Lawrence Cagers Conclude Season at Lawrence High
Lawrence High School basketball closed its season under Coach Melvin Griffin. Captain Ted O’Leary led a team that posted seven wins and four losses in the Northeast Kansas league, with notable wins over Wyandotte and a district run ending in a Winfield state tournament appearance. The squad featured Griffin’s forwards Sample Bernitz and guards Schaake McCanles Lohman and Welch, with O’Leary and Allen among key contributors.
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Cooks plan title defense with Holt and LeCrone
Kansas City reports Forrest DeBernardi says the Cooks will defend their national AAU basketball title next season featuring Vic tor Holt and Roy LeCrone from Oklahoma. Holt led this year’s tourney scoring while LeCrone joined during the tournament as the Cooks beat Minneapolis in hockey to gain second place and a shot at the Duluth Hornets.
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Starcocks Win A.A.U. Basketball Title at Kansas City
The Painters of Kansas City defeated the Kansas City Athletic Club 28 to 25 to capture the national A A U basketball championship in a dramatic late showdown. Gordon DeBernardi LeCrone Petersen Holt and Zeke Burton starred for the Cook team while Vic Holt and DeBernardi fueled the comeback for the Cooks, as Dr James Naismith presided over the center‑jump to start the final game.
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Jayhawk Relays Stars Shine At Illinois Carnival
Two of six Kansas track men scored in Champaign as Sol McInerney won the broad jump with 23 feet 8 3 4 inches and another Kansas runner placed second. The four man relay team failed to medal while Notre Dame’s winner tied the world indoor and outdoor mark in seven and two fifths seconds. The meet drew more than 850 athletes from numerous universities and schools in its eleventh annual carnival.
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Notre Damé
Schaake Named on All State Quintet
Elmer Schaake, a standout Lawrence High athlete, earned a first team guard berth on the all state aggregate selection by coaches and officials at the conclusion of the state tournament. He was the only Lawrence player to win recognition in the tourney as Winfield defeated Topeka for the title.
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Lawrence High School
Shiake
Winfield
Schaake
Lawrence
Winfield High
Cochran
Topeka
R. Boyd
Fairbank
Lo Eo
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Claunch
Wyandotte
Fourwards
Skradski
Sidwell
Officer
Salina
Finals Set for Intramural Basketball Titles at University
Finals of the university intramural basketball tournament are scheduled for Thursday and Friday to close the season that began after the Christmas vacation. Phi Kappa Alpha and Delta Chi won their divisions and will face off against Delta Sigma Pi, winner of a three way playoff, with the victors meeting to advance toward the finals.
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Phi Kappa Alpha
Delta Chi
Merron
Delta Sigma Pi
Rajan says McGraw not involved in trade with Hornsby
Al Demaree interviews Rajan about the Yankees era swap rumors. He and McGraw were close friends in baseball and Rajan says the deal surprised him, noting McGraw had no hand in it. Hornsby admired for hitting but lacked golf interest, while pro Jack Burgess hints at using Rajah’s timing for football-like toe-ball Swink.
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New York Giants
Hornsby
St. Petersburg
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Webles
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Burgess
Braves
Elks Bowlers Stay Undefeated by Defeating King of Columbus
Elks bowling team extended their perfect season with a 2575 to 2528 win over King of Columbus in Kansas City bound nationals. Notable scores include Edmondson 402 and Funk 522 for the Elks while Timmerman 472 and Hanipigan 516 for KOC. New team shirts feature white silk with purple elk head emblem and 395 on pocket.
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Winfield Advances In Tough Playoff Run
Winfield defeated Lawrence in a tight second round battle and then held Wyandotte to reach the semifinals. Earlier meetings with Lawrence last year add depth to the regional thriller as Winfield presses toward the final.
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Topeka
Wi ‘Lison
Schmidt Sidwell
Cochrur Fink
Toliis
All America basketball picks announced by Kansas City Journal Post
The Kansas City Journal Post names 1928 All-America selections with Albert Petersen of K L basketball at forward and captain, Fred Ford at forward, Vic Holtall center, and guards Bob Mosby and George Starbuck. Second team includes Gale Gordon Eddie Hogue Buck Weaver and Roy LeCrone. Also notes high bowling marks for the American bowling congress tournament in Kansas City.
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Valley Pilot
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K. U
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Hawker
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Sterling Milks
Roy LeCrone
Cook Painters
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Kansas City
Pennsylvania Bears 3 Memorials Abroad to Troops of State
Three World War memorials honoring Pennsylvania troops will be dedicated May 29 and 30 in France. The monuments, funded by a 300000 appropriation, include a colonnade and drinking fountain at Varennes, a bridge for the Twenty eighth Division at Vesle river, and a fountain at Nantillois for the Eightieth Division. Two additional memorials to other units await the National Battle Monuments Commission’s approval for sites elsewhere. A Keystone State veterans pilgrimage, led by Maj. Gen. William G. Price, will accompany the dedication.
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My Maryland at Bowersock Theatre Opens Soon
The Shubert company presents the patriotic operetta My Maryland starring Doroth Donnelly and Sigmund Romberg. The production, touted as a national act with strong American themes, will tour with multiple companies after praising Philadelphia successes.
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Shubert
Local Roster of Visits and Dinners in Buck Creek Community
The Buck Creek area records a flurry of social visits and dinners. Families including McKinzie, Brown, Hatcher, Lamb, Schalbar, and Underwood hosted and visited neighbors in Lawrence, Worden, Topeka, and Richland venues, with Sundays and Mondays noted for gatherings.
McCoy's Tablets Promoted For Weight Gain
An advertisement urges men and women who are underweight to gain health and strength with McCoy's Tablets. It claims a woman gained 17 pounds in five weeks and offers an ironclad guarantee. The ad notes refunds if no at least five pounds gained with visible health improvement and instructs to ask for McCoy's Tablets at local drugstores.
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America
Auto crash injures Rufus Mckinzie travel to Deliv er Colo
Report notes Rufus I McKinzie traveling overland from home to Deliver Colorado was seriously injured in an auto crash near Shinewell. Relatives and neighbors, including Hatcher and Mrs Russell Hatcher, gathered nearby as details emerged. Also mentions Olive Brown dining with the Hatcher family and a note about Geneva and ten Irish girls joining the League of Nations staff, with English women in many roles.
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