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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-18
KEENE WON SIS, OOo.
His Thoroughbreds Making Money
DOMINO Pulled Down $4,000.

u
Saratoga. N. Y, Aug. 1s.-James r.
Keene is the largest winning owner
on the turf this season Up to date
his thoroughbreds have won $135,OOO.
If his horses do not go amiss he will
probably end the year with nearly
$250,OOO to his credit. This will be
the largest amount ever won on the
turf in one season by one man, and
will equal if not surpass, the fortune
secured in 1888, when his great colt
Domino alone won $4,000.
Not more than six horses won for
Keene this season, but as nearly all
finished first in valuable stakes their
winnings amount to the fortune
named. Delhi is the largest individual
winner. His victory in the Great Re-
public stakes brought his owner $42,-
000- Previous to that event he had
won the rich Withers and Belmont
stakes at Morris park.
Next to Delhi, as a builder up of
his fortune, comes Sysonby. In less
than a month this great colt, for which
Keene recently refused 100000, has
won close to $4,000. He started his
turf career by winning an overnight
event at the Brighton Beach meeting,
and followed it up with the rich
Brighton Junior stakes. Then came
the Flash stakes and the Saratoga Spe-
ciaI at this track. If he retains his
speed-only an accident or illness is
liable to rob him of it-he will un-
doubtedly win the rich FTuturity stakes,
which will be worth $4,000.
Sysonby may be as great in speed as
Domino was-keene says feo is-but he
will not win the big fortune that the
BLACK Whirlwind" landed in 1893.
There is 100000 now in sight for the
Keene stable, and before taps" is
blown on the last contest of the sea-
son his horses will have in all proba-
bility earned in stakes and overnight
events about $250,00
From the present outlook there will
not be more than 10 or II horses to
face the barrier in the Futurity on the
opening day of the fall meeting at
Sheepshead Bay. August q. Since Sy-
sonby's advent .on the racing scene the
ance. Keene's great colt towers over
his rivals in speed and stamina. He is
the ideal horse for a Futurity winner,
as he is exceptionally alert at the bar
rier. catches his stride quickly, and
then goes booming along in front long
before the majority of his rivals have
got in action.
It is necessary in this race to have
early speed, there is always a mad
rush for advantageous positions. No
matter what place Sysonby is assigned
at the barrier he can in a run of a fur
Once he has that point of vantage he
is on the nearest path for home, and
all the other contestants have to race
over a greater distance of ground.
Now that death has demoved Bundle
Bee out of his path, Sysonby up to the
present time is without a dangerous
rival. Tanya and Tradition are great
FLIES, but hardly possess his speed with
big weight JonQuil belonging to Sgd
ney Paget, has been tested and found
His last effort was very
bad one, and even with the advantage
Of a maiden allowance in weight it is
scarcely possible that he will beat Sys-
onby out for the rich prize.
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ONE MORE FOR stage.
Spiden, Football Star, to Be Candidate
for Maroon Team.

Chicago, Aug. 1S.-Coach Stage has
discovered a most promising candi-
date for tackle-the vital spot of the
Midway team last fall. The latest re-
cruit is William Spidell, captain OF
the University of Washington team
last year and one of the fastest play
ers in the Pacific coast states Spidel
will enter the medical school October
1 and will be eligible for the team, as
he graduated from Washington this
last spring.
Having had three years of expert
ence on a college gridiron and with
1855 pounds behind him, students be-
lieve he will fill the hole in the line left
vacant by Dad" Farr, Chicago's
greatest tackle. Spidell was found to
be too fast for the line by Knight, the
old University of Michigan coach now
at Washington, the first year he came
out for the team and was put back
of the line. Toward the latter part
of the season he is said to have shown
such heady work that knight put him
in at quarter. Spidell made good in
a single game. and ever since that
time has been played at quarter.
There is only a small probability,
however, that he will be played at his
old position when he dons a Maroon
Jersey unless Eckersall does not re-
gain his old-tine strength and vigor
in time or some recruit puts in an ap-
pearance. Stage wants a tackle now
much more than any other man, and
SpidelPs acquisition is generally re-
garded as the biggest of the season.
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FOR A $4,000 PURSE.
Sweet Marie, the Favorite, a Winner
at Brighton Beach. ..-

New York, Aug. 1S.--Ideal racing
weather marked the third day of the
grand circuit meeting at Brighton
est of the week. at least 10000 spec
tators witnessing the sport The fea-
ture event, the $4,000 Long Island
stake for the 2:14 trotting class, at
mile heats, two in three, brought only
seven horses to the wire, with Sweet
Marie a favorite. In the early pools
she sold at $500, Aristo $500, Alexan-
der $3.50, Katherine A $50, The Rajah
$25 and the field SIS. Later it was
Marie $50 to the field $25.
In the first heat, though Sweet Ma
RE had the pole, she soon lost it and
Aristo led at the lower turn with
Katherine A. second and the favorite
third. The positions were the same
to the distance when Sweet Marie,
though two lengths behind, came in
a rush and won by half a length, the
crowded grandstand cheering enthusi-
asticalIy. The second heat was more
exciting than the first and was be-
Marie played a waiting race with Arts
to in the lead. The finish was most
exciting, Sweet Marie making her
grand squirt at the finish. She ap-
peared to win by a head, but the
judges decided it a dead heat.
In the third heat the field went
punched all the way around with Aris-
to in the lead. 1t was a close call all
the way to the wire, Sweet Marie win
ming by a head from Aristo.
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Favor Posi- Season Cannes.

New York, Aug. 1S.-The proposed
tour of the world by the Giants and
the Chicago Nationals was given a
body blow today when it was an
nounced that. in all likelihood. the
Giants would tour the United States
instead of trotting around the globe.
When asked if the players would
play a post season series with the win
ners of the American league race, one
player said:
Nearly all the boys on the team
are in favor of playing a post season
series, and I think If the Highlanders
and we win there will be a champion
ship series. We can play the games
after the regular season if Mr.. Brush
or Mr.. McGraw will not give their con-
sent"
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COACH stage is ILL.
University OF Chicago Athletic Direc-
tor Suffering From Pneumonia

tor Suffering FROM PNEUMONIA
Chicago, Aug 18-With his constitu-
ton undermined and broken down as
result of the pneumonia contracted
from exposure at the Michigan-Chicago
football game last Thanksgiving, Coach
leave today or tomorrow for Colorado,
where he will seek treatment for his
falling health. Stage has never fully
recovered from his long sickness, but
not until yesterday did he admit that
his health is in serious danger.
All the coach's football plans have
been turned over to Captain Spelk and
Assistant Coach Jimmy Sheldon.
Stagg will not return for the early foot
he will be kept away for almost the
whole season. Chicago students are
down-hearted over the news and fear
that it will have a material effect on
the chances of the eleven
AS a result of Stages absence there
will be no representative of the ma
room at the Olympian games. Victor
Rice, whom Stagg had intended to take
to st. Louis, will join the c. A. A.
dition to Mike Buffers squad that
has been made, and his presence in
SureS a formidable bunch of @CrinterS
in Rice, Hogenson and Blair.
Three more athletes Joined the c. A.
A. team yesterday. They are Shideler,
the University of Indiana hurdler; Ok
ley, the Yale broad jumper, who has
record of % feet, and PEBBLES, the llli-
nois quarter-miler, who will compete
in the standing three broad jumps, in
which event he has mark Of 80 feet.
BOBBY Maxwell, the maroon weight
man. has declared his intention of join
ing today.
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FItzsimmOns Is Training for an
Eastern Stage Fight.
To Go a Nightly Six Round Bout
With Actor Watson.
4 REFINED CONTEST.
"Must Not Hook So DeVilish
Hard" Suggests the Player.
Is Black and Blue From the
Little Taps Of Robert.

New York, Aug. 1S.-Two heavy
weights are training in New York for
a contest to a decision, to be pulled of
in Manhattan late this month As one
OF the men is a former heavyweight
champion, the fight is bound to be in
teresting. The go will come off on a
Harlem stage, and despite the Horton
law, spectators will be admitted at
popular prices.
To be explicit, Robert Fftzsimmons is
training for a nightly six-round fight
with Frederick Watson. the heavy
weight actor, who will cross his path
in "A Fight for Life"
In his new play, F1tz enacts the role
of a gentleman farmer who falls in love
with a bankers daughter. Mike Tobins
the helper of the local blacksmith, Is
the villain, who malignS F1tz- he Is
the champion boxer of the village and
boasts that he can fight his weight in
wild cats.
The heroine informs Fftz that to
command her entire respect and affec-
tfon he must beat the blacksmith TO Il
stand-up contest, under Queensberry
rules F'itz takes a few lessons in pri-
vate and when the fight comse off wal
lops the blacksmith until he takes the
count in the sixth round.
F1tz has had difficulty rehearsing the
fight in a way to suit him. He wants
q slashings gingery exhibition, not too
clever, but suggestive of strong men
VINO nave AlO0SIdlS hnOM1C0SS O1
boxing and unlimited courage Wat
son, who plays the blacksmith's helper,
is a man of over 200 pounds, and Fitz
has been training MIN for eight weeks
at Ulmer Park to hit, stop and get
away. and to take a, beating.
The former champion has the villain
educated to a point where he can take
q beating and like it Here is a bit of
the dialogue in rehearsal:
III hook you in the jaw and you
comes back at my middle works. says
Fitz.
Yes, but don't hook so devilish nard.
F1tz- You irritate me and leave
nasty bruise. i shall nave to get some
toilet water" replied Watson.
Here's a bloomin' fine fighter. He
gets iFritated at a punch"
You don't understand me, Mr.. Fitz-
simmons. This is to be a refined con-
test between gentlemen and there is no
use in knocking me out 1 don't like
it"
you'll have to like it. When finish
with you, my boy, you will be sight
better fighter than Tom Sharkey,'' says
Fitz, soothingly-
Fitz is one of those heavy-nanded
boxers who cannot go lightly. and Wat
son is black and blue from neck to
waist as a result.
He is taking his medicine gamely. |
a quiet tip from Dave Sullivan, caught /
Fitz on a sleeper with a right-hand /
cross to the jaw and put him down |
with jar that shook the building.
That's the way want you to fight" |
cried Fitz. getting up and loosenfng the /
actors ribs with a savage right-hand |
uppercut-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-18
Hew TO Get Rid Of Mice.

a lady reader has written US asking that
we publish for the benefit of all housewives
. recipe for discriminating mice. She says
her life was almost unbeatable by these
little pests until she read of Stearns' Electric
Rat and Roach Paste. which completely
freed her home from mice. This Paste is easy
to use, and greedify devoured by rats. mice,
cockroaches and other vermin. 1t is sure
death, and gives universal satisfaction,
as the rats and mice do not die
in the house. Dealers generally have the
Paste for sale. or package will be sent.
express prepaid on receipt of price, by the
Stearns' Electric Paste CO., Tribune Build
ing. Chicago. Ill. Small size. 25c: Hotel
size, eight times the quantity, $1.00. 81
Sold by RowIey s. Snow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-18

Hardin Springs, Cal, Aug. 1S.-It
was a banner day. so far as training
was concerned, yesterday. The big
fellow was up early, and went straight
to the gym. His first work was with
the punching bag for thirty minutes
by the watch. He kept it flying with
out a break, and he put in ninety min
utes with other machines. From that
time until late in the evening Jeffrfes
took things easy, winding up the day
with jog down the road and back.
After covering FIVE miles, he played a
little baseball and then went to bed
This morning Jeffries stated that he
would box tonight, but later changed
his mind about 1T. AS yet there has
been no boxing whatever, but the big
fighter will probably don the gloves
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Ebbetts Signs More Youngsters.

Memphis. Aug. 1S.-Charles T. Eb-
belts Brooklyn club has completed a
deal for the purchase of Pitchers
Goodwin and McIntire and Infielder
Beecher of the Memphis Southern
league club. Goodwin is leading the
Souther pitchers in percentage of
games won, with McIntire close up.
Ebbetts left last night for Little Rock
to look over other players.
Pitcher J. A Brown, who has been
very successful with the local team
in winning games. left for his home in
Pennsylvania without notifying Man
ager Whistler, and he has been order
ed suspended. Brown told friends that
the roasting" he received from the
home bleachers. when he lost his first
game in six pitched. was more than he
could stand.
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WILL RETURN TO RING.
Tommy Ryan Makes Plans to Fight
Three Greatest Battles of Career

st. Joseph. Mich, Aug. 1S.-Tommy
Ryan, the worlds champion middle
weight pugilist, will return to the ring
this fall and, according to his present
plans. fight the three greatest battles
of his career.
He will first meet Jack O'Brien.
O'Brien has agreed to fight him 20
rounds on the coast some time during
the fall or winter
Ruby Bob Fitzsimmons will be his
next opponent. Ryan will challenge
Fitz to fight him at the middleweight
limit for any number of rounds. If
Fitz cannot make the weight, Ryan
will take him on at catch weights
The third battle planned by Ryan
is with Kid Mccoy. The entire pu-
gilistic worlds knows that there is no
love lost between Ryan and Mccoy.
Ryan hates Mccoy. He intends to
make this the last and most sensa-
tional mill of his life
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Sale of BasebaH PLAYERS.

Colorado Springs, Aug. 18.-Nich-
olas Kahl, third baseman, and George
Mill, second baseman of the Colorado
Springs team of the Western league
have been sold to the American
league. Kahl- goes to Cleveland and
Mil to Washington. The purchase
price is said to be $1,000 for each man.
KahI was formerly a member of the
Kansas City Western league team and
has been sought after all season by
big leagues He is a wonderful ball
player in many ways and the heaviest
hitter and best all round man on the
Colorado Springs team. He began
playing professional ball in 1901 I'M
der Charlie Nichols. Both men will
remain here until the close of the
season. esFf ~
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Racinr at old Saugus.

Saugus, Mass, Aug. 19.-Muscovite,
at even money against the field, was
the only winning favorite at the old
Saugus track. Summarizes:
2:15 trot-Purse $500. Alberta won
in straight heats; Willard Sanders, sec
ond; Evelyn Byrd, third. Sonata and
Little Baron started. Best time, 2:14 II .
Free-for-an pace-Purse $500.
Major Muscovite won second, third
and fourth heats and race; Terrill S.,
second; Peeler Patron, third. Royal
r. Sheldon won first heat, but was
distarced in the fourth. Best time,
2:0S%, made by Royal r. Sheldon.
2.20 trot-Purse $500. Nancy Nell
son won second, third and fourth heats
and race; Dimple won first heat and
second money; Fair View Chimes,
third. Alignment, Bernardo, Cassie S.,
Baron Patch, McDougal,- Tantilla,
Gambia, Truthful Chimes and s. H.
Strong also started. Best time, 2:15 q
by Nancy Nelson.
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Radforff Nav PLAY Again.

Boston, Mass. Aug. 1S.-Paul Rad
ford, the old National Lacquer. may
break into fast company again, the
veteran having promised to help
Frank Selee in the series with the
Beaneaters in case the manager of
the Cubs needs him and cannot find
some young fellow to fill in in Tfnk-
er's place while the little shortstop
is away. Radford lives here and has
been managing a semi-professional
team which plays in one of Boston s
suburbs 1t is the same team that
played the White Sox recently. Van
Zant, the recruit from the Nashua
club, is expected to join the Cubs to-
day. He Will be given a tryout by
Selee. This makes four new outfield-
ers on the list for; next year-Shu1te of
Syracuse, McChesney and Hoffman of
Des Moines and Van Zant.
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Nfnrroe Is Much Imnrored.

San Francisco. Aug. 1S.-Kid Nc
Coy. who arrived Sunday night and
who Will direct the training of Jack
Munroe from now until the night set
for the battle, put in his first afternoon
of work for the miner Out at Shee-
hans beach tavern clever Mr.. Selby
climbed into his gymnasium suit,
punched the bag for few brief whirl-
wind seconds. and then went three fast
rounds with his bury charge. After
this was over he said:
"Munroe is heavier and stronger
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A1AHER RIDES WE'LL.
American Jockey Continues Remark
able Performance in England.

London, Aug 1S-Maher, the
American jockey, continued his re-
markable performance at the Stockton
summer meeting, again riding four
winners Wednesday and one second
out of seven races in which Maher had
six mounts The best race of the day
was for the Hardwicke stakes of So
500 with $50 each for starters added.
Six horses were sent away and Maher
won from the favorite at the post by
q clever dash when his chances SEEM
ed hopeless Makers mount was R.
Sherwood's FLY, by VOLTS Crag. The
betting was to 1 on the FLY.
Maher also won the Great Northern
Leger of $4,000, on Lord Harewood's
Aims cine. which was the favorite.
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Heer of Concordia a Winner.

Buffalo. n. Y. Aug. 1S-At the annual
shoot of the New York State associa-
ton for the protection of fish and game
Wednesday, William H. Heer of Con-
cordia, Kan, took the honors among
the professionals with his string of 154
targets out of the possible $50, an av-
erage of 1928 for the eight events in
which he participated. tf-
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New Auto Records.

Buffalo, N. Y, Aug. 1S.-The races
of the Buffalo Automobile Racing as
ISOLATION at Kenilworth park deveI-
oped two new worlds records for
motor cars on an oval course. Charles
Schmidt in a light car covered rs
miles in 28:32 1-5. Barney Oldfeld
covered the same distance in 26:42 a
new mark for machines of the heavy
elias. Oldheld'S last mile was COW
for-an cars from 1,432 to 2,204
pounds, Barney Oldfield defeated
George Graham. The time for the
event was 1928 3-5. Only two
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PULLIAM sUsPENDs THREE.
Kelley Is Laid OF Indefinitely and
Mccain and Harper Three Days.

Aeltey Is DalO On lnOenn1teiy and
Mccain and Harper Three Days.
New York, Aug. 1s.-President
Pulliam of the National league has
suspended Mccain of New York and
Harper of Cincinnati for three days
for disputing with the umpire last
week. and Manager Kelley of Cincin-
natl has been laid off indefinitely
Cincinnati, Aug. 1S.-President
Hermann of the Cincinnati club was
much surprised to hear that President
Pulliam of the National league had
indefinitely suspended Manager Kelley
of the Reds Il do not care to make
an official statement" said Mr.. Her
mann, until hear from Mr. Pull
liam, and incidentally from Kelley. /
want it understood I do not propose
to uphold rowdy ball or protect those
who play it. At the same time,
though, 1 am going to stand by my
men and want to hear both sides be-
fore making any decision"
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AT BOSTON.

Boston won the first game and Chi
cago got the second. Tinker's absence
was disastrous to the visitors in the
first game. Carney wrencned his ankle
severely in the second game and his
retirement caused changes in the line
UP.
First game-Score by innings: R.H.E.
Boston -, .........4 o o o IS 9 1
Chicago 800. ........0 o o O02 0 O-3 IL 4
Batteries = Pittinger and Moran;
Browne and O'Neill.
Second game-Score by innings: R.H. E.
Boston 49,. ...-.....2 o 2 o 90 20 z 2
Observation-Disclosures and O'Neill; Fish
er, Moran and McAuliff-
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than when he met Sharkey at Phila-
delphia- After boxing with him for
three rounds. I am prepared to say,
too, that he is cleverer and faster. I
had looked for him to be in good con-
dition, but I was really surprised to
find him so strong and so well trained.
In boxing that he has done he has
acquired some tricks that he had not
learned when he went against the
90
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End of Bitter Eight.

Two physicians had a long and st,,b-
born fight with an abcess on INV rfebt
lung, writes j. T. Hughes of Dii Pont
Ca. and gave me up. Everybodyv
thought my time had come. AS a last re-
sort 1 tried DIR. Kings New Discoverv -
Consumption. The benefit received was
striking and I was on my feet In a few
days. Now I've entirely reRained -,
health" 1t conquers all Coughs coIdss
and throat and lung troubles. Guaran,--
teed py Arnold Drug Co. S21 North kan
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PLAYED Fast Basketball.

st. Louis, Aug. 1s.-The Y. M. c. A.
basketball championship of the United
States and Canada was won by the
Chicago Central Y. M. c. A. in defeat
ing the team from Sioux City in the
finals by a score of 35 to 20. A new
Y. M. c. A. pole vault record was es-
tablished in the Pentha1on champion
ship by Roy Albertson, of the Chicago
Central Y. NJ. C. A, whose record OF
eleven feet and three-eighths inches
broke the standing accepted record of
ten feet two inches.
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st. Joseph won the game in the first
inning, knocking Cushman out of the
box and scoring seven runs. The sec
ond game was called in the first inning
on account of rain.
Score by innings: R.H E.
Des Moines .--.......0 OF OF 0-4,12 5
st. Joseph ............7 o 1 10000 O-S IL 1
Batteries = Cushman, Leifield and
ToWne; Hodson and Mcconnell.
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MISSOURI VALLEY LEAGUE.


Joplin lost through Eells' overthrow
to first in the opening inning, anddumb
base running. Speer was wild, but
Eells pitched a good game.
Score by innings: LII E.
Springfield -. .......2 5000 ooo2 5 0
Joplin ...... .....-....0 o / 0O0O OIL 2
Batteries-Speer and Schmidt; Eells
and Vanderbilt.
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Racing at Saratoga.

Saratoga, NJ. Y. Aug. 18.-The
Seneca, Wednesdays stake race, was
won by Andrew Miller's Divina.tion in
a head-and-head finish with Good
Cheer and Liberia, the latter the IA
vorite. Divination led practically all
the way, but had nothing to spare at
the end. Good Cheer got the place by
a head.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE.
AT DETROIT.

Detroit's last home game was called
because of darkness after IL innings.
The fielding in the last inning was SEN
sational and safe hits were rare.
Score by innings: R.H. e.
PhiIadelpRia 100 oOo1o200oO-3 II 3
Detroit -. ......o0100o20O0Oo 0
Batteries-Plank and Powers; Mullin
and Beville.
AT ST. LOUIS.
Glade struck out ten ofGriffith's men.