Preparations Under Way for 1929 Kansas Stadium Fall
Work on Memorial Stadium at the University of Kansas is underway as the 1929 football season nears. Laborers repaint seats, drill drainage holes, renovate dressing rooms, and improve the athletic field with close mowing, thickened turf, and Nutone treatment to aid drainage and play. Outside, grass and landscaping enhance the park-like Lawrence grounds. A Warner linecharger sled will be used in fall practice as football starts September 16.
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Plans for work on Lawrence Country Club golf course
Club pro Jack Wilson outlines improvements to the Lawrence Country Club course for spring opening. Green 3 torn up for bent stolons with a temporary green, all greens watered by sprinklers, blue grass green on hole 3 to be adjusted, ditches and tees updated, and rolling sidehill putts added at the south end of the putting clock. Players are asked to turn off sprinklers while putting.
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Lawrence Country Club
Jack Wilson
Alexander Faces Suspension After NL Record
Grover Cleveland Alexander, holder of the National League win record, faces suspension as St Louis Cardinal management punishes a training violation. Manager Bill McKechnie sent him home from New York after warnings, with club president Sam Breadon weighing final disposition. Alexander had recently set the NL wins mark and had joined the Cardinals after a stint with the Cubs in 1926.
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Sam Breadon
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Alex Westeld
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Burt Shotton
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Cardinals
Cubs
Giant Brothers to Join Our Grid Squad
Sophomore brothers join the grid team, listed as 200 pounds each, entering as new players amid squad changes.
English entrants push into second round at national women’s tennis
In Forest Hills on August 20, a mix of English, American and international players advanced in the national women's championship. Eighteen easterners and seven Californians survived opening rounds while Canada, Brazil, Sweden and Bermuda were eliminated. Notable matches include 16 year old Sarah Palfrey vs Mrs Dorothy Shepherd Barron and defending champion Helen Wills meeting Mrs Charlotte Hosmer Chapin as the field narrows to Anglo American battles.
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West Side
Canada
Brazil
Sweden
Bermuda
Sarah Palfrey
Brookline
Mast. Ge
Dorothy Shepherd Barron
Helen Wills
Charlotte Hosmer Chapin
Springfield
Mass
Young Stribling Beats Sekyra in Ten Round Fight
Kansas City August 20 AP Pa Stribling and his son Willie were beaming as the Georgia heavyweight scored a decision over Joe Sekyra the blonde Bohemian from Dayton Ohio in a 10 round bout here last night Sekyra fought gamely but could not halt Stribling who pressed the body attack in the later rounds Stribling outweighed Sekyra by 180 to 176 pounds.
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Stribling
Willie
Georgia
Joe Sekyra
Dayton
Ohio
Sekyra
Phillies Top Pirates In Doubleheader Amid Rain Delays
In Brooklyn New York and Boston showers limited the national league schedule. Philadelphia beat Pittsburgh 7 6 in game one and 8 5 in game two. Harry Smythe held the Pirates to no hits through five innings to earn a win. The Phillies swept as the Cubs gained ground and Pirates fell nine back. Meanwhile the Yankees won and the A’s lead stayed thirteen games. Red Sox pitchers saw a nine game streak end as Boston defeated Detroit 3 2 while Washington toppled Cleveland 6 2.
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Baseball players and papers reveal moods after losses
A 1914 reminiscence notes players like Al Demaree and Johnny Evers reacting to press coverage after defeats. It contrasts Demaree and Thomas’s disdain for headlines with Evers’s habit of reading papers, plus a quirky anecdote about a stingy reader and a bowling score listing.
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Tommy Thomas
White Sox
Johnny Evers
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Walker Defeats Lominski to Narrow Light Heavyweight Gap
Mickey Walker strengthened his claim to the light heavyweight throne with a decisive ten round win over Leo Lominski at Aberdeen. Walker, a former welterweight and middleweight champion, outweighed Lominski by six and three quarter pounds but used skill and power to dominate. AP score: Walker six rounds to Lominski three, with the final round even.
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Mickey Walker
Leo Lomeki
Aberdeen
Asha i
Walker
Municipal Stadium
Jack Kearns
Lomski
Associated Press
Fort Club Win Wins Match in Polo Tournament Chicago
In a Chicago polo round, Fort Leavenworth Kan defeated Detroit Pie and Riding Club 9 to 8 to advance in the U S Polo Association twelve goal championship. Fort Benning Ga and the Southerners also won their first tests as Onwentsia faced Midwick of Pasadena in a key Interclub clash.
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Dondero Sent to Tulsa Oilers for Pennant Push
St Louis Browns fielder Leonard Dondero optioned to Tulsa Oilers of the Western League to strengthen the club’s pennant bid. he will play third base for the Oilers. Jimmy Foxx leads the American League batting race for Philadelphia.
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Leonard Dondero
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Jimmy Toxx
Philadelphia
Boxing Card Shapes Up With multiple lightweights
The report lists a series of outpoints across a wide field from Philadelphia to Chicago and beyond. Names include Mickey Walker, Lea Lommaki, Andy Divont, Young Ketch ell, Joe co, George Kerwin, Kid Berg, and Jose Martinez, with venues and cities scattered from Aberdeen to Columbus.
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May Leave Yanks
New York baseball writers say Bob Meusel is almost certain to leave the Yankees before next season. Auburn has not won a Southern Conference football game in two and a half years.
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Bob Meusel
Yankees
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For Sale and Rent Notice from 306 West 12th
For sale bedsteads springs mattresses student tables chairs and book racks cook stove and bedroom at annex cooking utensils etc. open Wednesday Thursday and Friday 2 to 5 Dim 306 West 12th. For rent garage in paved alley. Glenn Moody 7k] Mo-
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