Douglas Pitches Another Big One
Phil Douglas of the Cubs pitched a one hit game against the Braves and won. Chicago scored on a Mann triple after Kilduff singled. Other games saw New York beat Pittsburgh 4 to 3 as Cooper faltered in the third inning. Zack Wheat homered to pace Brooklyn Dodgers in a late rally. Cincinnati beat Philadelphia 7 to 3 as Eller struggled but fielding saved them. Detroit beat Philadelphia 8 to 5 as Boston pitchers struggled and Cleveland rolled 12 to 7. Senators lost again, one run, while St Louis won 7 to 2 over the Yankees as Gearsze Lister scored and Gallia was hit 13 times.
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Phil Douglas
Cubs
Braves
Lito
Powell
Ind
Chicago
New York
Zack Wheat
St. Louis
Kallie
Philadelphia
Detroit
Tigers
Athletics
Senators
Washington
Morton
Indians
Covelerkie
Red Sox
Memorial Day Golf Tournament Set at Byrnes Park
Officials announce a Memorial Day golf program at Byrnes Park to qualify for the city championship. Qualifying rounds run May 30 or June 1, 18 holes with 64 as the low score to qualify, finals by July 5. Event slate includes driving, approach, and putting contests on the ninth course with prizes totaling golf balls for top point earners. Decoration day marks the season opener in Waterloo with more summer events to come.
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Byrnes Park
Soll Association
Waterloo
National League Scores Snapshot Across Cities
In Boston Chicago clashed securing 200 Boston. Canada players Douglas and Dolph appear alongside Northrop and Traces. New York hosted Pittsburgh with Cooper and Fweene ton and McCarty. Brooklyn faced St. Louis with Gra Brooklyn and Meadoe Cadore Grimes and Kr. Philadelphia hosted Cincinnati as Betteriss Fuer Fisher jaien Wingo Packard and G pAdiains.
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Boston
Chicago
Douglas and Dolph
Northrop
Traces
New York
Pittsburgh
Cooper
Ton and McCarty
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Meadoe + Cadore
Grimes and
Philadelphi Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Betteriss—Fuer
Fisher Jaien
Wingo
Packard
pAdiains
Wheelbarrow polo becomes Purdue indoor sport
In Lafayette Indiana on May 27 Purdue University agricultural students popularize wheelbarrow polo. Teams of ten push a basketball toward a 12 foot goal across a field 190 feet long. A wheelbarrow crew acts as gunners, guards and forwards while goalkeepers block scores.
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Lafayette
Ind
Purdue University
Baseball Roundup From Early American League Games
Detroit beat Philadelphia as Beland and Walters contributed for Detroit while O’Neil appeared. Chicago lost to Washington with Picinich and Williams handling batteries. New York also saw action against St Louis with Quinn, Ryer, Gattie and Billings listed among players.
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Detroit
iPhiladelphia
Belend
Bots
Walters
O'Neil
Chicago
Washington
Thamy Picinich
Wiliams A
Lovie
New York
St. Louis
Quinn and
Ryer
Gattie
Billings
Goddard Beats Curphey In Heavyweight Title Bout
London reports Frank Goddard defeated Jack Curphey in the tenth round of a 20 round heavyweight championship contest. Lincoln and nearby arenas note John Pesek and Chris Sorenson tied in boxing action.
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Associated Press
London
Frank Goddard
Jack Curphey
Great Brittain
Lincoln, Neb
John Pesek
Ani Wreas
Chris Sorenson
Star Golfers Will Play Over Canada
Charles Evans Jr plans a Canada tour in June with Onimet Travers and others to play eastern Canada then western Canada and British Columbia. George Lyon, W M Reekie and Detroit draft James sale to Boston Americans noted. Evans shows strong enthusiasm for the Canadian tour.
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Chicago
Charles Evans, Jr
Francis Acious
Boston
Canada
Evans
Onimet
Jerome Travers
British Columbia
George 5
Lyon
W. M. Reekie
Upper Montclair
Lakewood
Reekie
Willard Heads to Toledo to Train for Dempsey Fight
Jess Willard leaves Los Angeles for Toledo to begin four weeks of intensive training for the July 4 title bout with Jack Dempsey. He plans to stay near Maumee Bay with sparring partners Charley Ler and Jack Hempel, and the public will pay to watch his workouts at a temporary outdoor ring.
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Toledo
Jess Willard
Los Angeles
Jack Dempsey
Lawrence
Kane
Willard
Tex Rickard
Charleyler
Jack Hempel
Maumee Bay
Dempsey
English Down on Coaching System
Detroit May 27 Major Ed Lafitte a former Tiger pitcher criticizes American coaching methods as boisterous and unsportsmanlike in Britain He notes British fans dispute umpire calls and that few Britons admit baseball equals cricket He cites 1918 army navy game with Lafitte as starter and King George watching Lafitte serves at U S General Hospital No 40 in St Louis
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Detroit
Mich
Great Britain
Maj Ed. F. Lafitte
Tiger
Eddie
Lafitte
Golf Tournament Idea Pitches Baseball Stars Prospect
A proposed golf event would award a trophy to professional baseball players with a cup kept for three wins or annual competition. Names like Merkle Shawkey Mathewson and others are floated as potential participants in a handicap or scratch format. The plan faces questions about field quality and promotional value.
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Imaine
Fred Merkie
Chief Bender
Bender
Mathewson
Bob Shawkey
Ernest Krueger
Derrill Pratt
Zimmerman
Speaker
Collins
Joe Tush
Jack Miller
Morris Rath
Merkle
Shawkey
Pratt
Tim Jendryx
Nanamaker
Graney
Chapman
Young
Detroit
Bnrns
Athletics
Jennings
Coombs
Hoover
Woenry
Lavan
Rickey
Wilbur Cooper
Slick Cedar Rapids swindle nets 750 dollars
Police uncover a neat get-rich-quick scheme in Cedar Rapids. A man named George Dumas is held after passing a stolen passbook and making deposits and drafts totaling 750.80 dollars across multiple banks. Dumas refuses to talk as investigators trace deposits and fingerprints.
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Cedar Rapids
George Dunas
Tames Maltos
First National Bank of Mason Vily
National
First National
Mason City
Dumas
Try Phelps' Glasses for headache Jefferson shop ad
An advertisement offers headache relief at 518 Jefferson under the slogan Try Phelps' Glasses. A historical note mentions the battle of Waterloo starting and ending in eight hours, tying a rapid finish to the era.
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Phelps
Pache
Jefferson
Waterloo
The Amazing Imposter at Plaza and Red Lantern at Palace
The Amazing Imposter stars Mary Miles Minter at the Plaza tonight and Wednesday with a tale of mistaken identity and romantic entanglements. Nazimova headlines The Red Lantern at the Palace, a dual role drama showing a Eurasian girl and her English sister in a sweeping wartime drama. J Warren Kerrigan appears in The Best Man at Crystal, a comedy of intrigue as a Secret Service agent caught in a web of disguises and mistaken marriage.
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Mary Miles Minter
the Plaza
Joan Hope
Ruth
Nazimova
Palace Theatre
Mahlee
Blanche
China
J. Warren Kerrigan
Crystal Theatre
Secret Services Department
Washington
John Burnham
Kerrigan
Comiskey to Box Kelly on Monday in Waterloo
Tommy Comiskey of St. Paul will meet Leo Kelly in Waterloo Monday night after a scheduled Thursday bout with Kelly was canceled due to Dennis O Keefe injury. Kelly has arrived in Waterloo and trained at the Illinois Central Athletic club. Ernie Jordan brought Comiskey here.
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Dennis O'Keefe
Great Lakes Battler
Leo Kelly
Waterloo
Tommy Comiskey
St. Paul
Kelly
Illinois Central Athletic Club
Comiskey
St. Paul Flash
St. Louis
Ernie Jordan
Tommy
Eddie Kane
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