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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1925
Page
6
The article previews the Waterloo Hawks upcoming Mississippi Valley League season, noting new pitcher recruits from Louisville and Memphis, the expected rookie surge, and a battle for pitching staff spots led by T. A. Spurbeck. It also reports on a recent exhibition loss to a Chicago colored team and outlines a team banquet at E and M cafe.
Wichita May 4 Difford Gallagher track coach at Wichita high school accuses Kansas State Agricultural College of breaking anti professional rules of the Missouri Valley Conference and defrauding him 8.95. He alleges money was lent with no repayment required and names William M Jardine former college president now secretary of agriculture Schultz former football coach and Frank as involved in the scheme to evade the rules.
A jumble of nostalgic lines recall boyhood haunts and simple pleasures from swimming pools to creek crabs and paper yachts. Interspersed are stray snippets about science, fruit, a Beehnawk visit, a Des Moines train caption, and garden frost fears reflecting a cluttered newspaper fragment.
In Springs Wisconsin on May 14, Speck owned by Speakes of St Paul won first in the annual puppy trials of the Southern States Field Trial association. Starks Par owned by Carl Stark Cedar Rapids won first prize pointer in bench stake defeating Speck the field victor and earning the female pointer blue ribbon.
The Senators downed the Boston Red Sox 7 to 2 as teams across the majors produced seven home runs. Rogers Hornsby homered twice for St Louis while Sam Gray pitched the Athletics to an 11 to 0 win over the Yankees. Jacques Fournier delivered a ninth inning homer to lift Brooklyn past Philadelphia 2 to 1.
National League figures include York 7 Brooklyn 3 and Pittsburgh 18 Cincinnati 3 with Chicago 3 St. Louis 1. Boston 4 6 Philadelphia 1 13, American League lists Philadelphia 1 Washington 2 Cleveland 8 Detroit 7 Boston a New York 4 Chicago 4 St. Louis tI. American Association shows Minneapolis 2 Louisville Indianapolis 6 Toledo 2 Kansas City 0 7 Columbus Tilwankee Western League reports Tulsa I Des Moines 8 Wichita 13 Omaha 1 St. Joseph 12 Lincoln 2 Oklahoma City 24 Denver 10.
The Maquekata independents defeated the Dubuque Mississippi Valley league club 10 to 0 in a Sunday game in Dubuque.
Teachers College trackmen triumphed in a triangular meet at Decorah defeating Luther and Upper Iowa. Ehrhardt set a broad jump mark of 32 feet 1 2 inches, Williams won discus and shot put, while Sorenson swept sprints for Luther and multiple Tutors placed in distance events and relays.
John Fairweather won first prize in the Central Gun Club trapshoot at Gates Park Saturday afternoon with 23 of 25. He received a cake donated by Mrs. Kliner Tager son. Coe defeats Beloit 94 to 80 in dual meet at Cedar Rapids as nine firsts and many seconds and thirds lead the win.
Waterloo’s Maccabees dominated Denver Glub Sunday 11 to 0 with Andy Kedl homering and pitcher Jones throwing a two hit, 13 strikeout gem. Free man started for Denver, fanning 12 but giving up 14 hits as both teams commit two errors. Manager William Beuke lists more open Sundays for out of town games. May 4 Ames State College prepares for two game series at Lincoln against the University of Nebraska Cyclones.
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