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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1944
Page
7
Major league action sees the St. Louis Browns reclaim first place after a strong stretch and a 6-5 win over the Yankees in New York. Boston tops Chicago 3-2 while Detroit defeats Washington 4-1 and Philadelphia beats Chicago 7-3.
Results show Boston beating Chicago 3 2 in 12 innings and St Louis topping New York 6 5. Cleveland beat Philadelphia 6 1, Detroit at Washington night. In the National League Boston, St Louis, New York, Pittsburgh, Brooklyn and Philadelphia hold mid table marks. Promoter says fighters will face any challenger, Pacassi accuses Pinkie of control attempts as Nova prepares for Monday Omaha bout with Johnny Denson.
Willie Pep remains near perfect with a 71-1-0 record after a dominant 10 round win over Frenkie Rubino in Chicago. The Hartford native and featherweight champion outboxed Rubino at the Coliseum before 5,072 fans who paid 14,730 to attend.
Eighteen doubles teams, led by Paul Krumske and Joe Sinke of Chicago, reach Saturday's semi finals in the national two man bowling tournament. Krumske and Sinke top the day with 5,065 pins, while George Theel and Harry Lippe of Chicago and Herb Freitag and Johnny Smail of Chicago also lead qualifying with 4,983 and 4,918 respectively.
Lou Nova's handler Frank Pacassi accused promoter Pinkie George of back stabbing as Nova reportedly refused to fight five opponents in Minneapolis. Pacassi said George falsely claimed Nova would not fight those challengers and that the promoter tried to pressure Nova through a Minnesota promoter.
In the 69th Withers mile at Belmont Park 15 three year olds, including Dia volaw and Broadcloth, compete with Alfred Parkers By Jim ming favored after missing the Derby due to an ankle injury. A crowd over 40,000 is expected as top Derby and Preakness runners shift toward longer Belmont Stakes prep.
District high school golf and tennis meets are set for Saturday across Iowa to choose state finalists for Ames on May 27. Medal play begins in Cedar Rapids Harlan Iowa City Ottumwa Spencer Boone and Des Moines for golf while tennis tests run in Ames Burlington Cedar Falls Fort Dodge Iowa City Oskaloosa and Des Moines.
Jackie Graves of Austin Minnesota won the featherweight title by stopping George De Gidio of Minneapolis in the third round. Del Cockayne, from Des Moines, also fought. Marion Rhoten of Milwaukee impressed by fighting smartly before a late KO. De Gidio, on navy leave, showed ring rust and timing was off.
The University of Minnesota Gophers routed the University of Chicago nine 14 to 2 at Chicago. Minnesota collected 13 hits and capitalized on four Chicago errors, scoring across every inning from the second to the eighth with a five-run fourth inning standing out.
In a major league box score update the Cubs defeated the Giants in the National League. The article notes the Giants struggled offensively while the Cubs secured key runs and pitching support to seal the win.
Brooklyn falls 5 to 2 to Pittsburgh with Schultz and DiMagsio homering for the visitors while Webber takes the loss. Detroit and Washington also clash in a 4 to 1 affair as Wynn outduels Gorsica, with York driving in two for Detroit.
Rex Whitworth leads a six man Iowa squad for the Big Ten championships at Champaign on May 27. Coach George Bresnahan notes only three or four may compete, Whitworth being a standout hurdler and jumper and among Iowa’s first foreign nation letter recipients.
Milwaukee manager Casey Stengel taps Owen Scheetz 28, Columbus resident, to stop a four game Brewer losing streak. Scheetz has three wins, no defeats, most recently a 4-1 win over Louisville in the second game of a doubleheader. Milwaukee’s lead in the American Association drops to three games after Columbus beat the champs 9-6.
Frank Leahy leaves Notre Dame to begin navy indoctrination at Princeton next week. In three years coaching the Irish he suffered only three defeats in 30 games. He previously coached at Boston College for two years, with 14 wins, two losses and three ties.
In a roundup of matches, Willie Pep won a decision in Hartford over Frankie Rubino. Lloyd Marshall beat Joe Red Dick in Milwaukee. Jackie Graves stopped George De Girlo in Minneapolis. Del Cockayne defeated Marlon Rhode in Des Moines. Al Coeta knocked out Joey Gamebars in Worcester. Bernie Miller stopped Henry McNeil in Atlantic City. Willie Russell outpointed Gene Ward in Fort Wayne. Manuel Ortiz stopped Pewee Lewis in Hollywood. Booker T. Washington stopped LeRoy Wade in San Francisco. Moose Kennedy defeated Bob Blevins in Portland.
Merle Kleen pitched four hit ball as Iowa State blanked Ottumwa Naval Air Station 9 to 0. Cyclones pounded Bob Azeppa for 12 hits aided by five Skyer misplays and two hit triples from Melvin Shanda and Roy Ewoldt. Murdock made an unassisted double play in the defense.
Lt Comdr Jack Dempsey called Joe Louis one of the greatest fighters but warned on a Friday radio broadcast that Louis would face heavy odds to keep the heavyweight title if he stays out for a year. He said Louis’ chances would be about 50 50 if he fought now, but a longer layoff makes a comeback harder.
Wisconsin committed nine errors to fall 5-3 to Northwestern. Gene Jaroch pitched the full game for the Badgers but support faltered as Northwestern benefited from the miscues. Bill Zeman earned the win for Northwestern with Don Trompeter finishing.
Lefty Anderson of Speeder and Danny Schallau of Universal pitched superbly as Speeder stunned unbeaten Universal 2 to 1 in a rain halted M-1 game. Feuerbach, Dolan and Schweitzer sparked Speeder's first inning runs. Universal answered with Schirm and Pickart doubles but could not mount a rally.
Under new coach Fred Dolezal the Smulekoff junior legion team played Armstrong to a 4-4 tie after seven innings at Riverside Park. Rain halted further play and the game will be replayed later. Howe allowed seven hits and ten strikeouts for Smulekoff. Rozek started for Armstrong before Stramel relieved.
A scan of New York entertainment notes and social tidbits lists performances at the Orchid Garden and Eve of St. Mark, Duffy’s Tavern pies, Par-amount and 20th Century-Fox shows, plus parodies at Leon and Eddie's. It also recalls a New York novelette, street sights, and backstage anecdotes including Pat Paree and various socialites.
Weather permitting the M and J league features a Sunday showdown at Daniels Park between Towa Manufacturing and Towa Engineering, rivals backed by strong supporters with bets ranging from town property to kegs of beer. The program opens with a 1:30 Junior Legion game, followed by the main event.
Bagger for Smulckoffs with Sedlacek hitting safely twice. Howe Naughton Philfner and Strouse each had a single. Score by innings shows Smulckoff tallying in the later frames while Armstrong and Rozek pitched. Stramel and Jennings listed in batteries.
A barn fire at Churchill Downs in Louisville killed nine race horses and led to two more deaths or destruction at the track. The barn housed Pensive during his Derby campaign, and the spring meeting was scheduled to end with Saturday afternoon races. Hundreds of Thoroughbreds were stabled nearby.
Brown outfielder Chet Laabs returns to the team as a part time player after passing a physical. Announced by vice president William O. DeWitt Laabs will join for night games and weekend duties totaling at least 51 games and may travel to Cleveland Chicago and Detroit for those contests.
The Crete handicap at Lincoln Fields drew 13 sprinters led by Occupation owned by John Arsch. Occupation carries 124 pounds in the six furlong race and is the 7 to 5 favorite for the 17th running of the event.
Shut Out, Greentree stables chestnut son of Equipoise, winner of the 1942 Kentucky Derby over Alsab, will be retired to a Lexington farm. Trainer John Gaver said continued training could cause a breakdown and money winner Mrs. Jayne Whitney approved.
The Early American Dance Music program will extend from 15 minutes to a 30 minute broadcast Saturday at 7 p.m. over the Blue and KXEL from a Greenfield village studio near Dearborn. Director Clayton A. Perry leads the orchestra and Benjamin B. Lovett calls dances.
A fragmented listing shows a dense hour by hour radio lineup with stations WHO WGN WMT and various show titles. Notable entries include The Women at 9:15 p.m. and Shides of Blue at 10 p.m. with news segments on WGN and live music on WHO and WMT.
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