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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1923
Page
20
Philadelphia recounts a Sunday blue law controversy in Upper Darby township where a soccer match was halted by a commissioner which led to the arrest of a player and a rival official threatening to close Aronimink golf club. Soccer players relocated their field while cases move toward a magistrate.
Waterloo Elks committees complete arrangements for the annual charity minstrel at the Waterloo theatre from November 5 to 7. Rehearsals begin tonight in rooms once used by Eklund Business College on Mulberry street with George Stevens of the Joe Bren Producing company directing. Cast features Waterloo and Cedar Falls singers. Stevens assigns parts from the approved talent.
The 100 mile air race and events at Rosecrans field were postponed from today to tomorrow due to rain. The three day meet continues with weather causing schedule changes in St Joseph Missouri.
A long list details numerous college and university football games planned for tomorrow across multiple states. Matchups include Knox at Cedar Rapids, Creighton versus Des Moines U at Omaha, De Paul against Columbia in Chicago, and many others featuring teams such as Simpson, Parsons, Penn, Yale, Brown, Amherst, Colgate, Ohio Wesleyan, Army, Princeton, Pitt, USC, Stanford, Nevada, Denver, and more across venues in Iowa, Illinois, New York, Massachusetts, and beyond.
Ames Iowa October 20 Here is the skipper of Iowa State s football team Captain Ira Young Jefferson Ia Young is the youngest football captain at Ames in his third year of varsity play He previously was a backfield standout and scored a defining touchdown against Drake He now stars at end and is among the Missouri Valley s top ends also excelling in basketball as a standing guard and has played varsity tennis two years a senior in civil engineering
New York oct 26 warning against overconfidence due to victories was voiced at the first real meeting of the American Olympic committee Col Robert M Thompson and Maj Gen Allen warned that the team would have a big job to win the Paris games next summer European teams have strengthened and the US must keep the top scoring position Trials will be held by the army navy A A U National College association and Intercollegiate association winners go to Harvard stadium for final trials June 13 the team will have 35 athletes with coaches and trainers total financing includes 150000 from extra transportation on the liner America and the rest by sectional members of the A A U
Purdue, carrying Indiana's hopes in western football, meets Chicago at Chicago Stadium after a 7 7 tie with Wabash. Coach Jimmy Phelan has built a clean, hard fighting group that could surprise top conference foes. Chicago remains the heavy favorite despite Purdue's Notre Dame like attack.
Iowa City crowd of over 4000 gathered at the railroad station for a monster pep meeting to send off the Iowa football team to Columbus Ohio for the game with Ohio State. Four crippled players Miller Parkin Krasuski Hancock in win. Parkin may play. Coach Howard Jones remains optimistic and says the Western Conference title is not yet won.
Tony Gentle of Waterloo and Cedar Falls meets Lou Kelly of Des Moines in a six round featherweight contest on Tommy Ryan's card at the Des Moines Coliseum. The fight is the semi windup to the Brown Milner eight round bout. Gentle seeks a decisive win after two prior meetings with Kelly ended a points win for Kelly and a draw.
Police bulletin boards in Kansas City display the first horse theft in years. A placard details a bay horse named Zev belonging to Abe Greenbaum, age 12, deaf, valued at $20.
Deve Shades Billy Wells clash at Madison Square Garden tonight could crown Shade the welterweight champion and set up a defense against challengers. Wells, offered a shot at Roland Todd if he wins, makes his New York debut in the 15 round bout.
Hawkeye Oil Co defeated Black's No. 2 team as Marsau scored a new year high 227 in his first appearance. Match scores show Hawkeye totals 815 and 910 for the three games while Black's squad posted 517 and 817 in the series at Waterloo alleys.
San Francisco club chief Babe Hollingberry telegraphed coach Rockne seeking a December game. He expects a guaranteed purse between 4000 and 6000 dollars for an eastern opponent. New York committees vote to set final track and field trials for Olympic team at Harvard Stadium starting June 14.
The film unit, led by Hoot Gibson, was stationed at Camp Hearn with Eleventh Cavalry Troop G. The cast joined in stunt rides for The Sign of the Rose style sequences as the Pl aza theatre screens a new Be IBANBea n picture. The Plaza also features The Gumps and a stand out story of an Italian father seeking a rose for his daughter.
A Waterloo theatre matinée and evening program feature a music production about a man pursuing ambition amid marital strife. Constance Talmadge stars in Duley at the Strand with Lodge Night and Pathe News as side attractions in a two divs showing.
Los Angeles fire department members helped stage a two story building blaze for a film scene at Crystal theater. Firemen formed a cordon to prevent spread to nearby studio structures while the Mero Nust of Los Angeles and the Saxes Quintet appear on the same program. A big discount sale at Ives Wat Shop is advertised.
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