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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1926
Page
3
Reading shows Vinlan players and staff preparing for the 1927 season with Toner, Teague, Bernits, and George listed as participants. While incomplete, the notes indicate practice sessions underway and expectations for the upcoming schedule.
The Kansas Athletic Conference plans changes for spring and winter sports and outlines upcoming schedules. Mentors will finalize contracts for the 1927 football season and discuss amendments affecting eligibility and travel costs. A golf tournament and dinner will headline the meeting with officers and coaches in attendance.
Kansas City event invites KU alumni and coaches to an evening gathering. Organizers, including H. J., will share updates and meals as part of a staff driven program.
The event, held December 14, features races such as 100 and 200 yard dashes, backstroke, sprint, and plunging. Semi finals saw Clur teams beat White 23 to 8 and Yellow top Red 21 to 4, with Blues to face Yellow in the finals at Jaberty Memorial High gym.
Grinnell College's basketball squad in the Missouri Valley preview aims to be a top conference team. Coach Hayes will name a captain before each game with season-end captain election by the cage squad. Veterans Davis and Nibio lead a young group while last year Kansas defeated the Pioneers 36 to 10.
Competition at the junior high level last night under Coach Perry featured half an hour of plays followed by a scrimmage. Regulars show speed and hustle as coach weighs starting five for the Leavenworth matchup. Two balanced fives faced off with Birch Poland Ward and Vennard Hanner among the players vying for a berth.
Kansas University will host a charity basketball doubleheader at Robinson Gym on Wednesday night December 15. Captain Harold Schmidt leads the varsity against All-Star coaches with a Christmas fund at stake. Local figures Dr F C Allen John Bann John Sabo and Prof Anderson participate.
The city building report shows 79 inspections for the month with 32 electrical and 32 plumbing checks and 15 for chimneys. Five sheet permits were issued, inspection fees totaling 230.50 were turned over to J Latzo Retains Title New York. December 9. Pete Latzo, the fighting miner of Scranton Pa, retained his welterweight title by decision over Joe Simonson. Bazaar Delta Zeta Fancy and practical gifts for Christmas on Saturday December 11 at Figgly.
A car carrying a minister and his wife from Illinois, a Wichita bound group, and two young people crashed a short distance from the Heeb home on the Fort to Fort highway. Ice on the pavement and high speed caused the flip and wheel loss but no serious injuries were reported. The incident followed a previous eight similar accidents in the area.
A 1900s drug advertisement promotes McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Compound tablets. It claims sugar coated tablets help thin men and women gain five pounds in 30 or 38 days, with a money back guarantee if the target weight is not reached. It cites a thin woman who gained 12 pounds in six weeks and urges readers to ask Corner Drug Co. for the box.
At a special meeting of the Board of Control of the Kansas State High School Athletic Association the location of the 1927 state high school basketball tournament was to be decided. Reports had pointed to Hays, but no definite word reached Dr. F. C. Allen, athletics director at the university, by this morning.
Dr Allen advocates returning the twentieth annual high school state tournament to Lawrence after nineteen years away. Athletes have been well treated and the University aided the winning team with funds to help defray travel costs to the national tournament in Chicago. The era before the state athletic association saw Lawrence as the birthplace of the gathering.
Dr. Allen argues Lawrence, as the state’s basketball hub, should host annual high school tournaments. He notes the Missouri Valley and Big Ten events have long been at state university seats, a change due for Kansas this year as Christmas presents a shift in tradition and subscription sales rise.
Fire Chief William A. Reinisch presented the November report at the City Commission meeting. Thirteen alarms were recorded for the month, with three buildings protected valued at 30 percent of their content loss. Total losses amounted to $4,879.88, including a residential loss of $2,725, swelling the month’s total beyond the usual.
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