Two Jayhawkers Place In Trials
Bernard Pocot Frazier and Sal McInerney, Kansas and Missouri Valley stars, qualified for final Olympic tryouts from the Iowa City meet. Frazier set a 4:50.23 Midwest AAU mark in the 46,000 meter run and finished first. McInerney was runner-up in the hop, step and jump and broad jump. Iowa’s Gordon won both broad jump and hop, step and jump records. Cuhel of Iowa broke the world 400-meter hurdles record in 43.4, with Baird running 47.9 in the 400-meter trial. Ray Conger won the 800 and 1500. Other MVC athletes, including Parks, Brunk, Penquite, and Trumble, also placed to earn final tryouts.
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Bernard
Pocot Frazier
University of Kansas
Sal McInerney
Iowa City
Gordon
University of Iowa
Frank Cuhel
George Baird
Cuhel
Ray Conger
Iown
Parks
Drakesprinter
Brunk
Drake
Penquite
Trumble
Nebraska
KU to Olympic Finals Represented by Paxson Cox
University of Kansas will send Cecil Paxson and Tommy Cox to the Olympic wrestling trials in Grand Rapids Michigan July 4 5 and 6 Paxson a two year KU veteran and 125 pound standout is seen as a strong chance to place Cox captain elect and 145 pound grappler is expected to be among the contenders Cox won two letters this season and the pair have trained intensely since graduation in Lawrence to prepare for the trials
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University of Kansas
Grand Rapids
Mich
Cecil Paxson
Jayhawker
Tommy Cox
Paxson
K. U
Missouri Valley
Jarhawker
Lawrence
School'of Business
Jin
Cox
Golf Leaders in National Open Crowder Places Twenty Third
Former Lawrence golfer Valdo W Crowder placed twenty third in the National Open at Chicago with a 306, among over fifty competitors. Bobby Jones and Johnny Farrell tied at 294. Farrell won after beating Jones in extra holes on a soggy course. Forton Smith, Joplin Mo, finished two spots behind Crowder, while Chick Trout of Topeka CC Pro was near the bottom with 319.
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Valdo W. Crowder
Lawrence
University of Kansas
Chicago
Crowder
Bobby Jones
Johnny Farrell
Farrell
Jones
Forton Smith
Joplin
Kansas City
Chick Trout
Topeka
Second Session Opens With Box Factory Union Pacific Clash
The Industrial League second session begins tonight on the Shock diamond north of Lawrence with Box Factory meeting Union Pacific around 6 pm. Session runs to early September. Kansas Electric Power won the first session. Tomorrow Ice Company mine faces Reuter Organ factory. Reuter Organ roster includes B Russell manager FE McKay Warren Albert Floro Gene Snow and others.
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Industrial’ League
Box Factory
Union Pacific
Lawrence
Kansas Electric Power Company
Wile
Ice _company mine
Reuter Orgen
Yee Company
Giz Michaelz
Guy Moon
Lloyd Michael
Harry Bright
Jord White
Lawrence Freese
Lovd Perdue
Ted Gentry
Ed Me
Hntoch
Roy
Johnson
Emmet Seach
Paul Clawson
Milton Beach
Ralph Stillinger
Roy Rucker
Howat Ervin
Joe Raybourn
Wilson Clark
Kenneth Forney
Ralnh Henderson
Frank Nichols
Leslie Welsh
Bert
British star Compston leads Mid-America open with par72
Archie Compston of Britain holds a strategic position after the first 18 holes at Lakewood, two strokes ahead with a 72. Walter Hagen struggles to shed a mental handicap, while Ole B Clark earns medalist honors with a 67 on the 6530 yard course. Johnny Farrell and Gene Sarazen arrive to join the field for 36 holes as Bobby Jones is absent.
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Kansas City
Olympia Fields
Archie
Jompston
Walter
Hagen
Haig
England
Compston
Lakewood
Ole B
Clark
Springfield
Johnny Farrell
New York
Bobby Jones
Gene Sarazen
Obby Jones
Atlanta
Risko Godfrey Bout Scheduled for Wednesday Fight
Cleveland heavyweight George Godfrey and John Risko the Cleveland baker boy are set for a ten round bout in New York. Weather delays pushed the event from Wednesday to Saturday and possibly to Wednesday again at Ebbetts field if promoter Humbert Fugazy clears the weather jinx. Leitzon Team Practice: Liberty Post American Legion baseball to practice at Haskell Wednesday night at 5:30 under coach Howard Bishon.
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New York
George Godfrey
Johnny Risko
Johnny
Humbert J. Fugazy
Jinx
Risko
Godfrey Will
Ebbetts Field
Lezion
Liberty
American’ Legion
Avill
Haskell
Howard Bishon
Comiskey Joke Over Sunglasses and Mattress Bill
A quirky tale from a 1920s era game recounts Charlies A. Comiskey watching a misplay by John Collins, the White Sox outfielder. Collins wore new sun goggles approved by Comiskey, and the owner quipped about adding six to cover a mattress bill, as team manager Kid Gleason stood nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AL Demaree
New York Giants
Charlies A. Comiskey
Chicago
John
Collins
Comiskey
Gleason
Unlikely Baseball Tale From Mulliken Village Tryout
A Mulliken Michigan tryout tale describes Jesse Altenberg guiding a boy in a jam made uniform and straw hat. The amused player debates whether to pitch or play the outfield while the sun’s glare fuels a humorous dilemma about headgear and position.
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Sun
Ac Ee
Jesse
Alten
Bergzup
Michigan
Mulliken
Lansing
Mich
Farrell Bobby Jones Is Defeated by Youthful Star in Playoff
John Farrell, 27, the newly crowned United States Open champion, defeats Bobby Jones in a dramatic 36 hole playoff to claim the Open title and earn a $50,000 prize. The triumvirate of Jones Hagen and Farrell marks a new era for American golf as Hagen and Jones finish strong in the 72 hole event.
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Bobby Jones
Atch
Chicago
Johnny Farrell
United States
America
Trishman
Jones
Hagen
Potsy Clark Visits Lawrence on Short Summer Trip
Potsy Clark former Kansas coach now Butler College athletics director and football baseball head coach visited Lawrence yesterday on a brief business trip. He shook hands with friends before returning to Indianapolis. Clark boasted Butler’s 42 wins in 45 major-sport games and outlined a heavy 1928 football schedule featuring Tufts Purdue Notre Dame Stanford Illinois and others. Also report notes an auto crash near Topeka where six people died and a car was demolished as T. M. Griesa and son Murray returned from a nurserymen meeting in Denver.
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George“Potsy
Clark
University of Kansas
Butler College
Indianapolis
Lawrence
K. U
Pots
Butler
Patsy
Sters
Tufts
Purdue
Notre Dame
Leland Stanford
Illinois
Griesa
Murray
Denver
Cols
To Veka
KU Parties Gather Specimens for Summer Expeditions
Four University of Kansas expeditions will collect fossils, mammals, plants, and reptiles this summer. Prof. H. T. Martin leads five assistants to Goodland for fossil hunting. C. D. Bunker takes five to New Mexico for living specimens. David M. Dele and Jean Finley explore Permian beds in the Elmo deposit. Dr. E. H. Taxlor and Albert Ford study reptiles near Pratt. geology students under Prof. R. C. Moore plan a Grand Canyon tour for rock formation study.
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iGollections
Geimens
Ito
University of Kansas
H. T. Martin
Goodland
New Mexico
Santa Fe
David M. Dele
Jean Finley
Elmo
Harvard
E. H. Taxlor
Albert Ego Lford
Anj
Pratt
Sonai
R. CG. Moore
Grand Cary
Floyd Hockenhull Made Member of Blackfeet Tribe
Floyd L Hockenhull KU 1920 graduate, now Capper staff writer, joined Glacier National Park Blackfeet in a tribal initiation where he was named Chief Eagle Tail Two Guns White Calf. He plans an Alaska Northwest tour before returning to Kansas. the piece also lists scattered baseball scores from National and American leagues and minor associations.
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Glacier National Park
Montana
Floyd L. Hockenhull
University of Kansas
Hockenhull
the Capper
Pacific
Northwest
The
Kansas Farmer
National Park
Redmen
K. U. Grad
Lawrence
Haskell
Tee-Pée
Hockenhall Plas
Alaska
Kansas
Local Social News Highlights From Weekly Visits
Mr and Mrs William Chanay and sons William Jr and Querton spent Wednesday evening at the Ben Kramer residence. Bartle Beithaut called at the Selzer Chanay home Wednesday evening. Mr and Mrs Reuben Weeks visited with their daughter Mrs Henry Roche on Tuesday afternoon. Mrs Glenn Patterson and daughter called on her parents, Mr and Mrs. ...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam Chanay
William, Jr
Querton
Ben Kramer Hore Bartle Béeithaut
Selzer Chanay
Reuben Weeks
Henry Roche
Glenn Patterson
Anil
Community News Hints of Social Visits and Farm Work
Mrs Berg Deay and family visit with Coleman relatives in Belleview. Albert Edler and children spend Sunday with Joe’s family. Helena Hal visits Lorenz Speicher’s home with Mrs Rohe and others call in the afternoon. Werts visit Walter Parsons in Vinland. Rodewalds call on Selzer and Chanay families. Wheat shocking teams work for Selzer and Edler. Mary Fern Rohe visits Chanay home. Saward visits Friday. Farmers Union meet at Prospect schoolhouse attracts many. Breithaupts host birthday gathering with Chanays and Meeder family. Hazel Chanay returns from Lawrence due to health concerns. Local social, farming and neighborly activity noted.
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Berg Deay
Iter
Mark
Coleman Syay
Coleman
Belleview
Albert Edler
Joe
Eudora
Geo
Martha
Helen
Torendy Frank
Leo
Quincy
Ill
Henry Rohe
Iss Jivelyn ‘Werts
Walter ‘Parsons
Vinland
A. Rodewald
Rodewald
Selzer
Henry’ Selzer
John Chanay
Harry Wertz
Howard
William Selzer
Lioyi. Meu
Mark Coleman
William Chanay, Jr
Henry Rohe, Jr
Sarp
Mary Fern Rohe
Lucille
Arvelda
Chanay
Geo. ' Rohe
Charles Saward
Farmers” Union
Pro
Pest
Geo. Rohe
Mary Fern
Albert Edjervand
Roy. Breithaupt
Kansas City
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McInerney
Frazier
Miriam B. Horn
Minneapolis
Minikahda Club
Miriami Burns Horn
Lawrence Athletics
Overbrook
H.D. Hill Motor Company
Rock Island
Belvoir Nine
Woodland Park
Meinerney
Olympia
Town ‘City
Reed
Houston
Alfred E. Smith
James A. Reed
Missouri
Texas
Ed S. Villmoore
Archie Collision
Cleveland
COMMY
Geo. Stallings
Potsy” Clark
Janizen
Floyd Hockenhull, K. A. Grad
Blackfeet
Brooklyn
St. Louls
Cincinnati
Pittshuret
Boston
Detroit
Chicaso
Washington
Philadelphia
St. Louis
American Associatio
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Louisville
Toledo
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Awukee
St. Paul
Postront
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Arein
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Brookly
Pittsburgh
Bostion
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Yori
Fiiladelphia A. Mieen
St. Luis
Lome
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Phicasq
American 1
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Milwaukee
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Ityes Das
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Minneanotis Anti
Columba
Louis. Wilson
Edmund Burns
Strong
Brisco
Barbara Lesnar
Lee ‘Moran
Ricardo Cortez
Bowerlock
Richard
Chance
Joe Black
Florence
Vidor
Colleen Moore
Fern
Ben Kramer
Rielised
Doris Dean
Betty Jean
Philip Meeder
Hazel Chanay
Ruby
Jakeman
Gral Roche
St. Burtel Breithaint
John Charney
Burtel Breithaunt
Lester
Deay
Jand
Osgood
La‘peng Sbieker
Bors
Caro Deay
Romie Deay
Frank Thomas
Miami
Okls
Rent-A-Ford CO
Eldridge Hotel
Kansas City Ladies
East
Pam
Asrew
Harry Vaudeville
Que
Miss Peters
Gossoes
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