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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1920
Page
5
Detroit and Cincinnati split a doubleheader with Detroit losing the opener to Cleveland 5 to 2 after dropping a 5 to 0 decision earlier. Vaughn starred for Chicago in a tense tilt, while Leonard and Eller worked on mound duty for Detroit and Cleveland respectively. The day featured solid pitching, limited hits, and key baserunning as the teams battled through long innings and shifting momentum.
St Ansgar high school defeated Osage high Saturday 7 to 8 in an 11 inning game. The comeback from a three run third inning lead kept the score tied until the eleventh when Tessman Miller and Tollefson produced five runs on Osage errors. St Ansgar to play Carpenter Wednesday. Town team lost to Manly 8 to 7 in a second game of the series after winning 4 to 2 last Sunday. Titus fanned 10 for St Ansgar. Sweitzer 10 for Manly. 11 hits each. St Ansgar six errors. Manly four.
West High School interclass track and field meet may be moved to the athletic field at Fifth and Locust streets this afternoon at 2 30 if rain prevents holding it at the usual venue. Officials include M Wallace as referee, Cohn and Clason as finish judges, Briggs and others as timers, Wray as clerk of course, Bragdon as field judge, Law son and Grebble as field judges, Frehse starter, Richardson marshal, and Jensen.
Northwestern university announced May 29 as the date for its annual outdoor interscholastic meet inviting schools from eight states to send teams.
Motorboat regatta officials announce a 15000 budget for Burlington events July 1 2 and 5 featuring a nightly fireworks display vaudeville steamboat trips bands and bathing girls rivaling Mack Sennett shows The Waterson club votes to relocate the event to Burlington with a mass gathering Track conditions this season hinder meet results as Allen Foss of La Porte gains attention by defeating numerous opponents and challenging Daher at 220 pounds The Jesup team defeats Waterloo rivals in a recent matchup and continues early-season practice while the local squad had yet to fully train together.
The roundup lists American Association teams Louisville Columbus Indianapolis Toledo Milwaukee St Paul Kansas City Minneapolis and more with varied wins. Western League shows Des Moines Omaha St Joseph Tulsa Joplin Sioux City and others while Three-I League includes Evansville Cedar Rapids Bloomington Moline Rock Island Peoria Terre Haute Rockford and notes a practice game at Cedar River park where Toney Butler’s team tied Waterloo 4 to 14.
The Illinois Centrals baseball team will open the season May 13 in City with Warren E. Johnson a southpaw, Baker Shine backstop, and Clausen a key right hand pitcher. May 15 they meet Murphy did it baseball of Omaha, Neb, and May 30 face Charles City. Outfielder Ray, a recent addition from Omaha, is a top outside man while the squad trains with East High School and prepares to challenge Webster City in the opener. The local league sees the Centrals as a strong challenger for top honors.
The Central Amateur Association adopted a resolution to drop basketball from its list of controlled sports. It cited difficulty preventing players from competing professionally under assumed names due to numerous pro teams in Central A A U tournaments. The Central A A U heavyweight trophy for the new London five of Wisconsin was held up.
Memphis report Pat Moore secured a referee's decision over Jack Wolfe in eight rounds. St Paul report Lew Tendler outpointed Johnny Tillman in a 10 round bout according to newspaper men.
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