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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1939
Page
6
Evansville arrives tonight with pennant hopes as Decatur edges Cedar Rapids 8 7. Oscar Judd shines with eleven strikeouts and two hits for Decatur, while Stan Goletz and Eddie Marleau falter for the Raiders in a slugging, nerve rattling finish.
Blattner, Sakavitch and Thompson drive early runs but Warhol and Goletz falter as Repass Walsh and Marquardt spark a Raider comeback with five tallies. Goletz departs after two frames, Judd, Oehler and Suytar key the late offense before Hemenway starts against Evansville.
The Cedar Park midget race track is set for Labor Day with twenty cars competing in eight events starting at 2 p.m. Cedar Rapids drivers entered include Jim Zearing Red Kettering Dick Hobel John Hobel and others Bill Scham berger Speed Butts Pete LeClerc and Ed Lyreck.
At Comiskey Park night baseball proves lucrative as 185000 fans attend the six experimental games funded by First National Bank of Chicago. Dutch Leonard and the Senators topple the White Sox 4-3 on a six hitter, while Wally Moses leads the Athletics to a sweep over the Browns. Night gates set attendance records across the league.
Fordham athletic authorities announced the Fordham New York University football game set for Yankee Stadium on November 30 will be played December 2. The change was disclosed Thursday by the university officials.
CHICAGO MNS Bill Osmanski Holy Cross fullback Thursday was voted the most valuable all star player in the game Wednesday night against the New York Giants. Ballots listed Billy Patterson Baylor George Faust Minnesota Ed Bock Iowa State and Roland Young Oklahoma among top choices. Osmanski shared captaincy of the All-Stars with Bowden Wyatt and will become assistant coach at the University of Iowa next fall.
Chicago White Sox manager Jimmy Dykes was suspended for three days after a confrontation with umpires led to his ejection in a doubleheader against the Washington Senators. AL president William Harridge warned that continued abusiveness toward umpires could trigger harsher action.
Detroit defeats Boston 11 to 4 as Trout wins on the mound. Benton allows 3 earned runs while Grove, Whener and Dickman also see action. Notable hits include Williams, Bell, McCosky and Gehringer with multiple RBIs and a Tebbetts home run for Boston.
Byron Nelson and Felix Serafin tied for medalist honors with five under par 68 to lead the Hershey open field as second round play began. Ben Hogan Harry Nettleblad Johnny Revolta followed one stroke back with opening rounds of 69. Other sub par rounds included Houghton Byrd Schneiter Hines Dudley Moyer Johnson Smith Snead Stuhler Gibson.
Evansville, Cedar Rapids and Waterloo chase the Optic pennant as Evansville wins a doubleheader from Waterloo 2 0 and 8 7 to cut the lead. Cap Crossley is expelled causing fan turmoil while Springfield's Giants are eliminated from Shaughnessy playoff contention by Clinton.
Lawton Carver reports Bobby Riggs remains the United States’ main hope as Davis Cup ties against Australia’s Bromwich and Quist loom. Riggs must open strong in singles while Frankie Parker and the Hunt–Kramer doubles duo face long odds as Australia fields Bromwich and Quist with a likely two-man singles and doubles lineup.
Jay Traner son of Mr and Mrs Earl L O Traner won the annual caddies golf tournament in Manchester defeating Francis Gosling Jr by one stroke after twenty nine holes of medal play. Other contenders included Dolphin Hengan Leighton Dunn Briggs and Snyder.
Standings across the three eye league show Clinton Blooming? Bloomington, Decatur, Cedar Rapids and others with wins and losses. Thursday results include Decatur and Cedar Rapids beating Evansville 7 to 2 and 8, Waterloo losing 0 to 7, Springfield beating Moline 1 to 0, and Clinton 10. Friday games listed include Evansville at Cedar Rapids and Springfield at Clinton with others. Other leagues show Pittsburgh beating Philadelphia and various postponements due to rain with scheduled Friday games including New York at Cleveland and Boston at Detroit.
Cedar Rapids pitcher Red Hibben delivered a no hit no run performance as Norway beat Watkins 13 to 0 on Jubilee day. Hallwood Cafe of Marion won 3 to 2 against Cedar Rapids Gazette in the featured softball game.
Clark Jennings, former Franklin high athlete, won Cedar Rapids Country Club's annual caddy tournament with a 2 up final over Murray Barnett. Jennings earlier beat Dick Hovey 7 and 6 in the semi finals. Barnett ousted Dean O'Toole 3 and 2. Other flight winners included C Dake Bill Jennings George Ludlow and Wallace Pinckney with various semi final results noted.
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