Big League Managers Given New Security
Managers of several major league clubs secure new contracts as a wave of signings reshapes the 1940 managerial lineup. Oscar Vitt to Cleveland and Del Baker to Detroit signal stability while veterans McCarthy Mack Cronin and Harris remain secure. The timing follows a rare midseason shift that included two-hitter Higbe and routs by the Yankees and Cubs as the pennant race hush settles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Vitt
del Baker
Judson Bailey
Associated Press
Cleveland Indians
Detroit Tigers
Play Continues in Geneva Tourney This Tippler Had Excuse for Spree
A Columbia man faced a police court for drunkenness while on the way to see Columbia Reds in the South Atlantic league. He admitted drinking. the defense argued the motive, and the case was dismissed by the recorder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia, S. C
Columbia Reds
Columbia
Mitchell Beats Meerdink in Labor Day Golf Classic
Mitchell defeats Meerdink 1 up in a tight 18 hole clash at Geneva Golf and Country Club as Boldt and Mueller secure second round spots. Spratt and Narvis win in the second flight, with qualifying scores rising to 34 for the all city championship at Mad Creek.
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Divors
Geneva Golf and Country Club
Mad Creek
Mitchell
George Meerdink
R. A. Mitchell
Homer Mueller
George Boldt
Mueller
Ed Gallagher
Boldt
Wayne Eckhardt
C. P. Phillips
Clayton Boston
John Wessels
L. J. Perigo
Art Umlandt
Lucy Umlandt
Geneva
Velma Umiandt
Lyle Mason
Fred Messenger
L. A. Schnack
Ray Brockway
Herb Freese
Frank Chandler
Sarazen Tops Field In Dapper Dan Open At Wildwood
Gene Sarazen, the famed Brookfield rider, fired a four under par 66 to set a new course record at Wildwood Country Club and take a two stroke lead at the half way point in the $10,000 Dapper Dan open. He praised his putting as the key and led after 36 holes with 137.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Gene Sarazen
Wildwood Country Club
Brookfield
Conn
Sarazen
Ray Mangrum
Gene
Okoboji Golf Meet Opens with Cordingly Leading
William Cordingly of Des Moines held the lead with a 139 as the Lake Okoboji Golden Mashie tournament began in West Okoboji Iowa. Tied for second at 143 were Gaylord Crowell of Des Moines and Johnny Kraft of Oelwein, with 152 or lower needed for championship flight advancement.
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West Okoboji
William Cordingly
Des Moines
Okoboji Lakes
Gaylord Crowell
Os Moines
Johnny Kraft
Oelwein
Iowa Names Eddie Anderson Hawkeye Coach
Omaha dispatch reports the University of Iowa hires Eddie Anderson, former Holy Cross mentor, as head football coach. Frank Leahy of Boston College says Anderson may lift Iowa to the Big Ten front rank within three years with average conference material. Anderson travels with his mother Mrs. Mary Leahy and sister to Sioux City and Spirit Lake for a coaching school tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
University of Iowa
Eddie Anderson
Holy Cross
Hawkeye
Frank Leahy
Boston College
Leahy
Mary Leahy
Hubert Starr
Sioux City
Spirit Lake
Anderson
Mize Takes Lead in Batting Race
New York AP reports Johnny Mize of the St. Louis Cardinals moved into the National League batting lead by pushing past Morrie Arnovich of Philadelphia as Arnovich slipped from .351 to .344. Joe DiMaggio remains the American League leader at .392, while Bob Johnson of Philadelphia rose to .351. The stat line lists top NL and AL leaders with players and averages across the season stretch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Johnny Mize
Morrie Arnovich
Phillies
St. Louis Cardinals
Arnovich
Mier
Joe DiMaggio
Bob Johnson
Philadelphia Athletics
Migs
Phil
McCormick, Cin
Bonura
N. Y
Medwick
St. L
Hassett
Bos
SeeeeiEs Bk Ns
Goodman, Cin
Garms
Demaree
Pet
DiMaggio
Ios
Foxx
Johnson
McQuinn
Gehringer
Det
Walker
Chi
Doerr
Case
Wash
Lewis
McNair
Y's Men to contest club championship at Mad Creek
Members of the Y's Men’s club will vie for the club championship in an annual tournament at Mad Creek Golf Course. Start is 1 p.m. Sunday with players in foursomes, handicap holes decided by lot after play. Winners receive golf balls in the tournament and blind bogey. arrangements are by Leland Horst, Kenneth Hathaway and Ted Harte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y’s
Mad Creek
Leland Horst
Kenneth Hathaway
Ted Harte
Canadian boxing titles fall in featherweight and flyweight bouts
Quebec Dave Castilloux, aged 128, stopped for the Canadian featherweight crown. Detroit opponents Town Smith and Aurelian Lamothe delivered knockouts in flyweight action, with 134 pound Mansfield Dri Skell defeating Smith and Lamothe securing the Canadian flyweight title.
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Quebec
Dave Castilloux
Mansfield Driskell
Detroit
Aurelian Lamothe
Town Smith
Modern Dairy Nine Beats CYO 6-2 in Muscatine League
Amy Atkins allowed two hits and struck out seven as Modern Dairy defeated CYO 6 to 2 at Fletcherfield Friday afternoon in the Muscatine junior baseball league. Key hits came from B Byrne with a third inning double and Rininsland with a single. Schedule lists multiple games through Friday August 18 with Modern Dairy facing Buick Garage and other matchups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amy Atkins
Modern Dairy
CYO
Fletcherfield
Muscatine
Muscatine Recreation Project
Bob Ahlf
CYO Club
B. Byrne
Rininsland
Atkins
Cedar Rapids Extends Lead In Three-Eye Loop Pennant Race
Cedar Rapids defeated Clinton 9 to 1 as Naymick threw a one hit gem to boost the Iowa club in the Three-Eye league. Evansville lost to Bloomington 3 to 1, Springfield and Decatur were rained out, and Waterloo beat Moline 7 to 4, keeping Cedar Rapids three games ahead.
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Cedar Rapids
Associated Press
Iowa Nine
Clinton
Naymick
Evansville
Bloomington
Springfield
Decatur
Waterloo
Moline
Major Heroes Shine in Key Baseball Wins
Walter Higbe threw a two hit game to lift the Phillies past the Giants. Buck Newsom fanned 11 and drove in the winning run as the Tigers beat the Browns 4-3. Bill Lee earned his 14th win with a six hit outing for the Cubs over the Pirates.
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Walter Higbe
Phillies
Giants
Buck Newsom
Tigers
Browns
Bill Lee
Cubs
Pirates
Change at Tipton Renames Lumber Firm McClung-Hedges
Charles E. Hedges, longtime owner of Hedges Lumber Co. Mount Vernon, buys L G Chrysler interest in McClung Chrysler Lumber Co. Tipton. The firm becomes The McClung-Hedges Lumber Co with Vincent Gough joining the partnership.
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Tipton
Charles E. Hedges
Hedges Lumber Co
Mount Vernon
L. G. Chrysler
McClung-Chrysler Lumber Co
McClung-Hedges Lumber Co
Vincent Gough
Edith Estabrooks Faces Williams in Western Women Final
In the thirty-ninth Western Women's Closed Golf Championship at Oakland Hills, Edith Estabrooks 18 of Dubuque and Ellamae Williams 22 of Chicago vie for the title after each defeated final-round rivals. Williams beat Elizabeth Hicks 3 and 1. Estabrooks beat Mrs. Russell Mann one up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Oakland Hills Country Club
Ellamae Williams
Eddie Williams
Chicago
Edith Estabrooks
Bunker Hill
Dubuque
Birdie
Miss Williams
Elizabeth Hicks
Long Beach
Calif
Miss Estabrooks
Russell Mann
Milwaukee
Illinois
Iowa
Oakland Hills
Patty Berg
Minneapolis
Miss Hicks
Mrs. Mann
National League Statistical Leaders Snapshot
Batting leader Mize of St Louis hits .346 with 142 hits by McQuinn of St Louis. Cincinnati dominates RBIs with McCormick at 93 and Walters leading wins 12 with Grove and Donald sharing 12 losses. Foxx leads home runs with 30 and DiMaggio hits .392.
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Mize
St. Louis
Werber
Frey
Cincinati
McCormick
Cincinnati
Oe — McCormick
Slaughter
DiMaggio
New York
Foxx
Boston
Williams
McQuinn
Greenberg
Detroit
McCosky
Lewis
Washington
Case
Grove
Donald
German Refugees to Give Outdoor Vesper Program
The second county youth church program will be held outdoors at Scattergood Hotel east of West Branch. German refugees will provide the vesper program. The service begins at 7:30 p.m. with the Trinity Church youth from Moscow leading.
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Tipton
Second County
Scattergood Hotel
West Branch
Trinity Church of Moscow
Maxson Family Reunion Marks 100th Cedar County Arrival
The Maxson family plans a centennial gathering at the Springdale consolidated school on Sunday, August 20 to honor the coming of the Maxsons to Cedar county. Don Maxson serves as president and Margaret Negus as secretary.
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Tipton
Maxson
Maxsons
Cedar County
Springdale Consolidated School
Don Maxson
Margaret Negus
Reds and Redbirds Battle to Open St Louis Series
Cardinals face a Reds squad aiming to extend its 19 game win streak advantage as Bucky Walters starts for Cincinnati against Lon Warneke. The series tests both teams after a recent drop by Cincinnati and a Cards layoff before the weekend clash in St. Louis.
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Reds
Redbirds
St. Louis Park
Cardinals
St. Louis
Reeds
Beantown Fans Rally as Red Sox Chase Pennant
Boston fans sense pennant fever as the Red Sox threaten the Yankees’ lead. With 52 games left, Boston notes the Yankees’ tougher schedule and a road record that may offset Fenway struggles as the two clubs edge toward a late season showdown.
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Boston
Beantown
Red Sox
New York Yankees
Yankees
Sox
Buffalo
N. Y
Lou Finney
Bostons
Dangone
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Browns
A's. Sox
Indees to Battle Packers in Benefit Game Here Sunday
A benefit baseball game for Kenney Huber of the Muscatine Independent team will be at Weed Park Sunday at 2 30 p m. The Indees meet the Kohr Packers of Davenport with Bill Wallarab and Willard Bennett as the rival pitchers. Prizes will be offered to players and fans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenney Huber
Muscatine
Weed Park
Indees
Kohr Packers
Davenport
Bill Wallarab
Willard Bennett
Packers
Revival Services Now Underway at Cairo Church of God
Cairo Church of God in Columbus Junction begins revival meetings each evening through next week led by Pastor Rev. Burris Moore. Miss Hilda Cornell of Hagerstown Maryland directs singing and attendance is reported good. The Sunday school held its annual picnic at Chautauqua Park with about 50 attendees and a noon picnic dinner followed by social time and ice cream.
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Columbus Junction
Cairo Church of God
Burris Moore
Hilda Cornell
Hagerstown
Maryland
Chautauqua Park
Jenkins Ends Record Run at Bonneville in 1939
Ab Jenkins retired the Mormon Meteor 3rd at Bonneville Salt Flats after 16 hours 33 minutes, ending a seven new endurance record chase due to monoxide gas and rough track. He holds records from 50 kilometers to 48 hours, surpassing Eyston in multiple brackets and finishing at 11:08 p.m. CST Friday night.
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Bonneville Salt Flats
Utah
Ab Jenkins
White Salt Speedway
Art Pillsbury
American Automobile Association
G. FE. T. Eyston
England
Eyston
DiMaggio Sparks Yankees With Double and Two Singles
Joe DiMaggio powered a 13 hit attack for the Yankees driving a key win over the Athletics with a double and two singles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe DiMaggio
Yankees
Athletics
Round-Up Of Notable Sports Notes From New York
A collage of sports chatter covers book critics on Helen Wills Moody and a rumored thriller, contract talk for Matt Raymond, and predictions of the Reds pennant, with notes on Max Baer Buddy Baer talk, Lynn Waldorf’s tour, Schoolboy Rowe, and Melio Bettina purses. Local salvos include Mayor Hague’s Jersey City Giants ties and a Hambletonian sale buzz.
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New York
Helen Wills Moody
Lew Burston
N. Y
Matt Raymond
Ray Matulewicz
Duke
Bill Terry
Burgess Whitehead
Reds
Baer
Max
Buddy Baer
Jack Roper
Los Angeles
First Methodists and City Department Nines Triumph
The First Methodists edged Mulford 7 to 6 in the Church league after a postponed game, with G Bloom H TeStrake and Kolmerer delivering key hits. The City Department defeated Evans Foods 13 to 9 at Weed Park in a high scoring contest sparked by a seven run fourth inning and a five run fifth inning.
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Kent
Mulford
Jefferson Field
Ira Stocking
Methodists
G. Bloom
H. TeStrake
Kolmerer
Stocking
Tom Brunner
South End
Mulfords
Methodist
City Department
Evans Foods
Weed Park
Pat Figg
Dieckman
Hoeksema
Swank
Welk
Evans
Rhpoae G
Bloom
Laughlin
Barnard
H. Sywassink
Maeglin
Messenger
Sewers Kolmerer
N. Weis
Seer
Vaupel
Herwig
Nietzel
P. Figg
Bronner
Wolf
Schauland
HPOAE
Welk Cate
M. Welk
If Seer
F. Hoeksema
Stammer
Rf Tether Wens
O— Houser
Tyler
Nave Eesavcess Brown
Treet
Fifer
Tower
I. Brown
P See
Grav
Haifleigh
Etter
Benedict
Troxe
Tight race fuels pennant chase in early Friday action
A pinch-hitter triple and a light-hitting infielders homer keep the American Association title race tight. Kansas City beat St Paul 7 5 in 10 innings with Bill Matheson driving in two runners. Minneapolis edged Milwaukee 4 3 on Buck Fausett’s 1 2nd homer. Don French led Indianapolis past Toledo 4 0. Nate Andrews struggled as Louisville fell 3 0 to Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
American Association
Bill Matheson
Frank Makosky
Kansas City
St. Paul
Blues
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Buck Fausett
Phil Weintraub
Fausett
Don French
Indianapolis
Toledo
Nate Andrews
Louisville
Colonels
Columbus
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Alva Bradley
Jimmy Dykes
Chicago White Sox
Fred Haney
St. Louis Browns
Joe McCarthy
Connie Mack
Joe Cronin
Bucky Harris
Blades
Bill McKechnie
Cincinnati Reds
Ray Blades
Doc Prothro
Casey Stengel
Big Bill Lee
Pittsburgh Pirates
Tiger
Eeeee
Lee and Hart
American League
R.H. E. de
Harris
Glenn
Newsom
Tebbetts
Oc Scuss
Gomez, Hadley and Rosar
Potter
Dean
Hayes
Meerdink
Billy Cordingly
Lake Okoboji
Grid
Dr. Anderson
Cleveland
St Louis
Brookly Wetter
Brooklyn
CYO Outfit
Lincoln
McKinley
Buick Garage
St. Mary’s
Franklin
McKee
Hudson Garage
Buick
McKee Feed
L. Pet
Franklin o+secere
St. Mary's
AE FE
Bartelt
Heiland
R. Bartelt
Manley
Tobias
F. Logel
Loge
Rt Gerth
L. Byrne
McGowan
Settee
Teeters Ererreees Blaesing
Schroeder
Dale Stafford
Herman
Ott
Handley
Walters
Cardinal
Mighty
Fenway Park
Cairo
Jenkins
Eddie Brietz
Redlegs
Goodman
Craft
Lynn Waldorf
Bill de Correvant
Schoolboy Rowe
Rumor Foundry
Hague
Jersey City Giants
Chicago News
Zeke Bonura
L. M. Guilinger
Peter Astra
Rye
Billy Conn
Melio Bettina
Nathan Mann
New Haven
New Orleans Pelicans
Terry
First Methodists
Kittenball League
Stanley
Serene
Heegne
Wilton
Zoller’s
Seeeveeese Deeesees O K
Secaves Ehevansawae
Melton’s
Eagles
Elks
Walter Franklin
Ernest
Babe) Orgovan
Houston
Tex
Hollywood Calif
Junior Munsell
Oklahoma City
Eddie Mader
Martak
Martek
Brower Oil Co
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