Bunnies A C Ready to Open Season at Weed Park
The Bunnies A C baseball team, recently formed in the city, will open Sunday afternoon at Weed park against Shady Lawn Dairy. Pitchers include C Flake Roby with Sheldon or Kimball catching. Shady Lawn’s battery is Noll and Rowland.
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Louisville Takes Fourth Straight Against St. Paul
The Louisville Colonels beat St. Paul 7 to 3 to secure their fourth straight win and push the Saints out of the first four in the standings. Minneapolis widened its lead on Indianapolis to two and a half games with a 6 to 5 victory, while Milwaukee won 6 to 5 over Toledo in 10 innings. Columbus rallied with five runs in the 13th to defeat Kansas City 9 to 4 in a night game.
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Softball Tourney and Diamond Tilt Set in Muscatine
Sunday events at League field in South Muscatine open at 8 a m with Grandview vs Nietzel s Drugs in a kittenball tourney eight teams race through morning into 2 p m semi finals and a 2 30 p m baseball game Muscatine White Sox vs Rock Island A C nine led by Joe Van Ysseldyk Ira Stocking. other first round kittenball matchups include Muscatine Go Getters vs West Liberty Wapello vs Ina Maes Coca Cola and Journal vs Illinois City a radio hookup will link to major league broadcasts Swedish engineers introduce a light gas concrete that rises like bread.
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Owens Faces USC in National Track Final
Jesse Owens and a small Ohio State contingent challenged the University of Southern California in the 14th national collegiate athletic association track and field classic finals in Berkeley California. USC led preliminaries with a dozen qualifiers as Owens aimed to upset the favored Trojan squad.
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Four-way Golf Tourney Planned at Local Muni
Plans for an intercity golf tournament involving Cedar Rapids Rock Island and possibly Ottumwa teams plus the Mad Creek course team are underway at the local municipal course. Jim Twohig says Sunday July 21 is a tentative date with prizes for the winner. This will be Mad Creek’s first home competition appearance. Teams expected to visit include Kenmore Cedar Rapids Sokie Rock Island and Ottumwa municipal courses. Further plans to be announced.
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Revolta Leads Medinah Open With 69 Stroke
Johnny Revolta the Milwaukee golf star shot a 69 on Medinah Country Club's number three course to lead the field in the second round of the Medinah Country Club's $3,500 open tournament. He is the reigning Western Open champion after triumphing last week at South Bend Ind.
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Indees to Meet Iowa City Team Here on Sunday
A Sunday doubleheader at Weed Park features a 1 p m girls softball game followed by Muscatine Indees vs Iowa City Odd Fellows around 2 30 p m. The Indees replace injured Ralph Reinke with Bill Schwemlem and have added O Doug Walton. Flea Schroeder starts on the mound for Muscatine with Messer backing him. Paul Clark or Kootch Smith to pitch for Iowa City.
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Iowa City
Metcalf Returns to Action in Track Meet
Ralph Metcalfe, holder of the 1934 fastest human title, returns to competition after a long layoff at the Central A A U track and field games at Northwestern University. He is entered in his favorite 100 and 200 meter dashes.
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Sharkey Ponderson Eyes Comeback in Boston Tavern
Boston tavern keeper and former world heavyweight champion Jack Sharkey contemplates a return to boxing. He would fight Jimmy Braddock for the title only if it could be arranged without eliminations, noting he once knocked out Braddock in 1929 while Braddock was the champion’s sparring partner.
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Parker and Reese Clash in Key Chicago Clay Cship Match
Frank Parker seeded first met William Reese of Atlanta in the national clay court championships in Chicago. Reese beat Cliff Sutter of Detroit 6 4 7 5. Bitsy Grant the Atlanta favorite expected to win and meet Berkeley Bell of New York, whose quarter final with Sin Kie Kho was halted by rain.
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Small Bore Rifle Match Planned by Muscatine Club
Bulletins issued to Muscatine Rifle club members announce the first annual small bore individual match to be fired prone over 50 ft 25 yd 50 yd 50 m and 100 yd courses with 10 shots per distance. The match may be fired before Labor Day and a second event with 200 yd and 300 yd shots will be fired shoulder to shoulder.
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Carnera Louis Fight Seen As Big Payoff At Yankee Stadium
Promoter Mike Jacobs projects the heavyweight bout between Primo Carnera and Joe Louis at Yankee Stadium will draw about four hundred thousand dollars, rivaling the largest gates of recent years. Louis, a 21 year old Detroit sensation, gains praise for power and poise as veteran observers compare him to Dempsey Tunney and Johnson. Detroit and midwest fans are expected ringside.
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St Mathias Club Tops United Brethren 9 6 in Friday Tilt
The St Mathias Sunday school league kittenball team defeated United Brethren 9 to 6 at Jefferson Field. Rain made the field slick as St Mathias scored five in the first inning and four more in the fourth to secure the win. United Brethren tallied three in the third and three in the fourth but stalled in later innings.
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