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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1949
Page
8
Topeka and Ottawa lead a five-team field for the fourth annual Haskell Relays at Haskell Stadium on Thursday night April 14. Lawrence Haskell and Highland Park join Topeka and Ottawa in a team scoring format that emphasizes relay style and totals over individual efforts.
Kansas University athletics buzz with spring practice reports and prep school talent. Professors Davis and Quigley monitor sessions while Red Ettinger prepares for pro ball and Moose Monroe eyes Atwood coaching. Kansas Relays guests, Met meets, and a Matty Bell bid color the football scene as rumors of 1952 schedules and Oklahoma A&M contests swirl.
Walter Dropo, a 26 year old right hand hitter with a hamlike grip, is talked as a potential home run threat for the Red Sox if he returns to baseball. The piece notes the All-America Conference headaches for the Yankees and recalls Dropo’s 1947 football baseball contract taste with Larry MacPhail.
Baseball notes from Vero Beach St Petersburg Phoenix Tampa and Burbank report injuries trades and camp results. Eddie Miksis Brooklyn Dodger infielder sidelined five days after a facial fracture in a 9 4 win over St Paul American Association farm hands. Paul Hinrichs Yankee bonus pitcher impressed manager Casey Stengel with five hits allowed in 13 scoreless innings. Hank Behrman Giants debut three hitless innings vs Mexican all stars. Red Lively Reds vs Braves six innings planned as he pursues hot camp form. Whitey Kurowski elbow concerns open job for Ed Kazak at third base for Cardinals. Browns break camp with mixed results in California exhibitions.
Scores from exhibition games show Philadelphia New York Toronto Philadelphia Miami Beach Detroit St Louis Brooklyn St Paul Chicago Pittsburgh New York Mexican All-Stars and Cleveland with varied results across eight to ten innings and night games including Detroit St Louis and San Diego.
Joseph A. Valentine, Oscar-winning cameraman, left the Love Is Big Business set to oppose his wife’s separate maintenance suit. After meeting Superior Judge Joe Raycraft, he called his wife and child, telling them they are coming home, signaling a possible settlement.
Coach Tony Coffin leads about 90 athletes at Haskell Institute as the junior college team opens Friday with a dual meet against Fort Scott at 3. Key performer Merton Moore appears in multiple events while Dennis Christie, Bob Cannon, and Clayton Skenandore headline the juniors in last week’s class meet. Freshmen show promise in weight events and sprints as Coffin targets the April 14 Haskell Relays.
Arizona reports Satchel Paige's early season routine at Missouri Field House with a cautious, light schedule. Paige dresses late, sun breaks, naps on bench, short underhand catching, light batting gaze, then departs saying he will save his feet. He quips about aging and using his head as the miles mount.
University of Missouri facility hosts a concert stage as baseball football and track squads train indoors during bad weather. Johnny Glorioso, a football halfback, shows a solid return to the grid squad and notes the hurdle is tougher to clear than the line.
Bill Bevins, the pitcher sent back to the Yankees, reports shedding nearly 60 pounds over the winter by pushing himself away from a table with both hands. A camp observer notes most big players claim losses of five to 45 pounds. Food prices are also dropping.
Dr. E A Marre of Sedan was elected president of the Chautauqua county fair board at the heads fair group meeting in Sedan Kansas on March 29. Read the Journal World Want Ads for details.
Coach Grant Clothier starts second week of practice with a 25 man squad and only one returning letterman, Orval Craig, a 6 foot 5 inch sophomore who set the Class B discus record last year. Craig will throw shot and javelin this season plus discus. Most of the squad are underclassmen and inexperienced, but spirits are good. First meet is a quadrangular with Linwood Basehor and Easton on Friday. further meets not yet scheduled.
The note outlines events including the Tri County league meet the KU Relays and a proposed quadrangular late in April with the Regional and State meets also on the schedule.
The Rev. George Bernard of Reed City Michigan will speak at the Church of the Nazarene at Nineteenth and Vermont streets this weekend with nightly services at 7 30 from March 30 to April 3. He authored The Old Rug ged Cross named Americas most popular hymn in a nationwide NBC poll. Public invited to meet and hear him. Emporia Catches Up: Emporia Kansas reports election changes as candles in canvas voting booths are replaced by electric lights to reduce fire risk. City Manager Walter Johnson notes the shift.
The next meeting, at 7 p.m. Wednesday March in room 103 of the Standard Life building at Eighth and Vermont in Lawrence, will discuss state research activities. Lt. Col. Arthur BE. Inman will speak. nonmembers with research experience may attend. uniforms are mandatory.
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