Topeka Crew Wins Northeast League Showdown Over Lawrence
In a North east league clash Topeka defeated Lawrence 27 to 15 on the local court. Buck Weaver’s Trojans led early and stayed ahead, with high scorers Fee Landes and Robinson helping Topeka pull clear. Lawrence, led by Dicker, battled but could not overturn the deficit. Lawrence’s second team beat Dresden 25 to 14 in the nightcap.
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Topeka
Lawrence
Buck Weaver
Joe Kim
Atchison High
Tone
Ulm
Trojans
Landex
la Croix
Robin Son
Haugh
Dittemore
Robinson
Dicker
Fee
Landes
Messer
Dieker
Ireland
Bonehmke
Laban
Opeka
Tainean
Franklin
Duumore
Bander
Sickel to appear in Newark indoor meets this week
Nationally known board track stars join schoolboy competitors as Newark events open a indoor season run to January end. Ray Conger and Ira Singer headline 5000 yard and sprint showings while Ralph Sickel of Kansas makes his eastern debut against Frank Nordell of NYU and H St Clair Davidson. Ed Siegel and Cancer also compete in featured races.
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Wark Athletic Club
Ray Conger
Ira Singer
Frank Nordell
New York University
H. St. Clair Davidson
Millrose
al A
Ralph Sickle
University of Kansas
Ed Siegel
New York
Schaefer Stuns Reiselt to Stay Unbeaten in Three Cushion
Jake Schaefer of San Francisco defeats Otto Reiselt of Philadelphia 50 to 31 in 40 innings to remain the only undefeated player in the world three cushion billiards championship. Wiff Denton of Kansas City beats Johnny Layton 50 to 46 in 57 innings for his first win of the tournament. Rockhurst game lined up, Kansas City. Journal-World want-ad note about a vacated room.
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Chicago
Jake Schaefer
San Francisco
Augie Kieckhefer
Kieckhefer
Otto Reiselt
Philadelphia
Setond Eek
Schaefer
Ywiff Denton
Kansas
Johnny Layton
Sesdalia
Ingenious prison contraptions and escapes lore
John Hix surveys ingenious devices and records in criminal museums worldwide. He recounts a death by oxygen injected through a punctured foot vein and a blown apart prisoner using a red-card explosive in a pipe bomb.
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San Quentin
Eor
Kansas Track Crew Looks Ahead to Big Six Meet
University of Kansas indoor track schedule centers on the Big Six indoor meet at Columbia on March 12. Coach Brutus Hamilton heads a strong squad with two former Big Six record holders Gridley and Coffman back, plus Klaner Sickel Plumley and Gridley in sprints hurdles and jumps. Returnees include Flick Bausch For Hanson Plumley and Coffman as key performers across dashes hurdles and field events.
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Althe
University of Kansas
Columbia
Jayhawker
Brutus Hamilton
Kansas
Gridley
Clyde Coffman
Klaner
K. U. Dashman
Hamilton
Joe Klaner
Leroy Sickel
Ralph Sickel
Jay Plumley
Bernard Gridley
Bhat
George Jones
Bondank
Cunningham
Tunner
Stover
Maurice Kite
Raymond Flick
Flick
Pete Bausch
Barl For
Coffman
Walton
Foy
Hanson
Important Cage Tilt Sets Up Central Conference Clash
Topeka Jan 25 AP The Central conference basketball title race moves toward a decisive weekend as Pittsburgh Teachers and Wichita University Wheatshocks vie for sole leadership. The Gorillas upset Washburn 47 27 and Ernie Schmidt poured in 28 points. Conference games include Pittsburg vs Wichita and Springfield vs Pittsburg with key matchups penciled in.
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Topeka
Kan
Pittsburg Teachers
Wichita University
Wheatshrocklers
Wichita
Wittshare
Springfield cHers
Emporia
Springfeld
Pittsburg
Aroneanter
Ince
McPherson
Wednde Jay
Hays
Washburn
Wittsboro
Baseball magnate pressure on players over pay
In a period of tight finances major league clubs demand salary cuts from high earners, with scattered mentions of Babe Ruth and a Portland PCL owner. The piece cites past losses and the burden on players to accept concessions while owners stress reshaping payrolls.
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Flint
Babe Ruth
Judge MacCreadie
Portland, Oregon
Hockey Scores From AP Roundup
Kansas City 0, St Louis 0. Buffalo 0, Chicago 8. Only games scheduled provide brief results with teams listed.
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American Hockey League
Associated Press
Kansas City
St. Loui
G' Flyers
Buffalo
Chicago
Acks
Kansas City hosts AAU basketball tournament plans
The University of Kansas athletic department notes lower gate receipts concerns as Kansas City prepares to host the national AAU basketball tournament. Dr. J Ayjor coordinates expenses while a new plan sets aside a dining hall for athletes earning a possible half savings. Tournament entrants drop from 50 53 teams to about 32 with performance based selection. Mullins named athletic director at St Benedicts after leaving KU, while Hinshaw faces criticism over handling duties and possible removal.
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University of Kansas Athletic
Kansas City Athletic Club
Kansas City
Kansas’ City
Larry Mullins
Kk. U
St. Benedict's Col
Atchison
R. W. Schmidt
Mullins
St. Benedict's
Richard Burne
Pasadena
Calif
Notre Dame
Ramblers
Lawrence Mullins
Bouts In Week Start With Middleweight Title Show
New York AP reports an active boxing week opening tonight in Milwaukee as Gorilla Jones faces Od Done Piazza for 160 pound world honors under the NBA. Battalino defends featherweight crown in Cincinnati Wednesday after being stripped for missing weight. Chicago Stadium hosts welterweight title bid by Lou Brouillard against Jackie Fields Thursday. King Levinsky meets Max Baer in Madison Square Garden Friday. Baxter Calmes challenges heavyweights at White City tonight against Paul Pantaleo in a ten round bout.
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New York
Micky Walker
Milwaukee
Gorilla Jones
Akron
Negro
Oddone Piazza
Italy
National Boxing Association
Freddy Miller
Cincinnati
Battalino
New York State Athletic Commission
Len. Feldman
Chicago
Lou Brouillard
Worcester
Mass
Jackie Fields
Los Angeles
King Levinsky
Max Baer
Ren Rounder
Madison Square Garden
Baxter Calmes
Wichita
Kan
Paul Pantaleo
White City
Height gap in Missouri Valley stars shocks fans
Different heights separate the conference leaders by 13 inches with Willard Schmidt at 6 feet 8 inches for Creighton and Don King at 5 feet 7 inches for Drake. King leads in assists despite the height disparity as the league’s top point getter.
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Des Moines
Creighton
Willard Schmidt
Swanton
Neb
Drake
Don King
King
Lynn King
Bethany and Baker lead Kansas conference basketball
Lindsborg Kan Jan 25 AP Bethany moved alongside Baker University atop the Kansas conference standings in a season opener style game. Ottawa and others faltered as Bethany’s center Carl Larson contributed 17 of the Swedes 33 points. The schedule lists Kansas Wesleyan at Bethany in Lindsborg Tuesday and Baker at Lawrence Thursday with Ottawa and Haskell also on tap.
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Lindsborg
Kan
Bethany
Baker University
Kansas
Ottawa
Carl Larson
McPherson
College of Emporia
Wesleyan
Bethel
Fort Hays State
Ahs
Bethany Wesleyan
Eievesnient
Tur
Kansas Wesleyan
Baker
Haskell
Lawrence
Snowshoe hares suffer as white coats fail to blend with unexpected snow
The Izack Walton League reports winter fur color changes in snowshoe hares and cottontails causing higher predation as unexpected snow arrives. Tularemia remains a risk to humans handling infected animals, with several states noting cases among people dressing game.
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Chicago
Ohl
Izack Walton League
Nature
United States
League
Conservation Department
The
Biff Jones Adopts Werner System For LSU Football
Biff Jones will implement the Werner system at Louisiana State, abandoning the Army Wing for a double wing back setup. Jones, praised as a sound football man, previously directed West Point and will apply his tactics to LSU's talented roster.
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Biff Jones
Louisiana State
West Point
Burt Ingwersen Hela
Sundwon
Eston Rouge
Werner
Army
Ralph Irvine Sasse
Amt
Western Front
Biff
West Faint
Harry Wilson
Louisiana Red Cagle
S Army
Soaches
Caults
Cagle
Menike Carlmark
Messinger
Jones
Fort Sill
Red
Wall Street
Tulane
Altho Jones
Military Academy
Lead in Big Six Race to Oklahoma
Kansas City January reports show Oklahoma and Missouri trading pace in the Big Six. Oklahoma held a late rally against Nebraska. Missouri beat Creighton in Omaha. Town State and Kansas State posted two conference wins, tightening third place. John Cooper starred for Missouri in overtime against Creighton.
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Oklahoma
Kansas City
Sooners
Missouri Tigers
Nebwaska
Missouri
Creithton
Andy Beck
Sooner
Carthuskers
Beck
Elwin Anderson
Kansas State
Town State
Kansas
Ian State
Nebraska
John
Cooper
Creighton University
Omaha
Blue Jays
Tigers
Columbia
Greighton
Tiger
BE. C. Quigley
Missouri Kansas
Jayhawker
Sooner Football Schedule Lists Homecoming and Dad’s Day
The Missouri game on November 5 is designated the Homecoming game for 1932 and the Kansas State game on October 23 is the Dad’s Day game. Athletic director Ben G. Owen announced the decisions.
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Norman
Dan
Missouri
Sooner
Kansas
Teday
Ben G. Owen
Williamstown notices and community moves in Perry area
Williamstown news notes multiple relocations and health updates. Mrs. Hamel Pearson moved household goods to Mrs Alfred Tenpeany cot tage on Main Street. The Williamstown Ladies Aid held a lunch sale and supported nearby sales in Dean vicinity. Raymond May drives for Leroy Bridgewater and hauls sand on the Elmont highway project. Mrs. J Johnson recuperates in Topeka at Christ Hospital. Thelma Baker visited Ben Tall Baker, and Eva Leeman, Perry rural high school student, missed several days due to illness.
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Alfred Tenpeany Cott
Main Street
Williamstown
Jesse Tumphries
Campbell
Dean
Raymond May
Leroy Bridgewater
Topeka
Elmont
Kans
John Johnson
Christ’s Hospital
J. Leger, Jr
Williamstown Ladies Aid
Thelma Baker
Bentall Baker
Perry
Eva Leeman
Perry Rural High
Local visitors knit comfort for Mrs Barkley in Excelsior
Mrs Perry Barkley received a comfort from a group of visitors including Mrs Charley Brohammer Mrs George Hechter Mrs Lloyd Shuck Mrs Charles Shuck and Mrs Charley Gilliland at the Hayty Klary home. Other callers to visit Eldom Barkley included Charley Brohammer Ike Thomas Browning Monroe Flora Schwarz Gilliland and Otto where the group later accompanied Mrs Barkley and son to Montebello California. The Wor den Womans Missionary Society met at the home of Mr and Mrs Harry Flory with Mrs John Lyons as president and a program led by Mrs Frank Marshall.
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Excelsior
Roy Shuler
Frank Dear
Charley Brohammer
George Hechtél
Lloyd Shuck
Charles Shuck
Charley Guliland
Walter Pohl
Eva
Perry Barkley
Hayty Klary
Anna Johanning
Charley Disque
Will. Peffly
Ottawa
Flary
LW. Haas
Mike Young
Alma
Worden Woman's’ Missionary Society
Sophia Heim
Jaman
Frank Marshall
Rey
Jacob Nelson
Guy Reskines
Sharley Gilliland
Ike Thomas
Ts. Grisel
Nelson
Henry Pippert
Rosa Schwalm
Orville Elm
Fred Fleer
Big Springs Women Missionary Unit Meet Thursday
The Big Springs Women Missionary Unit met Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Walter Johnson presiding. Members present included Elizabeth Bahnmaier Ester Bahnmaier Mrs Beulah Wyner Mrs J E Wright and Mrs Emma Ward. Guests included Mr and Mrs Charles Durow of Tomka and family at the William Swecker home. Mrs William Plateman second son Ralph of Tecumseh visited over the weekend with Mr and Mrs Herbert Wymer and family. Mrs Eva Winsor and family are building a new residence near the home of Mrs Winsor's parents Mr and Mrs S S Wise.
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Big Springs
Walter Johnson
Elizabeth Bahnmaier
Ester Bahnmaier
Beulah Wyner
J. £. Wright
Emma. Ward
Charles Durow
Tomka
Sandby
William Swecker
William Plateman
Ralph
Tecumseh
Herbert Wymer
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