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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1925
Page
3
Tan Uk and Halpin led the visitors with scoreless frames as the game opened. Two players managed limited production but the team otherwise stalled early, leaving one side without points in the initial rounds.
A garbled OCR snippet mixes track and field results with scattered team scores. Names, distances, and places blur into unreadable text, but occasional hints reference broad jumps, discus, and a few city teams and leagues, leaving the core outcomes unclear.
Fragmentary OCR notes show the Kansas Aggies competing at a regular Lincoln meet eight days after an event. Mentions Beal in a 221-4 sprint, tied for first, and Parma Pratt among others.
A historical note explains that umpires must not lose sight of the ball and that plays continue with baserunners advancing at their own risk. It discusses erroneous beliefs about dead balls when hit and cites a past ruling where players attempted to make a ball dead by striking the umpire, a practice now deemed irrelevant as to where the ball is hit.
The Universities of Kansas and Missouri played a full day duel at Lawrence Country Club, finishing tied after morning Jayhawks led and Missouri Tigers balanced in the afternoon. Captain John Heary noted Kansas wished to continue to a playoff, but Missouri refused. Team members included Henry areas Ern est Leid and John Robinson for KU, and Henderson Barada Wilkins Parkehn for Missouri.
A fragmentary OCR line references Henry Durnell in connection with a market item on a Friday. The text is incomplete but names an individual and a market context, implying a scheduled event or sale day tied to a Friday.
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