Cedar Rapids Protest Shapes Waterloo Baseball Battles
Cedar Rapids and Waterloo fans weigh a brewing clash as Waterloo manager Doc Andrews plans exhibition games in Cedar Rapids and Des Moines while Cedar Rapids braces for a season with back and forth battles. The dispute centers on exhibition dates April 26 and 27 and the All Nations game slated for Waterloo.
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Cedar Rapids
Doc Andrews
Waterloo
Doc
Belden Hill
Central Association
Waterloo Ao
Andrews
Justice
Doe
Des Moines
Highland Park College
Dr. Andrews
Cluls
Gold Medal for Champion Slugger in Jobbers League
The Jobbers League plans a Thursday meeting to finalize the six team lineup. Franchises awarded to William Galloway company Waterloo Gasoline Engine Iowa Dairy Post Office and Courier with bids for the sixth slot. A gold medal prize from Chicago businessman Mr Von Elsner will honor leading slugger.
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William Galloway Company
PB. von Elsner
Chicago
Overs Coli
van Eisner
Waterloo
Searate
Jobbers’ League
Galloway Company
Waterloo Gasoline, Engine Company
Iowa Dairy
Postoffice and Courier
Kewanee Players Report April 10 Begins Training
Secretary Mrady sent notices to twenty six signed players to report in Kewanee on April 11 for the opening of training. Recruits and veterans are urged to condition now with departure dates and transport timing noted. Several recruits will report by April 10. one cannot come until April 15. The list includes A A Ryan St. Louis catcher Frank Heardon St. Louis outfielder Alfred Johnson Minneapolis pitcher and others from Princeton Holyrood Keokuk Forrest City Jackson Mansfield Madison and nearby towns.
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Mrady
Kewaunee
Harvey
Johnson
Geneseo
Colfax Springs
A. A. Ryan
St. Louis
Frank (. Heardon
Alfred Johnson
Minneapolis
Guy Beard
Princeston
Dbeonte Bender
Traisipad
Kan
Watcher
C.J. Hebrent
Walstead
Tidday
Mike Andreen
Princeton
M. Deck
Greensboro
Cateher
Trouse
Salina
Wan
Piteher
Clark Caldwell
Holyreed
Shunny Dorhar
Rexey Walters
Killicothe
First Tiiseran
Tennington
Keokuk
Dasereatt CE
Linbartt
Short Ty Anderson
Forrest City
Tader
C. Genter
Laura
Tarvexs
Guttenberg
Lise
Idrey Caldwell
Jackson
Moe
Esteler
Th. Avett
Mansfield
Mase
Pitch
Jimmy Dunn Returns to Ottumwa Amid Birmingham Save
Birmingham management reportedly saved Jimmy Dunn from departure, with Sporting News stating Dunn is returning to Ottumwa. The move ends a period of uncertainty as Dunn rejoines Ottumwa’s lineup, signaling a strategic shift for both club and player.
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Jimmmy Dunn
Ottumwa
Sporting News
Birmingham
McCarty to Fight Flynn Moran Morris Burns in Short Bouts
Walter McCarey plans four fights in five weeks for white heavyweight champion McCarty with promoters offering fair financial terms. Scheduled bouts include Jim Flynn in Philadelphia April 15, Frank Moran in Pittsburgh April 28, Carl Morris in Kansas City May 4, and Tommy Burns in Calgary mid May. Potential earnings total about 24000 dollars, with 5000 from Flynn, 5000 from Moran, 4400 from Kansas City, and a 14000 guaranteed sum for Burns regardless of result.
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Walter McCarey
McCarty
Billy McCarney
Philadelphia
Jim Flynn
Pittsburgh
Frank Moran
Kansas City
Carl Morris
Calgary
Alta
Tommy Burns
McCarney
Burns
Flynn
Moran
Dunn Refuses to Report to Southern League Club
The Sporting News reports Dunn refuses to report to the Birmingham club. Molesworth lists twenty seven players under contract including eleven veterans from the 1812 pennant winners and sixteen aspirants. Dunn’s whereabouts are unclear after a return receipt and cancelled transportation. The club may suspend him for not returning the contract or reporting to practices, but the chair has not yet acted.
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Nm” Dunn
Sporting News
Aenager Molesworth
Heort
Dann
Orrimwell
Molesworth
Frem Dann
Transportation Seil
Ideeal Ehair
Dunn
Otnunwa
Tren
Birmingham
Peter Jackson Versus Corbett Sixty One Round Draw Reminiscence
The article recalls James J. Corbett recounting his sixty one round draw with Peter Jackson in San Francisco under Marquis of Queensberry rules. Corbett noting Jackson as the best boxer he met, details the purse, pace, and abrupt finish as officials paused the match. The piece also touches on Waterloo Cedar Rapids baseball planning and tensions over exhibition games, plus prospects and preparations for the upcoming season.
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Cal
James J. Corbett
Peter Jackson
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Olympic Club
Joe Choynnski
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Frank Miller Aids Des Moines and Blue Sox Prospect
Los Angeles March 29 Be longing to the White Sox is no novelty to Pitcher Frank Miller whose 1909 season with the San Francisco Seals followed a journeyman path through Des Moines Nes Moines and Green Bay He is a right hander who began in Houghton Michigan and has been bounced among teams He recently recovered from diphtheria and remains weak and unable to train fully while Chicago eyes another strong right hander for Callaghan's staff
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White Sox
Frank Miller
San Francisco
Ed Walsh
Miller
Commy
Houghton
Mich
Comiskey
Sox
Frank
Green Bar
Wis
Chicago
Nes Moines
Seals
Brown
Walsh
Ures
Callaghan
Sax
Aloe
Ian
Boyle's Men to Report April 8
Muscatine Iowa March 29 Manager Frank Boyle has sent out notices to all Muscatine players who have not signed contracts to report here on April 8. The two holdouts are Pitcher Haight and Outfelder Alperman. Both refuse terms, unhappy with salaries from last season. They could be suspended, though Boyle did not confirm. Under baseball law players may be banned by the national commission for failing to sign by March 1. Fort Wayne reportedly suspended eight players per the secretary’s last bulletin.
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Muscatine
Frank Boyle
Haight
Alperman
Boyle
National Commission
Fort Wayne
Farrell
State Meet to Be Held in May in Des Moines
Ames Iowa March 29 The intercollegiate track and field meet will be May 24 at Drake University stadium Des Moines along with the Iowa high school state meet. The old game committee will oversee the combined college and high school attractions. revival of the state meet pleases Iowa college athletics.
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Ames
Iowa Colleges and Universities
Drake University Stadium
Des Moines
Iowa
Old State
Drake Stadium
St. Louis
PILES CURED IN SIX TO FOURTEEN DAYS FAZO OINTMENT AD
A drugstore advertisement promises cure of itching bleeding or protruding piles within six to fourteen days with a money back offer. The ad also promotes The Iowa Homestead farm paper and The Home Bread publisher opportunity, urging subscriptions and agent recruitment with contact details for James M. Pierce in Des Moines Iowa.
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Iowa Homestead
Home Bread
James M. Pierce
Des Moines
Iowa
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