Lions Open Season With 32 14 Victory at Haskell Stadium
Lawrence High School Lions beat Manhattan Indians 32 to 14 in rain soaked opener. Harley Yoder ran 76 yards for a touchdown and Don Wright Wagstaff Darrell Wright Dick Johnson and Grimes connected on passes and runs to build a 26 7 halftime lead. Final score 32 14 with Lawrence next at Topeka September 30.
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Sports flashbacks from a distant season
Year ago Wyatt Whitlow of the Dodgers stretched his win streak to 10 with a 4-3 game. Major league endurance marked a pitcher’s 100th game. five years prior Howard’s Sarteads set an American track record at Belmont with 2:28.4 for 14% miles. Ten years ago Detroit clinched the AL pennant as the Red Sox shut out the Yanks 5-0.
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Dry Field Desired For Jayhawker Frogs Clash
In Kansas City on Sept 23 cloudy weather with thundershowers tests Ruppert Stadium as Kansas Jayhawkers face Texas Christian University Horned Frogs at 8 30 pm. Coach Dutch Meyer hopes for a dry field for better ball handling and deception in backfield while noting seven starters have not played a college game. The Texans arrive after a drizzly workout and Kansas plans only light warmups before kickoff.
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Indians Win 25 to 6 in 1944 Season Opener
Haskell Indian football team opened the 1944 season with a 25 to 6 victory over Seaman rural high grads in North Topeka. D. Rinner returned the opening kickoff 90 yards for Seaman. Jim Williams connected with C. Sumner for a 10 yard score and Alton Nordwall caught a Downing pass for a second touchdown. Wallace Bemore added a 55 yard run. The Braves visit Atchison Friday night to start their home schedule.
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Kansas High School Football Scores roundup
AP reports Kansas high school football results with multiple games across the state. Notable outcomes include Beloit over Clay Center 21 to 0, Wichita North 7 over Emporia 6, Belleville dominating Clyde 51 to 0, and Coffeyville 52 over Chileses, Okla 0.
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American League Batting Leaders Highlight Johnson and Stirnweiss
A torn list shows John Johnson leading the American League batting with 329 runs and Stirnweiss of New York scoring 116 runs. Stirnweiss also tops hits with 189 and stole 52 bases while Etten of New York drives 20 home runs.
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Baseball and football notes from the wired world
A jumble of sports vignettes from the era covers on field frictions between Browns and Senators rivals, umpire mishaps, coaching quips, and promoter tensions. It also tosses in Baker Field gossip, college ball rule tinkering, Dizzy Trout’s eyewear, a bowling feat of 80 straight spares, and anecdotes about fighters Meninchelli and Louis, plus Marine football plans at Camp Lejeune and a Marshall Islands letter about an outdoor court.
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Steve O Rourke Dies Baseball Scout and Coach
Steve O Rourke, baseball scout and former college athletic coach, died last night of a heart ailment in Denver. He worked as a mid western scout for the Yankees and also for the Detroit Tigers. He coached at Regis College St Marys of Kansas and other schools. Survivors include his widow of Topeka Kansas and two sons in the armed services.
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Eudora Beats Baldwin High 6 to 0 in Season Opener
Eudora high school opened the 1944 football season with a 6 to 0 upset of Baldwin on the winner’s field. The only TD came in the third period as Junior Stadler ran through center for six points. Baldwin failed to mount a scoring bid. Kansas hens produced 146 million eggs in August, 10 million more than 1943, while baby chick production declined to 200,000.
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Detroit Tigers still in front by a game after Boston loss
Detroit edged Boston 8-6 in the second game as relief pitcher Walter Beck saved the nightcap after a 7-4 opener by Dick Wakefield’s grand slam. New York beat Cleveland 7-3 with a 17-hit attack led by Ernie Bonham, keeping pace with Detroit with 10 games left. St Louis fell to Boston 11-2 and Chicago routed the Giants 8-1 in the National League action.
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Manhattan Handicap at Belmont Park features Bolingbroke favored
Bolingbroke the three time past winner leads the 42nd running of the 325000 mile and one half Manhattan handicap at Belmont Park with 125 pounds on the Devil Diver the contender to beat. Also in brief notes Dodds preaches in Chicago and Palfay Cooke shocks in tennis, while Minnesota opens football season against Iowa and Bay Meadows hosts Alamedash handicap.
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Navy Victory Tops Beazley Pitcher In Jammed Furlong Stadium
Test in jammed Furlong stadium saw former Detroit Tiger ace on the mound for the Navy delivering a four hit pitching performance as Navy won 5 0 over Johnny Beazley ex Cardinal who lasted until the seventh inning as teammates swarmed the field after the final out.
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One Last Chance Warns Wallace At Roosevelt Rally
Vice President Henry A. Wallace told a Troy rally that after the war the country will have one more chance to prove democracy works and that free enterprise must improve. He urged a strong liberal party uniting farmers workers and business leaders to block Republican tactics he called harmful to union of labor and industry.
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Tigers sweep doubleheader with Wakefield grand slam
Dick Wakefield hit a grand slam as the Tigers beat Boston 7-4 in the opener. Walter Beck earned his first win of the year and scored the winning run in the second game as Detroit swept the doubleheader. Sig Jakucki and Bob Muncrief pitched for the Browns and A’s in a 4-2 verdict. Oscar Grimes boosted the Yankees with three doubles and a single in a 17-3 win over Cleveland. LeRoy Cowboy was released from Douglas County Jail after four months for assault.
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MERIT AS BASIS FOR UNRRA RELIEF AT U N CONFERENCE
Montreal report says Russians push merit as the criterion for UNRRA aid distribution in Europe. US and British forces report relief steps in Italy and France. Moscow response awaited on Poland territories. Polish Americans seek rail access for supplies but no permission granted. Senate approves two Kansas postmasters Elizabeth Keating and Joseph Trudell.
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