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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1927
Page
4
Atlantic City reports that B S Barnard new head of the American League predicts 1928 will be baseballs greatest year. He cites changes in management and new faces. supports universal draft though minor leagues oppose. Minor leagues must respond by February 1 on discarding the draft.
New York Dec 22 AP The international military polo series between the United States and Great Britain will not be continued in 1928 officials of the United States Polo association announced. British decision cited veterans unable to equip and train a team. The series likely will resume in 1929 with past matches at Meadowbrook and in England noted.
Former pitcher By Al Demaree relates how Miriam Burns Horn, at 23, surprisingly won the National Women’s Golf championship. A pre-tournament match with Ed Cochrane on the Hillcrest course in Kansas City boosted her form, as she shot a 79 to Cochrane’s 80 while playing from the men’s tees. The piece notes quirky numbers around her win, including 12 clubs and a 13th day solo, and mentions her rank in section GF and 11 during the trip.
Chicago slates final in the 18.2 balkline event as Jake Schaeffer defeats rival Wilker pochrac of Hollywood in a five week pursuit to claim the diadem. The young champion, son of the famed maestro, rises as the third successor in a year. Christmas tree and church notes follow in St Luke’s Methodist observance.
Washington report shows 47.897 million acres sown to winter wheat with a 86 percent national condition. State figures list Pennsylvania 1,252,000 acres at 34 percent, Ohio 2,324,000 at 25, Indiana 2,660,000 at 95, Litnais 2,043,900 at 93, Michigan 564,004 at 84, Missouri 2,189,000 at 49, Nebraska 2,781,000 at 75, Kansas 15,041,900 at 75, Oklahoma 4,567,009 at 59, Texas 2,628,800 at 73, Montana 509,000 at 90, Idaho 485,009 at 93, Colorado 1,559,008 at 75, Washington 1,434,000 at 95, Oregon 664,000 at 28, California 879,000 at 92.
John G. Stutz executive secretary says letter ballots will be mailed in January to state leagues for a vote on the 1928 convention city. Next meeting recommended for Richmond Virginia. Stutz praises convention progress and endorses A D MacLarty of Urbana Illinois for the presidency.
The High School League of the Methodist church will present its annual Christmas music program next Sunday at 6:30 p.m. in the league room led by Robert E. Wood. Readings and poems accompany numbers including Little Town of Bethlehem, Christmas Story, The Christmas Spirit, and solo performances by Genevieve Vernson Virginia Arnold and others. Attendees should arrive early to hear the first number.
Charles W Thomas will broadcast tonight at 9 over WOR EON. The program includes When the Re ses Broom by Louis Reichardt and All Through the Night by Porter, The First Noel by Hopkins. Ronald Rexroth accompanies Thomas with Jenny Wren orchestra.
Cambridge AP reports MIT undergraduates have installed a large roof loud speaker in the dining hall to stream music to about 2,000 students during meals, claiming radio receivers may lack reach for such crowds. The article also notes a cashier in Platte City was found guilty and sentenced, and mentions boxing plans for McLarnin and other campus sports notes with Minnesota.
Washington reports a rise in aerial alien smuggling, hampered by a lack of border patrol planes and vast frontier. Immigration officials say smugglers use pre-dawn landings near the desert and car transfers to reach cities. only a few cases have been captured, with estimates of increasing numbers.
Local residents travel to Kansas City for shopping and visits with friends in Lawrence and Topeka. Notable events include births at Junction City Hospital and Chapman, office holders for the American Legion Auxiliary, and school honor rolls and Christmas programs. Teachers attend county meeting. families plan trips to Brownsville and Douglas.
Hilo Hawaii presses to host next year's trans Pacific yacht races claiming a tropical setting and better personal attention for crews. Supporters cite Hilo harbor shelter and smaller city advantages over Honolulu where harbor congestion and distance from the city hinder the event.
Gordon H Scruton executive of the Hilo chamber of commerce says the chamber and citizens will do all in their power to have the 1928 race finish in the city. A Christmas program by First Presbyterian Church Sunday school children will be held in the church basement Friday at 7 30 pm with the young people's department presenting Christmas music.
In Tacoma Washington two men attempted a hotel hold up at the Winthrop hotel early today. One bandit was killed by Detective W S Durisch as he vaulted the counter. The second, believed fatally wounded, was shot by Officer Bud Ansell after resisting.
Dr J T Axtell Newton Kans suffered a slight illness while addressing the Solomon Valley Medical Association in Reed City Reloit Kas Dec 22 AP report says he was taken to a hospital and will return to Newton today The article notes George Burgeson fleeing with officers shadowing the men for hours and Tom Law spending holidays in Topeka
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