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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1919
Page
4
A nostalgic look at baseballs spring training season as players old and young await the southern camp. Veterans fear losing jobs to rising talent while memories of past trials, triumphs, and bench roles color the upcoming trek to warmer climes.
Town Falls, Ja., Feb 10 The Town Falls high school basketball team remains among central Iowa's top squads with only one loss this season to Fort Dodge. Fort Dodge visits next week as Iowa Falls seeks revenge. Iowa Falls defeated Eldora 48 to 15 at home and 16 to 7 previously at Eldora, while the girls beat Eldora 7 to 4. The boys’ best win so far is over Sheffield, ending a four-year Sheffield road losing streak. A return game with Sheffield is planned in two weeks. Another schedule game comes against Hampton at Hampton.
Leo R. Blackman of the Moline Baseball association has mailed invitations to promoters in Hannibal Quincy Keokuk Burlington Cedar Rapids Rock Island Muscatine Davenport Fort Madison Clinton Waterloo and Oskaloosa to discuss forming a 2 Mississippi River league. The aim is a compact circuit near the Mississippi with reduced travel. Replies vary from favorable to doubtful about organizing this year. eight friendly cities would trigger a meeting.
Dempsey rushed Fulton from cover and landed a right to the heart followed by a left body hook. Fulton waved arms but was overwhelmed and knocked down as Dempsey scored with a left head hook and right rear cross. Fulton was counted out in 23 seconds.
Chicago February 10 Joe Stecher and Ed Strangler Lewis were set to meet in a best two out of three falls elimination to decide a fan for Earl Caddock world heavyweight champion. The Wabash avenue bout on March 2 will be run to finish with 60 of a 10 000 purse as prize money. Moving pictures income will be shared by the principals. referees unsettled but Martin Delaney favored.
Clarence Rowland, former White Sox manager, and Chicago ad man Hugh Brennan have completed a deal to acquire a controlling interest in the Milwaukee baseball club. Rowland will serve as president and manager, Brennan as business manager, aiming to restore Milwaukee to contention in the American Association.
Weekend basketball results list numerous games across Iowa and nearby colleges. Notable scores include Minnesota 36 Iowa 22 and Drake 30 Nebraska 28 while Simpson 37 Cornell 29 and Penn 29 defeat others. Several high school and semipro results follow with varied margins across towns like Osage Charles City Marshalltown and Dubuque.
Dell Hanson meets Lloyd Huntley in the semi windup of the Emke-Nauman bout at Waterloo Theatre Thursday night. Both boxers showcase speed and mix, promising a solid scrap on the program. Hanson recently lost to Kid Johnson of Waterloo, and a Huntley win could set up a Johnson rematch in Waterloo or Minneapolis.
The Union Athletic club of Oelwein will stage a wrestling meet on Tuesday February 11 featuring light heavyweight Harry Cavanaugh of Omaha Neb vs Elelmer Myre. Cavanaugh famed for throwing Eklund former world light heavyweight champ in 25 minutes at Charles City last week. A preliminary amateur bantamweight match Casey McCarron vs young Parker also listed.
Rooney comes back after losing the first fall to Bill Davidson at Boone to win the next two falls. The match featured a 22 pound weight gap with Davidson at 196 and Rooney at 174. Davidson used a toe hold for a 44 minute struggle before Rooney fell behind, then Rooney won the second fall in 17 minutes and the third in six after a free hold. Fans called it one of Boone’s best this season and Rooney hoped to wrestle Helmer Myre on Feb 11 before the Union Athletic club.
TIAMOND GLEIITS, Bob Shawkey and Joe McNally are discharged from the navy. Chuck Wortman leaves pro ball to stay with Baltimore Dry Dock. Cubs sold him to Columbus. Heck Gowdy laments the theater turn. Giants secretary John Foster denies low New York contracts. Pat Moran vows Reds contenders. Phillies President Baker warns if Cincinnati falls.
The fifteenth annual Midwinter Trap Shoot kicks off at the Kansas City Club in Missouri as the American Trapshooting Association hosts a week of events. Entrants from a dozen states, including national names, boost a slate featuring the Elliott interstate amateur pigeon cup defense by F W Dinger of Harrisburg against Karl Melwrath and others, plus the amateur wing shot title races.
SiouCity base ball leaders reportedly offer Napoleon Lajoie a managerial role with booster backing led by Harry Eells of Cleveland ties and Pittsburgh pitch. Other notes mention Jack Barry joining Boston and Eddie Collins slated for White Sox spring camp. An odd aside notes Mainatchi’s all-male border town with women barred entry.
The Plaza presents Artecvast photoplay My Cousin featuring tenor Caruso and leading woman Caroline White. Crowds gathered at Manhattan entrance to glimpse Caruso during filming. Also The Spender starring Bert Lytell screens at Crystal. Waterloo hosts free Howes Great Travel Pictures showing next Wednesday at 2:30.
An old advertisement touts a blood tonic named S. S. S. as the cure for rheumatism. It promises relief for sciatica lumbago and articular rheumatism by cleansing and purifying the blood. The note claims thousands have recovered and urges readers to obtain S. S. S. from Atlanta druggists or contact Swift Laboratory for tests and advice.
The Palace screens Bonds of Honor starring Sessue Hayakawa and Tsura Aoki from Haworth Pictures, with Fatty Arbuckle in The Sheriff and a Pathe News reel. Waterloo Theatre offers The Unmarried Mother tonight, a Florence Edna May play examining war babies and social stigma, continuing today and Tuesday.
Billy Emke of St. Paul, a rising welterweight, meets Billy Nauman Thursday night in Waterloo. Emke, with four knockouts, uses a sharp right cross and fast hands to overwhelm opponents. He trained with Miske and earned early notice through wins over Abe Bowman, Ray Glick, Lottier Truax, and Mike Darcy, proving a two fisted, high tempo style. Cedar Rapids reports unusually mild weather thinning Cedar River ice. ice harvest reduced, eight inches thick and of poor quality.
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