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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1926
Page
7
The article profiles wrestler and golfer Walter Hagen earning around 100000 annually from golf and instruction. It notes his luxury lifestyle, training habits, and foresight to switch from baseball to golf, his belief in a long golf career, and quotes his view that a golf career has no age limit with proper care.
Techow, April 10 AP reports that cycling has become a modern China sport. Once linked to port cities and the leisure class, cycling now thrives in interior towns as people swap silk clothing for bicycles. Groups of youths ride near countryside threshing floors, demonstrating a growing urban leisure trend nationwide.
Historic reforms in pitching limits, ball use, captaincy, and fielding rules spark wide discussion. Changes affect minor leagues most, with reworded rules on rosin use, balk penalties, base throws, and substitution timing. Officials stress intent and economy while critics warn of unintended outcomes in games.
Bill Wathla a former Sunnyside pro now at Happy Hollow Quinha may defend the Iowa pro title again this year. Nebraska Professional Gaffers association petitions the lawn club to permit Table to enter the tourney held with the amateur meet at Des Moines in July. Bathie has been champion since 1924.
New York April 10 sport writer Ea Hughes asks whether Norways Hof or Finland's Paavo Nurmi is the greatest athlete. Nurmi shines in running, Hof excels in pole vaulting, with fans split on who is superior. Wolf himself concedes Nurmi may be the greater athlete, noting more records are within Nurmi's reach.
In Chicago on April 19 Mares Taufer scored 21 points guiding his team to victory as National AAU championships concluded. Taufer, from Cincinnati, helped lift the squad to a 20 point win, turning heads with a near perfect performance in the pool.
The sensation known as swimamer won first in the Pentathlin medley back stroke and 100-yard free style. He placed third in the 50-yard dash and swam on both the 260 and 400-yard relays. He tied Johnny Weisauber for nearly 100 yards before pulling ahead to win by a foot. Cinvinenti led with 51 points as Chicago Athletic Association trailed. Miss Agnes Geraghty set a breaststroke mark in the 230 yards and Walter Spense broke the world record in the 200-yard breaststroke with 2 29.6, shaving 2.4 seconds off the previous best.
Des Moines April 10 With Kansas Aggies leading in sprint relays and several teams posting fast times at major indoor and outdoor meets, Drake relays on April 23 and 24 promise a thrilling two mile and sprint showdown. Strong contenders include Michigan, Illinois, Texas, Notre Dame, Kansas, Iowa State, Northwestern, Ohio State, Ames, and Drake.
Criccieth April 29 AP Lloyd George's roll club here has decided not to drink with his name. Proposals to make the club wet were defeated by Lloyd George's brother and a majority of other club members who ruled that drinking would harm the organization's standing. Death driver in Des Moines during storm injuries described. coroner's inquest to follow.
Cleveland April 19 Na poleon Lajoie famed baseball star may run as a Republican for county commissioner in August primaries. Opponent would be attorney Jerry Rezuant. Lajoie, boxing commission member and friend of Maurice Mashek, hails from Woonsocket Rhode Island, rose from catcher to famed all round player with Philadelphia and Cleveland before shifting to management.
Illinois beat Georgia 5 to 2 in a 33 inning game highlighted by a home run from Maggott and a double from Kindermann Hoffmann, as Purdue wins 12 to 2 over DePauw in another baseball clash. Northwestern heads to Lafayette to face Purdue after traveling from Evanston.
Chicago April 10 The forward pass rule clash in college football echoes in professional circles as pro teams lean toward keeping the aerial game. George Halas and Chris O'Brien urge a hands off stance while C Pyle promotes unrestricted passing as the Grange era and the American circuit influence grow.
New York reports four veteran major leaguers, each with around 15 seasons, retire. Ty Cobb begins his 22nd season, Tris Speaker and Walter Johnson start their 20th, with others including Grover Alexander, Babe Adams, Eddie Collins, Max Carey, Stuffy McInnis, Maddie Collins, and Zeke Wheat noted among long-time stars.
West Point Neb April 10 A retired trainer Mike Gately perfects inflatable boxing gloves built from automobile tire inner tubes. The gloves act like balloons and rebound after impact aimed at protecting cauliflower ears and preserving noses. Gately plans to market them for training camps among boxing adherents who dislike face scratches in workouts.
New York apr 10 ap The perennial issue of Big Tilden’s form dominates the tennis season as Lacoste Richards Borotra and Vincent Richards challenge for world honors. Tilden, 32, aims at a seventh straight grass crown amid sharp European rivals and American foes Johnston and Richards, with La coste the rising threat. If he maintains peak pace, he could surpass Willian Larned’s record. Helen Wills, Suzanne Lenglen, and Elizabeth Mean figure in the broader campaign with Riviera play and upcoming championships in France and England.
Los Angeles April 10 Jack Kearns trains a 200 pound French Canadian youth Dorville as a possible successor to Jack Dempsey. Dorville, brought from New York, is coached by Kearns and may become his next big heavyweight prospect with sparring at Mickey Walker’s camp. Walker could defend his welterweight title this summer.
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