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26 ENTER IOWA DIAMOND MEETCo. Bluffs Tourney Starts Aug. 25.Council Bluffs, Au? 21 (Special) — With 26 entries,t the thirteenth annual Southwestern Iowa Baseball tournament assures baseball fans of western Iowa and eastern Nebraska the greatest baseball tournament ever held In the middle west, officials said today.Fighting for the $2 800 purse in Class A will be the Memphis Red Sox of Memphis, Tenn,, champions of the Southern colored professional league of 1933; 23rd Ward Democrats from Kansas City. Mo.Chicago Colored All Stars, a great s:rm pro colored team; Chevrolet Motors of Council Bluffs under the managemet nof Harold McKatn. former White Sox pitcher; Sioux Falls and Norfolk of the Nebraska State league; Hampton, la., Pirates, who were defeated last year by t he House of David team in the finals.Other Class A Teams.TekamaJh, Neb, always a great ball club; Nebraska All Stars from Dakota City, Neb newcomers bir a fast, ball club and the well known Sioux City Stockyards, the club that finished second at the Denver tournament this year.Class B is filled with the teams that won the 16 places by coming out victorious in the Class B elimi-naiton tournament which closed on Aug. 13 and the fans are assured of great ball games every day from the B teams, it us saidOpening the Class B section this year is California Junction and Missouri Valley, two natural rivals, on Aug 25. The following dev Hamburg and Clarinda will tangle and Aug 27 will find two arch enemies in the throes of bat Hr, Red Oak and Stan'on.3 Games Aug. 28.McClelland and Flic* w..l open Monday. Aug. 28 as the first of three g^mes on tha- day. The sec-on dwill find Yale and Onawa battling and the two Omaha clubs. Miller Knuths and Carter Lakes, will close the dav of baseball.Fd Tabor's club, the Nebraska Iowa Light and Power company of Lincoln, Neb , will meet Schuyler Neb., on Tuesday, Aug 29 Tabor i formerly pitched for the Philadelphia Athletics but established his fame in the Bluffs tournament twro years ago when he defeated the House of David club while pitching tor the Dwarfies of Council Bluffs. Bool, who is catching for the Lincoln team, played with Pittsburgh a few years back The close of the first round in Class B Aug 30 has the only Missouri entry, West boro, scheduled to meet Memphis. Neb.Connie Mack BuysSouthern PitcherLouisville, Ky, Aug. 21. ,lt;/p — John Marcum, right-handed pitcher of the Louisville American associ-taion team, was sold Sunday to the Philadelphia Athletics. A “satisfactory cash sum and a pitcher tofVlO—oilmywcc:hobJZOH-lt;CCLilt;DLJCCL.LJCCOv ;vV VVUT125 N. IV
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Creston News Advertiser
Creston, Iowa, US
Mon, Aug 21, 1933
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