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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1932
Page
10
Babe Ruth faces possible appendicitis with no immediate operation. Dr. Edward A. King ordered 24 hours in bed for further tests, aiming to decide on surgery after a cautious evaluation. Ruth hopes to be recovered in time to play in his tenth World Series with the Yankees.
Davenport extended its two game lead in the Mississippi Valley league by defeating Rock Island 8 to 6. The Blue Sox led with three runs in the second and three more in the fourth before the Islanders rallied and chased Lefty Touhey in the ninth.
Chicago Cubs beat Atlanta 4 1 in the opener as Charley Root and Bob Brown led a pitching duel. In the nightcap Brooklyn defeated Pittsburgh as Wally Berger hit his 16th homer, narrowly tumbling the Braves to a 3 2 loss. The Cubs gained a half game in the standings while Pittsburgh faltered.
In a dramatic Navin Field twin bill the Yankees won 6 to 4 in fourteen innings then tied the nightcap 7 to 7 after Earl Webb halted play in the seventh. Gehrig, Dickey and Crosetti delivered for New York with timely hits as Babe Ruth missed the first game due to illness.
In Hills New York Ellsworth Vines of California Henri Cochet of France Wilmer Allison of Texas and Clifford Sutter of New Orleans advanced to the semi finals of the fifty first annual men’s national tennis championship. Priday Vines faces Sutter and Cochet meets Allison with a likely final Saturday pairing.
The United States Golf Association will discontinue its experimental golf course culture station at A. D. Lasker private course in Suburban West Lake Forest due to budget revision. The project will end by October, per Dr. John Monteith, announced at the U S G A green section district meeting.
City of Cedar Rapids Iowa invites sealed proposals for reinforcing concrete paving on 24th Street Drive Southeast from 1st Avenue to 2nd Avenue Linn County. Bids due September 26 1932 with 10 percent bid deposit. Council may reject all bids and must begin by October 5 1932 and finish by October 25 1932.
Waterloo ends its home campaign with a 7 to 4 win over Keokuk as Seldon Bryant allows seven hits in the fifth inning. Gregory starts for Waterloo while Bryant, the Keokuk rookie, departs for Columbus of the American Association after the game. The contest lasts 1 hour 13 minutes, a likely Sippi league record.
Joe Hare limited the Tigers to four hits as Moline swept the Dubuque series 7-2. Three Plows homers, two in the first inning, powered ten late-season circuit clouts in four games. Brookyln Dodgers take 12 2 win over Pirates to clinch series 2 1 and season series 12 10. Frank O Doul collects four hits with two homers in four at bats, driving his season total to 200. Earl Grace ends a 444 game streak without an error, a new record.
Six month old Dianne Lemmon is identified as Oakland California’s first infant to receive foothprint confirmation marking a landmark in early child identification efforts.
Philadelphia defeats St Louis 3 to 0 as Hurst belts his 23rd homer with two on in the first inning. Bartell doubles Klein singles and Hurst clears the bases before Benge limits the Cards to three hits and five strikeouts.
The Bunnies lost the final game of the series to Burlington 7 to 4 as Keokuk looms in the opener of the concluding slate. Harold Trosky homered for Burlington to spark the win while Seghi answered with a ninth inning homer for the Bunnies. Widespread gate discounts announced for Friday to Sunday games accompany the Cedar Rapids season action.
The Oklahoma City Indians beat the Tulsa Oilers 5 to 2 in the second game of the Western League playoff in Tulsa. Oklahoma City previously won 5 to 2 in the first game, with Wood Powers Jennings Jones and Chadwick contributing for OKC. Tulsa holds the first half title in the pennant race.
Twelve hurt after a temporary bleacher section at a prize fight site collapsed in Ottumwa Iowa injuring spectators. Charles Carlson of Ottumwa suffered a broken leg as Eddie Anderson of Des Moines and Mike Dundee of Rock Island watched the event.
Fragment shows varied scores and teams including Chicago Boston Philadelphia St Louis Cincinnati New York and Pittsburgh. Mentions rain and only scheduled games with matchups like Cincinnati at York and St Louis at Philadelphia. No clear single event or outcome due to damaged text.
The standings show New York 9 percent, Detroit 6-7, Cleveland 2-3, St. Louis 5-8, Chicago 4-3, and Boston 2-9 with several tied and partial records. Thursday’s results include New York 6 Detroit 4 in a split, Cleveland beating Chicago 2-3 in extra innings, and St. Louis defeating Boston 3-4 in 10 innings. Friday matchups list New York at Detroit, Boston at Washington, and St. Louis at Boston.
A damaged OCR snippet shows scattered scores and team abbreviations including Kansas City, Columbus, Toledo, Milwaukee, Louisville, St. Paul, and Indianapolis. Heavily garbled numbers and stray letters obscure dates and contexts, leaving uncertainty about matchups, dates, and final results.
A fragmentary baseball recap lists players Ling, Rothrock, Warstier, Watwood and others. Mentions a double play unassisted, a warstier to Olson to Alexander sequence, Hayes to Sullivan, bases left on balls, a wild pitch by Lyons, and a losing pitcher Kline.
Monte Weaver in his rookie major league season earned his 20th win as the Washington Senators defeated the St. Louis Browns 3 to 1. Weaver yielded four hits and the Browns' lone run was unearned. Carl Reynolds collected a triple and two singles in four at bats. Washington.
Ted Lyons pitched and batted the White Sox to a 4 to 3 win over the Boston Red Sox in ten innings. Lyons allowed six scattered hits and singled in the tenth, scoring on Hayes' sacrifice and a misplayed ball to edge Boston.
Chicago AP reports arrangements for an international golf match between Argentina and the United States as part of the 1933 World's Fair sports program. Jose Jurado, a top Argentine golfer, is expected to lead the Argentine team.
Benny Leonard of New York halted Jimmy Abbott of New York in a boxing match. The report also mentions Rock Ioana I and Eadie Andee, with Casper in Wre and Verne Butler of Boone owning Buddy Kearns of Denver in a separate context.
Oliver Sansen, captain and fullback of the 1931 University of football team, reported to Coach Benny Friedman of the Brooklyn football Dodgers at their training camp in Lakewood New Jersey.
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