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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-25
TROUBLES ON THE ROAD.

During the season just closed there
were a number of women advance
agents who preceded their attractions
a week or so and endeavored to con-
vince the reading public that to miss
seeing their star meant shortening of
life. One of the successful women
ahead is known as Mac" and she halls
from Toledo. Aside from writing in
teresting gossip concerning the players
she represents she tells many interest
ing stories of her own experiences.
One of these is appended:
at was in East Liverpool, o., that
encountered one of the ludicrous an
noyances that befan almost daily the
woman traveller. It was during the
heated period in September, and after
a long. dusty ride / was very thirsty.
AS 1 registered 1 said to the man be-
hind the counter of the little country
hotel, VIII you please give me a drink
of water?'
He calmly walked over to a water
cooler. where a negro porter had just
put down the glass from his lips, filed
it and brought it to me.
ut is needless to say that I did not
want to drink as badly as 1 did the mo-
ment before. I took the glass in my
hand and, holding it to the light. said:
The water does not look very clear.
Will you kindly bring me a bottle of
vichy? The great, gaunt, unshaven
fellow drew himself up and, looking
down at me in virtuous indignation,
said:
+" We don't sell anything intoxicating
here, lady, and we don't keep no woman
what asks for it,
Il went to another hotel
This is only one of the experiences
which come daily; but if the woman is
all right for the work. then the work is
all right for the woman"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-25

abouts. and the race will first be run
early next october. Entries from any
country on the globe, all others barred,
win be accepted. European racers viii
respond readily, and we are certain to
see almost every prominent automo-
bilist in the world at the start next
fall. One of the novel conditions is
that the race shall begin at sunrise.
1t is no more than right that Amer
lea should have a blue ribbon auto
race. European countries have been
conducting important meets for years.
France, as might be supposed, has al
ways taken the lead, although the
greatest event of last season-the in
ternationaI race for the Gordon Ben
nett cup-was held in Ireland.
The subsequent races for the Wander
bilt cup viii be held in the country
from which the winner enters. For in
stance, if a Belgian is victor in Octo-
Der the contest of 1905 will be run in
Bele.um.
NJ. Vanderbilt deserves the thanks
of every American sportsman for his
generosity. He has given US a stand
ing in the auto world that heretofore
we have lacked.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-25
A PITCHER WITH ONE LEG.

To be a great baseball pitcher is de-
sired by most boys, but to be an ex-
pert pitcher despite the handicap OF
having only one leg seems almost i'm
possible, yet such is the case Of Ed
ward c. Nolan of New York city, who
is known as one of the best semiprofes-
sional pitchers in the younger ranks
In addition to that, he has a reputation
for batting and playing that would dc
credit to many professionals
Recently at West Farms, New York;
Nolan was in the box for his team, the
Young Mems Catholic club, and for
twelve innings pitched such good ball
that not a man of the opposing Bel
mOnts crossed the plate. while thir-
teen batters who faced him famed the
air
When Nolan is in action on the diz-
rnond he uses a wooden crutch while
delivering ball, the crutch merely as
sisting to steady him and aid him to
keep his balance His left leg has been
amputated above the knee In deliv-
ering the ball he swings back on the re-
manning leg and is enabled to get as
much speed as if he possessed two good
'lxfckers"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-25
THEATRICAL ANGELS"

A man with capital and an inclina-
ton to invest it is never lacking when
there is a new play or a new star to
launch Perhaps his willingness grows
out of his love for art; more likely 1t IS
his susceptibility to the destinations
Of pair of bright eyes.
So the money end of theatricals Is d.
vided between two great classes-the
angels and the anglers" The hooks
of the latter are always baited allur-
overwhelmingly but alluringly. The
former are always willing victims Of
the snare.
The angels" are never nonentities OF
come ons" in the ordinary sense OF the
term. Indeed. the infallible rule is that
the cleverer OF better educated or more
generally experienced an angel" is the
easier it is to induce him to invest his
cash in the tinseled world. The prime
necessity Is that he have the cash
A list of the angels behind New
York theatrical enterprises during the
last few years would make many a
staid New Yorker sit up and take no
tice. A New York writer says the list
would include bankers and brokers or
prominence in Wall street, capitalists
who have retired and made money
spending their pastime, doctors and
lawyers and lights Of other professions
and, most numerous of all. that great
horde OF unemployed young cIuDLneu
whose wealth has been secured by in
heritance and who never learned the
value Of a dollar by the hard task OF
earning it. They are not the youths
who comprise the great standing army
of "JOhnnies." They are not conspicu-
Gus around the playhouses. You ind
them in the boxes Of the theaters where
their special attractions are. and If you
ask the man at the box office he VIII
generally tell you that they pay hard
cash for their seats.
There was recently an angler for
angels in New York who had reduced
the process Of catching hackers for his
expensive musical comedies 20 such an
exact science that he kept a list of the
young rich men who were about to
come into their fnheritances. No soon
er had the unsuspecting object OF his
enterprise had a final session with his
family's lawyers than this manager
had shown him advantageOusly the
path to fame and greater wealth Nine
/ chances out Of ten the path had D
turning. and the angel" footed the
bill This same manager meanwhile
lived in luxury and reaped the passing
advantages Of his theatrical enter
! prises. He was reputed to be a wealthy
man. but he did not have a dollar that
was his own. He controlled" capital
4 that is. he controlled angels"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-25
eRAcIE MlsuNpERsToop.

A well known romantic actor whose
wife is not on the stage, but has suffi-
cient knowledge of it to help him great
ly in his work, was rehearsing a violent
scene at home. Striding up and down
the room in a fury, he poured out a tor
rent of denunciation upon his wife, who
stood, manuscript in hand, prompting
him when he slipped in his lines. In
corner of the room sat little Oracle in
her rocking chair. She had heard the
rehearsaIs before, but this scene be
came so realistic that she could stand
it no more. so up she jumped and cried
out in treble wrath: Papa, you mustn't
speak that way to mammal She works
hard for you all day"
They had to begin it all over after
having properly explained the situation
to irate Oracle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-25

that the British golf authorities did
not refuse to acknowledge that Walter
J. Travis is amateur golf champion of
England. After winning the tOurna-
nlent at Sandwich, England, recently
hundreds of Americans expected to
hear that the English officials had ad-
judged Travis a professional and that
the title and prizes would be withheld
from him. Perhaps, however, the Eng
lishmen are now busily working up evil
dence against the champion so that
after he has been back in this country
for a few weeks they can accomplish
their purpose without the embarrass-
ment of Travis presence on the other
side of the Atlantic.
HARRY GRANT
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The AbIest College Box Artist.

Walter CIarkson Is the ablest pitcher
produced in a college for many a year.
Through his efforts Harvard defeated
Yale three successive seasons, and the
young man is the idol of every femi-
nine as well as of every masculine
heart in Cambridge and Boston.
Clarkson has great speed, perfect
control and unusual curves. Jack
Chesbro of the New York Americans
has coached him for a couple of sea-
sons, and therefore the youngster is al
ready ION to" many of the tricks of the
professional branch of the game.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-25

His endurance is almost beyond belief.
He recently wrestled continuously for
five hours in bout in Montreal, even
tually winning from Tremblay the Ca
madam champion, and left the hall APP
parently as active as at the opening of
the bout.
One of Georges favorite diversions
during the winter is to swim in the
East river, off the New York city shore.
while cakes of ice float past him. He
once had a photograph taken while
seated on a cake of ice on nice
breezy January morning. Br-r-r-rl
The photographers hands became so
benumbed by the cold that he dropped
the plate, brea king it. George, how
ever, in his good natured manner
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-25
Rritish Critic Work Overtime.


It will thus be seen that our British
cousins criticise through pique and
jealousy of our nautical prowess. We
would make a grave error to take their
remarks too seriously. They drove our
jockeys and horse owners off their
race tracks, they made technical pro-
tests against our polo players last sea-
son and recently made strong efforts to
discredit the victory of our rifemen in
the contests at Bisley, England. for the
Palma trophy. The shooting contests
were held almost a year ago. The
competitors from other European coun-
tries acknowledged gracefully that they
were defeated. The Englishmen, how
ever, would not act IN a sportsmanlike
manner and after almost a year of
unrest dug up some technicalities re-
garding the barrels of the rifles our
men used and attempted to prove that
our victory was won by unfair means.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-25
"a Misannrehension.

In addition, it is not possible for
steel vessels plates to quicker" no
ticeably without causing her to leak
like a sieve. In that case she would
be compelled to put up in a dry dock
for a lengthy period to be thoroughly
oyerhauled. Ingomar paid no such Wis
it to any dry dock. She was simply
scraped and repainted in a Clyde ship
yard. Clearly the critic referred to the
travel worn appearance of the coating
applied to the vessels bottom to re-
sist barnacles and sea growth, which
invariably requires renewal after a
long voyage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-25

to their places claimed it as hers He
objected to parting with it; it was
worth a good sum OF money" he said
And then he persuaded her to give it to
him in exchange for a 500 note
Unwittingly Re5ane's kind act had
prompted another deed of charity, and
it was charity well bestowed, for only
three days previously the woman had
lost her husband. and she had depend
ent On her the three little children of
her only son. a stage carpenter, who
had died suddenly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-25
WrestIed a Human Elephant.

George recently participated in the
most amusing contest of his long ca
reer. He wrestled a 800 pound German
athlete (Bothner's weight is 1877
pounds and rolled him around at will
The monster would obtain a hold on the
champion, only to have George slip
out of his grasp. The spectators roared
with laughter until their sides ached.
Finally George endeavored to apply a
scissors hold. He encircled his huge
opponents stomach with his (George's)
legs, only to find that his feet did not
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-25

as steady as Plymouth rock and has
always proved willing to learn from
others, a characteristic that scores of
prominent amateur pitchers lack.
Clarkson is also a reliable hitter. BY
timely hits he has won many of the
games in which he pitched. He fields
his position well, too. and, taken all in
all, he is the best pickup" that the
professional baseball world has found
since Christy Mathewson of the New
York Nationals was signed from Buck
nell university
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-25

muttered the Teuton as he rubbed a
bruised knee mournfuly- Il get him
good. and then all of a sudden he is
nowhere. By chiminy. when get him
so that he cant move he picks me up
and throws me away like nothing. If 1
hold his hands he throws me with his
legs. If I lie still to rest he digs the
point of his chin in between my Shout
der blades so that 1 want to scream.
Bothner is demon"
CHARLES f. EDWARDES.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-25
waIter cIarE<son, star Piteher.

Walter Clarkson, the phenomenal
young pitcher of the Harvard univer-
sity baseball team, has been the sub
ject of columns of comment of late.
Combinations and denials of the report
that he would play with the New York
Americans have been tossed back and
forth like a cork on a stormy sea.
The truth of the matter is that Clark
son has decided to play with the New
York Americans, and he gives every
indication of repeating in professional
circles the success of his brother, John
Clarkson (also a Harvard player), who
years ago was the twirling sensation
of the country
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-25
oh. sorrowl

Another crusher of fond American
hopes is Scotch yachting scribe who
says:
'Ingomar is too chunky a craft to
sweep European waters, and her plates
are too thin. Moreover, they are pim-
ply and puckered at the frames. Clear
~ the Herreshoffs are not qualified to
produce schOoners of the first class
Let them confine their efforts to the
abnormal ninety foot sloops that Amer
ica's cup racing conditions demand as
they stand at present.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-25

deeds of kindness. as the following lit
tie story, of which she is the heroine.
win show:
On the first night of la Montansier''
at the Gate, Paris, one of the audience
picked up piece of paper, evidently a
letter. signed "Rejane.' He read it
and found it contained a promise evil
IDENTIFY made to an old woman, to pay
her rent and to look after the wants of
her three grandchildren. Have no
fear" the letter said, for 1 promise
that while I have health and strength
your babies shall be free from want of
all kinds" The finder of the letter, who
was the proprietor of a leading French
paper, was reading it when one of the
pink capped old ladies who show people
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-25
"Inuomar Is Not Prettyl"

One British expert says that Ingomar
cannot prove a sensational success
abroad because she sis not pretty. She
does not gladden. the eye"
Dear me, this is so sudden! How
long is it since prettiness became a
factor in determining a racing crafts
ability? And, again, why should a tried
champion like Ingomar be condemned
simply because an English writer who
has yet to prove that he is an authority
says she docs not gladden. the eye
his own individual eye?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-25

That Ingomar is chunky no one de-
MES, although perhaps the term is a
triffe overdrawn. She is built short on
the water line, deep in the keel, and her
spars are simply enormous in their
height compared to her water line
length. Ingomar is ninety-one ton
craft, but she has defeated vessels hav-
ing from forty to fifty tons advantage,
with sail power in proportion, of
course
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-25
AutOnnObi1ing,
WRESTLING
And Baseball

u " WILLIAM K. VANDERBILT
"a may well be said to be
~ ~ the greatest all around
American sportsman.
Holder of worlds automobile records,
owner of Tarantula, one of the fastest
motor boats in the world owner of the
victorious seventy foot racing sloop
Rainbow, etc, he is not idle moment
when records may be lowered, and this
summer he viii be more prominent
than ever before.
Recently elected a member of the
racing board of the American Automo-
lille association. Mr.. Vanderbilt has de-
cided to give most of his attention to
this thrilling pastime. Not long ago as
evidence of good faith he announced
tae conditions of a race, the winner Of
which viii receive a valuable trophy
presented by Mr.. Vanderbilt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-25
PLAYwRIeHTs ANp cRlTIcs.

In Paris the playsmiths are challeng-
ing the critics to duels for not liking
their plays. Commercialism has led
these vain gentlemen to suppose that
an advertisement buys the right to the
puff unlimited It. does not, and If a
deadhead ticket does there oughtn't to
be any deadhead tickets Still a French
duel is so safe that insurance cOmpa-
MES regard those who take part in
them as certain to die of old age.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-25
Amateurs Versus Professionals.

OF course an amateurs showing
against professional ball players is al
ways a matter of conjecture. Many of
them, practically invincible against the
undeveIoped batsmen of the unpaid
ranks, lose their nerve and are the
easiest of propositions to the men that
have spent years in solving able twill
ers' benders. The Harvard star, how
ever, is a lad of unusual caIiber He is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-25
A NOVEL SCHEME.

The theatrical managers Of New
York, having determined to abandon
advertising posters in windows. now
propose to do away with billboards and
to raise a fund for the erection OF
kiosks. similar to those seen in the
streets of Paris, on which theatrical
advertisements can be displayed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-25

The Scotchman is really pathetic.
He wants to prove that we lack lnowl-
edge of the successful methods Of
building large racing craft, and he
cannot seem to hit the mark His
claim that Ingomar's plates (she is a
steel crafD are too thin is ridiculous
when we remind him that she has sail
ed in a dozen sea races, some of them
marked by very heavy weather, and
has crossed the ocean early in the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-25

Bothner a Popular Wrestler.
George Bothner is without doubt the
most popular wrestler that ever step
ped on a mat. Holder of the worlds
lightweight championship title, he is a
phenomenon in more ways than one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-25
wIees AN EXPENSIVE PITCHER

The most expensive experiment on
record in baseball is said to have been
Pitcher Jim Wigs, who was tried out
by Cincinnati last spring. He was paid
S1,150 in advance money, salary or
credit and pitched exactly three in
nings, at the end of which he was re-
leased. This is an average of 1888 per
inning, or about SIS a minute, allow
ing five minutes to an inning. Wigs
is now on the Salt Lake City team and
is considered the leading pitcher of the
Pacific National league.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-25
lNG1IsH vaehting critiog h.

- NGLISH yachting critics have
* been spending considerable
time of late in making learned
observations concerning the
dement's of the champion American
racing schooner Ingomar, which is now
in foreign waters.
Owned by Morton F. Plant of New
York and flying the burgee of the
Larchmont N. W Yacht club, lingo
mar is abroad in an attempt to win new
racing honors for Uncle Sans amateur
sailors. That she is well handled will
readily be believed when it is remem-
bered that the redoubta.ble, unconquer-
able Charley Barr of Americas cup
fame is at her wheel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-25

> OfNT OF a lNEA AN HESS.
Men and women in 1.-The" profession
are proverbially generous, and a tale of
woe soon calls forth from them sub
stantiaI expressions of sympathy. Nine.
Rejane, the great French actress. is
not one whit behind her fellows in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-25

jumped into the river (the tempera-
ture was just 4 above zero) and climb
ed upon another cake of ice so that a
new picture could be taken. No,
George is not a fragile dollhouse flower.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-25
Exoessiue Partiaanshin.

Sporting relations between England
and America will cease ere long if the
Britishers do not put brakes on their
excessive partisanship. It is strange
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-25
VanderbiIt Gun Race.

The race in question is to be Amer
lca's greatest annual auto event. The
course viii be 300 miles long or there
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-25

spring before the winter winds have
entirely ceased. All this she has done
without loosening one of the rivets
hammered into her at the Herreshof
yards at Bristol, RI
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-25
DICK COOLEY, OF
THE BOSTON NATIONALS.

Dick Cooley. the star outhelder of the
Boston Nationals. is when in shape one
of the most reliable batsmen in the east
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-25
T, KAMAWHA,
NEW YORK.

come within a yard of meeting on the
opposite side. To cap the climax
George executed a side roll (from a
half Nelson) so quickly and powerfully
that his opponent rolled through the
ropes off the stage, plunged down on a
piano, smashing a score of keys, and
came to a full stop on the floor, which
he hit so hard that the entire building
shook. The big mans cushions of
flesh saved him from injury, and he
slowly clanbered to-his- feet, vowing
that the wrestling arena should know
him no more.
NaftA A. Mil; Gil
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-25

What the Victim Said.
THAT Bothner boy he is a devil, a
witch and a mountain lion all in one"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-25
STORY OF A GREAT ACTRESS.

CHARLEs =. EDWARDEs.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-24
Judge l.. s. Trimble, a Former
Citizen, is Dead.
Lived in Padouah for Many Years
Before He Mysteriously
Vanished.
BROTHER OF A. A. TRIMLBE

News reached the citv to-day Of the
death of Judge Lawrence : Trimble far.
ur.rlv of paducab at his homo an a
ranch in Tiieras CANYON near Albueroue
IS. NJ. lie had been in bad health for
some time. but dysentary was the i'm.
mediate cause of his death.
Judge Trimble was born in Eastern
Kentucky and lacked inst ono month of
being 50 wears of are. lie came 70 Pa.
ducab when about 30 wears of aoe. He
became ouite wealthy being at one time
worth about slOOOOO He was nromi.
nent in polities. and was at one time
circuit Judge from this district and wa.
several times a member of congress
During the war he WAS a union man.
but was Democrat AT the close of
the war he WAS elected IN congress and
was instrumental in admstiny mail
routes in this sectiop which wore un.et
ON account of the war
He never married hint built a hand.
some home in Arcadia now occup;ed nv
the family of DIR. W. H. Sanders where
he lived all alone.
lie had noliticaI and financial misfor.
tune. however. and nearly % wears ago
he Ief, homo On n, old ,-oy borso h.
was accustomed IN ride ostonsihlv 70
come to this CITY an a T,tle business
and never returned The family Of his
brother Mr. Tr;nblo who Uvod
n.,r hin, i'm Ar.a5io d;d M, ho,, fen,