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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1937
Page
14
A Chicago report notes the national rules committee formally removed the center jump from basketball except at period starts. The change, adopted for a one year trial, shifts ball inbounds to the team last scoring, aims to curb tall players’ dominance, and affects three second rule discussions.
Salina Kan March 18 Eight teams victorious in first round games will resume tonight in the state class B high school basketball tournament with winners advancing to semi final rounds. Bees Upper bracket Plains versus Gem Cullison versus Downs at 8 pm Lower bracket Sacred Heart Salina versus Winchester Morill versus Inman at 9 and 10 pm Sacred Heart favored to repeat after last year’s crown. Plains eliminated Frontenac 48 to 14 Gem edged Buhler 31 to 30 Cullinan rallied to beat Argenta 25 to 21 Morrill edged Oxford 24 to 23 Winchester knocked off Hamilton 82 to 23 Inman defeated Jamestown 86 to 23 Downs beat Stanley 23 to 21.
An Associated Press report notes Cambridge wins the annual boat race in record time of 18 03 securing a tenth straight victory. It mentions past results including Forbra's 50 to 1 win at Aintrees five years earlier.
Baseball notes from Florida and California on March 18. Philadelphia opens with four rookies Corbett Young Scharein Martin in the lineup against Boston Bees. Cardinals face Giants with Lon Warnecke Ira Smith and Bill McGee selected. Schoolboy Rowe shuts out rookies on mound for Tigers. Floyd Young fights to hold second base for Pirates. Seven White Sox pitchers expected for opening day led by Lyons Kennedy Brown Whitehead Stratton Dietrich and Lee. Lefty Gomez shows curve as Yankees vie for rotation.
Eight teams tip off in the national AAU tournament quarterfinals, with Long Island University facing Denver Safeway at 7 p.m. mountain time. Denver K. C. Life meets Kansas City Trails, Hollywood Stars face Colorado Springs Antlers, and Bartlesville Oilers duel Oakland Golden State. Western teams lead, with Bartlesville as strong favorite. results from round three show high-scoring wins for Denver Safeway and others.
Glenn Cunningham clocked 4 minutes 8.7 seconds to win the Columbian mile at Knights of Columbus games. Rival Archie San Romani was 4:08.9, Beccali 4:09.0. Cunningham plans four more races in two weeks while praising San Romani and outlining a spring schedule including Indianapolis, Spokane, Seattle, and Portland events.
In Daytona Beach and nearby spring camps, stars and rumors swirl. Dizzy Dean’s future and a rumored $100,000 stash surface while Lou Gehrig’s status looms. Joe Gordon, rookie infielder, drives Yankee talk as Lefty Gomez sharpens his curve and Joe DiMaggio’s travel plans spark refusals.
Manager Frank Frisch says the club may return, praising the camp as the best yet. Cardinals boast seven fast hitters including Peper Martin Owen Gutteridge Bordagaray Padgett as they prepare to face rivals. Rumors swirl over who hit a key homer and a misread signal that created headlines, while fan turnout reached 38,200 on a disagreeable opening day. Dominic Dallesandro could become the Red Sox’s shortest outfielder at five feet four inches if he makes the grade.
Eight teams moved into the state Class A second round after an upset filled day. Eureka, a Flint Hill region town, toppled Wyandotte 25 to 19, while Pittsburg edged Manhattan 33 to 32 in two overtimes. Emporia beat Norton 32 to 22 and Topeka defeated Beloit 42 to 26 as second round pairings set for tonight.
Eudora hosts the fifteenth annual grade school basketball tourney at Eudora High School with two morning games, three in the afternoon, and semifinals and finals at night. Nine teams entered from rural and town schools, including Turner Linwood Holliday Eudora Lecompton Baldwin Hesner Blue Mound and Catholic Parochial. Clifford Olander Eudora High coach serves as tournament director and referee.
About 100 to 150 Wellington high school students held a morning protest in Wellington Kansas to urge a renewal of basketball coach Dan Emrich contract. Superintendent Claude Kissick said students arrived late to class and sought a conference, while Board President George Slothower attributed the strike to the Monday decision not to renew Emrich. Emrich, a former Washburn star, led a winless Ark Valley team this season and teaches physical education.
The Douglas County Sportsmen's Club will meet Monday at 7 30 p.m. in the Chamber of Commerce rooms Wren building. Lawrence visitor C W Hibbard will speak on the recent American Wildlife conference. Officers will be elected and a year in review presented. President Carl Rutter Vice President Harry Gregg and Secretary Treasurer Fred Kahn lead a 100 plus member group active in conservation and distributing over a ton of grain to quail and other birds.
In the county, a conservation club aided by state and government efforts liberated 1100 quail last fall and salvaged thousands of game fish from drying sloughs and ponds. Two ponds are open to members for fishing, with two more to open next year, and a government shipment of 21 cans of fish arrived last fall as a preview to a due spring shipment. The club plans an exhibit at the
San Diego Cal Mar 18 CPI It s not what you aim at but what you kit Judge Phil Smith told Herman L Wilts fining him 25 because while rabbit hunting Wilts said he shot at a rabbit and bit a duck. Journal-World Classified Page readers and get results Ad
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