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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-13
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sig. Angelo PaUicolO. Pianist.
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Box Office sale begins at stansaeld's
Thursday April 10, a. m. Mail or
. ders from all points including Topeka
addressed to George Stansheld. CON
tanning the price and stamped en-
velope addressed for return. will be
received on and after Monday. April
Is. and the seats reserved according 10
the expressed preference. and prompt
ly mailed to the purchaser. Orders re-
ceived before that day will not be filled
until those Of the morning of April Is
have been filed
Tickets only s1.oO all over the
house
A rate Of ore fare. plus so cents. has
been made for the round trip. one
and one-third fare where that wonlg
be less.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-13

lobe Huffmann of Missouri Valley
league fame will be captain and man
ager of the independence, Kan, State
league team this summer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-13

registered as unmarried and nearly all
of them Russians who said they had
served as soldiers in the war against
Japan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-13

George Blackburn. the big White Sox
twirler, has gone TO Macon, Ga, for a
tryout with the Cotton States league
team of that town
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-13
WORD FROM MIR. WARE.
Says VIII White Ought Not to Be.
Severely Punished NOW.

To the Editor of the State Journal:
I have been absent in the Indian
Territory and on my return L find that
there has been newspaper contro-
versy about who wrote Whats the
Matter With Kansas 1 charge It up
to Old Bill White. Any man who is
an expert in intellectual handwriting
can see plainly that he wrote it. As
considerable time has elapsed and the
damage done by the article has been
largely repaired. I think the punish
ment now. at this late date. ought not
to be severe. But I do think some
thing ought to be done him. for he
must have known that detection was
inevitable. Yours truly,
z. r. WARE.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-01
Baseball GROWING
like THE MUSHROOMS
Minors Are the Cause Of the Great
Increase in the
Game.

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Ten years ago there were Just as
many major league clubs as there are at
present, barring two. That was the
day Of the twelve-club league. with
teams IN the more important cities Of
the United States. ,
But there were not as many minor
league clubs by SO per cent as there are
at present, and it is in the minor organ
izations and in the creation of new
minor organizations that baseball has
had its greatest and healthiest growth.
3 The National league, first Of any real
~ effective organization to control the
affairs Of the national pastime, builded
more wisely than it knew when it laid
the foundation of what is now conceded
to be the best organized sport in the
world, for even cricket, much older
game in England, and football, which
draws even larger crowds than the
greatest which see our baseball games,
cannot compare in scope and ironclad
effectiveness with the observance OF
baseball law thruout the United States.
Where here and there independent
dubs eked ont an existence, more due to
local pride and the purse Of rich bankers
than to the revenue derived from the
population in 1895 and years prior to
that, there are now leagues Of manifest
strength supported by great enthusiasm
on the part Of their patrons and which
develop many ballplayers Of the high
est caliber.
An incentive has been given to young
players to perfect themselves in the
sport, owing to the perfectly proper
| methods of graduating them from the
lesser organizations to the greater. That
| has increased the army of what may be
| termed professional ballplayers from
to thousands.
Trolley lines may seem to have little
to do with baseball, but in reality they
have been one Of the most potent fac
tors in building it up. Leagues which
would be out Of the question but for ex-
cellent transportation facilities from re-
mote distances to cities Of lesser grade
/ now thrive thru the union. The trolley
| leagues, in feet, are becoming one of
the strongest allies Of which the nation
] al game can boast.
Long overland journeys by wagon
have been eliminated and in the middle
west especially, and in the eastern
] states, clubs now have no difficulty In
filing their engagements by quick tran
sit over electric roads.
| Some of the more optimistic baseball
4 men insist that .25,000,000 spectators
saw ball games last year. The figures
may be exaggerated, since there is no
possible means of ascertaining their ac-
q curacy, but it is a fact that in the lar.
:, ger cities all records were broken for at.
! tendance, the $4,000 mark being repeat
edly exceeded for single games, and it
is fair to assume that the same rule ap,
piled in all sections Of the country.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-01

can see no reason why the fight
for the championship in the Amer
lean league this year will not be the
best in its history. Take the clubs
as a whole and 7 think that they are
better equalized in playing strength,
if anything, than they were in 1905.
I It seems to me almost impossible
before the race begins to pick one
club TO win the championship with
out considering the claims Of some
other. That is my idea Of what a
good baseball championship strug-
gle should be, and trust that at
the end Of the season even the los
ers, as well as the winners, will be
satisfied with the quality Of base
ball which has been placed before
the public. Ban Johnson,
President of the A-lerican League.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-01

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:, 1T. is my opinion that in both the
National and the American leagues the
struggle to win the championship in
1906 will be more exciting and more
interesting than it was in 1905. The
American league clubs again appear to
be well graduated, and am firmly Of
the belief that the National league race
will be harder fought than it was last
year. T think that all the National
league clubs have been strengthened.
'tLOf course it isTimpossible to say how
much they may have been strengthened
until they are actually engaged in the
regularly scheduled games. Unques-
tionably efforts have been made on the
part of Chicago, Pittsburg and Gin
cinnati in the. National league to OBJ
tain players who would fill the posi-
tions which appeared to be weak last
year. The idea on the part Of all the
managers has been to put together
mines which would beat the giants in
the race, and as we have won the pen
nant twice in succession, other man.
ayers doubtless have their ideas as to
how they are going to make it harde,
for us. The worlds champions will
play this year as they did last, SO fa1
as the men on the team are concerned
and have no doubt whatever that they
will play: ball just as we'll in 1905 al
they did in 1905, Jew want to capture
the pannant of the National league fol
the third time, attAas eqqualling the rec
ord which was made by Pittsburg, ane
we also desire to win the world g cham
pionship for the second time, and thai
is what we will set out to do from tn,
first game Of the year. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-01
FANS PAY WELL D. ..-s. -
FOR THEIR PASTIME;
Thousands Spent Every Year by the
= Followers Of the Game What It
u. Costs the Magnates. s,t>ssss -.

One can say that thousands Of dol
lars are expended annually for baseball
games and convey in vague way what
baseball expenditure means.
Presuming that 25,000,000 spectators
witnessed baseball games in 1905, which
is the estimate of one hopeful citizen,
it is fair to say that at least half of the
25,000,000 paid admission to the games
Suppose that each of, this 12,500,0O0
paid 25 cents to witness his favorite
sport. That would make gross total
Of $3,125,000 at the gate in one sea-
son. That begins to sound more like
figures. =. .-E2.. 49,. .zz.2.. =.
. Now add to that the car fare which
was expended by each spectator, where
the games were played in large cities,
and the amount which was handed out
to the peanut boy and the lemonade
peddler, and an idea begins to form that
baseball receipts accumulate quite a
total, even if it is the cheapest and
most popular form of outdoor sport.
Nor is what the spectator pays to
witness the games all that is expended
during the year. Great factories work
day and night to make baseballs, and
men have acquired fortunes in placing
their wares before the public Hun
| dreds of tailors are employed in max
ing baseball uniforms, and scores of
turner's gain a livelihood turning out
baseball bats, while the forests Of the
| middle west have been ransacked to
obtain the best timber to provide the
| players with Sticks to suit them:
| Put a million of dollars more on tor
of the amount paid to see games and
the mark has jumped over $4,0OO,OOO
Even that doesn 'ttell the story. Clubs
expend large sums in travel. The rail
roads and sthe hotels are benefited
Spectators frequently journey long dis
tances to witness matches between IA
nous mines. At the world s series last
fall there were three spectators wht
had come all the way from Californis
to see the giants play for the cham
plonship. It would make $500 900 lool
small to cover all the expenditure OF
account of travel in behalf of baseball
during the summer months.
! The fact is that baseball costs tn,
people Of the United States more thar
$5,OoO,O0O annually, and the bill i
growing heavier every year, but 5,
small is the per capita expenditure ant
SO great the enjoyment which is derived
from the game that it is contributed
with less complaint and more open indi
cation of real satisfaction than an,
indirect tax which is levied upo,
the community at large in behalf Of !,
1 good time s :-5,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-01
STARS TELL HOW TO PLAY THE CAME
How to Run Bases.
L Ry Arthur naTlln

Watch the pitcher carefully. A good
start depends upon knowing his pre-.
liminary motions. Tell the coach to
keep you posted on what the first base
man is doing and don t try to bother
about that yourself. When you make
up your mind to try for second be
ready to SHIRT on your toes and don t
be caught off your balance. # you are,
the catcher s throw will almost GER
tainly beat you out, Slide behind the
baseman,f not in, front of him, where he
can touch you. IF he has to reach for
you, your chance to get the base is as
good as his to touch you out.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-01
DIFFERENT PLAYING
IN THE BIG LEAGUES
May Look Alike, but the Close
Student Knows Bet
ter.

While the general public may look
upon all baseball games as being much
alike, there is difference in method
between leagues which is discernible to
the close student of. the pastime-the
epicure Of baseball, as it were. This
was in evidence in the days Of the old
American association, which was at ono
time the National leagues most potent
rival in baseball. It has not disap-
peared at the present time.
The National league plays what, for
a better expression, may be termed .
close game. Much energy is bent upon
securing single runs. There is, per
haps, more attention to the sacrifice
game in the National than there is in
the American. It is seldom that Ma
tional league manager permits q batter
to do otherwise than advance the base
runner when there is a man on first
and no one out.
While the American league does not
think Of eliminating the sacrifice hit
absolutely from its playing methods, the
managers in its circuit, as rule, arc
given to taking chances. For instance,
if there are two men on bases with no
one out, it has been the policy Of some
American league managers to permit
the next batter to hit the ball out,
trusting that long hit shall prove
more advantageous in the long run than
playing for single run with posi-
bility Of making two or more. Thru
out the American league game in. gen
eral there is disposition to take
chances, which is not so marked in the
National league, that plays for sure re-
suits, if it is possible to bring them
about.
One club in the American league, the
New Yorks, started the Hsqueezeo
play, so-called, last year, and others at
tempted to initiate it. It is nothing
more than bunt toward first Sor along
| the third base line when there is run
ner on third. Cooperation is necessary
between the batter and runner to make
| it successful, as the latter must be in
motion for the plate when the batter
taps the ball. The New York Ameri-
cans were successful with it sometimes
and failed to bring it off on others.
The National league clubs used 1t, but
seldom or never, and the New York
National league club stopped it the few
times which it was tried against the
/ giants by cleyerness In reading the run.
ner,s intentions. Il IL not safe play
with which to win game, altho It
might be used with some caution when .
team is in the lead and playing to add
runs to its score.
4 Fewer bases are stolen In the Ameri-
j can league, as a rule, than in the Ma.
/ tional. This is attributed to the fact
that the pitchers are given more free.
! dom in the American than they are IL
/ the National. What is contributed 1
balk in National league games e al
lowed in the American without penalty
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-01

OF course, the principal fight in
the National league will be to. pull
the New Yorks from first place,
where they have successfully held
their own after playing ball for two
seasons in the most admirable man
ner. The National, as a whole, is
better organization this year than
it was last. When the playing sea-
son is finished T am sure that this
prediction will have proved it's ac-
curacy. 7 do not admit that the
lower clubs in the National league
last year were so weak as has been
asserted by some, but the general
playing strength of the organiza-
ton was perhaps more punched by
sections than it was by individual
teams. We had the most, prosper
ous season in 1905 that we ever
had, and T am confident that we
will do even better in 1906. s.~
r .-. Harry Pulliam,
President Of the National League.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-01
Playing Second Base.
By William Gilbert,

Remember that the second baseman
is sort of right field shortstop and
baseman combined. Don t hug the base
too close. IF you do there lis many a
grounder which will dance out to right
field which you should have stopped.
Play we'll out. Hard-hit balls are too
apt to get away before you can get up
to them if you keep on the line. When
the first baseman goes after bunt hits
don t forget that it { is your business
to cover first while the shortstop will
look after second base. Above every
thing learn to be speedy on double
plays. A quick second baseman will
stop many a chance for q double and
give life to q team which would other
wise be beaten. 3.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-01

mob struggled for footing outside the
clubhouse of the players, trampling
hats under foot to secure souvenirs
thrown by the players, tugging madly
at belts and old shoes which fell among
them and which everybody wanted, in
sisting upon speeches, bringing the
band to serenade the victors, and finally
drifting home tired, bedraggled, hoarse,
but thoroly happy because they knew
that they had witnessed fair contests,
conducted without murmur of pro
test, which established the claims of
both major leagues to craftsmanship
Of the highest nature. s4-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-01
The Spit Ball. =
By Jack Chesbro.

People scotf at the spit BALI and
say there is nothing in it. I know bet
ter. There is q lot in it, but sometimes
you can Il get it all out. ] have had
as much experience with the { spit
ball" as any pitcher in the country.
/ know that ] have lost some important
games because Of wild pitches, but on
the other hand / have won some that
were needed by my team The only
thing to the spit ball is simply to
smoisten the cover and then pitch as
you would for any curve. OF course
you can T always control it as you
would like, and control never can be
secured except by practice, but those
who practice most viii do the best with
siit 80 s q 80
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-01
Something About Batting.
By Hans Wagner.

II you keep your arms free you can
hit the ball freely. The batter who
strikes at the ball with stiff forearm
and rigid elbows can expect to get
much distance. Look for the seam in
the ball when it comes up around the
plate and aim to meet it fairly with
the bat. Don't take your eyes off the
ball. If you do you II lose. Never
mind what the pitcher does before he
lets the ball go. Watch for it as it
comes from his hand and then follow
it as it approaches you. Learn to be
easy on your feet 50 that you can step
ia or out as the emergency demands
and meet curves Then yon 2 hit some.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-01

r. Two old-timers who are now stars
with the San Antonio: team are Tom
Parrott, an ex-red, and Henry Reitz,
formerly Of the champion orioles.
Tacky Tom is playing, left field and
- hitting 'em a mile,'' according to
Manager Morrow. Reitzs is in good
shape and putting up a good game at
second base. i. S. 9
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-01

According to George Mullin of To
ledo, Detroit s star pitcher, this will
be his last season in the spangles. Null
lin asserts that he is going into bust
ness in indianapolis at the close Of the
baseball year, and for this reason he is
determined to make his exit from the
national game in blaze Of glory
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-01
. A. A. u. BUTTS IN
Ancient and Honorable Fussbuttons
Nav Worry Collegians.

journal Special Service.
New Haven, Conn, March b.
Yale's track team was thrown into a
futter last night by the announcement
that the naval militia games in which
Yale and Columbia athletes entered a
month ago, were not sanctioned. by the
A. "A. u, from the office Of Secretary
Sullivan Of the A. A. u. Demands for
an investigation have beer. received.
/ Coach Mack and Captain Gates have
notified him that they. supposed that
the meets were sanctioned They have
pointed out that the entire Yale team
was registered with the A.; A. %. Fear
is felt that the Yale and Columbia ath-
sletes will be suspended. s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-01

other leagues which may be mentioned.
Their patrons may take sides with the
major leagues, and they may look with
some avidity for the news of their
games, but so contagious is baseball
interest and enthusiasm that he who be-
comes a devotee to the larger club
speedily finds himself a rank partisan
for his own team, even tho it be play
ing in the far northwest, or the far
southwest, for the championship Of that
: immediate section. 49, S
- More baseball clubs will be on the
diamonds Of the United States this year
than ever before played in the history
of the country. There will be more
leagues than there were in 1905 and
there will be more independent clubs.
Dealers in baseball supplies say that
the demands for the summer trade are
far in excess Of any season in their
history! Had they not anticipated such,
possibility it might have been that
some of them would have found it out
of the question to supply advantage
ously all their customers.
The country everywhere is keen for
great baseball struggle and the base
ball sky is without one unfavoring
cloud. If by some chance either New
York club should happen to win. the
championship in it's respective league
this year, it is within reason to pre-
dict that the crowds which shall wit
ness the next world IS series will be
even larger than the thousands who sat
in a fever of excitement turnout the
games ip the fall of 1905, finally fin
fishing By giving the giants such an
ovation as never was. seen at the close
of baseball game in the world. s
For more than half an hour dense
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-11-08
Healthfulness OF Honey,

Honey, one Of the most nutritious
and delicate Of foods, should be eaten
more than 1t Is" said a cooking expert.
Bought In the comb, 1t Is bound to be
unadulterated and this pure honey
will keep Its friends free from sore
throat and bronchial troubles. l have
not had a sore throat since six years
ago l took to eating honey. My doc
tor tells me he often recommends hon
ey, with excellent results, for diseases
Of the throat. Honey Is excellent to
use instead Of sugar for sweetening
cakes. 1t gives the cakes a most de-
lightful flavor. 1t is also excellent In
place of butter on hot biscuit, on toast
and on buckwneat cakes. l know a
number of women who use honey as a
cosmetic. They apply 1t to the skin,
rub 1t In well, then wash II on with
hot water, The result Is a finer tex
tured complexion, a glowing color, a
young, fresh look"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-11-08
Water Pipes and Pressing.

Housekeepers as a rule do not under
stand why 1t ls the hot water pipe
Is the first to freeze in very cold wealth
err. They think hat IL ought to be the
other way around hot water
ought to withstand the low tempera-
ture longer than cold water will. That
does seem reasonable, but a little in
v~estigation shows us that 1t is not. Hot
water freezes more quickly than cold
water for several reasons In the first
place. the boiling of water expels the
air from ii, and water will lot freeze
until 1t has parted with Its air. In the
second place, there is always a slight
agitation on the surface of hot water.
and this promotes congelation by as
sistlng the crystals to change their po-
sition until they assume that most ia
vorable to so~lidihcation. Then the
particles In hot water divide into small
err globules by reaso OF the heat. and
less resistance Is therefore, offered to
the cold than In cold water.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-11-08
A Flimsy Craff.

While ii is rarely employed by Euro
peans as q method of travel. even In
emergencies, the catamaran OF the
Madras fishermen of India is by al!
odds the most extraordinary OF water
vehicles. Ii consists simply of three
logs dashed together and flush with the
surface OF the water. On these a fish
erman sometimes two or more fisher
mem stands and with IA single pad
dies himself far out 10 sea. \ Madras
fisherman will venture out when boat
men will not launch their craft. and
even in weather when boats cannot be
launched he will go through the surf
and out TO ships with letters, for the
delivery OF which he Gets a few pence.
In order to catch their ships a few be.
lated travellers have been known TO
trust themselves on catamarans. They
are united In the statement that the
ride on the logs was the most nerve
trying experience they had undergone
In a land that holds a new thrill for the
stranger at every turn. The sea and
an occasional ducking have no terrors
for these natives, not even the tx
tremely young, and in reality the cata-
maran is not entirely to he s%corned, for
Ii is, after all, n~onsinkable.