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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1918
Page
5
A garbled recap of recent games and police reports leads to a disjointed sports brief. Mentions of teams, players, and locations are unreadable, leaving readers with unclear outcomes or dates while still noting a chaotic sports scene.
In a 20 inning marathon, Pittsburgh and Boston remained scoreless until the 21st, with Pittsburgh finally scoring two runs to win. Nehf pitched all 21 for Boston, while errors and standout fielding kept the game tight through innings.
Boston tops Washington 2 to 1 as Ruth and Maranville contribute key hits. Chicago’s scoring drive, aided by a St. Louis misplay, fuels the late inning win while the Senators struggle to answer.
The report recaps a tense game where a home run with two on base sparked the rally in Cleveland. Mead and Quillan pitched for the home side while Vand Sanate and Perkins contributed, as Cleveland defeated Philadelphia in a rugged early season clash.
After four key players depart and enlistments thin ranks, West High football foresees a lean 1918 season. Four returning pillars Clyde and Glenn Miller Titchlins Lichty anchor the squad, with Doc at fullback and Clyde likely at quarterback. Several 1917 regulars and promising reserves, plus three seniors Leonard McAlvin Gorman, join the backfield and line units for next fall.
Waterloo shooters received the Spirit Lake program for the Iowa state trapshooting season classic on August 29 and 30. The event uses six strings of 25 targets under the Siefkin high gun system with various purses and optional bets. A special Antlers hotel cup interstate handicap will be decided by net score in ties, while a historic shootoff altitude feat by Caleb Losers reached 22 000 feet in a record ascent.
A early 20th century column argues professional sports, especially baseball, will pause during wartime. It notes dwindling fan interest as seasons end and players enlist, with boxing, wrestling, and other events suffering declines as promoters face service-related shortages. It highlights Earl Caddock and Joe Stecher as wrestlers connected to the era and mentions several wartime enlistments and exemptions.
A collage of wartime quips and local notes from Keokuk and Plainview. Items include a critic of government rhetoric about numbers,Willard vs Dempsey headline chatter, a measles notice from Charlie Julian’s family, and light social anecdotes about magazine storytelling fatigue, a dark porch hammock scene, and camouflage jokes reflecting wartime sentiment.
The text notes early artificial eyes were made not for living people but for the dead. It recalls Pharaoh era balmers filling eye sockets with plaster or wax and placing eyes crafted from volcanic glass or semi precious stone into the sockets.
Fred C Whitmer will cashier the ishoot. KE C Hinshaw is president and C B Hill secretary.
A brief schedule describes live and screen offerings at local venues. A Doll's House at the Plaza explores a young wife’s forgery and its fallout with her husband. Crystal Theatre presents Patriotism with Bessie Barriscale in a World War I era Paralta production. The Fallen Angel, based on Gouverneur Morris, stars Jewel Carmen in a dramatic screen adaptation.
The 1918 season sees a surge of retired players returning to form and several old stars making surprising comebacks. Larry Doyle Fred Merkle and Jake Daubert each revive peak performance with batting averages near .350 in National League play. Doyle leads NL batters in limited games while Daubert and Merkle challenge top hitters as veterans reclaim major league relevance.
A brief theater note describes a woman who sins and repents too late and, after confessing to the man she loves, ruins her life. Palace Theatre presents the dramatic production whispered by critics and patrons.
President Ebbetts of the Brooklyn Nationals urged a joint meeting of National and American league owners in New York to decide when the season should end. George B Dryden was elected president of the National Association of Amateur Billiard Players in New York.
The article notes Jack Dempsey may seek a second bout with Fred Fulton due to lack of willing white opponents and even white contenders like Billy Miske and Jess Willard being unavailable or indecisive. Fulton offers a $5,000 side wager, and promoters eye future matchups, while Willard and Miske show reluctance or are sidelined by war and age.
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