Jayhawk Cagers Start With Victory in Season Opener
Kansas opened its season with an 87 to 31 win over Warrensburg Teachers in a game that featured lineup shuffles as Dr F C Allens KU machine clicks. In the freshmen game Fred Pralle led veterans with 28 points while Cameron and Floyd added six and seven.
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K. U
Warrensburg
Hoch Auditorium
Eithr
Fred Pralle
Sylvester Schmidt
Jayhawkers
Allen
Engleman
Kansas
Schiik
Ebling
Bartlesville
Phillips 66
Pralle
Cameron
Floyd
Mark Twain Dream Foretold Brother’s Death in Memphis Event
The tale recounts a dream Samuel Clemens had in 1838 at his sister’s St. Louis home. He later learned Henry Clemens died aboard the steamer Pennsylvania when it exploded near Ship Island, his coffin and attire matching the dream as a Memphis woman placed a white bouquet with a red rose on his breast.
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Mark Twain
Mississippi
Samuel Clemens
Sam Clemens
St. Louis
Henry
Samuel
Pennsylvania
New Orleans
Ship Island
Memphis
Ile
Liberty Memorial Lions designate 20 football lettermen
Elmer Schaake Liberty Memorial high school coach names 20 players to receive letters this season. Eleven are seniors, three juniors, five sophomores, and one freshman. No honorary captain will be named. The list highlights returning sophomores at center and guards, with many seniors in key positions and the Lions finishing 6 2 1 in the season.
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Elmer Schaake
Liberty Memorial High School
Schaake
Lion
George Goehring
Green Brothers
Cecil
Pat
Junius Penny
Edward Dodson
Car J. Hird
Arthur Winchell
John Wray
Lions
Kansas
Frederic Carman
Lee Garich
Cecil Green
Pat Green
Robert Hagen
Wallace Hinshaw
Carl. Hird
Warren Hodges
Eugene Jameson
Dale Jella
Maurice Knott
Elmo Majden
Lauren McClure
Donald Palmateer
David Rothchild
Harold Sample
Jack Stapleton
Bethel College Joins Kansas Conference by Accord
Bethel college of Newton is admitted to the Kansas conference expanding the loop to seven members. Otto Unruh represents Bethel as it receives a full basketball schedule and will participate in conference play immediately. Fall football schedules for Baker Ottawa and others are outlined with dates in the conference meeting.
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Kansas City
Bethel College of Newton
Kansas
Otto Unruh
Bethel
Loop
Ottawa University
Bethany College of Lindsborg
McPherson College
College of Emporia
Baker University of Baldhis
Kansas Wesleyan
Saina
Baseball Chieftains Gather For Minor League Meeting
New Orleans hosts the annual session of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues as 37 circuits converge in hotel lobbies. Judge William Bramham reports 35 amendments and proposals to standardize rookie rules and playoff determinations across the minors. A push emerges to curtail Bramham’s suspension powers and return authority to league presidents.
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New Orleans
National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues
William C. Bramham
Durham
N. C
National Association
Bramham
Shaughnessy
A A U Hopes Public Understand Its Role At Half Century
Washington December fifth A A U leaders seek better public understanding of its function marking fifty years of governing amateur sports A publicity report urges district associations to cooperate with newspapers and discuss issues openly Delegates Avery Brundage and Samuel E Hoyt are slated to attend a meeting of the American Olympic committee in New York tonight
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Washington
Amateur Athletic Union
F. Marvin Plake
St. Louis
American Olympic Association
Avery Brundage
Chicago
Samuel E. Hoyt
New Haven
Packers or Giants to Be Pro Champs
New York Giants clinched the Eastern Division by crushing the Washington Redskins 36 to 0 as Green Bay faced elimination after a 21 to 7 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. The 57 461 crowd in Newark watched the decisive results sealing next Sundays title game.
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Green Bay Packers
Giants
Chicago
New York
New York Giants
Washington Reskins
Detroit Lions
Green Bay
Philadelphia Eagles
Packers
Newark
Red Grange
Redskins
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Washington Redskins
Catholic University
Miami
Clyde Littlefield
University of Texas
Liberty Memorial Lions Open Season Versus Alumni Squad
Liberty Memorial high school Lions host an alumni team in a 7 30 p m season opener. Alumni include Richard Connor Jack Pearce Robert Hunt Kenneth Johnson Bob Stoland Paul Hormuth Ed Duver Leonard Jella Claude Gobel Bill Gufler Don Wetzel. Schaake fields 25 players with five lettermen likely to start. probable lineup Palmateer Hunt Moon Pearce Corlis Stoland Duver Goehring Jella. Officials: Bob Oyler K U John Carmody Midland.
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Liberty Memorial High School Lion
Elmer Schaake
Lions
Richard Connor
Jack Pearce
Robert Hunt
Kenneth Johnson
Bob Stoland
Paul Hormuth
Ed Duver
Leonard Jella
Claude Dicker
Charles Gobel
Bill Gufle
Don Palmateer
Eugene Parker
Junius Penny
Carl Schaake
Howard Schneider
Jack Stapleton
Bill Stowits
Bill Weber
Schaake
Lawrence
Palmateer
Hunt Moon
Pearce Corlis
Stoland Fellowe
Duver Goehring Oocee
Gece
Roundup of college and professional football and baseball notes
Notes from New York sport desk on Howie Jones and Southern Cal Irish jinx. Updates on Davey O'Brien and Parker Hall yardage, Sammy Baugh, golf purses, Pat O'Dea, Petey Coscarat at second base, Heinie Groh sighting, and Butch Henline running a hotel in Sarasota.
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New York
Howie Jones
Cal
Howie
Duke
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Washington State
Ole Miss
Miami
Bozo
Battler
Birmingham
Davey O’brien
Texas Christian
Parker Hall
Hall
Davey
Fragme
Mr. Big
Sammy Baugh
Sammy
Apple
G. Q. MacFarlane
Memphis
Pat O’dea
Wisconsin
Australia
Dodgers
Petey Coscarat
Houdini MacPhail
Petey
Nashville
Sarasota
Heinie Groh
Butch” Henline
Butch
Armstrong Risking Title Second Time in Two Weeks
Cleveland December 5 Henry Armstrong defends his welterweight crown for the second time in 14 days meeting California challenger Al Manfredo in a 15 round charity show. Armstrong notes Manfredo is a better boxer than Ceferino Garcia and Manfredo vows he can beat the champion.
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Cleveland
Henry Armstrong
al Manfredo
Cleveland News
Ceferino Garcia
Armstrong
Manfredo
Garcia
Teams drop from perfect football list in final 1938 games
Notre Dame lost 13 to 0 to Southern California with a late first half score and fumble recovery. San Jose State fell 13 to 12 to Hawaii in Honolulu. Tennessee routed Mississippi 47 to 0 while Oklahoma kept its 14th straight win, beating Washington State 28 to 0.
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New York
Notre Dame
San Jose
Calif
State
Southern California
Trojans
Ollie Day
al Krueger
St. José
University of Hawaii
Honolulu
Joe Ranigkakus
Tennessee
Tenessee
Mississippi
George Cafero
Parker Hall
Oklahoma
Miami
Washington State
Seansons
Par Takes a Beating at Augusta Open Heading Toward Seniors
Craig Wood of Mamaroneck New York captured first prize of 1200 at the $5000 Augusta Open after firing a 69 and 67 in the 36 hole finals. Others earning money included Sam Snead John Bulla Ed Dudley Henry Picard and Dick Metz among top finishers. PGA official Fred Corcoran urged revising par figures based on course difficulty suggesting players set tentative pars per district and average scores to reflect actual tests.
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Augusta
Professional Golfers Association
Craig Wood
Mamaroneck
N. Y
Forest
Sam Snead
Whiteulphur Springs
W. Va
John Bulla
Chicago
Ed Dudley
E. J. Harrison
Oak Hills
Henry Picard
Hershey
Leo Walper
Washington, D. C
Park, Ill
Dick Metz
Sam Byrd
Philadelphia
Ben Hogan
White Plains
Fred Corcoran
Corcoran
Alabama Tops Nation In Five Year Football Record
Alabama leads the nation in a five year survey of major college football records for 1934 through 1938 with 40 victories, four defeats and three ties, a .909 average. Pittsburgh and Holy Cross share second at .889. Oklahoma rises to 22nd after an undefeated season with ten straight victories. Notre Dame climbs to 18th, Duke leads in defense, while Sewanee again records the cellar. Dr. C B Smith retires after 42 years with the U S Department of Agriculture.
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New York
Alabama
Crimson Tide
Associated Press
Tide
Pittsburgh
Holy Cross
Pitt
Minnesota
Northwestern
Notre Dame
Gophers
Duke
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Washington State
Sooners
Southern California
Santa Clara
Sewanee
Brown
Virginia
Dartmouth
Louisiana State
Army
L Owly
Amon
Duke Peto
Fordham
Villanova
Texas Christian
Michigan State
California
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