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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1935
Page
2
Pat Malone, known holdout pitcher, was sold Tuesday to the New York Yankees for 15000. The deal reunites Malone with Joe McCarthy, pairing him with a Yankee staff aiming to bolster a lineup that has shown spring weakness.
Reportedly Baer and Schmeling expected in a staged bout outside New York at the Garden Metropolitan arena. Commission ruling could affect Garden plans after a verbal agreement with Schmeling’s manager Joe Jacob granting the Black Uhlan first crack at Baer’s crown. Approximately 1 percent of the U S population is reportedly morons per a cited estimate.
New Orleans report previews Cleveland Indians as strong Detroit rivals for the 1930 pennant. Walter Johnson notes loss of Billy Knickerbocker but stresses a speedy, powerful lineup, improved outfield with Bruce Campbell, and a pitching staff as likely the league’s best. Knickerbocker’s appendicitis delays return. Roy Hughes to fill in at shortstop with spring progress.
New York AP report notes Dodgers and Pirates power hitting cut NL losses in the grapefruit belt inter-league spring event. AL leads 24-18. Browns top NL with 3-1 in interleague play while A's and Red Sox each stand 5-3. Cardinals and Giants slump, Braves suffer with Ruth present. standings reflect early prestige.
Tom Martin prepares for a title clash in Ray Steele versus Marvin, a two fisted matman who impressed at the last Legion event. Steele, untested here, shows readiness and ring know how, while Casey Berger loses a weapon as Ellis Bashara appears clean shaven for the ring. Jack Hader and Jack Zarnas team up in a double bill with Bashara and Hader cast as villains in the night’s two snatches.
Mechanicsville relays draw entries from over six schools with early entrants including University High Iowa City Stanwood Tipton Mount Vernon Monticello Clarence Mechanicsville and Juvenile Home of Toledo. Guy Temple a former line track man will start the meet if plans materialize and the April 13 event proceeds.
Moscow reports the tenth edition of Questions of Leninism is published in 3,000,000 copies. Stalin's other book Marxism and the National Colonial Question, released last year, sold quickly.
Francis Cretzmeyer and Jimmy Owens led the University of Iowa indoors, sharing nearly half of the team’s 355 points. Cretzmeyer set an indoor all time Hawkeye mark with 86 points across six meets, while Owens tallied about 40 points and set a 60 yard dash record of .061 seconds. The 321 6 mile relay by Phillips Skinner Page and Dooley was the second fastest indoor mark in the nation. Iowa won three of four dual meets and the state title, finishing behind Wisconsin in a triangular, and Notre Dame in a dual meet.
Peggy Wattles of Buffalo New York won the qualifying medal in the fifth Augusta invitation, opening round 41 39 80 to finish one stroke under women’s par. She edged Mrs B A Whittemore of Boston and Marion Miley of Lexington Kentucky who tied for runner up with 82s in the field of top women players.
Syracuse New York INS reports a crowded field at the thirty fifth American Bowling Congress Classic with Alex Kowalski of Chicago posting a dominating 800 series by bowling 256 257 and 287 to seize the singles lead while Utica Buffalo and Rochester teams compete in Tuesday events.
Associated Press rundown of exhibition games across Florida and nearby sites. Teams include St Louis, Philadelphia, Boston, New York, Cincinnati, Chicago, Pittsburgh, and Los Angeles with scores, pitchers, and fielders listed. Notable names include Grabowski, Lohrman, Spencer, Schatt, Herrmann, Lombard, Hartnett, Pillette, and more.
Jacksonville story notes Harry Lamanske and Bob Logan contending for Dodgers pitching spots in Orlando with Casey Stengel open slots. Indications favor Eisenstadt Logan Munns for stays while Lamanske battles for the remaining spot amid spring camp. Vernon Gomez of the Yankees reports arm pain and ongoing treatments in St. Petersburg. Ernie Orsatti, last holdout for Cardinals, signs contract in Bradenton.
Special to The Gazette, Marengo Iowa county coaches defeated the all tournament high school squad 37 to 35 in overtime. Coach Lytle hit the winning basket just before the overtime, after Bruhn and ONeil traded field goals to force a tie early.
Tulsa Stones, defending champions, entered as favorites in Wichita to win the National A A girls basketball title. Oklahoma thumped Meade County All Stars 72 to 2, while Shreveport Louisiana beat Sedgwick All Stars 67 to 4. Des Moines A I B defeated Denver Spartans 60 to 17.
A string of 1920s style boxing bout results across cities reports Olln besting Ducan for world heavyweight status, Sarron defeating Rivers, Nass over Jones, Miller and Weinert drawing, Youns defeating Swezey, Lucas besting Manuel, Flynn stopping Greenwood, and Stanton topping Boreman with scattered misprints.
NEW YORK AP A small American golf delegation heads to England for the British amateur championship starting May 20 at Royal Lytham St Anne's. William Law son Little Jr of San Francisco will defend the title he won last year. George Terry Dunlap Jr, wintering in Pinehurst, will not play this year, having failed in 1933 and 1934 bids. Odds against Little repeating are steep, as no American has won the title twice in succession.
Iowa City coach Dave Armbruster brings five swimmers to the National Collegiate meet in Cambridge Mass with strong medley relay prospects led by Jack Sieg whose 100 yard breaststroke time tops the national standard by a record margin. Bill Busby, Big Ten diving champion, is poised for a high finish as Adolf Jacobsmeyer boosts a 440 yard freestyle time just under the intercollegiate mark. Wehmeyer and Westerfield also join the trip, slated to swim in relay and individual events Friday and Saturday.
Don O'Mahoney pinned Gino Garii Baldi in Chicago for the Irish heavyweight claim. Jim McMillan defeated Casey Berner and Gus Sonnenders drew with Joe Varnas. In New York Dave Levin threw Curley Donchin and Leo Wallick downed Mike Yamka. Hymie Fishman in Chicago defeated Rob Blake.
In Sarasota Florida the Red Sox pivot from injuries toward revival as pitchers Lefty Grove George Pipgras Henry Johnson Max Bishop and others return from surgeries. Cronin relies on Grove to win eighteen games while the lineup features Dahlgren Bishop Werber Cronin with Johnson Almeda and Reynolds or Cooke in the outfield as Boston seeks a strong pitching corps.
Coral Gables Florida sports columnist Bill Corum writes that Joe Louis faces a major test against Primo Carnera. He notes betting interest and the drama surrounding whether Louis can deliver in the ring, while expressing cautious optimism about the heavyweight clash and the sport’s tempo.
The cassowary, a large Australian bird, traps fish by wading in water and letting fish swim into its plumage. It then shakes the fish onto dry land and retrieves them as they fall.
Shellsburg high school lettermen crowned Ray Boyer as captain for 1935 36 with eight players set next year. Returning players include Boyer Meskimen Holmes Bergin and Hus tud while Bull and Bergin depart by graduation.
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