The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-28
WICHITANS IN CHICAGO
Story of Boy and Frightened
Goods.
TALK OF CRESCtUS FEAT
Wichita Race Track Admired
by All the Sports
Chicago, Ill. Feb. q.

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Wichita as a commercial center of Kan
sas seems to have dropped into rear
seat since last October. Should one meet
man here and in casual conversation
announce that he is from Kansas he is
Immediately asked: Were you ever IN
Wichita? p" pronounced nine times out Of
ten ''Wisheta," and if you are from
Wichita you have life long bosom friend
in the Chicagoan, for it was in Wichita
that Creseus smashed the worlds trotting
record and the average Chicago young
man is a clerk. or possibly silent part
neE, and his chief mode Of recreation is
boxing in winter, racing and baseball in
summer and nearly every man one meets
can tell an about the performance Of
Crescus in Wichita and he has the great
est admiration for the town that can
afford a record breaking race track. Ev-
cry one is still talking about that per
Torrance for few here knew that Wich-
fta ever had Il race track until it loomed
up away ahead of all others.
The genial Fritz Huffman is very
busy man just now. Every Wichitan who
has heard his exquisite tenor voice need
not be surprised 10 see the name of HUT
man at the head Of the list Of operate
singers within a short time. Fritz has
made wonderful improvement during his
two years hard work under Chicago's
best musicians and he has had several
fattering offers from operate companies.
Mr.. Huffman is now operate director in
the Steinway music school.
Lake Michigan. for the first time in
twenty-five years has been entirely frozen
over, tighter than q puckered warwhoop.
OF course it was two kansans who at
tempted to walk across the ice to one
of the pumping cribs about three miles
off shore. They were getting along
nicely, slipping and sliding up and down
over ice foes. and were about half way
out when an ice breaking tug that car
ries provisions to the cribs darted around
the crib and made straight for the pedes-
trians. When within couple of hundred
yards, close enough that the Kansans
could feel the pounding of the engines
through the ice. the boat stopped apd a
fellow appeared on top Of the cabin and
yelled through a megaphone: Get TO
IL OuI ~ lltits YOU IiDpill4l ittlf7-
Amt you got no more sense than to come
out on the ice. The wind might shift
and break UP the ice and YOU would
freeze To death or drown in two hours.
Get back to shore there, d-n quick"
The Kansans mosied back home and that
same evening read in one of the papers
that two Northwestern University stu
dents had walked out on the ice, the wind
shifted and the two were on an ice island
all night and until noon the next day.
This happened about month ago and
the Kansans haven't got over the scare
yet.
DIR. J. E. Oldham was in Chicago last
week and visited his son Gordon. who is
q Sophomore medic at the University OF
Chicago.
Professor Z. NJ. Williams for four years
at the head of the department of phys
zeal sciences in Friends University. is at
the head of the science department in
the LAGRANGE ILL.,. high school and is
doing special medical work in the Cniver-
sity Of Chicago Professor Williams is
the coach of the high school athletic
teams His estimabe wife, formerly
Miss Evangeline Pollard. head of the
is in LAGRANGE Professor Williams may
accompany an expedition to the western
states arranged by the physiography
department Of the University of Chicago
Eugene Wallace. son OF the Wichitt
implement man, and fairmount college
graduate. is studying medicine at the
College of Physicians and Surgeons.
IsbeIl. of the firm of Baker & Isbcu.
Wichita kan, and the crack first base
man of the Chicago National Leaguers. is
expected to arrive the first Of the week
to accompany the team on the spring
training trip TO California. Isbell is
warm faVorite with Chicago fans and
every one feels that there is no danger
OF him losing the initial sack because OF
another first base man. Donovan. who has
signed. Isbcl can play almost anywhere