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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1919
Page
5
A citywide grade school basketball tournament is planned with 14 schools invited to enter up to 3 teams each for a chance at the Courier Cup. Jack Skein of the Y M C A will supervise the event with elimination format and Saturday games starting soon.
Washington March 4. Clark G Griffith manager of the Washington club and custodian of the fund that supplies baseball materials to American troops announced that no donations or subscriptions should be sent to the Bat and Ball fund. The instruction ends further contributions to the effort.
Tex Griffin heads a Texas ail e company with Dunllas offices while San Francisco eyes Frank Ooul from the Yankees who prefers not to play east. Hamilton seeks leadership in the Ontario Michigan circuit as Terre Haute organizers secure stock and support. Forest Cade aims for the Pacific coast, Outfelder Lawrence and Hack Miller return to Oakland boosts, Claude Thomas sick after France, and Falkeaters quits baseball for Toledo employment. Seattle franchise talks falter as Dusdale remains confident in City AA bid.
William Tilden of Philadelphia and Vincent Richards of New York reach the singles final in the Middle States tennis tournament in Philadelphia. Richards defeated Wallace Tobnson to reach the final, while Tilden advanced by default over Fred B. Alexander. Master and pupil now vie for the title with Richards benefiting from Tilden's coaching guidance. They also hold the national doubles title.
Arthur Bus ter Sehork, 30, Red Hill Mo veteran, aims to become one of Jess Willard's trainers for the Willard Dempsey bout. He recently traveled to Hot Springs Ark after reading Tex Rickard's interview about Willard seeking conditioning and baths on the mountain road. Bus ter is 6 feet 8 inches, 280 pounds, the tallest man drafted, and travels with bantam Jimmy Curtis, drawing crowds.
East High basketball teams travel to the Y gymnasium to face Independence in a postponed game from last Friday due to cleared trains. Key players Parkins and Garramoni are out with injuries, Garramoni sidelined after a collision with a wall. the team hopes to rebound despite losses.
Five United States naval chaplains and leaders of the Knights of Columbus and the Y M C A at the Great Lakes station advocate boxing. Chaplains report boxing builds physical strength and character, seek legalization and supervision, and praise the sport as a manly, beneficial activity for trainees and sailors.
Wallace F. Johnson, veteran Philadelphia tennis star, beat New York’s Howard Voshell, the national indoor champion, in the fourth round of the middle states covered court tournament in Philadelphia. Johnson, once runner up to Maurice McLaughlin for the national title, and famed for his “chon” stroke, helped shake up the field with his distinctive chop and a five-set struggle in past championships.
The Waterloo presents Hearts of the World directed by D W Griffith praised for superb artistry and realistic battlefield staging set in a tranquil French village in 1914. The Majestic shows The Shepherd of the Hills based on Harold Bell Wright's novel about Old Matt and a mountain community in Missouri with a themes of atonement and love in 10 reels.
The Palace screens Mary Pickford in The Dawn of a Tomorrow a tale of faith and love lauded as uplifting with Pickford portraying a noble ragged heroine. Also shown Salome at the Plaza praised for its atmospheric Old Judea setting and Theda Bara’s performance. Nearby reports describe a hog ranch raid and a warning ad for a patent medicine alongside wage data for miners in Greensburg Pennsylvania.
Advertising backed by quality declares Gordon as the standard in fine hats with a price of five dollars. The copy emphasizes durability style and value. Local shoppers are urged to compare Gordon hats against others on offer in the window displays and catalogs.
Chicago spectacle ends long draw as Strangler Lewis pins Joe Stecher in two hours, twelve minutes, and thirty seven seconds with a headlock after three prior draws. The win leaves Lewis to meet Larl Caddock in a finish contest when Caddock returns from France, likely in Omaha on July 4. Stecher weighed 210 pounds, Lewis 220, and the bout was praised for its spectacle.
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