Aagans Arrival Greets Waterloo Baseball Revival
Pat Ragan arrived to take over the Waterloo Baseball Club as spring rains and new plans roll in. Waterloo will host the opening Mississippi Valley League games in May at Cedar Rapids, with four game series and a busy slate ahead. The team, 135 strong, trains in Suffern building quarters, orders full Spalding equipment, and work advances on a new grandstand and enclosure. Waterloo aims for one of the league’s largest, best located diamonds as the season opens in 1922.
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Iowa
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Ottumwa
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Rainbow Drive
Teague
Garantee
Saacbell
Seagon
Ames Annual Gridiron Banquet Set For April 19
Ames April 7 Students of Iowa State College in Sigma Delta Chi professional journalism fraternity will host their seventh annual gridiron banquet on April 19 inviting faculty and Ames businessmen. The evening features light jibes and humor aimed at reflecting on nature with elder guests reportedly enjoying the event. The dinner was started by Prof. F. W. Beckman, head of agricultural journalism.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Sigma Delta Chi
Washington
F. W. Beckman
Department of Agricultural Journalism
A Comic Strip in Type and Bed Making Tips
A quirky piece by J P McKivoy delivers humorous instructions on making a bed with technical quirks. It parodies home tips and includes stray notes about nightly comfort and misadventure, ending with a syndicated editorialing tag.
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J. P. McKivoy
Harness Racing on Grand Circuit Opens July 3
Cleveland race scene builds for Grand Circuit at North Randall with 150 plus trotters and pacers quartered ahead of the week of July 4 meet. Entries close as nominations flood in. July stakes total $16,506, while August events promise $22,500 across seven races making the richest six days of harness racing in 1922.
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Cleveland
North Randall
Ohio
the Flain Dealer
Giants to start Rawlings at second base opener
Norfolk Virginia April 7 The New York Giants will open the season with Fonuny Rawlings at second base in place of injured Frisch The move follows Bancroft’s return which brings some order to the infield weakened by injuries to Frisch and Groh Rawlings had a fine day at the plate yesterday
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New York Giants
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Japanese tennis star Shi midzu joins West Side club
Zenzo Shimidzu, known for pushing William Tilden to five sets in the Davis Cup, is elected a member of the West Side Tennis Club. He will represent the club in summer tournaments and play for Japan in Davis Cup matches. Also, New York’s Tiewitt Morgan is set to face Jay Gould in the national amateur court tennis championship challenge round.
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New York
Zenzo Shimidzu
William Tilden
West Side Tennis Club
Shimidzu
Japao
Mof
Gould
Tiewitt Mor-gan
Jay Gould
National interscholastic tournament leads eight undefeated teams
In Chicago at the University of Chicago eight top teams remain undefeated in the national interscholastic basketball tournament. At 2 p.m. Watseka Illinois faces Mount Vernon Ohio to set semi finalists, while Rockford Illinois meets Missoula Montana in the second game. Tonight Lexington Kentucky plays Cathedral Duluth and Hume Fog Nashville Buckhannon WestVirginia in a featured night session with the Blue Devils and Duluth outat tipped as top attractions.
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University of Chicago
Watseka
Mount Vernon
Rockford
Missoula
Mont
Montana
Lexington
Cathedral High
Duluth
Hume- Fogg
Nashville
Derby or Preakness doubtful as Morvich looms
New York April 7 racing editor reports Morvich dominates Derby prospects as owners weigh whether to send him to Kentucky or the Preakness. Jamaica training notes show the black colt in fast miles and word spreads about odds and rival entries like Kai Sang Lucky Hour Gond Times and Violinist driving Derby and Preakness plans toward Churchill Downs.
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Walsh International
New York
Nick Alcock
Abe Attel
Jamaica
Jr. Morvich
Churchill Downs
Kentucky
Morvich
Rancocas Stable
Kai Sang
William A
Gond
Lucky Hour
Isher Mayfry
Bud
Bud Fisher
Violinist
Frys zko Downs Actor in Port Arthur Result
Stanislaus Zbysz weight wrestler from Port Arthur defeated George Actor in two straight falls. Zbysz won the first fall in 1 hour 13 minutes with an arm and wristlock and the second in 12 minutes with a headlock. Controversy over Mays fined $200 remains unresolved.
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Fryszko
Port Arthur
Stanislaus Zbysz
George
Cubs Rally To Beat Wichita In Slugfest
Chicago Cubs overcome a 9 1 Wichita lead to win 11 9 as they slugged back with singles and doubles. The Chicago Americans fell to the New York Nationals, leaving the Sox up five to four in the series. Teams meet again today for a hard battle.
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Associated Press
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Chicago Nationals
Wichita
Witches
Cubs
Kansas
Chicago Americans
New York Nationals
Sox
Polly Wallace Heads West to Prove Up on Claim
Leigh Wallace known as Polly, famed college athlete, travels by dilapidated Ford from Ames, Iowa, to Fortification, Colorado, to wrestle with Mother Nature on a claim he is proving up. He plans to return in fall to Iowa Falls to coach and finish an animal husbandry degree, having earned multiple letters in football and wrestling and once named all American center.
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Ames
Leigh Wallace
Middlewest
Polly
Nebraska
Fortification
Colo
Ford
Wallace
Iowa
Iowa Falls
Iowa State College
Walter Eckersall
Altho
Chicago Youth Stands Out As Swimming Star
Johnny Weis muller a youthful star of the Ilingis Athletes club rises as a top swimmer in the national interscholastic tourney. He sets three world records including 6:46 4-5 for 500 yards 6:05 1-8 for 440 yards and 1:25 2-5 for 150 yards. Hyde Park High School wins the meet with 35 points Culver Military Academy 24 East Cleveland 18.
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Hyde Park High School
Culver Military Academy
East Cleveland High School
Leonard Tendler July Fourth Lightweight Title Talk
New York April 7 text notes the possibility of Benny Leonard and Lew Tendler meeting for the lightweight championship. If held, the bout would run on July 4 at Boyle's Thirty Acres in Jersey City, the site of last year’s Dempsey and Carpentier encounter.
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York
Benny Leonard
Lew Tendler
Tex Rickard
Boyle
Thirty Acres
Jersey City
Dempsey
Carpentier
Last Night's Fights Across Cities
Philadelphia bout saw Earl France stop Jimmy Murphy in the eighth round. New York's Jack Bernstein knocked out Young Elliott in the ninth. O TIB Jackson, a heavyweight, earned a teammate knockout over Sam Langford when the referee halted the fight in the fifth round.
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Earl France
California
Jimmy Murphy
New York
Jack Bernstein
Nework
Young Euddys
I, Baxter
O—Tib Jackson
Negra P Heavyeleht
Sam Langford
Burt E Shotton One-Seventh Manager Of Cardinals
Burt E Shotton a former outfielder serves as one seven manager of the St. Louis Nationals. Branch Rickey does not direct on Sundays, so Shotton has managed Sundays for two seasons. Shotton's winning percentage 0.628 over two years, Rickey 0.511. In two years Shotton won 27 and lost 16, Rickey 184 victories to 129 defeats.
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Burt E. Shotton
St. Louis Nationals
Branch Rickey
Cardinals
Shotton
Rickey
Shotton Las
Lust
Golf ties to billiards for Jake Schaefer
Chicago April 6 Jake Schaefer world balkline billiards champion at 18.2 says golf greatly helps his billiards game by building steadiness and practice on the greens transfers to the indoor sport. He notes his title and recent victory over Hoppers while crediting outdoor play for improved cue work.
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Chicago
Jake’ Schaefer
Jake
Hoppers
Golfer and Billiards Player Schaefer's Dual Skills
The article profiles Schaefer, a longtime golfer known on public links for fluid form and long arms. It explains his outdoor practice on greens and argues that wooden and iron clubs sharpen his long billiards game, while his golf pitching and putting aid his cushion work and mass shots.
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Schaefer
New Judge Room Used for First Time by Odd Fellows
The new judge room in Odd Fellows hall on Fourth Street East was occupied for the first time this week during the regular meeting. Members conducted degree work and routine business with no special events reported.
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Odd Fellows' Hall
Fourth Street East
New Lodge Room Opens Behind Fourth Street
A new 40 by 60 foot lodge room at the rear of the building cost 10000 dollars with oak flooring and wicker chairs to be ordered later. Black Hawk lodge number 72 occupies the building while the old lodge room will be rented to other groups on non meeting nights. New models arriving daily at Woods millinery.
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Fourth Street
Black Hawk Lodge
Erve, Actor Appears in Ib At
A fragment notes a person named Erve linked to an event described as ib. The text shows an actor named Erve connected to a venue or performance titled Ib, suggesting a theatrical or film appearance. Further readable context is limited.
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