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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1935
Page
2
Lawson Little and fellow stars dominated the opening day of the National Amateur Golf Meet at a soggy course. Little held off a strong challenge from a top rival as the crowd watched a dramatic early-round finish and a series of birdies keying his lead.
In a frankava of praise the column lauds Dizzy Dean as the best pitcher since Walter Johnson. Dean predicts twenty five wins, then achieves them with a four run shutout, signaling a potential thirty game season while noting spring struggles and confidence returns.
Postponed games affect the Eastern Iowa League with unclear notes on dates and participating teams. Fragmentary text mentions schools and officials but lacks finalized schedules or reasons.
Chicago reports the Big Ten renews practice as schools dust off uniforms ahead of Sept 28 openers. Ohio State, led by coach Francis Schmidt, tops expectations with most of last year’s stars returning. Illinois and Minnesota also projected strong. Northwest, Purdue, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Michigan prepare new lineups and backfields as teams seek peak form for the season.
Monticello High announces a new football lineup with tall players returning this season. Key positions include end, captain, and weight-focused roles. staff plan a stronger schedule for the upcoming year.
Michael of Iowa City captured the slow five target pistol match with 187 points out of 200 during the National Rifle Matches at Camp Perry. The event featured trophy shoots for marksmen including the Winchester and Western contests. The report notes a Hebrides island anecdote of a visitor from Scotland signing a notebook.
Standings show Davenport Sioux City St Joseph Cedar Rapids Des Moines Keokuk and others with varying wins losses and percentages. Monday and Sunday results note rainouts and matchups including St Louis New York Philadelphia Boston Chicago and Pittsburgh with games scheduled for Tuesday.
Sunday washouts ended the Raiders and Keokuk schedule with no impact on standings. The canceled games aimed to boost attendance and revenue, as fans missed the doubleheader in fair weather potential. Cap Crossley planned to stay a few days before leaving for Quincy NL, while most players headed home.
Vic Bass of Fairfield won the Clinton open by one stroke over Jack Hall as a 27 hole event in steady rain. Bass shot 110, with the first 18 holes in 70. Art Andrews was third with 115, and Charles Fish and Vernon Waldorf led amateur flight. Dave Bonella finished sixth with 117.
Edward Harris Coy known as Ted Coy a Yale football legend and coach died at New York hospital from lobar pneumonia at 47. He played fullback and captained Yale against Harvard and Princeton and was named to Walter Camp’s All American teams in 1908 and 1909.
Solon CCC defeated McGregor CCC 2-0 in Iowa City as Lee Anash pitched a no hitter. It marked the club's sixteenth win in nineteen starts. Next Saturday Solon CCC meets Decorah in Iowa City after beating Lisbon the previous Monday.
Approximately sixty to seventy Iowa football candidates received equipment on Monday as the 1935 season nears. Coach Ossie Solem and staff, joined by end mentor Edward Lynch, plan opening practice on the new field at Hawkeye Stadium with sessions closed to the public and reporters. Two-a-day practices run until classes resume on Sept. 23. Alumni rallies are scheduled in 53 cities with additional luncheon plans in Clinton Knoxville Dubuque Sioux City Fort Dodge Council Bluffs and Garner.
Monona Iowa white sox champions of the Northeast Iowa league defeated Farmersburg 7-6 on Sunday. A ninth inning rally produced four runs but fell short as Jaimes led the attack with a triple and key hits.
Slim Willie MacFarlane, 45, of Tuckahoe N Y, set course records and won the Glens Falls Open with a 274 total fourteen under par after final rounds of 67 and 66. He had previously defeated Bobby Jones in the 1925 national open.
Documentary evidence shows a brood of pigeons hatched in France from English eggs flew straight back to Britain despite never having set eyes on the country before.
Chicago Cubs win game one 5 1 and take game two 2 1 from the Boston Braves to extend their streak to six. Detroit defeats Washington 5 4 in seven innings when rain ends game early while New York tops Cleveland 5 3 behind Saltzgauer and Selkirk.
Milwaukee and St Paul listings show teams Braxton Polk Detorai Trow Munter Glujlant facing Kansas City Minneapolis and others. Night games include Columbus at Indianapolis Toledo at Louisville postponed due to rain with multiple club pairings and dates noted.
On Frank Frisch's 37th birthday the St. Louis Cardinals lost 4 to 3 to Philadelphia. Medwick extended his hitting streak to 26 games with two RBIs, while Chicago and New York results altered the NL standings. The Phillies capitalized with a three-run fifth and added an insurance run in the eighth as Curt Davis spun seven strong innings. Frisch received a birthday bouquet and the team sang to him in the clubhouse.
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