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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-04
A NEW vIoLINIsT.

American concert goers may as well
prepare for a sensation next season,
for Franz Won Vecsey is said to be
planning to visit us. Continental Eu-
rope and recently England has gone
wild over his playing. and it will be re-
markable if the United States does not
yield to what, according to all reports,
is the most remarkable exhibition of
musical genius the modern concert
world has known.
Won Vecsey is a Hungarian lad who
is now only eleven years old. His IA
Their is a prosperous citizen of Buda-
pest and fairly skilled amateur on
the violin. The mother is musical, be-
ing clever pianist.
The boy showed marked talent for
the violin when only four years of age.
His father instructed him, but four
years later turned him over TO Hubay,
the composer and violinist. He has
now been in Hubay's charge for three
years, and he recently has set all Ger
many, Austria and Hungary agog by
his performances. In Berlin alone he
gave ten recitals, and his receipts were
virtually unparalleled in the musical
history of the German capital. 1t APP
pears that there is no question as to
the boys unqualified genius. Joachim
is reported as having said of him, 81
am seventy-two years old, but never
in my life did 1 ever hear the like or
believe it possible"
The little Franz has given four re-
citalS in London and has played in the
course of these Vieuxtemps' first con-
certo and ballade and polonaise, Bach's
C minor sonata, Tartinis '"TrilIo del
Diavolo," Paganini's concerto in D and
Mendelssohn's concerto. In reviewing
the third concert a London newspaper
says:
"Vieuxtemps' first concerto opened
the programme yesterday, so that the
boys technical opportunities began at
the outset. They were graSped, of
course, with marvellous ease, and the
close of an exciting work found the
player fresh and unexhausted. One re-
GREETED that the music in itself apart
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-04

taking it up as a young boy and grad
ually growing into the fine points of
the game, watching the methods of
other players.
Young Wilcox has been a member of
the Montclair IN. j. Golf club for the
past four years and has had the chance
of playing with an excellent set of
players who are also members of that
club. He plays in free, easy and bold
style, uses great head work and does
not seem to be disconnected by the
play of his opponents.
Although it was apparent that he
was very nervous during the recent
tournament, nevertheless he showed
much more steadiness than any of the
experienced players against whom he
was pitted. He expects to go to Yale
this fall. The new champion is a son
of Paul Wilcox of the Montclair Golf
club, one of the most able and one Of
the best known golfers in the east.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-04
Feeble WEIGHT Throwers.

The attempts of the Englishmen at
Berkeley oval were ridiculous. They
could send the hammer barely half the
distance covered by the swing of the
Americans, and in the shot put no tape
measure was required to determine
which country had Won All that re-
manned to do was to figure the number
of yards the English throws were
short.
The men picked by Yale and Harvard
include several intercollegiate cham
pionship winners and men of interna-
tional reputation.
In nearly every event each of the COL
leges names one man.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-04
HEARD In The WINGS.

Lolita Faust has a pretty wit. besides
a pretty face, and a pretty appetite as
Trixie in 1.-The Wizard of o." She
was singing the Johnny, I'll Take
You" song late last season when a
full moon" was observed as the occu
pant of the Sammy box His head
was as innocent of hair as a billiard
ball. At the lines
You have his chair sir;
You have his hair, sir;
If 1 can't have my Sammy,
Why, Johnny, I'll take you.
Miss Faust gazed with Knocked affec-
ton at the smooth face and shiny pate
of the victim, who bluShed from the
chin to the back of his neck as the au-
dience grinned at his discontinue.
You must have embarrassed that
stout party" remarked Charles Mitch
ell, the stage ger, Miss Faust
reached the wings.
mot a Bit" retorted the dainty in
genue. why, he never turned hair
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-04
"THE WHEAT KING

A dramatfzation of 1.-The Pit" was
recently produced in the Apollo thea
ter, London, and was received with IA
vor. The English play is called THE
Wheat King" The scene in the wheat
pit and the details of Curtis Jadwin's
corner in wheat were new and fasci-
mating to the English audience The
critics preferred the parts of the play
which dealt with Jadwin's business af-
fairs to those which had to do with his
wife. AS one paper said. Lovers are
an old, old story. but the financial deal
ings of Curtis Jadwin are new to the
stage and as fascinating as they are
puzzling"
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champion kieIx,s Career.

Thomas F. Kelly, the noted irish
champion, has been the subject of
much comment since his arrival in
this country. He was brought over by
the Greater New York Irish Athletic
association to appear at St Louis. He
has a long record. He won the all
around championship of Ireland every
year the contest was held and, in adj
dition, has broken all sorts of records.
He is the holder of no less than eighty
championships, forty records and 1900
prizes. His record with the hammer is
ISL feet IL inches from a nine foot cir
Gle. He sent the ffty-six pound weight
SO feet IL inches with one hand, the
worlds record.
FREDERICK r. TOOMBS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-04
America Should Win.

perusal of the list of American
competitors shows that we may feel
reasonably confident of scoring another
triumph over the Britishers. No one
in England can defeat either Schick or
Torrey in the hundred. We should
corral the points for first and second
places. Schick should win. with Tor
rey a close second.
In the one-twenty hurdle Clapp
should have an easy win. He is the
best man in this country in a hurdle of
this distance. The one and two mile
runs must be conceded to England,
while the broad and high jumps are
uncertain.
The hammer throw and the quarter
mile race will in all probability be cap
tured by Yale and Harvard. Young
and Parsons ought to pull down the
half mile run handily.
OF course the fact that the COMPETE
tons are to be held in England mill
tates against us to some extent. The
difference in food. climate and water
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-04

invariably affects athletes in training.
Then, too, the six days on shipboard
stiffen their muscles, no matter how
much time is spent in exercise on the
deck of the steamer. But the Yale
Harvard cracks will soon become accli-
mated, and when the day of the con-
tests comes to hand they will be found
ready to run and jump as though their
lives were at stake.
Were the approaching games open
to members OF American college teams
other than those of Yale and Harvard
our chances of victory would be mate
rally increased In that case Williams
ana De Witt of Princeton, Hahn of
Michigan, the sensational Splinter, and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-04

Probably the best plan. after all, is
to continue along the lines followed at
present-to play off delayed games at
the first convenient moment after the
first series of games has been played.
Major league teams do not, as a rule,
play double headers with any club dur
ing the first series of games.
In one of the baseball associations a
prominent club opened the season with
a double header. Here was a case in
which the game was deliberately
cheapened in order to draw a large
crowd. The manager of the team in
question should have received a Sc
we're rebuke. Perhaps before the cam
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-04
AN ACTRESS, HousERoAT.

Mabel harrison, who scored so en-
phatic a success in Babes In Toyland"
last season, is enjoying the summer in
a houseboat constructed especially for
her for the use of herself, her mother
and a few of her professional friends.
The boat is anchored near West Point.
on the Hudson river, and is just like
the one occupied by Miss Barrison on
the Thames during Edna Mays London
engagement with 1.-The Belle of New
York" 1t is two stories high, with a
veranda covered with vines and flowers,
and is equipped with all the conven-
fences necessary to houseboat life.
Miss harrison has signed a three year
contract with Hamlin & Mitchell.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-04
The American Contestants.

Yale and Harvard have nominated
Torrey and Schick, respectively. for the
100 yard dash. In the half mile Young
of Harvard and Parsons of Yale will
compete for Uncle Samuel. The one
mile run will bring out Olcott and Hill
of Yale. King and Colwell of Harvard
are to represent us in the two mile
run. The redoubtable Clapp and the
flying Bird of Harvard will be seen in
the 120 yard hurdle, while Murphy of
Harvard and Victor of Yale may be
victors in the high jump. The broad
jump event will be well taken care of
by Shefield of Yale and Hayes of Har-
ward
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-04

the home plate when occasion requires.
Formerly broom was used by each
club, but since Mccarthy of the Chica-
go Nationals stepped on broom while
running for the plate in recent game
and sprained his ankle the day of the
long handled variety is past.
The brooms in question have some
times been the cause of trouble On
one occasion Catcher Jack Warner of
the New York Nationals and Hans
Wagner, the star Pittsburg shortstop.
almost came to blows because Jack
wanted the broom laid to the right side
of the plate and Wagner thought it
should be placed to the left. Like many
other ball players, Wagner and Warner
believe in a sort of half superstitious
way that the position of the broom has
an influence on the game.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-04
generally all the important meets are
held in May and June.
The Last international Meet.

The last contest between the repre-
sentatives of these universities occur
red two years ago at Berkeley oval. in
the outskirts of New York city. The
Americans won the majority of points
handily. Only in the long distance
running were we outclassed. In the
sprints, jumps and particularly in the
weight events we had our own way.
England has always been famous for
her long distance runners. Americans,
nor representatives of any other nation,
have the slightest chance to defeat the
Britishers in events of mile or over.
1t is not strange that our boys prove
to be superior in the manipulation of
the shot and the hammer. These
events have been developed to their
highest state of perfection on this side.
and in many English colleges weight
and hammer competition is practically
an unknown quantity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-04

haven't made good. Tomorrow morn
ing, when the manager gets here, 1 ex-
pect to get my discharge. Perhaps IL
you'll print this long notice for me
may hold my job"
"All right" said Worm. IF you put
it that way I'll print your notice"
Next morning the long notice ap-
peared. Before noon the press agent
called at Mr.. Worms office.
I'm much obliged to you, Mr.. Worm
for printing that notice. he said, but
it didn't save me. I've just been fired
But 1 certainly am much obliged to
you"
you ought to be obliged to me-" an
swered Worm, for 1 got fired for
printing it,
"The deuce you did" said the press
agent. "If you would go right over to
the hotel and ask for Mr.. Conner, the
what you got fired for and that you are
a clever writer I shouldn't wonder if
he'd give you my job
I'll do it," said A. Token, land III
give you tip. You go right upstairs
and apply to the managing editor for
the job of dramatic editor. know he
wants somebody to fill my place"
The express agent went up the ele-
vator and applied for the job. He got
it. Then he walked over to the hotel
and found A. Token Worm packing his
trunk. 81 landed too" said Mr.. Worm.
I'm just getting ready to start out for
Chicago ahead of this company. 1 like
this work much better than sitting in
an office and waiting for things to hap
PEN"
From such trihing and apparently
insignificant incidents do men often get
their start in life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-04
The Foul Strike Rule.

The foul strike rule has come in for
a vast amount of scoring this season,
as was the case year ago. The chief
complaint is that it decreases the num-
Der of base hits. thus robbing contests
of many interesting features. Certain
ly the fewer the men that reach first
base the smaller the number of oppor-
tunities for exciting situations. The
one feature of the game that appeals
to scores of fans" is good batting.
Handicap batsmen, and the game loses
interest.
Moreover, the pitchers of today are
more effective than ever. Twirling sci
ence has made great advances. and the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-04

The double header cheapens baseball
considerably If two games were fire.
quently played for one admission many
followers of Baseball would not pat
ronize it except on such days when
they could get a cut rate.
The suggestion has been made from
time to time that whenever the neces-
sity for two games in one day arises
one of them should be played in the
morning and one in the afternoon.
Managers have proved Ioath TO adopt
this scheme. because the total receipts
of both games seldom amount to half
the amount taken in at a double header.
Then. again, some of the critics sug-
gested that postponed games be played
after the close of the championship
season, which proposition also failed to
gain favor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-04

which they in
serted in it's
columns.
One day the
press agent for
a travelling at
traction walked
into Mr.. Worms
office and asked
him to print
half a column
about his star
Mr.. Worm told
the press agent
the rule of the
paper.
Yes. I know"
said the press
agent; but 1
want to make
a personal re-
quest. I've been
out ahead of
this show two
~N1- T
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-04
HAROLD WILCOX, THE
YOUNG GOLF CHAMPION.

Harold Hinton Wilcox, recent winner
of the metropolitan golf championship,
is now in his nineteenth year and is
senior at st. PauIs school. Garden City,
N. Y. He is one of the youngest golf
ers that has ever won such distinction
in this country. He played through a
field of the finest golfers of this Coun-
try, winning with apparent ease. He
is tall-about six feet one inch-lithe
and has a very long swing. He learned
his game not from professionals, but by
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-04
Low Score Games Tire nFansp

Low score Games ! ire r ans"
There is nothing more tiresome to
spectator than a game in which only
one or two runs are tailed. True, such
games show scientific work and high
class baseball, yet the elements that
go to make baseball the national game
are lacking. What nine out of ten peo-
pie wish to see are good stops of diff
cult grounders and good catches, base
running and good team work By put
ting the game into the hands of one
player. the pitcher, the dictators have
robbed the fans" of many exhibitions
of fast play.
In the end the foul strike rule will
bring about a deterioration of inf1eld
and outfield playing. Men that cover
the bases, having less to do, will not
keep themselves in top notch form, and
the outfielders will find their hardest
job that of staying awake.
Unless the rulers of the big leagues
get together at the close of the season
and repeal the foul strike rule a great
deal of dissatisfaction is certain to
arise. From present indications it can
be safely predicted that the obnoxious
regulation will not be found in the rule
book next year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-04
The pEApHEAp.

1t is a familiar axiom among theat-
rical men as well as railroad men that
"once a deadhead always deadhead.'
Permit a man to enjoy once the pecul-
iarly fascinating pleasure of free seats
and he Immediately, and by the most
marvellous process of reasoning, be-
comes obsessed by the conviction that
he is entitled to free seats whenever
he asks for them. -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-04
The international Games. July 20
Dick SHIELD n---Kiely. the Irish Champion

The Yale Harvard stars have been
preparing for the meet for several
weeks. The date set for the athletic
carnival, July 20, has given them ample
time. Still, a college athlete does not
require great deal of effort to bring
him into shape for competition at this
time of the year, because he is invaria
bly, in condition, owing to the fact that
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-04
HOW A. T. WORM MADE
SOMETHING BY LOSING.

A Token Worm. the press agent to
whose genius Mrs. Patrick Campbell
owed the notoriety which she found so
annoying and profitable last year, was
first employed when he came to the
United States as dramatic editor of a
Pittsburg paper. 1t was the rule OF
that paper that notices of actors or or
dramatic attractions were regulated in
size by the length of the advertisements
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-04

from it's value as means of display,
had not greater worth. Still Vieux-
temps knew how to pile up difficulties
for the violinist, and in their surmount-
ing lies a certain interest for the lis
tener.
"An adagio and fugue by Bach were
the next pieces in the list. Both were
unaccompanied and so calculated to
expose the weaknesses of a less re-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-04

the weight contests without much eff
fort.
Sheldon is one of the most popular
athletes in the country and is always
the center of an admiring throng. He
is without doubt the largest and stron-
gest man now in competition in the
country. He enthuses at the mere
mention of the word athletics, and not
until he is ninety-eight years old and
carries crutch will he cease to be
cOnDetjtOr
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-04

markable performer. And yet the
fugue was quite a miracle of pointed,
mastery and intelligent playing. OF
faulty information, so common a failing
where, unaccompanied. Bach is con-
cerned, one noted scarcely trace. In
a word. little Vecsey carried away his
audience, and a short encore piece had
to be given before the boy was suffered
to depart"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-04


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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-04
ERoHMAN,s NEW PLAYS.

Among the plays secured abroad by
Charles F'rohman are 1.-The Gallant
King" "The Third Moon" La Man.
tansier" and 1.-The Sorceress." Mr..
F'rohman has also engaged some fifty
Partisan dancers who appeared in The
Schoolgirl" at Days theater, New
York.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-04
Dick Sheldon.

Dick Sheldon, the great Yale hammer
thrower and shot putter, is one of the
few athletes of wide prominence that
do not permit their interest in athletics
to drop after their college careers are
over.
Sheldon is now a member of the New
York Athletic club and of the Seventh
regiment of New York. At the COM
petitions of these organizations he is
always one of the interesting figures
and. of course, captures the prizes In
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-04

~HE American college world is
greatly interested in the COM
ing international athletic con-
- tests to be held in London.
As has been the custom in years past,
Yale and Harvard men are to compete
against the stars of Oxford and Cam
bridge, the two leading universities of
Great Britain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-04
LEAGUE Leaders.

Fielder Davy Jones of Chicago leads
the American league in sacrifice hits
He has made more than twenty to
date Heidrick leads the American
league in stolen bases. This speedy
runner has fifteen purloined sacks to
his credit. HARRY GRANT.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-04
The umpirs,s New Burden.

The poor umpire has another bur-
den. President Pulliam of the National
league has ordained that each member
of the much abused tribe shall carry
a whisk broom to be used to brush off
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-04

paign closes the club win be offering
red and green trading stamps to every
ticket purchaser, with the privilege of
a free admission on the presentation of
six of the coupons.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-04

batsman's task has been made even
more difficult. BY giving the pitchers
the advantage of the foul strike rule
they have contests almost entirely I'M
der their control.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-04

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-04

Captain Kellogg of Michigan. the star
long distance runner, could be taken
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-04

"a ~ JOR league baseball author
tiles have been making
strong efforts to do away
n v n with the pernicious double
header The playing of two games of
ball for one admission is a practice
that dictators in minor leagues have
frequently abused. and it is to the
credit of the larger organizations that
they show desire to reduce these cut
rate contests to a minimum.
President Barney Dreyfuss of the
Pittsburg Nationals recently took I'M
usual means to avoid the playing of a
double header in St. Louis. He char
tered special train at a cost of $1,000
and arranged with a railroad to make
a special schedule between PittsbUrg
and St Louis in order that his team
could reach the latter city to play
postponed game on an OF day instead
of two the next day.
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LEGAL BLANKS

The attention of notaries,
constables and justices of
the peace is called to the
fact that they can get
at the" News" office
the following named stand
ard legal blanks at low rates:
Affidavit in Attachment.
Affidavit in Replevin.
Affidavit for GarniShment---without
attachment and before judgment.
Bill of Sale.
Bond in Attachment.
Bond for Deed.
Chattel Mortgage---general form.
Chattel Mortgage---with power of
Sale-Territory form.
Deed-General Warranty.
Execution.
Garnishee Summons---when plain
tiff is in danger of losing his claim.
Garnishment Affidavit, in attachm't.
GarniShment-examinatio of garn'
Garnishment-order to pay money
into court.
Hay shippers handy record book.
Notes-Several forms.
Order of Attachment.
Receipts.
Replevin Bond.
Replevin Summons.
Poll Tax receipt book-township.
Road Tax receipt book-township.
Road Overseers Receipt for poll tax
paid in work.
Subpena-gene form.
Summons.