Hawks Leave Friday for Two Day Series With Sioux City
Hawks entrain Friday for a two day series in Sioux City against the Stockyards outfit after a 6 to 3 win over Iowa State Teachers. Dixon released five players after the Cedar Falls game as Waterloo's baseball squad closes home practice and prepares to open the season against Moline next Thursday.
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Hawks
Sioux City
Waterloo
Illinois Central Shops
Cletus Dixon
Stockyards
Outfit
Moline
College
Cedar Falls
Dixon
Gentille
Sepp
Helder Dellabetta
Snelgrove and
Whede
Lizard under sacred tree and other odds ends
A collage of quirky notes and brief items from the era. It mentions a nine foot long lizard in Ceylon under a sacred tree, a Dakota professor breeding a tailless sheep, Clemenceau avoiding memoirs, Mellie Dunham the fiddler and Henry Ford, and remarks on Borah, tenors, overdue accounts, a Bonnie query, kennel show prizes, a new cxar in poultry, and misc humor from 8. J. M.
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Ceylon
Baseball Standings and Yesterday's Scores
National League Chicago 2 Cincinnati 1. Boston at Philadelphia and New York at Brooklyn rained out. American League St Louis 4 Cleveland 2. Philadelphia 4 Boston 1. Chicago 4 Detroit 2. Washington at New York rained out. Open dates in American Association and Western League Tulsa 9 Des Moines 1. Lincoln 5 Amarillo 4. Omaha 3 Oklahoma City 2 Denver 7 Wichita 4.
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Chicago
Cincinnati
Boston
Philadelphia
New York
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Cleveland
Detroit
Washington
Tulsa
Des Moines
Lincoln
Amarillo
Omaha
Oklahoma
City
Denver
Wichita
Pittsburgh A
St Louis
Minneapolis
Pau ' Meer
Milwaukee
H&s
Kansas City
Toledo
Indianapolis
Louisville
Columbus
Amarillo Aces
Oklahoma City
Sumner High Defeats Tripoli 22–4 in Rain-Shortened Game
Sumner high school baseball team defeated Tripoli 22 to 4 in four innings as darkness halted play in the seventh. The game ended with Sumner ahead, showcasing a strong offense and early home runs.
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Sumner
Tripoli High
Prep relay men on edge for big Des Moines meet
Drake relays open tomorrow in Des Moines with Waterloo high schools in prep class. East High enters three class B races Friday. West High runs the class A mile Saturday after noon. Nine Orange and Black runners Harris Martin Fowler Young Bicker Diekman Garrison Webberking Baugher slated for quarter and half mile and mile relays. Malcolm Garrison elected track captain. West High mile team Burbank Pixley Hardinger Olds aims for leaders. East High faces prelims Friday morning due to many class B entries.
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Des Moines
Waterloo High
East High
Action
West High
Orange and Black
Harris
Martin
Fowler
Young
Bicker
Diekman
Garrison
Webberking
Baugher
Malcolm Garrison
Dast High
Burbank
Pixley
Hardinger
Olds
I. C. Indoor Nine Beats John Deere Again 208
Central Regulars won their second straight indoor baseball game at the Forum last night defeating John Deere 20 to 8. Pattison and Fagerland formed the winning battery while Clark and Smith played for the losers. Fagerland hit a homer in the sixth driving in a run, Pattison fanned eight. The third game of the series is set for Friday evening at the Forum.
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Finois Central
John Deere
Forum
Pattison
Fagerland
Clark
Smith
Forum Diamond
Golf as Champions Play It How to store clubs after season ends
Runner Up National Open Champion 1926 explains club care. Sand paper and oil hickory shafts, coat with shellac, polish metal heads, rub with oil. Do not leave clubs standing to avoid shaft warping.
Jinx Hits Washington Club Early Says Griffith
Clark Griffith of Washington Bulls remarks on an early jinx in the American League pennant race. He cites injuries to Johnson Speaker Harris Rice Crowder Reeves Cullop and Bluege as the misfortune, but expects a strong season after the rough start.
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Washington
D. C
Clark Griffith
Johnson
Speaker
Harris
Rice
Crowder
Reeves
Bluege
Tutors Take Part in Relays
Cedar Falls April 28 Coach Dickinson and 11 Teachers college track athletes will attend the Drake relays as official representatives of the Pedagogical Institution. They enter in the half mile and mile relays of the Iowa conference and college sections and in the broad jump. Half mile relay: Blanchard Luke Thompson McCusky with Stout alternate. Mile relay: Blanchard Thompson Roeder Pollack with Hunt alternate. George Garner, record holder in the broad jump, will compete against top jumpers to determine Drake games premier jumper. The half mile baton squad has shown sprinting speed this spring and the mile team has run two furlongs in about 52 seconds. Garner hopes to improve on his Des Moines record.
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Courier
Cedar Falls
Dickinson
Teachers College
Drake
Blanchard
Thompson
Roeder
Capt. Pollack
Hunt
George Garner
Missouri Valley
Garner
Will
Des Moines
Directors to set opening day plans at Friday confab
Waterloo Baseball association board meets Friday evening likely in Black's tearoom. Secretary Sam Frank says the session will map opening day events for May 5 when Waterloo faces Moline in the first Mississippi Valley league game of 1927. Plans include ticket books sales and a knot-hole club for Waterloo youths.
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Waterloo Baseball Association
Sam Frank
Waterloo
Moline
FIGHTS LAST NIGHT AP ROUNDUP OF RESULTS
Wilmington and Cal-Dickie Duga drew in a multi city boxing summary with several results. Patsy Flannagan defeated Jimmy Fox in San Pedro while Micky Rockson beat Marcel Thurn in Boise. Kaplan edged Vacerelli 12 in New Haven.
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Associated Press
Wilmington
Cal
Dickie Duga
Taodaville
Jimmy Hackley
San Pedro
Drew
Ocean Park
Patsy Flannagan
St. Louis
Jimmy Fox
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Micky Rockson
Boise
Ida
Marcel Thurn
France
Cedar Rapids Camp Sees First Injury and Player Moves
The Cedar Rapids baseball camp reports the first injury as veteran third baseman Jilm Hdwards twisted his left ankle. Several players changed teams or were released to other leagues with Ottumwa, Okmulgee, Springfield, and Columbia cited. Idaho Falls begins May 17 at Ogden. Vaughan moves to Waterloo to join the Legion sextet next season.
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Cedar Rapids
Jilm Hdwards
Tourney Started For Club Women
Sunnyside Country club opened its first women’s golf event an all day handicap tournament to split players into class A or B with prizes for both. Tuesday was set as Ladies day with weekly all day programs under club pro Bob Elderton beginning May 10. The men’s schedule is not yet announced by the sports and pastimes committee.
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Sunnyside Country Club
Bob Elderton
Navy tops Franklin and Marshall in baseball`
Navy defeated Franklin and Marshall 11 to 6 in a college baseball game. Purdue beat Northwestern 7 to 5. Illinois (spelled THinois) beat Chicago 12 to 3. Michigan lost to West Virginia 3 to 1. Oklahoma and Missouri had a 9 to 8 result. Missouri also beat Oklahoma 9 to 4. Knox edged Augustana 8 to 6.
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Navy
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Purdue
Northwestern
Thinois
Chicago
Michigan
West
Virginia
Oklahoma
Aggies
Missouri
Knox
Augustana
Cubs Top Reds 2 1 Behind Blake’s Sharp pitching
Cincinnati April 28 The Cubs defeated Pete Donohue and the Reds 2 to 1 in a tight game. Sheriff Fred Blake pitched superbly, allowing six hits and not issuing a walk until two down in the last inning. Chicago benefited from timely hits including five against Donohue and regained footing in the series, while English contributed solid defense and Stephenson drove in the decisive run in the sixth or eighth.
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Shue
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Japan
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J. M
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Jinx
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al Bauer
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Springfield
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Burlington
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Yall
Stuart Clarke
Columbia
S. C
Pirates
Dan O'Leary
Marshalltown
Idaho Falls
Ogden
Billy Vaughan
American Legion
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Peter Groft
Rock Island
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Joe’ Kernan
Sunnyside
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