Cedar Rapids ball park hosts catcher’s cast and new players
Red Pepper notes Cedar Rapids new $300000 park with private umpire parlor and dugouts as Roxie Lawson and Bob Hogan act up. New Rockets recruits include Gary Hicks from Sloan Iowa and Ken Smith from Manson Iowa plus Ehlers and Schamberger. Lenzi’s broken thumb sidelines him for two weeks. Dwight Eddleman debates pro basketball or football. Stayton's mile record questioned due to a faulty track. Lentz hopes for Cedar Rapids Madison intercity track meet.
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Adam Pratt
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Hicks
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Manson
Jim Johnson
Packy Rogers
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al Schamberger
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Burlington
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Wisconsin
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Basketball schedule fragment with team matchups
Monday games include N Chicago at Washington Detroit at Boston N Cleveland at Philadelphia N St Louis at New York. Tuesday features Rotents at Posten and New York with Philadelphia in focus.
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Report fragment shows a clash involving New York and Chicago teams with a patient named Sean Boston at a hospital or medical facility. The readable bits suggest an athletic or game context with a player note and medical care at a specific site. Details remain unclear due to damaged OCR.
Grand Slam For Raines At Cedar Rapids Midget Races
Walt Raines of Bettendorf stole the show in Cedar Rapids as the Cedar Bowl crowd watched a landslide Cedar Rapids sweep in the Midwest Midget Auto Racing Association event. Joe Gustaf suffered injuries in a semi-main crash, while Raines led a Cedar Rapids top five in the feature and the circuit heads to Columbus Junction and Waterloo before a return to Cedar Rapids.
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Rock Island
Art Wheeler
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Nea
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Newkirk
Ritchie
D. Hobel
Rockets and Indians race in doubleheader at Memorial
Cedar Rapids Rockets lose nightcap 11-2 after a 5-4 opener win over Burlington. Hyland and Marquardt star in game one. Vance dominates on the mound in game two with a stretch of six hitless innings until Tanner's seventh inning single ends the no-hitter bid. A 1,801 strong crowd watches, with ladies admitted for 25 cents as the teams meet again tonight at 8:05.
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Memorial Stadium
Burlington
Cedar Rapids
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Indians
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del Marquardt
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Hyland
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Lou Percy
Packy Rogers
Marquardt
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Ken Smith
Manson
John Conners
Joe Macko
George Vance
Vance
Gazette
Blake Shipton
Vlack Tanner
Memorial Park
Rockford Sweeps Clinton in twin 3 2 and 7 6 wins
Rockford defeated Clinton twice Sunday night in Rockford Illinois 3-2 in 12 innings and 7-6 in the nightcap Stiles homered with two out in the 12th to lift the opener Sherer and Brewer homered for Rockford and Clinton’s Boles also connected in the opener, with Hodson and Johnson delivering key hits for Rockford during the doubleheader
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Stiles
Sherer
Boles
Brewer
Big 9 Baseball Race Reaches a Showdown
The Big 9 pennant chase climaxes this weekend as Purdue hosts Indiana in a two game series. Purdue leads the standings with a 6-2 mark and Minnesota trails at 4-5 while Indiana sits at 7-3. Remaining schedule includes Northwestern at Iowa and Wisconsin at Michigan with Purdue visiting Ohio State.
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Purdue
Indiana
Minnesota
Ohio State
Noot
Unclear baseball box score with multiple players noted
Fragmentary box score lists players Roger Marquardt Schold Anthony Smith I Crouch Puller Maircik Macko Bowman Conners Bowman Crouch Macko Conners Homeruns by Macko Conners Bowmen. steals by Hunter Conners. double plays by Crouch Macko Bowman Crouch. Burlington exit. Repids Vance Cookman 1. Pitchers Cookman 9 in 5 innings Cam Hi 4 in 1 Bremer 0 in 1 Schamberger 0 in 2. Loser Cookman 2.29. A Lawson Hogan. A 1 801.
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Anthony
Smith
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Cam Hi
G. Bremer
Schamberger
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Cookman
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Hogan
Hodges Ends Raffensberger No Hit Bid in 2-0 Reds Loss
In a doubleheader opener at Crosley Field Ken Raffensberger lost a bid for a third no hitter as Gil Hodges singled in the eighth. The Dodgers slammed past the Reds 3-0 in the opener behind Don Newcombe. Other games noted include the Braves beating the Cubs 7-2 and Stan Musial lifting the Cardinals 3-2 over the Giants.
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Cincinnati
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Don Newcombe
Montreal
Raffensberger
Cardinals
Jones
Marion
Wilson Blasts LaPlant Out of M J Lead 7-4
Wilson and Company toppled defending champion LaPlant 7-4 at Daniels Park to move first in the M J league standings. Despite two key hitters out, Dick and Tom Farmer, Wilson used a first inning push and a fourth inning four run burst to secure the win. Martin led Wilson with three singles and two stolen bases while White drove in two runs. LaPlant pulled four runs from two in the fifth but could not overcome Wilson’s late pushes.
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al Sturm
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Young Sturm
Iowa Teachers
Howdy Mohr
Babe Cypra
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Bob Pratt
Wayne Bruce
Harold DeWoody
DeWoody
Coe Freshmen Down Cornell Golf Team at Elmcrest
Coe's freshman golf team evened its series with Cornell Saturday at Elmcrest in Cedar Rapids by a 9 to 5 decision. Bud Dresser of Cornell was medalist with a 77.
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Cornell
Elmcrest
Cedar Rapids
Bud Dresser
Rice and Jaeger Meet For Iowa High School Tennis Final
Dusty Rice of Oelwein faces Jerry Jaeger of Davenport in the singles final set for 3 p.m. Monday at the University of Iowa courts after delays from rain and darkness. Doubles semifinals feature Dale Launspot and Bob Timmerman of Dubuque vs Ed Duncan and Henry Bate of Iowa City at Credit Island, Davenport.
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Oelwein
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Davenport
Credit Island
Dale Launspot
Bob Timmerman
Dubuque
Ed Duncan
Henry Bate
DiMagio to Dress For Tilt Tonight
Joe DiMaggio will wear a Yankee uniform and take part in batting and fielding drills before Monday night’s game with the St Louis Browns. Manager Casey Stengel would not commit to a return date but hinted DiMaggio could pinch hit later if needed.
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Joe DiMaggio
New York Yankees
St. Louis Browns
DiMaggio
Yankee
Casey Stengel
Stengel
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