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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 21, 1939

Page

16

Clinton Wins Loop Track Meet in Closest Mississippi Valley Finish

Clinton clinched the loop indoor championship with 6834 points, just ahead of Davenport by a single point. Franklin and McKinley of Cedar Rapids trailed in third and fourth as key records fell including Mike Kanellis’s javelin mark and Franklin’s 4x mile relay record in an event-dense meet.

Earl Carr Mike Kanellis Davenport Avenport Clinton Mississippi Valley Franklin McKinley Cedar Rapids Wilson Thunderbolt Nicholson Melichar Taylor Roosevelt Tyson East Waterloo Garrett Sopousek Ferguson Struthers West Waterloo Hollings Arnold Zabel King Baker Lewis Mutch Ler Hurdies Carr Machael Studt Redhsaw Hollins Eyestone Stevens Dubuane Welchman Kling Johnston Hoosevelt Kahler Franck Davenport Knudson McRoberts Nicolaisen Allender Dubuque Newbanks Bartels Haring Lund Schaberg Appleby Multhaup Kanellis Bowne Clineton Johansen Welbes Ryerson Briggs Magnuson Wondy Appleby Welkes Pike Haddad Nches Thunderbolts

Valley-Little Eight track meet shapes scoring surprises

The article reviews the Mississippi Valley conference and Little Eight dual meet scoring and highlights a close Clinton Davenport race. It notes Cedar Rapids and Davenport scores, praises local athletes, and previews upcoming state events and city meets across Memorial Day and June.

Coe Kohawks Cornell Ames Davenport Little Eight Franklin

Ely All-Stars Form Ball Team for Sunday Games

The Ely All Stars a baseball team of former high school players and veterans has organized and seeks Sunday games. They open their schedule with Shueyville on Ely's diamond.

Ely Ely All-Stars Shueyville

Three Eye And Major League Averages

The liner Queen Mary has four complete radio transmitters aboard.

Norway Nine Finishes Successful Season

Special to The Gerette. Norway high defeated Watford last Wednesday 4 to mark the twelfth victory in fourteen games this spring. Beyers pitched all but one game, allowing 33 hits in 91 innings. Season records include Norway 17 Walford 0 and Norway 12 Blairstown 1 among district and county tournament results.

Norway Norway High Watford Beyers Newhall Walford Blairstown Pale Garrison Keystone Belle Plaine Manchester

Mount Vernon Lisbon Golf Card Schedule Listed

The Mount Vernon-Lisbon country club released its tournament schedule. Events include Monticello on May 28 at home, Decoration Day club play May 31, Maquoketa June 11 at home, Tipton June 18 at home, Monticello July 2 at Maquoketa there, July 4 home tournament, Maquoketa July 9 there, Tipton July 16 there, and the Labor Day tournament on September 3-4.

Mount Vernon Mount Vernon-Lisbon Monticello Maquoketa Tipton

Colored Monarchs Open Season Versus Engineers at Daniels

The Cedar Rapids Colored Monarchs host the Cedar Rapids Engineers of the M and J league at Daniels Park starting at 1 30 pm. Clark or Tate will be in line for the Monarchs with Wilson handling the catching.

Cedar Rapids Colored Monarchs Cedar Rapids Engineers Daniels Park Clark Tate Monarchs Wilson

Monticello Softball Team Tops Maccabees in Close Battle

The Monticello Maccabees lost a tight 3-2 game to Franklin of Monticello Friday night. Earlier that evening Monticello beat Oaks Tavern of Dubuque 5-4 with Scheerer earning the victory.

Gazette Monticello Maccabees Cedar Rapids Franklin Chevrolet Oaks Tavern Dubuque Scheerer

Boat Racing Opens Cedar Valley Circuit At Amana Lake

The Cedar Valley Outboard Racing Association schedules its season opener on Amana lake May 30 with drivers like Roy Gaddis and Buck Seeman entering. Mildred Miller and Marie Gaddis are set to settle a dispute at the meet as more boats and docks are added for a larger field.

Roy Gaddis Lake Off Highway NO Cedar Valley Outboard Racing Association Amana Welfare Association Iowa Wisconsin Illinois Amana Lake Amana Dick Neal Mildred Miller Marie Gaddis Buck Seeman Nebraska U Nebraska Cedar Valley

Badger Netmen blank Iowa 7-0 in Madison

The University of Wisconsin tennis team swept all seven matches against Iowa in Madison to win the meet 7-0.

Madison Wis University of Wisconsin Iowa

Everly Wins Iowa High School Baseball Title Over Conesville

Everly defeats Conesville 4 to 3 in a tense final as Koehnk drives in key runs with three doubles. The Everly pitcher also helped the team in earlier rounds, overcoming rules limiting mound work, while Conesville had fought Madrid to reach the final.

Anson Koehnk Everly Conesville Rockwell City Glackin Williams Spanner Roehnk Kud Kry Adams Singleton Buckman Madrid Platter

Oklahoma Wins Big Six Tennis Title for Second Year

Oklahoma University clinched the Big Six tennis championship with two singles wins and one doubles victory to total 12 points. Iowa State and Nebraska tied for second with seven points. Missouri finished fourth with five. Ed Lindsey captured the No 1 singles title and teamed with Walter Mead to win the No 1 doubles. Mead also won the No 2 singles.

AMES University of Oklahoma Towa State Nebraska Missouri Kansas Kansas State Ed Lindsey Okahoma Walter Mead Mead

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