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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1926
Page
2
The 1926 sports year ended with Ernie Ederle, Jones and Alexander in standout form as upsets and records defined football, boxing, golf, tennis, swimming, and baseball. Promotions, crowds, and dramatic comebacks highlighted a season packed with shocking shifts and peak moments across major leagues and events.
A New York obituary roundup lists Eddie Plank, Andy Smith, and Harry Greb among top sports figures who died in 1926. It notes Smith's California football turnaround, Plank's late-career memory with the Athletics, and Greb's 13-year ring run including a 1923 middleweight title, plus other deaths in boxing, horse racing, baseball, and miscellaneous sports figures from the year.
A fragmentary column notes chaotic family scenes during Christmas with noisy children and mounting bills. It mentions a man pleading guilty to voluntary intoxication under unclear circumstances and a satirical glance at fashion statements by Atlanta schoolgirls. The piece touches on social attitudes, tobacco, wine, and sports figures like Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker, reflecting a dated, informal tone.
Coaches Ralph Sarff of West High and Midge Makeover of East High lead a week of intensive practice for rural high school players. Drills run mornings at East High through Friday with scrimmages in the evenings against local teams. The program focuses on fundamentals like pivoting, faking, passing and dribbling as they prepare for the East Cedar Falls and West Charles City games. West High, short on veterans, shows improving fleetness and gradual progress toward the Charles City contest.
Louisville, by Dec. 27 Fred Haster, speedy and elusive University of Louisville halfback, high scorer of the 1926 collegiate gridiron season, failed to score a single point in 1905, also he was a regular on the team. Kaster led the country's leading scorers this fall with 124 points, topping Mike Wilson, Lafayette, his neatest competitor, by four points. Koster missed participating in one contest, too, because of injuries. Last year, however, he played in every game, being more noted then for defensive rather than offensive ability.
Honolulu report says South Dakota State defeated the University of Hawaii foothill team on Christmas day nine to two before twelve thousand spectators. Kelley, left half, starred for the Staters as they kicked field goals in the first and second periods and added a third-quarter score to seal the win at halftime and extend the margin.
Cedar Falls reports 1926 athletic season shows Iowa conference strength for the Teachers College in basketball wrestling baseball football and track. Coach Art Dickinson guided a runner up basketball team with nine wins three losses while Morrison earned all state honors. Baseball captured the conference flag with three losses. Track finished poorly but Garner set a broad jump mark. Football featured six freshmen earning monograms.
Gene Tunney, the heavyweight champion, survived a near fatal Christmas dunking after crashing through the ice on Moosehead Lake near North Maine Lake Rockwood Me. He was rescued by companions as he sought a quiet holiday at Kine's camp.
Nat Holman recalls a 1924 Columbus episode with George Haggerty eating doughnuts and coffee before a game. A fan warned that the Armory floor was slippery, and Haggerty quipped that doughnuts would loosen feet after mastication, leaving the crowd amused by the inside joke.
Mehlhorn of Chicago won the Santa Clara Valley Open at San Jose Country Club with a final round 63, a 2907 total, and first prize of 500. Armour of Washington DC led at mid-tournament but finished second with 1211 after a 73 final round.
Chicago owner Charles A. Comiskey rebuts charges against Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker over the 1919 World Series fix. He says they were innocent and should have been heard before resigning, criticizes Ban Johnson and Frank Navin for withholding facts, and notes Landis’ pursuit of justice while acknowledging the six players banned for the scandal. The report also mentions Comiskey’s quick suspension of implicated White Sox stars.
A week of January 29 in Goxton will host what is described as the largest and most complete outdoor show in the country. It will feature participants from New England and Atlantic coast states, plus Canadian and U S government agencies, with an educational focus on winter sports and recreational interest in the east.
Pittsburgh trustees debate proposal to lease or sell the University of Pittsburgh stadium to a projected third major baseball league. A $2,900,000 seat facility is scrutinized for size and timing while officials await written terms. Tex Rickell named as a promoter. Barner Dreyfuss offers little knowledge or interest. Also notes a solvent invention for removing chewing gum stuck under theater seats.
Kansas City December 27 The Missouri Valley football arenas extend across the plains and rely on automobile traffic due to distance from cities. Valley schools aim to raise seating from about 200000 to meet rising demand. Lead facilities include Missouri, Kansas, Drake, Nebraska, Iowa State, and Oklahoma A ggs, with stands from 7 509 to 80 000 and plans to add thousands more by 1928.
Cleveland December 27 Tris Speaker former Cleveland AL leader travels to Washington with attorney William Boyd to join Ty Cobb and pursue federal court action to clear his name from a stigma in the latest baseball scandal. Close friends say they may also present to the federal traffic commission that organized baseball is a trust.
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