Hank Edwards Sparks Raiders in Twin Bill Nightcap
Hank Edwards belts back to back home runs in the nightcap as the Raiders sweep Springfield Brownies 3-2 and 19-10. Kahn shines despite a position-switch showing. Reed, Ifft, Haas, Naymick, and Kohlar support. Del Jones, Monaco help in the opener as Springfield struggles to answer.
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Raiders
Springfield
Edwards
Kahn
Augie Hixson
Chief Reynolds
Ralph Ifft
del Jones
Raider
Del
Monaco
Kordenbrock
Hausmann
Bruner
Reynolds
Haas
Naymick
Kohlar
Bailey
Miller
Wagener
Three-Eye League Playoff Pairings Set
The Shaughnessy playoffs begin with Decatur at Evansville and Springfield at Cedar Rapids in a bestof five series starting Sunday night. The second series moves to the city with the better season record. Evansville clinched the title by beating Madison 9 to 5 and 6 to 1 in Friday’s finale. Waterloo swept Moline. Cedar Rapids took two from Springfield. Clinton won both ends of a doubleheader against Decatur.
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Decatur
Evansville
Springfield
Cedar Rapids
Madison
Waterloo
Moline
Clinton
Edwards Belts Third Home Run of Year for Bonus
Hank Edwards hit his third home run this year clearing Hill park and a Chevrolet sign that triggers a $25 bonus. Glenn Fletcher has paid $100 for fence advertising this season, with Dee Davis also winning a $25 bonus on a home run. Edwards connected Friday night, hitting the shot near the center of the sign.
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Hank Edwards
Hill Park
Glenn Fletcher
Fletcher
Dee Davis
Edwards
Frank Stanek High In Major Bowling Loop
Frank Stanek led the Lincoln Alleys in the Major league Friday with a 182 190 225 series as he challenged for a 600. Tony Novotny top scored 703 in the Red Crown Nite Owl league while Hintz posted 595 in the same night.
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Red Crown
Lincoln Alleys
Tony Novotny
Tony
Frank Stanek
Hintz
Farles Dete Asene
Bob
Sci
Hich Bartosh
Sal Walt
Tru Art Engravers
Mish Owen, Jr
Martin-Ronsasseoss
O'Meara Clothing
Milwaukee
Western Transportation
High Foster
Quaker Oats
Drews Locksmiths
Nish Kerres
Fox de Luxe
Fox Head Tavern
Hith, Stanekesse
Okinow's Jewelers
Srameh'’s Foods
J. Garden
East Iowa All Stars defeat West 14 to 6 in crippled children's game
Dynamic Dick Hoerner powered the East Iowa high school all-stars to a 14 6 victory over the West in Des Moines. Hoerner ran 28 and 36 yard TDs after a 64 yard drive, with Barbour adding the extra points. The Eastern stars used a quick opening T formation to outpace the West, Freeman catching a late TD pass from Aknes.
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Des Moines
Dick Hoerner
East Iowa High School All-Stars
West
Crippled Children’s Fund
Dubuque
Hoerner
Bill Barbour
Mason City
Moray Eby
Eastern Stars
Chuck Aknes
Sioux City
Lawrence Freeman
Freeman
Jone West
Bob Olson
Jim Burns
Bill Miles
Dean Thomas
Bob Friedrichsen
Holstein
Mark Mels
LeMars
Harley Rollinger
Ted Sokolovske
Gene Kellin
Chuck Aknies
Barbour
Aknes
Kenneth Harnach
Elkader
Dick Wilson
West Liberty
Harry Frey
Fairfield
Ken Swaney
Grinnell
Ross Evans
Marshall Town Guards
Don McC
Time Marches On At Manchester Club Championship Final
Bud Gosling, once a three year old drawing names for club pairings, returns as a grown golfer to face Rev. J. O. O'Sullivan of Masonville in the 1941 Manchester Golf and Country Club final for the club title.
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Manchester
Bud” Gosling
Francis G. Gosling
Masonville
Cyclone Football Players Don $80 Gear This Fall
Ames Iowa State college football players will wear about eighty dollars worth of equipment for games this fall. The Cyclone grid team will sport a navy blue and gold outfit with the highlight color on helmet and pants. Jerseys and game pants are made from clastic knitted material.
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Ames
INS
Iowa State
Cyclone
Softball Year Ends: Wilson Packers Top Eagles
The Wilson Packers defeated the Eagles 5 to 0 in the decisive playoff game to capture the city softball championship. Bill Jones pitched a four hit shutout as Wilson secured multiple titles including Association and league championships. The season closed with trophies to be awarded at a meeting on Wednesday September 17.
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Eagles
Packers
Bill Jones
Packer
Wilsons
Wilson and Co
Jones
Alton
Poole
Mullin
Winthrop Hawks Sweep Inside Delaware County Honors
Special to The Gazette. Winthrop Hawks lead the Delaware county league, with the second half championship near. A win over Masonville next Sunday gives them a perfect year, after beating Quasqueton 11 to 5 last Sunday to seal a share of the lead with 7-0 first half and 6-0 second half records.
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Gazette
Ryan
Winthrop “Hawks
Masonville
Quasqueton
Winthrop
Lamont
Iowa Letter Winner Confesses to Alias in 1895 Hawkeye Team
Iowa City AP Eric Wilson, UI publicity director, found a name not in files while processing letter-winner tickets. The former Hawkeye, Des Moines resident C. W. Edmonds, used the fictitious alias J. Brown in 1895 96 to avoid parental objection to football participation.
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Iowa City
Eric Wilson
University of Iowa
Hawkeye
Wilson
C. W. Edmonds
Iowa
Edmonds
Des Moines
J. Brown
Duford Stricken On Eve Of Grid Season
St Louis university athletic director and football coach W J Dukes Duford was rushed to St Marys hospital with a stomach ailment on the eve of practice. His condition was reported satisfactory. Twenty five players volunteered for blood typing for possible transfusions as Assistant Coach Bob Xkle nk led practice.
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ST. Louis
W. J
Iowa Fresh To Begin Practice On Sept 29
Iowa City AP confirms freshman football coach Bill Hofer will start practice for the yearlings on September 29. Veteran assistant Glenn Devine and Nile Kinnick, set for naval air corps in November, will help Hofer in his third year.
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Iowa City
Bill Hofer
University of Iowa
Glenn Devine
Iowa
Nile Kinnick
Naval Air Corps
Hofer
St Ambrose Grid Teams to Use Prep Field
Davenport authorities report St Ambrose college will move home football games to Davenport High School stadium after delays in completing the Municipal stadium due to national emergency. The move affects varsity and academy squads with no schedule conflicts.
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Davenport
St. Ambrose College
Msgr
Thomas V. Lawlor
St. Ambrose
Schroeder Takes On Riggs In National Tennis Semis
Forest Hills match report highlights Ted Schroeder advancing to the semifinals of the national championships by defeating Bitsy Grant 6-8 6-1 6-2 6-3. Schroeder faces Bobby Riggs as Don McNeill and Frank Kovacs also reach the semis amid strong U S doubles success and rising talent.
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Forest Hills
N. Y
Bill Tilden
Bobby Riggs
Ted Schroeder
U. S
Don McNeill
Frank Kovacs
Clown
Oakland
Calif
Young Schroeder
Riggs
West Side
Altadena
Schroeder
McNeill
Kovacs
Wayne Sabin
Helen Hull Jacobs
Berkeley
Sarah Cooke
New York
Pauline Betz
Los Angeles
Margaret Osborne
San Francisco
Rolfe Joins Yank Hospital Brigade
Red Rolfe of the New York Yankees was admitted to Massachusetts General Hospital Phillips House for an internal disorder. He was to be confined a week to 10 days, suffering poor appetite and a lingering cold as the Yankees clinched the American League pennant by defeating the Red Sox.
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Boston
Red Rolfe
New York Yankees
Phillips House
Massachusetts General Hospital
Rolfe
Yankees
Red Sox
Showdown Looms In National League Pennant Race
The Brooklyn Dodgers lead the NL by one game and open a home series with the New York Giants before a western swing into St. Louis. The Cardinals face the Reds and Phillies at home while awaiting the Dodgers, with injuries clouding their title bid. Dodgers' Davis was set to face Lohrman, and White to oppose Vander Meer, as both clubs aim to grip key wins.
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Brooklyn Dodgers
New York Giants
St. Louis Cardinals
Giants
Dodgers
Chicago
St. Louis
Cincinnati Reds
Philadelphia Phillies
Curt Davis
Bill Lohrman
Cardinals
Ernie White
Johnny Vander Meer
Reds
Pittsburgh Pirates
Joost
Pirates
St. Louis Browns
Chicago White Sox
Boston Red Sox
Dodson Stays Hot in Tom OShanter Open Lead
Len Dodson, 29, from Kansas City, leads after 36 holes of the Tom OShanter Open with rounds of 65 and 68 totaling 133. Byron Nelson and Ben Hogan chase, while a pack including Al Huske, Henry Ransom and Vic Ghezzi sit within striking distance as Hogan shows back in form and Nelson seeks a late surge.
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Hershey
Leonard Dodson
Kansas City
Chicago
Len Dodson
Byron Nelson
Toledo
Dodson
Hogan
Nelson
Tex
Jim Milward
Madison
Wis
Henry Keiser
Akron
Jim Turnesa
Camp Lee
E. J
Dutch” Harrison
Little Rock
Ark
Vic Ghezzi
Ben Horan
Hershey Pa
al Huske
DeKalb
Ill
Dutch Harrison
Clayton Heafher
Linville
N.C
Deal
N. J
Bill Kaiser
Louisville
Johnny Bulla
Greensboro
Johnny Revolta
Evanston
Sam Snead
Hot Springs
Ralph Guidahl
Rancho Santa Fe
Calif
Jimmy Hines
Great ‘Neck
C.J
Marty Cooper
Horton Smith
Finehurst
Frank Fleeel
Berwyn
Bob Hamilton
Evansville
Ind
Edmund Wysowski
Kewanee
Mike Turnesa
Plaints
Jock Hutchison, Jr
Rockford
Jimmy Thompson
Chicopee
Denny Is Shute
Huntington
W.va
Cronauer
Indianapolis
Kenneth Mellemann
St.Louis
Milton W. Beal
Clinton
Henry Kaiser
Racine
Joe Brown
Des Moines
Merle E. Lint
Bpeneer
I Tield Mangrum
Monterey Park
Bud Williamson
Fort Wayne
Sid Salomon, Jr
St. Louis
Bill Heinlein
Noblesville
Paul Bunyan
White Plains
Leland Gibson
Briee Riexel
Glendale
Clarence Yockey
Topeka
Kan
Abe Espinosa
Decatur
Charles Grant
Decatur. Ill
Gunnar Nelson
Fru Greenwald
Menominee Falls
Pat Wilcox
Waterloo
Joe Paletti
Fairfield
Chick Fallls
Kankakee
Willie Turnesa
Detroit
Alvin
Krueger
Beloit
Frank Grimm
Bloomington
Straight Heat Prevails in Grand Circuit Closing at Indiana State Fair
At Indianapolis AP reports Straight heat victories closed the Grand Circuit harness program. Three year olds raced for 31,000 purses with entrants including Script, Cold Cash, Susie B and Lusty Hedgewood. Times ranged 2:05 to 2:18 as pacers such as The Woodsman and Wayward Hanover posted checks.
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Parcs
Viola Kdnerwood
Campbell
Hodsingy
Susie B
Carlock
Lusty Hedgewood
Barnes
Cabin
Doctor
Cecil Cash
Veal Cash
Josedale
Pearl McKay
Hedgewood Mc
Kay-Pear
Haxey
Fitzpatrick
Wayward Hanover
Thomas
Countess Drew
Brm
Swaim
Craydon
Russell
Gretna
Walters
the Woodsman
Red Ace
McMillent
Royal-at-law
Smith
Queen Milkes
Brh
Barbara Ann
McKlye Cash
Treat
Watta Frisco
Real Frisco
June Watts i Wright
Kitty Meliwyn
Vorel
Ole Henley
Jeannine
Lenox Names Hopkinton Coach Starcevich
George Starcevich will coach Lenox football this year sharing duties with his role in Delhi. He was elected to the Delhi school system and will divide time between Delhi and Hopkinton.
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Hopkinton
George Starcevich
Lenox Grid
Starcevich
Delhi
Veteran Loras Squad Reports To New Coach
The 1941 Duhawk football squad opened drills under Coach Vince Dowd with more than 50 candidates. Returning lettermen anchor the line and backfield as Loras prepares for home games with St. Joseph's Central St. Mary’s Luther and St. Norbert’s and away games at St. Thomas Upper Iowa Parsons and St. Ambrose.
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Dubuque
Loras
Duhawk
Vince Dowd
Gailen Thomas
Bill McGuire
Dowd
Len Winter
Ralph Cormany
Cocaptain
Charley Murray
Paul Tierney
Herman Swerinsky
Fred Schneider
John Corcoran
Jack Senior
Tom Tierney
Ange Pado
Vic
Heinie Engel
Louis Getto
Larry la Barge
John Madore
Paul Goodewin
Terry Ennes
St. Joseph's
Central St. Mary’s
Luther
St. Norbert’s
St. Thomas
Upper Iowa
Parsons
St. Ambrose
Drake Gridiron Opens 1941 Practice Under Coach Green
Thirty players reported for Drake football practice at Des Moines led by 10 lettermen. At least a dozen more are expected by Monday as Drake prepares for the September 19 opener with St Ambrose College.
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DES Moines
Vee Green
Drake University
Drake
St. Ambrose College
Final Standings in the Three-Eye League
Reported Friday results show Evansville Madison and Decatur in top standings with records and percentages. Remaining schedules list Friday and Saturday matchups across the league with games including Cincinnati at St. Louis and New York at Brooklyn in the National circuit.
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Eld
New York
St. Louis
Chicago
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Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Pittabureh
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Cleveland
Washington
Ratster Derren
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