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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1939
Page
10
Cincinnati rallies from 6-1 down to beat Chicago 7-6 in ten innings as Ernie Lombardi and Wally Berger spark a ninth inning rally. Joost triples in the tenth and Dick West plates the winner as Cincinnati maintains pennant hopes amid a day of NL action.
In a flurry of shutouts and late rallies, Kansas City moved two games ahead in the American Association standings by taking both ends of a doubleheader from Toledo 6 1 and 3 1. Indianapolis’ Red Barrett tossed a one hitter in a 5 0 win over St Paul while Minneapolis and Louisville split a pair with 3 0 and 0 5 scores. Emmet Nelson helped Milwaukee to a 6 1 victory over his old team as other games produced mixed results across the circuit.
John Cobb drove a 2600 hp car at Bonneville Salt Flats reaching 352.94 mph on the measured mile, short of Eyre’s world land speed record and not official per A A A chief timer A A Pillsbury. The northbound run topped Cobb’s prior best and fell about 4.5 mph short of Eyre’s 357 mph mark.
Chicago AP report notes that Notre Dame coach Elmer Layden selected four of the public’s top vote getters as the college all star team to face the New York Giants at Soldier Field on August 30. The shakeup elevates Bill Daddie and others like Joe Reiner Al Wolff Horace Bell Mike Kochel Bill Hofer and Billy Patterson while Bowden Wyatt Charles Brock Bob McLeod and Howie Weiss remain in the public standouts.
Muscatine Junior Chamber of Commerce golfers will compete in the state Junior Chamber of Commerce tournament at Sunnyside court in Waterloo Sunday. Local players include Charles Meerdink Harold Sport Figg Bill Moore Wayne Eckhardt Jim Twohig and Bud Fairall. They face teams from Ft. Dodge Des Moines Ottumwa Newton and other cities with Kenneth Fairall coordinating arrangements and Eddie Berg also attending.
The Post Office faces South End Merchants in a crucial playoff under Oregon field lights at 8 pm. The teams tied with Zoller's Beer for the first half title, but Zoller's was eliminated earlier in the playoffs.
The season’s top hitters and pitchers listed include DiMaggio of New York batting .394, Foxx of Boston with 30 homers and 104 RBIs by Williams, Rolfe leading New York with 147 hits, Greenberg Detroit with 35 doubles, Lewis Washington triples, Case Washington 41 steals, Grove Boston 13.2 ERAs. In the NL Mize St Louis hits .351, McCormick Cincinnati with 97 RBIs and 47 hits, Slaughter St Louis 5 doubles, Herman Chicago 14 triples, Ott New York 24 homers, Handley Pittsburgh 18 steals, Thompson Cincinnati 8 2 record.
Eddie Brink of Scranton outpoints Joe Dejesus of Puerto Rico in a 8 round bout. Mike Belloise of New York defeats Paul Lee of Baltimore in 10 rounds. Lou Brouillard from Worcester stops A Sinibaldi of Berlin New Hampshire in 10. Tommy Spiegal of Uniontown outpoints Lou Fortuna of Philadelphia in 8 rounds.
The Muscatine Elks softball team lines up for the opening round of the WHBF Mississippi Valley tournament at Douglass Park Rock Island meeting Lofgren Erickson Mobilegas of Galesburg Ill at 2 30 p m The Elks lineup includes Nietzel Haller Swisher Griffin Buckles Bentley Dieckman Barnard Lange Chelf and Van Ysseldyk Sunday also features seven more games as 41 teams started the event eight were eliminated in first round play last Sunday
Des Moines hosts the Iowa open with a Missouri contingent expected to compete led by Harold P. Klein. Past competitors include Leonard Dodson and Kansas City pros Leland Gibson and Clarence Yockey. Joe Brown of Des Moines Country Club, last year’s champion with 287 strokes, is first to register as practice rounds begin.
Conesville independent baseball team will face Wapello here Sunday afternoon in a local game.
Armour & Co arouses speculation that the CIO Packinghouse Workers Organizing Committee may modify its demand for a national contract. PWOC chairman Van A Bittner seeks a meeting to discuss bargaining at the plant level, while Armour insists negotiations occur per individual plant. President Cabell says local plants empower bargaining and opposes a general meeting. Lithosphere and hydrosphere line ends with unrelated definition.
Jim Twohig Mad Creek municipal course manager defeated G Bradford Barber Musky high pedagogue in 20 holes to win their championship flight first round at the all city golf tournament. Barber led on 16 and 17 but Twohig birdied 18 to force extra holes and won on the 20th. Meerdink led Wilson and Korneman/Rambo played nine holes before rain halted play.
Promoter Pinkie George said he will depart this weekend with heavyweight fighter Lee Savold for New York City. They plan to stay a month or six weeks for promised bouts with the Norwegian and have dropped plans for outdoor boxing shows at Riverview Park in the near future.
Large cargoes of liquid fuel were towed through the Muscatine locks at 6 40 p m Thursday by the Mokita en route upstream from Wood River Ill to St Paul Minn She carried two barges with 962 tons of gasoline each one barge with 962 tons of kerosene and three other fuel oil barges of 962 ton capacity Other boats through the locks included the Betty Gardner downstream from Minneapolis to Desterhan La with two empty oil barges and the Alexander MacKenzie downstream from Minneapolis to Alton with seven empty barges and the Mark Twain upstream from St Louis to Minneapolis with two barges one carrying 1867 tons of coke and the other 1453 tons of coal
Carbon in the intake manifold and poor carburetion cause offensive fumes in high mileage cars. Sands blasting the inner manifold surface or replacing it and carefully readjusting the carburetor will remedy the trouble.
The author notes that Milton sometimes produced sentences exceeding 300 words, reflecting a distinctive prose style with extended clauses and dense syntax. This linguistic pattern highlights his grandiose rhetorical approach and affects readability and interpretation.
Knute Anderson of Moline will lead the Granada Cafe bowling team in the opening ceremonies for Ollie Bently's Pla-Mar alleys at 113 East Third street Saturday night. The event features a match with Muscatine All-Stars and a Fifth Avenue Recreation women’s team versus Muscatine’s top players. Organizing winter leagues begins September first with more teams expected.
Wapello reports 40 members of Jefferson township Social Circle and families enjoyed a Weed Park picnic in Muscatine on Wednesday. Old neighbors Floyd Bush and family visited William Ruble’s home after 30 years, en route to Ft Madison and Topeka.
A natural history note states lions reach sexual and social maturity at seven years old. It mentions development milestones and implications for pride dynamics.
New York AP round up reports Joe Louis demanding waivers before sparring partners, Cubs rumored to trade Dick Bartell to Los Angeles farm team, critiques of the Paychek Strickland bout in Des Moines, Burgess Whitehead seeking a workout with the Yankees, Joe McCarthy’s denial, Whitey considered washed up. Cronin may start, Arm strong vs Ambers tipped, Oglethorpe preserves Menke encyclopedia, Dartmouth coaches’ Charlotte visit yields Billy Arnold, Baltimore to head Phillies farm system, sore wrist dampens Jimmy Potahl scouts, tip suggests Bucky Walters as NL MVP contender.
Bowmen from five eastern Iowa cities will compete in an Eastern Iowa Archery league contest at Fletcher avenue field starting 9 a m Sunday. Originally set for Iowa City, the event moved here due to state tournament preparations. Participants include teams from Iowa City Cedar Rapids Davenport and Burlington with Muscatine club members also taking part.
Decatur defeated Bloomington 6 to 5 in 14 innings after rallying to tie 9th inning. The two teams, who the night before honored their 1909 squads that played 26 innings, staged another marathon with Decatur taking the win.
Casper golfer Dan Webster defeats H R Bath to claim the Wyoming state golf championship before a huge gallery. Local notes remark on Bath’s downfall amid a crowded spectator field and celebrate Webster’s decisive win.
Dr. Eddie Anderson, coach of the University of Iowa football team, told about 150 Kiwanis members in Storm Lake that the era of the football specialist is over. He said the modern player must be able to perform every aspect of the game.
Chet Laabs powered a tenth inning rally for the Browns defeating the Indians as he doubled for the team's first run and sparked the late offense. Joe DiMaggio belted his 18th homer with two aboard and drove in two more for the Yankees against the Senators. Thornton Lee relieved with bases loaded in the eighth and earned a 2-1 win for the White Sox over the Tigers. Lefty Grove scattered ten hits as the Red Sox beat the Athletes 7-1 for his 13th victory. Hugh Casey’s five hit outing helped the Dodgers win the deciding game of the series with the Giants. Curt Davis held the Pirates to six hits and drove in a run for the Cardinals. Bill Werber and Eddie Joost combined for six hits to fuel a Reds attack against the Cubs.
Springfield lost 7 to 4 as the Bees moved within two and a half games of the Red Raiders who were idle for the second straight night due to rain. Moline beat Waterloo 5 to 0 in the other game.
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