Two Teams Move Up In Tourney IN DISTRICT TOURNEY
Two teams advance in the district tournament as quarter final contests are set for tonight. The schedule includes two more decisive games as teams vie for progress.
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1935
Page
6
Two teams advance in the district tournament as quarter final contests are set for tonight. The schedule includes two more decisive games as teams vie for progress.
Chicago August 21 The College All Stars of 1934 train two weeks for the second annual game against the Bears. Forty three players compete for starting spots with no clear selections yet. Coaches Thomas Spear Bachman and Madigan struggle to fix a lineup as George Halas eyes a fast aerial attack.
The piece recounts the poet laureate role from Chaucer to Ben Johnson with honorary current status and earlier pay. It also explains pendulum motion: period scales with square root of length, independent of end weight, illustrated by a three foot arc versus a one inch arc. Tomorrow: The Whispering Prison.
Sports calendar lists Twilight League games Elks versus Eagles on Wednesday August 21 and Midland versus Scottish Riles on Friday August 23. A softball tournament is planned for August 22 and 24 at South Park, with the second and potential third Midget League games scheduled for those days.
Three western players posted 141 to lead sectional qualifying for the national amateur golf championship in Cleveland next month. Albert Scotty Campbell of Seattle had 70 and 71 on two courses in New York, Zell Eaton 71 and 70 with Oklahoma City, and Walter Emery 69 and 72. Eaton won the playoff for medal honors. Other qualifiers include George Voigt Gene Homans Ray Billows and Frankie Strafaci from New York district and Carey Ballew Jr Frank Alyward Larry Trickett Jr Warren Riepen from the Kansas City district.
Baseball results recap across American and National Leagues with night and day games noted. Key outcomes include Pittsburgh 2 Brooklyn 6 New York 6 Detroit 5, St Louis 6 Boston 5, Chicago 13 Philadelphia 4, St Louis 8 Boston 5, Cleveland 4 Washington 7, plus rain postponements in Philadelphia. Also mentions ancient China and early dye techniques.
The scrappy Tigers beat the Jayhawks 6 to 3 in the first game of the Midget League World Series at Southpark. Tigers rallied in the fourth and fifth frames with a three run burst in each, overcoming an early Jayhawk lead as Hormuth and teammates propelled the comeback.
Chicago Aug 21 Two successive doubleheader victories over St Paul in two nights have brought the Indianapolis Indians within three games of tying Minneapolis for the American Association lead. Columbus took third by beating Milwaukee 5 to 1 while Toledo beat Kansas City 4 to 1.
Chicago Aug 21 Jocko Bertram Conlan known as Jocko at 82 had a day of days as the White Sox beat the Athletics in a doubleheader He went 7 for 8 scored 6 runs stole 2 bases and raised his average from .243 to .347 He also made two circus catches helping Sanctioned by Manager Jimmy Dykes in right field and the Sox moved to third place in the American League standings A car for umpire Dolly Stark was also announced in New York with fans rolling out for the umpire's new ride
John Levi, famed Haskell athlete and 1923 1924 standout, is named head coach at his alma mater Hask Institute. Levi, a 16 letterman from 1921 1924 and All American, succeeds Welch and Dietz as the Indian mentor amid a looming player shortage. His hiring follows a storied career including 85 yard kickoff return and 75 yard pass plays, with Haskell’s 1923 team cited as his best and the 1924 Haskell Brown game epic noted as a career highlight.
Goodrich drove in three runs with three hits in the second game as Jos Medwick and John Rothrock contributed key performances. Cardinals homered once each and drove in five of the nine runs against Graves. Kim Weaver aided Pirates in a winless game, Hank Leiber and Travis Jackson featured for the Giants with Leiber tying the score and Jackson delivering the winning run in the tenth against the Reds. Letty Gomez, Yankees, delivered fine relief against the Tigers.
Levi carried 13 times for 67 yards as Haskell rallied 80 yards to the Brown 1 yard line. Scott called on Big John, who plunged for a 10 yard TD to seal a dramatic 17 13 win amid a celebratory parade on Haskell campus.
AP report notes John Conlan of the White Sox collecting seven hits and driving in six as he helps defeat the Athletics. Jimmie Foxx of the Athletics hits two home runs and drives in five of eight runs. Willis Hudlin of Indiana limits Senators to seven hits. Players Julius Solters Browns and Jae Cronin also noted. Red Sox veteran Cronin hits a single, double, and homer in game one and a single and triple in game two.
A ninth inning single by Joe Egnatic of Hutchinson spoiled W. A. hurler Ste ivens’s no hit bid in a Western Association game in Kansas City. Egnatic’s hit was the Lark’s only safe knock, while Richmond lined into a double play to end the affair. Bartlesville halted the bid.
Hutchinson pitchers combined for a 14-0 victory, pounding four hurlers and racking up 15 hits in a decisive shutout.
Today a year Sxo-Gene Thomas George Voigt and Walter Emery fail ed to qualify In national amateur golf sectional trials Fred Perry and Frank Wilde were eliminated In U.S. doubles tennis championship by Gene Ma ko and Don Budge aa Three years ago Helen Jacobs defeated Carolin Babcock 6-2 6-2 19 win national tennis championship Five years ago Alfred King Jr 14 even grand American handicap chief trapshooting title Air conditioning has made substantial progress in Toronto London and other Canadian cities during the last year according to reports to the department of commerce
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