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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1939
Page
8
Three-Eye league playoffs open with Roger Wolff pitching the 8:20 p.m. opener at Hill Park against the Decatur Commies. Orie Arntzen to follow Wednesday against Tony Kaufmann's club. Decatur visits for Thursday, with pitching decision between Stanley Gericke and Mike Naymick.
Charles Heaton of Fairfax Sun day won the Midwest trap shoot championship in Omaha with 197 of 200 targets. He beat Dr. Yeoman of Logan who scored 196, after recently winning the state zone championship in DeWitt Ia.
John Lensch of Eldridge, Iowa, won the state skeet championship by breaking 142 of 150 targets. Birney Baker of Des Moines, a three time champion, finished runner up with 141 targets in Des Moines on Monday.
Standings show New York leading with 91 wins and a .705 pace followed by Detroit and Boston. Other teams include Philadelphia Cleveland Chicago Washington St Louis and Cleveland with a 2nd tie noted at 8 innings due to darkness. AMES TUESDAY St Louis at Detroit listed as the only scheduled game.
The table shows Brooklyn at 63 60 with a .512 percentage and Pittsburgh at .543, while Philadelphia struggles at 0-6. Results from Monday include New York 10-7 and Philadelphia 0-6, with upcoming games listed for Tuesday.
In Des Moines, eight division champions were crowned at the Iowa amateur boxing tournament. Mor ton Graves of Des Moines won the featherweight final over Martin Fredrickson of Lenox, while other finals saw Elwood Robinson, Des Moines, take flyweight, and Ozzie Wise, Des Moines, win light welter. Heavyweight Don Turner of Des Moines beat Maurice Cleveland, and Dick Hiatt claimed middleweight by default after Ronald Renor was KO’d in semis.
The Green Bay Packers defeated the Southwest All-Star team 31 to 20 in Dallas, ending four years without a professional win in the Labor Day charity game. The Packers limited top collegiate talent invited for the event to secure the victory.
J. H. Bell defeated Harold Graves 1 up to claim the second flight handicap championship at Cedar Rapids Country Club. F. Waples reached the first flight final by beating H. R. Mowrey 2 and 1, with McPartland to face Taylor for the other finalist.
Schneck defeated Dodge in a three round 180 pound bout. Yanger beat Portis in middleweight action. Lewis won by technical knockout in the first round at middleweight. Alberts defeated Elway at 162 pounds in wrestling. Johnson drew with Jacobson in 20 minutes. Carr and McGraw also drew. Alex Fidler refereed. judges were Joe Benson and Del Jones. Mike Blazo timed events.
Maynard high school requests extra football games for Oct 6 and Nov 3. Superintendent Kibbie reports upcoming schedule with Sept 6 Tripoli Sept 22 Postville Sept 29 Sumner Oct 13 Fayette Oct 20 West Union Oct 27 Monona and Nov 3 open.
Washington Redskins overwhelmed the Los Angeles Bulldogs 21 to 6 in a Monday night warmup game. Coach Ray Flaherty's squad had previously beaten a pickup team of former collegians in San Francisco.
The Yankees defeated the Athletics 7-6 and 2-0 as Frank Crosetti and Red Rolfe fueled timely hitting and Marius Russo pitched well. Meanwhile the Cardinals beat the Reds 4-0 in the opener, with a 6-6 tie ending the night game due to darkness, shaping the pennant race. The Pirates beat the Cubs 2-1 and 6-3, the Giants swept the Phillies 10-0 and 7-6, and the Bees and Dodgers split their twin bill. In the American League the Yankees lead by 14 1 2 games. the Reds four back of the Cardinals in the National League. The Senators swept the day in the junior loop, the Browns beat Detroit 3-2, and the White Sox won 5-2 after a rain delay.
Gus Schrader of Cedar Rapids Iowa regains momentum in the International Motor Contest Association dirt track title chase by winning the Minnesota State Fair 12 mile feature. Emory Collins finishes second as Schrader expands his lead with 500 championship points. Jim Wilburn and Bob Sall place third and fourth. Schrader clocked 8 24.28 for the distance.
Dick Hainline of Rock Island Illinois won the men's singles in the Tri-State tennis tournament in Burlington defeating Harris Coggeshall Des Moines 6 3 11 9 6 1. He also earned a doubles title with John Fletcher of Des Moines as they beat George Forney and Jack Schwarz 6 3 7 5. Matilda Baseleon Peoria won the women's singles and teamed with Ken Black Peoria to win the mixed doubles. Bob Aldrich Galesburg won the junior singles and joined Bob Troup Danville to win the junior doubles.
The West Union city golf championship finals will feature two youths Elbert Slim Estey age 21 and Bill Wright age 19. Estey beat Lorenz E Schatz 3 and 2 in the semi finals while Wright defeated C W Grimes 1 up in nineteen holes.
Garrison defeats LaPorte City 2 to 1 in a close baseball game at the local diamond. LaPorte City battery: S Braillier and Howrey. Garrison battery: Beck and Scott.
Tait notes equal prices with bleacher rates in other league cities. Revenue lags behind other towns by about 20 000 fans per season. Giants may revise admission prices or change skippers as Clinton’s status and managerial jobs across Evansville Springfield Bloomington Decatur Moline Milwaukee and Cincinnati Reds circulate.
Elkader fair results show a 2:16 Trot with purse 150 and added money. Winners include Success and Abax with times 2:16 and 2:14 respectively, racing action featuring multiple trainers and drivers from Forest City to Marshalltown and Union.
Monticello league playoff ends with Franklin sweeping Chevrolet 1-6 and 3-2 to clinch the series. Bud Reynolds pitches both games for Franklin with four and five hits allowed, while Franklin bats tally four and nine hits off Scherrer respectively.
The Witwer softball team defeated Fairfax 8 to 1 in a nine inning game at Fairfax Diamond. H Chopsky, Witwer pitcher, allowed only three hits. J Suchomel, Witwer first baseman, homered in the eighth.
Lloyd Mastik of Cedar Rapids won the junior championship at the Iowa state archery tournament in Iowa City with a 1494 score after two days of competition. Miles Fisher was elected president of the Iowa State Archery Association, with A Wolvertson vice president and Fred Enders secretary. Bill Jepson and Mrs Jack Dysart were named new directors. The 1940 tournament will be in Waterloo.
The Associated Press reports in a compact note from Silver Peak Nevada that boxer Max Baer of Los Angeles knocked out Ed Murphy of Silver Peak after Buck Taylor from Baltimore and Jackie Sharkey of Newark staged exchanges in a separate bout.
Davis Cup action from the five match series ended with Australia reclaiming the trophy for the first time since 1919. Riggs won and lost against Bromwich and Quist, while Bromwich and Quist led in doubles with Hunt and Kramer, and Quist edged Riggs to clinch the title.
Finland's Olympic committee halted plans for the 1940 Games in Helsingfors amid the war, awaiting state and city guidance. The winter games were set for Garmisch, Germany, in February, while Japan had abandoned hosting due to conflict with China.
The Ryder cup golf matches between British and American professionals, set for Jacksonville Florida on November 18 and 19, were postponed indefinitely due to the war.
Box scores show Pittsburgh and Chicago games with multiple pitchers, runs, and errors. Key players include P Waner Fletcher Herman and Russell on Pittsburgh while Hack Vaughn Hartnett G Russell and Bartell appear for Chicago.
In a doubleheader, Philadelphia edges New York 6 5 and Cincinnati 6 0. Danning drives in multiple runs with a homer and two doubles, while Brack Moore and Jurges add key hits. Pitching by Schumacher Higbe and Brown yields mixed results as New York and Philadelphia scramble for hits and baserunners.
In a tense 7 inning effort, the New York Giants defeated Philadelphia 36 to 27. Key contributions came from Nagel and Lodigiani with home runs and multiple RBIs. Crosetti and Siebert also drove in runs as Gordon and Ruffing handled pitching duties.
The Oxford Junction Indees defeated Walcott 7-4 on Sunday and then beat the Anamosa preparatory team 11-3 on Monday to extend their winning run.
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