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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1916
Page
2
Official entries announced for the thirteen annual state high school interscholastic meet at Lawrence with 179 athletes from Kansas and neighboring states. Haskell trustees announce Kennedy to leave the coaching post and a search for a successor begins as spring practice continues.
A fragment lists individuals likely as candidates or speakers: Francile, Willard Cood, John Haynes, Leo Kelley, Scranton Raymond Plyley, Evan McKinney, Winchester John S. Curry. No dates or locations beyond Scranton.
A rough summary notes Wichita teams winning streaks and the Denver series as strong. It mentions pitchers improving, light baseball weather, Missouri Valley postings, and Kansas State Agricultural and Kansas University rivalries. The piece references upcoming games at Lawrence and Topeka, with focus on strength comparisons between Kansas University and Missouri University.
Thirteen players were taken on a three day trip by Coach McCarty to Manhattan and St. Marys for the Sk. UL Inseball squad. The lineup includes Halleck Craig, Unde pende e Smee, Wakeener, mith, Mankato and Constant J, Lawrener, pitelers L. West and Smith Center, catelers Charles Alten JUL, short stop V Larion, third base ao n Wardell, Frank Chinery, Joplin Mo, W. Westmery, and Marvin Taylor of Moran, outfielders.
Pure ice cream and fruit ices advertised with phone number 182 Wiedemann's. Entered in a Missouri Valley high school tennis tournament with entries from Topeka Baldwin Kansas City Kansas Chase County Olathe and Washington high schools. Tournament set for Friday and Saturday in Lawrence amid reflections on adversity and prosperity.
Notable Kansas editors and journalism students gathered at Myers Hall for Newspaper Week. Guests included Frank MacLennan and Joseph Borden among many others, with talks urging students to enter the country newspaper field and citing local papers and printers clubs from Emporia to Osborne.
A retinue of social events and campus notices fills the day as Missionary Society gatherings unfold while student council election campaigns appear in the advertising cards. Visitors from Chanute, Nashville, and California mingle at homes on Rhode Island and Vermont streets, sharing chats and confections, before engineers’ safety talks and Kansas normal school tours.
George Strother of the Aggie printing department leads coverage of campus press affairs. Kenneth Dodderidge of the Latimer Leader leaves KA to attend meetings. Dodderidge started in newspapers last summer, hiring someone to run his paper. Bill Kercher, ex Topeka Kansas City Journal correspondent and now Well Telephone publicity man, arrives with noted handshake flair. Meg Weaver of Sedgwick Pantagraph gains praise as a pantograph writer and reunites with Clifton Stratton of Topeka Capital. McCollach's Drug Store promotes Anseco West Pocket camera with prices starting at 7:30.
John M Steele of Denver, visiting Lawrence after six years away, says Lawrence is the prettiest town he has seen, noting improved paving and buildings. Steele, now financial editor of the Rocky Mountain News in Denver, arrived today to visit his father Li Steele.
Kansas stationary engineers converge in Pittsburg for the fourth annual convention of the Kansas branch of the National Association of Stationary Engineers. The event features exhibits by manufacturers of engineering supplies and discussions on field standards and improvements.
Haskell opened the third game of the season this afternoon on the hioe grounds. The heavy hitting Haskell team aims to maintain its high percentage as King, a former Carlisle student, is expected to pitch. King previously faced Ottawa, striking out seventeen and allowing only two runs.
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