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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1941
Page
8
Column criticizes officiating in the Kansas State game and other top contests. The writer recalls Ernie Quigley and urges reforms, citing brutal play, players protected by better rules, and calls for mandatory officiating lectures and discretion by the conference commissioner.
The Lawrence high Lions close their home season at Liberty Memorial gym facing Leavenworth Pioneers in a Northeast Kansas league game. B teams meet at 7 and first teams at 8 15 with both squads tied for third place. The Lions travel to Ottawa Saturday for a non league game against the Cy Clones.
Stanley Williamson, USC football captain of the 1932 Rose Bowl victory over Tulane, will return as line coach. He succeeds Jeff Cravath, who leaves to coach at the University of San Francisco. Williamson has prior lines coaching at Kansas State and Oklahoma and played center on Trojan teams in 1929 1931.
Salina toppled McPherson 35-20 ending a 12 game Central Kansas league run. Parsons clinched the Southeast Kansas title with a 32-20 win over Pittsburg. Ark Valley rivals Newton Hutchinson El Dorado won as Ark City beat Winfield to tie Wichita East in the second division. Hutchinson faces Ark City. Newton hosts Wichita North. El Dorado goes to Wellington. Shawnee Mission remains on track with a 10th straight Northeast Kansas win.
New York report notes Lew Jenkins of Texas, famed for mules and quick fists, aims to repeat a nine minute KO of Lou Ambers. Ambers, heavier at 138 pounds, seeks revenge as Jenkins opens favored at 2 to 5. Ambers cites Jenkins’ late blows as a key past loss.
Chicago February reports from the stadium highlight rising talent in the 14th annual Golden Gloves tournament with contenders Jack Haley Hezzie Williams and Al Jordan advancing to semi finals and finals. Ray Standifer Kansas light heavyweight delivered notable knockouts while Behr praised Chicago prospects for potential pro success if trained well.
Kansas University aims for third place in the Big Six indoor meet in Kansas City as Nebraska and Missouri lead. team injuries limit performers while Norman Laneman and others bolster KU entries in events from high jump to relay with prelims and finals scheduled across Saturday.
A scrappy recap covers multiple college games led by Army and Pennsylvania with mixed scores. The report lists teams such as Colgate Saint Bonaventure and New York institutions, noting overall wins and losses, plus league standouts and district tournament prep in Kansas and nearby regions.
The notes recall Maurice Smith choosing Villanova over Loyola for football coaching, Roy Cochrane setting a 48.3 indoor 440 yards record, and past US figure skating titles won by Robin Lee and Joan Tozzer as Maribel Vinson turned pro, plus Fred Bright defeating Glenn Cunningham in a 4:16.3 mile race.
Pi McPherson college edged College of Emporia 38 35 in a Kansas conference basketball game at Emporia. The Bulldogs led 18 15 at halftime and stayed ahead the rest of the contest as Emporia closed its home season.
Francis leads with 462 while Loo Underwood totals 613 719 and 097. High men include Francis against E Underwood 429 with matchups Mertz versus Pateh and Robinson against Getto scheduled for tonight.
Gerry Nugent gets his way as Dodgers acquire Kirbe Higbe while Uncle Sam aims to relieve the Phillies of Hugh Mulcahy. Babe Herman seeks Seattle manager post but is dismissed. Joe Boland of Notre Dame college staff seeks a job. War reporters note Bill Terry supports Bob Foxx as a football figure.
Red Sox pitcher Bill Butland living in Terre Haute writes a friend that the winter has been uneventful. Dizzy Trout, another hometown lad, visited the pool hall to display his World Series emblem for local friends.
Tennessee Boston game may move to Baltimore at municipal stadium. North Carolina U heavyweight Gates Kimball offered 10000 to turn pro advised by coach Mike Rowman not to. Casey Stengel owns six Texas oil wells. Wagon Wheelers deliver a 27 inch Saline County deputy badge. Bees obtained Babe Dahlgren for seven thousand five hundred dollars waiver price.
The Memphis Commercial Appeal notes the heavyweight challengers’ club urges Mike Jacobs to confront Joe Louis, insisting the task cannot be left to others. The piece underscores the tense path to a potential title bout and the club’s push for decisive action.
Vinnie Richards, the tennis pro, has joined Ellsworth Vines in golf and is already posting scores in the low 70s. Bill McKechnie and the Reds praise Monte Pearson’s form. Steve Owen returns to town after Midwest pro prospects interviews. Don’t abandon Challedon in the Santa Anita $100,000 despite a poor San Antonio showing.
Henry Picard, former PGA champion, leads the St Petersburg Open with a 66 as he contemplates stepping back from full tour play. He aims to retire from regular competition after the St Augustine pro-am, taking a teaching post in Oklahoma City, and will focus on select events and teaching. The move follows a string of scoring alacrity, including wins at the Texas and New Orleans Opens.
Champion Ralph Guldahl, Sam Snead of Hot Springs Virginia, and Chick Harbert of Battle Creek Michigan trailed by one stroke. Jimmy Turnesa of New York, Herman Barron of White Plains New York, Clarence Doser of Sarasota Florida sat in 68th place. Harold Jug Monreden of Winchester Massachusetts posted 69 with eight others.
Scientists estimate every mocking bird is worth dollars yearly to farmers by eating pests like locusts grasshoppers cutworms plant lice and weed seed. The bird also quips from chimneys and sometimes disrupts nights with noisy broadcasts.
Training camp notes from San Antonio report buzz over a possible sale of outfielder Max West by the Boston Bees to a National League club. The rumors come as Casey Stengel juggles Babe Dahlgren and Earl Averill in camp. Fort Myers notes: Hal Trosky, Cleveland first baseman, seeks to add switch hitting to his game and improve his batting from both sides.
St. Petersburg reports Bill Dickey comes to terms marking the passing of another Yankee era. The catcher will finish his 14th season with New York, a squad none here when he first joined. He has batted below .300 only twice, in 1985 at .279 and last year at .247 over 106 games.
In Havana the Dodgers line up to play the Giants in the first 1941 exhibition game likely to mirror the April NL opener at Ebbets Field. Kirby Higbe appears the probable starter with Bill Swift and Curt Davis as the other two hurlers for three innings. Medwick Reiser Waner hunt for hits in the outfield while Camilli Coscarari Lavagetto and Reese cover the infield with Herman Franks catching.
Avalon notes two holdouts trimmed as Stan Hack arrives from the mainland with the squad and Rip Russell joins the camp. Dizzy Dean, trimmed to 194 pounds from 217 last summer, says he feels sharp and looks it.
San Antonio reports Hall of Famer Fred Haney manager of the St. Louis Browns plans to push RBI totals this season. He led a batting practice session in Lakeland Florida as the Browns resumed workouts, while Detroit Tiger right hander Row arrived in camp early after a hunting trip in Arkansas.
The piece recalls old beliefs about owls signaling death and harming crops, and a romance superstition involving owl feathers. It contrasts these with today's view, acknowledging owls as beneficial, mainly catching rats and mice.
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