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Newspaper
Eldora Herald Ledger
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1951
Page
11
The first round of a nine hole handicap match play tournament at Pine Lake Country Club features 61 entries. The initial round must be completed by July 17 with finals as an 18 hole event. Pairings include Paul Tschirgi versus Bob Jackson and Dr. R C Rogers against Gene Modlin among others with handicaps shown in brackets.
In Friday action Central States and Tull's Dreamers remained atop the league as Dreamers beat Southsideers 15 7 after a nine run fourth inning. Eastside Marathon edged Conrad 9 8 with a five run fifth. Don Larson and Dick Camp earned wins.
Jim Hauser and Clark Bramwell topped the field in the weekly men's handicap stag golf tournament at Pine Lake Country Club Tuesday. Other winners included Bill Lewis Harrison Wolcott Ned Fagg Dr Norman Kunath John Starr Dick Lever in Ray Griffel Bob Brown and Father L V McDonough.
The Eldora municipal band will perform a concert tomorrow at 8 p m on the school grounds. The program includes Monterey March Janus Overture A Mighty Fortress Our God Merry Men Selection Right of Way March Polonaise in A flat Ive Been Workin on the Railroad Lovers Community Club March My Buddy Crosley March Blue Skies Gridiron March and more.
The Radcliffe semi pros schedule three Mid-State league games this week. They travel to Nevada tonight for a league clash, host the Marshalltown Ansons at Radcliffe tomorrow night, and skip Friday with Hubbard visiting the West Hardin diamond for an all county tilt.
Radcliffe led the Mid-State loop after a 5-2 victory over Slater Friday night. Home runs fueled the west Hardin nine as they posted a fifth straight win and improved to 12-3. Dave Topp and Gene Hackbarth homered for the victors while Rod Sutter connected once for Slater. Sutter’s homer opened scoring in the top of the first.
Radcliffe built a 3-1 lead with Topp driving in runs on a bases loaded hit, while Slater added a run in the eighth. Neumann earned the win, with Hackbarth finishing after starting. Radcliffe totaled five hits as West Hardin lost shortstop Larry Dubberke to a wrist injury during batting practice.
Tonight Radcliffe faces Nevada followed by Wednesday cliffe in a series of semi pro games. Friday features Hubbard at Radcliffe with junior Legion Eldora at State Center and softball matchups including Central States versus Eastside Marathon Southold against Southside Marathon. Postponed games include V F W versus Central States from June 26.
Local parish event summary notes Eldora facing Southside Marathon and Eastside Marathon in recent league action. Wally’s and Tuill’s performances highlighted by Tuill’s 15 points while New States 7 and Yeath Old 4 had notable showings.
Marshalltown '9' Hands Juniors suffer Eldora's first junior Legion defeat 2-1. Don Finger walked two and an error in the fourth scored the decisive run. Jerry Kopel held Eldora to one hit. Kopel and Schuler supported a two run top by Marshalltown in the first. Eldora's Finger took the loss. Both teams had three errors. Marshalltown next plays Grundy Center on July 16 after a Radcliffe game. Line score shows three errors for each side and Kopel's one hitter.
Eldora's Midgets, aged 9 to 12, defeated Whitten 8-4 after trailing 4-1 entering the sixth inning. Roger Yordy took the loss with eight strikeouts as manager Bob Hauser’s Whitten squad carried a lead into the final frame before Eldora surged to the win at Conrad Thursday evening.
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