The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-03

Training has commenced in earnest on
the fair grounds tract
Two valuable .trotting horses were
stolen this week from John Lowe, living
near Winfield.
A game at Wichita yesterday between
the high school nine and the KeIloggs
resulted II to II in favor of the high
school boys.
The postoffice employees have organized
a base ball team and propose to chal-
lenge the winner of the JOURNAL Capt.
tai game on April19.
The Indians at the Haskell institute
have organized a base ball team this
spring that promises to be the best since
Gus Mackey left
The vacant tract at the corner of
Eleventh street and Kansas avenue is
the favorite place for small boys, and
big ones, too, to practice baseball
Dr. Mitchell of Atchison proposes to
construct fishing pond twenty feet deep
with German carp and other varieties of
fish.
The first ball game at Kansas City will
| be played next Sunday between the
Blues and Schmelzes. The latter pro-
pose to give Manning's men a hard
tussle.
II. 7. Mote, promoter of the Topeka
base ball enterprise, will visit several
Kansas towns this week to do a little
personal work in the interest of u Kan
sas league.
w. R. Carey was elected treasurer of
| the Y. n. c. A. base ball team last night.
! 1t is understood that Jake Mohler, the
| clever amateur, has joined the associa-
ton and will pitch for them.
Tommy Hernon, the Kansas City Blues
| brilliant fiofHor daoi6o6
with Manager Manning again this year,
after holding off with the hope that
something better might turn up
John Stockenberg, Of Salina. claims to
be the champion one-legged wheelman
of Kansas. He is thinking about patent
| ing bicycle for unfortuna.es like him
self, the wheel to have only one pedal
The racing board of the National
League of American Wheelmen have
named as the handIcappers for Missouri
Kansas and Indian Territory, E. n. Can
ders of St Louis and E P. Moriarty of
Kansas City.
"The Western Game Bird" a maya
zine printed at Scribner, NeD, in the in
terest of chicken fights and fighters. con
tains this month a two column accoun
of the main between Ed Horsfeld's anC
C. {. Trimmer's birds, at Topeka
February Is. The county attorney didn'
know about this fight.
Another prize fight has taken place il
Kansas. 1t was witnessed by a large
crowd of Kansas City sports who were
carried to the battle ground by "a special
train. Missouri law officers seem to be
able to prevent such meetings in thai
state, but they have not yet been stop
ped in kansaS-Lawrence Journal
: A good base ball game was played a
Fit Leaveuworth this week between 10
cal nine and one from the city. Their
were but seven innings, the rain inter
fering. The score stood to in favo
of the town team. The battery for tn,
Fort boys was Mayhem and Starsmer, anC
for the city nine kopp and Conlon. /
! big crowd witnessed the game
, Oscar Gardner who defeated Delough
erty IN Leavenworth county Sunday i
; being overwhelmed with challenges. l
, Bill Dacey is in earnest about wantin,
to fight Gardner for side bet of $3.50 b
can be speedily accommodated Yeste1
: day Gardeners hacker deposited forfei
a of So to make the match Gardner wi
fight for any amount named by Dace
from $3.50 up, and at any time with
thirty days, the sooner the better
= Dacey means business let him get to th
front.
The best SOC bsby's shoe at Furnan,