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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1924
Page
4
Johnny O'Shea reverses earlier retirement and plans to join the Hawks in June as Waterloo faces roster questions. Veteran choices clash with rookies led by Freddie Schull, Charles Mullen, and Pete Groft as Dixon builds a versatile infield and pitching staff for the Sioux City Sioux City league push.
American League results show Philadelphia 7 over Washington 2 and New York 2, Detroit 1, St. Louis 4, while Chicago 3 defeats Cincinnati 1. In the National League New York 3 defeats Ruston 2 as Brooklyn 4 edges Philadelphia 4. American Association games include Indianapolis 1 and St Paul 2, Minneapolis 7, Louisville 5. Western League notes Tulsa 14 over Des Moines, Oklahoma City 6 and Denver 5 over Lincoln 4.
Cedar Falls April Y- Coach Cowles hails Tutor nine after a 4 3 win over Parsons College Wildcats. Reeder pitched well while Pryor, behind the plate, showed veteran form. Infielders Payton Notiman Englebrugen White formed a solid unit for the season opener amid strong hitting. Tutors meet the Wildcats next Wednesday.
Babe Ruth opened the season with his first homer as Washington defeated the Senators 12 to 2. Cy Williams homered for Brooklyn in a rain-shortened game. Heinie Groh and Tris Speaker also connected, while the White Sox beat Cleveland 4 to 2 and Cincinnati topped Chicago 5 to 2. Morrison and Wright starred for Pittsburgh, and Davis held St Louis to three hits.
Des Moines reports that the new fish and game law does not require a license until Oct 1 at the earliest, possibly not until next year. The license will be needed only for fishing in state owned lakes such as Spirit Lake and Okoboji, with landowners and their households exempt from hunting trapping or fishing on owned land.
Mount Vernon April 21 Cornell College easily defeated Upper Iowa 6-0 in the first home game of the season. Purple hurler Paulson fanned 18 while allowing only two hits. Boylan and Beeck had five hits each, with Beeck driving in three runs.
Hawkeye-Fulg Jacob Kraninger has been appointed manager of the Grand Island club in the State league. Burlington signed Lee Venemnon, a pitcher from Wendell Idaho, who in 1922 played with Mitchel South Dakota and Des Moines in the Western league. Pitcher for Jamestown last year, he won 21 of 29 decisions. Gene Pete Johnson, former MV umpire, scanned Rock Island recruits and predicted Grey would field a strong team, a guess he says is correct. Billy Rye and Pete Cooper, formerly with Cedar Rapids, are teammates of Harry Hoelsclaw in Williamsport Pa with Rye shifting to short. Helsclaw secured his job. Walter Brown of Waterloo Spart, in Sioux City to watch Mark Moore and Joe Herrick. Moore is striking well and hopes to challenge with Jimmy Nuss and Bard Blue.
Indianola April 21 Simpon college track team defeated Graceland college 85 to 28 at Graceland. Simpon’s Kingery set two local records with a high jump of 5 feet 12.5 inches and a shot put of 38 feet 2 inches. Pragh, Simpson, led scoring with 14 points.
Tijuana scorecard notes Chief winning the Aurever Handicap on closing day of racing. Pinehurst and Yale figures appear with Princeton and Cleveland items. Sports column covers Olympic hints, boxing match plans, and track meet results across multiple cities including New Haven and Chicago.
The Sunnyside Country Club opens its golf season with a Sunday tournament on Sunnyside links. Qualifying rounds of 18 holes are set for Friday and Saturday, four flights of 16 players, nine hole matches, and elimination to crown flight winners. Sixty-seven golfers competed over two days with Bill Bathie posting 72, Merle Stimson 77, Pred N McClain 76, H G Chandler 79, Bud Cropper 80.
Gates Waterloo Business college announces a baseball nine to represent the school. Wawin Toune Tri poli elected manager and Willard Schwerin Sumner named captain. A schedule with local high schools and amateur teams is being arranged for a short season. More than a dozen candidates seek berths. many have prior high school or amateur experience.
Two University of Iowa freshmen Lowell Phelps and Dan Everingham will race Charles R. Paddock, holder of the world 100 yard dash mark, in a 125 yard dash at the Drake Relays in Des Moines next week. Everingham recently upset Hawkeyes by winning the all university 220 yard dash in :23.19. No official time for the 125 yard race exists as it is an odd event, though C. HL Shervill’s 1889 mark is noted as an American noteworthy performance.
Lambert G. Sullivan, noted sporting winter expert and former editor of Motor Age, and sporting caster for the Chicago Herald Examiner, died in Albuquerque yesterday at age 35 from tuberculosis. He was known in Chicago circles for his broadcast and editorial work.
Phoenix officials report Cleve Miller, a predatory animal hunter, killed 15 mountain lions in 24 days amid heavy snow driving the animals to the lowlands. Government officials say he has broken all US Biological Survey records. Miller used a trained pack of lion-hunting dogs.
Fragmentary OCR reveals names York Edie Lis Manger and Jack Bernstein set for a May 16 event in Philadelphia. Mentions Louisville and Eddie Wager, Phile, with unclear context and several garbled words.
Inside Golf columnist Chester Horton reviews Chick Evans guidance on maintaining rhythm through the golf swing. He warns that speed must come from the downswing, not jerky body drive, and stresses rhythm as essential to clubhead speed and consistent results.
Des Moines April 21 John L Griffith founder of the Drake university relay meet and current Western Conference athletic director will be guest of honor at the western track and field classic this weekend. He acts as official starter and the trophy for the miss Felay race bears his name. Fielding HL Yost Michigan athletic director will be referee. About 1 500 athletes from over 100 colleges and high schools will compete at the stadium, marking Drake meet as a growing national event second only to one in importance. Griffith built the meet through years of effort and keen sportsmanship.
Cedar Rapids Iowa April 22 Coe trackmen trampled Dubuque University in a one sided dual meet scoring 116 to 26. Kohawks surged with multiple event wins and strong finishes across sprints jumps and distance races to secure the dominant victory.
Iowa University beat Purdue 8 to 4 in a second conference game as Hicks and Poepsel led with homers and doubles. Marshall and Campbell pitched well for Iowa, limiting Purdue to two walks while Allsopp drove in Purdue runs, and errors and extra-base hits fueled Iowa's scoring in the middle and late innings.
West High selects relay quartets from a 30 candidate field for Drake University Classic in Des Moines. Teams include a mile relay led by Grazer and Beistle, a medley with Leighton and Tahar, and a 445 yard relay with Bovay and Leighton. Coach Sartt notes possible lineup changes.
A short, practical tip claims four ounces of plain arvon applied at night will moisten and rub into the scalp. By morning most dandruff will be gone and a few more applications will dissolve all signs. It also promises immediate relief from itching and a lustrous, glossy hair appearance.
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