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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1947
Page
11
Detroit wired report notes eight golfers reach PGA Championship quarterfinals as Lew Worsham defeats Reggie Myles 7 and 6 to seek Open and PGA glory within days while Gene Sarazen falls to 41 year old Ky Laffoon.
Sunday pairings include Ky Laffoon of Chicago versus Art Bell of Colma Calif Jim Ferrier of San Francisco against Lloyding Vic Ghezzi of Kansas City against Lew Worsham of Washington Chick Harbert of Northville Mich against Leland Gibson of Kansas City Mo
Laffoonte faces Art Bell in a quarter final clash after Bell upset Dick Metz 1 up on the 37th hole. Surviving stars include Lloyd Mangrum Jim Ferrier Vic Ghezzi Melvin Harbert and Leland Gibson. A 10,000 crowd at Plum Hollow watched matches promise a big final Sunday with Worsham and Ghezzi among the contenders.
Davenport AP Johnny Jacobs of Cedar Rapids pursues a fifth Iowa amateur golf championship at the Country Club. The event draws top contenders from Illinois and Indiana, with 64 players to qualify for match play. The course plays 6,287 yards with a tight layout and a river requiring five crossings.
Illinois wins its second consecutive NCAA track title with 5925 points as Herb McKenley of Illinois clocks 46.2 for a new NCAA 440-yard record and Harrison Dillard sets a meet mark in the 220-yard low hurdles at 22.3 seconds. Dillard also defends the high hurdles title in 14.1 seconds. Northwestern and Minnesota follow in team standings as notable records are set in Utah.
Heavyweight champion Joe Louis signed a 300000 dollar contract for a three month Europe tour with four round non title bouts in France Spain and Italy. He will depart from New York in October.
President Truman unveiled a granite memorial at Griffith Stadium honoring Walter Johnson the Washington Senators star pitcher known as The Big Train. About five to six thousand fans attended the Saturday ceremony noting Johnson’s many still-standing records and fast ball legend.
The Boston Braves under Billy Southworth surge toward a pennant with a cast of cast-offs and young players. Southworth revives careers and reshapes a colorless lineup, while his own comeback story mirrors the team’s fight in a tight four club race.
Boston Braves beat Chicago Cubs 5 to 1 before 29 555 fans extending their NL lead. Johnny Sain went seven innings for his eighth win allowing only one run in the eighth. The Braves scored in the first and ninth aided by Rowell’s three hits and Elliott driving in three runs.
Defending champion Bobby Riggs defeated Frank Kovacs 6-3 6-3 6-4 to reach the finals, while Don Budge outpaced Welby Van Horn 7-5 6-3 4-6 6-4 to advance in the 20th National Professional Lawn Tennis tournament in New York.
New York moved within a game and a half of first place over the Red Sox as the Tigers dropped their seventh and eighth straight. In the opener Chandler edged Dizzy Trout with 11 strikeouts after a wild Trout throw. Tommy Henrich scored on the miscue. In the nightcap Allie Reynolds outpitched Stubby Overmire as Roger Cramer homered for Detroit in the eighth after replacing Walter Evers.
The St. Louis Cardinals extended their win streak to nine by beating the New York Giants 11-5. After a 4-0 deficit, Clint Hartung faltered in the sixth as Turner Thompson and Stan Musial hit key three run homers in the seventh. Murry Dickson earned the win in relief. The Giants drop to third, a half game ahead of the Cubs, while the Cardinals sit in fifth, three and a half games back.
Assault the club-footed King Ranch horse won the $50,000 added Brooklyn handicap at Aqueduct, overtaking Whirlaway as the all-time money-winner with $38,100 in the race. Windfields faded to last as Eddie Arcaro rode a steady, early pace, boosting Assault’s three-year earnings to $576,670 while Whirlaway held $561,161.
Three top Iowa amateurs file for the Cedar Rapids Open on July 20. Harold Show of Newton, former Iowa Masters title-holder, and Gerri Cannon of Iowa City, finalist at the Fort Dodge junior tournament, join the entry pool. Milton Bud of Clinton and Bill Gray chair the committee report. Anne, a former University of Michigan varsity golfer, also has been receded from Clare.
See-Tee-See and Artillery battled to a dead-heat photo finish to win the $50,000 Golden State breeders stake at Inglewood. The mile and one sixteenth route was run in 1 41 3/5, a world record tying time.
LaPlant prepared to opener against Quaker at 1 30 p m while Iowa Manufacturing meets Collins in the second game The week saw field conditions hamper play with Co OP dropping to last in the standings as LaPlant remained in pursuit of Wilson and Se Rain led by White with 12 runs Seeroes Vyets Muscatine VFW and Milwaukee Tigers posted decisive wins in out of town games over Hanford and others
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