SUNDAY, JUKJC JO, MM. WATERLOO SUNDAY COUIUJEH, WATERLOO, IOWA. Waterloo in Organized Baseball 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 Manager 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- Pitcher 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 double; 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 hit, 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.