Cedar Rapids Softball Opens Eight Leagues for 1940 Season
Cedar Rapids launches a 15 week softball season at Ellis park diamonds starting Monday night with 50 teams across eight leagues under the playground commission. Open league plays Friday. Industrial A B C Fraternal and Church leagues feature strong clubs including Beck's Sporting Goods Post Office Maccabees Community House and several local corporations and churches. Over 1,200 players listed on eligibility sheets. games begin 6 15 pm and are free to public.
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Triton Club
Packers Union
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Second Christian
St. Paul's
Trinity Methodist
Westminster No. 2
Cedar Rapids Tennis Dinner Tuesday Evening
The Cedar Rapids Tennis association sponsors an annual spring dinner to launch activities. It will be held Tuesday at 6 p.m. at 2151 Blake boulevard SE in the home of M. W. O Rieley. All interested in promoting Cedar Rapids tennis are invited, with motion pictures of tennis action and star players including Mrs Helen Wills Moody.
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Cedar Rapids Tennis Association
M. W. O'Rieley
Blake Boulevard
Cedar Rapids
Helen Wills Moody
Northeast Iowa Loop schedules six towns in year
The Northeast Iowa league will operate as a six club unit with Ossian Postville Waukon Monona St Olaf and Harpers Ferry. Officials elected include Harold Klisart president B P Rothwisch vice president and Harvey Waskow secretary. The schedule lists imperfect dates with matches at Monona Waukon St Olaf Harpers Ferry Postville and Ossian through late July with open dates June 9 and July 14.
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Monona
Iowa League
Ossian
Postville
Waukon
St. Olaf
Harpers Ferry
Harold Klisart
B P Rothwisch
Harvey Waskow
Waukon Ossian
St Olaf
Wauson
Mononis
Waukon St Olaf
Pasivine Ant Ossian Waukon
Ossian Harpers Ferry
Wannon
Pourne
Forest and Stream Bridge Fishermen Battle Old Man Winter
On Wednesday morning starting around 4 am, fishermen braved cold on bridge spans. Cars came and left quickly as many quit after brief tries, while one angler hauled eight catfish by noon. Expect a huge turnout for today’s fishing.
Minnows May 12 Opening Trout Season Northern Southern Split
Minnows may be taken May 12 with northern and southern zones opening dates set by Minnesota law. The piece notes early fishing before 5 a.m. and a creel count mix up, plus conditions from snow to warm temperatures affecting opening days. It details zone boundaries, species, and dates for pike pickerel muskellunge trout and bass related to opening days. It also shares tips on bait, creel limits, and a short poem and club activities.
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Minnesota
Brown's Valley
Sauk Center
St. Cloud
St. Croix River
Taylor Falls
Elkader St Olaf catfish fry aims for 400 pounds of fish
The Elkader St Olaf catfish fry is set for Tuesday May 7 at 6 pm with plans to serve 400 pounds of catfish, up from 300 pounds last year and 275 the first year. Trout fishers near Manchester reported good catches but signs of poaching noted. In McGregor area Judge Eichendorf's 22 inch German Brown led the field as others still logged limits while Bloody Run near Marquette yielded the best fishing.
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Cedar Rapids
Spring Branch
Manchester
McGregor
W. L. Eichendorf
Ben Kammer
Tony Snyder
Don Weber
Basil Ledeman
Robert Brooks
A. J. Cords
Bloody Run
Mississippi
Marquette
Little Eight Loop To Open On May 19
Sumner with Sumner Hawkeye West Union Lawler and Alpha are back in the fold with Spillville and St Lucas added starters as the Little Eight baseball league opens its 1940 season on May 18. A league meeting in Sumner will approve the schedule and review eligibility lists. H Nie wehner of Westgate is president this year, succeeding Leo Marron of Waucoma, and W A Meyer of Sumner is secretary.
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Sumner
Hawkeye
West Union
Lawler
Alpha
Spillville
St. Lucas
Little Eight
H. Niewehner
Westgate
Leo Marron
Waucoma
W. A. Meyer
Schedule For Iowa Valley League Matches and Dates
Schedule lists May through August fixtures for Iowa Valley League with matchups among Watkins Van Horne Newhall Williamsburg Atkins Norway and Willian UTE names multiple dates including May 5 May 12 May 19 May 11 June 2 June and July and August sessions. The cluttered text shows repeated venues and teams across weeks with various pairings.
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Watkins
van Horne
Newhall
Norway
Williamsburg
Atkins
Willian Ute
Atkine
Watking
Willamsburg
Homay
Williamsbure
Wil. Pamebire
van Orne
Ams
Watns
Shutterbug Sally by Carl Dueser
A light hearted feature about Sally the chow and her photography sessions with Mr and Mrs Charles Novotny at their home. Sally hams it up for the camera then resumes canine pursuits including hunting rabbits and squirrels with a proud, defiant streak shown after a long fishing trip.
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NCE
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Charles Novotny
Avenue NE
Mr. Novotny
Evansville Bees Poised For Strong Three-I Season
Favored Evansville eyed as strong Three-I contender with Bob Coleman leading a seasoned Bees squad. Madison, Clinton, Moline, and Waterloo also show talent under new managers and a healthy league balance signals a robust, growth-filled season.
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Bud Connolly
Bloomington
Madison
Clinton
Moline
Josh Billings
Billings
Giants
Mike Gazella
Bob Coleman
Evansville
Bees
Springfield
Browns
Art Scharein
Waterloo White Hawks
Chicago White Sox
Jack Fitzpatrick
Davenport
Plan State Fencing Meet At Des Moines
Des Moines hosts the first Iowa state fencing tournament on May 26 sponsored by the Des Moines fencing league. Fencers from Iowa Nebraska Missouri Kansas and Illinois are invited to compete in the meet.
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Des Moines Fencing League
Iowa
Nebraska
Missouri
Kansas
Iinois
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