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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1921
Page
7
Urban Faber twirled a two hitter as Cleveland defeated Chicago 2 to 0 in the first game of a series. Sheely doubled for Chicago, but the visitors were retired in order in most frames. Faber received flawless support as Cleveland moved to win.
American Association games saw Milwaukee and Minneapolis tie Kansas City 8 to 8 and St Paul lose 21 to 8 with no other matches scheduled. Western League results include Wichita 7 over Des Moines 1, Omaha 6 over Tulsa 7, St Joseph 6, Oklahoma City 0, Sioux City 16 over Joplin 4.
Waterloo rifle club members edged West High by 904 to 849 at Central School last night. Walter Sipe led the High School with 95 in a loss as Verne Mastain paced the city squad with 99, while C Hartman and A Wy Mullan contributed notable scores for Waterloo.
Seven American amateur golfers depart for England to contest the British Amateur Championship. They left from New York aboard the Caronia with players W C Fownes Jr Bobby Jones Francis Guimet Fred Wright Dr Paul Hunter J Wood Platt Jess Guilford and George Batch plus Charles Evans Jr missing from the trip.
Ex world champion wrestler Caddock faces Sheriff grappler Charley Peters in a one fall match at Walnut baseball park as part of a May day celebration. Special bleachers and a downtown parade with airplane stunts and a 4900 foot parachute drop highlight the program.
The scorecard shows Urban Huber limited the Indians to two hits as the Chicago White Sox edged the champions 1 to 0. Sutherland led Tiger recruits to a 25 to 0 victory over the Browns with Cobb's men. Pittsburgh topped the Cubs on early hits while Cooper shut them out in game one after illness. Bill Sherdel faltered as Cincinnati beat St. Louis 4 to 3. Rain halted the Washington Philadelphia game in the tenth with 3-3 split. Bad weather shut down other games.
At Mason City on Thursday amateur Billy Hoon, town champion, scored 194 of 200 to claim high honors for the second day of the Minks tournament. St. Louis pro Art Killam led salaried shooters with just four misses, while Fred McKay Minneapolis and Charley Hummel La Porte City posted 191 and 190 respectively. Weather improved trapshooting conditions as squads posted scores across the field with several 190s and near tops throughout the event.
The National Boxing Association threatens New Jersey with expulsion if Tex Rickard is allowed to charge $39 ringside for the July 2 Dempsey Carpentier championship. Walter Ligsinger, NAB president, announced the move yesterday.
Pittsburgh defeated Chicago 3 to 0 on the Cubs first visit to the city. Hollacher error allowed two runs in the first inning, Maranville doubled and Cutshaw singled for the third. Barter made a one handed catch near the left field fence.
Catcher Bill Rariden has signed with the Cincinnati base ball club and applied to Commissioner Landis for reinstatement. He had announced last fall he would devote time to his farm. Manager Moran expects to use him as a coach for young pitchers and as a pinch hitter.
Tripoli Indiana district clubhouse reports a fast team in town as the Tripoli baseball club under manager Walt C Fergeman plans to open around June 4 against New Hampton or Oelwein. College students will delay the start. officers elected include J L Fink secretary treasurer and J A Hale A W Buechhele H W Bockhans directors with Fred Fink as official scorekeeper.
From New Orleans AP report Pete Herman beat Frankie Daly over fifteen rounds in a boxing card. In other results Jimmy Brady won a newspaper decision over Willie Green in Escanaba Michigan.
Wild left hander known as Duster Mails shakes up pennant talk for Cleveland. A volatile phenom with Rube Waddell comparisons, he can glow for six to seven innings then surrender walks and wild pitches. native son who started with Seatt le and Brooklyn, he joined the Indians after stints in Portland and Sacramento.
At the Penn Relay games in Philadelphia on April 30 Kans over 3000 athletes competed for honors in the twentys seventh annual event Iowa State College and Illinois took top places in team events while Notre Dame Yale and others set or challenged records. The inter scholastic medley saw Cedar Rapids high school pushed to a relay carnival record as Huntington and Wentington led Wentington to victory.
Johnny Kilbane says the bout will go the limit and favors Dempsey to win only if the fight lasts all twelve rounds. He warns Carpentier can hit and is clever, and notes public support leaning toward Dempsey yet fears a tough matchup.
The report lists several events with times distances and placings. Desch of Notre Dame won the 41 yard hurdles ahead of Ohio State's Pit tenzer and Hill. H M Osborne led the long jump, Beaublosom second for Oklahoma A and M, Wattersley third for Pennsylvania. Two-mile international upset with Baker first Furnas second Nightingale third. Huntington high school took the interscholastic medley relay, Cedar Rapids high second, Exeter third, Hutchinson Central sign school fourth. Pennsylvania, Lafayette, Princeton, France led in sprint medley and twomile medley relays. Various pentathlon events show Levendre Georgetown first with Hamilton Missouri second and Bradley Kansas third after 4500 meters. Discus and broad jump results, along with other field events, are listed with multiple collegiate and high school participants.
In the pentathlon javelin, J Bar stels of Pennsylvania won with a distance of 168 feet 113.44 inches, followed by A Betzner of Delaware in second and B Hamilton of Missouri in third. Time noted as 223-5.
Purdue University defeated Iowa State nets yesterday by a 5 to 3 score in Lafayette Indiana. Barttelles Wagner Birger Vol mert Anderson Leighten Frehwein and Locke were named in the box score.
Featherweight champion Johnny Kilbane of Cleveland denied promising a title bout with Danny Frush of Baltimore. He said his next fight would be a 10 round no decision match with Freddie Jacks in Cleveland and he has no plans beyond an English bout on May 25.
In Louisville the Simms stable prepares Leonardo II and Bon Somme for the Kentucky Derby next Saturday. Leonardo II set a fast-track time and tied the American one mile record for Man o War, while Bon Somme posted a mile in 1 42 flat on a mud track, strengthening the stable’s Derby prospects.
Guynn and Harper captured the pin game with a 1728 to 1666 score last night on the Whiteside alleys as spectators watched the hand painted sleigh bell go missing.
Last year Brooklyn fell to the Boston Braves, slipping to second in the National League standings. Yale played error free against Johns Hopkins, while Cornell defeated Amherst in an 11 inning matchup.
The match ended 1728 to 1666 with Newell totaling 7791 and Nauman high in individual scores despite Nauman leading in per game high. Line scores show Newell 341 169 447 and Nauman 336 179 209, among others, with Guynn and Harper contributing solid totals.
Chicago April 30 Babe Ruth homerun king ties with George Kelly of the New York Nationals for the lead with five homers. The piece covers batting leaders across American and National Leagues, mentions Heilmann Stephenson and others, plus Western and Southern associations and stolen-base leaders.
Ray Caldwell of the Cleveland Indians says he will take it easy with his pitching this season awaiting warmer weather. He admits more arm trouble than ever before since entering the major leagues and plans cautious work to protect his arm.
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