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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1926
Page
5
In a windy afternoon game the Crimson and af ally team took an early lead, with Val-7 scoring and Rinne starring in the Blue nu ton lineup. The contest featured swift offense, earned free throws, and standout plays from Campbell, Law, and Lille as teams battled for control into the night.
The 1926 Kansas basketball team endured 156 games with two ties and multiple postponements due to bad weather. Boston played single games with Washington and St. Louis but many were canceled. weather delays were harsher earlier in the season, with Chicago games also wiped out and rescheduled on double bill dates.
The opening week of the Missouri Valley pennant scramble shows the Oklahoma Sooners with two wins and no losses atop the standings, followed by Drake with one win. The week features ten teams on schedule across league venues including Kansas at Lawrence and Grinnell at Manhattan. The Sooners beat Missouri and Washington last week, with more games set as Drake, Grinnell, Iowa State, and others vie for positions. The Kansas schedule and Robinson gym hosting Washington mark the upcoming slate as teams travel to Lincoln, St Louis, and Columbia for key matchups.
Leavenworth fell 14 to 13 in a ragged 4th quarter as McGuire and Veatch sparked a late rally for the prison city. Skiner and McCaie led scoring for Leavenworth, while Lawrence benefited from key baskets and defensive stops in a tense game. Captain Fearing moved to guard to slow the White offense.
The 1925 American League season featured 616 games with Washington winning the pennant while counting the fewest contests. The Senators endured a 15 game stretch to clinch, with tied games against Philadelphia and Boston never resolved and a late season contest with the Athletics discarded due to bad weather. Detroit and New York also logged many games while weather affected the schedule.
An old advertisement touts Heet as a topical applicator to heat and draw out pain in knees feet legs hands shoulders and back. It claims instant warmth, relief from soreness and stiffness, and reduced congestion in joints nerves, though it notes the product is a strong stain and pricey for regular use.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a pleasant candy like laxative that clears headachy or bilious feelings, stimulates the bowels, and refreshes the system. Claims include a clear head, sweet stomach, pink tongue, and clean skin with no griping. Directions suggest use by adults and children. available in drugstores.
Kansas City Central high school ends fraternities on athletic squads. J F Wellemeyer, principal, says every team member signed an eligibility declaration. In Lawrence, players also required similar statements. Oklahoma Sooners beat Missouri 28 to 23 on Norman court as Price led with 15 points.
The Grinnell Pioneers will play three games this week starting with Kansas on Thursday and facing the Aggies on Friday before concluding at Nebraska against the Huskers. This marks the first Valley contest for Grinnell this season.
Morris, a booster for the San Luis Valley in Colorado, tells stories to local sportsmen of a potential hunting party when duck season opens next fall. The valley, about fifty by a hundred and fifty miles, offers good fall weather and artesian wells. Natives petition the federal government to allow shooting ducks after the first of the year due to crop damage, including a forty acre pea field reportedly destroyed overnight.
A fragmentary note mentions theft or charges at Hess Drug Store with brief hints of a February event and a short pursuit.
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