Extra relay added to Big Six meet in Lincoln
Lincoln Neb May 17 AP The Big Six track and field championships will include a 440 yard relay in addition to the mile, bringing four baton teams into action. Records may fall in most events as Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Iowa State and Missouri chase marks. Prelims start Friday with finals Saturday. several stars including Glenn Cunningham and Bart Ward are figures to watch as records fall.
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Neb
D. X. Bible
University of Nebraska
H. J. Huff
Missouri
Lwvnce
Glenn Cunningham
Kansas
Nism
Elwyn Dees
Doug Barham
Oklahoma
Carl Ripper
Iowa State
Clyde Coffman
Heye Parallel
Tus
Nebraska
Joe Knappenberger
Kansas State
Bart Ward
Ken Wessling
Jonn Cooper
Riverside Park set for 15 thousand crowd at spring racing meet
Kansas City May 17 crowd projections expect 15 000 or more at Riverside Park for the 25 day spring meeting led by William P Kyne general manager amid strong wagering purses of 23 200 first week. Thoroughbreds from across the country are arriving with 590 currently stabled as favorites Full Up Sun Thorn The Choctaw Prose and Poetry headline entries
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Kansas City
Riverside Park
William P. Kyne
Mid-West
Sun
Thorn
Pacific Coast
Humphreys Shines as Joplin Tops Hutchinson 5 to 1
Byron Humphreys pitched a three hit game for Joplin to move into the lead in the Western Association with a 5 to 1 victory over the Hutchinson Larks. It was his second straight win and a sign he won’t repeat last season’s 11 straight losses.
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Kansas City
Byron Humphreys
Joplin
Miners
Hutchinson Larks
Humphrey
Brothers Fail in League Springfield May 17
AP reports in the Central League Springfield entry Lon Warneke of the Chicago Cubs and Charley Ruffitte of the New York Yankees are brothers to Warneke and Ruffing who had strong showings but their younger siblings Al Warneke and Heinie Ruffing were released last night by manager Joe Mathes. The piece notes Warneke and Ruffing impressed for major teams while their brothers did not make the grade.
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Springfield
High jumper Barham posts top state mark
Doug Barham of Oklahoma cleared 6 feet 6 1 4 inches last week in a show of high jumping that ranked as the third best in the nation this year. Walter Marty’s 6 feet 9 inches leap on the West Coast and George Spitz’s 6 feet 7 3 4 inches at the Penn relays surpassed Barham’s effort.
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Doug Barham
Oklahoma
Walter Marty
West Coast
George Spitz
Penn
Barham
Tien
Strange As It Seems column on birds and wolves
A John Hix column notes humming birds eat more insects than nectar and that many flower frequenting species carry insects in their digestive tracts. It also mentions Cassiani siblings born in different countries, one sister in Germany, and a wolf that killed western cattle before being hunted by U.S. Biological Survey rangers. Tomorrow: Gigmonds Fren the Sky.
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Altha
Oo Wwarth
Hnatie
U. S. Biological Survey
Moo
Gigmonds
Heart of America Golf Tourny Halfway Leader Tie
Percy Gill of Richmond Missouri and Carey W Ballew Jr of Kansas City share the halfway lead in the Heart of America golf tourney at Milburn with 36 holes. Ralph Redding Kansas City fired a 60 at Hillcrest for 148 total, matching Warren Rippen of St Joseph. Intercollegiate and Big Six scores follow for the 72 hole event.
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Kansas City
Percy Gill
Richmond
Carey W. Ballew
University of Missouri
Gill
Missouri
Ballew
Ralph Redding
Hillcrest Country Club
Warren Rippen
St. Joseph
Indian Hills
Heart of America
Milburn
Claude F. Myers, Jr
Kanoe City
Herman Keiser
Springfack Mo
Frank Alyward
Kansas
Henry Kamler
Art Wangler
Ror Wasmer
Hotl
Dale Maxwell
Columbus
Kan
S. W. Duvall, Jr
Nolan Hatcher
Frank Stalier
Walser Bales
Excelsior Springs
Hudson_ McGuire
Leavenworth
Glen Qatman
Lawrence
Larry Dail
John Keohane
Baldwin
M. R. Smith
Charles Easter
J. Walsh
William Cormany
Bill Rust
Harold Wickham
Frank Weaver
Kansasity
Alumni CCC Washington form Conservation Corps Reserve
AP reports Happy Days publication by Civilian Conservation Corps members announces the creation of a Conservation Corps Reserve limited to former CCC members honorably discharged. The note appears in The Pathfinder and Chelsea Rec fragments include unrelated dialogue snatches.
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CCC Washington
Civilian Conservation Corps
Conservation Corps
CCC
Great rivals Cun ningham and Bonthron set for mile duel
Two renowned milers Glenn Cunningham and Bill Bonthron plan a summer schedule centered on a mile showdown at Princeton. Bonthron eagerly pursued early meets in Milwaukee and England while Cunningham targets Princeton, Los Angeles, Milway, and a summer clash with Lovelock in White City stadium.
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Glenn Cunningham
Bill Bonthron
Princeton
West
Bonthron
Cunningham
Bonihron
Milwaukee
A.A.U
Tiger Bill
England
Oxford
Jack Lovelock
White City
London
Los Angeles
Milway- of
Lovelocks
Records Fall: Mile and Shot Put Shatter Years of Marks
Two of track and field’s toughest records the mile and the shot put have been shattered within a year. Until last summer only Ladoumegue of France had run the mile under 4 10. Since then Cunningham has broken it twice, with Bonthron and Lovelock also in the chase.
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Ladoumegue
France
Cunningham
Bonthron
Lovelock
Louisiana State athlete Torrance sets shot put marks
Three standout performers look to top the season with more strong showings. Torrance of LSU has repeatedly launched the 16 pound shot beyond 55 feet, with a recent 56 feet 3 inch throw that surpasses the existing world record by over three feet. Stanford's John Lyman also figures in the strong throws contingent, suggesting exciting clashes when they compete. Swecker plans a weekend visit as local social notes detail visits and a bloom-filled lilac season at Pan ama with a vintage Studebaker stopping to admire a 50 year old bush planted by Mrs. Phoebe Richardson’s family.
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Torrance
Louisiana State
Stanford
John Lyman
Kanwaka clubs elect officers and hold meetings
Mary Lou Elliott presided as president of the Busy Bee Club at her home with Winifred Haverstock as vice president Lenora Elkin secretary Helen Shaw reporter Mary Elizabeth Topning song teacher and Pearl Houk pianist two members were absent Doris Haverstock read a poem and songs Billie Boy and Moonlight on the Colorado were sung Recreation adjourned refreshments served next meeting set with Pearl Hook May 23 Several other Kanwaka groups met or planned events with talks by Mrs Frank E Jones and activities at Farm Bureau camps and local homes featuring Dr John Strong and other community members through mid May 1926 events in Kanwaka Kansas reflecting club life.
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Busy Bee Club
Mary Lou Elliott
Winifred Haverstock
Lenora Elkin
Helen Shaw
Mary Elizabeth Topning
Pearl Houk
Doris Haverstock
Billie Boy
Colorado
Pearl Hook
Esther Wulfkukle
CWA
Emmett
John Strong
Strong
Florence B. Sherbon
West Ganpus Road
Louis Coghill
Leon Baumann
Fred Ellsworth
Alumni Association
Graduate Magazine
Dr. Strong
California Institute of Technology
Mount Oread
K. U
Dinsmore Alter
Emnett
Sherbon
Esther Wulfkuhle
Ruth Miller
Lawrence
Kansas City
T. R. Richardson
Jane Ether
Ethan Sims
Seymour Gray
New York
Sims
Willis Colman
O'Connor
L. H. Petefish
George Dews
M. C. Elliott
Rena Elliott
W. F. Elkin
George Richards
Kanwaka Farm Bureau
State Lake
Tonganoxie
Farm Bureau
Douglas County
Jefferson and Leavenworth County
Mackey Radio Reports Five Million Dollar Rain Event
Radio fans described a Sunday rainfall totaling about five million dollars in impact. The downpour soaked ground, aided vegetation, and reduced pest numbers such as green bugs, with many washed away and crops expected to flourish. Mr and Mrs Gierzge Stanwix and Mrs G E Schaake of Kaw Valley visited Friday.
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Gierzge Stanwix
G. E. Schaake
Kaw Valley
Community Notes From CAPTAINS CREEK and Surrounding Towns
Sunday dinners and family visits dominate CAPTAINS CREEK life with multiple households hosting relatives from Kansas City Olathe Lawrence and Tonganoxie. Local health updates and a birthday celebration share space with church events Farm Bureau and W C T U activities and a weekend guest list in Belleview and Eudora communities.
Community Notes From Area Families And Events
The column lists local residents and visitors including Primo Miller and grandparents, Mrs. Charley Moore, Mrs. John Breckenshire in Morse for a Thimble Club meeting, and Earl White’s report of eight wolves and about 400 chickens burned at a breeder house. It notes visits by Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Glaser, Emma Breithaupt family, Wellsville shoppers, Paul Hausman from Parsons Kansas, teaching duties in Springfield Missouri, dining with Clarence Hausman, and social calls among Lucille Gabriel, Roy Breithaupt, Eileen, Minnie Hausman, Walter Rodewald, H. N. Edler, Ruth Breithaupt, Ottawa shoppers, and schooling news from Faedora and Baldwin high schools. It mentions Mrs. A. A. Brecheisen, Gideon Breithaupt family, Burtle Breithaupt, near Paola illness, and the death of a nephew in Lawrence in a fatal auto accident. Additional social visits include Hanna Meeder and Mary Breeheisen in Kansas City and Miss Mary Brecheisen visiting from Ton ganoxie.
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Eva
Jena Milburn
Amos Westerhouse, Jr
Henry Caviness
Tonganoxie
Howard Caviness
Betty
Eugene Bevins
Olathe
Elrey Parker
Charles Grady
Grady
Kansas City
Lena Lefmann
Eswin Lefmann
Fred Rudeen
Dake Lefmann
Herbert Price
Lawrence
Fil Kanahe
Philin ‘Gabriel
Gua Gabriel
Ernest Milburn
Ed Milburn
Clint Wade
Albert Finley
Charles Raecher
Ernest Arnett
Sarah Brecheisen
Walter Br Heisen
Philip Leimann
John White
Glenn
Robby Miller
Earl Ott
Belleview
Collins
Mero Collins
Edna Townley
Edgar White
Philip Gabriel
Clarence Hausman
Wesley Deckwa
Delores
Eudora
Frank Broadhurst
William Edelbreck
Little Betty
Prairie Center
Friends Church
William Griffin
Chardson
Howard Miller
Harry Ambler
John Kanzie
Albert Miller
Alanza Ambler
Farm Bureau
Merle Hugene Seiwald
Charley Moore
John Breckenshire
Morse
Thimble Club
Oma Flaherty
Earl White
Ralph Rowling
Cchickens
Raymond Glaser
Jess Glaser
Westphalia
Emma Breithaupt
Clarence Housman
Lucille Gabriel
Wellsville
Paul Hausman
Parsons, Knan
Hausman
Springfield
Wesley Deckwaant
Dolores
Dorothy May
Roy Breithaupt
Eileen
Minnie Hausman
Ottawa
Walter Rodewald
Tonganonia
H. N. Edler
Ruth Breithaupt
Breithaupt
BD. Thoms
Paola
Walter Parsons
Day
Hanna Meeder
Misa Mary Breeheisen
Relatyen
Christina Selzer
W. J. Selzer
Alvin. Durr
Hopkins
John Selzer
Johnny, Jr
Bartle Breithaunt
Clarence Gower
Edgerton
Johnny Selzer
Wilford Se
Ben Hrecheisen
Pleasant
Oak School House
Dorothy Hausman
Sarah Hausman
Fudora
Fudora Hich School
Will Reever
C. Hopkins
Arlene
Moran Day Rogers
Ord
Willis Sheldton
Pat Ryan
Bonner Syrings
Fred Richardson
T Iehildren
Ben Brecheisen
Lloyd Smith
Oliver Neis
George, Jr
Bartle
Minnie Bell Edelbrock
East Eudora
Breithauntie Sturm
Emma Alberta Deckwars
Lefa Mitchelliday
Mary Fern Roche
Wiliam
Otin
Clearfield
George Glaser
Phalia
Tena Breithaunt
F. Schendel
Local Social Roundup From Clearfield Kansas Area
Clearfield and nearby towns feature a busy social scene with visits among Selzer Breithaupt Hausman Reeves Parker and Beaker families. Notables include Ruth Breit haupt studying at Fudora High School and Burns in Edgerton. Rural graduates Mary Fern Roche and William Otin are listed among county seniors.
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