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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1918
Page
4
In a humorous note the town laughs at the arrival of the coal man at 2 PM, delivering a grand and glorious mood after a long dry spell. Desperation for fuel leads residents to call the coal company again as the most wonderful, handsome, and intelligent person in the world appears with an honest to goodness load of coal.
Midwest baseball magnates meet in Veoria next month to discuss consolidating the minor leagues. The Three-I, Western association, and Central league fold into a new structure possibly yielding Western league and Central league survivors. Peoria and Tulsa eyed for franchises. Marshalltown rumored but doubtful. Frank Boyle in play with Tulsa.
Philadelphia January 24 Connie Mack says writers exaggerate ruin for next season. He asserts the team will not be very bad and will play strong baseball, with a nucleus of good players. Mack hints at surprises for writers and fans, and jokes about finishing eighth but not expecting it.
Hap Felsch of the Chicago White Sox longed to become a wrestler in his youth. Born in Milwaukee, he practised on friends, showed early strength, and chose baseball over the ring, ultimately becoming a star player earning good pay instead of touring wrestling exhibitions.
W Golf tournaments are in doubt as organizers debate resuming the national champions event. The White House States Golf association faces a decision at its annual meeting, with the fate of title play tied to the league’s stance and potential fan interest. Jir Givern advances in billiards near finals, while Pickle protests over alleged handicaps amid a theater ad for Green Stockings.
The article rails at aging two-bit bleacher seats in baseball for the war era. It notes admission cuts in the big leagues and grandstand prices, plus a Cubs transfer deal for Alexander and Weeghman. It also sketches wartime baseball moves, training camp plans, and humorous home-front incidents from Monday.
A critique of boxing seconds and promoters urging better education for seconds handling rounds. It laments water splashes and crowd disturbance caused by unseasoned seconds, praising disciplined handlers like Ton y Rourke and Billy Delaney and naming several respected seconds who understand boxers needs between rounds.
Frankie Durns earned a decision over Dutch Prandt in the tenth round of a scheduled ten round fight in New Orleans. In Chicago’s three cushion billiards fundraiser, Charles Morin beat Pierre Maupome 60 to 36, John Layton defeated Charles McCourt 50 to 48, Charles Ellis topped John Moore 50 to 28, and Flugh Fleal beat George Moore 50 to 36. Ellis leads after the latest results.
Lennon of St Paul proposed selling the park for 300 cash after a game, but Egan accepted. A huge attendance capped by receipts over 7009 drew taunts for Lennon as the largest crowd in the past era, reflecting the strong country interest in baseball.
Tonight at the Business Men's Athletic Club eight local boxers vie in grudge and rematch bouts. Huntley clashes with Mattison in a 10 round feature while Schultz meets Lavigne in another anticipated showdown. The program includes two more ten rounders and four round preliminaries with improved lighting and seating for spectators.
Sergt. Pat O Keefe, former Irish welterweight champion, beat Bandsman Blake in the National Sporting Club last night to claim the middleweight championship of Great Britain. The decisive victory came in the second round.
Chicago January 29 Charles H Weeghman president of the Chicago Nationals faces a 25000 lawsuit over a wreck that killed a three year old boy of Mrs Sarah Magidson and injured the mother. The incident occurred three months ago. Philadelphia January 29 Harry Davis retires from baseball to devote full time to scrap iron business and joins city council. Real estate transfers listed for Waterloo area with multiple transfers and replat details. Community theatre "Green Stockings" announces seats on sale for midweek performances.
Fred Toney, star Reds pitcher, rebutts slacker charges claiming he acted to support his family. He cites his brother's dysentery and a life interest in a family farm as reasons he sought exemption. The piece notes his arrest on alleged false affidavit and links the case to the wartime draft climate.
Henry W. Savage presents Have A Heart at Waterloo on Wednesday night with Jerome Kern music. A lively cast includes a eloping couple, an elevator boy, a movie queen and department store types in a summer hotel lounge room in Blueport Rhode Island. The production features a large chorus and orchestra and mirrors Savage’s famed stylish musical comedies. Also showing Jane Grey in Her Fighting Chance at the Palace today and Wednesday, adapted from The Widdling Man by James Oliver Curwood.
The era’s action packed film lineup features The Fiddling Man and Her Fighting Chance praised for intense melodrama. Maciste in The Warrior showcases feats of strength on the Italian frontier with risks, boulders, horse chases, cannon lifting and heroic drama.
Liverpool Jan 29 The Mersey district federation of engineering and shipbuilding trades with 4000 members adopted a resolution resisting any further call on the nation's manpower unless the government accepts the labor party war aims. It pledged to support an international workers conference and to back the conscription of wealth.
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