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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 08, 1939

Page

9

Decatur Clinches Third Game In National League Playoff

Decatur Comies beat Raiders 5 3 to take the third game of the series at Cedar Rapids. Naymick sparked the win with a sixth inning double and a controversial pitch incident, while Thompson and Repass provided early offense. The victory puts Decatur two games to none in a best of five series as the Raiders face elimination Friday night.

Cedar Rapids Commies Raiders Dee Decatur Mike Naymick Tony Kaufman Mike Thompson Repass Poland Pike Mike Blaze Naymick Ollie Marquardt Walt Walsh George Bink Marquardt Suutar Ome Nd Repass Alos Suytar Oehler Blazo Regino Alsh Whee Bink Ane Pike Ef Marquardt Sae Azo C Wees Il Naymick Pote Ek Berees Garriott Ef Blattner Seen 1Urmeister Hompson Suyt Rogino Lattner Tolen Ceclaratur Warcho Warchol Gorden Knateen

Postville Eleven Sees 5 Candidates Report for 1954

Five candidates join Postville football squad as 35 players report to coach Ivan Blackmer. With many lettermen back, Postville aims for top finish in the Upper Iowa Conference. Schedule opens Sept 15 against Fayette with road trips and home games listed through Nov 1.

Postville Fayette Ivan Blackmer Ostville Igh West Union Monona Sacred Heart Oelwein Eerening Waukon Elkader Sumner

Springfield Uses Ninth Inning Rally For 9-8 Win Over Evansville

Springfield edges Evansville 9-8 after trailing 8-6 in the ninth. Neighbors Stroble and Ashmore homer for Springfield while Clemens and other Evansville hitters contribute. Cronin earns win, Javery takes loss in a 2:45 game as Evansville errors and timely hitting dictate the tense playoff backdrop.

Dee A Evansville Springfield George Ore Clemensit Ross Stanton Bell Rieger O Stevens Crawley Neighbors Barkley Payton Weigel Nethery Mahon Cronin Hazel Keller Javery Johnson Grieger Stroble Clemens Ashmore Stanon Clements Orifice Cady and Worsham

Giants to operate Clinton club for 1940 season

The Clinton team in the Three-I league will be run by the New York Giants for another season as manager Blondy Ryan receives unconditional release. A new pilot will be named to lead Clinton in 1940.

Clinton New York Giants Blondy Ryan

Germany to Achieve Radium Self Sufficiency with New Territory

With the acquisition of new territory Germany is expected to become self sufficient in radium. The move signals strategic resource control and potential impacts on industry and science within the region.

Germany

Sports gossip from Eddie Briez on Osmanski touring with Bears

News notes mix football bets boxing and baseball tidbits. Osmanski may join the Chicago Bears while Hal Schumacher impersonation circulates in Newport. Marquette adds a football training table and Kansas U expects a 39000 stadium crowd for a corn shucking contest before the Kansas State game.

Max Baer Johnny Paychek Chicago Buddy Baer Bob Nestell Tim Kenneally Kansas U Polo Grounds Yanks Reds Tigers Frank Melton Gastonia N.C Wichita Cardinals the Sportsman Boston Globe Lefty Grove Red Sox

Halas to phone Osmanski on pro contract bid

Chicago Bears owner coach George Halas said he would telephone Bill Osmanski in New York on Saturday about a pro contract Osmanski, Holy Cross fullback, had spoken with Halas after a prominent role in the college all star game and had indicated a willingness to consider coaching instead of playing professionally

Chicago George Halas Chicago Bears Bill Osmanski Holy Cross Osmanski New York Halas

Major League Box Scores St Louis and Chicago

Summary of box scores shows St Louis 3 Chicago 2 with Warneke winning for Chicago and Cooper notes. Key plays include Mize two-base hit and Medwick multiple hits for St Louis. Pittsburgh best Cincinnati 7 to 1 with Lombardi homering twice and Elliott adding a homer for Pittsburgh.

St. Louis Chicago Brown Hack S.martin Herman Slauter O'Gaian Medwick O Gleeson Mize L Nicholson Moore O'Hartnett Gut'idge G.russell Owen Mattick Cooper Ijl Lee Padgett Ol. Reynolds Lary Warneke Lee Edgisses Spotke Slaughter S. Martin Gleeson Hartnett Martin G. Russell Ballanfant Dunn Stark Kiep

Placeholder headline reflecting late inning substitutions

The record notes multiple late game substitutions with players batted for in the sixth and tenth innings. It mentions a run scored for the winning team in the 10th and adjustments including rewift running in the 6th.

Thompson Tone Susce Klinger Rewift

Baseball box score highlights with Ostermueller defeat in error filled game

The game featured Gordon and Dahlgren among listed batters with New York seven bases to Boston six. Ostermueller allowed seven hits in 2 2/3 innings and took the loss while Pearson earned the win. Umpires were Pipgras Basil and Summers. Time not provided.

Gordon Dahlgren Finney Peacock Cronin Rolfe Taber Doerr Foxx New York Boston Ostermueller Pearson LeFebvre Hildebrand

Detroit and Cleveland battle in 9 run slugfest

Greenberg hits a pair of homers and Cullenbine adds a long drive as Detroit defeats Cleveland 9 to 8. Cullenbine Trosky and Grimes drive in runs while Fox, Keltner and Weatherly pace Cleveland’s scorers. Hutchinson takes the loss after 6 innings.

Detroit Cleveland Croucher Rowe Thomas Sescsecess Fox Keltner Campbell Greenberg Cullenbine Trosky Weatherly McCosky Grimes Harder Higgins Hudlin Blichte Schaseee Hutchinson

Chicago and St Louis Face Off In Baseball Doubleheader

In a two game set Chicago and St Louis battled with Abhor Bho Rejma leading Chicago and Rob Rosenthal delivering a homer for St Louis. McNair Harshany and Walker drove in runs while Laabs and Bejma contributed key hits. The first game ended with Chicago 8 St Louis 4 and the second saw St Louis prevail 11 to 9.

Chicago St. Louis Rejma Sipeettnes Redeiff Hoag Re'vich Appling N.ss St'bacher Schlueter CiRenseds Pas Os Lyons Walker Harshany McNair Heffner Ralitt Rosenthal Bejma Penmeeres Orifices Lyons Clift Mets Ang Arshany On Louis Lawson Ree Pete ‘S Paless Kramer Trott Lawson Trotter Bitcher—Lawson McGowan, Grieve Quinn

Giants Top All Stars 10 0 In Charity Game

New York Giants dominated the eastern All-Stars 10 to 0 in a charity contest. Leemans, Gelatka and Strong led the scoring with a 7 0 halftime lead and a third period field goal, while the All-Stars fought hard but stalled.

NEW York Giants Giants Leemans Karcis Gelataka Ken Strong Strong All-Stars

Standings and Results in American League Baseball

Standings show teams with records and games behind. Thursday results include Cleveland 9 Detroit 8 and New York 5 Philadelphia 1. Friday schedule lists Washington at Boston and other games.

L. Pet. YS New York Boston Asus Chicago Cleveland St. Louis Troit Pet Philapiphie Louis Gans Washington Rye

Sports scores and upcoming games in late season standings

The excerpt shows scattered team records with percentages for Cincinnati Chicago New York Philadelphia Boston and others, then lists upcoming games for Friday including Brooklyn at Philadelphia Cincinnati at Pittsburgh Chicago at New York and New York at Boston. The text reads like a brief scoreboard digest from a sports section.

W. L. Pet Cincinnati Azo St. Louis Ben Chicago Boston New York Philadelphia York Cineinnatt Caginns Schedu Brooklyn Incinnati Pittsburgh Chicago

Unclear sports scores scattered across cities

Fragmented OCR text lists multiple city abbreviations and numbers without clear context or complete sentences. It appears to contain basketball or sports scoring data among Kansas City Louisville Minneapolis Milwaukee Columbus St Paul Toledo Indianapolis and others, but lacks coherent structure or identifiable outcomes.

Kan. City Louisville Min Apolis Milwaukee Anapolis Columbus St. Paul Toledo Kansas City Indianapolis

Reds Fail to Sustain Drive in Narrow Loss to Pirates

In New York, the Reds squander a 5-0 lead as Bob Elliott and Maurice Van Robay drive in four runs, sending Cincinnati to an 8-7 11th-inning defeat to Pittsburgh. Elliott scores the deciding run after Gamble mishandles a ball. Hartnett sets a catching record elsewhere in the league.

Reds Bob Elliott Maurice van Kuys International League Pittsburgh Pirates Elliott van Robay Pirates van Robays Gamble Blanton Klinger Swift Sewell Rhinelanders Cardinals Cubs Gabby Hartnett Carl Hubbell Bees Giants

Cedar Rapids Gun Club Announces Special Shoot

The Cedar Rapids Air-Way Gun club will host a special shoot for hunters on Sunday. The program features 25 birds from the 16 yard line with prizes in classes A B and C under a high gun system. The event starts at 10 a.m. Shells may be purchased at the club.

Cedar Rapids

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