Shawnee County Historical Society, No. 55

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Title AlternativeThe sporting sceneCreatorRipley, John W.Vincent, JackWeller, Barbara ElderGreene, Zula BenningtonThompson, BradburyWhitcomb, RobertRichmond, Robert W.Sherbert, Nancy LykinsDodson, LeeKiene, Tom L.House, Jay E. (Jay Elmer), 1870-1936McBride, C. E.Pray, BobbieHolford, RobertTodd, Charles, d. 1992Whitcomb, Philip W.Falkenstien, MaxLonborg, ArthurMack, George, 1907-1986Carruth, Arthur J., IIIBarker, Gerald K.Williams, Wistar P.Michaelis, Patricia A.Wallace, James D.Snell, Joseph W.Jarrell, John W.PublisherShawnee County Historical SocietyTable of Contents[Front matter, no. 55]
Sporting scene
Washburn in the big time
Strictly off the record: how Washburn finally defeated a K.U. eleven plus an allegedly biased referee
Washburn's new sport--football
Washburn's '13-'14 football seasons
Which was best?
Played rings around K.U.
Dr. John Outland and the great football experiment
Our man in Paris
Chuck Logan's marvelous football machine
All-Ichabodia
Topeka to Junction City on high-wheelers
Renaissance of the bike
The Golden age of cycling: bicycle clubs flourished in Topeka during the 1890's
Topeka members of League of American Wheelmen
Our road race
A Topeka crackajack
Year of the velocipede--1869
Sports in Topeka (mostly VERY early)
You Can't Do That!
Max interviews Dutch
Washburn the Champion
What price modesty? The bloomer controversy at Washburn
Home of the country club
Topeka's first golf tournament
A popular, healthful, and entertaining pastime
In which we learn the fine points of professional wrestling
Old Ironside Polo Club
On second thought
Playograph at Journal tempting to series fans
Baseball back on boards in Topeka today
It has happened every spring since 1867
The Dover Park Association
Baseball at Tecumseh: 1920-1930
Memories of track and field
Daily Capital's Junior Marathon of 1910
All-around sportswoman--Ruth Fairbank
The Marling hornets
Up, up and away, in an earlier day: balloon flights-- 1910-1911
Topeka's racing balloons
Washburn's athletic hall of fame
Topeka golf champions
Shawnee County Historical Society officers and trusteesDescriptionParts originally published in Topeka Daily Capital.
Parts originally published in Topeka Journal.
Parts originally published in Bulletin of the Shawnee County Historical Society.
Parts originally published in Kansas Cycler.
Parts originally published in The Kaw.
Parts originally published in Topeka State Journal.
Parts originally published in The Whitcomb family of Topeka.
Includes "Dale Gear will manage the Kaws", Daily Capital, Oct. 11, 1911.
Includes "Ambulance company No. 347 team".
Date of VolumeDecember 1978VolumeNo. 55Decade1790s-1970sSubjectBalloon racingBallooningHot air balloonsPoloPolo playersBaseballSportsBaseball teamsCycling--Societies, etc.CyclistsBicyclesBicycle racingGolf--TournamentsGolfersGolfVelocipedesCyclingTrack and fieldWashburn University of TopekaFootballCoaches (Athletics)College athletesHalls of fameWomen basketball playersAthletesSport clothes for womenSex descrimination in sportsSports teamsKiene, Tom L.Personal narrativesSports journalismTrivia and miscellaneaWrestlingWrestling matchesSports bettingBasketballFairbank, RuthBiographySoftballSoftball for womenWomen athletesTopeka High SchoolUniversity of KansasPoetryFootball playersBaseball fieldsRecreation areasWhitcomb, Philip W.Shawnee County Historical SocietyLeague of American WheelmenLonborg, ArthurInterviewsBasketball coachesRunning racesYouthSoftball playersWorld Series (Baseball)Baseball--ScorekeepingBroadcasting--Technological innovationsQuigley, Ernest E.Sports officialsSportscastersCountry clubsGolf coursesSoftball teamsPhotographsSnell, Joseph W.Logan, ChuckFootball coachesSchool sports--CoachingBearg, Ernest E.Outland, JohnFormatPDFLanguageengIdentifierTSCPL_LH_SCHSB_0690 to TSCPL_LH_SCHSB_0733

SeriesBulletin of the Shawnee County Historical SocietyPlaceTopeka, KSKansasJunction City, KSKansas City, MODover, KSLawrence, KSTecumseh, KSShawnee County, KS

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