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itiy ranked in first place, comes 1o Lincoln with wins Kearney, and Hastings and a 59-43 victory over theearlier in the season, i- ........... ‘/an win would cinch i* • 1lonors in H.C.A.C. play |'|'OICSS10l1Ulie Plainsmen back into iivi-tate oop, tory gers i v e full overrer• h o16-5 Wayne Weber, ame average in state 2S and 17.4 in N-C A.C. Doane may have trou-Farley’s defensive-t on its home floor, leir fifth place rank-braska's eight team Plainsmen have mam-iefensive honors, hoiri-ponents to 36.9 points .* has managed a 41.2 [ the same number ofsoftball loop for the girlsPhilip Wrigley backs new ideatnussen Back, s hopes for a fair the wind-up games of ace were bolstered last ;he return of starting Rasmussen, after a ahscnee. Rasmussen .0 points against Peru ht.:is. Plainsman game ight. will team with sr in the backcourt, irminter and Bill Mil-i down forward posi-hese five alternately-rers, Doane will prob-ogt and Juarez at for-er at center, Leitsch at guards Injured iford Grosscup. who i Weber m sparking will probably see lit—CHICAGO. CPI. Girls' softball was set up Thursday on a recognized professional basis with the formation of a league financed by Philip K. Wrigley, president of the Chicago Cubs, and headed by three trustees—Wrigle^, Branch Rickey, president and general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, and Paul V, Harper, attorney for the Cubs.A statement issued by the trustees declared “the aim of the all-American girls softball league would be t.o follow the recognized professional sports principle of getting the very best obtainable players thruout the country and to stage the game in the best possible manner.”Contain Guarantees.:.a Tail and Ciesccnt get together in a play-: 6:30, with game time sleyan-Doane clash setOM.KOi, SI AN01M.S,1ptsonnfi23723307331) 1Mil)53398.175545104774123.32953S3652733637114132s390323Players would be signed by this non-profit organization for all teams in the league, under personal service contracts similar, the trustees’ statement said, to those now in use by the stage, screen and radio. “They will also contain certain guarantees similar to those enjoyed by members of the actors equitj', the trustees said.Member cities, for the present, will be in the general Chicago area, but national expansion is a possibility later. For smaller communities which were unable to maintain a team of “major league” calibre, the league would propose “to use excess income over ard above expenses in the larger communities to support the proper type of entertainment facilities in the smaller communities,” the trustees declared.ers jolt setting ets, 21-20iolted the Class C city • race Thursday night need past the high fly-i 21 to 20. Biff Deig-s sparked the winners Joaid cop scoring hon-No Games in Wrigley Field. Despite Wrigley’s connection with the group, it was indicated that no games would be played for the present m Wrigley Field, home of the Cubs, and possibly not m Chicago at all.The trustees stressed that the league will encourage formation of teams in communities where there are many war workers The plan would call for local groups to take over the management and business direction of individual teams “Professional women’s softball can and will stand squarely on its own feet,’ the trustees said. Softball is not being offered either in competition with or as a substitute for baseball.”SVT ViJoe Di Mag; .but only at readiniKeogarLast (*1111 rr panrnptrio OSOUTH B death of Gee moved the L of great coa name of No1 among milhc many of wb the famous campus here.Knute Roc P. Nicholson in basketball from athletic sistent cont honors m thlt;RockiRockne wf to arrive on t pus and the player he anc tracted natk Notre Dame ated in beati: Until then IS a school som west.In 1913 P coach and u until his de crash in 193: which played against the available. F: defeated tea 1924, 1929 a won 105 gamNicholiNicholson i in 1928. He nights after stars—Greg ! indoor record had been c Nurmi, famo runner, as T runner the w Keogan, lil a losing seas Suffering f for the last said only a fWarned“They havt fast, never t not to ght e the boys tin we me plav
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Lincoln Nebraska State Journal
Lincoln, Nebraska, US
Fri, Feb 19, 1943
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