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# The Hippodrome

The Hippodrome, formerly known as the McElroy Auditorium, is a 5,155 permanent seat multipurpose arena located in Waterloo, Iowa. The auditorium was built in 1919 and renovated in 1936, when the roof was raised, floor was excavated and additional seating was added.
The arena was named in honor of R. J. McElroy beginning around 1965, after the Waterloo broadcaster and philanthropist unexpectedly died. In 2018, the name of the venue was officially changed back to The Hippodrome.

## Arena Design

The auditorium has been in continuous operation since 1919, making it one of the oldest arenas in the country. The arena contains 234 classic arena style box seats and a 4,000-square-foot (370 m$^2$) art deco lobby. With chairs placed on the arena floor, the arena holds up to 7,000 seated for concerts depending on stage configuration. There are four large concession areas and a 150-seat restaurant. For concerts, remote beverage stations are added along with an old milk truck that has been restored into a "hot rod" style beer truck with 8 tappers. There are 6 large modern dressing rooms and 5 large box office windows.

## Usage
### National Cattle Congress

The arena style auditorium, part of the National Cattle Congress complex, is used for trade shows, concerts, conventions, livestock shows, rodeos, meetings, sporting events and more.

### Sports

It housed the USHL's Waterloo Black Hawks from their inception in 1962 until Young Arena opened in 1994 and the Iowa Stars Central Professional Hockey League during the 1969–70 season. It also hosted the Waterloo Hawks of the NBL, NBA, and NPBL from 1948 to 1951. The Hippodrome currently host the Iowa Woo team of The Arena League, which began play in 2024.

### As a concert venue

The roof design and construction materials along with the room design make the venue well-suited for concerts acoustically. It has hosted a variety of acts such as Glenn Miller and his Orchestra, Red Skelton, Buddy Holly, Johnny Cash, KISS, Aerosmith, The Beach Boys, Rush, Garth Brooks, Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton, Destiny's Child, Jason Aldean, Roy Clark, Rob Zombie, Disturbed, Dierks Bentley, Nelly and Gym Class Heroes among many others in the past years.

### Naming confusion

When the NBA played in Waterloo the arena is often referred to as McElroy Auditorium. The confusion stems from an NBA publication from the 1960s which erroneously listed the current name of the arena and not its historical name.

## Photo gallery

* A view from the rear of the auditorium looking towards the stage
* A view from the stage looking towards the rear
# Cyclone Miller

Joseph H. "Cyclone" Miller (September 24, 1859 – October 13, 1916) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball born in Springfield, Massachusetts. He played just two seasons in the majors, but did play with four teams in three leagues. He stood at 5'9".

## Career
### 1884

Miller's major league career began in 1884 for the Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies of the Union Association. He lasted just one start, in which he threw a complete-game victory, allowing only two runs. He then moved on to the Providence Grays, filling in the rotation due to injuries to their top pitchers, Charles Radbourn and Charlie Sweeney. Even though he did pitch well for long stretches during the games, he struggled to secure the victories in the late innings and was replaced. On July 31, 1884, in a road game versus the New York Gothams, he was appointed umpire due to the scheduled umpire calling in sick. The New York fans thought his calls were decidedly one-sided toward his Grays team, and he had to have a police escort off the field after the game. The game ended in a 3-3 tie.
On one occasion, with Miller playing right field, the manager had wanted Sweeney to switch from pitcher to right field to bring in Miller to pitch in the 9th inning. Sweeney refused the move and walked off the field, and because of the rules during that time, Miller had to pitch the game with only two outfielders. He lost the game, and Sweeney was suspended for a game for violating the manager's order. Instead of serving the suspension, Sweeney quit the team and joined the St. Louis Maroons of Union Association, leaving Radbourn to shoulder the team's pitching duties for the rest of the season. It was that season that Radbourn set his all-time record for wins with 60, which under today's rules would have only been 59 because in one game, he relieved Miller with Providence having the lead after five innings. On September 13, when the team departed on a lengthy road trip, they decided not to bring Miller along with them, thus ending his short tenure with the team. He compiled a 3–2 records in five starts and one relief appearance that resulted in a late-inning loss.
He is also on record as having pitched one game for the Philadelphia Quakers during the 1884 season. In that game, he pitched a complete-game loss, giving up 19 runs, 10 of them earned.

### 1886

Miller spent 1885 in the minor leagues. He started 1886 with Macon of the Southern Association but finished it with the Philadelphia Athletics of the American Association. He went 10-8 that season, completing all of his starts and throwing one shutout. On August 20, he threw a one-hitter, giving up his one hit in the ninth inning and losing 1-0 to the Baltimore Orioles, and their young fireballer Matt Kilroy. During this season, he played one game at third base, becoming one of only 36 left-handed players to have played at least one game at that position.

## Later life

Miller died at the age of 57 in New London, Connecticut, and was interred at Comstock Cemetery in Montville, Connecticut.
# Bob McHale

Robert Emmet "Rabbit" McHale (February 7, 1870 – June 9, 1952) was an American outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Washington Senators of the National League in 1898. His minor league career stretched from 1889 through 1909, mostly on the West Coast.
# Bill McCaffrey

William T. McCaffrey was a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues for the 1885 Cincinnati Red Stockings. His Major League debut came as the starting pitcher against the Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers on June 15, 1885, a game McCaffrey and the Red Stockings won despite McCaffrey giving up 9 runs, 6 of them earned, as the Red Stockings scored 11 runs in the game against Brooklyn's starting pitcher Adonis Terry. In 1886, Terry played for the Wilkes-Barre's minor league team in the Pennsylvania State Association.
# Jim McDonald (third baseman)

James Augustus McDonald (August 6, 1860 – September 14, 1914), was a Major League Baseball player who was a third baseman. He played in three separate major leagues in 1884–1885, the Union Association, American Association and the National League. He also spent a large amount of time (1878–1883, 1888–1894) playing on minor league teams on the west coast, particularly in the California League.
# Ed Glenn (shortstop)

Edward D. Glenn (October 1875 – December 6, 1911) was a shortstop in Major League Baseball. He played parts of two seasons in the majors, 1898 for the Washington Senators and New York Giants, and 1902 for the Chicago Orphans.
Glenn died in Ludlow, Kentucky when he accidentally fell into a railroad pit.
# Fred Mauer

Frederick H. Mauer (April 19, 1862 – April 19, 1922) was an American baseball player. He played in one game for the 1886 New York Metropolitans, pitching two innings and also playing the outfield.
# Dick Conway (baseball)

Richard Butler Conway (April 25, 1866 – September 9, 1926) was a pitcher/right fielder who played from 1886 through 1888 in Major League Baseball. Conway batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He was born in Lowell, Massachusetts.
In 1884, he played outfield for the Salem team in the Massachusetts State Association, and pitched for the Lawrence team of the New England League in 1885.
Conway was 21 years old when he entered the majors in 1886 with the Baltimore Orioles, playing for them one year before joining the Boston Beaneaters (1887–1888). While playing for Baltimore, Conway entered the baseball record books with his older brother and batterymate Bill Conway, the pair becoming one of 16 pitcher/catcher sibling combinations in major league history. His most productive season came in 1887, when he collected career-numbers in wins (9), starts (26), and innings pitched (222+1⁄3).
In a three-season career, Conway posted a 15–24 record with a 4.78 earned run average in 41 appearances, including 41 starts and 39 complete games, giving up 187 earned runs on 404 hits and 137 walks while striking out 121 in 352.0 innings of work. He also played 18 games as an outfielder, compiling a career .230 batting average (47-for-204) with 27 runs and 14 RBI.
While at Boston in 1888, he also played briefly for the Hyannis town team in what is now the Cape Cod Baseball League.
Following his majors career, Conway returned to the New England League and later pitched in the International League. He died in his homeland of Lowell at the age of 61.
# Dan Coogan

Daniel George Coogan (February 16, 1875 – October 28, 1942) was an American baseball player and coach. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania, he played professionally for 11 seasons, including one in Major League Baseball with the Washington Senators. He also coached several college teams during and after his playing career. He was 5 feet 8 inches (1.73 m) tall and weighed 128 pounds (58 kg).

## Early life

Coogan was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1875. His parents, John and Emma Coogan, died when he was young.
Coogan attended Girard College and played for the school's baseball team until he graduated in 1892. He then attended the University of Pennsylvania and was the baseball team's catcher from 1892 to 1894. During this time, he acquired the nickname "Little Danny Coogan" due to his small stature.

## Professional career

In 1895, Coogan graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and started his professional baseball career with the National League's Washington Senators. He played 26 games for the Senators, mostly as a shortstop, and batted .221 with seven runs batted in. Coogan then played in the minor leagues from 1896 to 1906. He had stints with several teams in the Eastern League and the New York State League.
Coogan coached the University of Pennsylvania's baseball team from 1904 to 1906. He coached at Cornell University from 1906 to 1913. He later coached at Bowdoin College and Georgetown University. During World War I, he was a physical director with the Canadian Army.
Coogan died in Philadelphia in 1942 and was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery.
# John Newell (baseball)

John A. Newell (January 14, 1868 – January 23, 1919), was a Major League Baseball infielder. He played in five games for the 1891 Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League. His career continued in the minor leagues through 1898.
# Ben Guiney

Benjamin Franklin Guiney (November 16, 1858 – December 5, 1930), was an American professional baseball player, who played in 1883 and 1884 with the Detroit Wolverines, of the National League. He batted right and left and threw right-handed. Guiney had a .083 career batting average, with one career hit in 12 at-bats.
He was born and died in Detroit, Michigan.
# Koo Bon-moo

Koo Bon-moo (Korean: 구본무; 10 February 1945 – 20 May 2018) was a South Korean business executive, who gained worldwide fame as the renamer and business executive of the LG Group.

## Early life

Born on 10 February 1945 in Jinju, Korea, Empire of Japan (now South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea), Koo enrolled at Yonsei University. He moved to Ohio and completed his bachelor's and master's degrees at Ashland University and Cleveland State University, respectively.

## Business career

Upon graduation from Cleveland State University, Koo returned to South Korea in 1975 and began working for Lucky Chemical, which later became LG Chem. He was transferred to GoldStar in 1980, and from 1983 to 1985, headed the company's Tokyo office. In 1995, Koo succeeded his father Koo Cha-kyung, the oldest son of LG's founder Koo In-hwoi as chairman of LG Group because of the Koo family's “male-only succession rule". Koo Bon-moo adopted his nephew Koo Kwang-mo in 2004, after losing his only son in 1994. Starting in 2017, Koo Bon-moo sought continual treatment for a brain tumor. He eventually ended medical treatment, and died in Seoul on 20 May 2018, aged 73.
# Bonnie Castle Recreation Center

Bonnie Castle Recreation Center is an ice rink facility in Alexandria Bay, New York. It features an NHL sized sheet of ice for hockey, figure skating, and open skating. It is just three miles from Bonnie Castle Year Round Resort.
The ice arena was the home of a professional hockey team, the Thousand Islands Privateers of the Federal Hockey League, from 2010 until 2012, when they moved their home games to nearby Watertown. Currently the arena plays host to local high school hockey teams and recreational teams. Current seating capacity for spectators is 3,500.
The center closed after the departure of the Thousand Islands Privateers in 2012. In August 2019, the town board approved $5.5 million in bonds for the purchase and rehabilitation of the center and on November 5, 2019, the voters approved the bond measure. Engineers were hired to commence the project in February 2022, initially to repair the roof; the venue will remain an ice arena after renovations.
# Walter Hackett (baseball)

Walter Henry Hackett (August 15, 1857 – October 2, 1920) was a Major League Baseball shortstop. He played for the 1884 Boston Reds in the Union Association and the 1885 Boston Beaneaters in the National League. He later played in the minor leagues through 1889. His brother, Mert Hackett and cousins Dad Clarkson, John Clarkson and Walter Clarkson all also played professional baseball.

## Sources

* Career statistics from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
Family History, great-grandson Walter Henry Hackett, III, Attorney at Law, CA SBN230607
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# 1724 in Russia

Events from the year 1724 in Russia

## Incumbents

* Monarch – Peter I

## Events

* 19 February - Russian Academy of Sciences founded
* 7 May - coronation of Catherine as empress of Russia.
* May - Alexander Menshikov was removed from the post of Governor-General of the Saint Petersburg Governorate for significant abuses. Pyotr Apraksin was appointed to his place.
* 24 June - Treaty of Constantinople was signed delimiting the spheres of influence of the Russian and Ottoman empires in the Transcaucasus.
* 19 November - according to legend, that day emperor Peter I of Russia rushes into the cold Neva to save the drowning soldiers while inspecting ironworks. This icy water rescue is said to have exacerbated Peter's bladder problems and caused his death in February 1725.
* Saint Petersburg Mint and Saint Petersburg State University founded.
* Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky introduced.
* Foundation of Nalchik.

## Births

* Ivan Kropotov, diplomat
* Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk, bishop of Voronezh
# Owen Burrows

Owen Burrows (17 October 1903 – 4 January 1984) was an Australian cricketer. He played 32 first-class matches between 1923 and 1937, mostly for Tasmania.
Burrows was a pacy opening bowler and useful lower-order batsman. In the 1929–30 season he played a match for Woodfull's XI versus Ryder's XI. His best bowling figures were 5 for 35 in Tasmania's victory over Victoria in 1931-32. In a senior Hobart club match in November 1925, Burrows bowled a ball that, in dismissing a batsman, knocked a bail 83 yards 1 foot 9 inches (76.43 metres), which is believed to be a world record.
# John Williams (Auckland cricketer)

John Williams (9 May 1941 – 17 March 2007) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played six first-class matches for Auckland between 1970 and 1974.
# Dave Burnet

David Ronald Burnet (born 8 September 1950) is an Australian former rugby union international who represented Australia in six Test matches. He also played rugby league for the North Sydney Bears.
Burnet was born in Sydney and educated at Knox Grammar School.
A Gordon first-grade player, Burnet was an outside centre and made all of his Wallabies appearances in 1972, debuting in a home series against France. He kept his place for the tour of New Zealand that followed and he played in all three Tests, then scored his only Wallabies try in a one-off Test against Fiji in Suva.
Burnet converted to rugby league in 1974, signing a one-year contract with Manly Warringah. He featured in two pre-season matches for Manly Warringah but then struggled to maintain a spot in the reserves and requested to be released from his contract. North Sydney subsequently signed Burnet and he made 11 first-grade appearances in the 1974 NSWRFL season, with coach Noel Kelly naming him the side's most improved player. He spent one further season at North Sydney, playing another seven first-grade games in 1975.
# Joris van Overeem

Joris van Overeem (born 1 June 1994) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Israeli Premier League club Maccabi Tel Aviv.

## Club career
### AZ

Van Overeem joined AZ's youth academy from Abcoude in 2006. His made his senior debut for AZ on 30 October 2013, during a KNVB Cup fixture against Achilles '29. He entered the match as a substitute for Jeffrey Gouweleeuw in the 69th minute and sealed his debut with a goal in the 88th minute, contributing to a resounding 7–0 home victory. On 12 December 2013, he marked his European debut for AZ in the UEFA Europa League away clash against Greek team PAOK, which ended in a 2–2 draw. He entered the game in the 89th minute, replacing Ridgeciano Haps.
In July 2014, Van Overeem joined recently promoted Eredivisie club Dordrecht on a one-season loan deal. On 9 August 2014, he made his debut in the Eredivisie against Heerenveen; in a match that ended in a 2–1 away victory, where he both opened and scored his debut senior league goal. Van Overeem served as a regular starter for Dordrecht during that season. Unfortunately, both he and the club experienced relegation at the season's conclusion, and he returned to AZ.

### Utrecht

In May 2018, Van Overeem joined Eredivisie club Utrecht on a four-year contract. He was mainly a starter during the following four seasons, scoring six goals in 116 appearances for the club.

### Maccabi Tel Aviv

On 13 June 2022, van Overeem signed a three-year contract with Israeli Premier League club Maccabi Tel Aviv.

## Style of play

Van Overeem has been characterised as a "modern midfielder" due to his versatility in various positions. His dynamic and attacking style enables him to create scoring opportunities for his teammates effectively. As a youth player, he idolised Cesc Fàbregas.
# Nicolaus Richter de Vroe

Nicolaus Richter de Vroe (born 1 February 1955) is a German composer and violinist.

## Life

Born in Halle (Saale), Richter de Vroe studied composition and violin at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber Dresden from 1972 to 1973, and from 1973 to 1978, he studied violin with Vladimir Malinin at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow. From 1980 to 1983 he completed his studies in composition with Friedrich Goldmann at the Academy of Arts, Berlin. He also attended seminars in electronic music led by Georg Katzer.
From 1978 to 1980 he worked as a chamber musician and in 1982 he co-founded the Ensemble für Neue Musik Berlin. In 1980 he became a violinist at the Staatskapelle Berlin. Since 1988 he has worked with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. In 1989 he founded "Xsemble München". In 1996 he was a co-initiator of the Munich Society for New Music and a guest of the Goethe Institutes of Buenos Aires, Kyoto and Prague. He is a curator for the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra for the concert series Musica Viva. In 2008, he became a member of the Sächsische Akademie der Künste.
His works have also been premiered at festivals for Neue Musik such as Berliner Festwochen, Biennale di Venezia, Donaueschinger Musiktage, the Festival d'automne à Paris [fr], the Klangaktionen Neue Musik München, MaerzMusik, Steirischer Herbst and Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik.
# Chattam

Chattam (transl. Law) is a 2011 Indian Telugu-language action film produced by Natti Kumar & Tummalapalli Rama Satyanarayana on Vishaka Talkies banner and directed by P. A. Arun Prasad. Starring Jagapathi Babu and Vimala Raman with music composed by M. M. Srilekha. The film was recorded as a flop at the box office.

## Plot

The film is a mélange of factual deviant acts in society. Gowri Shankar is the vitiate & rakish cop who backhanders. He crushes his acolyte constable Ranga Rao's daughter Sindhu, but she detests his immoral demeanor. Now, it shows up in various capital offenses, Acid attack on college girls by a moneybag Nanda's sons and Murder of Naga Vaishnavi. In the two, the judiciary frees the accused by influence, and Gowri closes the files. Startlingly, on the same grounds, victims are brutally killed, which generates chaos. So, the Govt appointed a special CB-CID officer, Sarath Chandra, and Gowri assisted him. Here, as a flabbergast, Sarath Chandra unveils that Gowri is the face behind these scary murders. Simultaneously, Gowri apprehends himself at Mumbai. Sarath Chandra moves to him and seeks the actual cause, but Gowri quiets. Plus, he feels fishy since Gowri intentionally lifts the evidence against him and surrenders elsewhere. Meanwhile, Sindhu lands and proposes to his rebel when he rearswards. Indeed, his entire family died in terrible 2008 Taj Hotel attack. Including his mentor Shivaji, the chief of Anti-Terrorism Squad, and his target is its dominant offender Ajmal Kasab, who is currently at Mumbai jail. Discerning it, Sarath Chandra rushes. Then, Gowri tactically intrudes into his cell and slaughters him. At last, Gowri uproars in the court against the constitution and law & order. Finally, the movie ends with Gowri proclaiming that the judicial should start a new punishment era with him.

## Cast

* Jagapati Babu as Gauri Shankar
* Vimala Raman as Sindhu
* Pradeep Rawat as Ramappa
* Ashish Vidyarthi as Shivaji
* Murali Sharma as Sarath Chandra IPS, Superintendent of Police, CB-CID
* Amit Dhawan as Ajmal Kasab
* Chalapathi Rao as Police Commissioner
* Rao Ramesh as Prakash
* Venu Madhav as Badhri
* Brahmanandam as Nandagopal / Nandu
* MS Narayana as Narayana, Shankar's friend
* Raghu Babu as Raghu, Shankar's friend
* Sayaji Shinde as Ramchandra IPS
* Amith
* Vijayachander as Gowri's father
* Prasad Babu as Nanda
* Kondavalasa as Youth Star Rahul
* Jeeva as Constable Ranga Rao
* Raghava as Thief
* Gundu Hanumantha Rao
* Gundu Sudarshan
* Duvvasi Mohan
* Junior Relangi
* Asha Saini as item number
* Siva Parvati
* Meena as Gaowri's sister
* Geetha Singh

## Soundtrack

The Music and Background score was composed by M. M. Srilekha.
All lyrics are written by Bhuvana Chandra