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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1928
Page
8
Baseball scribes warn of Cletus Dixon signing spree for 1948 with Waterloo squad trimmed to workable size. Bill Steinecke and Tibbe Serre accept terms, veterans spotted, rookies eyed, and moves to bring in Grant, Jipp, and others as Dixon prepares the Hawks for opening week April 18.
Columbia Missouri April 5 With nine lettermen Coach Jack Crangle s Missouri baseball squad opens in Columbia April 11 against Oklahoma A and M The team features Feldkamp sole left handed pitcher Newman Bruniun and other starters Bridges Maschell Hinshaw Thompson and infielders Mehrie Williams Lewis The club projects a tough Missouri Valley schedule despite a lack of consistent power hitters with series against Kansas Oklahoma Washington and Towson State on the docket
Annapolis April 9—Midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy are developing sea-legs by coasting around Bancroft Hall on rubber wheeled roller skates. The practice helps with messenger routes and delivering mail to the 1,800 cadets, and has become popular with officers and their wives. Roller skating is used in hall basements and on nearby walks and roads as a practical transportation solution.
Washington Senators plan to start the season without manager Bucky Harris due to an injured foot. The injury keeps Harris from guiding the team in the opener against the Boston Red Sox, leaving the lineup to other coaches while Harris recovers.
Players discuss a possible regular season start as injuries strain the roster. A key forward, sidelined weeks ago in Florida, admits lingering pain but shows enough recovery to practice lightly, aiming for an April 10 game in Washington.
New York reports indicate heavyweight champion Gene Tunney may defend his title in New Jersey due to ongoing rift between promoter Tex Rickard and the New York State Athletic Commission led by William Muldoon. Jersey sites are being scouted amid legal decisions restoring decision bouts there and Rickard’s lease disputes with Ruppert at Yankee Stadium.
A Sun Shipbuilding Company canvass of 331 workers in Chester Pennsylvania finds heavy laborers like miners steelworkers and policemen rely on Sloan's Liniment to ease aches from strain exposure and cold. A garage worker from Shreveport Louisiana testifies the product relieves swelling and pain after leg injury. The ad touts Sloan's as safe clean to apply and effective for rheumatism sprains bruises and other muscle pains with drugless healing claims.
Iowa City Iowa April 5 University of Iowa mile relay teams hold records across five major meets since 1923. The 1923 Drake Relays quartet set an American intercollegiate mark of 3:16 9 10 led by Morison Nell Brookins Wilson. The 1926 squad with Frank Cuhel anchored 3:20 at Kansas Relays and 2:23 5 10 at Texas Relays. The 1938 foursome Stevenson Stamats Baird and Cukel set 3:24 2 10 to win a Big Ten indoor record and lower Illinois indoor mark to 3:24 5 10. Iowa has not yet run at Penn Relays, but 1923 time surpasses any mile relay at Penn by over one tenth.
Vaughn W. Stevenson of the University of Town ran 220 yards in 21.4 seconds and 440 yards in 51.2 as part of a fast outdoor time trial. He then clocked an extraordinary 739 8-10 for 220 yards, faster than the world and American marks, though no record will be claimed due to wind and timing gaps. Stevenson and George H. Baird, indoor mark holder, are both Hawkeye mile relay stars with Big Ten and Western relays records.
University of Iowa basesmen were defeated by Tulane in New Orleans 7 to 2. Iowa pitcher struck out 12 but fielding errors and passes hindered the game. The teams were to meet again today for the second game of the series.
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