Taylor Hurls Raiders To 7 1 Victory Over Waterloo
Cedar Rapids pitcher Howard Taylor allowed five hits and earned a 7 1 win over Waterloo as Cedar Rapids moved to first place a half game ahead of Sioux City. Clements and Howard led the offense with two doubles and a mix of singles, while Filbert Webb and Taylor contributed key hits. The clubs scheduled a Saturday doubleheader with 3 30 and 8 15 starts.
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Upsets Mark Play In Open Softball at Ellis Park
Open league play at Ellis Park Friday night saw Parkson's beat The Gazette club 3 to 2 while Beason's lost 3 to 2 to Wilson and company. Armstrong's climbed to first by routing the Brown Derby entry 7 to 0.
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Reeves Downs Teammate To Win NC Conference Singles Title
Stanley Reeves of Iowa State Teachers College defeated teammate William McNabb 3-6 6-4 6-3 6-2 to win the North Central Conference singles championship in Cedar Falls. The final, moved indoors after rain, marked Reeves's second straight singles title. Reeves and McNabb have held conference doubles titles for two years.
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Fayette Meets North Des Moines For Title
Fayette, winner of thirteen games in fourteen starts, meets North Des Moines, 1934 state champions, in the Iowa high school baseball tournament final at Manson. The championship game was postponed a week due to bad weather.
Start Qualifying in C C Tourney
Golf began the Country Club championship with an eighteen-hole medal test. Over seventy five members will seek the sixteen qualifying spots for the championship flight as Sunday continues the qualifying rounds and match play starts by Wednesday. Johnny Vavra defends his title among top club players.
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Engineers Whip Quakers 4 To 2 At Dan iels Park
Lefty Ford stars as the C. R. Engineers defeat the Quaker Cats 4 to 2 in a mid season M. and J. league game at Daniels Park Friday evening. Engineers tally in the first three innings while Quakers answer with three late singles in the fourth. Cronkite picks up three hits including a third inning triple. Monday night the Light Company vs Quakers clash looms as another strong game.
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Eastern Iowa League Sunday slate listed
Four games fill the Eastern Iowa league Sunday program Lisbon visits Mechanicsville Clarence plays Lowden Wheatland travels to Calamus and Dixon meets Grand Mound. League standings follow in the brief.
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Lewis Downs Goodwin In 1st Round at Garden
John Henry Lewis a light heavy champion from Arizona Negro defeated Bob Goodwin of Daytona Beach in a non title bout at Madison Square Garden. The bout lasted 1 minute 27 seconds after a fast start by Lewis as 2,988 fans paid 4047 dollars.
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Augie Luther Moves to Memphis Club for Playing Opportunity
Former Luther College athlete Augie Luther transfers from Little Rock to the Memphis Southern league team. In his first appearance with Memphis he collects four hits in a double header. Luther remains property of the Minneapolis American Association club and was released to Little Rock on option.
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Davenport Romps Over Omaha 10 to 6 in opener
Davenport Blue Sox defeat Omaha 10 to 6 as Gravin wins his third. White has three RBIs and Wise and Polly spark defense and offense. Omaha’s Papish struggles early while Davenport builds early five runs in the first inning and adds three more in the eighth.
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Americans and Australians Renew Davis Cup Rivalry in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia the United States and Australia begin the Davis Cup final in the American zone. Wilmer Allison meets Adrian Quist in the opening singles while Don Budge faces Jack Crawford at the Germantown Cricket Club. A doubles match pairs Budge with Gene Mako against Crawford and Quist. The three day event ends Monday with Crawford vs Allison and Quist vs Budge.
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Standings and Friday Results for Midwest Baseball Loop
Standings show Co Rapids .588 with 8 8 and others: Davenport 7 6 .563, Omaha 9 5 .500, Waterloo 6 11 .313. Friday results: Des Moines 7 Sioux City 1 and Cedar Rapids 7 Wiege 1.
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Baseball Standings and Friday Results From The League
ST Louis leads with 25 13 .658 while Boston is 19 21 .475 New York 25 14 .641 Cincinnati 18 21 .462 Chicago 19 18 .514 Philadelphia 16 25 .390 Pittsburgh 19 19 .500 Brooklyn 15 25 .375 Friday results show St Louis 9 New York 15 Boston 0 Chicago 8 Philadelphia 10 Brooklyn 2 and listed doubleheader pairings Cincinnati St Louis New York Brooklyn Philadelphia Boston Pittsburgh Chicago.
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Baseball Standings and Schedule Fragments
The text lists team records for the American League with win percentages and notes a 10 inning Detroit at Chicago game. It also shows stacked matchups: St Louis at Detroit Washington at New York Chicago at Cleveland Boston at Philadelphia.
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Scores and standings from the league schedule
Kansas City leads with 26 wins and 13 losses followed by Milwaukee 25 3 and 0. Columbus 18 25 and Louisville 19 24. Daily results show Kansas City 6 Milwaukee 3 Toledo 3 Columbus 0 and Louisville 2 Indianapolis 1. Next games feature Columbus at Toledo Milwaukee at Kansas City Indianapolis at Louisville and St Paul at Minneapolis with morning and afternoon matchups.
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Iowa Qualifiers Lead In Four Events At Iowa Meet
At Ames the fortieth Iowa intercollegiate track meet opened with Iowa topping qualifiers list. Iowa, Drake, Iowa State and Iowa State Teachers advanced competitors in four events including 120 yard high hurdles, 220 yard dash, 880 yard run and 620 yard low hurdles. Notables include Latham and Poole among the qualifiers with best times listed.
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Sretemappevet
Freeman
Robinson
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Smith
Short Pitch Stroke Guide From Golf Coach
The article advises maintaining the same swing principles for short shots while using a shorter swing. It warns against changing the stroking method as it causes haste and jerky motions and increases mishaps.
Strongbow and Tobin Lead Cedar Park Memorial Wrestling Card
Wrestling returns to Cedar Park arena tonight at 3 30 featuring Farmer Tobin versus Jules Strongbow in the main event. Also on the card Marvin faces Davis in a secondary bout as Eddie Jennings promotes a Memorial Day show with free park admission.
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Troy Mills Boys Lose As Girls Win In Local Games
About 200 attended the closing ball game and school program between Central City and Troy Mills. The baseball eleven inning game ended 12 to 10 with Central City defeating Troy Mills. Frasher and Andrews pitched for Troy Mills while New man and Brown worked for Central City. The girls kittenball team won 7 to 1. Mrs. Edward Phillip suffered a facial injury from a batted ball.
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Giants Slug Bees 15 to 0 in Big League Opener
Lefty Al Smith of the Giants hurled a two hit 15-0 victory over the Boston Bees while fellow right handers Euel Moore of Philadelphia and Clarence Phillips of Detroit posted clean starts. Moore beat the Dodgers 10-2 and Phillips outdueled the White Sox 4-3 in ten innings.
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Brookman transfers West Highlands lot to O Rieley
J H Brookman and wife convey to M W O Rieley trustee for Mary Edith McClenahan the lot 1 block 2 West Highlands add Cedar Rapids for 1 and valuable consideration. Terminates mortgage of record dated May 2 1936.
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M. W. O’rieley
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West Highlands
Cedar Rapids
Rex Mays The Favorite To Win 500 Mile Race
Rex Mays of Glendale, California was the pole winner and favorite for the Indianapolis 500, leading a fast field of 33 cars. The 24th running of the race drew up to 150,000 spectators, with $100,000 in prize money and $20,000 to the winner.
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Los Angeles
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Chet Miller
Detroit
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Maurie Rose
Dayton
Ohio
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Kansas City
Roaring Road
Ralph de Palma
Tommy Milton
Letters Awarded To Vinton High Trackmen
VINTON Ia Track letters were awarded to members of the Vinton high school squad at class day exercises in the Lincoln high school auditorium. Coach Fred Cameron announced the awards naming John Ludden Lloyd Byam Allen Burroughs Melvert Bieber Glen Beresfords Bob Britt Eugene Crisman Ralph Jackson Howard Johnson Millard Jones Bob and Dean McKinley John Parry Don Stewart Bob Thompson Hoyt Carrier.
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Eugene Crisman
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Howard Johnson
Millard Jones
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John Parry
Don Stewart
Bob Thompson
Hoyt Carrier
Northern Teachers Are Beaten By Hawk Nine
Iowa Hawkeyes routed Northern State Teachers 15 to 2 in De Kalb Illinois on Friday securing a Western Conference win. Minnesota? Actually Iowa built an early lead with errors by the Northern infield enabling four runs. continued with three more in the fifth and sixth and closed with a five run ninth inning.
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Toll Collectors and Discomforts Of Static
East St. Louis toll collectors at the Mississippi bridge faced frequent shocks from static electricity generated by passing cars. To curb the shocks during coin exchanges, workers attached a steel wire from a coat hanger to a milk can sunk into the bridge floor, using the upright wire to brush axles and ground the electricity.
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