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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1933
Page
6
Eastern college leaders push for a return to earlier practice forms with training camps and tables, while seeking greater uniformity and control. The tide favors coaching power and top programs, with Crise and Little cited as influential in shaping a new era of competition and policy.
Rated heavy favorites the University of Kansas basketball team opens the season at 7 30 tonight on the auditorium floor meeting the Kansas State college cag ers in an exhibition game. It marks the seventy first meeting between the Jayhawkers and the Wildcats. Last year Kansas State won two exhibitions but lost both conference games. The probable starting lineup includes Kansas and Stoner. Harper returns home former Notre Dame athletic director leaves South Bend. Jesse Harper resigns as Notre Dame athletic director. He travels with Mrs Harper and son Mel. Mel plans to withdraw from Notre Dame at semester end.
AP notes college hoops and schedules with Kansas State facing Creighton in Lawrence and Grinnell playing at Ames. Mention of uniform revamp for a team and note on agricultural scenes in Plainview, Texas during 1933 season.
Father Hubbard, known as the glacier priest, and his companion were trapped inside Aniakchak crater with dwindling fuel. Pilot Frank Dorbrant flew the plane updraft to escape, catching a blast from the volcano and surviving to rendezvous at sea for gas. The expedition ends as Harvard tops Yale in a late season game.
Veteran Huskers coach H W Browne at Lincoln outlines a hopeful but cautious outlook for Nebraska basketball. He fields a full team of lettermen plus promising sophomores, notes a weak center, and hints football duties may limit practice. Potential starters include Boswell Lunney Copple Sauer Mason with Parsons Belka Keller Yelkin and Sorensen Widman among likely contenders. plans for a home March 3 game and a varied schedule are in the works.
The Lawrence high school basketball team, under Coach E A Woods, opens the season at 7 30 pm Friday against Wichita North in the Lawrence High gym. A scrimmage with Eudora will precede the game, with three lettermen Ernest Ireland Edgar Duver and Charles Bonebrake plus several new players competing for spots. After the Wichita game the Lawrence quintet will host Washington Rural here on Friday in December.
The national girls basketball champions, now known as the Oklahoma City Cardinals after transferring from Durant, defeated Spencer's Coals of Chicago 23 to 18 in a home game. A second matchup was scheduled for tonight.
The Atchison Raven notes St Benedict’s college will start 1934 football with a Kansas at Lawrence game on September 29. A 10 game schedule is planned with Kansas Ottawa Rockhurst Chilli eo West Texas State Teachers Hastings Turkio booking. Mullins will face three open dates as the 1933 Raven went 8 straight after a loss to Haskell Indians.
Harvard followers express pleasure over Edward Eddie Casey Keates likely to be reappointed Harvard basketball coach for the 1934 season. Announcement expected after weeks, hinted at the victory smoker where Crimson players gathered.
Denver December AP reports indicate the Rocky Mountain conference secession plan may not win final approval next spring. Eight member schools including Colorado University and Utah factions reportedly may withhold approval at the spring meeting while 12 schools remain in the directorship. Protests have allegedly been sent to Colorado Governor Johnson, with a fight possibly moving to the state legislature appropriation committee. Meanwhile a separate theft case in Hanford yields a one year jail term for stealing an 83 cent shirt.
Coach Bill Dietz explains pro football’s rising popularity due to fast play and high scoring. He notes passing from behind the line, no down until tackled, goal line kicks, and potential rule changes to open the game further. Dietz also cites Giants plays and the open style appealing to fans and bettors alike.
Fragmentary OCR notes list multiple boxers and locations including Manhattan Lincoln Omaha and Junction City with incomplete pairings and scores. Mentions Floyd Kelye Rob inson Blanchard and Nolan, but details are broken and no clear match result or event context is recoverable.
Prof and F E Wolf spent last Wednesday in Kansas City Miss Velma Harding of Abilene visits her brother Dean a Baker student this week Dr Wiley Aleve of Kansas City was in Baldwin briefly C E Beeks and Wilson Counts attended a relief work meeting in Lawrence Evangeline Chapter of Eastern Star elected officers Friday Elisa Perez hosted a Spanish dinner with Prof and Mrs J Mode Osma Kenneth Macferren of Lawrence and President and Mrs Wallace B Fleming attended Macferren spoke on a Mexico trip with motion pictures Miss Margaret Marlow of Cherryvale visited Miss Lucille Dack Thursday Baker trustees mid-year meeting set for Tuesday December 12 Senator Henr Alien to attend the meeting
Mr Allen, Baker alumnus and longtime supporter, is invited to a chapel service at 10 o'clock. Lloyd Dunn, past eight years in groceries at Baldwin Department and C S Welflet, opens his own shop near Purity Lunch this week. Formal opening next week. Dunn, long-time resident, has many friends wishing him success. Baldwin Ledger marks 50th anniversary with twenty pages of early Baldwin history.
The article remarks that J. A. McFarland and his staff have reason to be proud of the edition. It notes that some four to five thousand copies were printed and distributed, reflecting the paper’s reach and community importance.
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