The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-03

Athletic club, Liyermore, Cal.
Walter johnson, pitching ACE" o.
the Washington American league base
ball club, left his farm near Coffey-
vile, Kan, today for Tampa, Fla
where he will start his spring training
st. Louis may lose the national Soc
Ger championship contest on account
of the high rental asked for the park
in which it is staged.
Another basketball team has gone
wild. The Leavenworth An-Stars. a
quintet composed of former high
! school players, has challenged any ag-
gregation of basketeers in Leaven-
worth county to game.
The cold wave cut down the amount
of baseball talk in Atchison. 1t even
affected the ''stove league
The Haskell institute five will play
urday night, when it meets Hays Nor
NAL. A close contest should ensue.
Lawrence high school closed a
| strenuous series of practices last night
| in preparation for its two games this
| week. 1t meets Manhattan tonight at
Lawrence. The Lawrence five de-
/ feated the Manhattan quintet by a
test at Manhattan. 1t will play To-
peka here Saturday night.
The question of which high school
basketball team is the strongest in
southeast Kansas will be decided Sat
| urday night when Fort Scott meets
| Chanute at Chanute. Both teams won
from Parsons by comparativs scores.
Inman and Mcpherson high schools
will play a post-season basketball con-
| test tonight at Mcpherson. McPher-
son easily disposed of Inman in the
| y .1TDl
man is one of the strongest high
school fives in the county.
The annual Rice county high school
/ track meet will be held at Sterling
| again this year. The date for the af-
fair has not been selected.
The annual western Kansas basket
| ball tournament will be held tonight
and Saturday at Scott City. The teams
that have entered the tournament are:
Goodland, Tribune. Cove. Sharon
Springs, Dighton, Utica, Oakley, CHM
AKRON. Arnold, Russell Springs John
son, Winona, Gem and Scott City.
The city high school basketball
championship of Kansas City, Mo-.
will be decided tonight. Northeast
plays Manual and Central meets West
port Northeast can win the pennant
by defeating Manual.
The Kansas university five will not
enter the National intercollegiate
| basketball tournament, which will be
held at indianapolis, March Is, ac-
| cording to Dr. Forrest C. Allen, direc-
tor of athletics. The Missouri Valley
conference allows the championship
team only three post-season games
with other conferences.
The annual Lyon county high school
basketball tournament will be held to-
night and Saturday. Americas and
Reading will be among the strongest
contenders. The teams that have en-
tered the tournament are: Bushong,
Admire, Miller, Americas, Reading
Neosho Rapids and Hartford.
Roosevelt (NormaD high school of
Emporia will play Horton high school
tonight at Horton. The Horton five
is one of the strongest in the North
east kansas league. Roosevelt has not
been defeated this season. 1t won
from the strong Emporia high school
quintet Roosevelt has been asked TO
participate in an interstate tournament
to be held March "a at Winfield.
Reading high school has a strong
team. 1t has scored 275 points to its
opponents 119. Lawrence, star for
ward. has scored III points. 1t has
defeated Hartford, Neosho Rapids
Miller, Admire, Lebo and Barclay.
st. Benedict's college of Atchison
has only three remaining games. It
will play Hillyards OF st. Joseph, Mo-,
Saturday night at Atchison. The other
two games will be with American Le
gion teams.
Atchison and Leavenworth high
schools will close their Northeast
Kansas High School Basketball league
schedules tonight with a game at
Atchison. L a W r h defeated
Atchison by a margin of fifty points
in an early season contest at Atchison.
However, this game is due to be much
closer.
Effinghan and Everest high school
will play a doubleheader game to-
night, both boys and girls teams par
ticipating.
The Kansas City Blues opened
spring training today at their training
camp at Waxahachie, Tex.
The Concordia high schools quintet
will meet Miltonvale tonight in a
game on the Concordia court Milton
vale defeated Concordia in contest i
at MiltonvaIe, but Concordia expects |
to reverse the result.
Pittsburg high school continued its
winning streak Tuesday night and de-
feated Joplin by a score of 81 to IS |
in a game played at Joplin. Pitts |
burg's only regret is that its opponent |
was not Fort Scott
The annual Crawford county high
school basketball tournament will open |
tonight at Croweburg. The schools en- /
tering teams are: McCune, Arcadia, I
Cherokee, Arma. Girard, Franklin. |
Coekerill. Pittsburg, Walnut, Mulberry |
The annual Usage county high