Lefty Grove Nears 300 Wins in Major League Career
The Boston Red Sox pitcher Lefty Grove, at 294 victories, nears the rare 300 win club. The article recounts his revival after a near career-ending arm issue in 1989, his 1939 season start with 15 wins and 4 losses, and notes his legacy including an ERA around 3.05, eight World Series games, three All Star appearances, and 2,217 strikeouts.
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Harry Ferguson
New York
Grover Cleveland Alexander
Walter Johnson
Christy Mathewson
Eddie Plank
Cy Young
Robert Moses Grove
Boston Red Sox
St. Louis Browns
Martinsburg
Carl Hubbell
Ted Lyons
Grove
Red Sox
Sarasota
Flame
Joe Cronin
Cincinnati Reds
Cronin
Philadelphia Athletics
Babe Ruth
Lou Gehrig
Man Mose
Halifax to tour Midwest to urge help for Britain
British Ambassador Lord Halifax will visit Chicago, Minneapolis, and Kansas City within ten days to appeal to Midwesterners for support as Britain faces ship losses in the Atlantic. He aims to frame the war as a world revolution and to urge U S action without publicly backing convoying.
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Washington
INS
Midwest
Great Britain
Lord Halifax
Chicago
Minneapolis
Kansas City
United States Navy
North Atlantic
Noisy Joe Kosinski Headlines Three-Eye Raiders
Meet Joisey Joe Kosinski the 22 year old Jersey City native who will patrol third base for the Three-Eye Raiders He is noted as the loudest voice in the infield and a fearless fielder with a .308 season in Charleston W Va in 1940 He is unmarried has a high draft number and is expected to be a clubhouse personality as much as a ball player.
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Joe
Raiders
Evansville
Charleston
W. Va
Joell
Jersey City
Kosinski
Lincoln High School
Don Juans
Raiders Cut Four Rookies Loose
Rain in Decatur Monday night halted the second game of the series with the Commies but the Raiders announced four player departures. Appleton Wisconsin class D club receives outfielders Pat Seerey Roy Rolfe and pitcher Harold Kleine. Pitcher George Hooks sold to Charleston West Virginia of the Middle Atlantic league. Hooks has a sore arm this spring. Possible further help from Cleveland chain clubs may arrive later this week.
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Decatur
Raiders
Raider
Appleton
Wis
Pat Seerey
Roy Rolfe
Harold Kleine
George Hooks
Charleston
W. Va
Hooks
Raider Battlefront
Cleveland
Iowa City Men Share In Duckpin Tourney Cash
Mt. Pleasant Iowa won the five man team event with a 3349 four game score and took the all events title as R Coghlan led with 2069. Mt. Pleasant doubles team Case Dennis placed second with 1381 and Zucolla Goody of Iowa City finished fifth with 1353. Dennis also took second in singles with 706 while Kemp Hampton placed fifth with 687.
Bettie Pickerill Sentenced to 30 More Days in Larceny Case
Eighteen year old Bettie Pickerill, jailed since March 17 on a larceny from a building charge, pled guilty to taking $10 from a hostess at a party. Judge H C Ring gave her 30 additional days after illness delayed sentencing from April 9.
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Bettie Pickerill
H C. Ring
Miss Pickerill
Waltonian Archers Incorporation Articles Filed
Articles of incorporation for the Waltonian Archers list Don Seeger as president and W Linder secretary treasurer with Cedar Rapids and Shellsburg as locations. Also filed are the Poodle Dog Supply Men's Association of Town and First Federated Church of Vinton with named officers and trustees. An accident report notes three weekend road mishaps from rough County roads.
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Dempsy Jones
Waltonian Archers
Don Seeger
Cedar Rapids
W. Linder
Shellsburg
Marie Fisher
Russell Graham
Poodle Dog Supply Men's Association of Town
Keith Blossom
Minneapolis
C. E. Foote
Chicago
J. P. Galway
Tom Tomson
Des Moines
First Federated Church of Vinton
John
Peacock Nine Set for Doubleheader in Fayette
Peacock Dorman prepares for a pair of conference games at Fayette against Simpson on Wednesday and Buena Vista on Thursday. Iowa loop leaders improved to fifteen hits in their Friday win over Wartburg, aiming for a sixth straight title with a strong lineup. WOI will broadcast the Simpson game. Ronald Miller starts Wednesday on the mound with Loel Timm behind the plate.
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Fayette
Doc Dorman
Iowa
WOI
Ronald Miller
Loel Timm
Castor
Caswell
Buell
Joe Harkins
Ronald Schueler
Vance Rimmer
Dale Alderson
Buena Vista
Alderson
Miller
Carl Daily
Nora Springs
Interlachen to host 1942 National Open golf tournament
William White Jr president of Interlachen Country Club announced the 1942 national open will be staged at the Minneapolis course likely June 18 to 20. Interlachen previously hosted the 1930 open where Bobby Jones won.
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Minneapolis
Minn
William White
Interlachen Country Club
Bobby Jones
Interlachen
Car overturns on road. driver unharmed
A car overturned in the middle of the road but the driver was unhurt. Police and emergency crews responded to the scene with no injuries reported.
Hemmingson Pleads Not Guilty in DWI Case
Clifford Hemmingson of Estherville, 31, arrested Sunday by Deputy Harlan Snyder on a driving while intoxicated charge, pleads not guilty at arraignment before Judge H. C. Ring. Deputy Snyder stated Hemmingson drove in a weaving pattern and an open whisky bottle was found in the car.
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Clifford Hemmingson
Estherville
Harlan Snyder
H. C. Ring
Snyder
Hemmingson
Beloit Man Cleared After Forged Check Case
James Edward Truesdale 31 of Beloit Wisconsin released by Judge H C Ring after witnesses failed to identify him in a Cedar Rapids forged check case. Truesdale was accused of cashing a forged Cities Service paycheck on April 2 and was arrested last week in St Paul before being returned by Deputy Harlan Snyder.
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James Edward Truesdale
Beloit
Wis
H. C. Ring
W. W. Crissman
Cedar Rapids
Truesdale
St. Paul
Harlan Snyder
Whittingham Will Probate Names Ida May Noble Whittingham
The will of David Whittingham who died April 7 1941 was admitted to probate on Tuesday Ida May Noble Whittingham his wife was named sole beneficiary and confirmed executrix without bond Robert Hewitt 35 Waubalance Mo given six month suspended floater sentence after pleading guilty to vagrancy in Judge H C Ring's court
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David Whittingham
Ida May Noble Whittingham
Robert Hewitt
Waubalean
H. C. Ring
Plea Entered in Cedar Falls Child Abandonment Case
Mr and Mrs John H Fanning of Cedar Falls pleaded not guilty to child abandonment in a Des Moines hearing and were held for Polk county grand jury action. The offense carries up to five years. The couple admitted depositing their nine day old baby in a Des Moines yard last week after failing to place the infant with a home, with both acknowledging knowledge of the baby's location. Fanning claimed he thought his wife would leave the baby on a porch and knock.
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Des Moines
INS
John H. Fanning
Cedar Falls
Polk County Grand Jury
Fanning
Vogel Brothers Win A B G Team Title In 1941 ABC
St Paul Minn The Vogel brothers quintet of Forest Park Illinois were awarded team championship of the 1941 American Bowling Congress on a score posted earlier. The champions receive 1500 cash and diamond medals for each member John Erben Jim Frana George Vogel Stan Kosobucki and Jim Veverkn. The overall field included 933 teams sharing 62553 in prize money. Lead teams and prizes listed with Chicago and East Side clubs among top finishers.
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ST Paul, Minn
Vogel Brothers
Forest Park
John Erben
Jim Frana
George Vogel
Stan Kosobucki
Jim Veverkn
Chicago
Vogels
Los Angeles
Rheingold
Joseph Gill
Chapin and Gore
East Side
The
Budweisers
Kansas City
Mon
St Paul House
Shakopee
Minn
Tall Oak wins first race at Sportsman's Park
Five bettors at Chicago Sportsman's Park shared a daily double pool after Tall Oak, a 82 to 1 long shot aged 7, won the opening race. The winners split 1942 80 from a $9714 pool as Sunchia priced 2 to 1 finished second in the second race.
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Chicago
INS
Tall Oak
Sportsman's Park
Sunchia
Sports Shorts Span Wide Field of 1920s Figures and Events
The piece surveys athletes from boxing to football and golf, naming Penn State alumni Billy Soose and Sally Montgomery, Joe Gordon transfer talks, Texas A and M multi-sport star Henderson, and Don Lehmkuhl among Cedar Rapids high school prospects. It notes the 44th National Collegiate Golf tournament at Ohio State and other college to pro links, plus Derby and boxing tidbits.
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Bland Stanford MacPhail
Brooklyn
Penn State
Billy Soose
Ken Over
New York
California
Soose
Steve Hamas
Sally Montgomery
Centre Colege
Bob Pastor
New York University
Lou Nova
Joe
Texas A and M
Military College
Charles Howard
Porter
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Joe” Kosinski
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Whittingham
Dean Rubber
Koenigs
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St. Louis
Jack Mahar, Jr
Belding
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ABC
William Lee
Ray Furness
Madison
Fred Ruff
Belleville
Ill
Harold Kelly
South Bend
Ind
Institution of Higher Learning
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Ohio State
Tom Smith
Herb Pennock
Greenshorn Club
Heinie Manush
Iowa University
Don Lehmkuhl
Roosevelt
Ben Davis
McKinley
Jacobs Beach
al Bummy Davis
Breadier
John Jo Pheten
Lso
Tasenarian
Burnins
Blond Messare
Preate Davis
Fritzie Zivic
Brad Wilson
Des Moines Register
Jack Colman
Franklin
Wilson
Lancoln
Reme
New York City
Will Y
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Igiant
F. M
Pe. Glashake
Ironing Board
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