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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1911
Page
1
The piece tracks players like Red Faber touring the country from Dubuque to Pueblo and discusses payroll pride and education in travel. It notes a recent game against Bronx City, mentions potential moves for Cedar Rapids and Waterloo, and previews the Danville series finale followed by Peoria and a return home.
Island team dominates Kinsselas’ squad in a 9 inning game as two umpires are noted for the officiating.
Big Ed Walsh is sidelined sick as the White Sox prepare for a four game series with the Athletics in Chicago. Galesburg’s Central Association club nears a pay dispute amid poor attendance, with Iowa City reportedly seeking the franchise. Cleveland’s Chicago gains fifteen wins in fifty six games this season as talk of team moves and league antics swirl.
Albany New York July 14 Governor Dix expected to sign the new boxing commission bill within four days. The governor announced the board members who will run the sport here including Charlie White who does not want the job Jim Sullivan of the AA U and Barrow Weeks. The new board aims to establish a first class boxing system and deny charters to fly by night outfits.
The Hannibal Baseball franchise in the Central Association may be moved to Jacksonville, IL or Oskaloosa, IA. Management has until Thursday to raise over $3,000 currently owned by the club, with President Justice of the Central Association in attendance.
Danville, AL July 19 Danville shaded Waterloo 5 to 4 in a pitchers duel Sparks from Danville highlighted by strong defensive plays. Hendrix held Benz, while Belter’s debut for Waterloo produced two hits in three at bats and 13 chances without an error. Ball’s late baserunning and several defensive stops kept Waterloo from rallying despite bases loaded in the second inning.
Champion Gotch trains in a Riverside camp for six weeks ahead of the Hackenschmidt bout on Labor Day. Yussiff Hassan arrives with Ordeman joining from Minneapolis to assist. Daily routine includes fourteen miles of road work, forty five minutes of handball, grip work, punching bag, and an hour of wrestling. Sprains need careful care with Chamberlains Liniment. For sale by dealers.
Bud Mara, seriously hurt in a July 14 plunge at Erie Massachusetts, continues to improve with strong hopes for full recovery. His wife has stayed at his side as investigators seek the cause of the unmapped descent and the stalled aircraft.
Des Moines July 19 marksmen of the national guard faced a lower scoring day as competition progressed. Company H of Burlington led the company team match with 724 total, ahead of Company B of Waterloo and A Fifty-third of Dubuque.
National League games included Philadelphia 4 Milwaukee 2 and Boston 14 Chicago 6. American League saw Chicago 7 Washington ? Detroit 16 Boston 7 and Cleveland 9 New York 6. Other leagues reported tied or delayed results in Milwaukee Minneapolis 6 2, Topeka Des Moines 3, Pueblo Omaha 3, and Ottumwa Hewante 3 0 with Hannibal 1 and Keokuk a.
In a surprising set of results yesterday every second division club except Waterloo won against the league leaders. The Danville squad showed it has the goods after a dungeon-like last season, though Waterloo's fall from grace did little to lift the gloom in the local ward.
Chicago July 19 Two Zimmer mans will be on the payroll of the Cubs next year instead of only one The regular Heine who has been performing in the infield since Evers has been out of the game will have for a sidekicker another Heine in the person of a young player now with the Atlanta club of the Southern league This was announced by President Murphy after the return of the magnate's brother on a scouting trip in the south The new Zim is an outfielder and no relation to big Zim Scout Murphy saw the new Zim in action and immediately clamped an option on him with the result the Cub magnate has until August to find out whether or not he wants him
Belle Plaine Iowa July 19 Special Miss Hazel Keyser and Oscar Albert of Ladora were thought fatally injured in a crash near Chelsea Saturday night but are progressing well. Keyser steered into a ten foot embankment flipping the auto upside down. Hyett aided Keyser to breathe while others summoned help.
A serious accident resulted in minor injuries and a tow for the most damaged car. The vehicle, though heavily damaged, was in towable condition and could be moved back to town by a second auto the following morning.
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