Four Ace Milers Sought For Relays At Kansas Relays
Former Jayhawker and rivals look to bring a quartet of distance greats to the Kansas Relays at KU Stadium on April 17 for the 15th annual meet. Glenn Cunningham Luigi Beccali Don Lagh Archie San Romani are expected to headline the mile in a feature race, following heated showdowns in Narco lis winter meets. Beccali the 1932 Olympic 1500 meter champ, competes under AAU auspices. Cunningham has dominated indoor mile events while San Romani has beaten him outdoors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. U
University
Glenn Cunningham
Luigi Beccali
Don Lagh
Archie San Romani
Narlolis
Cunningham
San Romani
Emporia Teachers
Beccali
Tas
Indiana
Strange As It Seems: Route Zero and En derby Ages
A column recounts French convicts building Route Zero in Guiana, noting 40 years of effort with only 14 miles of progress and 24 000 deaths. It also tells of Enderby BC naming after a poem, and a Census 1930 on age reporting plus a teaser about tomorrow’s feature.
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Hall
Hella Highway
French Guiana
Training Camp Briefs Highlight Spring Prep
Morning dispatches from Florida and beyond recap spring training notes across MLB camps. Mickey Cochrane counsels Dizzy Trout as new arms struggle with control. Jack Wilson makes his first 1937 start in the Sox Bees series. Danny MacFayden and Lou Fette pitch for the Bees. Joe Kehel returns for Washington after head injury. Rip Collins shines for the Cubs and Pirates in separate exhibitions. Chuck Dressen enforces a midnight curfew on the Reds amid late hours concerns.
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Sarasota
Fla
Jack Wilson
Sox
Bees
Jon Cronin
Wilson
Los Angeles
Calif
Cubs
Jimmy Dykes
White Sox
Rip Collins
Pirates
Collins
Atlanta Tourney Signals Davis Cup Lineups
Atlanta March 30 Bryan Grant and Bobby Riggs moved toward the second round of the Atlanta invitational with Davis Cup implications. Grant, 26, beat Burts Boulware 6-0 6-2 and faces Vernon Marcum next. Riggs swept Glenn Dudley 6-0 6-8 and meets Mason Courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Bryan Grant
Bobby Riggs
Grant
California
Frank Parker
Don Budge
Burts Boulware
Georgia Tech
Vernon Marcum
Lakeland
Fla
Incomplete historical sports reel with scattered results
Fragmented OCR notes recount past sports moments and scores from baseball and hockey. Entries reference Horton Smith third hole in one, Detroit Red Wings 1950s title, and scattered game results in St. Petersburg, Los Angeles, and Newark, with several garbled names and places.
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Horton Smith
Auguste
Detroit Red Wings
Toronto
Clarence Spears
Glen Thiatethwalto Ax
Wlaconain
McMillin Signs Ten Year Indiana Football Contract
Indiana athletic director F. Z. Clevenger announces A N C McMillin has signed a new ten year contract as head football coach. McMillin, in his third year, joined Indiana in 1984 after coaching at Kansas State college. His Indiana teams have never lost to Purdue and have posted Big Ten first division finishes in two straight seasons. The Hoosiers’ records show 1984 three wins three losses two ties. 1985 four wins three losses one tie. and the following year five wins two losses one tie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Ind
F. Zz. Clevenger
Indiana Eh
McMillin
Indiana
Kansas State College
Crimson
Illinois Star Wilbur Henry Poised for Nine Monograms
Champaign March 30 Wilbur Henry a blond husky on the Illinois baseball squad seems set to become the first University of Illinois athlete since 1920 to win nine major monograms. Henry already holds three Monograms in football and basketball and two in baseball, following a Benton High School career. Burt Ingwersen, now Northwestern assistant football coach, was the last Illini to win nine major monograms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Champaign
Wilbur Henry
University of Illinois
Henry
Tlinois
Burt Ingwersen
Northwestern University
Benton
Ill
Foreign boxers clash at Olympic Auditorium in LA
French giant Andre Lenglet meets Alberto Lovell of Argentina in a fifth round heavyweight bout at the Olympic Auditorium. Lenglet has twice KO'd Phil Brubaker in San Francisco and is favored. Lovell, who won Olympic heavyweight title in 1952, recently scored a four round KO in San Diego. Moose My
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Los Angeles
Mar
Andre Lenglet
France
Alberto Lovell
Olympic Auditorium
Lenglet
Phil Brubaker
San Francisco
Lovell
San Diego
Moose
Sports Roundup by Eddie Brietz
New York, March 30 UPI reports Bellfountain High of Oregon, a 19 male-student small school near Corvallis, rising to state basketball supremacy. Other notes include Cincinnati urged to trade Paul Waner, Horton Smith hot for Augusta, Dodgers thrilling Brooklyn fans, Rogers Hornsby plans color, Willie Ludolph switching to semi pro, Pooley Hubert new coach at Virginia Military, Joe Gould guiding Pittsburgh heavyweight Charles Massera, Pitt tough coaching options, Clark Griffith’s farm system claim, VE SUTREELIMO’s outfielder run, Kentucky derby contenders Billionaire Pompoon Sceneshifter, Earl Sands as trainer, and George Parnassus’ coast flash.
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New York
UPI
Bellfountain High
Corvallis
Ore
Cincinnati
Reds
Paul Waner
Horton Smith
Don Harrison
Pitt
Jock Sutherland
Rooklyn
Dodgers
Rogers Hornaby
Willie Ludolph
Virginia Military
Pooley Hubert
Joe Gould
Charle Massera
Pittsburgh
Sutherland
Veta
Clark Griffith
Charlie Grimm
Phil — Vette
VE Sutreelimo
Kentucky
Brook Fign
Petting & Ballyhoo
Billionaire
Pompoon
Sceneshifter
Earl San Sande
Football practice opens at St Benedicts college
The report notes the grid squad at Atteton Kan begins football practice at St Benedict's College today. It mentions Getto Hutson and other players and references 60 participants reporting for drills as part of the new season setup.
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Atehiton
Kan
Mar
Asprrn
St. Benedict’s Collegal
Braddock in Legal Wrestling Over Schmeling Fight
James J Braddock faces federal court in Newark to explain why he should not be forced to meet Max Schmeling in New York on June 3 before facing Joe Louis in Chicago on June 22 Madison Square Garden holds the whip hand amid a heavyweight dispute Braddock seeks a clearer break and a chance at a fairer outcome while observers in Woodcliff note the champ’s dramatic rise and uncertain future.
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Woodcliff
N. J
James J. Braddock
Hie
Max Schmeling
Hudson
New York
Chicago
Bradjock
Berlin
Braddock
Madison Square Garden
Jimmy
Schmeling
Joe Louis
Newark
New Jersey
Louis
Louia-Braddock
Gould
Jersey
Track Team to Texas Relays with Hargiss Leads Bus
Coach H W Hargiss and twelve Kansas State track team members plan to depart by bus for the Texas Relays in Austin on Saturday. They expect better workouts Thursday and Friday with improved weather conditions.
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Texas
H. W. Hargiss
K. U
Texas Relays
Austin
Valley Grove Easter Week Socials and Farm Bureau Meeting
Mrs Ira Ward and Lawrence attended Easter services in Lawrence. Mr and Mrs Russell Shaw hosted a birthday dinner for Mrs Effie Moore. Attendees included Mrs Della Weibel Lloyd Weibel Reeve Gilbert Topeka and others. District Farm Bureau meeting planned at Memorial Hall Atchison March 29 with luncheon and program speakers. Township committee to meet for business. several families visited Orin Smith, William Rice and Russell Shaw in Oskaloosa.
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Ira Ward
Lawrence
Russell Shaw
Effie Moore
Moore
Della Weibel
Lloyd Weibel
Reeve Gilbert
Lloyd Moore
Josephine Livingston
Topeka
Phyllis Weibel
Wesley Ward
Chester
C. A. Jones
Atchison
District Farm Bureau
Oliver Garner
Arnold Welliver
Norma Grace
Earl Garner
Oskaloosa
Allan Coffman
Tonganoxie
Rachel Markwell
District
Farm Bureau Unit
Farm Bureau
Memorial Hall
Kert Miller
State Home and
Georgiana Smurthwaite
State Home
Dean H. Umberger
C. O. Wolf
State Farm Bureau
Dan Smith
Mia
Fern Branson
Clifford Kincaid
Kansas
Barbers and kin travel for a family medical visit
Mrs Charles Coft Coffman is called to Hunnewell Kansas due to a serious illness. John Head, Mrs Mildred Mackey and a niece accompany her. A Surface and daughter Hells Lee move to Franklin county. Evanstown Wyoming residents Al Blaes and daughters visit. Mark Pierson's family rites at Mark Pierson's home. Richardson of Kansas City visits grandparents.
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Charles, Coft Coffman
Hunnewell
Kan
Stepfaer
John Head
Mildred Mackey
Topeka
Coman
A. A Surface
Hells Lee
Mon- Franklin County
al Blaes
Evanstown
Wyo
Questa
Gregory Wed- Mro
Mra
van Neate
Mark Pierson
Easter Week News From Kanwaka Area
Community activities dominate this Kanwaka page with Easter vacation plans for students, a golden wedding anniversary in Clinton, and family visits in Lawrence. Highlights include gatherings hosted by Mrs. Unger and the Harrells, quilt projects, 4-H club meetings, and local residents moving between Lawrence Chicago and Topeka areas with remarks on farming stocks and shipments.
Easter Program Practice and Local News Notes
Practice is underway for the Easter program Sunday night. Harley Dobson completes a trailer house for a westward trip. Dana Cavender sold livestock at the Mrs. Fannie Cavender farm last Thursday afternoon. Mrs. John Black dies in Pennsylvania. burial at Prospect. Earl Shaffer spent Easter vacation at Black Jack and visited the district school. Grace Hays hosted a Sunday school class dinner with 22 women attending. Vera Bailey and children return to a farm near Clark, South Carolina. A mock broadcast is planned for the Friday evening community meeting. Residents move houses and enroll children in Spring Creek school. Oats sowing delayed by rain and snow flurries. Maurice O’Neil has 30 acres sown. Names and visits to relatives surface across the region as families travel to Topeka, Kansas City, and Los Angeles for gatherings and business. A collision injures two boys, requiring multiple stitches. Local anniversaries and visits from Emporia and other towns are noted. Waverly Rhoades undergoes appendicitis surgery in Kansas City. Everett Whan and James Sickler head to Oregon for lumber mills. Gene and Mrs. Whan stay with relatives. A windmill replacement occurs at the George Smith farm after a prior storm. Easter candies are shared at the school by Eunice Hammond and Barbara Hays.
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Harley Dobson
Dana Cavender
Fannie Cavender
Colorado
John Black
F. E. Kalb
E. D. Knox
Pennsylvania
Prospect
Black
Vera Bailey
Walter Scott
Clark
S. C
Fred Randel
Lyndell Fichlers
Preston House
Orville
Calvin Randel
Spring Creek
Lloyd Drew
California
Royden Allison
Los Angeles
George Smith
Philip McMullen
York
Neb
Kansas City
Pauline Smith
McMullen
Edna Cavender
Antioch School
Maurice O’neil
John Hays
Marian Sheppard
Louise
Paul Brady
Jean
LeLoup
Kathleen Sheppard
Manhattan
Billy Warnock
Billy
Irene
Nora van Tries
Anna van Tries
Maurice O'Neil
Topeka
Ida van Tries
Grace van Tries
Alex Hotchkiss
Hotchkiss
Mary van Tries
James Workman
Emporia
Elizabeth Pearson
Workman
P. W. Jones
Everett Whan
Gene Kalb
Childe Waverly Rhoades
Walter Reeves
Edgerton
James Sickler
Oregon
Lumber
Local residents visit and attend events in Lawrence and Kansas City
Brackett G. R. Schultz of Midland was in the area on business Monday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Kiefer traveled to Kansas City last week. Mrs. Wilson Martin and Mrs. Guy Bigsby visited Lawrence Thursday afternoon and joined Farm Bureau chorus practice. Hostesses for Pleasant Hour club Wednesday afternoon are Mrs. J. McClure and Mrs. E S Hazlett at Mrs. Hazlett’s home with Mrs. Guy Folks and Mrs. Carl Sneegas in charge of the program. Mrs. H C Aliphin and daughter Martha Rose called on friends Monday. Mildred Brown, Brackett’s teacher, hosted an Easter party for her pupil at her Lawence home Saturday afternoon. Several locals attended the Parent-Teachers meeting at Pinckney school in Lawrence that day.
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A. A. Blaes
Evanston
Wyo
Donna Lee
Pabereia
Cherryvale
Blues
J. S. Emmett
Emmett
J. M. Crowder
Topeka
George Bigsby
Guy Bigsby
Don Westheffer
Maxine Mercer
Lawrence
Frank Houk
James Pierson
Fresno
Calif
Mark Pierson
Jennie Adams
Pierson
California
Kanwaka
Jackson
George Dews
Big Springs
Pele
William A. ‘Ymer
Arthur Hird
Kanwaka Discussion Club
E. G. Haverstock
G._R. Schultz
Midland
Eugene Kiefer
Kansas City
Wilson Martin
Farm Bureau Chorus
J. McClure
Hazlett
Pleasant Hour Club
Guy
Folks
Carl S
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Cunningham, Beccali, Lash and
John Hix
Enderby
British Columbia
Jean Ingletow
Lincolnshire
United States Bureau of the Census
Census Bureau
Ays Willard C. Smith
Sis
Prospero
Fls
Mickey Cochrane
Paul
Dizzy) Trout
Trout
St. Louis
Cochrane
Dizzy Dean
Bill McKechnie
Deacon Danny MacFayden
Lou Fette
Orlando
Joe Kehel
Washington
Santa Monica
Pittsburgh Pirates
Seattle
Jim Weaver
Bill Swift
Bucs
Chicago Cubs
Tampa
Cincinnati Reds
Chuck Dressen
Grant and Riggs
Asociated Press
At. Petersburg
Beaton
At. Louis
Ran Bernardince
Cal
Pluburgh
Tox
Ahas Millin
NEW Illinois Star
Eddie Brietz
George Parnassus
Saya
Sho
TOG
Merta
Getto and Hutson
Bérger and Butters
Valley Grove
Jim Pierson
Jennie Adama
Bueceih
Grimes
Grimes S
Brooklyn
Fred Mitchell
Boston
Gers
Prince Albert
Emory Boyd
P.A
R. J. Reynolds Tobaccs Co
Winston-Sales
N.C
IME National Fuoy Smure
Aas Ponte A
P. A
Prince
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