The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-14
RAILROAD NEWS.
University Students Help West
ern Pass. Association.
DO an Effective Job Of Amateur
Detective Work.
WISC.CENTRAL CAUGHT
Liable for $4,000 Fines for
Violating Rules.
F0uaI to Anti.JOinf Crusade of
Wise. CENTRAL CAUGHT
Equal to Anti-Joint Crusade of
Washburn Boys.

Chicago Feb. 14-Ten athletes of the
University of Chicago now stand in the
heroic roles OF successful amateur de-
tectives. and the ten goods whom they
left a dance TO engage in their Nick
Carterish pursuit have forgiven them
The ten athletes organized themselves
into a fake basketball team and aided
the Western Passenger association in
exposing rate cutting by railroad
which is a member Of the association
They bought tickets to Minneapolis
from q broker. but through the railroad,
and exposed the deal
The passenger associations members
agree not to cut rates. Despite this fact
there are many complaints or roads one
against another of rate cutting, and
the association maintains a detective
bureau under the general direction or
E. E. Macleod, chairman of the West
ern Passenger association
1t was the charge that certain roads
are placing tickets in the hands OF
scalpers for sale at cheap rates thar
the ten University OF Chicago athletes
were called upon TO expose They were
successful. and they were paid IS each.
Then they celebrated their success at 4
big dinner. The Western Passenger as
ISOLATION then held a meeting. and the
evidence secured by the athletes was
presented The Wisconsin Central road
viii have to answer for violating the
agreement, and two other rival roads
are said to have been exposed as being
engaged in the same business. but these
not by the athletes The road may be
liable 20 a fine OF $1,000 for each ticket
sold.
one Of the ten young men received "a
telegram Saturday afternoon from a
Western Passenger association official.
asking BIN if he did not have & fresh
rerta1ned with a ride ana paid we'll il
it would do a little work for the rail-
road. This young man gathered to-
gether his brother athletes. many OF
Evhom never had played basketbanand
presented them downtown as the
freshman basketball team" of the
University of Chicago.
According to the statement of the
official, the Wisconsin Central had
been suspected Of placing tickets IN
the hands of a scalpsr for sale at re-
duced rates
The young men were instructed in
their work. With a "Chi-ca-g0, Chi
cage, Chi-ca-go-go,@ and much small
up In front Of the counter in a broker 5
office. and applied for cut rate tickets
10 Minneapolis. where they said they
were going to play basketball against
the university or Minnesota team Iney
were led by big Maxwell, the football
player. who, besides acting as detsc-
tive for the association, was in an
agreement with the broker to bring
him business
Failing into the trap. the ticket broker
led the men over to the Wisconsin Cen
trail ticket office. where. he said, he
would fix them up with tickets. The
boys had plenty of money, for the asso-
citation had provided them with s175 in
crisp. new bills. and they paid for their
tickets jOyfully exhibiting their surplus
cash as they set out for the train The
athletes boarded the train. Tipped or
before il had run out of the city. and
returned TO the station. Barrett An
dreWs. a former student. now In the
employ Of the association, held the tick
cts and went on to Minneapolis
BOYS CELEBRATE THEIR ADVEN-
TCRE
The Western Passenger association
had little trouble in experimenting the
guilty parties when the young men re-
turned and testified as to the negotia-
tions As a reward for their services the
association gave each of the boys s.,
and told them TO have a good time The
young men celebrated accordingly at
dinner.
The names OF the athletic detectives
are. Fred Hail, captain; F'erd Horton,
trainer Barrett Andrews. Leroy Startz-
man. Robert Maxwell. Roy Van Patten,
Cornelius Clarence BuckWaIter- Thorn
as. and Nichols, players. Hall, Buck
walter. Andrews and Horton are among
the most prominent track athletes at
the university, and Maxwell IS the 23e
pound guard on the football team The
other young men are prominent in uni