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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1927
Page
5
Waterloo Evening Courier previews the Dempsey Sharkey boxing spectacle at Yankee Stadium. Describes rival training secrecy, weigh in, and potential sneaky punches while detailing Dempsey arm rumors, Sharkey confidence, and expected weigh-in at 192 pounds.
In the American Open at Oakmont, Ted Ray and George Duncan discuss greens, speed, and putting touch. Rays round scores of 77 and 78 show how speed and undulation influenced the outcome, with Armour finally winning as Oakmont’s severe textured greens decided the championship.
The piece notes that strong wrists and hands underpin long drives in golf and baseball. It highlights Tommy Armour as an exceptional case among golfers and cites legendary sluggers like Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Hack Wilson, and others as examples of players with powerful forearms and wrists driving distance. It also mentions smaller power hitters such as Tommy Leach Benny Kauff Pep Youngs and Frank Schulte as gifted with natural wrist strength.
Roy Moe of Portland shot 69 to lead second 18 hole qualifying in the Western Amateur at Seattle. Chuck Hunter of Tacoma and Ben Stevenson of Chicago followed with 72 and 73. A group including Chick Evans and Emerson Carey stood tied for eleventh at 7 over, with Ames of Princeton and K L Ames of Chicago also in the mix as scores closed.
Detroit tops Philadelphia 5 to 3 as Fothergill hits two homers and Heilmann also goes deep. Gehringer scores on a misplay as Detroit climbs to third place in a high break-filled contest. Pitching by Grove and Gibson yields a tight finish with Detroit pulling away late.
John Deere baseball team beat Town Public Service 9 to 6 at Byrnes Park in a late game with heavy hitting. Pagel and Fer halo formed the winning battery while Dale and Adland pitched for the losers.
The fragment cites 1925 census figures for Monroe and SUS values, listing 354 and 101,565 respectively, and references municipal government and administration. It appears to be an OCR fragment noting demographic data and local governance without a cohesive narrative or complete details.
Boston mass July 19 Hughey Critz powered Cincinnati with a homer in center field and a decisive single in the tenth, as the Reds beat the Boston Braves 3 to 2 in ten innings. Critz’s homer drove in the tying run earlier and his tenth inning single, plus a failed tag at the plate, produced the winning score while May earned the victory over Richbourg and Ro Smith.
In Shell Rock Valley play Stacyville beat Nora Springs 6 to 5 for a third straight win while Rudd was blanked 6 to 0 by Lyle. The result leaves Stacyville and Rudd at four wins and two defeats each at the end of the first league half. Rockford defeated Graf ton 18 to 6 in the other game.
The piece tracks several former Ottumwa and Waterloo players in semipro clubs at Clinton and other circuits. It notes Delaney and Anderson shining on different teams, Porter joining Ottumwa, Fryman released, and Emmett Dorsey paired with Stuart Clarke. Everett Strong reports from the Pacific coast as boxing rounds in Hollywood end in a draw. Manager Mollwitz suspends Ramsey, signs Walter Millies. Danville’s four homers set a league record as Hopper ties the all time mark. a large Cedar Rapids crowd watches.
Mrs. Gertle B. Abdill of 629 Pine Street has been at Allen Memorial Hospital following a stroke and is reported to be slowly improving today.
In Rock Island on July 19 Pat Caraway pitched strongly allowing only two hits to the eighth inning before tiring. Johnny Armstrong hit a home run with Worth aboard to give Dubuque a 2-0 win over Rock Island. The Islanders threatened but failed to solve Zack.
In Detroit July 19, Bill Tilden, seeking to prove he remains the top clay court ace, defeated local player George Reindel Jr. 6-4 in the first set before sweeping the next two 6-1 and 6-2 as seeded players mostly won in the opening round of the national clay court tournament.
New York July 19 McGraw completes a quarter century as manager of the New York Giants with a silver jubilee marked by brass bands a Polo Grounds program and an afternoon game against the Chicago Cubs Mayor Walker will hear the acclaim. McGraw has 10 National League titles three world championships and nine second-place finishes in 25 years.
Portland, July 19. Robbie Rowe of Portland is a notable hockey player and manager of the west who stays active in summer promoting automobile races whippet races and other amusements while baseball fans dream of home runs and triple plays despite near century heat.
Mitchell Iowa July 19 Fifty four persons attended a family gathering at the home of Miss Amanda Cordes Sunday. Represented were the Indra Drake Cordes and Tesch families from town and the Al Cordes and E C Miller families from Osage. Others included Mrs George Cummings and son Independence Mrs W Beaulieu and daughter Mrs C A Wagner Chicago Mrs Helen Breckenridge Arthur Cordes the Theo Biederman family Milwaukee the Henry and Clarence Biederman families Grafton Mr and Mrs William Biederman Mason City.
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