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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1928
Page
5
Dr. F log Allen athletic director in Manhattan urges raising hoops to 12 feet to offset tall players and rebalance basketball. He notes gym ceilings and new arenas would allow the change and argues it would not bar tall players but equalize play.
Sacred Heart is out after St Marys and OLV A clash for the 1938 city parochial championship at East High gym tonight. St Marys likely with Lasche OConnor Quackenbush Wahi Kurth against OLV A with Dhirich Rizzo Horan and Hing. Tipoff around 8 p.m. with Midge Makeever officiating.
Osage high school gym balconies boosted revenue with four new seating levels. Coach Elmer Krammen turned over 700 dollars from the High School Athletic association to the school board, leaving about 300 for running expenses. The balconies cost 1530 dollars and wider crowds reduce standing room pressure. The board expects recoupment in two to three years from Ames receipts.
New York report shows Willie Hoppe leading the American three cushion race but losing the opener 50 to 48 to Ottane Reiselt in Philadelphia, Hoppe then lost the second 50 to 29. In Princeton New Jersey the swimming coach position at Princeton is vacant for the first time since 1911 after Frank Sullivan resigns. Houston reports Dick Kerr to manage the Gulf team of the Southern Coast League semi pro circuit.
In Madison Square Garden tonight three leading milers clash for the Knights of Columbus meet. Germany’s Otto Peltzer, Nebraska’s Lloyd Hahn, and Ray Conger of Is ling, A G., race for fast times and Olympic form. Hahn is the favorite on consistency while Conger pursues a repeat win, with Peltzer aiming for a world indoor mile mark and revenge on Conger. The event promises a historic, high tension final drive for the tape.
Paris reports Rene Lacoste world tennis champion denies he plans marriage to the famed golfer Thion de la Chaume. He comments that if engaged to a sweet girl like Simone he would not hide it, stating plainly he is not engaged.
Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne will deliver two lectures at Iowa State College in Ames tomorrow. The afternoon talk titled Why We Have College Athletics will be followed by an evening address on High Lights of Football as Applied to the Game of Life.
Manchester Indiana coach Kenneth Green previews the sectional tournament at Independence with lineup shifts. Beddow moves from guard to center, Blair replaces him at guard, while Wooshagen Harris and Van Auken stay as forwards.
Cedar Rapids February 29 The Coe College basketball season ends next Friday with a home game against Monmouth. Caps Hubbard and Hoyman retire after a strong defensive and scoring presence under Coach Jenkins. Hubbard leads the Kohawks in scoring last season and remains among the leaders this year while Heyman ranks third on the team. A win could solidify second place in the Midwest Conference.
Hot Springs Arkansas hosts major league players including Sam Rice Jess Petty and Earl Whitehill amid a golf and hot bath training routine. Rice shines in the South Central Open with a 312 score while Petty also shows solid golf form amid a heavy conditioning schedule that blends baths meals and practice with a baseball grind.
New York reports highlight Elizabeth M. Gordon of Providence as a leading feminine professional golfer and instructor. She trained at Acowxet Country Club in Massachusetts, won Rhode Island titles seven times, and played in major matches with notable players. Gordon also runs a Providence golf school and has appeared in exhibitions with Glenna Collett and Walter Hagen. Girls basketball results and Tripoli Iowa high school season finale noted.
Iowa announces 43 officials for the Western Conference indoor championships March 9 and 10 at the University of Iowa fieldhouse. Notables include Ira Davenport and Leonard Pauly, both invited as inspectors, with past champions and coaches like Pauly a Cedar Rapids coach and Davenport a former Big Ten titleholder. Other named officials include John Behr, Moray Eby, and Ted Canty among Chicago and Midwest coaches and announcers. Phoenix invited to Chicago national interscholastic basketball tournament for April 3–7.
Waterloo Fruit indoor baseball team forfeited to the Illinois Central Cubs at the Forum last night by a 9 to 6 score. Other games on the slate were postponed.
George Godfrey tops Paolino Uncu dun in a ten round decision at Wrigley Field Los Angeles drawing 46,605 fans. Gate totals show $125,191 with Paolino earning $40,544.81 and Godfrey $21,623.71. Godfrey weighed 236 1 2 pounds and used his size to control the early rounds.
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