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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1919
Page
3
Lawrence High plans a rigorous basketball season led by Coach Woodward. The squad, famed for speed, will face top Kansas City rivals and midwestern powers including Chanute Iola St Joseph Manhattan Abilene Beatrice and Ottawa with potential games against Winfield. Daily practices run through Christmas holidays and planned scrimmages with Haskell Indians mark the start of a competitive campaign.
The piece notes night practices this week and next to acclimate the high school squad to the regulation court. It acknowledges a small gold basketball watch fob gifted by Coach Julius Uhrlaub and the Lawrence High School quintet, received at St. Joseph, Missouri, last night with an explanation of difficulties presenting it in person.
A M Venne manager of Haskell Athletics offers a first class lacrosse team to the Olympic game committee to represent America against any nation. If accepted, Haskell may be matched against Canada with Nari a Pueblo and former Carlisle captain as captain and Alonzo a Pueblo as another key player. Texas cancels HasKell Texas game set for October 26.
Ongoing sale offers fresh oysters at 90 cents per quart with a clearance on candy stock from Olympia Candy Kitchen in Mass location. Accuse Virgo of Murder Lawton Mich Dec 28 Mrs Sarah L Tabor sixty eight old accuses Joseph Virgo of illegal operation. body found in trunk in basement of Maude Tabor’s home, assistant prosecutor Warner says.
New York police followed their annual custom by visiting station houses to entertain children. Christmas trees were set up and hundreds of toys shoes warm clothing candy and fruit were distributed to the youngsters.
Athletic manager A M Venne plans seven games for Haskell Indian Team starting January 5 at Lawrence against Kansas City Polytechnic. After oil shortages, practice resumed. no Christmas break anticipated. Scheduled dates include Washburn January 7 Baker January 14 Ottawa January 24 Warrensburg Normal January 30 Polytech February 13 Baker March 5 with Nebraska related note.
Mr. Vonne remains hopeful for a northern excursion this season and is communicating with Bethany and St Maxy’s. A game is planned with Chilocco Indian School before the season ends, but no date has been set.
Stockholm reports Hjalmar Branting denounces the Ber1in Parliamentary Investigation Committee as a parody. He notes its indefinite adjournment after bowing to pre-revolutionary masters and predicts renewed Allied protests against the farce. Branting urges extradition for a real trial and moral judgment of those responsible for the disaster.
In Topeka Kansas on January 16 and 17 about a thousand school administrators will attend the second annual session of the Kansas State Teachers Association Council of Administration. The program centers on public schools attitude toward Bolshevism and radicalism and Kansas educational progress. Notable speakers include State Superintendent L E Wooster and several district leaders. Eight sectional programs feature top educators while the Educational Council meets as a separate body.
R. A. Stevens paid a $6.50 fine in police court last night for jay driving. Mrs. J. W. Blair of Russell Kansas is visiting her sister Mrs. W. K. Edgar.
New York December 23 two petty officers and nine crew members of the army transport America faced an official investigation on the ship in Hoboken harbor. Six others are hospitalized with gunshot wounds from the mutiny amid alleged I W W agitation. Accused tried to abandon ship set fires cut lights and robbed and frightened passengers. Ringleader said to be William Calkins an ordinary seaman and reputed I W W member.
A. R. Kagi started for the state penitentiary at Lansing to begin a sentence of one to seven years for grand larceny. He was escorted to the pen by deputy sheriff Charles Crowder.
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