Hruska's Devils Lake Team Wins Four of Five
North again reports Jack Hruska of Devils Lake Minnesota led his team to four wins in five starts over Jamestown late last month. Hruska backed his club with two key singles and scored the winning run. The piece also notes Alabama Pitts and golfer George W. Baker as notable figures, plus rivalry drama around Dizzy Dean and Joe Medwick in the major leagues.
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Jack Hruska
Devils Lake
Minn
Jack
Lakers
Jamestown
Hruska
Hruskamen
Columbus Red Birds Rally To Defeat Louisville 5 3
After five straight losses the Columbus Red Birds in the American association second division came from behind Tuesday and scored two runs in the eighth to beat Louisville 5 to 3. Brubaker and Alexander led Kansas City Blues to an 11 4 win over Minneapolis in a night game. Indianapolis lost 5 8 at Toledo while St Paul and Milwaukee were rained out.
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Columbus Red Birds
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Brubaker
Alexander
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Minneapolis
Indianapolis
Toledo
St. Paul
Milwaukee
Mulford Beats Eagles 3-0 in Seven Inning Game
Mulford defeated the Eagles kittenball team 3 to 0 in a seven inning contest on Oregon street diamond Tuesday at 6 p.m. Warren Wintermute pitched the shutout for the church men with Ruckles as catcher. Eagles' batteries were Dieckman and Tobhias.
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Eagles
Oregon Street
Warren Wintermute
Ruckles
Dieckman
Tobhias
Hawkeyes Seek Third Straight Win Over Western State
Iowa basebal lteam, riding two straight wins over Michigan Normal, aims to extend the streak at Western State Teachers. Mulo Reese pitched a 4 to 0 victory against Normal Tuesday with seven strikeouts, as Iowa built a 3 run lead by the ninth inning.
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University of Iowa
Michigan Normal
Western State
Mulo Reese
Hawkeyes
Iowa
Reese
Hoover
Johnson
Moroz
Geneva Golfers to Play in Annual Club Championship
Geneva Golf and Country club plans its annual club championship moving up from Labor Day to late June and early July. Qualifying runs June 12 to 18 with rounds through June 23, then June 24 to 30 for the second round and semi finals in early July. Harold Figg seeks back to back title after last season’s playoff win over Charlie Meerdink.
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Geneva Golf and Country Club
Harold “Sport
Figg
Charlie Meerdink
All Stars to Hold Practice Thursday
The Muscatine All Stars girls kittenball team will practice at the river front diamond Thursday night. All girls wishing to try out should be present. Teams wishing games should contact Coach David Kingan at 497 Schiller Street or by telephone 2336-R.
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River Front Diamond
All Stars
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Schiller Street
Major Heroes Highlight Key Hits and Rallies Across Leagues
Gabby Hartnett drove in six runs with a homer a triple and a single scoring three times. Floyd Young doubled to clear loaded bases and added a fifth inning RBI for the Pirates. Wes Ferrell kept the Senators' nine hits scattered. Alan Strange and Julius Solters accounted for seven of the Browns eleven runs.
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Giants
Joe Meddwick
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Cy Blanton
Dean
Cardinals
St. Louis
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Cincinnati
Si Johnson
Reds
Hartnett
Associated Press
Floyd Young
Alan Strange
Julius Solters
Browns
Team
West Hill A C Beat Clowns In One Sided Game
West Hill A C defeated the A B Clowns 17 to 4 at Fletcher Avenue Diamond on Tuesday night. Every starter had a hit and an RBI as the A C s exploded for 14 runs in the third and fifth innings. The Clowns scored once in the second, twice in the third, and once in the fourth. The A C s face Phillips Laundry Thursday at the same site.
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Grade School Victors Awarded Trophies by Athletic Instructor
Winners in city grade school athletic competition were awarded trophies by Bob Mark director of grade school activities. Four trophies went to Jackson school junior and senior teams and Franklin school junior league kittenball team earned one for its division. Jackson junior league kittenball team lost 3 to 1 to Franklin in a title playoff at Jefferson school after a regular season deadlock. Jackson teams also won trophies for junior and senior basketball leagues, track meet and senior basketball league.
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Jackson School
Franklin
Jefferson School
Methodists and Iowa Pearl Win Softball Games
Iowa Pearl beat Nietzel's Drugs 9 to 5 and the Methodists defeated Presbyterians 9 to 4 in Tuesday league play. Iowa Pearl collected 10 hits off Newell while Nietzel's Drugs had 7 safeties. The Methodist offense backed by 13 singles helped dampen Presbyterian scoring despite a late surge.
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Mulford Pereer Enee
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A C Mulford Tilt Halted by Weather
The floodlight kittenball game at Oregon field between South End A and Mulford was called off due to cold weather. The teams will play next Tuesday night under the lights.
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Mulford
Standings and Results From Tuesday Baseball Action
Western League totals feature Rock Island 3 Des Moines 2 and Sioux City 10 Keokuk 11 with Davenport 8 8, St Joseph 13 and Cedar Rapids 3. Upcoming games list Keokuk at Sioux City Des Moines at Rock Island Davenport at Omaha St Joseph at Rapids. American Association results show Cincinnati 2 Chicago 1 and Boston 3 Washington 2 with Chicago at St Louis and Philadelphia at New York among others.
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Lea Fae
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J. Dean
Heusser
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Favorite Takes Derby Victory at Epsom Downs
Bahram the Aga Khan’s favorite won the 156th Derby at Epsom Downs, with Rob in Goodfellow second and Field Trial third among 16 runners. Lord Derby’s Fairhaven and Sea Bequest followed in the placings, while Assignation, the sole American owned entry, finished well back. This marks the Indian potentate’s second Derby win after Blenheim’s 1930 victory.
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Robin Goodfellow
Bahram
Aga Khan
Field Trial
Lord Derby
Fairhaven
C. W. Gordon
Free Swimming School Opens at Y M C A Next Week
The Journal and the Y M C A offer a two week free swimming school starting next Monday with A J Lindley as instructor. Junior classes meet Monday Wednesday Friday mornings. seniors later. at the Y M C A pool recently repaired. The program aims to develop new swimming talent in the city and expects record enrollment.
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Y. M C. A. Free Swimming
Association
A. J. Lindley
Musky Net Team Heads to State Tennis Finals
Muscatine high school four player squad left Ames before dawn to enter the Iowa State College courts for the state high school tennis finals. Teddy Allen Langdon Winslow John Fishburn and Lambert Cross are the entrants with Allen and Winslow in singles and Fishburn Cross in doubles. Winslow is the district singles champion and Allen recent leg injury is noted.
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Ames
Iowa State College
W. Howard McIlrath
Teddy Allen
Langdon Winslow
John Fishburn
Lambert Cross
Allen
Winslow
Fishburn
Cross
Iowa City
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