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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1935
Page
16
Bill Corum reports Max Baer looks poor in preparation for the Joe Louis bout. Baer appears unable to box or hit, with critics questioning his form as expectations mount. Louis training and odds are discussed amid cautious speculation.
Special to The Gazette Iowa City Coach Ossie Solem moves into the second week of twice daily drills. Focus stays on blocking tackling and forward passing with limited team organization until late September. A likely morning afternoon scrimmage could hint at the unit strength with six first string passers including capt Dick Crayne Dwight Hoover Dick Bowlin Lawrence Haltom Ozzie Simmons and Bush Lamb.
Iowa Light and Power, 1935 M. J. league champions, beat a league All Stars pick 5 to 2 at Hill Park. A four run first inning started the Lighters, aided by five walks by Badger. Theisen worked 7 1 3 innings allowing four hits, Koch finished for the win. Stolen bases by Genin and Schneider highlighted the middle innings as Light Co. improved to 10 runs on 29 hits.
The Tama Toledo Golf Club defeated the Brooklyn club 27 to 18 in a Sunday tournament at Tama Toledo. Vanderwicken led Tama Toledo with 78 for 18 holes while McAninch of Brooklyn shot 36 for 9 holes. Thirty two players competed with multiple head to head matches concluding in a Tama Toledo win.
Waterloo Iowa defeated Hammond Indiana in two straight games to claim the National Softball Association title in St. Louis. Waterloo won 8 to 3 in game one and 4 to 1 in the final, extending their win streak to six games while handing Hammond their third straight tournament defeat. Kenele Biscane Galda Toveriney Linde and Broliier assisted Waterloo, with Speck and Brollier pitching for Hammond.
Williamsburg gains a win from Marengo as Carlton Lytle and Campbell Watts fall in doubles to Harry Colvin and Roland White 6-3 7-9 6-4. Lytle wins 6-0 6-1 over White while Watts beats Zentmire 6-3 6-0. A rematch is expected.
Thornburg High School baseball team defeated Keswick 14 to 8 Friday afternoon at Thornburg. Special to The Gazette.
The 36 year old Charley Root rose from relief to a starting role with the Chicago Cubs this season. He has won fourteen games contributing strongly to the team's early lead. The Cardinals face injuries to Dizzy Dean Paul Dean and Pepper Martin, hurting their title chances. Bill Corum questions Max Baer’s form ahead of a Louis fight, offering two explanations for Baer’s apparent decline.
A New York boxing official called Baer a big bum before he knocked out Carnera. St Louis Browns sold two top pitchers early season to raise cash, then acquired Solters Coleman and Lary from other clubs. By July 27 they were 28 58 but climbed to 58 30 22 the rest of the way. Al Simmons remains a puzzle as White Sox slump with .262 average while other regulars exceed him. Simmons salary nears $27 500 yearly, contract renewals loom for 1936.
New Vienna Cubs defeated Worthington Independents 12 to 4 at Dyersville park to clinch the first half championship of the Eastern Iowa amateur league. The win secures a spot in the final playoff, to be set in two or three weeks after the second half results. Herb Mescher hit a first inning homer as New Vienna built a commanding lead, with multiple runs in the fourth to sixth innings and a three-run burst in the ninth.
The Gazette reports Monticello Fall festival horse races with 2:20 pace won by Bobby Hoptimkin Frank Crippen of Eldora driving. second Franklin Direct T G Fraser Pilot Mound. third Ruth Russell D E Poole Richland Center. 2:10 trotting winner Aquila Bingen R D Wall Fremont Neb second Bonnie Leis Elmer Kay McCook Neb. 2:12 to 2:14 pace winners include Billy Makin F E Walden West Union second Oxford Boy Roy Correll Richland Center third Lee Hedgewood Hardy Friend Marshalltown fourth Gratton Boy Mike McInckney Agency Iowa.
Tama Indians beat Belle Plaine 1 0 in the final after opening 8 4 over Elberon and 3 1 over Victoria. Cedar Rapids scout Cyrial Slapnicka arranged Belle Plaine contracts for Charles Zellars and Bill Rucker of the Indians, with Cleveland Indians affiliation noted.
DES MOINES AP John Valentine chairman of the board of assessment and review said the board will confer with the attorney general's office to outline steps on the income tax controversy Whether to collect the second half due Oct 1 remains unsettled A Marshall county court declared the personal net income tax law unconstitutional and a temporary injunction restrained collections Frank Green a board member will discuss legal aspects with Attorney General E L OConnor State officials including Gov Clyde L Herr ing hope a final constitutional ruling may come before Oct 1
Des Moines AP union pickets closed J A Powers bakery plant Saturday and kept it shut Monday. Powers said he would not accept a closed shop and offered to negotiate, but union leaders would not meet. J W Soutter, trades and labor assembly secretary, said Powers refused to negotiate.
Manchester baseball team blanked Delhi 9 to 0 in a seven inning Sunday contest on the Delaware diamond. Heyer held Delhi to two hits while Anderson and Ochler allowed a combined ten hits and several runs. The win gave Manchester twelve victories in eighteen starts.
State Auditor C. W. Storms announced big cuts in current tax delinquencies in Black Hawk Washington and Woodbury counties after audits by George Miller. Black Hawk declined from 305726 to 236352, Washington from 120008 to 44146, Woodbury from 873460 to 414363, with a notable 36000 corporate delinquency erased. Storms noted an overall fall from 4036191 to 2090321 across 37 counties.
Iowa City moves to gain authority to regulate Ed Shea’s beer tavern west of the city limits. A district court petition asks dismissal of Shea’s bid to void annexation. Shea holds a temporary injunction blocking city regulation of the tavern.
Iowa City reports space reserved at the University of Iowa for about 100 transient men. President Eugene A. Gilmore said the university will cooperate with the federal government to provide education to these youths while they work on projects. They would study half time and spend the rest on building cottage dormitories.
About 1,500 freshmen arrived in Iowa City to start enrollment and classes for the new academic year. They will take a two hour qualifying examination and attend university events. Fraternity and sorority rushing activities are in progress with pledging planned through the week as classes set to begin September 23.
Des Moines delegates gathered to open the forty sixth annual convention of the National Association of Life Underwriters. The board of trustees and national council led meetings as registration and informal conferences continued, with invitations pending for the 1936 convention from Boston and Houston.
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