Waterloo Slugfest Loss in Rock Island Tilt 10 to 8
Waterloo drops slugging contest to Rock Island Islanders 10 to 8 as three Waterloo pitchers toil. Dixon, Grant and Zientara worked on the mound for Waterloo while Garbett and Johnson fared well for Rock Island. Highlights include Provost and Miller homers for Rock Island and Steinecke Kernan and Yamansky driving runs for Waterloo. Fifteen hundred fans in attendance.
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Courier Special Service
Rock Island
Cletus Dixon
Hawks
Waterloo
Samariski
Zientara
Jim Grant
Jim
Islanders
Geosen Dixon
Dubique
Johnson
Patterson
Garbett
Hirst
Miller
Kernan
Hornburg
Frost
Swanson
Stockton
Andre
Steinecke
Prevost
Genin
Spot Grant
Yuncer
Lamanski
Robinson
Serre
Provost
Roseph
Neo
S. Grant
Strinecke
Johnson & In R
Lamanaki
Sientara Foam
Grant
Winking
Ciarbett
Josing
Jefe Om
Waters
Joe Vy
McPartland
Byrnes Golfers Crowd Links on Great Golf Day
A record crowd of more than 350 golfers filled the Byrnes public links at Byrnes Park yesterday. The day was ideal with scarce city events, the course crowded from dawn to dusk. Temporary greens were used at holes five six eight and eighteen to allow crew to finish permanent greens. This season more golfers have been playing Byrnes course than ever before.
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Byrnes Park
Byrnes
Byrnes Course
Fragmented 1920s Snippets In A Patchwork Tale
The text presents a collage of fragmented notes and quotations including dramatic lines about a wound and rose, a literary reference to LADIE SEAGRAVE, a line about population absurdity, musings on rest, Hoover, crossing fears, streetcar life, a missing skirt fragment, souvenir usage, and a vague note about farm caravans in Kansas City. The random items resemble a clipped newspaper page with diverse, unrelated items and quotes.
Bees Take First Scraps Of Series With Speas
Burlington wins the series opener 8 to 6 over Dubuque in Burlington. Bees rally with nine hits led by O Reilly Esrey and Moses to score four runs in the first and third innings. Dubuque threatened late but fell short as Speas was the opposing pitcher and Bees pitchers held on for the win.
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Dubuque
Bob Moses
Guarlett
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Sperasmen
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Armstrong
Esrey
Rf Parker
Bhock
Clemmmer
Dane
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Burliington
Sanmar
O’reilly
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Dempsey
Glock
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Reds
Giants
May
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Dutch
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Lindstrom
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Goeth
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Bissonett
Pretgau
Maranglite
Brooklyn
Clark
Ehrhardt
Bittort
Bircher
Regler
Hare
Jorda
Standings of the clubs Mississippi Valley League
Yesterday's results show standings for Waterloo Cedar Rapids Rock Island and other clubs with W L records. Teams include Marshalltown Moline Dubuque Burlington and more with several games listed and scores partially recorded.
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Mississippi Valley League
W. L. Prt
W.L
Waterloo
U/Mar'town
Biron
Aoc. Rapids
Th. Island
Born golfer versus made golfer definitions in golf writing
The piece contrasts born golfers who grasp the game early with players who learn mainly through instruction and practice. It cites Hagen Jones Melham von Elm Evans as born golfers and Compson Sarazen Guest Travis as examples of made golfers, noting Travis only took up golf in his forties.
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Hagen
Jones
Melham
von Elm
Evans
Compson
Sarazen
Charlie Guest
California
Yenes
Atbalning
Walter Travis
Eight Baseball Games on Church Schedule at Cedar River Park
Eight Sunday school league games are set at Cedar River park with two opening tonight at 6 15 as Plymouth United Presbyterian meets First M and Burton Avenue Baptist faces First Baptist. The week continues with St Pauls ME against First Brethren First Congregational versus Walnut Street Baptist on Tuesday and United Brethren versus Grace ME Plymouth United Presbyterian versus Linden ME on Wednesday, then St Pauls ME against First Baptist and First Congregational against First EB on Friday.
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Cedar River Park Diamonds
Plymouth United Presbyterian Nuieeting
First M
Burton Avenue Baptist
First Baptist
St.Paul's M. EE
First Brethren
First Congregational
Walnut
Street Baptist
United Brethren
Grace M. E
Plymouth-United Presbyterian
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First
Former Resident Des Moines Made Money Through Race
Des Moines June 11 former local man Raymond Red Gill now of Los Angeles says he cleaned up selling race program booklets on the cross country derby that ended in Madison Square Garden. He estimates selling about 700000 booklets mostly in the southwest and credits the venture with a large profit despite others calling the circus a flop. Gill notes Andrew Payne of Claremore Oklahoma won the $25000 first prize and praises Payne for combining endurance with speed. He plans to repeat the venture with another Pyle caravan and says publicity man Plekens outperformed the chief.
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Des Moines
C. c. Pyle
Madison Square Garden
New York
Raymond
Red) Gill
Gil
Los Angeles
Gill
Southwest
Amarilla
Tex
Im Gill
Andrew Payne
Okla
Payne
Omaha
Neb
Sergt
J. P. Gill
Seventeenth Street
Pyle
Pyles
Plekens
Colored Giants Beat Denver Outfit On Sunday
Waterloo Colored Giants defeated Denver Independents 11 to 3 on Sunday afternoon. Anderson and Monroe formed the Giants battery while Prieckle and Johnson played for Denver. The game was a free hitting affair as the Giants seek further amateur or semi pro matchups. booking by Robert Collins at 310 Oneida Street.
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Waterloo
Denver
Anderson
Monroe
Battery
Prieckle
Johnson
Giants
Robert Collins
Oneida Street
Adland Wins Baseball Letter at Iowa State College
Eddie Adland of Waterloo won a major baseball letter at Iowa State College this spring. The awards were made last weekend. Adland was a regular pitcher on the Ames nine and is a graduate of East High. He is remembered here for Sunday school and Industrial leagues work and was a member of the Iowa Public Service nine for a time.
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Waterloo
Eddie Adland
Iowa State College
Adland
Ames
East High
Iowa Public Service Nine
Tilden Aims to Defeat Lacoste and Cochet Abroad
New York June 11 William Tilden is obsessed with beating Lacoste and Cochet in Davis Cup matches abroad to secure the Davis Cup. He is conserving energy, practicing strokes, and ready for the challenge round, while tensions in the tennis association may have been settled.
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Navis J. Wallsh
N. S
New York
Freud Hever
Atlantic
William T. Tilden
Lacoste
Cochet
Tilden
America
Tennis Association
France
Fifteen Compete in Shoot Sunday
Tir Warsaw June 11 U P The Olympia soccer team of the United States, beaten in the first round of the championship at Amsterdam, was held to a 3 to 3 tie here Sunday but Foland's eleven...
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Warsaw
U.P
Olympia
United States
Amsterdam
Foland
Ruth Dempsey Sets Fashion Pace For Boxers
Ruth Dempsey, a bold hostless figure in boxing circles, dresses with flair and headlines. Dempsey, once known for quirky hats and haircuts, now sports suits from a New York tailor at 175 each, with admirers gifting him outfits and neckties as he trains for spring. Boxers Jock Sharkey Johnny Risko and Gene Tunney influence the style scene with bold fashion twists.
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Jack Dempsey
Unis
New York
Babe
Dempsey
Jock Sharkey
Johnny Risko
Brilliam
Gene Tunney
Kelleys
Local shooters get creditable scores in weekly trapshoot
In Chicago on June 11 the weekly trapshoot event produced creditable scores from local shooters. The feature boxing bout tonight pits Otto von Porat, Norwegian heavyweight, against Tony Stabenau of Buffalo in a 10‑round main event. Haakon Hansen, Norwegian middleweight, meets Johnny Mason of Kansas City in the semi windup.
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Vices
Cedar Falls
Porter
Au White
Paul
Sree Ao
Boomer
R. Nauman
Daves Ao
Fairbank
Dou
Abbott
White Reay
Nauman
Davis
Butehte
Fyne
Stanford Takes College Classic With Owa Fifth
Stanford University athletes from Palo Alto swept the seventh annual national classic in Cambridge and later, scoring 72 points to outpace rival teams. New records were set in discus, pole vault, and 440 yard dash, with L Bartlett’s javelin mark and Bracey’s 100 yard dash noted among the highlights. Towa finished fifth in a four event scoring showing strong performances by Cuhel, Baird, Nelson, and Haggerty for Stanford.
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Stanford University
Palo Alto
Cal
Cambridge
Mass
Stanford
L. Bartlett
Albion
Bracey
Rice Institute
Krenz
R. W. Edmonds
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Nelson
Haggerty
Lapp
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Detroit
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Penn College
Babes
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Ehph Hese
Marquette
Major League Hitters Highlight American League Leaders
Fragment shows scattered league names and stats: Ruth and Venka noted for doubles, Rice with triples, Sweeney and Tigers for stolen bases, Pipgras and Yankees winning. Unclear full context due to OCR errors. core items point to hitter standings and team leaders across AL with notable players.
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Venka
Speaker
Athletics
Yankees
Bissonette
Robins
Cochrane
Heilmann
Tigers
Red Box
Jamieson
Indians
Hornsh
Gehry
Hack Wilson Mt
Hauser
Bottomley
Boston U Coach Will Teach Grid Players by Mail
Boston University coach Regie Brown will instruct football candidates by mail during the summer. With postal help, he will guide players on winning gridiron honors and build backfield strength for 1978. The Terriers face a quarterback challenge after three leaders left. Harry Herbert quit college to pursue film work in Hollywood.
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Mass
Reggie Brown
Boston University
Harry Herbert
Tisl
Hollywood
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