Kansas Jayhawkers Tops Aggies 32 30 in Exhibition
University of Kansas beat Kansas Agricultural College 32 to 30 in an early season exhibition on the KA auditorium court. Sophomores Vanek Harrington showed well, Brockaway led Aggies with 16 points, and free throws plagued the visitors as Kansas led most of the game.
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Dalton
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Skradski
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Ellsworth
S. H. Brockaway
W. Johnson
Manhattan
Pittsburg
Colorado
Bethany
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Wrestling Last Night Assorted Matches And Shoot At Gun Club
Associated Press report from Hollywood to Austin details multiple wrestling results with scores 35725 231 212 209 217 and more across cities including Chicago Oklahoma City Topeka and Portland. The item notes a Sunday morning gun club shoot near Lawrence on highway 73 W.
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George Kotsonams
Hollywood
Cal
Dick Daviscourt
Los Angeles
Chicago
Rudy Dusek
Qmaena
Jim Clinkstock
Oklahoma
Toronto
Cas Sonnenhberk
Boston
Ed Don George
Buffaloo
Tach
Oklahoma City
Joe Stecher
Nebraska
Glen Wade
Topeka
Abe Coleman
New York
Daria Ostopovich
Vilna
Lithuania
Jack Rose
Shreveport
Cyclone Burns
Fort Worth
Scott Dawkins
Austin
Texas
Joe Hauer
Chicaro
Lawrence
Highway 73
Strange as It Seem Football Through the Ages
In a historical look John Hix traces football from ancient Rome where Augustus tried to curb the sport to halt its use in soldier training, through Tudor England’s bans for archery and later revival. The article links the sport’s survival to shifting warfare tech and ends by inviting readers to request more from the author.
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England
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East and West Coast stars picked for Shriners charity game
The East selects three 1931 all-Americans from Notre Dame and Northwestern to form its Midwest contingent for the Shriners benefit game. Notre Dame guard Frank Hoffman Northwestern tackle Dallas Marvis and halfback Marchmont Schwartz join coach Dick Hanley’s squad in Evanston on December 19 for practice ahead of New Year’s Day. Midwest also lists Hewitt Purvis Miller Engebretsen Reb Russell Rebholz Teeter Haubrich and other standouts from Michigan Purdue Wisconsin Ohio State and Minnesota. West picks seven players for the January 1 game at San Francisco, including Stanford end Phil Neil and tackling teammates Ehrhorn and Edwards plus Washington State guard Ley Hurley.
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San Francisco
Marchmont Schwartz
Frank
Nordie) Hoffman
Notre Dame
Dallas Marvis
Northwestern
Dick Hanley
Midwest Stars
Andy Kerr
Colgate
Evanston
Midwest
Bill Hewitt
Michigan
Jim Purvis
Charles Miller
Purdue
Paul Engebretsen
Reb Russell
Russ Rebholz
Wisconsin
Bob ‘Haubrich
Baseball Realms Of Fatigued Feats And Fast Food Lovers
In a colorful baseball anecdote era, players like Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig are described with humor about eating habits after games. References to Cy Tejerkins losing a job after his wife’s childbirth and Mickey Cochrane catching the game appear alongside mentions of Waite Hoyt and Babe Ruth's distant silence.
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Tou Gehrig
Gerhie Avill
Ochrina
Simmy
Mike Gonzales
Cy Tlerkins
Athletics
Mickey Cochrane
Waite Hoyt
Babe
Ruth
Jennings
Sam Crawford
Ty Cobb
Davy Jones
Detroit
Elks Bowling Scores at Lawrence Recreation Parlors
Readable bowling scores from Lawrence Recreation Parlors show Bullock Berser Wigh leading with 550 followed by AGN 550 and W782. Entries include Pettit Edmonds Johnson Wise and others with varied scores including 168 and 703 in the overall tally.
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Ida Dan Edmonds
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RFA
Basketball Schedules for Big Six Campaign
The Big Six basketball schedule lists numerous games from December through February across venues in Lawrence Lincoln Missouri Columbia Ames Norman and Omaha. Key matchups include Kansas vs Nebraska Kansas State vs Oklahoma Iowa State vs Missouri Oklahoma vs Missouri and Missouri vs Creighton with dates spread across January and February.
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Oklahoma
State
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Kinhoma A. and
Oklahom
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Nebraska
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Lawrence
Manhattans
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Nebrateka
Ohio
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Southerg
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Iawa Briteau
Dee
Iowa State
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Noman
Columbia
Town State
Manhattan
Atlahoma
Kattan
Zincann
Creighton
Omaha
Towa State
Hkansas State
Calumbia
Washington U
St. Louis
St. Louie
Hansas State
Cage outlook is bright at Ames for 1931 32 season
Ames Iowa Dec 12 AP Iowa State College basketball prospects look strong with four of last year’s five regulars back to join about twenty players in winter practice. The opening exhibition vs Brigham Young is set for Dec 15 at Ames. Roadcap shifts to guard beside Rieke, with Heitman at center and Thompson and Jones at forwards. Schedule includes ten conference games and exhibitions vs Drake, Brigham Young and Central College.
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Brigham Young University
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al Heitman
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Clark Craghead
Wendell King
Frank Hood
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Harold Templeton
Roger Bowlen
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Oklahoma
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Des Moines
Rockne Of The Rockies Exh Team Upsets Kansas State
In the 1931-32 Jayhawk basketball debut Allen Aces beat Kansas State 52 to 30 after a 10-9 halftime edge. Lee Page starred for Kansas, with sophomores Vanek and Harrington showing promise. Cronkite, Fairbank and Wiggins battled injuries as the Wildcats lurched into the season.
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Neely
Wiggins
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Rost
Rohrer
Linley
Daurhtier AL Roberts
Brazil
Enn
Ee Plaskett
A Campbell
Tolal
L. Blee
Kansas Westeyan
High School Basketball Squad Cut to Twenty Players
Lawrence high school’s first string basketball squad has been cut to twenty players by Coach Joe Ulm from an initial fifty. Ten players named to the first squad include Bonebrake Tark Man Dover Conner Tiermuth Raybourn Cummings Metzler Ireland Rosecrans Haugh Smith Riling Pierce Garrett Creale Knotts Messer Dicker Gauck. Lohman is the lone letterman remaining from last year, with last year’s junior high squad to aid the team. The season opens December 17 against the Alumni in the high school gym, featuring Alumni players Allen Curd Guffer Harris and Dicker, not currently in school. Those not named for the first squad may vie for the second squad.
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Harris
K. UC
Dicker
Ulm
Na Jimit
Favorites Win at Golf Open Championship Action
San Francisco December 12 AP Eight survivors from yesterday's rounds advance toward quarter and semi finals at Lake Merced. Leo Diegel easily moves to quarter finals after 7 and 6 win over Sid Harmon. J A Miyamoto defeats Jimmie Thomson in second round. Burke faces Miyamoto in a stern test after beating Burke of Greenwich. Wichita Henry's rout Omaha 64 to 8 in AAU court opener.
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Lake Merced
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Agua Caliente
Mexico
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Salt Lake City
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Yokoham
Nin
Scandaly Burke
Greenwich
Conn
Nut 'T
Miyamoto
Osaka
Bath
Jimmie Thomson
Colorado Springs
Dempsey Exhibition Draws Full Minnesota Crowd
In St. Paul Minnesota a record turnout watched former heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey spar in an exhibition. Dempsey stayed four rounds with Art Lasky of Minneapolis and had one round apiece with Jack Roper of Chicago and Angus McDonald of Winnipeg. No knockdowns were recorded.
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Jack Dempsey
Art Lasky
Minneapolis
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Chicare
Angus McDonald
Winnipeg
Reiss Earns Spot on Virginia Honor Eleven
Lewia Reiss, Virginia center, remains in his second varsity year. He is a synthetic center who previously played backfield in high school and joined the varsity when a pivot was needed. Olympic possibility at Manchester features 11 year old Miss M C Taylor who may join Britain’s figure skating team for the US games next February.
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