SUNDAY, JUKJC JO, MM. WATERLOO SUNDAY COUIUJEH, WATERLOO, IOWA. Waterloo in Organized for 40 Years '04 Microbes Started It All; Managers, Players on First Waterloo Title Team Waterloo Organized Baseball History, Season by Season Clubs Have Won Five Flags, Year League Nickname Finish 1904 Iowa State Myers Microbes Second 1905 Iowa State Meek Microbes Seventh Last One Way Back in 1928 1906 Iowa State Frank Boyle Manufacturers Seventf Frank Boyle Cubs Flrtt By AL KEY 1907 Iowa State < Courier Sports Editor 1908 Central Assn. Frank Boyle Champs First Waterloo -has been in organized base'ball for 40 years out of a 1909 Central Ann. Frank Boyle Champs Fifth possible 52 since the National Association of Professional Leagues 1910 Three-I Frank Boyle Boosters Fourth (organized minor league baseball) was formed in September of 1911 Three-I Frank Boyle Boosters Seventh 1901. 1912 (No Baseball) Eighth Only 60 other minor league cities have had organized 'baseball 1913 Central Assn. Duke' Hollenbeck Blue Jays Doc Jay Andrews for a greater number of seasons. Firit The story of baseball in Waterloo—and every other minor 1914 Central Assn. Doc Jay Andrews Blue Jays 1915 Central Assn. Doc Jay Andrews Jays Seventh league city—has been one of constant battling to survive, particu- Eddie Brenuan larly during lean years when the team wasn't winning. At the end 1916 Central Aisn. Eddie Brennan Shamrocks Sixth (or during) almost every season old records show a drive to save 1917 Central Assn. Ned Egan Loons Third organized baseball for next season. 1918 (No Baseball) That was true here for the most part until the Chicago White 1919 (No Baseball) Sox took over complete owner 1920 (No Baseball) ship of the Waterloo franchise in of organized baseball here, made 1921 (No Baseball) 1938. Since then the White Sox no mention of the fact that it was 1922 Mississippi Valley Pat Ragan Hawks Fourth not local interests, have had th the first OB game here. The story 1923 Mississippi Valley Bert Weeden Hawks Fourth financial worries about wher (published complete elsewhere to- 1924 Mississippi Valley Cletus Dixon Hawks First the money to operate the nex day on this page) said merely: 1925 Mississippi Valley Cletus Dixon Hawks Fifth season would come from. "Waterloo met Burlington Satur 1926 Mississippi Valley Cletus Dixon Hawks Third Second Once the Loons. day for the first time and went 1927 Mississippi Valley Cletus Dixon Hawks down to defeat." The story was ex- 1928 Mississippi Valley Cletus Dixon Hawks First Baseball and Waterloo hav actly 100 words long plus the box 1929 Mississippi Valley Cletus Dixon Hawks Second changed since the days when th score. 1930 Mississippi Valley Cletus Dixon Hawks Fifth city was represented by such earl Hawks Sixth 25 Cents Admission. 1931 Mississippi Valley Babe Thomas organized -baseball teams as th 1932 Mississippi Valley Doc Bennett Hawks Seventh Microbes, Manufacturers, Cubs Fans paid 25 cents to see the 1933 (No Baseball) Champs, Boosters, Blue Jays Iowa State League games here thai 1934 (No Baseball) Shamrocks and Loons. year. The league included Water- HARRY GASPER 1935 (No Baseball) But Waterloo baseball has sur loo, Ft. Dodge, Marsballtown, Ot- 1936 Western Johnny Berger Hawks > Sixth vived everything except one season tumwa, Boone, Keokuk, Oskaloosa 1937 Western Len Backer Red Hawks Second In 1912, two world wars and the and Waterloo. 1938 Three-I Len Backer Red Hawks Fifth FRANK BOYLE LEE MAGEE in 1867, and the Iowa City State depression of the early 30s. Water The Microbes (Waterloo) finished Press commented, "a most excel- 1939 Three-I Clarence Crossley Red Hawks Eighth loo was out of baseball in 191i second to Otlumwa that season and Manager Second Baseman 1940 Three-I John Fitzpatrick White Hawks Eighth • * lent score." through 1921,1933 through 1935 and interest in baseball grew. In fact, A state tournament was played Fred Bedorc 1943 through 1945. some 700 fans went from Waterloo White Hawks Fifth :; in Burlington in October of '67. 1941 Thrce-I Lou Brower Attendance has fluctuated from ;o Ft. Dodge for the final ; Waterloo Clinched '07 Flag Waterloo wasn't entered. Mount Johnny Mostil early day averages of less than leader of the season. Pleasant won the championship CLYDE CURTIS 1942 Three-I Johnny Mostil White Hawks Fifth 300 a day to the top of 174,064 for H. D. Mitchell, now of Braden- by defeating Burlington 115-42 Centerfielder 1943 (No Baseball) the 1947 season when business ;on, Fla., was one of the pioneers 1944 (No Baseball) manager Perk Purnhage was by Winning No-Hitter, Two in the finals. of organized baseball here. 1 1945 (No Baseball) named minor league executive oJ He recalls: "Bill (Pop) Ewald, Keokuk in Big League. Waterloo 1946 Three-I Johnny Mostil White Hawks Fifth the year. Jenry (Hinkey Dink) Clemens, A) One-Hitters to Take Series Jn 1875 Keokuk was in base- 1947 Three-I Johnny Mostil White Hawks Third, .Winning and losing fortunes also Brown, the Casebeer boys. Mayor ball's major .league but played Jack Onslow tie have fluctuated. During the past 39 Martin, Hope Martin, J. P. Keif- William Eminent Hollenbeck pulled Waterloo through yester- only 13 games before withdraw- 1948 Threc-I Pete Fox White Hawks Fifth years, Waterloo te'ams have been er and others put up ,$100 day for the third consecutive victory from Burlington in a con- ing because of poor attendance. Lost First 1949 Three-I Bcnnie Hutfmann White Hawks Second in fee first division 19 times and White Hawks Third apiece for the starting of the Iowa' test that was as full of tension as an egg is full of meat. The erst- John-McGraw played with Ce- 1950 Three-1 Otto Denning second division 20 times, but Wa- Assn. (League), and Waterloo hired while champions of the Iowa State League (Burlington) fought 1 1951 Thrcc-I Otto Denning White Hawks Fifth terloo has not won a pennant since a man by the name of Myers as dar Rapids in 189 in the Iowa- O. B. Game Skeeter Webb v gamely to retain some vestige of their past glory.' Illinois League, before there was 1928 when Cletus Dixon led the manager and built a park just 1952 Three-I Skeetcr Webb White Hawks Fourth Hawks to first place in the Mis. The visitors accepted defeat, not gracefully, but by force of organized minor league' baseball. BURLINGTON. 1953 Zack Taylor White Hawks Third, north of the levee on the West circumstances, the circumstances consisting largely of William Em- Otie Crandall was on the Cedar R H PO A Three-I sissippi Valley League. :ide. Trobaugh, 2b 2 0 3 tie The 1947 season, with Jack Ons- "Now it was brought up that inent and eight other young men who were assisting the big blonde Sapids roster and McGraw later Ripley, 3b 2 1 2 1954 Three-I Walter Millies White Hawks .n a manner that had none of the marks of amateurism. Score 4 to called up Crandall to the New Corber, c 0 9 0 low the Moses who led. Waterloo ome one should have to handle Stovall, Ib 0 9 3 out of a losing wilderness, pro-he concessions and the lot fell to 0. York Giants. Fleming, ]f 0 0 0 Banked high in the grandstand and in the bleachers and stand- Waterloo had baseball teams Ambrose, ss 2 1 1 baseball is reprinted from the May 2, I erloo boys get their batting clothes duced a Three-I playoff title after me. I didn't have enough money to Sibertson, rf 0 1 0 1904, edition of the Waterloo Courier. on they will be able to push rapid- nen who expected nothing elsei- of one kind or another through singleton, ef 1 1 n The story was carried under the cap- the club tied for third place on the get started, so Henry Clemens said Mekenson, p 1 4 2 tion "Baseball." Note the score of the ly to the top row in the standing final day of the season by winning I'll back you,1 and he did. and I than a victory for Waterloo. It the last game, made good'with the late part of the 19th cen- game, 8-2 Burlington, is not mentioned tury. WATERLOO. in the story.) of the teams. a doubleheader. That twin win ,vas able to pay off my obligations was written that the city of fac- his companions on the local Wagner, cf 0 1 2 0 About the last of the century Myers, rf 0 2 1 0 Waterloo met Burlington Satur- moved Waterloo from fifth to third. o him as we had fairly good tories through its baseball team twirling staff and allowed but O'Houke, Ib 1 1 8 n PLAY COLLEGE ELEVENS. Waterloo was.represented by the 0 i crovvds but had to have a carnival was to take decided revenge for one , a Texas Leaguer. Plake, ss 0 0 ijday for the first time and went The local'high school football Second Five Times, all the injuries heaped upon it by Little Indians with a fine battery Shaub, Ib I ' 1 1 o each fall to pay off on deficits. 2,000 Per Game. of Corson and Anderson, with Sullivan, 3b 0 1 1 o down to defeat. A failure to pound teams met defeat in their games in; addition to : the five first "We had one pitcher, Bugs Ray- ,he exchampions. They were not Jameson, c 0 0 1 o the leather was what contributed with college teams on Saturday. places, Waterloo has finished sec- disappointed. The victory clinches In the past three days the infielders named Strickler, An- Alberts, 2b 0 0 2 o mond, who we sold to for derson, Geist and Pattison and Johnson, p 0 o o 4 1 to the downfall. Shaub • found the West High met defeat at Toledo, ond five: times, third five times, 2,000 and was that money in those he pennant for Waterloo and town has been as near baseball Bautz 0 0 o o o ball for a , while Myers and losing to Leander Clark, 26 to 0. fourth four times, fifth nine times, mad as a community can be. outfielders named Strickler, Burlington . . 200 021 12x—8 ays! marks the exit of Manager Eag- Waterloo 000 100 0!0—2 O'Rouke each got a two-sacker. The Toledo College team has sixth three times, seventh live Markham and Stead. Two base hits, Mekenson, Ripley 3, "I'll never forget Bugs. If he was an of Burlington. There has never before been There were but two errors charged been represented by fast teams times and eighth three times. anything like it seen in Water- Corson once struck out 26 men O'Roukc, Myers: three base hits, Shaub; o pitch a game on Sunday he al- The Lineup. , off Johnson 2, off Mekcn- to the team, Plake and Johnson the past two seasons. The East During the 40 years Waterloo has in Hudson and all the players ex- son 1; struck out, by Mekenson 7, by ways left a pint in my stand. It loo. For the three days there making these. Taking into consid- High showed up in fine shape had its share of managers, with (Manager of the Waterloo iiave been record breaking cept the centerfielder, Cliff Woo- Johnson 6; time of game, 1:30; umpire, as gone by the time the game Goddcn. eration the muddy condition of the against the Teachers on Satur- Frank Boyle, Cletus Dixon, Doc vas over—a quart if he was pitch- :eam was Frank Boyle. The line- crowds, roughly estimated at ley.in that game, left the field in Jay Andrews,and Onslow the most the. last inning with Hudson at grounds, the game was indeed a day 'despite a score of 39 to 0. ng a doubleheader." up for the clinching game had 2,000 people for each game, and (Editor's note: The following story (Courier, September, 1912.) famed. .. ' iurtis in center. Shour in left, bat, according to H. D. Mitchell, o£ Waterloo's jfirst game in organized fast one, and as soon as the Wat- That was the start of it. Since the women vied with" the men . Boyle managed Waterloo six sea- Iruikshank in right, Lizette in enthusiasm and '•- encourage- Bradenton, Fla., who was one of sons and led the city to its first hen there have been hundreds of the men who helped Waterloo gel men behind the actual organizing catching, Wilkes at short, Pen- ment to the locals. Championship in 1907—the fourth nington at third, Clark at first Factories have been closed started in organized ball later. 'season of organized baseball here. f a team each season. Since then lundreds and hundreds of ball and Magce at second.) down, stores closed and offices Tells of Early Baseball. The 1907 team was in the Iowa The series of three games just and homes have been deserted State League and was known as 'layers have played here. Many Mitchell further recalls that lave gone on to great careers. concluded with Burlington was for the afternoons. the Cubs. The following year the most remarkable ever seen The victories mean that mana- "About this time a young man Boyle's team was called the Most of the others left town, but named Charles Turner and I be- iome stayed here, married Water- on the Waterloo field or any ger Boyle has demonstrated that Champs and was in the Central other field in. the Iowa State it is possible by correct methods came well acquainted at Ned Mil- Assn. His club repeated as cham- oo girls and became citizens of ler's print shop, corner Jeffer- Waterloo. League. to develop a team, most of them pion. Burlington played 29 innings strangers, and in six months de- son and 4th Streets, as I was busy Boyle remained as manager un- On All-Star Team. and secured only two hits and velop as nearly perfect a base- getting up ads for programs. We til after the 1911 season when the not a semblance of a . Only ball aggregation as can be found both had the idea that we want- Boosters finished seventh. Water- In 1952 the National Association ed to get into the baseball busi- named its "Golden Teams," all-star one man reached third base. In in the minor leagues.' loo did not operate in 1912. the same tune Waterloo was at Boyle said: "You may say I ness and' we organized a team Waterloo returned to baseball in :eams of minor league graduates and scheduled a game with Oel- to the major leagues between 1901 bat in 27 innings, secured 30 hits consider the Waterloo baseball QUALITY v/eir. 1913 with an eighth place club, but and 1951. and tallied 26 runs. team the peer of any other team the following year, 1914, Andrews 1 On the Central Assn.-Mississippi The record of Waterloo pitch- in class C and class D leagues. "We bought tickets for our nine led the Blue Jays to the title. Valley League Golden team were ers has not often been equaled. I wish you would give the whole players and waited at the Great Ten years later, in Dixon's 'firs' ;hree former Waterloo outfielders, Harmon in the first game" bad credit to the fast and consistent Western depot to start our trip; of seven seasons here, Waterloo 3ing Miller, Fred Schulte and Fred the visitors without a hit until playing of the entire team. part of our players never showed , won the Mississippi Valley Cham- Leach (batted .383 in 1922). the ninth inning. He allowed Every player has worked hard up and we found out later that Through the years your appearance pionship. Then in 1928 the last Wa- they were playing with the YMCA There were other great players just one hit and won. In the and all have been anxious as I terloo title was won by another second game Caspar pitched 11 to play the game to the utmost team and had. been told if they has been our goal of satisfaction . . . well Dixon-managed club. on various Waterloo teams, and al- played with our team they could most any fan who recalls most of innings and never allowed the of their ability." known "branded lines" of popular priced Onslow was here only the last visitors a hit. Holleabeck, in Courier, Sept, 13, 1907. not play with theirs. Neverthe- three months of 1947. Waterloo's 40 years in baseball can less, we went to Oelwein and name his own choices. Some o: merchandise has been our achievement . . . Hawks in 1922. they loaned .us enough players to them would include Harry Caspar fill out the team. The name Hawks first was who won 32 and lost 4 while strik- such famous names as Arrow, Griffon, Surre- ing out 217 pitching in 1908: Dixon In 1867, Waterloo Empires "We must; have said so much adopted for Waterloo baseball in twill, Interwoven, Jockey, Lee and Tru-Val 1922, and the name has been who stole 70 bases in 1925; Bob about what a fine ,town Water- loo was that several of the old- Hawks, Red Hawks or White Hawks Worthington, who had 185 hits in are your assurance of Quality and Satisfac- since. Under a Cincinnati Redlegs 1926, and Jim McAuley, who hac With Doe Vail Battled Anson timers carAe to Waterloo — Law- rence, Tracy, Allis and several working agreement, the name was 56 sacrifices in 1914. Those men tion. Red Hawks. It was changed to are listed in national minor league more got themselves jobs but White Hawks when the Chicago records. Others who had fine sea and His Marshalltown Nine were after Charlie and I for ex- tra spending money and suggest- White Sox took over as the parent sons here are mentioned in stories It wasn't until 1904 that there was organized professional club here. reprinted elsewhere in this edition ed we get a game to help out. from old Waterloo sports page. baseball in Waterloo, but Waterloo had baseball before that. We scheduled one with Man- Waterloo has been in five dif- The game of baseball dates from 1839, but it took the leisure .„ ferent leagues—Iowa State, Central chester about two days before We at Wise's congratulate WATERLOO GOLFERS WIN. camp hours of the Civil War to push the sport to its national!the YMCA had scheduled a game Assn.. Three-I. Mississippi Valley pastime position. and Western. The city was in the The Waterloo Golf club was land we beat Manchester so bad- Waterloo on its 100th anniversary Three-I for two years in 1910 and victorious in its contest with the As soldiers returned home thev brought baseball with them, andjlv that no oae attended the 1911, then in various other circuits Cedar Falls club on the Sans at the close of the war teams were organized in Des Moines,|YMCA game, but. the seed had before returning to the present Souci links yesterday afternoon Mount Pleasant, Washington and Burlington. Itaken root." and are proud to have had Three-I ~ in 1938. The class of in one of the closest games yet >By 1867 many small Iowa towns were forming baseball clubs' jn 1993 the Waterloo Lulus, the leagues ranged from D to the class played. The final score on which and providing uniforms and equipment. \}$;t non-pro Waterloo league team a part in the community A Western. the Waterloo team won the match Marshalltown and Waterloo became bitter baseball rivals dur-!0f those days, played at Red Cc- The start of baseball—organized was 9 up and the score up to ing '67. Adrian (Cap) Anson led the Marshalltown Marshallsldar park. The next year Water- progress. baseball—here in 1904 was not a the third round stood a tie, Har- against the Waterloo Empires and i '. Ii00 was jn organized baseball— glamorous thing. It was not too ris winning over Lichty 7 up their pitcher, Doe Vail. jththpe hrainbrain..' EveEvenn lhthpe oldesoldest tin in_ -the story of which is published much different to the fans of those The course was in fine condition 76-29 Game. habitant has caught (it), and the in the first two columns of this days than the strong non-organized and some of the scores made, es- women and children are infected. page. leagues in which Waterloo had pecially those of Heath, Harris Marshalltown won all three . . It is an exhilerating festive been represented. and Swisher, were exceptionally games of the series 28-25, 40-22 game. It has festered one of our BASEBALL AND CRICKET. In fact, the Waterloo Courier of good. Heath had a score of 105. and 76-29. Anson later went to boy's ankles. He, like we, Quix- The Indian;: defeated the Cubs RALPH EHRIG'S May 2, 1904, reporting the start (Courier, July 31, 1902.) the Chicago White Stockings otic amateurs, went in on a game yesterday afternoon in a city (now the Cubs), and before he re- and retired games. He with his championship game of ball at tired in 1897 he was one of the ON COVER PAGE—THIS SECTION. ankle 'skewed, and we with our Prospect Pai-k, the score being 15 game's greatest hitters and man- proboscis stewed, our boots sole- to 7. Prior to this game the Ma- Pictured on the preceding page are members of Water- agers. less, pants rent like a yawning son team went down in defeat loo's first organized baseball team, the 1904 club. Left to Vail left baseball, but he- chasm, hat standing like a streak before the revived Independents, MEN'S CLOTHING right are: bottom row, H. Newmeyer, pitcher; P. G. Nagle, gained fame in the business of lightening, and shirt—none left the Masons failing to gel one Jeff field; E. G. Anklam, second base; F. Lohr, center field; world, for he helped organize visible. Oh, it's a bully game." tally, the score standing 10 to 0 216 W. 4th T. Su|livan, third base; O. F. Rudd, right field; R. C. Miller, American Telephone and Tele- There were no gloves, masks, at the close of the game. .Fully] pitcher; second row, T. Hess, ; E. M. Banh, pitcher; C. graph Company in 1885 and be- spiked shoes or chest protectors, 1,500 people saw these games and Cole, captain and first base; O. Kilroy, pitcher; H. Schran- came the firm's first president. and injuries were frequent. a large crowd watched the weber, shortstop; top row, F. Jameson, catcher; J. Myers, The Ottumwa Courier that year Scores ran high in those days. cricket game which took place I manager; W. Ewald, president; A. Raymond, pitcher. * commented: One Iowa City player had 12 hits on the greensward. (Courier,!. "Everybody hos bascbnll 'oni in 13 times in a 79-24 game j Aug. 12, 1912.)