Sporting World Events Lose to Invincibles Three Games
In a tight sequence, leaders fell to the Invincibles over a three game run. The series highlighted strong defense and clutch plays, reshaping standings and signaling a renewed challenge ahead.
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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1913
Page
1
In a tight sequence, leaders fell to the Invincibles over a three game run. The series highlighted strong defense and clutch plays, reshaping standings and signaling a renewed challenge ahead.
Dysart bowling team faces M and S tonight at Jackman alleys after Invincibles take two of three from Macks led by Mackin with 204. Ames closes basketball with a rough slate, poor offense, next season’s prospects brighter with strong freshmen, track outlook positive despite key graduations.
Mt. Vernon Feb 27 Cornell basketball squad trains for Cedaralls State Teachers game next Saturday. A win over Iowa last week signals improving form as Carhart returns from minor injury and Klews resumes his usual position. The team has shown late-season gains and hopes to beat the teachers, though Cedaralls may also have improved since a prior loss to Tarnell.
Iowa City high rifle team beat Deering of Portland 475 to 973 on February 2, breaking a tie for leadership. Finalists include Ferd Moonish of New York City, who could decide the national championship or trigger a three way tie. Individual scores listed include Konvalinka 14h Hoover i Gurnsios Luscombe 19a Newburg 183.
An aggressive old time advertisement touts a Ten Minute TIZ Foot Bath claiming to draw out poisons and restore feet. It promises a free trial for $1 and urges readers to write to Dodge & Co in Chicago for a package, mentioning bunions and foot comfort.
Peter Fromm former boy wrestler of Harlan Iowa defeated Don Albright of Rochester New York in two straight falls to win the United States middleweight wrestling championship in a highly praised match watched by about one thousand spectators. The first fall lasted forty four minutes with an armlock and scissor hold. the second fall after seventeen minutes used a leg hold. Preliminaries saw Ive Hawkins defeat Clyde Tague in twenty three minutes and Edwin Schell of Harlan drawing with Tony Cline. Dr Luxford of Decatur Nebraska officiated as referee.
Davenport reports an Illinois Athletic Club effort to stage a fin bout between Carl Brown of Water and Harry Hartmann of Gurlington atJoining Venire Gurley in March. Brown has opposed rivals, with fans eager for the match. The club plans purses and hopes to see the two meet, while Rock Island will back a handsome stipend for the evening’s tussle.
Ambiguous report notes state champions Tee the Pearl from Mieedtae face Fridvs night in decisive play. Locals say both teams have trained sixteen weeks and feel confident, with supporters hopeful a championship brings pride to the community.
Frank Boyle, manager of the Waterloo club, departs for Muscatine to take full charge of the Muscatine team. Mrs. Boyle will follow. Waterloo boosters anticipate his influence in elevating Muscatine’s play. Fans recall Boyle’s role in steadying Waterloo, guiding pennant races, and shaping league leadership. decoration day will see his squad visit Waterloo while Muskies vie for success.
A Waterloo Daily item notes Mrs. W. W. Miller and Mr. Miller in California for several weeks with the February 22 note saying the weather is cold and gloomy though today is pleasant. They plan to visit Venice on February 26 at Mrs. George Dawson's home as Waterloo residents endure a winter in the sunny west. The Millers expect to return by late March. Also mentioned is Mrs. M. Ricker in Hot Springs Arkansas with Mrs. Alford Jr noting the climate there as perfect and planning to stay several weeks.
Advertisement promises simple home treatment for piles with Pyramid Pile Remedy. It urges free trial packages, claims drastic relief and avoidance of surgery, and mentions drug stores selling the product with a later purchase option. The text appeals to urgency and personal proof, typical of old medical ads.
C J H Murphy of Cedar Falls is acquitted of burglary after a quick trial in which evidence focused on a missing 35 dollars and a pump catalog. Experts noted intoxication impaired intent, with Murphy visiting the office to obtain a catalog while reportedly drunk from gin fizzes in Waterloo.
The testimony described a man who drank and became dizzy, fell back on the bed, and claimed no habit of intoxication. The verdict met general approval, clarifying that entering a building is not a crime absent criminal intent.
Vinton Iowa February 27 Special Mr and Mrs W A Wallace marked fifty years of marriage with family and friends a noon dinner for fifty and an evening reception The Wallaces pioneers born 1840 married 1863 with eight children The couple retired twenty years ago and now reside in Vinton The notice ends with an advertisement for Foley s Honey and Tar Compound to cure coughs and colds.
The Missionary Review of the World appears on the regular periodical list for each division of the library. It is a monthly world wide review of missions from an undenominational view with long articles such as The Balkan War and Teaching the Indians in Alaska. Signs of the Times offers brief mission notes and World-Wide Mission News supplies latest field reports.
The library contains multiple mission periodicals including American Missionary Congregational Mission Studies Southern Letter Woman's Missionary Magazine United Presbyterian Woman's Missionary Work Presbyterian. It invites others to place additional periodicals as part of its releasing house of ideas for all beliefs.
An advertisement pitch touts the Waterloo Evening Courier for rental listings. It claims the paper has more than double the circulation of rivals in its territory, promising greater reach and better results for property owners seeking tenants.
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