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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1927
Page
34
West High announces its annual home track and field meet will be held Friday and Saturday, April 8 and 9, with preliminaries Friday and finals Saturday. Athletes may enter multiple events, and coach Ralph Sarff will decide on relay entries for Des Moines. A dual meet is hoped for May 14 as the season’s sole such contest.
Ames relay squads returned from Houston and Austin with 16 gold wrist watches, two silver cups, and a medley-record. Thornburg Cau lum and Captain Connor each won four watches, Witmer and Hoak two apiece. Athletic Director Metcalf jokes about selling watches, as the team rests for two weeks before Kansas relay prep.
First M B meets Grace M E and Walnut Street Baptist faces First Brethren in church league indoor baseball at the YMCA tonight. Last night First Presbyterian beat St Marys 3 to 0 as Walker and Lee combined for the win while the St Marks battery included O Connor and Hewitt.
The Engineers won two of three games from the Office team in a Waterloo alleys meet last night.
A chaotic compilation mocks Gene Tunney, Jack Dempsey and other figures with a dance expert, gutter humor, and quips about carp, social manners, and campus news. It features playful riffs on rhythm, ridicule of famous men, and light editorial cabbits, ending with a boastful note about a meat course and a Wisconsin summer.
Des Moines March 30 The University of Chicago will enter a classy outfit for the eighteenth Drake relays on April 29 and 30. Captain Anton Burg leads a trio of top contenders including Dick Williams Big Ten indoor 880 champion, Wakefield Burke and Warren Klein.
Track in March 30 reports basketball at Clutier school paid its way with door receipts leaving a $32.35 balance. Liberal patronage at home games funded new basketballs sweat shirts and supplies. The school also holds an orchestra fund of $21.53 and an entertainment fund of $21.92 from social events at the school building.
Ottumwa race to form a new Mississippi Valley league baseball team with four veterans and 46 hopefuls. Manager John Patrick Harkins aims to trim to 30, bring back Lewis McClelland Chink Glaser and Harry Borman, while adding 17 pitchers and 15 infielders to a large roster.
Pinehurst North Carolina March 30 Miss Glenna Collett Providence RI three time North and South champion and former national title holder faces Miss Virginia Van Wie Chicago today to decide the 1927 North and South women's golf championship. Collett defeated Edith Quier Reading PA 3 and 2 in the semifinals while Van Wie beat Mrs E Baker Jr Belmont MA 5 and 3.
Big Ten athletic directors officials and coaches will gather in Madison Wisconsin May 26 27 28 for a three day conference culminating in the twenty seventh annual outdoor track and field meet of the Western conference at Camp Randall stadium. A Minnesota Wisconsin baseball game and a regatta on Lake Mendota are also planned as part of the event.
Des Moines reports the state tennis tournament will begin July 26 with Charles Fredericks, president of the Des Moines district tennis association, announcing the plan. Harris Coggeshall, Iowa’s top ranked player and Grinnell College varsity hopeful, has notified officials he will defend his title at both the state meet and the city meet planned for June 20.
Giants camp reports Hornsby shaping up to challenge Babe Ruth's 59 homer mark with strong right field and left field setups. Rogers voices confidence in Hornsby's condition and rivals Babe this season. Harper adds depth in right field while DeVormer and McGraw prep a powerful lineup behind the bat.
Des Moines reports highlight George T. Bresnahan of Iowa as a premier track coach shaping Hawkeye success. From 1921 to 1927 his squads set records at Drake relays and Texas relays, produced Olympic athletes, and won Western and Big Ten titles, earning him the nickname champion builder ahead of Drake Relays on April 29 and 30.
March 30 Berkeley Calif supporters of the University of California basketball team report plans for another Pacific Coast Conference title in 1928. The 1927–28 team closes its season with 38 wins and no defeats, having scored 493 points to opponents 302, with only three players graduating.
Roosevelt girls' basketball team surprised to defeat Bird's Independents in a Forum matchup last night by 11 to 9. Starters for Roosevelt included Haffa and M Benzow with Reisner, RB Smith, and E Smith contributing. Bird's featured Clark and Steege as standouts for the losers.
Iowa City March 30. Michigan swimmer P C Samson aims for a 2 15 6 10 world 220 yard free style record at the National Collegiate A A championships April 15 and 16 at the University of Iowa. Coach Matt Mann says Samson may shatter Weissmuller’s 2 15 2 10 mark set in 1925. Samson holds American intercollegiate and Big Ten records in 220 and 440 yard free styles. This marks the first time the N E A A meet will be held west of the Mississippi due to Iowa City’s pool, and invites to colleges are to be answered by April 8. New York Halving Wide Swedish star will race in a mile and a half event at the Elks games. efforts to arrange a race with Wide and Lloyd Hahn were unsuccessful.
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