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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1922
Page
2
Local Lawrence coverage previews a busy week of football as Kansas teams mix with Army, Grinnell, and Missouri Valley rivals. Reader interest centers on Army at West Point, Haskell versus Pittsburg Normal, and multiple Valley conference matchups across Friday and Saturday.
A list of upcoming college football games features Colorado A&M at Drake on November 11 and Grinnell at Drake, with several dates in October and November. Also noted are Missouri at Columbia, St Louis matchups, Ames, Coe College, Washington, Kansas A&M and other schools visiting St Louis and Des Moines in late fall.
Kansas team prospects for the Army game at West Point are outlined with McLain Black Cave Ivy and Higgins in key roles. Haskell shows Norton from Phoenix Indian School potential as a standout newcomer. Past Grands lodge forms a voting club with 80 members chaired by Stewart and Roberts.
Haskell Indians football team scrimmaged the Kansas freshmen last night as they ready for Dr Weede's Pittsburg Normal in Lawrence Saturday at 2 30. John Levi and Tommie Anderson featured the backfield while half the line remained inexperienced for the home clash on Haskell Field.
The Lawrence Woodland Athletic club opens football season with a Sunday game at Excelsior Springs Missouri. Coach Ewing reports the team in good condition and confident of a win. The lineup includes Stewart captain and fullback Thomas Hughes Conley Whitfield Hughes Scott Buns Munford and substitutes Forsten and Elliot with coaches Ewing and Hughes.
Baseball gossip notes the Cardinals have purchased eight Class D players from western leagues. Frank Snyder has supplanted Casey Stengel as the Giants leading hitter. Catcher Woodall shows strong backstopping and hitting in forty games for the Detroit Tigers. Washington gossip hints at further moves.
Summary of baseball trades and spring training plans including Reb Russell’s shift to utility, Giants rookies headed to Indianapolis for Carman Hill exchange, Cardinals choosing Bradenton for 1923 camp, and home-field success noted for the Forties. Also brief items on college tennis schedules, and a long list of property transfers and conveys in North Lawrence and Baldwin with minor estate details.
Lawrence resident J H Houston of J H Bell Music Co won first prize in a national sales contest among nearly a thousand Westinghouse agents. He earned 1100 in cash a gold watch and a radio set plus top positions for points and first Kansas sale, boosting the Bell company in the dealer race. He is active in civic affairs and a Chamber of Commerce member.
London dispatch reports a Norfolk man cycling through Lincolnshire at night, waking to find his bicycle missing. He learned he had walked two miles in his sleep from Fleet to Holbeach, where the bike was later found where he left it.
The weekly school routine continues with planned meetings for Botany, Bacteriology, Democratic, and Dramatic clubs. Delta Upsilon pledges and an Alpha Kappa Psi pledge are announced. U W CLAL work at Haskell Institute draws support as fourteen University women teach there, with a Christian work class run by Mr. Lindquist. The men's glee club, with thirty five members, plans winter entertainments and a possible statewide tour. Ruth Muskrat’s talk on China and broader Christian movement highlights the hill meeting.
The article notes sweeping social changes in China, including revisions to the present age and reforms. It mentions plans for obtaining funds, a $200,000 loan vote at a Wells Street meeting, and the Fraser Rest project for magazine distribution to women in the region.
Sept 22 report from Tokio states Education Minister selects five medical men to visit American hospitals and medical institutions. Named are Dr KineNosuke Miurs, physician to the Court and professor at Imperial University. Dr SabCifra Hata. Dr Beinenitke Miyaira, Dean. one other listed colleague who accompanied the Japanese delegation to Versailles and a notable research figure.
The article mentions Medical College affiliations with the Imperial University of Kyushu and Kyoto Imperial University, along with R Nagayo of Tokyo Imperial University. Eddie Roush of the Reds is described as a leading hitter and currently twentieth in the league in batting averages.
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