Army and Nan to Play Ball on Large Scale War Camps
Base ball will be played broadly in army and navy training camps this year as 1.5 million men train. Dr Joseph Raycroft directs camp athletics under the war and navy commissions to form company and regimental teams and intercamp play where feasible. Naval units plan representative teams with schedules drawn from nearby cities and colleges. A Boston Navy Yard group with big league stars trains for a three month tour to aid the navy welfare fund. About 50,000 balls are expected for camp games, with total supply near 70,000 including self-provided gear.
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Washington, D. C
Army
Farade
Raycroft
Joseph A. Raycroft
Training Camp Commission
Naval Station
Walter Camp
Naval Athletics
Boston Navy Yard
John J. Lane
Boston Red Sox
Navy
Navy Welfare Fund
Camy Commission
White Sox to Use Last Year Uniforms This Season
Chicago March 14 Uniforms for the Chicago Americans this season will be exact duplicates of last years outfits. Charles A Corey owner says no changes after the world championship. Trainer Bruckner will oversee conditioning work for the players this year. Comiskey has announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Americans
Charles A. Corey
Bruckner
Comiskey
Earl Caddock in His Army Uniform at Camp Dodge
Earl Caddock, famed heavyweight wrestling champion, appears in U S army uniform at Camp Dodge where he has served several months. He began as a private and now serves as an orderly to a senior officer. He continues to coach soldiers in the tricks that won him the title from Wladek Zbyszko in Des Moines.
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Mans Waterloo
Earl Caddock
Caddock
United States Army
Camp Dodge
Wiladek Zbyzsko
Des Moines
Vasil to face four wrestlers in handicap match
Boxing preliminaries set the stage at the Business Men's Athletic club tonight as Greek mat artist George Vasil meets George Hill Adrian Diehl Carl Brown and P C Winters in a four man handicap. A $50 prize awaits if Vasil lasts less than 24 minutes with any opponent. Spider Earth meets Battling Schrader and Kid Lavigne faces Young Johanns in four round boxing bouts before the main event scheduled for 8 15 p m.
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Business Men's Athletic Club
George Vasil
Tikes
George Hill
Adrian Diehl
Carl Brown
P.C. Winters
Vasil
Wheeling
W. Va
Helmer Myre
United States
Mason City
Myre
Forest City
George
Brown
Diehl
Winters
Vasari
Spider Earth
Battling Schrader
Kid Lavigne
Young Johanns
Allison Meets Canadian Champion in Lethbridge Bout
Lightweight contender Allison from Waterloo faces Canada’s 21 year old champion Clonie Tait in Lethbridge Alberta tonight. Tait, praised for power, has defeated top rivals including O Leary and Vieary en route to the title. Allison trained in Twin Cities and hopes for his first foreign bout success.
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Seat Allison
Waterloo
Lethbridge
Alberta
Clonie Tait
Canada
Allison
Twin Cities
Tait
Edmonton
Hector St. John
Johnnie Vieary
O'Leary
Charlie Scully
Tom Davidson
Allison W Bridge
MaMa Ser
State Basketball Semi-finals Start Friday at Iowa City
Preparations are underway to host eight high school sectional champions from across the state in Iowa City on Friday and Saturday. The University Armory will stage the games with expected crowds exceeding seating capacity as fraternities plan to entertain the visiting teams in royal fashion.
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Iowa City
University Armory
Mount Vernon
Cedar Rapids
Spring Football Practice at Iowa U Begins
A portion of last year s eleven reported for spring football at the University of Iowa with 25 men responding. 1917 varsity players Caps Reed Neinzel man Greenwood Verge Bjork Lohman and freshmen stars Meatows Kauuff mann Kelly Charlton Rich Lindgren attended alongside Slater and Scott who were ineligible last year and may play for the Hawkeyes next fall.
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Towa City
University of Iowa
Reed
Neinzelman
Greenwood
Verge
Bjork
Lohman
Meatows
Kauufmann
Kelly
Charlton
Rich
Lindgren
Slater
Scott
Silent Robber Strikes In Mansion Intruder Revealed By Light
A wealthy man awakes to find a masked intruder in his luxurious bedroom during a citywide robbery wave. A tense confrontation unfolds as he offers cash and pleads for safe departure. A gust exposes the intruder as his wife, ending the scene when the lights flood the room.
Gibbons KO's Silent Martin in tenth in Baltimore
Chicago sport brief reports Tom Gibbons stopped Silent Martin in the tenth round in Baltimore. Chicago club is said to have offered $50,000 to Roger Hornsby of St. Louis, who signed with St. Louis for next season. Robert Cannefax of St. Louis defeated Augie Kieckhofer 50 to 42 in a three-night 15-point world title match in Chicago.
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Chicago
Tom Gibbons
Silent Martin
Baltimore
Roger Hornsby
St. Louis
Robert Cannefax
Augie Kieckhofer
Ned Egan May Be Lost to Diamond
Ned Egan, longtime Water loo Central association manager and recent Milwaukee AA manager candidate, lies paralyzed in a Milwaukee hospital after an ice skating accident in St Paul. He fractured a spine and may never walk again, forcing Milwaukee to seek a new manager as recovery would take months if at all. Egan was a prominent figure in the Central association and well known for his earlier work in Muscatine and Waterloo.
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Alfke
Ned Egan
Waterloo Central Association
Milwaukee
Egan
St. Paul
Minn
Altho
Central Association
Muscatine
Waterloo
Chicago
Fulton Will Have to Fight for Glory
Kansas City was to host a meeting between Col J C Miller, Oliver Magnate, and Mike Collins, manager for Fred Fulton, to negotiate terms for a July 4 title defense by Jess Willard. The main hurdle is purse split with Fulton demanding a one third share while Miller’s camp argues for a smaller portion. Possible venues were discussed as the sides continued talks.
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Kansas City
Col
J. C. Miller
Oklahoma
Jess Willard
Mike Collins
Fred Fulton
Rochester
Minn
Fulton
Willard
Miller
Ridley and Elbert to shoot for title
William Ridley of What Cheer Iowa has accepted B F Elbert of Des Moines challenge to shoot for the Hazard doubles trophy emblematic of the world amateur championship. They set June 18 as the date and Mason City Iowa as the site. The match will be an added event to the Iowa state shoot.
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William Ridley
What Cheer
B. F. Elbert
Des Moines
Mason City
Baseball Approved as Army Recreation in 87th Division
Little Rock Ark March 14 Baseball as an army recreation has been given the support of Maj Gen Samuel D Sturgis commander of the 87th national army division at Camp Pike He assented to a divisional league and told officers in charge he wants every man in the division to have a chance for a try out
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Little Rock
Ark
Samuel D. Sturgis
87Th National Army Division
Camp Pike
Sturgis
Mary Schaefer visits Dewar as Holub settle on farm
SAGLE CENTER Eagle Center March 11 Mrs. Mary EL Schaefer visits at the home of her daughter Mrs. M Litley in Dewar. Mr. and Mrs Holub who moved onto the farm vacated by Glen Phillip are the parents of a son born March and Mrs. M J Pierce is on the sick list.
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Sagle Center
Eagle Center
Mary EL. Schaefer
M. Litley
Dewar
Diamond Dust on Spring Training and League Bets
Baseball notes from the era cover Jimmy Austin Fritz Maisel and outfield plans for the Browns and White Sox. Ty Cobb and Cobb era Tigers loom, while Connie Mack scours for pitchers. Interspersed are naval remarks by Commander Leahy and a trenching fantasy on American league pride.
Stage Baseball Pennant Race in France Plan
Sailors of the Atlantic fleet plan a United States league style pennant race in France this summer. Commander Lemar R. Leahy reports to President Johnson that eight ships will be equipped with baseball outfits and aims to foster strong teams at bases. He notes French interest and rivalry among units as baseball gains popularity abroad.
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States
America
Leahy
France
Chicago
Johnson
Lemar R. Leahy
European
Doard
First
Second Navals
Things Theatrical Here At Home At the Waterloo
Burlesque Follies of Pleasure leads at Waterloo theatre with Clyde Bates and chorus of 30, in Up and Down Broadway, plus a summer hotel and seashore setting. Majestic Theatre adds The Wixer Farce and Garden Gate acts with The Hidden Hand and Pathe News. The Keys of the Righteous starring Enid Bennett comes to Plaza Theatre Friday and Saturday with a strong supporting cast. At Crystal Theatre, Empty Pockets features Malcolm Williams as a dead man in a Hughes romance.
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Waterloo Theatre
Bernstein
Clyde J. Bates
Broadway
the Majestic
Walter Nealand
Company of Four
Ward
Lorraine
Garden Gate
Mryt
Delmar
Ray
Emma Dean
Ziras
Elishth
Pathe
Majestic Theatre
Thomas H Ince
Plaza Theatre
Enid Bennett
Miss Bennett
Comedienne
Carl Rodney
George Nichols
Josef Swickard
Carl Farms
Cartrude Claire
Lydia Knott
Melbourne MacDowell
Malcolm Williams
Herbert Breyon
Rupert Hughes
Mr. Williams
Perry Merithew
the Crystal Today
Cryistal Theatre
Ride Columbia or Pierce Bike Sale Ad
Ride Columbia or Pierce .-S$40-00 Any other make . $25-$38 Second Hand Bikes $5-000 and up. We Duplicate Catalogue Prices. Bike tires $1-50 to $3-75 for best Rotler Skates -$1-30 E. FIFTH STREET HARDWARE CO.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Pierce
Fifth Street Hardware CO
Mineral Oil as Modern Laxative Breakthrough
An article explains that stimulant laxatives cause nerve and muscle fatigue, leading to chronic constipation. It introduces mineral oil as a non stimulant intestinal lubricant, noting its mechanical action and lack of rebound effects. The advertisement lists Najol, Squibb's California, Parke Davis, American and Stanolind brands and promotes closing out hot water bottles and fountain syringes at cost with bargains.
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Najol
Squibb’s
California
Parke Davis & Co
Aspirin Tablets Encourage Peaceful Local Exchange
Poem-like ad urges townsfolk to replace hostility with praise and positive actions. It promotes constructive support over conflict and suggests changing behavior from giving knocks to offering bouquets, inviting friendly exchanges rather than fighting.
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Fritz Maisel
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Terry Turner
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Danforth
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Schauer
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Detroit
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Jennings
Ty Cobbs
Pennantville
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Bert Gallia
Washington
Gedeon
Shocker
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