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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1939
Page
4
Boston–Mound trouble for New York as Ruffing allows 19 hits in a 12–7 loss. Jim Tabor hits a homer in the eighth with DiMaggio extending his hitting streak to 18 games as Boston kneels the champions for their sixth win in a row.
Chicago lock in a 2 0 win over Detroit as Johnny Rigney spoils the Tigers with a two hit outing for his 13th win and 10th consecutive. Mike Kreevich homered and Larry Roeenthal tripled and scored as Chicago tallies three fourth inning hits off Buck Newsom.
Green Bay coach Curly Lambeau named 11 veterans to start Monday night against the Western All Stars in the Cotton Bowl fourth annual Dream Game. End: Don Hutson and Moose Mulineaux. tackles Buford Ray and Bill Lee. guards Russ Letlow and Buck Goldenberg. center Bud Svendsen. quarterbacks Hank Bruder Cecil Isbell and Arnie Herber. fullback Clarke Hinkle.
The state conservation commission stocked Lake Macbride Saturday with 3500 fish including bass crappies bluegills and bullheads. One bass measured 21 inches long.
Mel Harder improved to ten wins by pitching for Cleveland while the Indians pounded 16 hits to defeat the St Louis Browns 9 to 3. Roy Weatherly led the attack with four straight hits driving in three runs. Trotter took the loss after giving up all five Cleveland runs early.
In Iowa a longer trout season ends Sept 30 at 9 p.m. Fred Payneer and Lou Dennis floated the Cedar from La Porte City to Vinton with modest catches of catfish and no bass. George Corey fished Cass Lake and Minnesota waters for pike while warning about Canadian hunting trips. Ray Dubbert and wife explored Rock Creek and Rock Run near Tipton finding mud and no fish, yet Mrs. D. saved a 14 inch smallmouth and directed a pool near riffles to keep it in good condition.
The American team pictured defeated Australia in the Davis Cup opening singles. Bobby Riggs swept Jack Bromwich in straight sets, Frankie Parker beat Adrian Quist in five sets, and Joe Hunt teammates with Jack Kramer in doubles against the Aussies, signaling a solid chance to keep the trophy in the United States.
A Cubs executive defends Hartnett's management while acknowledging past restiveness with Grimm. He says he stayed in the background, spoke to Hartnett only on request, and believes Hartnett has improved as manager, urging patience for a potential championship club.
Fran Taylor spent seven days in a remote southern California mountain cabin hunting with a rangemaster’s son. They saw few deer, took one Pacific Buck weighing 186 pounds, and found juniper slopes and wild oats feeding deer. They clubbed a rattlesnake for its hide and noted rattlesnake precautions and water springs along the valleys.
Local business owners and officials rally to keep baseball in Cedar Rapids praising Raiders play and Hill park. Fans cite community pride and visitors drawn to the team while noting support for a permanent stadium and continued summer baseball.
Special to The Gexzette Mount Vernon twenty candidates for the high school football squad have drilled all week with about ten more out as the season opens. Eleven lettermen remain led by co captains Hillis Blood and Wallace Littell.
University of Iowa coupon books for the 1939 40 sports year will allow admission to all football and basketball games for 11 dollars. Charles S. Galiher announced the sale will begin September 13 at the university, with reserved seats included for holders.
The document notes about 35 or 40 athletic events across track, swimming, wrestling, baseball, tennis, gymnastics, golf, football and basketball. It outlines a broad program covering multiple sports rather than a single championship.
Harold Reinsberg of St. Paul died when his car crashed through the fence on the first lap of a 10 mile Minnesota state championship race at the state fairground. The incident occurred as cars bunched entering the back turn. Reinsberg was driving Johnny Holmes of Los Angeles’s car. Jimmy Wilburn of Portland won the 12 mile national circuit event, edging Gus Schrader of Cedar Rapids and Jimmy Collins of LeMars. time 8 34.51.
A large crowd witnessed a track record being matched on the first day of racing at the Elkader fair. Winnie Mae a black mare owned by J A Landry Canada set a fast 2:09 for the third mile of the 2:16 pace. Two more days of racing are planned with programs Sunday and Monday afternoons.
Pittsburgh beats St Louis 3 2 as Ike Pearson is chased in the ninth. Al Moran loses after a strong major league bow as Boston Bees rally is halted and Philadelphia earns a pair. Giants and Dodgers split a Polo Grounds doubleheader with four homers in game one and two more in game two.
The Eastern Iowa open softball tournament slated for Labor Day at Ellis park was canceled due to overlapping events in the region and teams choosing other tournaments. Two Labor Day night games at local grounds will decide the city championship and Open league title between City Parks and Chevrolet.
Evansville wins 6 0 behind Naymick striking repeatedly and a seventh inning homer by Bink. Cedar Rapids had one early run on Bink s long shot that cracked a Chevrolet sign and earned a $25 bonus. Three runs crossed in the seventh on two Evansville errors plus hits by Regina and Pike.
Sammy Russo pitched a 10 inning 2 to 1 win over Berwyn Illinois to put the Omaha McDevitts up two games to one in the American Legion national championship series. Russo also scored the deciding run after a first inning triple by Lynam and a toss that allowed him to reach third on a misplayed ball. The fourth game is set for Sunday.
Challedon ridden by Jockey Richards surged from behind to win the $25,000 Narragansett Special at Pawtucket over a mile and three sixteenths, upsetting a field of six on Saturday.
Bimelech, E. R. Bradley's unbeaten colt, captured the thirty-sixth renewal of the $40,000 Hopeful stakes for two year-olds by a nose over Andy K. Roy Angler, another Bradley entry, finished third in the Saratoga Springs race.
The B team of Cedar Rapids Tennis association faces Vinton in a Cedar Valley league tennis match set for Sunday. The meet highlights local rivalry and team depth as both sides field players likely to influence early standings.
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