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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1936
Page
19
Cedar Rapids Country club begins its annual championship with weekend qualifying on the club course. Players must notify pro George Taylor before starting and sign scorecards for handicap later. Sixteen players per flight advance. first round spans three days. Decoration Day events offer multiple prizes and a blind bogey tourney with 50 cent entry.
Ali Baba of Detroit retained the heavyweight wrestling title by defeating Big Chief Sanooke a Cherokee Indian in Madison Square Garden before 3,000 fans. The Turkish challenger, smaller in stature and weight, pinned the six foot six inch opponent after a series of body slams and a body press.
Special to The Gazette reports week results in the Iowa Valley league. Walford beat Newhall 9 to 4 with Berry Pieper and Pieper scoring. Keystones beat Watkins 6 to 1 with Heckt Feurbach Bachman Werner contributing. Norway topped Atkins 4 to 3 with Schirm Sch. Blairstown defeated Walford 9 to 4. Next Sunday games set Norway at Van Horne Blairstown at Atkins Keystone at Walford Newhall at Watkins.
Four members of the University of Iowa Big Ten champions will try for Olympic positions at the National AAU championship in Des Moines June 19 to 21. Dick Westerfield from Cedar Rapids. Adolph Jacobsmeyer from St. Louis. Ray Walters from Rockford. and Robert Christians from Chicago will compete in backstroke 440 yard free style sprint and 220 yard free style events.
Al Shipley was released Tuesday night and agreed to terms with Sioux City where he will catch and perform handyman duties for the Cowboys. Prospects for Wednesday include deals for Frank Stapleton at first base and pitcher Jude Matthews, who is likely to be farmed out. Stapleton may also be released if farmed.
Terry Olin of Wadena Minnesota, senior football and track star, received the scholarship athletic trophy at a special assembly at Iowa State Teachers College. A total of 121 athletes were granted letters and numerals, with Olin hailed as one of the college's greatest ends and a noted weight man in track.
Thursday night’s Raiders game against Davenport will begin at 9 p.m. instead of 8:15 to accommodate the Shrine civic parade at 7:30. Fans may view the parade and the ball game in sequence.
The first outdoor arena wrestling show opens Memorial Day weekend in downtown Cedar Rapids near Fifth Avenue and First Street SE. Headliners include Tobin vs Strongbow for sixty minutes to a fall, plus Marvin vs Davis and Thiede vs Elrich. Referee Mike Nazarian will oversee.
The article discusses attendance shifts after night baseball began in 1931, noting higher crowds on weeknights and Saturdays. It details Raiders roster moves to meet player limits, including Shipley’s injury, Thomas and McCue handling catching, and suspensions of Gasaway and Cabble to balance seven pitchers, amid looming cuts.
Sam Parks, a young professional, surprised many by taking the championship last year and earning $257.91 from exhibitions. He has competed in nine starts this year, earning $86.25, and is known by the nickname Sad Sam in his mail.
Columbus City defeated Conesville 11 to 7 and Fredonia beat Cotter 11 to 8 in opening kitttenball league games. Play continues Monday and Thursday evenings through September.
Ali Baba of Turkey 205 defeated Chief Sanoeke 340 of North Carolina 26 20 in New Haven Gino Garibalal 216 of St Louis beat Abe Coleman 705 of New York two out of three falls Pesek 196 of Ravenna Neb defeated Bulldex- Martin 21 in Lincoln Boston straight falls Farmer Tobin 255 of Presque Isle Maine defeated Karl Davis 213 of Columbus Ohio in Minneapolis
Beesons zip Parksons 2-0 in a feature Open league game at Ellis Park. McGuire limited Parksons to two hits while Michalek held the winners to three. Driscoll quit to play baseball earlier in the season. Armstrongs coasted to 5-0 and Wilsons won 7-0 as LaPlant Choate starred in the Industrial race with 8-7 over Iowa Steel.
Immaculate Conception holds first place after a 17 to 9 win over St. Ludmila in the C Y O softball league. St. Patrick’s and St. Wenceslaus suffered losses as the league schedule continued on the St. Ludmila field.
Bill Dickey of the New York Yankees suffered suspected internal injuries after colliding with Boston shortstop Eric McNair in Fenway Park opening a three game series. He was hospitalized at St. Elizabeth's with possible kidney rupture bruised abdominal muscles and hemorrhages though doctors called the condition serious but not dangerous.
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