Iowa Amateur Golf Tourney Opens With Johnny Jacobs Defense
Iowa golfers assemble at Cedar Rapids Country Club for the annual amateur championship event. Johnny Jacobs of Cedar Rapids seeks to defend his title as practice rounds begin and out of town contenders like Johnny Kraft and Merle Stimson arrive for a week of qualifying and match play.
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Johnny Jacobs
Iowa
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Cedar Rapids
Jacobs
Johnny Kraft
Oclwein Star
Johnny Vara Kraft
Tulsa
Country Club
Cedar View
Kenmore
Iowa State Golf Association
Pat Willcox
Merle Stimson
Waterloo
Willcox
Stimson
Vavra
George Taylor
Fairfield
Joe Parletti
Wayne Harrell
Herman Sani
State Association
WN. C
Johnny Erjavec
Luis Logan
Manila
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J. E Barnes
Barney Ross
Butch
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George Trafton
Loop Gymnasium
H. W. Lew Jenkins
Kayo
Tippy Larkin
Two Key M J League Games Put Lead on the Line
Two M J League clashes this week threaten first place as Town Light and Power meets the Quakers on Monday and Wilson La Plant Choate face off Wednesday. The Reddy Kilowatts and Packers lead in a three way tie and a Quakers or La Plant Choate win would create a three way deadlock. Iowa Manufacturers play Cedar Rapids Engineers Friday. Standings not shown.
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Town Light and Power
Quakers
Wilson-La Plant-Choate
Reddy Kilowatts
Packers
la Plant-Choate
Iowa
Cedar Rapids Engineers
Yanks Rally From Big Deficit to Beat Athletics
New York defeats Philadelphia 12 to 9 in a comeback win led by Babe Dahlgren Joe DiMaggio and Frankie Crosetti. Spud Chandler left after six in a high scoring game as Ed Neusser took the loss and Murphy earned the win for the Yankees.
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Yankees
Athletics
Yanks
Spud Chandler
Bump Hadley
Johnny Murphy
Mackmen
Murphy
Babe Dahlgren
Joe DiMaggio
Frankie Crosetti
Ed Neusser
Chubby Dean
Dick Siebert
Philadelphia
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Greenbergs Homer Powers Tigers Past Browns 9 5
Detroit defeats Cleveland 9 to 5 in the first game of a doubleheader. Hank Greenberg hits a bases loaded homer in the big first inning, sparking a six run rally to secure the win. Bruce Campbell adds a homer. Tommy Bridges gets the win. Walter Judnich homers for Cleveland, Cullenbine also homers in the second game.
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ST. Louis
INS
Detroit
Browns
Hank Greenberg
Tigers
Bruce Campbell
Tommy Bridges
Walter Judnich
Cullenbine
Tough hole by hole tour of Cedar Rapids club course
A hole by hole description outlines the Cedar Rapids Country Club layout for the Iowa Amateur meet starting July 8. It covers Nos 1 through 18 with par values, yardages, hazards, greens, and strategic notes highlighting trouble spots for a field of elite amateurs.
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Iowa
Dlarger
Cedar Rapids
Pro Star Smukler Quits Grid Ranks To Enlist In Army
Abel Dave Smukler, former Temple fullback and Eagles player, quit professional football to enlist as a private in the U S Army. He is at Fort Slocum awaiting shipment to Hawaii for coast artillery service amid protest from Detroit Lions manager Potsy Clark who claims he paid a large contract sum.
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INS
Abel
Dave Smukler
United States Army
Smukler
Temple University
Philadelphia Eagles
Detroit Lions
Fort Slocum
Hawaii
Coast Artillery
Potsy” Clark
Detroit
Potsy
Local Horseshoe Club Heads to Davenport Match
The Cedar Rapids Horseshoe club team travels to Davenport for a 2 pm match against the Davenport team. Eight players join the trip: R Sheets, J Jaeger, I Mullin, C Gillin, F Jelnick, Lee Nost, W Grafton, and B Stoney.
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Cedar Rapids Horseshoe Club
Davenport
Crack Davenport
R. Sheets
J. Jaeger
I Mullin
C. Gillin
F. Jelnick
Lee Nost
W. Grafton
B. Stoney
Cedar Rapids golfer hits rare double eagle on par five
Johnny Carey of Cedar Rapids Country Club stunned onlookers Friday by driving a No 3 iron about 225 yards to the cup on the 461 yard par five sixth hole for a double eagle. His nine hole best score stands 23 with birdies and pars scattered on Nos. 1 2 3 8 9 and four two’s on Nos. 4 5 6 7. If he makes an ace on Nos. 5 or 7 the record could drop further.
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Gene Sarazen
Johnny Carey
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Carey
Country Club Golf Bogey Ends In Tie
First prize in a blind bogey at the Cedar Rapids Country Club went to T F Blaul A Ho Boileau Arthur Poe Jim Bever and Dr D E Beardsley. HE Riedel Allen Nash and NP Cracmer tied for second while A J Diebold was third.
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Cedar Rapids Country Club
T F Blaul
Boileau
Arthur Poe
Jim Bever
D. E. Beardsley
HE. Riedel
Allen Nash
NP Cracmer
A. J. Diebold
Boxing Roundup Sends Burns to Australia and More
Tommy Burns will travel to Australia with three Canadian boxers for next week’s tour after losing the heavyweight title to Jack Johnson in 1908. Notables include Everett Rightmare to box Sal Bartolo in New York on July 17, plus Arturo Godoy seeking a Los Angeles movie offer and Joe Louis’s earnings to date. The column also notes boxing officials, pundits, and historical trivia from the sport’s circles.
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Tommy Burns
Jack Johnson
Sydney
Australia
Everett Rightmare
Sioux City
Sal Bartolo
Armstrong- Jenkins
New York
Jerry Giestler
Los Angeles
California Boxing Commission
State Racing Commission
Ed Frayne
Jack Norleymer
20Th Century Club
Dickering
Bease
Arturo Godoy
Joe Louis
Eddie Mead
Lou Ambers
Lew Jenkins
Max Baer
Galento
Nick Londes
Detroit
Jack Roper
Rassling
Henry Armstrong
Conn Pastor
Charley Ward
Detroit Free Press
Arthuro Godey
Boxing Commission
Steve Belloise
Jack Trammell
Youngstown
Ohio
Vander Meer Back to Bounce Back in Reds Plans
New York notes say Johnny Vander Meer chose to return to pitching actions with the Cincinnati Reds. Insiders describe him as fast and wiser but overanxious on the mound. Management fears risking a pennant race and a $400,000 profit by overusing him this season.
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Schoolboy Rowe
Tex Carleton
Paul Dean
Elbas
Vander Meer
Cincinnati
Reds
Derringer
Waleters
Moore
Thompson
McKechenie
YORK
John Vander Meer
Waterloo Course to Host Iowa Open Golf Meet
Waterloo set to host the Iowa open at Sunnyside after Des Moines origin since 1927. The 72 hole medal event runs August 13 through 15 with the Waterloo field drawing many competitors. The Waterloo open also slated for August 11 with many entrants expected to join the state open.
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Des Moines
Sunnyside
George B Worthen
Hunt and McNeill Reach College Tennis Semifinals
At Merion Cricket Club in Haverford Joe Hunt of the Naval Academy and Don McNeill of Kenyon College advanced to the Intercollegiate tennis championships semifinals. Hunt defeated Isadore Bellis 6 4 9 7 to set a Sunday clash with Rice champion Frank Guernsey. McNeill beat California's Bill Reedy 7 5 7 5 and next faces Bill Talbert of Cincinnati.
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Joe Hun
Naval Academy
Don McNeill
Kenyon College
Merion Cricket Club
Hunt
Isadore Bellis
University of Pennsylvania
Frank Guernsey
Rice
McNeill
University of California
Bill Reedy
Bill Talbert
University of Cinecinati
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