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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1919
Page
5
A fragmented late edition column mixes dialogue on mothers and shows with snippets of poems, civic salutes, and a humorous tale of a man buying a yellow suit. Characters appear in quick exchanges reflecting social norms and trivial anecdotes. The piece blends nostalgia with idle street chatter and a mock sermon cadence.
The article lists practical safety tips for hunters as they head into season. Advice covers keeping others’ safety in mind, keeping firearms unloaded until ready, finger off the trigger, avoiding cheap guns, not borrowing gear, never resting a gun muzzle on the ground, crossing fences with care, and not carrying loaded guns in vehicles. It warns against unsafe handling, rule violations, and overconfidence, then shifts to a hotel and boxing travel anecdote involving Fulton and Beckett.
Boston defeated New York in a double header to snap a two-game run. In the first game Babe Ruth lifted his 26th homer of the season into right field setting a new personal mark, surpassing the 25 by Freeman in 1899. Boston and New York split the twin bill with the Pirates and Braves also winning.
Waterloo hosts a registered trap shoot at Byrnes Park attracting top professionals Fred Gilbert of Spirit Lake with 491 straight breaks and John R. Dabn of Long Grove with 503, plus Homer Clark, Guy Ward, D. Russell and others. Non pros include Sam Foster Mason City and Nick Webber among many locals. postwar interest grows as peacetime returns and ex soldiers take to clay targets.
American heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey declares any challenger must travel to the United States to fight him. He cites business and patriotic reasons, warning European contenders that a title bout abroad risks an unfavorable decision or disqualification for fouls. Foregoing England and France, Dempsey notes American promoters can guarantee better terms and highlights past incidents involving Gunboat Smith and Willie Ritchie in London.
Syracuse Sept. 9 vet Grand Circuit driver Pop Geers and Canadian Pat Cheerrier will miss the season after accidents yesterday. Geers was thrown when Hegler fell in race five, suffering a fractured shoulder bone. Cheerrier fractured a leg while driving Amradale in the third race, the horse throwing him at the half-mile turn.
Toledo Sept 9 Dennis Murphy catcher for the Toledo American Association team is hospitalized with a fractured skull from being struck by a pitched ball during the Toledo St Paul game. He was knocked down and walked off the field but later found to be injured. Murphy had recently been purchased by the New York Americans.
In Syracuse Benny Leonard stopped Johnny Canton in the first round while Albuquerque saw Jack Dougan earn a decision over Benny Shavez in a ten rounder. Ale Attell, once world featherweight champion, plans a comeback bout against Frankie Burns in San Francisco, though at 35 his chances are slim.
Sport Spotter reports Prof Sherman Finger head of Cornell College physical training and athletics has returned to Mount Vernon from Deadwood and France, bringing renewed enthusiasm. Coverage includes Decorah high school athletics, Decorah football practice, Storm Lake high school football under coach I C H Steckinger, and Buena Vista College football prospects with a new $360000 gymnasium.
Babe Ruth may set a new American League record for bases on balls drawn this year as pitchers balk at throwing to him. By end of last month Ruth had been entangled in 109 controversies, with 61 walks awarded and 48 refused in certain games.
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