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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1948
Page
4
A humorous look at football lore contrasts with baseball, noting coaches who tell stories and players who work for a living. Iowa City anecdotes mix with Midwest scouting takes on Big Nine teams and distinctive coach quips from Detroit and Madison writers.
College results show St Marys Calif 32 Loyola Calif 3 and Canisius 61 St Francis Pa 0. Pro in AFL San Francisco Los Angeles 11 and Brooklyn 63 Charlotte Clippers 7. NL exhibition Chicago Cards 25 Pittsburgh 14 Chicago Bears 17 Washington 14. High school scores list many games across Iowa towns with mixed margins and key victors.
Cleveland drives in two wins over Philadelphia to climb in the AL pennant race as Boston, New York stumble. 75,382 attend at Cleveland for a 5-3 and 2-0 sweep. Doby hits a two run homer in the ninth to seal the opener, while Gromek and Boudreau hit homers in the nightcap.
East Iowa football features Wilson returning home to face Iowa City on Friday in the Mississippi Valley Conference. Franklin plays Clinton and Roosevelt visits Davenport. McKinley hosts Decorah, a top Northeast Iowa foe. Saturday recaps Davenport’s 13-0 win over Iowa City and East Waterloo’s 13-7 upset of Roosevelt with 15 seconds left. Eastern Town leaders West Branch and Wilton Junction post early marks while West Liberty opens league play against Wapello. South Iowa Cedar League races shift as Montezuma, Marengo win key games and conference standings adjust ahead of Marengo’s marathon Tuesday gathering.
Ke-Wash Wellman and North English each scored 52 points in a weekend Ke-Wash conference showcase. Wellman defeated non-league University High of Iowa City 52 to 7, while North English toppled Richland 52 to 0. Richland now prepares for Friday’s game with Wellman as North English travels to Keota.
In the Northeast Iowa conference three of eight teams remain unbeat en, with Decorah scoring 73 in two games and Oelwein 66 in two. Waverly won 39-0 over New Hampton and then lost 14-6 to Cedar Rapids Wilson, despite 12 first downs. Upcoming clashes begin Oct 15 with Decorah at Oelwein, then Oelwein at Waverly Oct 29, Decorah at Waverly Nov 4.
Elkader’s 37 game winning streak stayed intact after Bob Kurdelmeier’s four yard TD run with three minutes left in a 7-0 victory over Maynard. Postville hammered Sumner 33-0 to become the top scorer in northeast Iowa with 88 points in two games. West Union beat Fayette 18-6 and Elkader, Postville, and West Union lead the Upper Iowa standings.
Maquoketa travels to Anamosa as Monticello hosts Ahion and Monticello. Anamosa rested last week for the dedication of their new lighting system. Maquoketa routed Vinton 39 to 0 behind 372 yards rushing and four touchdown runs by Gerald Mayberry 20 32 50 and 70 yards. Monticello and Marion posted their second wins with Monticello edging Manchester.
Tuesday and Friday schedules list games across SOUTH NOWA CEDAR SOUTH IOWA CEDAR UPPER IOWA EASTERN IOWA HAWKEYE NORTHEAST IOWA and OTHER SCHOOLS. Matchups include MAR MARENGO FRANKLIN CLINTON ROOSEVELT DAVENPORT TOWN CITY WILSON WATERLOO MASON CITY W WATERLOO WAMAC VINTON INDEPENDENCE MANCHESTER TIPTON MAQUOKETA ANAMOSA MARION MONTICELLO BELLE PLAINE BROOKLYN GRINNELL TAMA ELKADER FAYETTE WAUKON MAYNARD POSTVILLE ELRIN SUMNER WEST UNION NORTH ENGLISH KEOTA WEST CHIC Kalona WIlliamsburg RICHLAND WELLMAN MT VERNON UNIVERSITY HIGH WINFIELD NEW LONDON LONE TREE WEST BRANCH OCERE JOHAN SC SICOURNEY WANELLA WEST LIBERTY OELWEIN NEW HAMPTON WAVERLY CRESCO CHARLES CITY DECORAH MC KINLEY ARLINGTON TRIPOL REINBECK AND OTHERS.
Cedar Rapids Knights of Columbus beat Davenport KC 2-0 behind Gene Dyson's two hit pitching at Ellis Park Sunday afternoon. Cedar Rapids finished Eastern Iowa KC league play undefeated at 6-0 and will be honored at a 6 p.m. banquet Thursday at the KC hall.
Glass D X won the Marion Softball Association championship by beating the American Legion 7-3 Sunday night. Springville beat the Naval Reserve 3-2 and the Springville 13 year old team topped the Marion Shamrocks 6-5 in other Sunday games.
Coe College football coach Dick Clausen told Cedar Rapids Rotary at the Roosevelt hotel luncheon that sports writers predict a cellar finish but he says they are not conceding. He stressed the team’s fate depends on the players’ desire to win this season.
Marengo defeats Dysart to claim the East Central Iowa baseball championship while Delaware County honors Hopkinton and Delhi in the playoff series with Hopkinton prevailing 43 to Delhi.
The National League standings list teams Boston Brooklyn St Louis Pittsburgh New York Philadelphia Cincinnati Chicago with scattered records. Sundays results include Brooklyn 3 Chicago 1 Boston 3 Cincinnati 2 Philadelphia 5 Pittsburgh 6 2 St Louis 1 3 New York 3 1. Projections show Monday day night games Pittsburgh at Philadelphia Cincinnati at Boston Chicago at Brooklyn.
In Sunday results Detroit beat Boston and St Louis defeated New York while Cleveland Philadelphia Washington and Chicago posted wins The daily schedule shows Monday matchups with Boston at Detroit New York at St Louis Philadelphia at Cleveland and games Tuesday Boston at Detroit Washington at Chicago with no further games listed.
KCRG will air the Zale Cerdan middleweight title bout starting at 9 p.m with a 6 45 p m recording of the Wally Ris celebration in Iowa City. Bob Brooks KCRG sports director notes the Olympian swimming champion was welcomed back Sunday by fellow students.
Marengo clinched the East Central Iowa League baseball title by routing Dysart 15-0 in the final playoff at 1,700 fans. Frank Stastny pitched a two hitter, losses tally shows Dysart was shut out as Marengo piled up 23 hits led by Marvin Bendorf with six hits in six plate appearances. Vern Carey Hank Johnson and Glen Medhus added three apiece.
The Cedar Rapids Softball Association banquet honors league and city champions and the 1948 outstanding player. It will be Wednesday at the Z C B J hall at 7 pm with players and spouses invited. Tickets must be reserved with Warren Olson by 9 pm tonight.
The Mexican Baseball League has quit after money losses and player desertions. No further games are scheduled. Notable defectors include Max Lanier of the St. Louis Cardinals and Mickey Owen of the Brooklyn Dodgers, who left during the 1946 season.
Marcel Cerdan and promoter Andy Niederreiter clashed over terms for the Tuesday night middleweight title bout with Tony Zale in Jersey City. Niederreiter sought 17 percent of net proceeds instead of the prior guaranteed $50,000 for Cerdan.
Cedar Rapids star Dick Hobel in the CeMar bowl midget program drew 5,526 fans as he and Danny Kladis of Davenport traded the lead five times in the feature. Hobel spun on lap 17 giving Kladis the victory. Hobel finished second with Paul Newkirk third. The night highlighted heats and handicaps where Kladis dominated, plus Hall and Young delivering strong runs.
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