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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1935
Page
6
Mad Creek to host first annual all city golf tourney with a traveling silver prize and permanent runner up awards. Qualifying rounds begin this week as Jim Twohig promotes the event amid growing local golf interest. Home run totals spike in Y M C A kittenball week with eight players reaching the circuit.
The Cubs break from underdog status with a sweeping home stand winning 20 of 23 since the All Star Game, narrowing the Giants lead and pushing ahead of the Cardinals as chief rivals. Chicago runs 11 7 over the Reds as Charley Root earns his sixth straight win while the Giants beat Brooklyn 6 0 and 1 0 behind Hubbell and Castleman. The Cardinals win in Pittsburgh to trim the deficit, and Detroit and Chicago teams post major wins in other leagues as the pennant race tightens nationwide.
Sixteen players braved the heat to submit qualifying scores for the first annual all city championship golf tournament opening next Sunday at Mad Creek municipal course. Frankie Chandler led with 81, while others ranged from 81 to 90 as heat affected play.
The Muscatine All-Star Girls split a doubleheader at Oregon street diamond in South Muscatine. They won 5 to 4 in 14 innings against Brighton, then lost 8 to 3 to Davenport Old Style Lager. The club meets Tipton tonight at 8 p.m. and Booster's Cafe faces Musserville Juniors at 6 p.m.
Vic Bass captured low honors at the Waterloo open golf tournament with a 140 total after rounds of 73 and 67. Waterloo standout Dick Graham finished second with 143 and was the low amateur.
In Philadelphia Boston defeated R H E 11 9 with Welch and R Ferrell assisting Martini Benton Turbeville and Richards. In Cleveland Detroit beat R H E 14 6 with Rowe Hogsett Hayworth Stewart Pearson L Brown Winegarner and Phillips Brenzel for Detroit and Cleveland.
The Columbus Junction Button Cutters defeated the Iowa Pearl Button factory nine from Muscatine 4 to 3 Saturday afternoon. Barker pitched six effective innings for the winners while Iowa Pearl hit five safeties off Lefty Graham and Lefty Haller.
Muscatine Indees beat West Liberty Merchants 6 to 0 in five innings at Weed Park as heat shortened the game. Pitcher Flea Schroeder allowed three hits and no walks, striking out none and helping move the Indees toward first in the Atlas Player league second half standings. Mahraun Tobias and others contributed timely hits as West Liberty managed limited offense.
Davenport's Blue Sox edged Council Bluffs 2 to 1 in 11 innings to extend their Western league lead to seven and a half games. Pitcher Al Picchota edged Ray Ehlers in a tight duel. Des Moines swept Cedar Rapids 9 to 8 and 4 to 3 in a doubleheader, while Sioux City took both games from Keokuk 3 to 1 and 4 to 3.
Johnny Van Ryn and Wilmer Allison, favored United States pair, were upset at Wimbledon as George Patrick Hughes and C R D Tuckey secured the Davis Cup for Britain with a decisive doubles victory.
Arlington Handicap sees Chicago-Discovery win 10000 added event while Smashing track record. Bay State feature at Suffolk Downs won by Boston-Black Highbrow in 3500 added race. Bien Joli wins over four two year olds in East View stakes. Wimbledon Davis Cup results favor Britain as first two matches go to the UK. Perry defeats Budge and Austin beats Allison. Mangin and Mrs Ethel Burkhardt Arnold win Seabright crowns. Voigt defeats Stuart to win Bald Peak golf. Bobby Grant defeats Max Marston at Shenecassett. Harvard Yale take two track wins in Glasgow carnival. Canadian Henley Regatta goes to Canadian crews over U S forces.
Saratoga Springs N Y crowds surge for 30 days of racing at the mecca of the sport. Broadway comes alive as hotels fill and race charts fill restaurants. Track banners fly while 38 stakes promise excitement and purses surpass 700000 dollars. Six steeplechase horses join seventy four entries across six races.
Charles Meerdink won the Geneva Golf and Country Club championship by defeating Homer Mueller seven up after 27 holes in sweltering heat. Meerdink built a 4 up lead by the turn and extended it to clinch the title, his second major club crown.
The Muscatine Muskies edged the Riverside Independents 2 to 1 at League Park on Sunday. Bob Mason hit a triple and Bill Nietzel followed with a triple to put Muscatine ahead, Riverside answered with a third-inning run, and Tommy Jacobs, Ivan Stebbins, and Joe Van Ysseldyk shut down Riverside the rest of the way for the narrow victory.
The 61st running of the $4000 flash stakes draws 15 two year olds led by Postage Due Delphinium Gal Sac Triumphant and Gleeman. Omaha the 3 year old champion is set for the $20000 Travers on Aug 17 and the Saratoga cup on Aug 3. Cavalcade and Peace Chance train daily while Discovery is due from Arlington Park early this week.
Wilton R. E. Miller of Morrison Illinois won high honors with an aggregate 139 in the second annual president's match at the Wilton Rifle club course. W H Otis of Moline placed second with 137 and Walter Kaufmann of Wilton third with 136. Other top finishers include L N Masterson Wilton 135 G Bent Morrison 131 O R Griffith Moline 130 J S Myers Moline 130 E F W Maurer Wilton 128 C W Weiersame Morrison 126 Herbert Moeller Wilton 126. Masterson led 1000 yard course with 48 and Speir of Moline topped 600 yard with 49. Otis led 200 yard distance with 45. Plans announced for 22 calibre re-entry matches in September.
Hank Greenberg and Goose Goslin each collected four hits driving in eight runs as Detroit overpowered Cleveland. Carl Hubbell and Clyde Sukleman? Castleman pitched for the Giants who shut out the Dodgers in both games of a doubleheader, allowing nine hits in total.
England claimed the Davis Cup for the third straight time as George Hughes and C R D Tuckey defeated Wilmer Allison and Johnny Van Ryn 6-2 1-6 6-8 6-3 6-3 in the challenge round doubles. The win followed H W Austin and Fred Perry victories that sealed the series.
The pay as you play group of American golf opens their bid for the national public links title at the Coffin course in Indianapolis. Representatives from 20 states plus the District of Columbia and Hawaii compete, aiming to dethrone current holder Dave Mitchell. The course, famed for its trees and tough par 70, hosts a diverse field including laborers and farmers seeking fame on common ground.
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