Twilight League Opens Monday With Parade and Game
A parade of about 180 youth baseball players and officials of the Lawrence Junior Twilight League will assemble at the Elks hall at 5 30 Monday, march through Massachusetts Street to South Park for the 1927 season kickoff. Mayor Rankin will throw the first ball, and after opening ceremonies the Rotary and Holcom teams will play the opener. Leslie Hagerman, Holcom star pitcher, and Peewee Weidman of the Rotarians are among featured players. Managers and coaches are listed, with South Park diamond prep underway for play ball that evening.
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Lawrence
Elks Hall
Vermont
Massachusetts Street
Southpark
Robert €. Rankin
Rotary
Holcom
Leslie Hagerman
Holcom Crew
Hagerman
Steliar
Pat Holcom
Rotarians
Peewee Weidman
Ernest Treland
Battery
Genes
R. Ast
Rotary Club
George Reid
Elks
South Park
Knights of Columbus to clash with Lawrence Athletics
The Knights of Columbus baseball team qboneka visit Lawrence Sunday to face the undefeated Lawrence Athletics at 3 o'clock in Woodland Park Clem. Lonborg named Northwestern coach after Kansas links. Johnson to captain Kansas tennis.
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Knights of ‘Columbus
Qboneka
Lawrence
Lawrence Athletics
Woodlan
Santa Fe
Topeka
Overbrook Club
Tantente
Howe
Mat Lonberg
Japan's leading girl athlete aims for sports editorship
Tokyo June 3 Miss Kinuue Hitomi Japan's leading girl athlete who recently set unofficial world marks at the Meiji Shrine meet in Tokyo is learning journalism. She works in the sporting department of the Osaka Mainichi and hopes to become the empire's first woman sports editor. She holds a 2.61 meter standing broad jump and ran 200 meters in 24.1 seconds.
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Tokyo
Kinuue Hitomi
Japan
Osaka Mainichi
Empire
Kitomi
Kinuyse Hitomi
Beatsete
Méiji Shrine
Buzzards Targeted by Ranchers and Olympic Track Progress
Roving sports notes describe Texas ranchers trapping and releasing buzzards, seen as pests to livestock health, while Olympic cycling track construction advances in Amsterdam with the stadium nearing completion. Ty Cobb struggles as Detroit captain as Moriarty steers improved play, and Miss Eve lyn Culver teams with Mrs Randolph Lycett in women’s doubles, reviving 1923 Wimbledon memories.
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Amsterdam
Cobb
Detroit
A. P.j
Tigers
Ty Cobb
George ‘Moriarty
Moriarty
Culver-Lycett
London
Evelyn Colver
Randolph Lycett
Colyer
Mile. Luengren
Miss Ryan
Kansas University Players Opt to Play Summer Baseball
Kansas University athletes seek permission from Missouri Valley conference authorities to play summer baseball on semi pro leagues. Players must not receive money, and will cover their own training expenses while working in other jobs. Key players like Ail, Kraemer, Livingston, Johnston, and others plan to participate with teams in Pittshope, Maile, Great Bend, Yates Center, and various town clubs, balancing duties with baseball this season.
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Kansas
Missouri Valley Conference
Jip
Maile
Livingston
Great Bend
Lee Johnston
Yates Center
Mai
Ralph McCoy
Dologe Ci
Stoney of Kansas to try out for St Louis Cardinals
Stoney a Kansas University outfielder and top batter of the season leaves Lawrence for St Louis where he has been offered a tryout with the world champion Cardinals. He led KU with 37 stolen bases and a .258 batting average in 1920. Other KU players previously offered tryouts include Wail and Wayne Dan.
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Charles
Stoney
Kansas University
Lawrence J
St. Louis
Lois _Cardina
Kansas
Allege
Wail
Cardinals
Wayne Dan
Baseball scores from National and American leagues report
Yesterday's results show the National League games Xexe York defeated Cincinnati 4 to 3 while Pittsburgh won 7 to 3 and Philadelphia beat New York 3 to 2. American League scores include Philadelphia 3 Cleveland 4 and Detroit 0 Chicago 6 Boston 2 Washington 11 St Louis 2. Also Toledo 6 Indianapolis 4 in the American Association.
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York
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Cleveland
New York
Detroit
Chicago
Boston
Washington
St. Louis
Toledo
Indianapolis
St.Paul
Milwaukee
Inneaport
Uisville
Woodstown Summerlike Weather Amid Busy Farm Week
Woodstock notes warm, dry spell and thriving gardens as farmers reel from the week. Local families from Arkansas City to Lawrence visit kin. graduates and diplomas loom as Miss Effie Petzie and Abe Louel district seniors prepare to move on. Community events include a Mother and Daughter banquet, baccalaureate services at McLouth High, and several weekend visits across town. Fire in a car near Hebron district is contained with quick family action.
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John Calnon
Agnes Nowak
Arkansas City
Effie Petzie
Woodstock
Abe Louel
Andrall
Arthur Ward
McLouth Rural High School
Catherine Droke
Business College
I Lawrence
Iran
Lawrence
Ale
Harry Ellman
Ed Davison
Achatth
Ben
Topeka
Walter Means
M. L. Rogers
Howard Williams
Bettie May
Mildred
Harry Willis
Emporia
Frank Champion
Smnith -Brown
Patterson
Rock Creek
John Philips
Conn
Frank Black
John Harley
Robert Davison
Dean Brown
McLouth
Glock
Matt, Black
Jim Burnam
Gaston
Hebron
Burnam
May Brown
Rurie Champion
Soni
Sill White
Genieve. Davison
Law
McLouth Community News Highlights and Obituaries
Residents visit families across McLouth and nearby towns as cemetery decoration and planting work continue. The McLouth school leads county points, Catherine Droke returns from Topeka, and Helen Crocker of Lawrence is remembered. Funeral notices follow for Mrs. Crocker with prayers for the family.
Parochial School Graduate Miss Catherine Fanning Appears
Miss Catherine Fanning of Holy Family Catholic Church in Eudora took a place on the parish hill program Monday evening as a graduate. Mrs Joe Strobel and Mrs Leslie Kindred attended the W Y T club gathering at Mrs James McCabria home in the afternoon. Leslie Kindred and Mrs Joe Strobel joined the Rebekah lodge No 4 degree staff benefit dance at the F A U hall in Lawrence Monday evening. Mrs Joe Strobel of Weaver spent Friday with her parents Mr and Mrs Gus Koeller and Mr and Mrs Roy Kurtz and Padora on Tuesday.
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Catherine Fanning
the Holy Family Catholic
Eudora
Parish Hill
Miss Faning
Joe Strobel
Leslie Kindred
James McCabria
Snd
Rebekah Lodge
Social calls and gatherings in Eudora and surrounding towns
Local residents visited relatives and entertained guests over the weekend in Eudora and nearby communities. Notable names include the Neis, Edelbrock, Abels, Abel, Martin Breithaupt families, and Miss Mindie. In Kansas City, U S Epperson, 65, founder of Epperson Underwriting, died, a prominent figure in reciprocal insurance.
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Hesper
Mindie
Grandma Kurtz
Martin Breithaupt
Irene
Clearfield
Pete Edelbrock
Frank Neis
Pete Neis Sr
Eudora
Walter
Herbert
Earl Neis
H. Bartmelow
Independent
F. Neis
Roy Combest
Christine
Norman
Avrence
Martin Abel
June Louise
Belleview
Otto Abels
Wm. Edelbrock
Billie Bob
Flundora
Peta Edelbrock
Minnie
Annetta ‘Abels
Fred Neis Sr
Ben Neis
Ruth
Marlin Abels
Bellaview
Aes
Kansas City
U. S
Epperson
US 5
Epperson Underwriting Corpany
Flower Club Wyli' Meet In Topeka Area Anecdotes
Died at home today after long illness. Lawrence Flower Club to meet Monday at 946 East Nineteenth Street hosted by Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Brown. Topeka Flower Club will provide entertainment. Card of Thanks from James Steele family for kindness and floral offerings during the illness and death of their baby sister. Hildman notes mosquitoes and fleas do not bite red-haired people.
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Flower Club
Lawrence Flower Club
G. F. Brown
Topeka Flower Club
James Steele
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Dutch) Lonborg
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Ilinois
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Portmouth
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Texas
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Rhiel
Crackers
Atlanta
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Broklyn Robins
Billy Rhiel
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Southern Association
Keystone
Szreenville South Atlantic
Paris
France
Percy Boomer
St. Cloud Country
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O Thei
Big Buzzard
K. U
University
Kansas ‘University I
Journal-World
Rankin’s Drug Store
Rence
Charley Means of McLouth
Dan Petrie
George Williamson
Edith Scotti
Harry
Atchison
Cap
Ton
Oskaloosa
Opal Wellman
Scofield
Clara Champion
Aaron Graham
Jack Helen
Will Nowak
Tommiie Howdld
M .L. Rogers
Kuty Williams
Ona
Wellman
Ayes Nowak
OTR Aer
Perry
Helen
Grocker
Frank Walters
Jay, Perry
Mase
Palm Beach
Field
Hig
Che Pater Changs
Flynn
Sockam Jack Hoxie
Raymond Griffith
Dorothy Gish
Will Rogers
O'Boy
Comedy News
Fables
Riddle Rider
Zane Grey
Lawrence National Bank
Lawrence, Sanbas
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