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Newspaper
Eldora Herald Ledger
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1949
Page
4
The association approved buying four additional lights to be installed at the diamond before next season's opening con filet. This move follows summer activity and aims to enhance field lighting for upcoming events.
In Eldora Friday night the Iowa State Training School eleven, filling an open date, upset the favored Eldora Tigers 13 to 12. Key plays included a 44 yard pass to Bob Amland and a Max Montz punt blocked by Bob Knowles for a Trainers touchdown, with Harrington and Kness fueling the late surge to seal the win.
Radcliffe High School will host the Hardin county sectional baseball tournament on the Radcliffe diamond September 24 26 and 28. Opening games next Saturday are daylight affairs with semi finals and finals at night. Other clubs entered include Roland McCalisburg Williams Ellsworth Randall Blairsburg and Fernald. Watch Friday's Index for complete details.
Montour toppled Whitten 12 to 11 to capture the Central Iowa league baseball tournament title at Marshalltown on Sunday. Key pitchers were hammered early as Montour built a 10-8 lead before Whitten's late surge. Final line shows Montour 12 hits and Whitten 11 with four Whitten hurlers taking the mound.
Radcliffe semi pro baseball finished the season Friday with 31 victories and 6 defeats. Max Mabie of Whitten pitched when Walt Topp was sidelined by a bee sting, limiting Rippey to four hits and driving Radcliffe with four hits including two homers. Mabie struck out 11, walked 3, and aided a five run second inning that built a big lead. Mabie added a second round-tripper in the fourth as Radcliffe posted another five in the fifth. Martyn Topp doubled in the fifth, with 13 total Radcliffe hits aided by numerous walks.
Eldora Tigers appoint freshman Harry Harrington and junior Beep Anderson to join a five man secondary rotation to handle ball-carrying duties. Harrington moves from junior high to fullback and Anderson shifts from guard to quarterback as they gain green experience after two games this season. Harrington weighs 189 pounds at 6-2 and has three years of competition ahead. Anderson is 188 pounds at 5-6 and will play one more season.
A blocked punt in the opening period set up a second quarter touchdown as Reinbeck Teachers High and Eldora faced Grundy Ackley Jaer in a North Iowa Cedar League jamboree. Eldora junior high reports 18 candidates with a four game schedule under Coach Warren Zimmerman. Fall baseball saw Union defeat New Providence 7-3 and Radcliffe beat Hubbard behind Barry Dubberke’s two hit pitching.
Cedar Falls Teachers travel Friday to Eldora to face the Tigers in the first conference game of the season. The Tutors lost 20-0 to Tama in their opener while Eldora fell 18-12 to Town Falls. Key players include Dick Holmes and Chuck Clawson for the Tutors and Barry Barrington for Eldora.
Farmers and stockmen rush to consign fed cattle as prices rise making Eldora Livestock Sales a preferred outlet. The sale offers a 2 percent commission on livestock to all consignors, signaling a broad incentive for sellers.
Private treaty entries arriving include 194 good quality Hereford heifer and steer calves from Havre Montana, 26 head of steers weighing 725 pounds. Sale order noted with no hogs and cattle categories led by milk cows breeding stock fat bulls veal calves stocker and feeder cattle fed heifers and neers butcher cows. Knowies Kramer and Heltibridle oversee the sale.
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