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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1928
Page
3
Louisville crowds jammed streets for the fifty fourth Kentucky derby as 26 thoroughbreds were listed with Reigh Count likely favored. Owners and trainers expect about 21 horses to start depending on track conditions at Churchill Downs amid mud and shifting odds.
Stable notes list Dodgson Belgrade along with Ladischer Bomivar Kaiser Blackwood Bloomfield Stable Chiavitta as participants in upcoming event. Names indicate horses or handlers in a racing card. Details appear in a compact entry lineup for the Belgrade event.
The Cubs surged to the top of the National League after a dramatic stretch beginning May 5, winning 11 straight games and piling up 56 runs while committing only eight errors. Pat Maidle pitched the Cubs to a shutout over the Braves as Cincinnati fell to Brooklyn 2 to 1, while Chicago beat Boston 21 to 9.
Athletes from 10 universities gathered in Lincoln Nebraska for the preliminary qualifying events of the first annual Missouri Valley track and field meet. Championship finals are scheduled for tomorrow with prospects of standout performances across events.
Tomorrow morning the second annual North league track and field meet will be hosted by Wyandotte with seventeen teams from Lawrence Leavenworth Ottawa and Kansas City Wyandotte Aurelia Argentine and more entered The Red and Black tracksters from Wyandotte are favored based on year records Captain Gatt Allen H Birch Riesenchaste and others head the roster Lawrence high will also compete in tennis entries Adams R Haugh singles and Palmer Lindsay Scott doubles lead the field
Readable parts show junior and senior high faculty and students holding a last volley ball drill in the gym. On Wednesday night L R Perry and William Hasick arranged sides and a contest. The losers paid for the winners' feast as the winning team celebrated.
A battered read piece reports Box Factory over Organ Factory 1 to 1 in a postponed league game. Woodland Park hosted the event yesterday with scattered notes of local schools and athletes competing.
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