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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1926
Page
3
Lawrence High School basketball peeled out a 20 to 14 victory over Baldwin on Liberty Memorial Court. Simmonds and Keohne led Baldwin scoring while Fearing, Williams, and Walters spurred Lawrence with steady defense and late baskets.
Washington Bears upset Oklahoma in St Louis 27 to 19, led by Stanford and Caax, while Sooner guards Cox and Winkler struggled. Stanford high scorer with six field goals. Sooners to face Missouri at Columbia next, title hopes dampened as Kansas now puede see a chance at the valley crown.
Missouri defeated the Oklahoma Aggies by one point at home, 37 to 36. Captain McMillan and McDonough led early scoring, Peery and Elder sparked a late rally, and McDonough totaled 14 points on seven field goals.
Track coach Karl Schlademan announced final tryouts to assemble the Kansas track team for the annual dual meet against Missouri in Convention Hall Kansas City Thursday evening. He notes Kansas should excel in sprints and some field events while Missouri holds an edge in weights and pole vault. Relay outcomes may decide the meet with eighteen men chosen for ten events. Fedora wins again.
Eudora thwarts Wellborn 47 to 8 in Kaw Valley clash as Big Westerhouse and Miller lead with 2 field goals each. The 16 to 1 halftime margin highlights a dominant home victory before Eudora travels to De Soto next Friday night.
The Linwood team lost last night to De Soto in a tight game. The Bookkeepers will start Mar shall and Holmes at forwards Beckey at center and Leohard and Gorton at guards. Linwood lineup features Hamilton and Jones at forwards J Snyder at center and Caulk and Hubbard at guards. Joe Ulm refereed.
Tonganoxie high school quintet fell to Argentine Y M C A five 18 to 14 on their home court. The team led 10 to 6 at halftime and 12 to 8 after three quarters, but the visitors rallied for 10 points in the final period. Preliminary game saw Tonganoxie girls defeat Wellborn 42 to 30. Vinland teams schedule double header at Tonganoxie Tuesday.
Juniors travel to Topeka to meet Sumner Junior High in a return basketball game at 5 o clock this evening on Topeka High School court. Coaches Abright and White led 22 players, including captains Birch Shawnee Mettner Welch Schoeleth Schellbar Zwiefel Poe Williams Chandler Davis and Lenahasi Cummings Stephenson Kiefer Milton Allen Robert on the trip.
The Bowersock Theatre shows Just Supppose starring Richard Barthelmess with Lars Moran in a lead role Monday to Wednesday. The American Venus charms at the Varsity Theatre with Esther Balstol and Louise Brooks among a seven beauty cast from Atlantic City pageants. Alma Rubens appears at the Orpheum in She Wolves Friday and Saturday. Ford Vision, The Timber Wolf, and The Wheel appear at other venues with noted performances and young Moran's rise in film.
Allen Metzler Vandey Thomas Venard Shores led a car trip with teachers and parents as the Hillyard basketball squad, holders of two eighteen point wins over Oklahoma and Missouri Valley leaders, dropped their first game of the season to St Phillips. The group, traveling from Lawrence, returned promptly after the contest.
The Chentists tour the east without star Hob Mosby who was injured in Norman last week. The Hillards, riding a nineteen game win streak, suffer a rare defeat and prepare for two major foes, Nash Motor Co. five of Kenosha and Lombard College, two leading eastern teams.
The article highlights Miss America selections and leading contestants from major cities in a sea shore beauty contest with a color film fashion show. It notes casts for Fox productions The American Venus featuring Lawrence, Ford Sterling, and W T Benda, directed by Frank Tuttle. It also previews She Wolves with Alma Rubens Harry Myrs Jack Mulhall and others, adapted from The Man in Evening Clothes stage play at Fox West Coast Studios.
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