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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1927
Page
8
Chicago action centers on Penn versus Chicago as Michigan Ohio State and Northwestern Illinois battles draw attention. Iowa, Drake, Grinnell, and Creighton provide regional intrigue while Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Tulsa face key rivals across the slate. Nebraska sits idle with an open date.
Ames Iowa October 21 4LP Ames State College a Big Six member withdrawing from the Missouri Valley will host three home football games next season Drake and Grinnell on the slate two road clashes with Nebraska and Drake avoided at home This year schedule shows October 6 Grinnell at Grinnell tentative October 13 Nebraska at Ames October 20 Missouri at Columbia November 3 Oklahoma at Ames November 10 Marquette at Milwaukee November 17 Kansas Aggies at Ames November 24 Drake at Des Moines
The Associated Press notes last night’s boxing results: Chuck Wiggins of Indianapolis defeated Tiny Herman of Portland, KO in four rounds. Vincent Hambright of Fort Thomas stopped Young Kethel in Indianapolis in four. Art Stigall of Blackwell fought Battling Nelson to a fourth round KO in Wichita. Oscar Baker of Culver City stopped Vic Alexander in Los Angeles in three rounds.
New York October 21 In the third challenge to aging champs this month Johnny Dundee faces Tony Canzoneri at Madison Square Garden Monday night. Canzoneri favored 8 to 5 to win by knockout as doubts grow over Dundee still claiming featherweight supremacy.
Polo players endure longer because ponies act as their legs. A man lasts in any sport as long as his legs. Dempsey could not chase Tunney. his legs failed him. Tilden lost to French teens as his legs wore out. In baseball, pitchers show decline first via legs, while catchers endure best due to crouching.
In a letter to Ed Frayne sporting editor Jack Dempsey says Leo P Flynn is no longer his manager noting Flynn helped him through the Sharkey and Tunney bouts but has other business to attend to and is not available for future fights. Seventeen Chicago Black Hawks players report for training under Manager Barney Stanley as the NHL club builds its roster with goalie Hugh Lehmann expected soon.
Buck Stewart pitcher for the St. Louis Americans was to be operated on here today or tomorrow for a ruptured appendix as doctors planned immediate surgical care.
Purdue freshman Ralph Welch gained national notice after sparking a victory over Harvard. A Lambda Chi Alpha waiter in Lafayette, Welch says the Harvard game was his first college appearance and downplays his fame. He also plays baseball as a catcher and hopes for a pro career.
A sprawling Saturday slate features matchups from New Jersey to Washington. Notable games include Minnesota at Minnesota, Drake at Grinnell, Michigan at Ohio State, Notre Dame visiting Indiana, Yale hosting Army, and Oregon State at Stanford, among many others in conferences nationwide. The list covers colleges from Luther to Northwestern and Missouri to Massachusetts with numerous cross-state pairings and neutral-site or campus games.
Minneapolis Minn Oct 21 Waconia a small Minnesota town has a Catholic priest for a pitcher on the local ball team Father George Earles is 30 years old and well knit He pitched his team to a double victory on one occasion this season In the first game with the home team one man behind in the ninth with two men out and one man on base Father Karles drove out a home run giving his nine a one run victory Then he went back into the box and hurled his club to an easy win in the second game.
Fourteen Iowa high schools have entered the annual interstate cross country meet at the University of Iowa on October 29. Milwaukee East Division is the only out of state entrant. Fort Madison returns with a strong team led by Curtis who was sixth last year. The two mile race uses a turf course. after the meet, runners attend the Denver Town football game on the Iowa field. Ralph Cozine holds last year’s meet record.
Washington may 21. More than 60 golfers tee off at Indian Spring Md for the Middle Atlantic Open championship. The field features Joe Turnesa Tommy Armour John ny Farrell Bobby Cruickshank Mac Donald Smith George J Voight and Leo Diegel the defending champion.
A mixed column reports Hawkeyes swelling support for Swanson as Plowman manager, urges Moline editor help for the second baseman. It notes University of Denver football versus Iowa in Iowa City, Dawson’s Huskers links, and Iowa Minnesota game chatter with broadcast plans. It also covers Western league turmoil over Tulsa and Oklahoma City moves, and Judge Landis referenced in dispute.
Rosenbloom trades his gasoline filling station and auto wash at 217 Sixth Street West to Mike George for the Thompson Grocery Service at 309 Fourth Street West. George will run the filling station and Rosenbloom's Grocery Service will operate the grocery with delivery service and a full line of fresh fruits and vegetables.
Leonard R. Walters has purchased his partner G. R. Mumper's stake in Walters & Mumper garage at 324 Park Avenue West and will run the shop solo. The partnership, formed two years ago, is now dissolved.
Alfred Olson and his sister Augusta Larson toured Sweden, England, Germany, and France. They report Germany uses power for light haulage with bakery and grocer wagons pulled by men, while Paris shows bike deliveries by bakers. They noted Sweden’s good roads and hydroelectric plants, and a rough sea voyage home from Cherbourg.
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