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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1943
Page
10
War era experts urge running to build stamina for modern combat and peace. National data show youths lack leg strength, making daily running advised for all able bodied boys. Authors predict a postwar running renaissance and a long sought four minute mile within five years of hostilities ending.
The Quaker Oats entry in the M and J league remains led by Thenhaus with Jack Thenhaus managing the cereal crew at Daniels park. The roster blends shortstop, second base, and first base veterans with several youngsters supplying infield and outfield depth and pitching depth led by Red Kelso. If a few prospects prove ready, Quakers could be tough in the four game series.
New York dispatch reports Babe Ruth discounts changes in ball quality and cites his own past dead ball seasons. He attributes lower modern batter quality to players not being in shape and his era’s power when swinging from the end of the bat.
In a Brooklyn game the lineups were disrupted by Kampouris batting out of turn in the first inning replacing Adams. The confusion followed with pitching notes and miscues including a balk by Macon and a hit by pitcher. Totals show 35 to 28 with multiple two base and three base hits by Camilli Witek Herman Gorden and Webber.
Franklin high school placed third at the Grinnell track carnival behind East Des Moines and North Des Moines. McKay won the shot put and Hopkins led the field in the half mile. Littell filled Hopkins’s spot in the mile relay with solid results.
The Chicago White Sox edged the St. Louis Browns 5 to 4 as Don Kolloway drove in Joe Kuhel with a seventh inning single for the winning run. Joe Haynes earned the win after relieving Ed Smith, while George Caster took the loss following a sixth inning pitching change.
Derby day crowds witnessed Count Fleet extend his lead as Ocean Wave was scratched, while Blue Swords and others failed to challenge. Longden guided Count Fleet to a decisive effort though not a historical equine titan, with ten starters and a strong military turnout filling the stands.
The column recalls Jack Benny’s horse Rochester in Louisville as publicity bait for the Derby, notes scarce rooms raising rates to $20 a night, and shares anecdotes about baseball figures like Bill Klem, Connie Mack, Orie Arntzen, Sammy Baugh, and Frank Navin. It adds stats on aging players, rookie hints, and a remark on gambling investments versus war bonds.
Indiana’s Don Queller led with mile and half mile wins as Wisconsin joined the showdown, despite losses to Minnesota. Coach Hayes’s team battled, with Salen and Saban delivering key throws though Big Ten meet prospects lingered.
Large buses avoid radiator anti-freeze solutions because the quantity needed to prevent freezing would exceed the amount of gasoline wasted idling the engine.
New York boxing scene notes Nat Rogers arranging a featherweight title bout between Willie Pep and Sal Bartolo for Madison Square Garden on May 28. The Jamaica track crowd of 9,507 reacted to recent upsets as favorites fell.
Gene Kelly, who held Iowa State to three hits Friday, closed the rally in the ninth Saturday as Minnesota beat Iowa State 8 to 7. Mel Shanda led with a homer and freshman Lloyd Kester followed with another. Jerry Kolandc and Les Shields also homered in a five run stretch.
The article argues that the war department ban on a Louis versus Conn boxing match is unjust and discriminatory. It cites Secretary Stimson defending limits while noting other service members seek fights to aid the war effort and fundraisers.
Walter C. Schwank former Carroll high school mentor from 1941-43 will replace Herb Cormack as head football coach at Iowa City high school. He will also coach the track squad assist basketball and teach mathematics. He is 30, married with two children.
Grover Cleveland Alexander dominated early 20th century baseball. The right hander posted 373 wins in the National League, 206 shutouts across his career, and a 1.22 ERA in 1915. He led the league in earned run average five times and topped the circuit in both won and lost percentage in two years. He served three months with the field artillery in World War I.
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