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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1921
Page
5
Fragmentary report shows Cleveland rallying to lead the series with Hart and Baker delivering key hits. Other notes reference White Sox, Philadelphia, and Boston games with scattered names including Ruth, Bagby, Johnson, and Strunk amid brief box scores and play-by-play shorthand.
The Bumpers beat Geneseo 12 to 10 at Gedar River park in a brisk season opener. Ostheimer faced player revenue demands after the close as the team considers pay disputes and possible league expansion.
New York Aug 2 official figures confirm 1921 as trapshooting’s peak year. Through June 3 408 registered club shoots drew 8 582 contestants and 778 872 targets. 115 shoots saw 3 737 gunners and 1 506 258 targets. 22 state championships totaled 1 595 485 targets for 75 522 average. all events combined hit 2 873 605 targets.
Benny Leonard, lightweight boxing champion, announces plans for a winter trip to Europe to fight in Enkoné and defend his title against welterweight challenger Jack Priston while expressing confidence in securing the championship.
A 1921 column humorously observes summer’s impact on appearance and dining manners. It riffs on women eating summer foods like corn on the cob and watermelon, noting the challenges of eating lobster and spaghetti gracefully, with playful cultural references and a comic poem closing the piece.
Cedar Falls blanked La Porte City 2 to 0 in Cedar Falls. Stainbrook pitched a steady game for La Porte City with nine strikeouts, while Worrell matched him for Cedar Falls. Both teams had five hits and Cedar Falls committed one error to La Porte City’s three.
Yesterday J. Franklin Baker doubled and homered powering the Yankees to a 5 2 win over Cleveland. Joe Bush limited the Browns to one hit as the Red Sox shut out the Browns 2 0. O'Rourke singled after Shanks tripled to drive Washington’s lone run in a 1 0 win over the Tigers. Strunk’s ninth inning bounder scored Johnson for a 25 4 White Sox win over the Athletics. Sallee Gurus and Bancroft singled, Markie’s play forced in the ninth run as the Giants beat the Reds 4 3.
Webster City Iowa August 2 The Monarchs fell to Madrid 4 to 0 in Madrid while the Nationals lost to Alden here 7 to 2 Errors largely blamed for the Madrid defeat The Nationals nearly staged a ninth inning rally for five runs but fell short
Ty Cobb, manager of the Detroit Tigers, who is visiting Augusta with his newborn son Will, will rejoin the club in Washington on Wednesday after the birth last week.
Baseball briefs report Pittsburgh Wings defeated Boston 7 to 3 after a rain affected schedule. Also notes roundups with Chicago Philadelphia and Brooklyn St Louis results and a New York Cincinnati game ending 4 to 3 in favor of New York.
Workmen on Campbell Avenue drank large amounts of city water from a hydrant during July. A resident reports her bill rose from 75 cents to 1.40, claiming the city should cover the extra cost. the street commissioner attributes it to the workers’ consumption and defers to the contractor.
Allison defeated Denver 12 to 6 in a Sunday baseball game at Allison, aided by nine hits and six Denver errors. Diekman took the loss as Allison built a long lead with key scoring in the sixth and seventh frames. McWhirter led Allison with seven putouts in a solid defensive effort. Attendance was 339 at the game.
Aplington defeated New Hartford 8 to 7 in a tight Sunday game. Sidmore struck out nine for Aplington while Keach fanned 12 for New Hartford. Aplington moved ahead with three runs in the fifth, two double plays backed solid defense, and Haan led Aplington with three hits. Over 200 fans attended.
Charles City won 4 to 2 over New Hampton as two runs in the sixth and two in the eighth carried the game. Dunfee pitched a strong seven innings with 10 strikeouts and one baserunner, while Bernhardt fanned eight for New Hampton. New Hampton plays at home again tomorrow.
The Lutheran men’s group will play the single men at East High Athletic Field tomorrow at 6 p m with nine wives cheering and offering dinner if the married players win. The wives have agreed to support their husbands on the promise of victory.
Babe Ruth introduces a playful pastime before games in the Cleveland series. He grabs old balls from umpires and hurls them into the upper right field stands, sparking comic scramble among the youthful crowd and earning praise from fans.
AP item briefs cover boxing with Johnny Nichols over Henry Malcor in a 19 round bout, Willard-Dempsey talk via Tex Rickard, a skating mile record by Frank Klepp, Bob MacDonald leading early Canadian open golf, plus Memphis suspends Norman Elberfield for 30 days after an umpire assault amid Little Rock forefeiture tensions.
Soldier Bob Martins wins knockout over Frank Moran advancing toward the heavyweight title as manager Jimmy Bronson predicts a real contender. Monticello outlines changes after a recent setback and prepares for future bouts in an August frame.
English polo authorities declare American polo ponies know more about the game than English mounts. Some English sportsmen bought part of a consignment of fifty ponies sent to England for international matches. A study of their training will be made to bolster English mounts.
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