Baseball and football notes from early fall sports
Fullerton prints a mosaic of 1948 pennant talk and upcoming clashes. Yankees and Red Sox chase division fate as Boston hosts September fixtures, while Dodgers' Ralph Branca plans a ten week postseason tour. Yogi Berra jokes about letters and heel remedies as Wake Forest hints at football matchups with Doak Walker shadow. The piece threads plans for hockey camps, a Springfield base outfit, and a nod to Will Rogers Memorial at Neranacake. Robby Jones appears as Telene halfback with Tyre name tie in a quirky era recap.
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New York
Joe
Yankees
Boston
Sox
Dodgers
Ralph Branca
Yogi Berra
DiMaggio
Will Rogers
H Capital
Neranacake
N. T
Morven
Sanford
U. of Chicago
Robby Jones
Telene Halfheck
Robert Tyre
Horace Renegar
Bobby Wea Tyre
Independence Edges Ponca City In K-ODE playoffs
Independence battles Ponca City and Bartlesville in a tense K O 3 playoff setting with Iola taking a 6 1 win at Bartlesville. Steve Kialey pitched four hits as Independence held bar tills ville to one hit per inning while Te am mates hammered in five runs in the second. Stan Miller homered for Bartlesville as Ken Greer of Iola limited the opposition to three other hits. A late nine run burst by Hola colored the action as rain paused the finale.
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Independence
Ponca City
Iola
Bartleeville
Ince
Witning
Bartlesville
Steve Kialey
Yankees
Hola
Barthesville
Stanley Miller
Ken Greer
Smoky Joe Wood Key Player For New York Yanks Pennant Run
Smoky Joe Page stars for the New York Yankees in a 5-2 win over Boston, retiring the tying run in the eighth and closing with four strikeouts. The victory comes as St Louis and Chicago games shift the pennant picture amid late-season action. Pirates, Dodgers, and Braves also figure in the crowded standings with notable punches and feuds in Brooklyn and Flatbush.
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Smoky Joe Wood
New York Yanks
Smoky Joe Page
New York Yankees
Page
Boston
Allie Reynolds
Bobby Doerr
Red Sox
Reynolds
Wildnes
Yanks
Bil Johnson
Vern Stephens
Fier Deerr
Cacy Stengel
Zarilla
Billy Goodman
Bill Wight
Brownies
St. Louie
Chicago
Brooklyn
Bruoks
Glenn Nelson
Selly Hemus
Nippy Jones
Marty Marion
Howie Pollet
Flatbush
Eddie Stanky
Braves
Spirder Jorgensen
Dodgers
Eddie Miksis
Jorgensen
Stanky
Jack Ranta
Joe Hatten
Hatten
Micky Livingston
Kenny Raffensberger
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Giants
Phillies
Playoff shutouts highlight Western Association action
In the Western Association playoffs Nick Huck and Lefty Denny pitched shutouts for St. Joseph 2-0 over Topeka and Joplin 4-0 over Fort Smith. Huck fanned eight, allowed seven hits, and sustained a three-hit Fort Smith game. Lawrence district reports also note 31 boys checking out for football practice under Coaches Sbuver and Duver as prep for the season opener versus Shawnee Mission.
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Associated Press
Nick Huck
Lefty Denny
Huck
St. Joseph
Topeka
Joplin
Fort Smith
John Walsh
Giants
Rickey Rowe
Tte
George Sawyer
Hal Olt
John Pruett
Dick Pahmahmie
Jack Bell
Lawrence Junior High School
Wilbur
Sbuver
Bruce McClure
Four More Players Check Out High School Grid Tags
The Lawrence high school north squad practiced blocking, play execution, and both offense and defense in a session ending with a scrimmage. Coaches noted needed improvements in downfield blocking timing and pass defense, with several players sidelined by injuries as four more boys joined to bring equipment totals to 96: Tom Ryther, Dean Pontius, Clifford Groner, and Jack Wolfe.
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Lawrence High School North
Tom Ryther
Dean Pontius
Clifford Groner
Jack Wolfe
Lawrence man wins coon hunting world title with Roxy
Lloyd Drew of Lawrence owns Roxy a two year old coon dog half greyhound. Roxy placed second in the Kenton Ohio world coonhunting trials earning a prize, plus more than 4100 dollars. Drew, a Douglas County coonhunters member, returned home with the trophy. Ralph Nuttall of Eudora entered a dog that won a heat but did not reach finals.
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Lawrence
Kenton
Ohio
Roxy
Lloyd Drew
New Hampshire Street
Drew
Douglas County Coonhunters Association
Ralph Nuttall
Eudora
Wichita expands rent areas as offices consolidate
Five counties will join the Wichita control office area in a consolidation move. The Wichita office will cover Sedgwick, Barber and parts of Marion county and potentially Russell and other counties, according to office director Laurence Wakeenry. Three people died in a car truck collision on U S highway 50 near there and were identified as Madison Henderson Denise and Albert Willard Williams both of Los Angeles Saranell Perkins.
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Wichita
Reae
Ieane Bend
Sedgwick
Beller
Count Ate
Marion County
Posenly
Russell County
Laurence
Wakeenry Noore
U.S
Madison Henderson
Ms. Denes
Albert Willard Williams
Saranell Perkins
Los Angeles
Golden Grand yields huge payoffs at Grand American trapshoot
Huge sum distributed across nine days at Vandalia Ohio for the Grand American trapshoot. Olimer Webb of Washington DC won with a perfect 100 and earned 5442. Pete Donat of Antwerp and J W Sondelman of Lima shared 5281.25 in first place after a rare perfect tie in the Grand handicap.
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Vandalia
Ohio
Ray FE. Loring
Amateur Trapshooting Association
Olimer Webb
Washington, D.C
Webb
Pete Donat
Antwerp
J. W. Sondelman
Lima
C. Picr
Maytag Washers Shown At Lawrence Hardware Display
Lawrence Hardware to feature new Maytag automatic washers Friday at 724 Massachusetts Street. The Maytag line gains the Stoeiel model while the whitewasher family remains in stock. Three staff members Stultz and Orville Rendail recently completed service training.
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Lawrence Hardware and Home
Massachstreet
Dack Ves
Servic
Komnecently
Stultz
Orville Rendail
Dickens American Notes Published by State Publishing House
The state publishing house of literature released Charles Dickens American Notes. Evening Moscow reports Dickens describes how quickly his illusions about a paradise faded during his travels and observations in the United States.
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Sevilt
Dickens Werk
Moscow
of Literature
Charles Dickens
Evening
Dickens
Middlecoff Aims to Tackle Kan san City Open Tough field
National open champion Dr Cary Middlecoff expects a hard test in the $5000 Kansas City open at Swape Park, with about 70 pros and a host of amateurs in the field. Rain and sloppy conditions trimmed the amateur field, and the event proceeds with rounds and cuts through the weekend as top players including Hawkins Wininger and Stranahan vie for the title.
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Kansas City
Cary Middlecoff
Memphis
Tenn
Middlecoff
Swape Park
Kansas Citions
Fred Hawkins
Antioch
Bo Wininger
Stillwater
Oklo
Frank Stranahan
Toledo
Winninger
Chuck Taylor
Chicago
Jim Ferrier
San Francisco
Dick Metz
Arkansas City
Kaw
Buck White
Greenwood
Miss
Dave Douglas
Newark
Del
Henry Ransom
St. Andrews
Ed Furgol
Royal Oak
Mich
Bill Nary
Los Angeles
Calif
Fort Wayne General Electrics retain semi pro crown
Fort Wayne General Electrics defeated Golden Colorado Coors 5 4 to win a third consecutive national semi pro baseball title in Wichita Kansas. The Indiana club entered the finals with one loss and beat Golden twice after an earlier 5 2 win. Four Fort Wayne runs were unearned in the fourth inning.
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Wichita
Kan
Fort Wayne General Electrics
Indiana
Golden
Colo
Coors
Fort Wayne
Indianana
Jayhawker Squad Drills Against TCU Formations
Jayhawker squad under coach J W Sikes held defensive scrimmage drills against expected TCU formations yesterday afternoon. An offensive scrimmage for reserves followed featuring Fullbacks Vale Mallon and Halfbacks Dean Wells Arnold Stricker and Wade Stinson breaking through the secondary. Injured players Chiff McDonald Bud Sifers Darrell Norris Gene Cox John Idoux and Chet Strehlow did not participate. White fir lumber is non resinous fine textured and odorless when dry.
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J. W. Sikes
Jayhawker
T.C.U
Vale Mallon
Dean Wells
Arnold Stricker
Wade Stinson
Crimson
Chiff McDonald
Bud Sifers
Darrell, Norris
Gene Cox
John Idoux
Chet Strehlow
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Southern Methodiat
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Peahead Walker
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Doak Walker
Jul Tatrageer
Downs Peara City
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George H. Phillips
Wichita University
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Emporia State Colege
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Shawnee Mission
Hichland Park
M—Leavenworth
Thet
JeOittaway
Atchison
Manhattan
Robert Hidecott
Arnee Murray
Debn Wertzberser
Chester Mowder
Rote Buaermll
John Wilson
Terry Malott Kart Church
Dack Hunzicker
Charlies
Met‘ue Sylvester Raeland
Wesley Creamer
Hebert Preston Duane Estes
Merie Schneck
Merie Mitchell
Donald Wilburg
Eugene Fritzel
Frank Ulack
Robert Mason
Alan Bowers
Hilly Payne
Norman Burnett
Eugene Hardtaker
Lee Connell
Leroy Murphy
David Auchard
Donald Neare
Ray Darnell James Shobe Firman
Multis
Coonhunting Trophy
Lawrence Man
Vee Serena Line
Lawrence Hardware
Ft. Wayne
Colorado
Skinner
eveYy
Sam
Aphrey
Hulda
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Plymouth
Alfalfa
Okla
L Loke Smith CO
Magnavox
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BUICK
Carl Otte
Cherles Haince
Pater
Alex Davis
Wert
Noole Vass
Morgan
Mace
Derwood
Pthas
Mase
Pontiac
New Point
NASH
Boyer Motors
Mess
Hank Welsh
Ransdell Motor Service
Maia
DODGE
Buddy Gallagher
Desoto
Oliver Farmquipment
NCEE
Jayhawk Motors
Cadillac
Vermont
Photography
Estes Studio
Phees
Underwood Metal
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