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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1916
Page
3
The city endured a severe cold snap with sleigh bells heard as winter began. Temperatures dipped to two below on Saturday night and seven below last night, extending a monthlong record of twelve consecutive below zero readings.
Ames director Clyde Williams says Nebraska will not commit to a November home game this year delaying a clear schedule. Grinnell may push for playing on Grinnell soil while Ames keeps home dates tight. Wrestlers and basketball squad prep for practice with Missouri Valley plans uncertain and a chess team aiming for elimination trials.
Corumbtns O Dec 26 The University of Michigan might rejoin the Western Conference according to Prof Thomas E B French head of the Ohio State athletic board He says a majority of Big Nine universities would favor Wolverines return and many Michigan alumni support the move He mentions no active measures are being taken.
Australian middleweight Les Darcy landed in New York on Christmas Day after a two month voyage. He will be signed within 24 hours to meet Georges Carpentier or Jack Dillon or Billy Miske for his American ring debut. Darcy traveled as a stowaway from Newcastle under the name Dawson and is training under manager G. J. O’Sullivan.
Chicago, Dec. 28 Prosperous Mayers and other White Sox pitchers were banned from driving during the season after deliberation by manager Clarence Stowland. Medical and baseball authorities cited muscle strain from driving as detrimental to throwing. Affected players include Jim Scout Earl Hamilton Tris Speaker Ray Morgan Claud Hendrix and others with notable names listed.
Chicago, Tl. Nea. 26. George Stallings, manager of the Braves, seeks to overhaul his club by dropping two longtime stars and hopes the Chicago Cubs will aid. He targets Sherwood Magee and Fred Snodgrass, both outfielders, with Magee widely regarded as a top slugger. Leslie Mann of the Cubs may be involved, and Stallings has nicknamed Mann “Stonehead.” President Weegihman says no chance.
Omaha alumni of the University of Nebraska plan vigorous agitation to leave the Missouri Valley Conference and schedule own athletic engagements as Michigan and Notre Dame do. The immediate cause is the MVC’s refusal to sanction Nebraska games in Omaha. A meeting will arrange plans with university management.
Reinbeck high first team beat Vinton 14 to 10 at Reinbeck with Smith scoring early and the lead held rest of the game. Second team won 20 to 18 against Hudson. Reinbeck girls beat Vinton 10 to 4, their second win after last Friday’s victory over Parkersburg.
The New Year’s Day intersectional football game will pit the University of Oregon against the University of Pennsylvania in Pasadena California. The traveling distance nears 10 000 miles and both teams boast strong players and impressive recent records.
Incomplete OCR fragment lists college names and scattered scores or identifiers. Entities include Pennsylvania Lafayette Pennnsylvania Dartmouth Michigan Cornell and West Virginia. The data lacks coherent structure or full context for a clear event or outcome.
Pacific coast reports say Doc White former White Sox star left-hander and former teammate of Frank Isbell may take the Des Moines managerial post in a Western League switch. Frank Jabell owner of Des Moines has bought Wichita and offered White the helm. White says no definite decision yet and plans to contact Isbell soon.
In Omaha Nebraska on December 25 authorities pursue US Livestock Company and Omaha Land and Improvement Company over schemes where farms were deeded in exchange for wild horses claimed to be in Coconino County Arizona. J Sidney Smith testified he warned buyers the horses would be hard to catch and that some horses were traded for a Decatur Nebraska farm that later sank with the Missouri River.
Walter Dumphy, famed local violinist, scored 288 with ten straight strikes at Fitzgerald alley in Dubuque Iowa. His eleventh ball left eight pins, twelfth cleared remaining two, surpassing last year’s high of 278 by J J Rock. Dee lopsided bowling hustle ends in dramatic fashion.
Union carpenters in Sioux City Local No 948 approve a wage scale raising pay by 7 1/2 cents an hour to 85 cents for an eight hour day effective May 1. The increase aims to reflect higher living costs and long-standing underpayment. Contractors will be asked to adopt the new rate, though consent is uncertain.
Snow began Saturday night and continued until Sunday noon, promising a white Christmas for Waterloo. The season's heaviest fall measured three and a half inches, according to Ralph B. Slippy, a voluntary observer. Children welcomed the snow as ideal for testing a new gift.
A box of apples and a box of cigars for the men and a box of apples and a box of candy for the women was the method by which the Black Hawk Fruit & Commission company remembered its employees for Christmas.
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