RAGAN'S AMEN GIVE TAILENDERS BOOUT IN FINAL CONTEST
In Dubuque, Iowa, September 4, McGinnity's squad won four straight over Pat Reagan's Hawks in the Valley League final games. Lefty Lindner pitched for Waterloo, while Skupa closed for Reagan. A 3-2 nightcap win gave Dubuque the final victory as fielding errors hurt Waterloo.
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Dubuque
Pat Ragan
Hawks
McGinnity
Waterloo
Lefty Lindner
Lindner
Jackson
Stanley Skupa
Reagan
Bowman
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W Church
Dar le
Newell
Dubbs Ec
Carroll
Armstrong
Hyde
Young
Reyes
O Lambert
Jando
Murray
Leach
Lubbe
Church
Hayes
Ubbe
Walton
First Methodists Win Sunday School Baseball Title
The First Methodists defeated St. Pauls Methodists 7 to 2 at Valley League Park to win the Sunday School championship. A crowd witnessed a strong start and a 1–1 game after four innings before the Methodists pulled away in the fifth, securing the silver cup for another year. Batten, Buck, and Truair starred in a tense win.
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St. Paul's Methodists
Methodists
St. Paul's
Battedan
Buck
Truair
Cedar Falls Legion Defeats Ravens 8 to 6
Cedar Falls American Legion edged the Waterloo Ravens 8 to 6 at Valley League Park. The Ravens started strong with five runs in the first inning, tied the game by the third and fourth, but Cedar Falls pulled ahead with key plays in the eighth. Batteries: Whitford and Jensen for Cedar Falls. Matthews, Moors and Snyder for the Ravens.
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Cedar Falls American Legion
Waterloo Ravens
Vistors
Ravens
Cedar Falls
Ban Fats
Wilco Ravers
Whitford
Jensen
Matthews, Moors
Snyder
A Comic Strip in Tyne by J P McEvoy
A fragment from a comic strip shows family scenes and dialogues with children mishearing phrases. The text includes exchanges about manners, meals, and staying attentive with parents correcting behavior. The piece captures a dated humorous domestic moment illustrated by J P McEvoy.
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Tyne
J. P. McEvoy
Surapperg Ready For Legion On Waterloo Card
Telegrams from participants in the American Legion boxing card at Dailey Cattle Congress Hippodrome Thursday Sept. 1 report arrival plans and strong conditions. J W Walsh and Matt Ade leave Milwaukee for Waterloo with Jimmy Nuss camp, Sig Hart to Chicago, Navy Roslan and others en route. Camps indicate 10 round bout readiness and Shipshape camps include Mandy Showers, Mahana, Knipp, and Tackie Leonard training hard for Millewaukee bout.
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Waterloo
J. W. Walsh
Jimmy Nuss
Matt Ade
Milwaukee
Navy Roslan
Sig Hart
Chicago
Nuss
Jtostan
Arcade Gymnasium
Walter Mandy
Johnny Showers
Shipshape
Frankie Maha
Albert Knipp
Tackie Leonard
Youngsters Battle on Labor Day Card at Electric Park
Idoyd Mills and Bob White, Waterloo featherweights, fought six even rounds in a Labor Day feature. Mills edged White in weight while White led in cleverness and headwork as the finish saw both still fighting. Al De Witt and Grant Millard also fought two rounds amid some rough moments and a stoppage nearly ending with a real count. The card opened with The United Kid and Young Sansone in strong form.
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Idoyd Mills
Bob White
Waterloo
Electric Park
Mills
White
al de Witt
Grant Millard
Millard
Knipp
United Kid
Young Sansone
Waterloo Walkovers Runaway Defeat at Eagle Center
Eagle Center handed the Waterloo Walkovers a stinging defeat on Sunday. George Heinz pitched well for the home team allowing four scattered hits as the Walkovers struggled in the field. Holmes, Bellke, Hetaz and Bedard provided the visiting team's offense but could not sustain it.
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Eagle Center
Waterloo
George Heinz
Wialkavers
Thaere Ae
Enter - Pom OY
Holmes
Bellke
Hetaz
Bedard
SAFE or OUT In pinch hitting and batter interference ruling
A reader asks about pinch hitters feeding in late innings and when a pinch hitter fells or is out. The exchange covers batter interference on a passed ball, batter strikes, and fair ball rulings near baselines with reference to out or strike decisions and potential crowding of base paths.
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Finch
Strikas
Q. Reiter
Sai Metzger
Charles D. White
Sur
Sisler Leads Browns In Labor Day Rally and Double Wins
George Sisler starred for the St. Louis Browns with seven hits seven runs and multiple RBIs as Cleveland fell twice 3-2 and 10-4. Ken Williams hit his 33rd homer tying a league record, while the White Sox swept Detroit 2-6. The Cubs dropped to fifth after two losses to Cincinnati as Pittsburgh stayed near second place.
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Associated Press
Chicago
New York
Giants
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Yankees
St. Louis Browns
Cleveland
Sisler
George Sisler
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Oul
Ken Williams
Tillie” Walker
Athletics
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Sox
Cecil Duff
Aberdeen
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Parkinson
Lee
Tigers
Standings Brief for American and National Leagues
American League standings show Nieto 3 0, Detroit 1 3, St Pauls 19 12 with Cleveland 3 1, Philadelphia a 0 and Boston at New York rain. National League reports Tours 5 5, Pittsburgh 3 6, Minnesota 4 5, Chicago 3 0, Philadelphia 6 7. New York Boston postponed by rain. Western and American Association scores include St Paul 4 1, Toledo 7 0, Columbus 10 0, Milwaukee Louisville 4 0. Des Moines Denver 2 Tulsa 14 1. Oklahoma City 4 10.
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jOmaha Peers
Lichty Wins Sunnyside Golf Championship Title
Burr G Lichty defeated Merle Stimson in a six hole Sunnyside Country Club match to take the championship. Miss Margaret Addington won the women’s tour final against Arch McFarlane and set a new Sunnyside course record with 18 holes in 69. The annual club executives tourney was won by C O W Chapman with Ray Eggert leading the defeated golfers in the era.
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Sunnyside Country Club
Merle Stmson
Lichty
Stimson
Frank Byers
Cedar Pfatis
J. W. Lynch
Sa. M. Donran
C. O W. Chapman
Trifth
Ray Eggert
Miss Addington
Sunnyside
Major League Records Highlight Historic 1900s Games
The clipping cites early baseball achievements and records including a no hit game between Brooklyn and Boston on September 5, 1900, and notable moments through 1914 and 1921. Names such as W. Rowley, F. C. Clarke, W. Holmes, Lee Magee, and O. Felsch appear as record holders or participants in celebrated games and double plays, reflecting a period of rapid statistical tracking in the sport.
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N. Packer
Brooklyn
Boston
Inc
Ww. Holmes
Lee Magee
O. Felsch
Man to Man Play Sees Amateur Golf Title Flights
Brookline Mass Sept 5 Amateur golfers press into match play after torrential rain for two rounds of stroke play. Two leaders from yesterday advance into the first round with better weather and strong British presence among 82 survivors. Guilford wins medal with 70 in rain and bog, edging Bobby Jones of Atlanta.
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Brookline
Mass
Teller
Torrence
Axvimer
Sammy Armour
Wille Funter
Harrison
Johnston
St. Paul
Dressn Guilfard
Bobby Jonas
Atlanta
Sigourney to Meet Hawks Here Thursday In Exhibition
With the valley league season closed the Hawks return home for a series of exhibition games. Thursday opens the American Legion convention as they meet Sigourney in a fast semi pro matchup, followed by two games with the Waterloo Ravens Friday and Saturday at the valley league park.
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Hawks
American Legion
Sigourney
Waterloo Ravens
Knights of Columbus beat Gilbertville 12 to 3 in Gilbertville
In Gilbertville, Iowa, September 4, the Waterloo Knights of Columbus defeated the Gilbertville team a lopsided game. After a quiet start, the K of C exploded in the ninth frame scoring six runs to pull away and clinch the 12 to 3 victory led by Ratieriss, Manah, Mullin and Metcalf with Fagerland contributing defensively.
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Gilbertville
Waterloo Knights of Columbus
K. of C.'si
Gilbert
Tin
Ratieriss
Manah, Mullin
Metcalf Fagerland
Lets
Moore Lynch Go Greatest Bantamweight Battle in Michigan City
In Michigan City Indiana Pat Moore of Memphis challenged world bantamweight title holder Joe Lynch in Floyd Fitzsimmons arena. Lynch won a sensational 10 round decision despite Moores fierce rally after a seventh round knockdown and a swollen jaw. Dempsey staged a four round exhibition as Wells and Clabby claimed other victories in front of 7000 to 8000 fans.
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Associated Press
Michigan City
Ind
Pat Moore
Memphis
Tenn
Floyd Fitzsimmons
Joe Lynch
Moore
Ron
Lynch
Chicago
Clabby
Jimmy Carey
Ralph Alexander Wins Over Des Moines Boxer
Waterloo heavyweight Ralph Alexander, champion of Inwa, outpointed and outfought Des Moines boxer Martin Hawke in a Labor Day boxing exhibition. Alexander dominated early rounds, Hawke surged in rounds five and six, seventh round tied, but Alexander finished strong with a clear last round victory.
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Ralph Alexander
Waterloo
Inwa
Martin Hawke
Des Moines
Hawke
Alex
Unclear sports item with scattered names and teams
Fragmentary debrief shows names Vaneilder St Louis Parkinson Philadelphia Henline Poivadetpnk Miller Brooklyn and partial league references. Text is incomplete, lacking dates scores or full event details.
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Americ Chat
St. Toute
Vaneilder
St. Louis
Sation
Parkinson
Philadelphia
Henline
Numerous world records fall in varied sports events
Tattooin Neb Sie Haugstaht breaks two world records on a half mile racing track as Lewis, a famed welterweight, and others compete. Gertrude Ederle, 45, sets six swimming marks at Brighton Beach while Helen Wainwright and Hilda James are defeated. Other highlights include Johnny Tune’s canceled match due to surgery, Michel G. Vincent’s Detroit River motorboat record, and Mick Toohnny Meyers defending the middleweight wrestling title with a straight fall against Paul Prehn.
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Kile" Lewis
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Fort Worth
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Frai Fulton
Wille Moerban
Champaign
Mick—Tohnny Meyers
Word
Paul Prehn
University of Illinois
New York Yanks Face Steep Road Toward Pennant
Sportswriter Davis J. Walsh analyzes the Yankees pennant chase in early September, detailing the need to win two of three vs the Browns and sweeping the West. The piece traces upcoming series against the White Sox, Athletics, Browns, Tigers, and Indians, framing a critical climb with the standings tight and the pennant at stake.
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Pennant
Davis J. Walsh
International News
New York
New York Yankees
St. Louis Browns
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Yanks
Red Sox
Athletics
Philadelphia
White Sox
Sox
St. Louis
Browns
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Fohl
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Tigers
Asthe Cobh
Cleveland
Ritchie Wins Lightweight Title Then Loses It
The report notes Ritchie held the lightweight championship after defeating Ad Wolgast, then lost it to Freddie Welsh while Welsh was the reigning holder until 1937 when Benny Leonard seized the title. The passage also mentions Welsh maintaining form through golf.
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Ritchie
Ad Wolgast
Freddie Welsh
Benny Leonard
Boxing death in Sami Johnson bout shocks Rosconinion
Investigating after Sami Kid Johnson, 26, colored lightweight from Stittsville, dies in the ring at Rosconinion following a bout with Dummy Maxson of Brooklyn. In the eighth round Johnson collapsed after being struck in the stomach and chest, doctors saying blows caused the fatal collapse.
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Rosconinion
Mich
Sami
Kid) Johnson
Stittsville
E. F
Johnson
Maxson
Brooklyn
Willie Ritchie to re enter boxing as lightweight contender
Former world lightweight champion Willie Ritchie also known as Geary Steffens plans a comeback this fall. He will travel east next month to seek a fight under a prominent New York promoter. Ritchie is currently playing in a California state golf tournament at Delmonte California.
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Presay
San Francisco
Cal
Willie Ritchie
Delmonte
Ritchie
New York
Geary Steffens
Car crash injures daughter near Nashua
Nashua Iowa Sept 3 The trip of Mr and Mrs A Cullom and their daughter from Waterloo toward Minnesota Monday morning turned turtle a mile south of Nashua The daughter sprained an arm as the car struck a strip of sand traveling miles an hour
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A. Cullom
Waterloo
Minnesota
Utility Rates Cut by Utility Merge in Sioux City
Gas and electric rates were reduced Sept 1 in Sioux City following the merger of the Sioux City Gas and Electric Co with the Sioux City service. Savings total about 100000 yearly with gas at 1.25 per thousand cubic feet, down 10 cents. Electricity falls from 11 cents to 10 cents per kilowatt hour. Election approved merger by large majority. election cost estimated 7560 to 8000 dollars. Railroad service Moscow to Kiev reduced to one train weekly.
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Sioux City
Sioux City Gas & Electric Co
Sioux City Service
Learn Barbering At Twin City College
Twin City Barber College in Minneapolis invites enrollments with ongoing summer rates and a $25 savings. Located at 240 Hennepin Aves, Minneapolis, Minnesota, the ad urges immediate signups for training in barbering.
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Hennepin Aves
Minneapolis
Minn
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