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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1913
Page
1
Bloomington reports a proposed two half seasons ending July 1 and Sept 7 with a pennant series if different clubs win. The plan aims to boost attendance and profits by allowing a second chance for slow starters while maintaining a possible two champion outcome.
The Pattern Makers won three games from the Engravers in the opening series at Jackman Aisle, aided by high scores from Huntsha and Pfiffner. Nesbit posted the top average while Forhan and Van Wetzinger contributed strong totals. Engravers struggled with low match counts as future weeks preview clashes loom with Trsin Tibtes versus Marks and Boosters versus M. &. teams.
An old newspaper ad promotes Hall’s Catarrh Cure and Cheney & Co in Toledo Ohio. It asserts the remedy cures catarrh by acting through the bloodstream, promises constitutional improvement, and offers a refund if not cured. The piece also includes advertisements for a laxative product.
Under the interstate association, the annual state clay bird shoot will be held in Iowa City on May 30. About 15 shooters are expected, including Maxwell and Garrett, champions in their classes. The event should draw many sportsmen from across the state to witness the trophy matches.
The athletic Board postponed the state interscholastic basketball tournament to March 28 and 29 due to spring vacation at the state university. Jesse Hawley signed to coach the 1913 football team. Iowa basketball, after losses to Illinois Chicago and Northwestern, returns and starts prep for Grinnell on January 24, the same day baseball schedulers from colleges convene here.
New York January 21 Frank Chance newly named manager of the New York American League club says he is head of five teams by nickname but wants the plain New York on uniforms. He tells President Farrell that New Yorks should be the public name, arguing the nicknames are confusing and overdone.
Fort Dodge hosts a nine school field for the Van Patten basketball trophy with entrants West Waterloo Reinbeck Grundy Center Jefferson Fonda Rockwell City and Fort Dodge. The trophy, donated three years ago by TD Van Patten, rewards a school winning three straight years, with Grundy Center the current two time holder.
Decorah Iowa January reports Al Palzer says he could have gone twenty rounds with Luther McCarty if the referee had not stopped the fight. He blames manager O Rourke for forcing him to box instead of crouching for a knockout, claiming the corner’s megaphone instructions let McCarty pummel him. Palzer bears only a left eye bruise and feels stronger, insisting he was not defeated by skill but by management strategy.
Former idols like Wild Bill Donovan Gabby Street Cy Young and Kickapoo Summers fade to minors or retirement as 1912 ends. Cy Young, after over twenty two years and a remarkable record, retires from the Boston Nationals amid late season struggles. He leaves behind a fortune from baseball and a life of ease, while others face similar demotions or exits from the majors.
Mike Murphy, trainer of American athletes at Stockholm, calls Howard Drew of Springfield High School the greatest living sprinter. Drew, 18, has recovered from a sprained tendon that kept him out of the Stockholm finals after qualifying in the preliminaries.
Mordecai Brown, once a pitching marvel for Chicago, is traded to Louisville as Cub boss shifts him aside. Cincinnati manager Joe Tinker has signed Brown for next season, while Gabby Street, famed Washington catcher, is released. Two ex world series pitchers, Wild Bill Donovan and Kickapoo Summers, are cast adrift by Hughey Jennings with Summers sent to Providence and Donovan becoming a Tigers scout.
In Columbus on January 21 Rev Billy Sunday drew more than 22,000 men to hear his message of purity, a record Columbus and Ohio may not soon surpass. Evangelist Chapman Moody and Terry are cited by revival leaders as not matching this attendance, with many converts at the tabernacle remains.
An advertisement touts Pepe's Cold Compound as the sole cure for the common cold and Grippe misery. It promises swift relief after two hours, with three consecutive doses, claiming elimination of headaches, nasal congestion, fever, sneezing, and other symptoms from a 25 cent package.
Crowds estimated at 11 000 to 12 000 gathered at the great tabernacle on West Goodale Street yesterday for an evangelist sermon on personal purity and wages of sin. Afternoon heat drove many away as more sought to hear the preacher.
Jamaica N Y Jan 21 Chris tie Mathewson, a New York National League pitcher, paid a $10 fine for speeding on a Long Island boulevard. A policeman timed him at 31 miles an hour, the offense tied to an automobile presented by admirers last year rather than his arm’s speed.
Owa College captains include Ames Cowan at left end and Drake Simons at halfback. Towa McGinnis and Simpson Betts also listed as backs. Grinnell Brody and Iowa Wesleyan Shipley appear among line and backfield leaders. Highland Park Slattery and Central Peterson lead with Blisworth Smith at quarterback.
Iowa State college students can excel in singing as in agriculture, engineering, athletics, debate and oratory. The men's glee club, trained by Prof. A. B. Thompson, toured nine cities with twenty one men and two women before enthusiastic audiences, achieving artistic and financial success. Prof. E. N. Wentworth joined in Omaha.
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