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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1949
Page
1
Monday’s Cedar Rapids opener includes Mayor Hahn tossing a pitch that hits a umpire’s mask, dogs roaming games, and a 3-room apartment crowd in the Rocket camp. Attendance figures compare Cedar Rapids and Kewanee with major league notes and local workers Curran and Kime handling grounds.
Cedar Rapids Rockets manager Packy Rogers set a hustling example as the team opened against Keokuk. Rogers, 35, returned after a knee wound to influence players many barely 20 years old. Keokuk highlighted odd nicknames and shared travels, while 18-year-old shortstop Anthony from Paterson starred with a first home run in the new park.
In Cedar Rapids Keokuk defeated Cedar Rapids 9-7 at the new ballpark as Ed McLish lasted three innings before giving way to Cain and Bussian. McFarland homered for Keokuk and Rogers sustained an injury but remained in the game while Hyland took the loss for Cedar Rapids.
The St Peter's Lutheran Brotherhood men's dartball team qualified for the state championship after beating Rockwell City at Charles City and eliminating Monona. They will face the Nashua Rockford winner for the title, per Rev. Goeken. Team members include Ernest Koester Ervin Winter Donald Winter Ronald Grafenberg Art Gross Arnold Saboe Ewald Vagts Edward Steffens Walter Winter Lawrence Vagts John Meyer Walter Paps Reuben Koester and the Rev Ken.
Box score style notes show Zack Sonvilas from Florida defeating Toby Reid by knockout at 159 pounds. Other lines refer to Yonkers and Jacksonville fighters with unclear weight classes and scattered names. Data appears corrupted with garbled place names and percentages, lacking a coherent event summary.
The Kansas Hayhawkers hammered 12 hits off three pitchers to beat Iowa State 7-1 and level the Big Seven series. Dick Gilman allowed eight hits for the Cyclones, while Kansas tallied multiple runs across the game.
New York. The attorney for the baseball fan who pressed assault charges against Leo Durocher refused to comment on dropping the case after the Giants manager was reinstated. Benjamin Chasin said he may seek an extension for the summons returnable Monday and declined to discuss possible dismissal. Durocher returned to cheers at LaGuardia after Cincinnati, promising no more trouble and a return to the dugout.
Earl Lockwood and Leo C. Hoffman were reelected president and secretary treasurer of the Buchanan county baseball league at a recent meeting. The league opens play May 15 with teams Oran Jesup Brandon Quasqueton Independence Winthrop Aurora and Hazleton.
Major league hitters flood the fences with 159 homers from 87 players. Clyde Vollmer leads rookies with two homers in a 14-12 Senators win at Comiskey, as Evans and Gil Coan key a 10th inning rally. Yankees beat Browns 5-3 behind Rizzuto. Branca and Dubiel lead NL shutouts.
Burlington defeated Clinton 18 to 6 to open the Central Association season. Paid attendance was 2,231 as Clinton committed eight errors.
Rockford turned three double plays and defeated Kewanee 11-4 Tuesday night before about 1,820 fans. Ockford led with a .930 average and 3 hits in Perry, Johnson, Wenciewicz, Sawyer and Schuba contributed for Rockford.
Boston defeated Philadelphia and Chicago lost to Pittsburgh in NL action. New York beat Pittsburgh 5 3 while St Louis edged Cincinnati. Boston 0 night game. Probable pitchers listed for Wednesday include Muncrief Wehrmeier and Pollet. Thursday slate features Cincinnati at Brooklyn and Pittsburgh at New York with St Louis at Philadelphia.
American League standings show uneven results with Tuesday games including Boston and Detroit 14 innings and Washington and Philadelphia 14. New York defeated Only tae. Probable pitchers for Wednesday list matchups: Philadelphia at Cleveland Coleman vs tden, New York at St. Louis Raschi vs Kennedy, Boston at Detroit Harris vs Trecks, Washington at Chicago Hudson vs Piere, New York at Chicago pete at aa mes at Cleveland, Washington at St. Louis.
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