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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1911
Page
1
Alexandria dispatch notes Cy Young, age fifty, in spring form with Cleve land pitching prospects. Once fading, he shows lively motion in practice games and prompts talk of a strong season. Teammates praise his stamina and renewed vigor.
Chicago reports a light week for boxing with Billy Ryan vs Packey McFarland in Oswego, Hugo Kelly vs McWinnon in Boston, and Johnny Coulon preparing to defend against George Kitson in Akron. Fommy McFarland fights Peanut St. Clair in Vincennes, while Rudy Anholz faces Ray Temple in South Bend.
R P Dickerson owner of a Springfield Missouri ranch holds the $10 000 Ketchel belt emblematic of the world middleweight title Relatives of the late Stanley Ketchel presented the trophy to Dickerson The belt was first awarded after Ketchel knocked out Hilly Papke in San Francisco on November 26 1908 The fate of Paul Meloan with the Chicago Sox may affect his team status while McLean’s spot with the South Siders draws competition from new recruits and questions about MeLean’s defense.
St Louis American League players, except pitcher Albert Nelson who is ill with rheumatism, returned today from Hot Springs Ark to finish spring training on their own grounds.
Harry Lord will succeed Rolie Zeider as Chicago White Sox captain, returning to a captaincy after leading the Boston Red Sox the previous season. McGraw plans eight infielders for the Giants, with Merkle Doyle Britton and Merlin in the lineup, plus substitutes Gowdy Fletcher Shafer and Manush. Abe Attell pursues bantam crown but faces Johnny Conlon, with match rumored for twenty five rounds in New Orleans.
The piece surveys northern teams advancing with season drills while southerners doubt the tight league idea. It notes Tearney and Kinsella as bluffing, Chicago panels missing updates, and Kansas City Blues suffering a heavy loss to St. Louis Nationals. Mentions Harry Gaspar and a humorous von Blumer quip.
Eleven year old Marguerite Cowles, star acrobat for the Marvelous Cowles Family, tells police of five years performing and being whipped for missed stunts. She recalls hunger, hotel living, and abuse, and asks not to return to her papa and mama. Her uncle Herbert Welch seeks custody.
Water loo and three northern towns face a legal tangle over a proposed six club league with Davenport Rock Island and Dubuque. The National Association may intervene to protect players while debates center on baseball law and property rights.
Mrs Janet McKenzie Hill presents a method for apple dumplings using pieces of apple and a biscuit shell that holds juice without leaking. The technique avoids placing a whole apple in the center and eliminates burning juices for a neater result.
Presbyterian hospital announces Parada opening Friday March 24 for three days with a change of program tonight. A dramatic attraction at the Waterloo theater on April 6 7 and 8 will present Ben Hur dramatization from the Wallace novel, tracing General Lew Wallace's religious journey sparked by a railroad meeting with Robert G Ingersoll.
The ancient Romans burned charcoal in open pans without grate or flue to heat living rooms and baths. This method avoided chimneys and allowed easy heat regulation, providing economical warmth.
An 1890s style advertisement claims Pape's Cold Compound cures colds and grippe when taken every two hours for three doses. It asserts fast relief from headache, fever, sneezing, sore throat, and nasal congestion and notes the formula costs 25 cents and contains no quinine.
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