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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 24, 1928

Page

15

Kernan's Arrival Solidifies Waterloo Veteran Infield

Joe Kernan arrived as the veteran infield anchor for Waterloo in 1928, with Dixon weighing whether to retire or keep other veterans. The lineup features Kernan at second, Dixon at first, Pentecost at short, and Spat Grant at third, while rookies impress. Dixon plans two practice games with Cedar Falls Teachers College to sharpen the squad before a three game House of David series. The Hawk roster holds 29 players, trimming to about 20 to 22 soon, as Red Hamilton, a former Hawk, returns after trying to join western teams.

Joe Kernan Hawk Dixon Kernan Pentecost Grant Gard Teachers College of Cedar Falls House of David House of Davids Hawks Balantine McDermott Joe McDermott Sioux City Hamilton Waterloo Red Himmilton

West High to Compete in Drake Relay Events

West High will compete in three Drake Relays events in Des Moines with the two mile, half mile and quarter mile relays on the roster. Probable two mile team members are Gnagy Schmat Sandhagen and Middleton. Other events include Rust Tarpy and two as yet unnamed runners. Weather was cool and workouts were limited yesterday.

Des Moles Cotch Ralph Sarnt Gnagy Schmat Sandhagen Middleton

More Track Teams Enter Drake Meet

Belated entries from Marquette University Kansas State Teachers College Emporia St. Marys College and Creston High School boost Drake relays participant list to 233. Competition planned Friday and Saturday in Des Moines.

Drs Moines Marquette University Kansas State Teachers of Emporia St. Mavier Colleges Creston High School

Major League Hitters Ambition in 1920s Style

Unclear OCR snippet lists players and teams such as Goslin Sewell Indians Yankees Tigers and mentions runs batted in and stolen bases among early baseball figures. No coherent event or outcome available from fragment.

Ambisiuan Goslin Benators K. Wittens Red Box O. Sewell Indians Dewblen—tenees Yankees J. Sewell Denringer Tigers

Fragmented notes from a humorous column and reader remarks

A collage of jokes, cartoons captions, and questions from a readers page. It includes light quips about fashion and garters, movie star advertising, a plea for a statute of limitations for feminine dress, and stray bits on language and humorists.

Dempsey Calls Contract Just a Fooler in Trial

New York April 24 Dempsey says the contract meant nothing to either party and was only a paper. He asserts he signed to keep Doc out of trouble and notes the 50 50 split persisted, not the 62 3 and 33 1 3 terms. Judge Knox dismissed the first suit over the Willis bout, narrowing the claimed total to 534 360.

New York U.R Jack Dempsey Jack Kearns Intler Dempsey John C. Knox Willis Doc Boxing Commission

Charles City Enters Team in Drake Relays

Charles City plans a Drake Relays entry with coach Boylan and players Erwihy Hahn Lyle Wilson Robert Larsh and George Barnett. The squad travels to Des Moines Friday to enter the mile event at the annual meet.

Courierecial Charles City Boylan Erwihy Hahn Lyle Wilson Robert Larsh George Barnett Des Moines Teachers College Cedar Falls

Browns Land on Cleveland Glub for 4 2 Triumph

St Louis Browns beat Cleveland 4 to 2 in a game marked by six ex-MLB players on the Browns roster. Dan Howley steered the winners as Gray earned his third win, with contributions from Manush Brannon and Langford. Tigers 3 White Sox 6 and Tom Sweeney sails to train for Tunney match are noted in brief.

St. Louis Dan Howley St. Louis Browns Cleveland McNeeley O'Rourke Manush Bhic Schang Gray Fress and Branton Keystone Schulte Browns Grace Connie Mack Chevelanddaoleson Lind Th. Langford Sewell Burns Summa Shaute Myatt Ile L. Sewell Amth St. Lous Abretore McNeely Menush Kress Brannouw St. Bouls Smarmatey Fums Manish Brannon Langford J. Sewell Hameruns Snetdices Blue Shatele Saute Guthere Tfildebrand Ormsby Tigers White Sox Detroit Mich Owen Caroll Chicago White Sox Holy Cross Sox Bill Cisseil George Connally Baker Onicaga Onicaga--- Abahpoarer Most. Rf 61309 Cinucy, Ib 018 Ia, Metzhir, Efo Barrett Falk Krmm Cisacki Ora McCurdy Oaouit Moore Weveessy Connally Detroit- Abrhpore Gehrieger Rice Eerie Hellmann McManus Contat Tavener Hargrave Carroll Chicago Tin Gehringer Tobin Sweeney Tavener Kamm Cissel Heilmann van Graflan McGawen

Yesterday's Homers Leaders and League Totals

Yesterday's baseball notes highlight hitters and teams with top home run totals in the American and National Leagues. Key names include Manusch, Wright, Easterling, Welch, Frisch, and O'Doul, with league-wide totals listed for both circuits.

Tatat Manusch Tole

Golf as Champions Play It

Women should use light golf clubs for speed and control. A lighter mashie or mashie niblick can backspin pitches well, producing straighter shots with less effort. Avoid pressing with an iron. a mashie iron can be held tightly for better control.

Moses

Yankees Hope For Lefty Help After Slump

New York April 24. Miller Huggins, Yankees manager, hopes a week end rest and practice against left-handed pitching will restore faith in the champion club. They have dropped three of four to southpaws and scored only one run in two games against Grove and Walberg. Babe Ruth has been limited to about 125, and the next games are set to resume at Washington. Ames Netmen Beat Drake Four Matches To Two.

New York Urpi Miller Huggins New York Yankees Hug Yankees Ruth Babe Ruth Grove Walberg Bronx Washington Senators Huggins Athletics Hal Wise Boston Red Sox Portsider Earl Whitehill Detroit J. Walter Miller Cleveland Ames Iowa Beate College Drake

Fights Last Night Across Cities Highlight Ring Upsets

Boxing results recap lists fighters from Chicago Pittsburgh Montreal New York Scranton New Orleans and San Francisco. Notable bouts show Jack McCarthy Louie Lavelle and Tony Marusio among winners while George Sidderx Peter Datza and Billy Wittenbeck are named in varied outcomes.

Associateds Prosar Chicago Jack Zigic Pittsburgh Jack McCarthy Amtini Louie Lavelle Anderson Ind George Sidderx Montreal New York Peve Datza Scranton Tony Marusio New Orleans Babe McCruary Oklahoma Eter Dubie Breigihm Jimmy Slattery Fultani Billy Wittenbeck

Hahns Europe trip to train for Olympic races

Lloyd Hahn plans to sail to Europe in late May with coach Jack Ryder for conditioning ahead of the Amsterdam Olympics. The Nebraskan farmer will rest six weeks, skip indoor tracks, and base training in England while seeking to gain 20 Olympic points for the United States. He prefers England over France due to language and aims to return to Nebraska for fall harvest preparations.

Falls City Neb Lloyd Boston A. A America Amsterdam Hatin Hahn Europe Jack Ryder Pamies Chicago England Ahi France United States Nebrask

National League Forecasts Stir Confusion Among Fans

Fans across the U S and Canada predict NL finishers for the coming season with Giants pegged around fourth and Braves or Reds rising. unlike AL forecasts, NL opinions vary widely and next fall’s results will reveal the accuracy.

U. S Giants Reds Braves

Marvelous Shot Cools Burke And He Wins Handily

Billy Burke known as Burkowski wins the North and South Open at Pinehurst by one stroke over Tommy Harmon after a tense final round. Burke's nerves steady on a 25 foot come back putt after Harmon’s birdie chance, sealing the championship with a smooth closing run as he had led by seven earlier.

C. B. Keeler Associated Press Billy Burke Burkowski Billy Connecticut Pinehurst Tommy Harmon New York Bobby Cruickshank Harmon Burke

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