Western League Sets Playoff Start and Keokuk Return
Western league votes to send Keokuk back to Omaha with Larry Harlan gaining approval to relocate. Playoff openers set for Tuesday with St. Joseph at Des Moines and Davenport at Sioux City. First round best of five, then four of seven for pennant. six clubs likely next season.
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Larry Harlan
Lincoln
Neb
Keokuk
Omaha
Montrose Hotel
St. Joseph
Des Moines
Davenport
Sioux City
Council Bluffs
W. G. Bramham
National Association
Bramham
Harlan
Nebraska
Waterloo
Nebraska State League
Sioux Falls
S. C
Former Cedar Rapids Man Nets Monster San Diego Bass
Jimmy Stine, a former Cedar Rapids man connected with Warner Bros. studios, docked at a San Diego pier with a 175 pound black sea bass the largest caught in the area this year. He fished with a forty pound line and No 2 hook for an hour and a half to land the giant aboard the skiff Kingfisher. Stine and two companions also landed barracuda yellowtail and mackerel during the expedition.
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Cedar Rapids
Jimmy Stine
San Diego
Stine
Chicago Bears thrash Milwaukee team 58 to 0 in exhibition
The Chicago Bears of the NFL scored eight touchdowns and a safety to defeat the Badger All-Stars 58 to 0 in an exhibition at State Fair Park. The lopsided result showcased the Bears' powerful offense and stifling defense on a sunny Sunday.
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Milwaukee
Chicago Bears
Badger All-Stars
State Fairpark Sunny
SAY LAWSON LITTLE MAY TURN GOLF PRO
Expert sports writers split on Baer Louis fight outcome. If Louis loses, Lawson Little may turn pro to pursue golf for its prize money. The piece surveys multiple sports signals and notes bets, personalities, and forthcoming Cleveland major championship implications.
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Say Lawson Little
Eddie Brietz
Associated Press
New York
Louis
Lawson Little
Cleveland
Arch Ward
Jack Doyle
Giants
P. S
Joe Louis
Baer
Bill McKeehnie
Pittsburgh Pirates
Bo McMillin
Stagg
Big Ten
Fearer
Indiana
Mike Jacobs
Jimmy Johnston
Frank Thomas
Alabama
Pie Traynor
Frankie Parker
Fred Perry
Mercer Beasley
Joe Sweney
Worcester
Joey Wagner
Narragansett
Phillies
Jose Gomez
St. Louis
Bob Olin
John Henry Lewis
Jack Curley
Roderich Menzel
Wragsster
Charlie Dressen
Bill Terry
Jim Tierney
Giant
Joe Jacobs
Max
Schmeling
Dyersville Dutchmen Capture MVL Pennant in Playoff
Dyersville defeats Oxford Junction 7 to 0 to clinch the 1935 Maquoketa Valley league pennant in a second game playoff. Pitcher Gib Rubly allowed seven hits as M. Bright started for Oxford Junction and was relieved by Kranda after a rough first inning.
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Dyersville
Dyersville Dutchmen
Oxford Junction
Gib Rubly
Flinger
M. Bright
Kranda
R. Mizacur
Q. Bright
Mizauer
E. Willenberg
Koelker
Benke
J. McGregor
Rubly
Guthrie
Edward Brueckner
Stanley Threshers Sweep Conesville Kittenball Tourney
In Columbus Junction Iowa the Stanley Threshers won the Conesville melon day kittenball tourney final 4 to 0 over Hills. They earned a $20 prize after earlier wins Hills 2 Concord 1 and Stanley Threshers 4 Nichols 0. An Acme Colored Giants beat Ad Luska's All Stars 4 to 3 in a hardball game.
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Columbus Junction
Stanley Threshers
Conesville
Hills
Concord
Nichols
Fredonia
Standard Oilers
Acme Colored Giants
Ad Luska
Maynard Softballers Fall to Waterloo 11 9
Maynard Iowa Maynard boys kittenball team loses to Waterloo 11 to 9 on local grounds Friday evening.
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Maynard Softballers
Waterloo
the Gazette
Maynard
Ili
Athletics slump deepens as Mack faces future
Connie Mack weighs the A’s collapse to cellar status with three weeks left in the season. Rumors swirl he may sell star Jimmy Foxx and rebuild, possibly handing control to son Earle while Connie remains in an advisory executive role.
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Athletics
Connie Mack
A’s
Jimmy Foxx
Bob Johnson
Roger Cramer
Pinkey Higgins
Foxx
Mack
A's
Browns
Mackmen
Boston Red Sox
Philadelphia Treasury
Earle
Connie, Jr
Connie
Moline
Cedar Rapids
Rain Postpones Country Championship Upset Bid
Forest Hills N Y AP A rain storm halted the quarter final on the national singles tennis championship after Bitsy Grant led Budge 6 4 6 4 2 1 in the third set. Helen Jacobs and Mrs Sarah Fabyan advanced to the women’s final with Jacobs seeking a fourth straight title by defeating Kay Stammers and Phyllis Mudford King earlier.
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Forest Hills
N.Y
Grant
Don Rodge
Budge
West Side
Helen Hull Jacobs
Sarah Palfrey Fab~yan
Miss Jacobs
Massachusetts
Molla Bjurstedt Mallory
Fabyan
Great Britain
Phyllis Mudford King
O'Mahoney George Mat Match Postponed by Rain
In Boston the world heavyweight wrestling championship bout between Danno O'Mahoney and Ed Don George at Fenway Park was postponed indefinitely due to rain.
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Boston
Danno O’mahoney
Ed Don George
Fenway Park
Lucile Robinson Leads Field as Women’s Western Meet Opens
Chicago reports Virginia Van Wie skips a third 72 hole bid at Northmoor. Lucile Robinson of Des Moines joins a strong 60 entrant field for an 18 holes a day, four day event beginning Monday.
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Chicago
Northmoor Country Club
Virginia van Wie
Vani Wie
Lucile Robinson
Des Moines
Auburn Couple Injured in Cedar Rapids Highway Crash
Mr and Mrs H A Hodder of Auburn New York suffered fractured ribs and bruises in a Sunday afternoon crash on wet pavement three miles west of Cedar Rapids. Marian Douglas of Mitchell South Dakota drove the other car. she was uninjured. The Hodders were hospitalized as deputies investigated the accident reported to Sheriff Jim Smith's office.
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Auburn
N.Y
Hodder
Marian Douglas
Mitchell
S. D
Cedar Rapids
Jim Smith
Roy Radebaugh
Four In Army Plane Forced To Bail Out
Cadet U S Marvin and three other Army fliers bailed out after the Keystone bomber he piloted crashed near Enfield in King William County Virginia. Marvin said he did not know the fate of the other three or the aircraft as he was bringing the plane from Pittsburgh to Langley Field. The three others were identified as Sergeant Johns Corporal Conner and Private Murdock.
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Langley Field
U. S. Marvin
U. S. Army Air Corps
Keystone
Enfield
King William County
Pittsburgh
Johns
Conner
Murdock
Hutchins Family Welcomes Second Daughter in Chicago
AP report notes a second daughter born Monday to Mrs. Robert Maynard Hutchins wife of the University of Chicago president. The Hutchins have a nine year old daughter Frances. Mrs Hutchins was Maude Phelps McVeigh of Bay Shore Long Island before her 1921 marriage.
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Chicago
Robert Maynard Hutchins
University of Chicago
Hutchins
Frances
Maude Phelps McVeigh
Bay Shore
Long Island
Manchester And Coggon Stopped By Wet Grounds
Wet grounds at the local airport caused the Sunday game between Coggon and Manchester to be canceled for the time being.
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Manchester
Coggon
Jupiter Pluvius
Cookers Demonstrated by Dietitian at Sears Store
Herbert Reed dietitian will demonstrate pressure cookers twice daily this week at 10 am and 3 pm at the Sears Roebuck store. He will cook a complete meal in about ten minutes and distribute samples to attendees. A question and answer forum follows the demonstrations.
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Herbert Reed
Dietitian
Sears, Roebuck Company
Reed
Sheriff Returns Selby Jones to Cedar Rapids on Forgery Charge
Sheriff Jim Smith and Deputy Larry Condon brought Selby Jones 25 of Monrovia Indiana back to Cedar Rapids from Lewisburg West Virginia to face a forged instrument charge. Jones waived extradi tion and was jailed after a $20 travelers check from B Fitzimmons Fairfield appeared. Separate four woman shoplifting case in Cedar Rapids district court led to larceny pleas due Tuesday with bonds set at $1500 each.
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Jim Smith
Larry Condon
Selby Jones
Monrovia
Ind
Cedar Rapids
Lewisburg
W. Va
Jones
West Virginia
G. K. Thompson
Express Company
H. C. Ring
Lilly M. Buck
Rose Campbell
Catherine Shutt
Louise M. Bennett
Bad Check Passer Sentenced In Cedar Rapids Case
Judge H C Ring in district court reduced a fifteen year indeterminate sentence to a one year county jail term for Frank McGarvey a 29 year old Cedar Rapids man on a forged instrument charge. He will be released after sixty days on good behavior after September 6. McGarvey allegedly passed bad checks at multiple Cedar Rapids establishments. County Attorney was involved.
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H. C. Ring
Anamosa Reformatory
Frank McGarvey
Cedar Rapids
McGarvey
Recommendation Based on McGarvey's Prior Record
Ney G. K. Thompson stated the recommendation were made due to McGarvey's earlier solid record.
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Ney G. K. Thompson
McGarvey
Linn County Court Opens Sept Term With Heavy Filings
The Linn county district court reveals 174 law and 243 equity civil cases filed for the September term. Clerk E W Lundquist notes the filings are the heaviest in several terms as Judge H C Ring of Cedar Rapids presides. The grand jury meets Monday morning and the petit jury is to report September 24.
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Linn County District Court
E. W. Lundquist
H. C. Ring
Cedar Rapids
Bond Reduced for Harold Mentzer in Car Motorman Robbery
Harold Mentzer 20 of 313 Eleventh Avenue SE faced a district court reduction of bail from 2000 to 500 on a robbery charge. He had earlier been released on his own bond February 1, revoked August 22, and returned to jail. The new order allows release upon bond filing for alleged January street car motorman robbery.
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Harold Mentzer
Eleventh Avenue SE
Mentzer
Roosevelt deplores spirit of violence after Long attack
President Roosevelt in Hyde Park condemned the spirit of violence after the attempt on Louisiana Senator Long. He said he deeply regrets the act and urged calm and dispassionate public discourse as essential in tackling national problems. Senator Long, a sharp critic of the administration, had signaled plans to run for president next year.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Senator Long
Louisiana
Long
Gunman Accused As Killer Hangs Self
New York AP reports Anthony Cugino known as Tony the Stinger, a Philadelphia gangster linked to eight killings, hanged himself in his cell just before midnight. He left a note for his wife Frances, and a rumor cites a tip from a jilted girl as triggering his arrest.
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New York
Anthony Cugino
Philadelphia
Tony the Stinger
Frances
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