with gate receipts around 700000 to 750000. Louis trains three months at Stone Lake and Grand Beach while Braddock travels to Chicago to weigh in.

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Lash Great Miler From His Neck Down

Track experts pick Don Lash of Indiana University as the world class miler. In Princeton mile Lash and San Romani finished together in about 4 minutes 7 seconds as Cunningham and others praised Lash’s late surge and exceptional strength.

York INS Don Bees Ind Indiananiversity Don Lash San Roman Princeton Lash San Romani Glenn Cunningham Gene Cunningham Lamp Paavo Nurmi

Unclear standings fragment with team abbreviations

A fragmented listing shows standings and records for multiple teams including Des Moines, Washington, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, and others. It includes win loss marks, percentages, and scattered game notes, but details are garbled and dates or venues are not readable.

Major League Batting Leaders and Player Mentions

A scrambled list of batting leaders and player names across teams including Yankees Tigers Cardinals Cubs Browns Pirates and Dodgers. It notes runs batted in and home runs with scattered figures and team references without coherent narrative.

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Sioux City Ties With Davenport in Doubleheader

Sioux City splits a Sunday doubleheader with Davenport, winning 4 3 after losing 4 1. The second game ends amid dispute as Umpire Cady rules a runner safe on a close call. Key hits include Hall, Fitzpatrick, and Floyd in the seventh inning rally for Sioux City. Clarke homers for Davenport in game two.

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Riggs and Hunt Resume Clay Court Title Match

Bobby Riggs and Joe Hunt hoped to finish the national clay court championship as rain halted play in River Forest after Riggs won the first set 6 3 and Hunt led four games to three in the second. Johnny MacNiarmid and Eugene McAuliffe won the doubles title defeating Norman Bickel and Norbert Burgest in a five set match.

Chicago INS Bobby Riggs Joe Hunt Los Angeles Suburban River Forest Riggs Hunt Johnny MacNiarmid Princeton University Eugene McAuliffe F Norman Bickel Norbert Burgest

Red Peppers recalls 1913 Bunny excursion to Waterloo

Earl Red Peppers notes a 1913 crowd of nearly 5000 for a Bunny versus Waterloo game, with 900+ from Waterloo. Joe Danziger details a Rock Island train trip, a fundraiser for Jake Schmidt's band, and a large postgame collection. The piece also touches Golf and Ball players of the era, including Ralph Guldahl and Joe Medwick.

Waterloo Joe Danziger Cedar Rapids Danziger Rock Island Jake Schmidt 53Rd Regiment Bunny Boosters Schmidt Howard Hahn Guy Newell John Frink

Johnny Allen Out With Acute Appendicitis For A Month

Cleveland's pennant bid faltered as pitcher Johnny Allen underwent emergency appendectomy Sunday night. He remains in hospital and will miss eleven to twelve days of play, delaying his return and weakening the rotation.

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Feller Fails To Test Arm As Game Is Called Off

In Hartford, Bob Feller, 18, hoped to pitch for the Cleveland Indians in an exhibition with the Savitt Gems but rain cancelled the game. Manager Steve ONeill planned to keep Feller on his regular mound turn if his arm held up. The Iowa farm boy has appeared in only two games this season due to a sore arm.

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Sigourney Trapshooter Second In Iowa Handicap

Stanley Meadows 17, Des Moines, won the state handicap championship at Rockwell City. High scores listed include Meadows 96 and Edwin Wilcoxen from Sigourney 95. W S Hoon Jewell 94. E A Dygert Omaha 93. C B McDowell Philipsburg Kan sas 93. Roy Meadows elected Iowa Trapshoot Association president. Frank Kaschelhoffer Ackley reelected secretary treasurer.

Rockwell City Stanley Meadows Des Moines Meadows Edwin Wilcoxen Sigourney W S Hoon Jewell E A Dygert Omaha C. B McDowell Philipsburg Kansas Roy Meadows Iowa Trapshoot Association Frank Kaschelhoffer Ackley F L. Ofhoffnagle Dawson

Broadcast Of Braddock Louis Fight To Start At 9 P.M

NBC will broadcast the Braddock versus Louis fight from Chicago starting at 9 p.m. CST. The event will air over the Red and Blue networks with about 125 stations carrying the program under commercial sponsorship. The piece also notes the lempira as Honduras currency named for an Indian chief.

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Wheatland Defeats Lowden to Maintain Eastern Iowa Lead

Special to The Gazette Wheatland crushed Lowden 8 to 0 on Sunday to extend its league lead. Land of Wheatland hit the day’s only homer. Calamus beat Clarence 5-4 for its first win with two Calamus triples and a double by Lahan. Dixon defeated Lisbon 7-4 to join Lowden and Mechanicsville in a three way tie for second. Mechanicsville did not play.

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Raiders edge Islanders in ten innings to take series

Cedar Rapids Raiders outhit Rock Island 18 to 13 in a 13-9 ten inning win. Van Fleet earned his tenth victory after relief duty, as Cedar Rapids built a seven run lead early and weathered Islander rallies in the late innings. Howard Taylor starts for Cedar Rapids in the next series at Sioux City.

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