Cunningham Record Shows 39 Mile Wins In Olympic Trials
Glenn Cunningham, with Archie San Romani of Emporial Teachers, will present the featured event at the Kansas Relays tomorrow. A compilation shows 39 mile races won in six years, with several world records. he also held records in 1500 meters and 860 meters, and set an American outdoor 1000 meter mark at Drake Relays in 1936. A short film by the University of Kansas extols his overcoming flame-scarred legs to become the world’s greatest miler.
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Sport Writers of State Dine at Eldridge Tonight
Kansas sports writers will dine at 7 oclock tonight in the grill room of the Hotel Eldridge. Fifteen or twenty scribes here for the Kansas Relays are expected to attend. There will be brief talks but no special program. Tulane Glovers Ret .750 New Orleans. Tulane University boxing team has won the Southeastern Conference team championship three times in four tournaments. Waveringmen won in 83, 36 and 37.
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Six American Association teams open 1937 season day
Evan Tate reports in Columbus Ohio that six teams and about five thousand fans were ready for the first play ball era of the 1937 season in three AA parks today. Minneapolis opened at Kansas City St Paul at Milwaukee and Toledo at Louisville with Columbus visiting Indianapolis Saturday. Trautman says the league is stronger with six clubs adding strength and reinforcements can be rushed in as needed.
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Red Wings Hall of Fame Night Seals Second Stanley Cup
Detroit’s Red Wings clinched back to back NL championship and Stanley Cup with a 3 0 win over the New York Rangers. Marty Barry scored twice with an assist while Earl Robertson shut out the opponents for the second time. Manager Jack Adams, energetic through injuries, fainted after receiving the Stanley Cup from President Frank.
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Freshman Coach Forms Gobbler's Nob Skeet Club at Ardmore
A new group named Gobbler's Nob Skeet Club forms in Ardmore Oklahoma with a range being built behind Puny's Steak House. The Alabama basketball team last season posted a 10 win 9 loss record.
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Texas Coach Takes Fifteenth Trip to Relays
Clyde Littlefield University of Texas track coach arrives with ten athletes for the Kansas Relays. He plans to bring half his squad to Drake Relays next week depending on tomorrow’s showing, with Littlefield staying in Lawrence after Saturday. Athletes include Reaves, Rammedell, Graves, Morris, Vickrey, Atchison, Fisher, Currie, Siebert, and Thomas. Texas excelled in high jump and broad jump at the Texas Relays, lost the quarter mile by a nose to Rice, and tied for the 880. Morris, Fisher, Siebert, Currie run the mile relay. Siebert, Reaves, Graves, Thomas in the medley. Texas posted 1:97 half mile and 41.6 quarter. Vickrey 6 ft 7 in, Atchison 23 ft 9 in.
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Kansas Relays Spotlight At Lawrence Track Meet
Lawrence hosts the fifteenth annual Kansas Relays as hundreds of college and high school athletes compete in a tradition that began in 1923. Stars like Glenn Cunningham and Archie San Romani, future Olympians, appear in a mile race while Gwinn Henry takes over as track director and Kansas and Iowa State open the Big Six baseball season with a close win to spark fan interest. Elwyn Dees holds the national high school shot put record from Lorraine High School in 1930.
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Lecompton Social Roster and Local Happenings
Lecompton residents report weekend visits with the Milburns in Shawnee and a Sunshine Club meeting with a birthday tribute for Mrs. Ralph Traxler. YWCA district delegate chosen. 45 members attend a Wednesday program with a student play and refreshments. Various visits to Topeka, Perry, and nearby towns noted.
Bible Frowns on Recruiting May Face Texas Grid Player Hurdles
A Southwestern conference dean notes four universities fund football operations with gate receipts, paying players as wages. Bible, the Texas coach, opposes such subsidies and insists players be paid only for work. Rival schools may attract Texas prospects with ongoing pay practices, prompting coaching concerns at the Texas Relays.
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Local families gather for weekend visits and notices
Topeka visitors Mr and Mrs Frank Taylor and children and Miss Haz el Taylor of Alma spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs John Taylor. Otawa grandchildren Barbara and Gav Welle visit Arthur Gibbens and Phil Sehon. Robert Gray stays with Harry McCall in Lawrence. Mrs Cora Paul of Waterville visits her mother Mrs Shirek in Lecompton. Ray Steinmetz and family spend Sunday near Williamstown. Community mourns sudden death of Mrs Dave McCall after Sunday at Frank McClanahan home. Bill Richards heads to Winfield for work. wife and daughters join later. Clifford Shaffer family and Glenn Shaffer visit in Lawrence. Howard Moris leaves for Salina. Mrs Harry McCall and Billy visit R M Gray’s parents. Jim McClanahan learns sister Gertrude Berger of Texas died. she worked at Farm Bureau office. Wilbur Olmstead and Mrs Joe Madl visit Marion Madl at Memorial Hospital. Ralph Madl taught two weeks for Marion.
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Weekend Visits Across Local Families Highlighted
Mrs Ray Seetin and baby and Arvelda Chanay of Lawrence spent the weekend at the Selzer and Chanay home. Mr and Mrs John Joy and family of Kansas City, Mr and Mrs Walter Parsons and family were guests at the Harry Werts home Sunday. Miss Marion Mads returned home from Memorial hospital last Thursday. Maxine Stone Juanita Henrich and Mary Frances Weeks were guests of Mary Rohde Friday evening and attended the community meeting at Clearfield. The girls gave a short play and sang several songs. Miss Bell Rohe returned home from Lawrence where she has been.
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