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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1955
Page
5
Iowa catcher Don Bock hit a three run double in the seventh to spark a 4 2 win over Indiana. Bill Schoof earned the win for Iowa as the team staged four double plays and improved to 2 6 in conference play. Indiana dropped to 5 8 overall after the setback.
Reading shows scattered results across leagues with team tallies and records. Montreal Buffalo Havana Columbus Detroit Syracuse Portland Seattle Fort Worth Dallas Shreveport Beaumont Mobile Birmingham Memphis Nashville Wichita Pueblo Sioux City Dubuque Des Moines Paris Hannibal listed with varying W L records and weather notes.
Box score summaries show Brooklyn at Milwaukee with players like Reese Logan and Jolly contributing. Detailed innings list pitching changes and batting totals, noting Boone and Gilliam homers and a 5 run New York comeback.
Local stations KC RG TV WMT TV KWWL TV WHERF TV WOI TV WOC TV WKBT TV WHO TV outline a Saturday schedule with movies public affairs and weather news. Highlights include Imogene Coca appearances and a mix of Western and mystery films plus wrestling programming across stations.
Eduardo Lausse won a 10 round unanimous decision at Madison Square Garden over Ralph Tiger Jones in a bout that featured a cut to Lausse’s eye. Judges scored 6-3-1 for Lausse as Jones pressed the attack but could not sustain the upset.
Morley scored twice in the fourth to topple Solon 2-1 Friday. Morley had two hits while Solon managed one. Peters and Casey paired with Findley and Vernon in the game action.
Al's Furniture dominated Quaker Oats 9 to 2 in the Major Open at Ellis Park Friday night. Barney Hanson earned his second win, allowing four hits with five strikeouts as Buck Pickerill and Walt Hanson homered in the first inning and Delbridge added two doubles driving in two runs.
Earlville jumped to a four run first inning and defeated Greeley 6 to 1 Friday. Earlville had 10 hits, Whittemore held Earlville to one hit, and the final score reflected a sharp early burst and solid pitching. Bissell and Tibbot led Earlville with support from Wilson in the win.
Monmouth defeated Cornell 7 to 5 in VERNON. Monmouth scored two runs in the second, one in the third, two in the fourth and two in the seventh. Cornell narrowed the gap with four runs in the sixth led by a Dave Chitkowski triple and two singles by Dick Potter.
Local theater listings show multiple venues with film and stage times. Coe Auditorium presents Oklahoma! with embedded shorts. Paramount and State theaters feature a mix of features including Prodigal Escape to Burma Rage at Panama and Stranger on Horseback. Drive-ins and minor venues list additional titles with scheduled showings across afternoon through late night.
Clem Marsden, longtime Harlan high school football coach and athletic director, resigned Friday to take the job as principal at Eldora. The move ends seven years of Marsden’s leadership at Harlan.
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