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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 26, 1940

Page

5

Stastny Lifts Iowa Past Western State With Triple

Bob Stastny delivered a go ahead three bagger with two on in the seventh inning to lift the University of Iowa to a 6 4 win over Western State Teachers in a rain shortened finale. Stastny earned the victory in relief as Iowa closed a perfect non conference season.

Bob Stastny Western State University of Iowa Western State Teachers Stastny Bill Welp Norman Hawkins Welp Hawkins Ee City Broncos Hawkeyes Iowa Harry Bailey Ted Gordimier Fred Nyman Lown Abhoa Radics Corrlas Kantor O'Nyman Prasse Hillib Georgece Kribsiss Gordinier Bailey Btastny Kribs Hankins Nyman

Postville Pirates Win Finale 12 to 1

Postville Pirates defeat Cresco 12 to 1 in the season finale behind four hit pitching by star lefty Jim Gunderson. Bud Palmer adds a homer and three singles as Postville closes the year with 25 wins in 27 games, after district loss to Fayette and state semi loss to Madrid.

Gazette Postville Postville Pirates Allamakee County Cresco Jim Gunderson Bud Palmer Pirate Pirates Fayette Madrid Gunderson Meier Cresca Jones and Murray

Iowa Valley Schedule Highlights Sunday Games

The Iown Valley League lists matches for Sunday with Van Horne at Norway, Atkins at Newhall, and Williamsburg at Watkins.

Atkins van Horne Norway Newhall Williamsburg Watkins

Motorcycle Racers Aim for Cedar Rapids Spotlight on June 2

Cedar Rapids Motorcycle Club plans a one star race meet June 2 on Memorial Drive near Mount Vernon Avenue SE. Members include George Clifford and Adrian Crew with entries from Davenport and Waterloo. the course features a 0.4 mile oval, jumps, and a Hill climb future events across Iowa.

Mount Vernon Avenue Memorial Drive Cedar Rapids Motorcycle Club, Inc George Clifford Gerald Cunningham Charles Holyoke Adrian Crew George Auld Bob Coover Ivor Dillon Fred Harvey Dick Johnson Bob Ladage Miles Locher George Martin Bob Smahel Lloyd Temeyer Edwin Tubbs Bill Hawkins Charlies Gable Gordon Hughes Police Department E A. Milliken Fire Department Red Cross Cedar Rapids Anamosa Stak Cunningham Ladage Davenport Waterloo American Motorcycling Association Clifford

Independence horse opening day set on half mile track

A substantial field of harness horses from Illinois Iowa Missouri Minnesota the Dakotas and Colorado will debut at Independence next Sunday. The program opens at 1 p m with a 224 pace featuring 25 entries though scratches may reduce the field.

Arness Independence Millinois Iowa Missouri Minnesota Dakotas Colorado Betty Dillon Vinton Patton Star Burnett Monticello Tommy Eden Lady Gold Sign Joan Grattan Central City Bobby Potempkin Frank Crippen Eldora Star Bobby Tommy Chimes

Gibson Appointed Leader-Examiner on Swim Program

Charles Gibson, a 19 year old senior at McKinley high school, has been named leader examiner for the Y M C A national aquatic program in Cedar Rapids. He recently completed tests under William Clementer and TK Cureton and has taught swimming at the Y for three years.

Charles Gibson Waterloo Cedar Rapids Y. M CA Gibson William Clementer Springfield College T K. Cureton National Aquatic Program McKinley High School Coe College Springfield The

Walters Rejects Bunting In Practice For Pitching

Cincinnati pitcher Bucky Walters refuses bunting or pepper drills saying they jerk and throw off balance a pitcher and injure his effectiveness. He avoids such practices to protect his throwing.

Cincinnati NEA Bucky Walters

Franklin Wins Fourth Title In Prep Golf

Franklin captures its fourth Cedar Rapids prep golf title with 324 strokes led by Dick Janeth 38 39 77 and Bob Knowles 43 38 81. Roosevelt, McKinley, and Wilson follow, Roosevelt missing a fifth scorer by one stroke. In Los Angeles, the Coast conference limits athlete jobs to 50 dollars a month under the new code.

Cedar Rapids Franklin Northeast Wide Kent More Ronsevelt McBhinles Wilson Franklin Dick Janeth Bob Knowles Brice Joe Knowles Ronsevelt Keemenek Meyer Kucera Blank McKinley Milke Shalka Bowles Couser Wilson H Hillmer Havlik Hillmer Tarcik Roosevelt Los Angeles NEA

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