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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1939
Page
6
Don Wilson homered in the ninth inning to lift Nebraska past Kansas 4 to 3 for the Cornhuskers first conference win of the season. Kansas led 3 to 1 before the ninth inning comeback at Lincoln.
The University of Kansas baseball team hosts league leading Missouri in two games here next Monday and Tuesday starting at 3 p.m. per day. Admission for adults is 40 cents and 10 cents for high school and grade school students.
Cliff Brass led off with a single and scored aided by Kappelman and Hensley as Nebraska surged. Kappelman stole second and scored on Hensley s double to left. Holcom and Wilson added runs as Nebraska won while Kansas starter John Burge allowed three hits in three innings before Brass finished with four runs in relief.
Missouri Tigers edge Kansas State 2 to 0 in the first game of a two game Big Six baseball series. Miles pitched a two hitter with 10 strikeouts and Marsden drove in two runs with a ninth inning single. Brock allowed six hits and five strikeouts for Kansas State.
New York May 6 The Giants manager Terry and St Louis Cardinals boss Blades were seen conversing before yesterday's game and each fined ten dollars under National League rules forbidding fraternizing on the field. Terry said he might trade with the Cardinals and Blades said Branch Rickey was in town to discuss a deal. He asked what he should do if another manager tried to talk business first.
George Jacobus president of the National Professional Golfers Association urged lower equipment costs speaking to the Northeastern New York PGA and Mohawk Golf Club members. He argued a top golf ball should sell for 50 cents and a high quality club for no more than $5.
The Boston Red Sox sit atop the American League with a six game winning streak as Hal Trosky drives in a 2-1 Indians win and rookie Woodrow Rich shines in a 4-1 Boston victory over Detroit. In the NL, the Bees occupy first place while Reds, Pirates, Dodgers, and Cardinals win on a busy day. White Sox and Athletics also post wins.
The Big Six meet at Ames May 19 and 20 features standout sophomores from Kansas Iowa State Missouri Oklahoma and Kansas State. Notable performers include Kansas’ Bob Stoland high jump 6 ft 5 12 in and Dick Schnacke 6 ft 5 4 in, Missouri’s Sol Schumitsky 24 ft 4 1 2 in broad jump, Edsel Wibbles Nebraska discus 158.29 in, and Kansas’ Ray Harris a top distance runner.
Results include St Louis and New York tied 5 in the National League while Cincinnati and Boston played to a 5 4 13th inning finish. Brooklyn defeated Chicago, Pittsburgh led Philadelphia, and Cleveland beat New York in the American League. Additional scores include Detroit over Boston and others across leagues with extra innings noted.
The Kansas Jayhawks defeated Washburn 17 14 to 14 in golf while tennis teams tied 8 to 3. Dean Ritchie led golf with 74, Bob Busler 75, Mort Jones 76, Bill Udell 78 as KU prepares for Nebraska in Manhattan Tuesday.
Baldwin high school won the Little Six track meet at Baker University field in Baldwin with 47.5 points. Gardner placed second with 44.14 points. Other scores included Spring Hill 44, Eudora 163, Tonganoxie 11, Wellsville 51. Spring Hill won the medley relay and Gardner captured the 880-yard relay trophy.
Haskell Institute trackmen won 12 events and tied one as they defeated Kansas City Kansas junior college 82 to 14 in a dual meet. Winners included Hill in the 120 yard high hurdles and Wishkeno in the 100 yard dash and 220 yard dash, with Morrison and Tate among others contributing multiple victories. The meet closed Haskell’s track schedule for the season.
Ottawa nosed out College of Emporia 615 6 to 6032 to win the annual Sterling Relays for church related schools. Baker University took third with 455 6 as Bethel and Kansas Wesleyan posted scores, with eight new meet records set at Sterling Kansas.
Milwaukee’s 10 to 9 victory over Toledo marks an 11th win in 12 games for manager Mickey Heath’s club. Trailing 8 1 in the eighth, Milwaukee rallied with eight runs, Heath’s bases loaded homer sealing the outcome in the tenth. The win puts the Brewers one game behind Minneapolis.
Sam Chapman hit for the cycle with a homer triple double and single. Philadelphia defeated Cleveland 10 6. Hal Trosky drove in both Indians runs, adding a double in the 11th for a 2 1 Indians win over New York.
Frontenac captured the mineral league track meet in Pittsburg on May 6 with 5415 points earning four first places. Girard scored 51.2 points, Cherokee 36, Arma 34, Mulberry 29, Weir 19.12, and Minden Mo 13.42 in the standings.
In a pooled major league season opening, Mel Mazzera of the St. Louis Browns leads at .545 after nine games while several others in the American League top .400. in the National League Billy Myers of Cincinnati paces at .425. Also reported are a whiskey warehouse fire in Ford City causing massive losses, a Willard bank robbery of $10,000, and Neodesha High winning the Tri Valley track meet.
The Degree staff of the Rebekah lodge held a school of instruction in Topeka last Friday with an evening dinner. Attendees included Cleo Grimes Dorothy Warmker Elanor Bartz Alma Gerstenberger Mary Mertz Edelbrock Marion Bendelston Jessie Grimes Minnie Gabriel Eva Hartig Leon Walker Bernice Davis and more. Saturday members attended the school of instruction in Leavenworth with Gabriel Mertz Daugherty Davis Coleman Warmker. Mary Harris Mary Richmond spoke as missionary on furlough from India at a W F M S gathering in Eu dora with guests and spring refreshments. The day also noted W I T Y club and Keats club activities plus a mother daughter tea planning and a birthday dinner for Mr. Papenhausen.
The column lists many Kansas City Lawrence and Eudora residents visiting relatives, church group meetings, a PTA session at Eudora grade school, and upcoming school events. It mentions births, graduations, church activities, and local social gatherings with numerous names and places.
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