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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1927
Page
12
East points for grant one scoreless game with River City. Waterloo Evening Courier broadcasting station will present the score roundup this evening at 5 38 with scores from important football games nationwide.
West High School and Dubuque High play to a 0–0 tie before 1,000 homecoming fans at Wallace Stadium. Rust exits early with injury, Tarpy and Martin star for both sides, Waterloo dominates play but misses scoring chances. West outshoots Dubuque in first downs 9 to 3.
A jumble of names and scenes shows a bank lobby crowded with staff including a cashier teller and vice president on Saturdays. A currency shipment to the express office reveals risk concerns. References to Ada Fonthall Johnny a soft lad Capt Hardinger and Uncle Charlie mix with prize jokes and a crying baby in a reception line.
A syndicated AP rundown lists multiple boxing outcomes: Canadian champion Larry Gains drew with Mike McTighe in Toronto while others such as Soldier Jones KOed Indian Joe Brown in Pittsburgh and Ben Pound stopped John Pearson in Orlando. Several fights ended in decision or technical knockout across Detroit Cleveland Chicago and Des Moines with varied winners and losses.
Iowa football fans split attention between Madison where Iowa plays Wisconsin and Minneapolis where Drake faces Minnesota. Iowa hopes to end an eight of nine loss streak to Wisconsin while Drake aims to slow the Gophers. Grinnell seeks a Missouri Valley win in St Louis against Washington University. Knox at Galesburg and Carleton at Northfield highlight Midwest action with Cornell and Carleton undefeated in their league.
New York nov 12 history repeats itself in sports as Jake Schaefer and Welker Cochran prepare for the world professional 18 2 balkline billiard championship Nov 19 21 The piece notes Cochran's rise from a boy packing case to winner and recalls Schaefer Hoppe and Cochran as era defining shot makers with Cochran counting 798 points in eight innings to beat Hagenlacher and Schaefer now set to challenge for the title
Ohio State star turned Wilmington coach Shitty Bolen recalls a 1916 game against the Dayton Flyers. The team planned the old snake in the grass trick, but a missing player and a shout of Check! Check! tipped off the defense before the play could unfold.
Champaign Illinois November 12. Before a Dad's Day crowd of more than 50 000 the University of Illinois football team met the University of Chicago in a game that could shape the Big Ten championship. A Illini win would leave only Ohio State between them and the crown. Ben Rouse may miss for Chicago with center and captain absent. Douglas Mills left the squad due to his father’s death. Walker may fill in at punter.
About 40,000 fans expected to fill Madison's stadium as Wisconsin coach Thistlethwaite prepares an aerial attack against Iowa Today. The Badgers, riding two weeks rest since the Minnesota game, aim to offset wet conditions at Camp Randall with fast backs and strong home-field advantage.
Buenos Aires reports Luis Firpo announced plans to go to New York before May to reestablish himself as a title contender for Gene Tunney. He has been in touch with trainer Jimmy De Forrest and says he weighs 232 pounds and can reach condition in 15 weeks. A recent exam found his heart healthy and his fitness improved from five years ago.
Notre Dame meets Army in a marquee Eastern game with 150000 demand for 76000 seats. Spectators expect a close battle as Rockne fields a flexible lineup while Army relies on a strong backfield and veteran line as weathered teams prepare for a telling matchup in New York.
A leading golf professional argues that beginners and average players often overuse the trons instead of the brassie. He urges learning to use the brassie to reach greens, noting iron play on long courses disadvantages the iron user against the brassie.
Ann Arbor, Nov 12. The Navy at Michigan intersectional game may face rain snow and sleet with 86,000 fans waiting. Forecasters warned of possible blizzard conditions at game time as overcast skies and falling temperatures lingered.
New York November headline notes Princeton visiting Yale, Army readying for Notre Dame at Yankee Stadium, Nebraska facing Pittsburgh, Dartmouth at Hanover, Brown and Harvard last stand, Penn State testing NYU, Columbia meeting Penn, Rutgers Lehigh renewed, Colgate Syracuse stalemate.
Northwestern football faces Indiana with Capt. Vic Gustafsot out due to a knee injury. Fisher and Lewis, both battered in prior games, will be able to play today.
East High wins 19 to 9 over Charles City as forward passes and defense shape the game. Garrison and Diekman spark the attack while Leck and Hahn pace Charles City in a snowy contest at Waterloo.
Ackley hosts Armistice Day trapshoot with Bim Castle of Charles City as high gun by breaking 145 of 150. Prizes included hams and sides of bacon. other top finishers were Sutcliffe Davis Scourick Kachelhoffer Carstens Miller Harper Nauman McMillen with notable scores listed for several shooters.
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