Waterloo Hawks Clinch Clean Sweep Over Card Ensemble
Ketten Biel pitched a six hit shutout as Waterloo Hawks defeated Ottumwa Cards 6 to 0. Dixon and O Shea led Waterloo with two hits apiece while Dixon drew a walk and scored twice.
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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1924
Page
6
Ketten Biel pitched a six hit shutout as Waterloo Hawks defeated Ottumwa Cards 6 to 0. Dixon and O Shea led Waterloo with two hits apiece while Dixon drew a walk and scored twice.
Nine local gunners participated in Jesup Gun Club’s registered tourney, 20 shooters completed the 150 target program. Top scorers included F. H. Castie and Charles Hummel with 145 each, L L Witry 144, and H L F Ehrer with 132 among professionals. Waterloo and Charles City figures also cited with detailed scores and names. A note mentions a death by own action around New York City water reservoir fencing project.
National League results show Pittsburgh over New York and Chicago 5 to 4 with Brooklyn 1, St. Louis 6 over Philadelphia 3, and Cincinnati Boston rained out. American League scores include St. Louis 2 5 New York 1 4 and Philadelphia 7 2 over Cleveland 3 4. Washington defeated Carroll 1 0, Chicago 5 Boston 4. American Association games feature Kansas City 1 St. Paul 9 and Toledo 11 Louisville 4, Minneapolis 14 Milwaukee 2. Western League results list Des Moines 12 Wichita 6 and Oklahoma City Denver 2, St. Joseph 3 Omaha. Pulsa 14 Lincoln 7.
The St Louis Browns swept both ends of a doubleheader, 2 1 and 5 4, crippling the league leading Yankees as Wingard and Danforth fended off New York. Babe Ruth connected for his 33rd homer, a new monthly mark, while Washington closed on Detroit with a Senators win.
Twenty four young innnis players at Waterloo begin the first annual Coloniar junior city net meet at Sunnyside Country club with 1 p m Saturday. Four seeds lead the singles while doubles action starts Monday with strong pairs Carson Hevertey and Beckertlong among favorites.
Sioux City plans a band and parade to honor Morgan Traylor, who broke a world record for the United States by winning the 4090 yard hurdles in Paris Olympic Games. Mayor W Stewart Gilman announced city council endorsement of the plan.
Oelwein Iowa Aug 1 Special W. F. Stover coach at Oelwein high stopped over to map preliminary plans for the fall grid campaign. He will issue the first call for candidates a week before school starts. Stover's home is in Lean. He is a former Simpson College and University of Iowa athlete.
Warington vows to humble the Hawks after two victories by the Bees over Marshalltown. Rock Island aims to double attendance from last year, with fifteen home games left. Keyes leads the league in homers as Vic and Moline add a new first baseman Junk Walters. Frank Boyle builds a strong youthful lineup to challenge top clubs.
Dubuque hammered two Rock Island pitchers for a 13 to 5 victory. Wood held the mound for Dubuque after a shaky start as manager Johnny Armstrong produced a day with six fielding chances no errors and two steals.
A golf instruction piece describes a midiron shot technique to drive a low flying ball in wind. It outlines stance, ball line, grip, and wrist action, promoting a three quarter backswing and forward weight transfer to the hole, finishing with the blade square to the line.
Lou Rollinger, Wa tterson middleweight, travels to Des Moines for an eight round bout with Jack Schaffer of Omaha on Tommy Ryan's double program. Rollinger is reported in top condition and aims for an excellent showing. Des Moines lightweight Johnny Harris and Al De Rose of Fort Des Moines are also slated for eight round matches.
Manchester Iowa Aug 1 Special Manchester baseball fans will see the Anamosa reformatory nine face Strawberry Point at the fairgrounds next Tuesday. Both teams are strong and a speedy contest is expected. The game starts at 2 pm to allow the prisoners to return to Anamosa that night. The reformatory band will also perform as a musical attraction.
Reports of Malone leaping from Charleston bridge to honor a promise, Rickard weighing venues for the Leonard Walker fight in New York, Firpo drawing reactions in White Sulphur Springs, Gans challenging Estridge for the welter title, and golf and tennis results from Chicago Phoenix and Seabright.
Des Moines August 1 with the state tennis tournament nine days away the Iowa tennis association and Des Moines tournament committee push preparations for the meet at the Waconda club courts noted for their ideal condition and rapid drainage. A statewide body promotes interest with sectional vice presidents named from Grinnell Ottumwa Fort Dodge Mason City Waterloo Dubuque Decorah La Verne Primghar Nevada Cedar Rapids Des Moines Burlington Keosaukee Sioux City and others. Santa D B Fry Cedar Rapids head of the women’s committee, with Helen Ford Fort Dodge and Mrs Floyd Ebers Des Moines on the panel. The event is one of three United States lawn tennis association recognized tournaments in Iowa this year.
Madison Wisconsin and Washington University along with the University of California plan a western intercollegiate rowing association to contest the Poughkeepsie race. The plan calls for Michigan Minnesota and Stanford to be invited to enter crews next year. Wisconsin intends to continue in the eastern events while aiming to boost western competition.
New York August 1 Patterson and O’Hara Wood took the first Davis Cup prelim matches for Australia at the Crescent Athletic Club. Patterson beat W. Lock Wei 6 1 5 2 2 in straight sets and Wood defeated Paul Kong 6 0 6 1 6 2. The doubles later will pair Patterson and Wood against Wei and Huang.
Decorah August 1 Everything is ready for the county fair opening next week promising the best in years. Seventy horses are entered in the speed department and will arrive by Sunday night. The first day features a race among champion pacers Single G Margaret Dillon and Sir Roch promising a large crowd. Stock hogs and poultry exhibits will be unusually large.
Fort Dodge Iowa August 14 four of the town's best golfers will face Cyril Walker national open champion and Bobby Cruikshank runner up in the 1923 national open in a 36 hole exhibition August 7. Paul Barton captain of the University of Iowa golf team and H T Thompson meet the stars in the morning round while Jack Canavan local professional and C A Hessell oppose them in the afternoon.
Local boxing fans expect a 10 round main event at the baseball park tonight between Earl Blue and Mark Moore. Gibbons backs Blue while Potts guides Moore as both camps set to clash after cross training and prior skirmishes. A strong undercard features Rand versus Gannon and Leonard versus Gibbs with referee Alex Fidler slated to oversee starts around 9:30 p m.
Former lightweight champion Willie Ritchie signs for a comeback bout on August 20 in California. Promoter Tommy Simpson indicates a welterweight four-round bout with an opponent to be chosen from candidates including Dave Shade Geneclin a Earl France and Bobby Barrett. A Michigan rural schoolteacher earned money by splitting wood to fund a noon lunch program for her pupils.
A seller boasts a wide range of pipes at Store 1 on Fourth Street and Store 2 in the Black Hawk Bank Building. The display features pipes for all ages and prices from 25 cents to 35.00, with various materials and lengths to suit every buyer.
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