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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1937
Page
8
Reports persisted that Arthur Dutch Lonborg Northwestern basketball coach would become Kansas University's athletic director. Regents denied action while Chicago reports said Lonborg favored. regents planned another meeting within a week to decide.
In ten days an appointment would confirm Lonborg returning to his alma mater where he starred in basketball, football and baseball before graduating in 1921. Ralph O Neil, Topeka attorney and board of regents chair, unavailable for comment last night but Drew Mec Laughlin said no action was taken. Northwestern offered Lonborg a long term basketball coach contract to retain his services. Lonborg came to Northwestern from Washburn College Topeka where he coached four years, winning two conference titles and one national AAU championship, with a 58 game tally of 49 losses. He succeeded Maury Kent and helped lift Northwestern from a tail end to third in the Big Ten in his first season. Over 10 years his teams won two conference titles, and in 1931 the Wildcats were undisputed with 11 wins 1 defeat. In 1933 they tied Ohio State with 10 2 and 2. His Northwestern record stands at 119 wins 61 losses 75 and 45 in conference play.
In Salina Kansas on March 17 the state Class B basketball tournament opens with 16 teams. First round matches include Frontenac versus Plains and Oxford against Morrill with four games in the afternoon and four at night. Defending champ Pretty Prairie is out, favorites include Sacred Heart Salina Morrill Oxford Gem and Frontenac.
The report notes 10-xdorne Henle, world and Olympic figure skating champion, announcing a career turn. It recalls Glenn Cunningham setting a 4:08.4 indoor mile record at Knights of Columbus games. Lester Stoefen winning a national indoor tennis title. and Osala Salem of Drake replacing Burt Ingwersen as Iowa football coach. The rest mentions classified ads and an ad-taker service with a phone contact.
Aintree race, Friday after noon, is described as fantastical and dippy with legends of its origin by Liver pool publicans in 1839 and a possible centenary in 1887. The course features many fences hedges and creeks. Thousands of spectators and bookmakers anticipate horse and rider tumbles over four miles and 30 jumps.
Clearwater Florida March 17 Brooklyn Dodgers recruit Percy Beard former world record holder and Florida track coach to teach base running technique. Manager Burleigh Grimes aims for a dramatic improvement with John T. Winsett among the pupils as the team seeks faster, smarter baserunning.
Sixteen teams from coast to coast opened the third round of the National AAU basketball tournament with no major upsets and several close finishes. Top favorites included Oakland Golden State, Denver K C Life, Bartlesville Oilers, and Penn Athletic Club among others. Results featured low scores and tight finishes, with notable games including Denver Life 73 Arkansas State Teachers 34 and Lincoln Woodmen 36 St Louis Foods 35.
Sixteen Kansas high school basketball teams begin state interscholastic tournament play in Topeka with Newton and Chanute as strong favorites. Opening round matchups include Newton vs Dodge City at 1:15 pm and Chanute vs Leavenworth at 4:15 pm, with other pairings listed for upper and lower brackets. A Journal-World ad promotes using classifieds to turn extra items into cash.
Kansas sports chatter swirls as word spreads that Northwestern’s Dutch Lonborg may become athletic director at KU. Locals debate timing and impact while Glenn Cunningham and Archie San Romani loom in the Madison Square Garden mile, with talk of a Kansas Relays showdown. The center jump debate and faster play also fuel fans and coaches as the Classified Way closes.
In Orlando and other sites, spring baseball notes report the New York Giants pleased with a thicker cover ball after a late exhibition against the Bees, despite an 8-6 loss. Mel Ott homered as Boston connected for 11 hits and two own runs.
AP reports yesterday’s exhibition baseball results in Daytona Beach St Petersburg and New Orleans. New York beat St. Louis 5 to 2 in Florida while New York lost 8 to 6 to CN Boston. In New Orleans Cleveland A defeated New Orleans SA 14 to 3 after eight innings.
Daytona Beach report notes Pepper Martin and teammates entertaining locals in a lively spring training scene. The piece highlights Pepper’s railroad headline arrival from Oklahoma, Gang performances by guitarists and harmonies, and the presence of players like Dizzy, Bordagaray, Ryba, and Moore. It also covers Roosevelt’s tarpon invitation, golf practice by Harry Cooper and Jimmy Thomson, and coaching shifts at Alabama as Harold Drew adjusts to major graduations.
Kansas State College released a revised golf schedule announced by Athletic Director M F Ahearn. The slate lists matches on April 3 at Kirksville and Manhattan, April 17 at Kirksville, a 30 April 17 event, Nebraska and Kansas at Manhattan, May 6 Nebraska at Lincoln, May 19 Kansas at Lawrence, May 21 22 conference tournament at Lincoln.
New York on March 17 saw ten visually impaired bowlers compete under coaches Jel Wood and Carl Stutman. Otto Foelsch, 60, a former Coast Artillery recruit blinded by a 1905 kick, led with 196 in the final game after 160 and 116. Team Lighthouse Blue totaled 1,742 across 510 576 666.
New York March 17 UP Cunningham dismisses retirement rumors as a lall. He aims for a fifth straight mile win at the Knights of Columbus meet in Madison Square Garden tonight, predicts a 4 10 mile, and says he will run beyond this season. Opponents include Archie San Romani Beccali and Gene Venzke as the top mile field gathers.
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