Waterloo to host major league style baseball against White Sox
Waterloo backs a growing baseball fund aiming to raise seven thousand dollars as manager Ned Ryan leads a campaign to purchase stock. A White Sox exhibition game is planned on the 28th, with regulars from Clarence Rowland’s squad to play, boosting local sports support and financial stability.
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Waterloo
Chicago White Sox
Clarence Rowland
White Hose
National Commission
Central Association
Wagner
ANU spares wins three straight in Commercial League
ANU Spares beat Towa Dairy 3 games to 0 in the Commercial League at White Side Allegheny. Johnson led with the high score and high average for the evening, posting 224 in his second game and finishing with 180 in the final frame.
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Towa Dairy
Rerey
Reem
Former Iowa Star Returns to Coach Penn College Football
Former University of Iowa football and basketball star and assistant coach resumes coaching duties at Penn College. He will travel from Ottumwa to Oskaloosa daily to direct the Quaker gridiron program for the upcoming season while Virgil H. Guthrie oversees all Quaker athletics. Eighteen Quakers reported for spring practice as Thomas and Captain Henry Rogue prepare the squad. track men also train under Guthrie with an aim for Drake Relays in three weeks.
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Flord
Thomas
University of Iowa
Penn College
Penn
Ottumwa
Oskaloosa
Virgil H. Guthrie
Pennfield
Henry Rogue
Penn Feld
Guthrie
Drake Telars
Carpentier to Return to Ring After War Service
French heavyweight Carpentier, once in the French army motor service, is reportedly training and may fight after the war. Boxer Charles McCarthy, wounded four times and recently discharged, says Carpentier is focused on war duties but could come to America later. Others note Perc y Cove and Tack Montor injuries amid wartime reports.
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America
Percy Cove
France
M Rth
Former C A Star To Shine In Tiger Lineup
George Burns is in peak form as spring drills begin with the Tigers at Waco Texas. He shows size strength and regained top speed. With no rival to shadow him last season's anxiety and hindered hitting should ease as Heilman competes for a regular outfield spot.
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Tex
George Burns
tYid
Neuman
George
Heilmant
Pesteron
Heilman
Isoink
Caddock Plans Short Pro Wrestling Run Then Iowa Ranch Life
Attorney General Havner may enforce blue laws to curb Sunday baseball sales in Iowa. The Des Moines scene shows weak weekday crowds threaten league teams, with Saturday ticket sales allowed and Sunday play restricted. Caddock plans a few more bouts before retiring to a ranch in Iowa, then a San Francisco match with Ad Santell before settling down.
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Iowa
Fairweather
T. P. Wairweather
Des Moines
Topeka
Pueblo
Hutchinson
Kan
Oklahoma City
Kansas City
Towa
Chicago
Joe Stecher
Omaha
Karl Caddock
Anita, Jr
Prank Goteh
Corn State
Steeder
Caddock
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Adolph Ernst
Ad. Santell
Matel
Illinois selects captain for 1918 basketball team
George Malas of Chicago, a senior in the college of engineering, was unanimously elected head of the 1918 Illinois basketball team. The sole junior on the squad, he is in his first year on varsity and has become a leading guard. He is the only threesport man at Illinois, also majoring in football and baseball.
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Urbana
George Malas
Chicago
University of Illnois
Malas
George
Illinois
Jobbers League Meeting Tonight
Jobbers league enthusiasts will meet at the Courier editorial rooms at 7 30 this evening. Committees were appointed at a meeting held a week ago to secure additional teams for the league and report tonight. Teams desiring to join should send a representative, as efforts will be made to perfect the organization. Some members failed to send reps to the last meeting, but efforts have continued to retain them this week.
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Courier
Davenport To See Champions Exhibition Game Drift North
Davenport announces spring exhibitions as world series contenders travel to northern camps. On April 2 the Boston Red Sox and Brooklyn Dodgers will stage a replica of a world series game at Blue Sox Park in Davenport, one of eight U.S. cities chosen by personal ties of the president.
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Boston Red Sox
Brooklyn Dodgers
Blue Sox
United States
Lead Ball Is Worrying Tigers Recruit Catcher Injury
Waxahachie Texas March 29 A Detroit Americans training here discuss why some pitchers throw light balls while others produce heavy lead like throws. Archie Yelle recruit catcher shows erratic speed while Hack Spencer delivers rifle like throws and Stanage offers gentle lob. Others like Witt Burns and McKee vary, with theories tracing spin grip finger tips overhand versus side or underhand throws.
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Waxahachie
Tex
Detroit Americans
Archie Yelle
Yelle
Detroit
Spencer
Bush
Young
Oscar Witt
George Burns
Malachi Kittredge
Malachi
Donie Bush
Barnes
Davenport Visit Makes Brooklyn Club Stop Unique
Charles H. Ebbetts of the Brooklyn club for James T. Hayes notes Davenport, a city under 100,000 in population, is included in the itinerary making it the only such stop on the clubs’ schedule.
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Charles H. Ebbetts
Brooklyn
James T. Hayes
Davenport
Sioux City Blue Laws Trigger Business Backlash
Sioux City residents connected with business fear rigid Sunday blue law enforcement could end professional baseball in town and damage the league. Theater plans to build a $16,000 venue may be dropped if enforcement continues, alarming managers and theater operators statewide.
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Swans City
Sioux City
Thomas Fairweather
Des Moines Western League
Orpheum Theatre
Nandgement
Sioux City High Completes Schedule For Football Season
Sioux City high school announced its schedule under director John Stewart. only game outside Iowa is against Sioux Falls, S. D., on October 27 in Sioux City. The slate includes Hawarden Le Mars Hoone Clinton Vast Des Moines Council Bluffs Oskaloosa and Port Dodge with a November 29 game at Fort Dodge. A stray cooking tip about softening beans follows.
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Iowa
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Hawarden
le Mars
Hoone
Sioux Cty
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Stow
Clinton
Des Moines
Test City
Council Bluffs
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Ix City
Port Dodge
Fort Dodge
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