Speedy Speran's 1930 Cedar Rapids pennant team
Paul Speran, new Cedar Rapids manager, piloted a fast, cohesive squad to a one-game league victory over Rock Island in 1930. Starters Kerr and Cervenka fueled a six-run-per-game pace, with Mueller catching and a speedy defense backing a bunt and run style. Speran’s 1931 club fell short but attendance hit a Cedar Rapids high. Speran's career arc and memory end with the 842 Seventeenth Street address and a son’s indifference to baseball.
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Cedar Rapids
Paul Speran
Speraw
Penick and
Ford
Mel Kerr
George Cervenka
Art Mueller
Herb Trokosh
Paul Clark
Iowa City
Jack Ziegler
Lone Tree
Tom Plummer
Otto Schofield
Rudy Kuba
Cervenka
Grant
Kerr
George Bates
Hanzlik
Chief Fleury
Speran
Rock Island
Mueller
Keokuk
Bunnies
Annville
Lowell
Mass
Brockton
Hagerstown
United States Army
Flint
Mich
St. Louis Browns
Mobile
Ala
Evansville
Peoria
Elmira
Lewiston
Maine
Dubuque
Zanesville
Sperans
Seventeenth Street
Pee
Linn County Fish and Game Club Cleanups and Stocking Plans
Members of the Linn County Fish and Game club cleaned a pond on Center Point road on May 3 and plan to stock the lake with 5 000 small mouth bass. Another pond near Palisades will receive 50 pair of large mouth bass. Mushroom season is strong with large harvests reported. A big mulligan event is planned for May 18 at the Palisades with meats and side dishes provided. members are urged to contribute or attend.
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Linn County Fish and Game Club
Center Point Road
State Department
Linn County
Patchen’s Pond
Palisades
Fisheries Department
State Conservation Commission
Prairie Creek
the Palisades
Charles Kosek
Pres
Conservation
Davis Pursues 1941 Cedar Rapids Raiders Outfield
George Cameron Davis recounts switching from infield to outfield to dodge hard drives. He recalls starting at 14 in Cincinnati, breaking into minor leagues, earning all-Class B and all-Star honors, and playing college football at Kentucky. Davis joined Wilkes-Barre and was sent to the Raiders for Class B seasoning.
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George Cameron Davis
Cedar Rapids Raiders
Davis
Cincinnati
University of Kentucky
Western Michigan Teachers’ College
Michigan State
Kentucky
Virginia
Cincinnati Reds
Ogden
Muskogee
Wilkes-Barre
Cleveland
Coe Freshman Golfers Schedule With McKinley High
Coe College freshman golf and tennis teams post two potential meets this week. The Kohawk golf squad plans a Monday match with McKinley high school and a Tuesday meet with Cornell freshmen. Players Maurice Trickey Iowa Falls James Gallagher Maywood Indiana Kirby Smith Burt and Albert Eddy Cedar Rapids are named for the golf lineup.
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Coe College
Kohawk
Iowa State Teacher Outfit
Beloit
McKinley High School
Cornell
Maurice Trickey
Iowa Falls
James Gallagher
Maywood
Kirby Smith
Burt
Albert Eddy
Cedar Rapids
Coe
De Sales tops Elkader 6 to 2 in OSSIAN baseball
OSSIAN The De Sales high school baseball team defeated Elkader Friday by a 6 to 2 margin.
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DE Sales
Elkader
the Gazette
Ossian
New York NBA Clubs See 51 Percent Personnel Turnover
New York basketball teams report a 51 percent turnover in players and staff this season. The shift reflects broad league-wide changes as rosters and front offices adapt to new rules and competition.
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New York
NBA
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Ziegler
Plummer
Schofield
Stony Point
SLE Park
George Davis
Farm System
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Alex Fidler
Paul Speraw
Iowa Theater
Riverside
McKinley High
Marios Daseball
Wil Dare
A. W. Peterson Company
Maytag
Second Avenue SE
Rapids
Montgomery Ward
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