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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1910
Page
8
Two Waterloo games featured heavy dust and strong winds as Waterloo fell 5 to 1 and 7 to 1 to Rock Island. Clark briefly piloted Goasters before Patton relieved, while Quiesser struggled for Islanders with several disputed calls and a shaky umpire.
The report details a windy day of baseball with Waterloo and Rock Island games, including a long drive to left by Culling, misplays by Vogel and Quiesser, and Wilkes scoring on a two-base hit. Long and Collins led Waterloo offensively while Rock Island's Slattery, Slat tery, and Kohl contributed.
The Boosters built a batting streak and eight steals as Cuminger struggled in the early innings. Clark held the Roosters to four hits through three, Bil Leard sparred with the umpire and spent time on the bench. Chase and Wilkes mixed in fielding errors and aggressive baserunning to push runs across, with several players advancing on misplays and steals.
Waterloo hosts Danville on Ladies' day while Springfield visits Davenport Poona plays Rock Island Bloomington goes to Dubuque and a practical demonstration is advertised for Tuesday and Wednesday featuring New Perfection Blue Flame Oil Cooking Stoves with hot biscuits bread and pastry. Invitation from M Berkley at 302 West 4th.
A Detroit Tribune note from a western editor recounts a reader who asks for free copies of the paper containing obituaries and verses about a child’s death and a niece’s marriage, plus a clipping of an attached article and an unpaid local notice of bull calves for sale. The letter ends with requests to stop the paper and to avoid wasting money on newsprint.
A 300 strong Waterloo delegation travels to Dubuque by special train to back the team in opening games. Bustling crowds, banners and a devoted fan network fill stops at Jesup Independence and Manchester. About 130 railroad workers join on passes, swelling the Dubuque crowd toward 400 to 500 with high hopes for wins.
Springfield wins 4 to 2 as Schroeder shines and Peoria errs in the third and fourth. Johnson and Bell spark Springfield's defense while McGregor struggles. Also notes Dubuque and Davenport games with mixed results and a Bloomington Danville setback. An elephant pursuit brings humor and a wordy aside on travel.
Kansas University captured the Missouri Valley Conference track meet with a final score of 81 to Missouri 23 and Nebraska 21. Dash records fell as 12 events produced new marks including Steele of Missouri in the two mile with 9:56.325 and Byer of Ames in the mile with 4:34.5. Nebraska, Drake, Grinnell, and Ames posted multiple top finishes as Lambert and Stevens tied for first in the pole vault and Alderman set a new discus mark.
Merritt Miller and Waterloo invasion beat Boomers Independents 7 to 4 in Marshalltown. McCormick Morrell and Mitchell led Waterloo with multiple hits while Richards held the Independents to four runs. Attendance was about 450 as Purdue umpired the City league contest.
A stormy evening prompts hostess Mrs Brown to offer sleeping arrangements for Mr Scoresby and four guests. He declines, citing an umbrella and plans to leave, while the household quickly adapts with improvised sleeping spots.
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