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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1918
Page
6
Chicago. Hendrick started poorly but recovered as the Cubs overtook St. Louis for a 3 to 2 victory. Meadows began on the mound, replaced by May after Mann’s double produced the winning run. Garrulous notes on other games follow.
Yesterday's scores show Columbus defeating Milwaukee 7 to 2 in the American Association. Tomorrow's schedule lists American League games including Chicago at Detroit Cleveland at St Louis Philadelphia at Washington and Boston at New York. In the National League St Louis at Chicago New York at Boston Brooklyn at Philadelphia and Pittsburgh at Cincinnati.
Camp Dodge Iowa June 25. Added equipment and donations to the division athletic fund spurred recreation. About 160 baseball teams and 200 playground ball teams exist in the camp with weekly donations. Military style track events are part of organized recreation and winners from regimental trials advance to division competition.
The City Baseball league will have six clubs after July 1 with Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company and the Ben Hur orders joining. A new schedule will be drawn up, though the existing one remains until admission. Benefits for Danny O’Neil, Illinois Central second baseman with a broken leg, will be held as double header games between Clute's Grocery and Minors Central at Cedar River park, with proceeds going to the injured player.
War and higher railroad fares curb out of town events. Prospects Golf Club secretary Paul Talbot notes most Northeastern Iowa events may be postponed. Local tournaments likely proceed. Waterloo players eye the state meet in Des Moines with Fred McClain favored.
A grand military show at Camp Dodge on July 4 features the 18th division and Des Moines in an Independence Day celebration. Capt. John L. Griffith and Gen. Beach organize a pageant with nine cantonment bands, horsemanship feats, polo hopes, and a mammoth athletic meet with prizes funded by the War Camp Community Bureau. Mayor Fairweather and local bodies back the event. Jess Willard may attend.
Ralph Alexander of Waterloo, a member of the 134th ambulance company at Camp Cody, rapidly rises as a top heavyweight. He has scored knockouts in his last three bouts and recently defeated George Lambson of the 135th ambulance company in the sixth round, ending with a crushing right cross.
A collage of trench reflections and wartime chatter fills the page. Private Lawrence Minor Connolly voices grit and endurance from Camp Hannock while jokes from Brooklyn and Illinois lighten the mood. Headlines praise aviators aiding Italy and Columbus’ legacy amid daily life notes.
In a column by our arms and ammunition expert, readers discuss sights and eye differences for shooters, peep sights, and eye focus on the bullseye. Questions cover cleaning lead from firearms and advice on revolvers for big game, with recommendations on calibers and barrel length, plus goose hunting spots on the Mississippi from Cairo to Memphis.
Cedar Valley high school notes 1918 setback as Clayton Fat Leonard leaves the squad to enlist in the Navy. He departs Thursday for Great Lakes training after starring for the second team in football and excelling as a guard on the basketball squad. In other news Ray Johnson's 10 round bout with Loy Huntley is canceled as Johnson enters aviation service.
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