Kansas Relays Preview Marks Fall As Relayers Prepare
The University of Kansas Memorial Stadium hosts the ninth annual Kansas Relays on Saturday April 18 with Jayhawks posting recent track record feats in a duel meet against Hastings and other foes. Pole vault features stars Tom Warne Northwestern Verne McDermott Illinois Lansryg Drake and Clyde Coff Kansas hoping to clear fourteen feet on a good day.
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Cyclones Close Spring Drill Under Veenker
Ames Iowa April 15 Dick Grefe Iowa State halfback led the Cyclones to a 9 to 0 victory in the spring practice game. Coach Veenker directed scrimmage with improved blocking and tackling and showcased open field running and kicking. He will return to Michigan Thursday to assist with spring drills at Ann Arbor.
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Ambiguous OCR Throwing Match Report
An unclear AP styled note describes several throw events with competitors and weights but text is garbled. Key names and places are unreadable. no coherent result or scores can be determined from the fragment.
Strange feats push limits of human grip and pain
John Hix reports on Allho King Brawman who weighs 150 pounds and trains daily to squeeze through tight spaces and through a tennis racket. He crawls a 1 by 41 percent inch gap as easily as a doorway and performs stunts including tying bareback to 1200 spikes with spectators walking on his body and no skin injuries. Tomorrow: He Never Sleeps.
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Opening day crowds spark hopeful base ball season
Opening day drew about 250000 fans across eight parks as majors launch a promising season. Teams expected to contend showed solid debuts, while others hinted at rivaling for top spots between now and September.
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KU to Clash with Haskell in Second Practice Tilt
The University of Kansas baseball team meets Haskell Indians at 8 15 tomorrow afternoon on the Haskell field in the second of a two game practice series. Kansas beat the Indians 8 3 Monday on the KU diamond. Captain Tom Bishop will start either Ross or Coley. Kraemer pitched the opener. Gosch and Ward lead several Haskell moundsmen, with Shell Duryea and Darling available. Dr L E Rice will umpire. Jayhawkers have no games until April 27 and 28 against the Kansas Aggies here.
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Yesterday's Stars in MLB Openers Across Leagues
Babe Ruth of the Yankees opened the 1951 season with a seventh inning homer against the Red Sox. Charlie Root limited the Pirates to four hits as the Cubs won 5-2. Chuck Klein of the Phillies hit two homers in their opener versus the Giants. Wes Ferrell scattered White Sox hits and drove in two runs with two singles, scoring twice. Jimmy Foxx’s single in the eleventh drove in the winning run for the Athletics against the Senators. Walter Stewart of the Browns beat the Indians 7-3 in six-hit fashion, adding a triple and two singles.
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Yesterday's Scores in National League and Others
National League results show St. Louis 7 over Cincinnati 5 and New York 9 over Philadelphia 5, with Boston 7 beating Brooklyn Chicago 6. In American League action Toledo 4 edged Detroit, Kansas City 1 beat Milwaukee 1, and Minneapolis 10 toppled Louisville 4 as St Paul 3 and Indianapolis 3.
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Jim Thorpe's son and toughness through tragedy through time
Al Demaree recalls Jim Thorpe, former New York Giants pitcher, living as a section hand and shaping his children with Spartan fortitude. He shares the story of Thorpe's first son’s early death and a benchside moment of courage when the boy trod through pain, asking, I got the old guts, ain't I, Pop.
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Boxing Roundup Leaves Several Winners and Draws
In a scattered AP report, Cleveland-Young Jack Thompson of Oakland regains a world welterweight title shot while Gorilla Jones from Akron outpoints Paul Pirrone of Cleveland. Joey Goodman of Cleveland defeats Tommy Grogan of Omaha, and Dave Shade of Boston fights to a draw with Leo Larrivee of Waterbury as Joe Scalfaro of New York and Johnny McMillen of Scotland are mentioned in a tangle of results.
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Officials named for K. U. Relays ceremony counts
The Kansas Relays officials list for the ninth annual meet at the University of Kansas was announced. Governor Harry Woodring serves as honorary referee, Ossie Solem as referee, John Grover as starter, and Ted Canty as announcer. The roster includes judges, timers, inspectors, clerks, field officials, and scorers from Kansas City, Lawrence, and the Midwest, with eighty seven invited to participate.
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Ray Moore
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George Cook
Fritz Meyn
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Gwinn Henry
Dick Hanes
Thompson regains welterweight title in 12th round KO
Young Jack Thompson of Oakland California reclaimed the welterweight championship with a technical knockout of Tommy Freeman in the twelfth round at Cleveland. Freeman’s left eye swollen shut since the tenth round forced a stoppage and a physician advised surrender. Thompson’s comeback defeats the belief that champions cannot return.
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Dogs Race Nears Futurity Final at Girard Exp of Spring Meet
Four greyhounds remain in the national futurity at the National Coursing Association spring meeting in Girard Kansas. Favorite Final Micawber an imported Australian dog trained by John Pesek Ravenna Nebraska faces Sunny Sue from Sunny Kennels Severy Kansas in the semifinals while Evil Weapon from Woodward Kennels Libertyville Iowa meets Sunny Crag also from Severy Kansas amid tense competition.
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Classy field headlines Kansas Relays decathlon program
Wilson Charles of Haskell and Jim Bausch of the KC A compete in the Kansas Relays decathlon seeking to threaten the American record of 7784.680. Other entrants include Paul Tauter Maynard White law Curtis Beaver Don Eagleman and Carl Barker. Charles is the reigning Kansas Relays decathlon champion with a best of 7313.343 and will defend his title as the event returns with a fast track and weather favoring high marks.
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Oklahoma
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View Neon Light and Maybe You'll See Cosmic Rays
Boulder Colorado AP report notes that neon lights may reveal cosmic rays arising from matter creation in space. Dr Robert A Millikan and Dr James W Broxon discuss how electric discharge through gas makes neon glow and the unknown conductor likely powered by cosmic rays.
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Electrification Attributed to Cosmic Rays
Broxon explains that the electrification, caused by ionization, results when cosmic rays strike and break up gas particles, producing charged fragments observed in the phenomenon.
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