Four Teams In Tourney At L H S Gym Topeka Doped To Win
Four teams Atchison Ottawa Lawrence and Topeka compete in a regional class AA state tournament at Liberty Memorial high school gym Friday and Saturday. First round matchups include Topeka vs Ottawa at 7 30 and Lawrence vs Atchison at 8 45. The event marks Lawrence's final basketball season game with winners advancing toward Topeka and Salina finals.
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Liberty Memorial High School
Atchison
Lawrence
Topeka
Ottawa
Dick Godlove
Ottawa University
Rollie Clarkson
Kansasity
Curious World preview lists top teams in upcoming state finals
The piece notes Olivet leads a 23 game win streak and ranks regional favorites across classes AA A B. It names Newton Winfield Shawnee Mission Wyandotte Ward Salina McPherson Pittsburg Topeka as Class AA contenders and Augusta Rosedale Turner Belleville Norton Lyons Russell Marysville Sacred Heart Anthony Osage City as Class A. Class B frontrunners include Oliver Willis Basehor Edwardsville Alma Jetmore Pretty Prairie St Marys Pittsburg Halstead with finals set for March 25-27 in Salina after a new semi final round next week in Topeka Hutchinson Russell and Eureka.
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Lawrence
Topeka
Salina
Eureka
Russell
Hutchison
Glass
Great Bend
McPherson
Dodge City
Argentine
Leavenworth
Wyandotte
Ward
Olivet
Newton
Winfield
Shawnee Mission
Pittsburg
Augusta
Rosedale
Turner
Belleville
Norton
Lyons
Marysville
Sacred Heart of Salina
Anthony
Osage City
Oliver
Willis
Basehor
Edwardsville
Almena
Jetmore
Pretty Prairie
St. Marys
Halstead
Hutchinson
Ortiz Clears Up Dispute Over Bantamweight Title
Mamuel Ortiz earned the world bantamweight title by stopping challenger Lou Salica in the 11th round of a 15 round bout in Oakland California. Ortiz dominated with body and head blows as Salica faltered, marking Salica’s first KO loss. A crowd of about 7 000 attended, paying $10 328 in gate receipts.
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Oakland
Calif
Mamuel Ortiz
Lou Salica
el Centro
Brooklyn
Ortiz
Salica
Hollywood
New York State Athletic Commission
National Boxing Association
Grogey
Pessimism and quirks mark sports roundup
Detroit Lions coach Gus Dorais asks college coaches to refer players in good condition for pro tryouts. Dutch Warmerdam offers his 15 foot vaulting pole to his old coach, while coaching football at Piedmont high. Les Webber reports abundant quail near his California home, hunting with no dog.
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New York
Gus Dorais
Detroit Lions
Detroit
Dutch Warmerdam
Navy
Henry T. Anderson
Warmerdam
Piedmont
Calif
Dodger
Les Webber
California
Aberrant gym office mix up sparks ration book scene
Alpena Michigan athletics director recounts a strange incident in his office near the school gym during ration book distribution. Two women entered the wrong door, were directed to change rooms, then posed by the X-ray machine, lamenting the ordeal of obtaining ration books.
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R. F. Hastie
Alpena
Mich
North Carolina colleges plan basketball doubleheaders next year
George Washington has been booked into several doubleheaders. Cpl. Bob Freeman reports from Australia that a horse named Auction recently carried 184 pounds to a track record. Jimmy Bivins, Cleveland heavyweight, says he could play a piano solo after a glove solo on Tami Mauriello.
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North Carolina
George Washington
Roscoe Goose
Australia
Bob Freeman
Auction
Jimmy Bivins
Cleveland
Fight Mob
Tami Mauriello
Lou Nova Buys Encino Ranch for Cash Calls It El Cosmic Rancho
Oakland Tribune notes Lou Nova, labeled by some as a dumb oaf, surprised critics by purchasing a six acre Encino ranch with cash. He dubs the property El Cosmic Rancho.
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Art Cohn
Oakland
Calif
Tribune
Lou Nova
Encino
Marines with Rings On Guadalcanal and Beyond
Service Dept Barney Ross led a list of Marines using boxing experience on Guadalcanal. Sonny Boy Walker earned a field promotion from private to second lieutenant for bravery in action. Others included Chief Field Cook Joe Temes who fought featherweights Freddie Miller and Petey Sarron, Jackie Carter, and Lew Hanity who left the Bears to join the Naval Air Corps cadet program in Kansas City.
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Barney Ross
Guadalcanal
Sonny Boy Walker
San Diego
Calif
Joe Temes
Freddie Miller
Petey Sarron
Jackie Carter
The
Marine Engineers
Henry Armstrong
Lew Hanity
Chicago U
Chicago Bears
Naval Air Corps
Kansas City
Boxing recap and sports notes from past decades
The brief recalls past fights and sports events: Jimmy Bivins outpointed Gus Lesnevich in a non title bout in Cleveland a year ago, Ed Madigan’s football coaching contract not renewed three years ago, Max Baer knocking out Tommy Farr in 15 rounds at Madison Square Garden five years ago, and the 1869 patent of the typewriter by C L Sholes.
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Associated Press
Jimmy Bivins
Gus Lesnevich
Sagan
Cleveand
St. Mary’s
First Sacker Crisis Hits New York Giants
The New York Giants face a first base void as Johnny Mize and Hank Leiber retire or be delayed by induction. Babe Barna is the only likely substitute with Babe Young at service, and Mike is expected to report after final medicals in Lakewood. The club will wait on Mike’s physical to decide
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New York
Mar
New York Giants
Giants
Sweet William Terry
Johnny Mize
St. Louis
Cardinals
Hank Leiber
Mel Ott
Mize
Leiber
Babe Young
Young
Arizona
Mike
Lakewood
N. J
Husky Babe Barna
West Virginia University
Class B Court Tourneys Underway in 17 Cities
Topeka March reports the second round in the Kansas elimination series as 17 cities host Class B basketball tournaments. Schools range from Olivet with 12 boys to Wichita East with over a thousand students, as the contests intensify nationwide.
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Topeka
Mar
Kansas
Olivet
Wichita
DiMaggio Eyes Right Eye Back to Duty on Treasure Island
Dominic DiMaggio returned to duty at Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay after five weeks of treatment for blurred vision in his right eye. The Coxswain’s recovery allows him to meet navy requirements and resume play as a Boston Red Sox center fielder.
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Treasure Island
San Francisco Bay
Dominic DiMaggio
Boston Red Sox
Navy
Player Coach Team Doing All Right in K C Event
Kansas City reports Appalachian State joins quarterfinals with player coach Belus Smanley leading the team to a 17-4 in league play and 48 31 win over Simpson and 54 40 over Kansas Wesleyan. The first and second round results highlight Hamline Pepperdine and North Texas State progress with quarterfinal pairings listed.
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K. C
Kansas City
Mar
Appalachian State
Boone
N. C
Appalachian
Belus Smanley
Sour Springs
Army
Smanley
Clyde Cripe
Appalachian Cagers
Air Corps
Ellenboro
Appalachians
Simpson College
Indianola
Kansas Wesleyan
Simpson
Wilbur Stalcup
Maryville
Eastern Oregon College of Education
LaGrande
Hamline University of St. Paul
Pepperdine College of Los Angeles
Hamline
Johnny Norlander
Howie
Schultz
Oklahoma
Ada
Pied Pipers
Pepperdine
Luther College of
Luther College of Decorah, Ir., 43 To 38 and the Californias
Lowey Ruby
Buck Smith
Altho
Cheney
St. Cloud
Minn
State
Cape Girarden
Westmnster
Fulton
Nlc
North Texas State
Denton
Ibonline University
St. Paul
Murray
Pepperdine College
Los Angeles
Cape Girardeau
Teachers VI
Eastern Waashington
Blind Wrestler Faces Big Test at Eastern Tourney
Sampson a Penn blind wrestler enters the 39th Eastern Intercollegiate tournament in Philadelphia with 55 straight scholastic and intercollegiate wins. Fred Barkovitch, 128 pounds, from Overbrook School for the Blind, aims to prove Penn can excel without sight as he grapples with top rivals from nine colleges.
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Sampson
Fred Barkovitch
Bob Allman
Penn
Barkovitch
Overbrook School For
Wilkes-Barre
Kansan Killed in Crash Near Tampa
The bombing base public relations office reports five crew members died when a medium bomber crashed near Tampa Tuesday night during a routine flight. Among the dead is Staff Sergeant Lawrence E. Ferguson of Clay Center Kansas.
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Kansan
Avon Park
Fla
Tampa
Lawrence E. Ferguson
Clay Center
Kan
Screen Actress Crossword Clue Quiz
Puzzle lists clues for horizontal and vertical crossword entries about actors places and letters with many abbreviations and archaic terms. It prompts solving for names such as actors gods and objects while referencing standard crossword conventions and a prior puzzle answer.
Kansas Wildcats Fall as Jayhawks Go Undefeated in Big Six
The University of Kansas basketball team defeated Kansas State to complete an undefeated conference season, become the first Big Six squad since 1936 to do so, and set a conference margin record of 15.89 points per game. The squad's grit and depth, including substitutions by Sparky McSpadden and Ballard, plus injuries and strong defense, highlighted a year Coach Phog Allen hails as a possible greatest.
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University of Kansas
Kansas State
K.U
Mt. Dread
Dr. Allen
Charlie Black
Armand Dixon
Allen
Ray Ebling
Fred Pralle
Milt Allen
Francis Kappelman
Ballard
Black
Sparky McSpadden
Oklahoma
Lawrence
Jack Ballard
Missouri
Max Kissell
Olathe Clippers
Kansas City
Kansans
Great Lakes
Buescher
Dixon
Creighton
Omaha
John Buescher
MecSpadden
McSpadden
Nebraska
Cornhuskers
University Student Hospital
Cr. R. J. Canuteson
Don Carlos Peat
Mt. Oread
Southern California
Benes says democracies have a great mission in new Europe
President Eduard Benés of the Czechoslovak government in exile states on the fifth anniversary of Austria's annexation that democratic Austria and Czechoslovakia must fulfill a great mission in the postwar Europe. He sends the message to the Free Austrian movement which vows to confront Quisling collaborators as traitors to their country.
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London
Eduard Benes
Germany
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Europe
Free Austrian Movement
Laval weighs closing French universities to aid Nazi war effort
The Fighting French radio in Brazzaville quoted Pierre Laval considering shutting down all French universities to send students to Germany for work in wartime industries. U. S. monitors released the broadcast via the Office of War Information amid disorders tied to protests over Laval’s promised 400,000 workers for Germany.
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Brazzaville
Pierre Laval
Germany
U.S
Office of War Information
France
Laval
Moscow
OWT
Geneva
Berlin
Associated Press
London
Marcel Deat
Arbouse
Deat
Indians on Warpath Over Homestead Claim in Kansas
The Potawatomi Indians petitioned a senate committee for 117000 in homestead damages claiming 45000 acres in Linn County were stolen a century ago by border ruffians. Minnie Evans led the presentation with Frank Kirk and Rep. C W Porter field supporting the claim based on treaty documents.
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Topeka
Minnie Vans
Senate
Linn County
Minnie Evans
Frank
Tom-Pee-Saw) Kirk
National Department of Indian Affairs
C. W. Porterfield
R-Talten
U S Welcomes Allies With Multilingual Export Tags
The OWI prints greetings on goods sent to friendly nations in 16 languages. Tags bear the American flag and phrases of goodwill and readiness to aid allies. Additional German and Italian versions are prepared for Axis homeland shipments to show support.
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Washington
Man 1
United States of America
OWI
Sunday Visits and Local News From Lawrence Area Families
Area residents report Sunday visits among Kansas City and Topeka families including Hollingsworth Winkleman Hicks and Meantgomerys. Other items note furloughs promotions Daniel Meinke training in New Orleans and community church potluck plans.
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Mra
Art Hollingsworth
Kansas City
God Atra
Charles Winkleman
Floyd Sherwood
Mroo
Mes
Kenneth Knight
Fi F Edwards
Mro
Tfavis Orrick
Helton Wiltson
Topeka
Tierry Flicks
Kansasy City
Charles Hicks
Harrison
Kaneras City
Henry Shawalter
Clovis
Nom Os
Mayo
Plrr
Showalter
Pvt
White Baird
Fort Brace
Nol
Misa Mary
William Bowers
William Winkleman, Jr
Clearence Ortis
Alt
Metike
Mem
Toarnett
Lawrence
Toe Community Church
William Baird
Thrifty Habit Boosts Daily Journal-World Classified Scan
A reader keeps up with the Journal-World daily by scanning the classified page. The habit helps spot local ads, notices, and small items in a regular routine.
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Journal-World
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