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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1937
Page
6
Kansas fans watched a 44 40 victory over the freshmen as the Jayhawks prep for next week’s intercollegiate start. Doane College visits Monday followed by Ottawa University Tuesday while Ralph Miller Howard Engleman lead the fledgling offense in a tight scrimmage.
West Point appoints Captain William H. Wood as Army football coach for next fall replacing Gar Davidson. Wood, a cavalry officer and four year Army athlete, will assume duties after completing studies at Fort Leavenworth and brings eight years of coaching experience to preserve the current system.
The item recalls Yale selections for an Associated Press all America team with players including Larry Reley and Clint Frank and mentions Ed Brand. It notes a Brooklyn southpaw traded to the Pirates for Ralph Birkofer and Harry Vagette. It also references Lou Gehrig leading the league with 165 runs and Babe Ruth’s record, plus Joe McCluskey winning the national cross country championship five years earlier.
Denver University officials announced a football trip to Hawaii, with the team sailing to Honolulu on December 18 for the season’s longest voyage. Also listed are football letter awards to Theo Denes of Hawaii and Arehia Hannah of Oskaloosa among 422 recipients at the Imperial State Teachers College.
The article surveys global flood narratives from Babylonian Gilgamesh to Indigenous North American traditions noting Nile myths lack deluge tales. It contrasts these with Indian Manu and Icelandic legends and cites Roger Bacon’s imprisonment for alleged black magic and his famed foresight of future inventions.
Emil S. Liston resigns as Baker University football coach after 18 years to focus on athletic director duties and coaching basketball and baseball. Carol Ridgwaynamed football coach and track coach. Liston’s teams won five Kansas conference titles, including 1937. Baker, an athletic program expansion, aims to seat 2,000 at a new stadium.
New York December 4 The New York Sun announces its all America football selections with two California backs on the first team and Yale’s Clint Frank rated the country’s outstanding player. First team ends Smith and Souchak. guards Routt and Franco. center Wojciechowicz. quarterback Meek. halfbacks White and Chapman. fullback Frank. Alternates include Holland Sweeney and others from Notre Dame, Ohio State, Vanderbilt, and Columbia.
Moscow Idaho December 4 Jess Illard Jr son of the former heavyweight champion showed power in stopping Forest Ober in an inter collegiate boxing match. Illard fought for Washington State College as light heavyweight and delivered the only knockout of the program as the Vandals defeated the University of Idaho five bouts to three.
Kansas conference officials tabled Bethel College Newton and other colleges for admittance and decided not to expand at the present time. Athletic directors awarded the conference track meet to Kansas Wesleyan University Salina for May 13. Officers were re-elected: E. O. Deere Bethany president J. H. Fries McPherson vice president and E. J. Crague Baker secretary treasurer. The meeting adjourned without completing a football schedule.
Friends say welterweight champion Barney Ross will wed Pearl Sieffel of New Jersey in Chicago tomorrow. Ross turns 28 on December 23 and Siegel is also 28.
Fragmentary OCR snippet includes player scores Charlton 193 and Lawrence 210 with vague references to videowood and GOR GSO data lines. No coherent event or match context is readable.
On December 4 1937 college football winds down with nine important games led by Rice vs SMU in Dallas a result shaping the Southwest title and Cotton Bowl bid. Alabama dominates the era and Southern California meets USC in a climactic clash while Miami edges South Carolina 3 0 in night action.
Morgantown reports 29 year old medicine student Lit tle Sleepy Glenn led West Virginia to a Sun Bowl bid after a strong first season. The Mountaineers posted seven wins and a tie, with a 19-0 setback to Pitt and a 176 to 33 scoring edge. The team defeated Western Maryland George Washington Xavier Toledo and others.
Featherweight champion Henry Armstrong said he would fight two more times this year before returning home to Los Angeles for Christmas with his wife and two year old daughter Lanette. He has 25 bouts since January 1 and is set for a 10 round bout Monday in Cleveland with Toney Chavez and another 10 round overweight bout in New Orleans on December 12 against Johnny Jones.
AP reports quick boxing cards with several decisions and knockouts. Buddy Knox KO'd Elmer Appleton in Dayton while John Fasano stopped Nord Gerrard in San Francisco, Nick Peters outweighed Wally Hally in Hollywood, and Buddy Ryan outpointed Tom Henry in Atlantic City as Jimmy Jones and Tony Ciaccio drew in Philadelphia Norristown.
Two Kansas fighters claimed titles as eight winners reached finals in a three day amateur boxing meet in Wichita. Jack Easton of El Dorado won the class A welterweight title by defeating Elmo Davis of Wichita, while Don Matthes of McPherson took the class A lightweight cup by beating Henry Corbett of Denver.
The 13th Annual AP All-America selections honor durability and stamina. Notre Dame end Charles Alexander Sweeney leads a rugged lineup with nine seniors, while Whizzer White of Colorado and Yale’s Frank are noted stars. East dominates first team with Pittsburgh and East-heavy talent.
East Lansing reports MSC football names an all opponents team with three Missouri picks and players from Missouri, Marquette, Carnegie Tech, Temple, San Francisco, Michigan, and Kansas. Key names include Daly Manhattan Schwarz Helppinen Kirk and Douglass.
Ottawa Kansas December 4 Ottawa University will start its basketball season Tuesday evening at Lawrence against Kansas University Coach Richard J Godlove leads a 28 man squad with seven lettermen back Adrian Lee Rule Seymour Mor forwards Eugene Hae Swetnam and Bill Matte. The team has not practiced much due to floor refinishing and a new center jump rule may slow the veterans early. Last season Ottawa finished third in the Kansas conference after a slow start. December 10 the Jayhawkers are scheduled to play Ottawa at Ottawa.
Grinnell College will resign from the Missouri Valley athletic conference effective June 1 1939 after 19 years of membership. The Iowa school cited financial recruiting and subsidy needs to remain competitive, especially in football, and said it has not sought affiliation with another conference.
Athletic directors of the Big Six finalized 1940 football slates. Kansas University plans games with Iowa State Nebraska Kansas State Oklahoma and Missouri. Kansas State also schedules Missouri Oklahoma Kansas at Manhattan Nebraska in Lincoln and Town State at Manhattan dates listed.
Washington fans flood Griffith Stadium to watch Sammy Baugh and the Redskins clash with the New York Giants for the Eastern Division title. Seven thousand supporters travel on special trains as local fans declare the town football mad and echo coach Ray Flaherty's astonishment.
The 1937 All-America positions feature Notre Dame’s Sweeney at home end and Fordham’s Franco as guard with other stars from Tex A&M Vanderbilt and Pittsburgh. The second team and third team include Kinard Aldrich O’Brien Pingel McDonald Osmanski and more, with honorable mentions from Nebraska Missouri Oklahoma and others.
The report notes that last Sunday drew the second largest crowd ever for any sports event in Washington, highlighting the record turnout and significance of the day for local athletics.
Central conference faculty representatives elected W J Poundstone to succeed Dean S A Ness as president and approved the 1938 football schedule. Pittsburg was awarded the next track meet for May 13 and 14. The 1937 grid title went to Wichita University and football practice was allowed to start September. Dean Ness named conference vice president and R G Cramer secretary-treasurer.
North Bergan New Jersey George Keverly defeated Jack Kennedy in 27 45 at 220 pounds. Philadelphia Jim Tondos pinned Chief Thunderbird in 44 51 for 214 at Vancouver. Buffalo Ed Don George beat Ali Baba in two of three falls at 225 from North Java. San Diego Sammy Stein threw Chief Little Wolf in 15 minutes at 210 from New York. Salt Lake City Gus Sonnenberg defeated Sherman Christensen in two of three falls. No weights listed.
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