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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1932
Page
6
Kansas enters 800 athletes from 76 high schools for the 28th Kansas Interscholastic Track and Field meet at the University of Kansas on April 22. Class A and Class B teams from numerous towns compete, and notable coaches from the University of Kansas will attend.
Emporia Teachers easily beat Baker and Haskell in the annual triangle meet with 69.23 points. Skippergosh of Haskell led with wins in the 100, 220 and 440 yard dashes for 15 points, helping Haskell to third place overall. Meachem won the shot put while James tied for first in the mile and Berryhill took second in the high jump as Haskell posted several runner up and third finishes.
At Emporia the triangular meet saw Emporia Teachers set two records with 60 2 8 points to beat Baker and Haskell. Baker and Haskell tied at 22 2 3. Ottawa University crushed Port Scott 51 to 18. Masmattan Kansas Stave beat College of Emporia. Manhattan State tennis edged Missouri 12 to 8. St John's nosed College of Emporia 10 to 6 after a five run rally in the seventh. Washburn lost to the University of Thurdisihy 11 the doubles. Columbus High fell to Pittsburg 47 1 3 to 54. Ottawa High School track won dual 120 to 1 0? meet. Independence High swamped Neodesham 110 to 22. Local team wants games.
Louis McCans oversees a newly organized baseball team at the First Christian Church in Louis. A city rival, Penn, has issued a challenge with a weekend game planned for Saturday afternoon. The swimming house cup may be at stake and Miss Jonaston is noted in the event, drawing local interest.
Chicago April 16 AP Despite economies in athletics Amos Alonzo Stage director of athletics University of Chicago decided to hold his 28th annual national inter scholastic track and field meet on June 4. Invitations went to 5,000 high schools to send standout youth. The 1934 meet drew 520 individuals from 144 schools in 24 states.
Chicago Apr 16 AP Jack Dempsey and Max Schmeling face possible banishment from NBA territory amid old and new disputes. NBA chief General John V Clin nin opened a probe after Pittsburgh heavyweight George Panka alleged Schmeling defeated a man in Toronto on April 1 who was billed as Panka. If true, Schmeling could be banned in NBA regions. The Dempsey case traces to a 1930 Columbus Mississippi promotion tied to unpaid bills and suspensions of Dempsey, Sacks, and New Farsons with a $300 fine assessed.
Two matches headline tonight in McNerney's hall Perry starting 8 45 oclock Sailor Jack Woods refereeing The main bout pits Wild Cat Sullivan against Farmer Ross Ross claims improved form after a prior loss and vows to floor his rival Also listed are gun club practice in Kansas City April 24 with five men to be chosen for a team race and a hockey victory for the Lawrence Roller Skate Club over Topeka 5 1 with Jess Bush three goals and Captain Chasiny Berry two scores
Rogers Hornsby, manager of the Chicago Cubs, is described as affable with friends and reserved with strangers. A man approached in a hotel lobby asking if Hornsby would pass him up, then claimed to be a death notice in today’s paper. Hornsby replied he never reads death notices and quipped about the public’s changing interest after age thirty-five.
In Chicago on April 16, AP reports eight clubs opened action with an explosive barrage as 18 pitchers were called. The hits battered teams including Minneapolis St Paul Toledo and Columbus, each routed by defeat as the season gains velocity. Frank Hogan of the New York Giants faces a weight battle with John McGraw demanding 228 pounds before he can catch, leaving Hogan at 233 and effectively suspended despite daily park reporting and runs.
Wichita victory over Pittsburgh by 16 to 6 as Emmett Nelson and Phil Eddie Hock held the Crawfords to eight hits. The report notes Hock, Houston Texas league third baseman, serves as an Oklahoma deputy sheriff in the off season.
In Kansas City on April 16 AP reports eight new champions in the Missouri Valley A A N boxing finals. Kid Ramey of Kansas defeats Gene Driscoll of Kansas City for the bantamweight title as Kansas City and Chilocco selections claim several crowns. The event sets up a U S trip to New York for the National AAU meet alongside Olympic tryouts.
Yesterday's results feature Jim Collins leading the Cardinals with three doubles and a home run off private pitching. Lon Warnake and the Cubs scattered Reds for eight hits to win. Don Hurst hits a bases loaded homer for the Phillies in an 8 3 victory over the Giants. Hack Wilson belts first homer with two on to help Dodgers over Braves. Carey Selph singles with bases loaded in the 13th to beat the Browns. Earl Whitehill stops Cleveland on three hits for the Tigers. Monte Wraver blanks the Red Sox with four hits in his first major league start. Freddy Lindstrom, Giants star, recalls a rejected tryout with the Cubs for being too light. Mrs. Dorothy Svisinger, Florida women’s sailing champion, has played the game only three years.
Oklahoma unveils two new tutors Lewis Hardage and John H Rowland as co leaders for spring practice with a 50 man squad. They intend a Vanderbilt Wallace Wade mix with Tennessee and Tulane influence and a modified punt formation to widen the attack.
Elks bowling match features H Berger scoring 242 and 219 by Cohen and Houk adding 124, 683 total by Hatheck, with Shimmons and Hunsinger contributing. The fragment notes high scores and competitive play among team members.
Kansas beat Kansas State 12 to 3 in the opening Big Six game at Manhattan. Carrie Smith led KU with four hits including two home runs and a double. Lawrence Filkin pitched, allowing five hits and three runs, as KU’s defense and 14 hits fueled the win.
A fragmented OCR line references the National League and a time marker. The readable portion is limited, with no clear event, date, team, or person named. The item appears to be a fleeting sports or league reference lacking concrete details to summarize into a full card.
Baldwin news notes a busy club week with the Monday Night Glu Club at Mrs. A D Butell and replacements for others in attendance. The Philamathean club, Bald win Garden Club, and Y W C A figures are listed along with a Baker graduate Edward Hedges elected to Beta Gamma Sigma and a funeral for Charles Carpenter aged 78. Details cover hostesses, meetings, travel, civic lectures, and local societal events in Baldwin, plus obituary and churchyard notes.
Puzzle fragment shows scattered clues and misread letters for across and down entries including Asiatic peninsula S od 16 and Last of the Stuart sovereign 17. Contains broken terms, partial numbers, and garbled names from a crossword solution page with multiple missing letters and misprints.
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