Baseball Talent glut as leagues brace for surplus players
The piece outlines looming baseball labor constraints as major and minor leagues brace for a surplus of players. It predicts many men under reserve becoming free agents, with uncertain paths to new teams as leagues consider limits, potential season pauses, and widespread releases, stressing potential market glut and price swings.
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Chicag
Prinor
Rersgu
Artian
Ree
National Commission
American Association
International League
Pacific Coast League
Southern Association
Willard Defies Deputies At His Home In January Night
Willard hid on a second floor for three hours while deputies sought to serve papers after a dispute with his former manager. The scene drew taunts from onlookers as police kept watch in zero weather. Willard eventually left the house amid rumors of an alleged wrestling injury.
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Chicago
Willard
Victor J
Arkoma pageball league formed in Tulsa
Sport Flashes reports the Arkoma pageball league created at Tulsa with teams from Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Muskogee, Ardmore, and Fort Smith. Promoters aim to add three more towns. Charles J. Brill of Tulsa elected president. Alfred Fife, former baseball pitcher, died after falling at his Columbus home.
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Chicago
Tulsa
Qghlahoma City
Muskogee
Ardmore
Okla
Fort Smith
Ark
Charles J. Brill
Alfred Fife
Columbus
Reform era humor and fuel talks from Reinbeck column
A Reinbeck column laments fuel shortages in 1917-18 and parodies common sense fixes. It jokes about conserving heat by dining in kitchens and forming a heat sharing league among blocks. Local notes report Mrs Schaffer ill and a tense edgewood correspondence amid broader transportation debates.
Independence to Meet West in Valley Basketball Clash
Independence faces West Friday night in the Valley league as Marion and Iowa Falls square off. West seeks to check Marion’s momentum on a strange floor while Iowa Falls and Linn county stars pace a tight race for second place before the season ends March 2.
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Independence High
Waurlier
Independence
Buchanan County
Rebbeck
Manchester
Marion
Cedar Ally
Iowa Walls
Iowa Falls
Reinbeck
Cedar Malls High
Cedar Ialls
Jowa Falls
Marion Five
Iowa Palla
Linn County Speeders
Elacd
Town Falls
West
Warner
McAlvin
Paul Simpson
Iowa State Bowling Tourney Set for Waterloo
Des Moines January 21 The Iowa State Bowling association will stage its fourth annual tournament at Waterloo White Side alleys February 16 17 and 18. Expected entries exceed 40 squads with Des Moines teams and Waterloo locals among favorites. Morrison Taxi Strotz Staff and Maple Pushers teams confirmed. KE A Johnson and local bowlers organize the event to draw visitors and ensure alley conditions are top notch. Waterloo hosts some top bowlers including the Manahl brothers Packey McWarlane and Mr Johnson.
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Des Moines
Iowa State Bowling Association
Waterloo
Mike’ Conley
Morrison Taxi
Strotz
KE. A. Johnson
White Side
Manahl Brothers
Packey McWarlane
Mr. Johnson
Smuggling clothes into Germany by stamped undergarments
The Hague dispatch reports smugglers’ methods to skirt border controls as Germans cross into Holland dressed minimally. Authorities stamp underclothes of travelers. wearing unstamped garments later makes them contraband. Real estate transfers in Black Hawk County show multiple property changes in Waterloo and Linden Place. Grinnell defeats Drake 20 to 16 in a basketball game, with Grinnell winning at home.
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Hague
Holland
Netherlands
Germany
Rile
Black Hawk County Abstract Co
Emmony Johnson
Waterloo Savings Bank
Swig
West Waterloo
Elsie E. Williams
Krunawick-Munn Music Co
Isills Add
Waterloo
Mason H. Oselick
Mary 1
Linden Place
Ruby C. Moore
Mary
Miller's
War Y. M. C. A. Endorses Smileage Book Crusade
Washington January 21 The war department commission on training camp activities released a letter from J Tichenor of the Y M C A war work council endorsing the smileage book campaign The officials said there was no conflict between Y M C A activities and the commission plan to provide entertainment and that the books coupons good for admission to entertainments in army cantonments would be sold with cooperation from the YMCA
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Washington, D. C
War Department
Commission
J. ©. Tishenor
Y. M. C. A. War Work Council
Tichenor
CLEARINGS OF THE CITIES AND REGIONAL BASKETBALL SCORE
Bank clearings in the United States for the week ending Jan 17 totaled 6.1034 billion, down from the prior week and last year, with Canada at 230.14 million. major cities show varied gains and losses. Minnesota beat Iowa 32 to 18 in Western Conference basketball with Captain Gillen starring, as Albert Mars, 20, rode 30 miles in a blizzard to enlist, freezing extremities.
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Gy EN Bank
United States
Bradstreet’s Journal
New York
Yollow
Lord
Chicago
Philadelphia
Boxton
St. Louis
Kansas City
San Francisco
Mtteburgh
Cleveland
Detroit
Minneapo
New Orleans
Omaha
Richmond - St Paul
Houston
St. Joseph
Washington
D. Memphis
Springfield
Kre
Muskogee
Rockford
Bloomington
Deertur Vicksburg
TOWA
Minneapolis
Minn
Minnesota
Iowa
Gillen
Albert Te
Mars
Hill meets Myre in Charles City for light heavyweight title
Waterloo wrestler George Hill faces Helmer Myre in Charles City tonight in what is billed as Iowa light heavyweight championship wrestling. Myre, a top midwest grappler, has dominated most matches in Charles City, while Hill trains hard and seeks a historic victory supported by regional champion Earl Caddock who eyes a Des Moines title bout.
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George Hill
Waterloo
Charles City
Helmer Myre
Iowa
Myre
Middlewest
Hill
Earl Caddock
Egena
Des Moines
Caddock
Zbyszko
Lincoln Franchise Move In To Sioux City For Season
Lincoln club from the Western League nears completion of a deal to relocate to Sioux City. The Commercial club baseball committee has nearly finalized local details with owner Lucky Holmes and expects closing before next season. Local fans anticipate revived Western League baseball with stronger patronage than in recent years.
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Sioux City
Commercial Club Baseball Committee
Lincoln Club
Lucky
Holmes
Linecoin
Whitney Branches Out In Cedar Rapids Boxing Club
Frankie Whitney, a well known Cedar Rapids boxer, plans to open an athletic club in the parlor city soon. The club will offer a modern gymnasium, teach boxing, promote bouts regularly, and operate as an exclusive membership establishment.
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Whitney
Frankie Whitney
Cedar Rapids
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