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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1928
Page
6
Iowa University officials unveiled plans for a large football stadium to seat 80 000, with a baseball field and running track, to be built just west of the field house near the town river. The project aims to be ready for next year pending approval from the state board of education.
Rath Packing company racked up six wins in the Commercial Bowling league after the opening round, leading top contenders Unique Cleaners and St. Mary’s each with one loss. Unique Cleaners rolled multiple 600+ games at Waterloo alleys, while Gambler Robinson suffered three defeats. High scores included Goettla 243, Saul 229, Gorme 211, Brown 207, and Abrams.
Don Cooper, University of Kansas halfback by day and police officer by night, heads the Lawrence police headquarters each evening. The student- athlete earns enough to cover school expenses and keeps a quiet schedule, with time for study and rest between shifts.
Comprehensive Friday scores from Simpson to Wartburg, Culver-Stockton to Central, plus high school outcomes. Notable results include Wesleyan 13 over Iowe, Webster City Junior College 14, Henderson-Trows 47, and Keosauqua 1 percent. The report lists numerous colleges, towns, and teams with final tallies and some unclear OCR fragments.
A jumble of musings on time, grief, and odd humor fills a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper page. It riffs on time as healer, a rabbit biting a director in a wild anecdote, rumors of Hollywood drinking, radio talks to Mars, and quips about public life. The piece wanders through jokes about politics, literature, and a Thanksgiving proclamation, ending with a stray poem-like snippet and local weather and street notes.
East High votes to name its athletic squads the Trojans after a school paper contest. Judges were editor-in-chief Coach Blakeever and captain Robert Brigham. Sherwood Felsing wins a prize pack. several names earned honorable mention from over 150 entries.
New Haven October twenty seven forty four percent crowd witnessed the twenty eighth gridiron meeting between Army and Yale. A capacity 75000 crowd packed the Yale Bowl as Army and Yale clashed in a potential sectional or national title race. Army with Cain Murrell and Oakfield stars had defeated Boston University Southern Methodist Providence and Harvard. Yale had beaten Maine Georgia and Brown.
One of the most prevalent figures at a major golf championship is James T. Preston of Washington. The article portrays Preston as a bustling, trusted statistician and press liaison who directs data at Virginia Hot Springs, catalogs amateur records, and writes reference books on golf championships.
The New York Sun reports Rogers Hornsby signed a three year deal with the Chicago Cubs, paid 40000 annually, after a week old agreement in New York. In exchange, Boston sends Hornsby outfielder Earl Webb and Clift Heathcote and infielder Fred Marguire plus $200000, with Cubs approval and a $25000 bonus already paid.
New York boxing scene adds Otto Von Porat and Tiny Roebuck to Gotham’s elite heavyweights with Tuffy Griffith, the Sioux City light heavyweight, slated for preliminary bouts ahead of Tex Rickard’s December elimination tournament. Von Porat, a Norway champion import, debuts Nov. 5 against Pauline Uzudum. Roebuck, connected to the Madison Square Garden contract, eyes leverage from football fame. Griffith, hailed as tough in Chicago circles, eyes bold tests amid high powered matchups.
Detroit October 27. The Gold cup, historic speedboat trophy, may be contested next year after missing this year. Detroit Yacht Club hopes to run the race on the Detroit river course. Previous 1924 winner Rainbow T was disqualified. Baby Bootlegger won, then Greenwich Folly outdistanced Baby Bootlegger in a later defense. Dr. B. Smith of Cleveland pledges to race if the event occurs during the Detroit regatta.
Mrs. C. B. Keeler, wife of a golf writer and theorist, won the Miller cup handicap for women again. Her medal round 90 yielded a low net 70, close to the low gross 82. A third victory would earn permanent possession of the trophy.
In Champaign on homecoming day Northwestern aims to upset Illinois before more than 60 000 spectators. Illinois hopes for a stronger line with Richman returning as coach Zuppke’s Humbert Timm Mills and Steussy in top form after a season disrupted by injuries.
New Hampton High School football defeated Sumner 19 to 0 on Friday, marking the locals fourth win of the season after a season opener loss at Charles City. Keating starred for New Hampton while Tietje and G. Schos Phoorter played solidly for Sumner.
Latonia Kentucky October 1 Rhinock a star handicap horse from the Parkview stable is out of training for the remainder of the year due to a foot ailment.
East High plans 15 basketball games starting Dec 7 under Coach Makeever with Captain Christians and Gerber leading. Beckenr and Crane eligible only first semester. Lee becomes eligible in January. Shoenoff assists. schedule includes Waverly Dec 7 and Feb 23 at New Hampton.
Wright Steeves, a shot putter and discus athlete on East High's track squad, was chosen by Coach McKeever to lead this year's team. The five-letter men forming the nucleus include Lee the half miler, Gerber the hurdler, Burbank the dash man, Perry the miler, Hardy and Douglas as new distance runners. Steeves has consistently thrown around 42 feet and starred in track, football, and basketball over the past three years.
Cedar Rapids Iowa October 27 In the first Midwest conference game of the year Coe College Kohawks and the Monmouth Scots met this afternoon. Both teams are considered strong contenders for the Midwest title.
Minneapolis on October 27 reports Doc Spears, a gudiron mentor at Minnesota, urging care with the old grandmother admonition to keep ears warm. He distributed button-on caps to his players as part of warm attire.
Rural schools around Shell Rock announce Halloween programs and social events. Excelsior schoolhouse hosts a Hallo ween program October 29 led by teacher Myrtle Pohl. Unity school plans a Halloween program October 30 with Nellie Thompson guiding. Salem school under Zoe Avery presents a Halloween program October 30. Standard Bearers meet November 1 at Marie Richards home led by Sissie Richards. Congregational Sorosis meets November 2 at Lillian Larkin’s home with assistants. Commercial club gathering October 29 at EKP hall. Baptist Aid serves election day dinner. M E Aid bazar scheduled December 1.
Walter Wellman and companions attempted an Atlantic crossing by semi rigid airship in 1910. A Waterloo-born steward, P J Kohlhammer, watched the ship struggle over the water from the Trent as it lost control after a damaged gas bag. The crew were rescued into a lifeboat. the airship later vanished. Kohlhammer later became a hotel manager after long sea service.
An examination of the Hawkeye Athlete council directory shows Tama County provided over 20 of 942 students with major or minor university letters. Eight Tama athletes captained major teams, with standouts in baseball, basketball, football, and track from Dysart, Traer, Tama, and Dysart area towns.
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