Cubs Bowed 10 8 by Angels in Exhibition
Los Angeles Angels beat the Chicago Cubs 10 to 8 as Dick Merriwell of USC doubled home two runs in the ninth. Gene Lillard added a homer and extra hits for the Angels. Frank Demaree homered for the Cubs.
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1933
Page
2
Los Angeles Angels beat the Chicago Cubs 10 to 8 as Dick Merriwell of USC doubled home two runs in the ninth. Gene Lillard added a homer and extra hits for the Angels. Frank Demaree homered for the Cubs.
An upcoming Fryfear performance is announced for March 23 with details still unclear due to garbled text. The snippet confirms a March event but lacks full venue and lineup information.
Rivers faces Hampton in a closely contested fifth battle with prior meetings ending in narrow margins. The event serves as a benefit show for the Colored American Legion post drum corps with a six round semi final and multiple bouts including Young Trimble vs Freddie Atkinson. Proceeds fund equipment for the drum corps with general admission at fifty cents and reserved seats higher.
Chicago March 22 26 three more teams joined the entry list for the National Catholic Interscholastic basketball tournament at Loyola University St Wenceslaus Cedar Rapids St Johns Milwaukee St Marys Niagara Falls NY were added to the field along with nineteen teams already accepted bids to compete for the national title.
Kalona defeated Brighton in a playoff for the Ke-Wash basketball championship in Washington. Kalona led most of the game 1 to 3, 19 to 9 at the first quarter, 23 to 16 at the end of the third. Key scorers included Katona and Breshton with scoring contributions from Wheateme.
Oregon State claims the coast basketball crown by defeating an opponent 19 to 10 in the third period. The victory secures the title in the conference competition held at the league venue.
Promoter track and boxing notes feature Heston S. and Salvatore Veser, with Winston and Walker headlines. Names such as Guido Dante Mike Loughran and Jackie Stewart appear among the welterweights and lightweights in the Associated Press digest.
Hack Wilson, famed Brooklyn Dodgers outfielder, ends holdout and signs a one year contract for ten thousand dollars. The deal marks a reduction from last season as Wilson accepts a lower salary after threats to stay away from camp.
The piece recalls Wesley Fry's Oklahoma City University appointment and a 1923 Michigan Iowa game play where a dropkick ball rolled into the end zone, a controversial onside kick later ruled out, plus notes on St. Wenceslaus High School's state title run and Ruth's salary talks as spring baseball looms with uncertain league alignment and franchise interest across several Ohio Valley clubs.
Iowa Grinnell Drake and Iowa State set a quadrangular track and field meet in Grinnell to decide team standings. Hawkeyes aim for possible third, with Iowa State and Drake cited as top contenders while Grinnell and others provide competition.
In Chicago the six day race saw veteran cyclist McNamara forced out after a bed spill on Monday night. Italian rider Manera fell, McNamara crashed over him and was unconscious for about fifteen minutes before track physicians ordered withdrawal. Team partner Horan regrouped with Manera after Kiingbell withdrew.
In Chicago Welker Cochran and Willie Hoppe will contest a twelve 40 point blocks three cushion challenge starting Monday March 20. The winner earns the purse from the gate receipts.
A home practice club with flexible shaft is described as matching pro feel through muscle training and dance-inspired motion. The article emphasizes touch, rhythm, balance, and consistent wrist action as key to mastering golf swings and improving progress.
In New York Francis X Smeids meets John H Pittman and George M Lott Jr faces Herbert L Bowman as the third round begins. Eight seeds advance as doubles opens with ten matches reducing the field to fourteen pairs. Shields dominates with 27 aces overpowering Frank Bowden while other seeds advance without losing a set.
Wesley Fry former Classen high school coach and ex Iowa football star was appointed to succeed V J Green as Oklahoma City University grid coach He will lead spring practice after Green resigned to take the Drake University head football job in Des Moines.
Urbana and Keystone meet in Lincoln High School gym here Tuesday night to decide the Benton county basketball championship. Both teams were undefeated in league play, with Urbana defeating Keystone in the class B finals of the sectional tournament. Urbana won eight league games, Keystone eleven.
A United Press report from New York notes Babe Ruth’s holdout during the Yankees first exhibition game. Critics say his public boasts and remarks on $50,000 hinder public sympathy, predicting the team would lead the league in July while Ruth remains unhappy.
Cascade girls basketball at St Martin's closes 1932-33 with a 52 12 win over St Wenceslaus Cedar Rapids. Season record eleven wins one loss to Epworth 42 41. Scored 455 points to opponents 223.
Luther Norsemen built a 22 2 lead in the first quarter and defeated the Harlem Globe Trotters 46 to 29 in Decorah Iowa Monday night. Rutland scored 15 points and Hanson added 12 for Luther.
John Pesek of Nebraska defeated Sun Jennings of Oklahoma at 200 pounds with two falls 26 10 10. Frank Judson of Harvard threw Charley Atlas of Greece. Tred Geubmler of Iowa drew Emil Dusek of Nebraska.
BELLE PLAINE At the Sunday shoot at the C. N W. Gun club 3. L. Krall of Fairfax won first prize for high gun on the 150 target birds breaking 135. J. E. Wilcockton Sigourney F A Brookhiser Cedar Rapids were second.
Brooklyn manager Max Carey asserts the Dodgers have rebuilt with pitching additions Ray Benge Walter Beck and Owen Carroll while bidding farewell to Dazzy Vance and Babe Herman. He cites Joe Judge as first base insurance and expects improved pitching and sustained batting punch for 1933.
A bill to be introduced in Albany would raise licenses for boxers and wrestlers, increase club and official fees, and tax tickets over five dollars by about 35 percent. Promoters may cut prices to ease the burden, while players face larger upfront costs to compete in major venues. Senator Duncan T. O'Brien backs the plan, arguing it will weed out undesirables and fund state revenue.
Des Moines work crews refinished the Drake Field House floor for the Iowa high school basketball tournament finals. Bleachers were erected to accommodate expected crowds. Three bands Chariton, Mason City and Roosevelt Des Moines will provide music during the event. Teams arrive Wednesday for practice on Wednesday.
Harvard announces Wesley Fesler former Ohio State star will coach the 1933 34 Harvard varsity basketball team and serve as assistant backfield coach for the 1933 football season. Fesler earned All American honors at end in football and All Conference in basketball at Ohio State.
University of Iowa gridiron spring practice ends with a regulation game between two pickup elevens on April 1. Coach Ossie Solem says profits will aid spring track and baseball programs. Solem is hopeful for a strong 1933 squad.
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