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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1936
Page
12
Lawrence high athletes eye state records at the twenty sixth annual meet in Wichita with hopes for new marks in high and low hurdles high jump and relays. Medley relay team from Lawrence contends after failing to qualify previously while Kansas schools chase records in sprint hurdles jumps and relays.
The piece notes William Cullen Bryant’s early poem Fhanatopsis written at 17, its initial neglect, and posthumous publication. It traces a chain of curiosities from rubber’s discovery by La Condamine to Priestly naming it, McIntosh’s fabric rubberization, Luedersdorf’s stickiness fix, and vulcanization by Goodrich in 1839. It ends with a teaser about tomorrow’s Haiti story and mentions Finnish troops in WWI.
A scratched scoreboard lists Major League leaders: American and National leagues with top batting averages Gehrig Foxx and Gehringer appear among leaders in runs batted in hits and home runs. Pitching leaders include Breeholder and Gumbert with 3 0 records.
Dusty Rhodes, formerly with Boston, has revived his form with the Athletics. He held the Cleveland Indians to three safeties in a 4-0 win, part of a day when Grove beat Detroit and Hubbell shut out the Cubs. DiMaggio piled up doubles as the Yankees beat the Browns, while the Cardinals crushed the Dodgers and the White Sox outlasted the Senators. Kansas aims to sweep Nebraska as Jayhawks depart for Missouri next.
National League saw Pittsburgh 5 Boston 2 and Chicago 0 New York 5 with Cincinnati at Philadelphia postponed due to cold weather. St. Louis 12 Brooklyn 4. American League games included Washington 12 Chicago 13 and New York 6 St Louis 1 with Boston 3 Detroit 1 and Philadelphia 4 Cleveland 0. American Association totals Tolumbus 3 Kansas City 2 Toledo 5 Minneapolis 9. Indianapolis 15 Milwaukee 6 Louisville 3 St Paul 4.
Minneapolis Millers beat Toledo 9-3 as Roy Pfleger subbing for Andy Cohen hit two homers driving in four. St. Paul Saints top Louisville 4-3 with Art Herring five-hits. Columbus Red Birds take series from Kansas City 8-2 behind Morton Cooper five-hitter. Indianapolis 15 Milwaukee 6. Indians steal ten bases tying a record. Pitcher Trout goes deep with a triple a double and a single and steals home.
Lawrence hosts Leavenworth in a Sunday rematch at Holcoms Grove after a 1 0 13 inning win by Leavenworth. Lefty Liell aims to keep his 41 strikeouts, while Murray Dickson counters for Leavenworth. New signings include Rader Edward Kipp and Lloyd McNees with Norman Babcock returning in center field.
Manhattan Kansas May 15 Coach Ward Haylett says Kansas State College can upset Nebraska in the outdoor dual meet at Lincoln, despite Nebraska holding a edge in sprints and several events while K State relies on the 440 yard dash discus and distance events. Key matchups include Pankonin versus Nixon in the 440 and Socolofsky Fanning versus Francis in the discus. Nebraska favored in dashes hurdles broad jump shot put and pole vault. Kansas State aims to win the half mile mile two mile mile relay javelin and high jump.
A year ago the Dodgers bought pitcher George Earnshaw from the Chicago White Sox while Washington traded Walter Stewart to Cleveland for Beleve Bean and the Yankees sold Russ Van Atta to the Cleveland Browns. Three years earlier Francis Schneider of Dallas led national open golf qualifiers with 71 68 139, and five years ago Tommy Loughran defeated Victoria Campolo in a boxing bout at Madison Square Garden.
Toronto Ali Baba defeated Jimmy Parker two straight falls. In St Louis Leo Daniel Boone Sav Boyd County Kentucky defeated Dick Raines by a clear margin. Frank Brown from Houston, Texas posted a 19:10 time in an earlier match. West Coast 1953 context noted.
Bowling scores show SOL posting 784 691 739 with Alien Sia and Lite 434. Tonight's games feature Ishuraeey ws, Allen, and Egiwinity Lie in a compact standings update.
Racing champions and challengers tuned engines for the 500 mile classic as May 30 approaches. Rex Mays and Louis Meyer lead a field testing carburetors and spark plugs while fuel limits of 37.5 gallons for the race and 2.5 gallons for the 25 mile qualifying trial stir debate on speeds. Time trials start 11 AM tomorrow and run until sundown.
New York May 15 round up notes Prof. Casey Stengel prescribes his own plan to rattle the Gas House Gang. Sixto Escobar aims to defend his bantam title against Lou Salica. Joe Marty tops Coast league hitters and Joe Louis rower tales spark Lakewood lore. Gabby Street aids St Paul Saints with pitching know how.
Baltimore crowds gather for the 46th running of the $25,000 Preakness at Pimlico with Bold Venture seeking Derby double. Gov Garner and other dignitaries expected to lead Washington delegation as 40,000 spectators fill the stands for the 5 p.m. post. The field includes Brevity and four other derby rivals, aiming to deny Bold Venture.
The piece notes a broad sports surge as high school and college teams near final conference meets and Olympic tryouts. It highlights dawn bass and crappie fishing at Tonganoxie Lake with ideal conditions, a gift report for Dr James Naismith, and rising stars like Harold Liell and Lloyd Foy at Kansas institutions. It also mentions track records, Ray Ebling transfer chatter, and a name correction for Sam Francis.
More than 100 athletes entered the annual Kansas conference track and field meet under way in Baldwin on May 15. The event brings a large field to compete across multiple disciplines.
Preliminaries finished with 36 of 54 holes played. Allan McCaul of Baker led with 138 while Max Martin also from Baker stood at 143. Other notables included Bob Capler 147 and Hill 148, E Woods 164, Shipsager 165, Moore 166, and W Woods 161 from Ottawa.
UP Pittsburg and Emporia Teachers Colleges dominated prelims in the central conference track meet qualifying 45 of 61 hurdlers. Other events saw no eliminations in the 880 yard, mile, two mile, mile relay, pole vault, or high jump.
A scrambled crossword style list features scattered clues and answers across entries such as Mariner, fur, behold, payable, Greek, qualities of position and other scattered hints. The fragment includes references to ears, vessels, containers, and various wordplay prompts with several numbered entries.
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