Jayhawker Pencil-Pushers Edge Toward Victory
Kansas forecast a narrow win as Jayhawker Pencil-Pushers aim to secure a 43 42 scoreline tonight. Readying strategies and key plays, the team seeks momentum in a close contest.
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1919
Page
7
Kansas forecast a narrow win as Jayhawker Pencil-Pushers aim to secure a 43 42 scoreline tonight. Readying strategies and key plays, the team seeks momentum in a close contest.
The piece assesses a Kansas-Missouri track dual meet with Kansas racing to overcome handicaps. Haddock anchors sprints while Welty and Rodkey contend in hurdles and high jumps. Missouri favoured for the relay and mile, with Dee Wall leading distance efforts and several unknowns shaping the outcome.
Coach W O Hamilton warns KU’s track squad is below par this season due to limited material. Sixteen KU athletes will compete in Kansas City at Convention Hall while seventeen Missouri runners entered. Eckel, a key two mile hope, is ill with a cold and may cripple KU’s chances as final preparations wrap up.
Old-Never-Say-Die has come back. Jack Britton regains welterweight championship that he lost to Ted Lewis in 1917. Born in 1885 he began boxing in 1905 and fought many champions, never asked for odds. With Lewis defeated, America holds the last major title lineage.
The Brazilian passenger steamer Leopoldina once the Blucher has spent four months steaming in stages from Pernambuco to New York. Frequent repairs follow efforts by the Blucher crew to destroy engines and damage boilers by building fires beneath them during internment by Brazilian authorities.
The high school team beat the KC All Stars by 21 points last night, finishing their season with a win and final score 21 to 2.
Lawrence High School defeated the Kansas City All-Stars 22 to 21 in a tight season finale at home. Endacott opened scoring, with Browning Reeves and Ackerman keying the visitor's late push, but Lawrence retained the lead through the game and finished strong to cap the season before state tournament play in Robinson Gymnasium March 28 and 29.
The Hults team won four straight games from Reatz last night to seize first place in the Elk's seven-back tournament, overtaking Reatz who had led since the season began. Each Hults win came by large margins, 260 215, 262 2 0, and 268 226, with Savin of Reatz also contributing the top scoring.
Speculation swirls over New York Giants leadership after news McGraw becomes large stockholder and vice president. Pat Moran's shift to pitching coach prompts debate on who will manage as Drake relay teams are noted with past performances and upcoming events in Des Moines.
Hults led scoring with 250 points as the Graeber and Hartig teams meet tonight in the tourney. Berger and Edmondson clash in a regularly scheduled ten pin game while KU receives an invitation and awaits Drake Relay bid from Des Moines Iowa authorities.
Rosannah Fairly transfers nominal one acre segment in SW quarter of SE quarter to Ja son operation for 2400 dollars. Public records list a single parcel described as part of the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter. The deed reflects a simple transfer between private parties with a modest value and no additional encumbrances described.
Advertisement recruiting men and women to represent the company in their hometowns. Promises easy profits and large earnings with medicines advertised as prescriptions. Apply if you can earn at least 150 dollars per month extra. write to Laxcarin Products Co, Home Department, Pittsburgh.
Parents unable to tour many schools rely on advertisements and catalogs to evaluate candidates. They write to selected institutions after reviewing the promotional materials for favorable conditions.
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