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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-25
FTTz nor DOWN AND OUT.
LanIzy Bob Wants Another Fight With
Jack O,Brien.

Bob Fitzsimmons wants It distinctly
understood that he Is not a member
of the DoWn-and-Out club. The for
mer champion IS looking for another
fight with Jack O'Brien and viii take
him on within eight weeks time, if the
Philadelphian win agree to meet him.
Eddie Graney gave me the worst of
it when I fought O'Brein last N0VeIn-
ber' says Fitz. II collapsed between
rounds while sitting in my own corner
and they counted me ont and declared
O'Brfen the winner before the regular
one minute intermission had expired.
I was in no condition to fight that
night. Domestic troubles had I'M
nerved me completely. Managers have
been the bane of my public career.
The last one to give me trouble poison
ed my wife's mind against me and
twenty-four hours before entered the
ring with O'Brien, she wrote that she
intended to sue for a divorce.
81 lost seven pounds worrying be-
tween the time received her letter
and the night of the fight couldn't
locate her by wire and was nearly dis
tracted when I entered the ring with
O'Brieu. I couldn't concentrate my
mind on the work before me.
mo man ever entered the ring
laboring under the mental torture that
ruined me that night. At that. 1 had
O'Brien beaten in the eleventh round
and should have finished him, but Tor
his cleVernesS in Chnging to me unlll
the gong saved him. 1 had no warning
Of my collapse. It came unexpectedly
while my seconds were tanning and
rubbing me down. My heart must
have gone back on me. Doctors said
that it was probably due to the men
tai strain was under. I know this Is
queer talk coming from man like
myself, who has spent his life at the
anvil and in the prize ring, but some
times the staunchest athletes and
physical giants viii crack under mem
tai pressure, and I guess this must
have been my trouble that night.
IT was matched with O'Brien TO
fight at Tom O'Rourke's Tuxedo club,
but O'Brien ran out. O'Rourke sub
stituted Tommy Burns for him. The
governor of Pennsylvania stopped this
F'itz says that O'Brien would be an
EASY mark for Jim Jeffries. Bob also
adds that he never trained lick Tor
his fight with O'Brien. He had just
finished a strenuous drinking bout with
George Considine and Senator Rey-
nolds. lasting more than forty-eight
hours, when he got a wire to come to
Philadelphia and tackle O'Brien in one
Of the baseball parks. The men went
six rounds and fought each other TO
standstill. According to Fitz, the po-
lice prevented him from finishing
O'Brien.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-25
FINE OFFER MADE TO COOLEY.
CantiIIon Wants Him to Manage the
Milwaukee Team.

D. G. Cooley. who is manager and
captain Of the Topeka baseball team,
has received recently a flattering offer
to manage a team in the American
league. Joe Cantillon. of Milwaukee,
who managed the team of that city
during the past few seasons, has been
offered a position as manager of the
Washington team in the American
league which he will undoubtedly &C
cept. Mr.. Cantillon owns major por-
ton Of the stock Of the Milwaukee
team and will still retain his interests
IN the team should he accept the offer
Of the washington team. Cooley and
CantilIon are old time friends and Mr.,
CantilIon has offered the management
Of the Milwaukee team for next season
to Cooley. A meeting will be arranged
between the two men in the near
future, when the plans will be dis
cussed.
Cooley, however, will not likely &C
cept the offer ut will take mighty
big proposition to get me- away from
Topela.'' said the White Sox captain
this morning. with the prospects of
getting into the Western league so
good. I am willing to stay in Topeka
and take a chance Of carrying away
the Western league pennant."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-25
THAT SKINNER BOY.
He Buys Vinegar and Becomes a
Hero.

After breakfast the other morning
Humpy Skinner was handed jug and
the money to buy two quarts Of vine
gar and sent off to the grocery. It
was only three blocks in a straight
line, but of course he didn't follow a
straight line. That wouldn't have
been like boy He went around into
Ash street, and from thence into Jewel
street. and to Second and State and
Bickerford. and he was seven blocks
from home and swinging the jug
around his head and pretending it was
an Indian club when he met the Cha
pin boy.
''Huml" said Humpy as he stopped.
Humi" replied the Chaplin boy as
he stopped
The Chaplin boy looked at the jug
as if he had never seen one before,
and then asked:
What ye. goin' after?"
Got the money to pay fer it?"
Course"
How much ye goin' to buy?"
1.-TWO quarts"
hero? Do We want to be as big a hero
as ever was? You've read Of en- in
books, and ye know that after a boy
has got to be a hero he can have most
anything in this world he wants. Folks
always take off their hats to him and
and lives in a castle forever after"
II guess I'd be a hero If I could, ="
replied Humpy, after thinking things
over for a minute. d
TITS as easy as rolling or a log. In
stead of buying two quarts of vinegar
you buy only one and fill up the jug
with water. Your mother won't ever
know anything about it, and the spare
money can be used to buy bananas.
You get the vinegar, the bananas, and
be a hero all at once
Humpy was about to refuse to be q
hero when the Henderson boy, the
Jones boy and the Schermerhorn boy
came along. The case was put to
them, and they instantly decided that
Humpy ought to lose no time over it.
It was the first chance he had ever
shouldn't miss it. To the other argu-
ments used to sway him the Scher-
merhorn boy added:
my mother always puts a quart of
water with every quart of vinegar she
buys. She says it makes 1t more
healthy Lots of folks have died from
using strong vinegar. I was reading in
ing a horse. BY putting a quart of
water in that vinegar Hump may save
his mothers life"
Humpy yielded. He bought one
quart of vinegar and spent the rest
of the money for bananas. The boys
then sat down under tree in a va
cant lot and the fruit was divided.
When it had been devoured the
Chaplin boy helfted and shook the jug,
looked wise, and said:
"Our family doctor was saying the
other day that if folks would drink
more vinegar there would be less sick
ness. He said everybody ought to drink
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-25
FOOTBALL ExPLopED.
Causing Considerable Excitement and
Much Laughter.


New Haven, Conn. Oct. 25.-The sons
of Belial Football Team, composed of
members of the senior class at Yale
went to Mt. Carmel yesterday to meet
the heavy Mt. Carmels. Neither team
was able to score because after the
game had gone about Is minutes Of the
first half an unforeseen accident took
place The halfback of the Belials had
got around the end and was sprinting
for the Mt. Carmel goal. Between him
and the coveted posts crouched the giant
ful1back OF the Mt. Carmels. The two
met with a crack like pistol shot. The
Yale men fell to the ground A roar
went up He shot hirn!'' Don't let him
get aWay!' and the crowd surged on the
field. The fullback stopped. just long
enough to see his victim stretched on
the ground and to take one glance at
the oncoming crowd. Then he turned
and beat it. Over fences and stone walls
pursued the crowd. The next thing was
a swamp. Into the swamp plunged the
fulIback. On the brink he saw the
crowd, unappeased, crying loudly
Lynch the murderer"
Some of the avengers went back to
the field to see how the victim was en-
during the shot. He was found lying
on the ground quite exhausted-not
from blood, but from laughter.
leather, all that remained of the foot
ball The Mt. Carmel strong man had
tackled the ball, which blew up with a
loud report. Delegates sent back from
the field Of battle called the assailant
out of the swamp, but the game stop
ped there as there was no unexploded
hall around
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A NEW WESTERN LEAGUE. \
Denver News Has some Dope on tn
Subject

Denver News Has some Dope on the
Subject.
A Denver News dispatch from Des
Moines, Ia. says:
almost simultaneously with tne an
nouncement that Joe Cantillon Will
manage the Washington American
league team and that M. E. Cantillon
viii handle the Minneapolis American
Association club. comes word of a SEN
sattonal plan of the most influential
magnates in minor league baseball to
merge the Western league and the
Western Association.
This plan has been under considera-
ton for some little time, but the chief
obstacle in the way was President Nor
ris O'Nein of the Western league.
President O'Neill, however, has just
given 1t out to his friends on the quiet
that he intends resignIng at the coming
annual meeting of the Western league
O'Neill Is now on his way from the
Western league headquarters in Chi
cago to his home in Oakland. CAL,
where he Will spend the winter.
When O'Nefu resigns from the presi-
dency d. M. Shiveley, now president of
the Western association, will In all pro-
liability be made head of the merged
league.
The present plan, If carried out, viii
freeze out Denver and Pueblo. The
new circuit will comprise Des Moines,
Omaha, Lincoln, Sioux City, St. JOS
eph, Joplin, Wichita and Topeka. There
u every reason TO DeIeNe tHdl L46 plan
viii succeed. The Western league mag
mates have long been figuring on taking
in Western association towns, but the
magnates have been reluctant to Gust
O'Neill for Shiveley.
The Cantillons are planning to look
after their many interests as follows:
Joe Cantillon will go to Washington,
n. E. Cantillon will go to Minneapolis
as secretary and manager and will have
an assistant secretary; Frank Hughes
win look after the Des Moines club
with Harry Clark as field manager.
Jack Doyle will in all proba bility land
in Milwaukee as secretary and manager.
Frank IsbeH of Comiskey's worlds
champions is spoken of as the probable
manager of the Topeka and Wichita
clubs in the proposed merger.
George Tebeau is very likely to have
hand to play in the proposed ousting
Of the Colorado towns. Tebeau claims
to have a perpetual franchise in any
league which Des Moines, Omaha, Sioux
City and Lincoln may organize, and
can be depended upon to fight for his
interests to the limit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-25
TRAINING TABLE ar K. 0.
Athletic Board VIII Pay Half the Cost
Of Meals.


Lawrence, kan, Oct. 25-After a long
meeting yesterday afternoon the ath-
letic board of the University of Kansas
voted to establish a football boarding
club at the university and instructed
Manager W. c. Landson to make ar
engagements for starting it as soon as
possible. The proposition the athletic
board accepted was for each of the 20
men who are to eat at the club to pay
$2.75 a week for their board and the
athletic board would then give an adj
ditional SITS in order to insure the
men the right kind Of food. Several
propositions to accept a football club
on much the same terms as these have
already been presented to Manager
Landson and by tomorrow evening at
the latest Coach Kennedy's squad will
be eating at a training table. The 16
men who have already been chosen to
go on the table are Rouse, White and
Pleasant. ends; Cohn, Crowell, Brun-
ner and Donald, tackles; Putnam and
Reed, guards; Milton, center; Coulter
and Angney, quarterbacks; Wallace
and Miller halfbacks, and Ise and Fos-
ter, fullbacks. Four more will be cho-
sen from the squad today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-25
HURDLING RULE TOO sTRICT.
This Is the Opinion Of Chicago Foot
ball Officials.

ball O1i1clstASs
Chicago. Oct. 25.-Several western
football officials believe that literal en-
forcement Of the hurdling rule is too
strict and not in accordance with the
shirt of the game, and consequently
will not enforce that rule as strictly as
was done in the Chicago-Purdue game
last Saturday or the Michigan-Ohio
game
This rule is causing great perplezity
among the officials, for there is no alb
solute definition Of what constitutes
hurdling The rules cover certain
angles, but new situations are con-
stantly coming up in games, winch tho
official must decide instantly, that are
not set down in black and white, and
which he must decide with his football
1T seems to me that a strict en-
forcement Of the hurdling rule is not
in accord with the spirit Of the game
coach at Northwestern, who was one
of the umpires at the Chicago-Pur due
IF a player on defense is on his
feet. his legs to his hips practically
straight. his body bent forward and
his hands not touching the ground,
then I should say that any attempt to
iurap over such a tackler was hurd11ng
within the spirit Of the game and the
rules.
PLAYER is not facing the runner with
the ball. or is on his hands and feet or
knees. attempting to block a play, the
man with the ball is entitled to jump
over him without being penallzed FOR
hurdling within the spirit of the rules
and the game"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-25
coon JOB FOR NOODLES HAHN.
Baseball Player Appointed Govern
ment Meat Inspector.
Frank

Cincinnati. Oct. 25--Dr. Frank
Hahn Familiarity known to baseball
Fans as Noodles Hahn, the former
crack pitcher for the Reds, is to be
a. government meat inspector IN Gin
cjnnati. News of his appointment by
the department of agriculture was re-
cefved at the city hall yesterday. His
salary will be $1,000 q year at first but
will be Increased later, 1t is under
stood. Hahn is a veterinary surgeon,
hsving graduated from one Of the 10
cal colleges several years ago Aaanh
VIII give up baseball. his friends say,
as his pitching arm has gone back on
him. His last professional engage
ment was with the New York Amer
lean laaEue team.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-25
TWO GREAT STICK ARTISTS.
Stone Proved a Few Points Better
Than TiatOie

AAA2tA AAE@S NAGs
An interesting feature Of the Ameri-
can league race was the struggle for
batting supremacy between George
poleon Lajoie, the Blues second sacker.
While the official returns have not been
made public there is no doubt that the
local man has wrested from Larry the
Terrible the honor that has been his
for four out Of the five previous sea-
sons.
Figures carefully compiled for this
paper give Stone a 15-point advantage
in percentages to 1888. Stone par
and made 207 safeties, while Lajoie,
playing in 152 out of Cleveland's 157 con-
tests, gathered 205 bingles. The advan-
tage in run-getting also lay with the
local man, for he made 81 excursions
past the home plate to the Clevelander's
49,
On other counts, too. Stone outpoints
Lajoie, for the total of extra. base raps
stand 131 to 123 and the sacrifice hits II
to Is. Stones long drives embraced %
doubles, 10 triples and s home runs;
Lajoie's 4S doubles and 8 triples.
Stone batted above 300 in all series
except one-that with the Athletics. Tho
Quaker pitchers held him to a credit Of
ESQ. He stung Cleveland's curvers for
.426, Chicago's for 1878, Washington's
for .372, Detroit's for 1858, Boston's for
361 and New York's for 329.
Lajoie made his high record against
the Detroit pitchers-.404-and his low
mark against the washington staff
ries was 400, IN the New York games
1853, in the st. Louis contests .316, in
the Athletic battles SOB and in the Bos-
ton engagements an even 800.
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matches with the New England
champion, but have so far failed to
win the price csotch comes to the
Century next week and is expected to
arrive in the city during this week. AS
no one is barred in the contests with
Yankee Rogers, it will not be a great
surprise If the famous Gotch would
walk to the stage and demand a
wrestle with the New Englander. Such
a match would be one that would de-
light every enthusiast Of wrestling IN
the city
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JENSEN STAYS AT SPOKANE.
New York American League Team
FINALLY Loses Out.

Cincinnati, Oct 25-The National base
ball commission has denied the aDplica-
ton of the New York American league
club for a rehearing of the case of Player
Jensen, who was recently awarded TO the
Spokane club by the commission. In its
application for a rehearing. the New York
club did not claim any title to the player,
but commended that possibly an injustice
had been done the player under the find
ing of the commission in awarding him to
the Spokane club.
The commission again went into the
testimony submitted to them and decided
that the player had accepted the terms of
the Spokane club and therefore refused
the application of the New York club for
a rehearing Of the case.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-25
Blood Poisoning

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from the system and infuse new life ana
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-25
MAY HAVE 10 MEET GorCH.
RumoF- That Yankee Rogers WIZ
Have to WrestIe Champion.

Kansas City, No, Oct 25=It was
reported yesterday that Frank Gotch,
the noted wrestler, who Is due here
next week, would accept the challenge
of Yankee Rogers, who offers SIS at
the Majestic theater at each perform
ance for any wrestler who can hold
the mat with him for fifteen minutes
Local men have put UP some good
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-25
PENN CANNOT ROW IN WEST.
Quaker Oarsmen Unable to Accept
Wfsconsfn's Invitation.
PhIIadeIphia

Philadelphia, oct. 25.-Thomas
Reath OF the rowing committee of the
University Of Pennsylvania. in reply to
a report that Wisconsin would invite
Pennsylvania to row in the west said:
''lJo doubt all members OF the crew
would be glad to meet the Badgers.
Undergraduates certainly would be
be pleased with such a race, and grad
yates in the west would hail the event
with joy-but it cannot be. First, be-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-25
THOMAS Best WeIterweight.

San Francisco. Cal, Oct. 25.-Joe Thomas
of California, knocked out Dick Fitzpat-
rick tonight in the sixteenth round of
scheduled 80 round contest for the vel
terweight championship, at Colna.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-25

cause the studies Of the oarsmen
would not permit it.: and again, We
have all we can do in meeting Annap-
oils, rowing in the junior race and at
the mpionships. I am sure every
Penn man thanks our western foe for
ITS invitation and also regrets that
Pennsylvania cannot accept the same
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-25

Los Angeles, san Francisco and Other
California Point s25. OO-santa re.
Tickets on sale daily commencing
August 27th to Oct 31st Good IN
Tourist Sleeping cars and free Chair
cars.
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60 Id Ne1v Yorlk "a slle Tehigh.

60 20 New York on sFle IlenIgns
Double Track Scenic highway. Con-
meets at Buffalo or Niagara Falls with
all lines from the west. Write Passen-
ger Department. Lelligh Valley R. h.
zls South Clark street. Chicago, III
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salberg, U OF c. Touohdowns-Hope.
White Clark. Goals from touchdown
Hope 3. Time Of haIyes-20 minutes.
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California Point SIS. OO-Santa Fe.
Tickets on sale daily commencing
August 9th to Oct. 91st. Good in
Tourist Sleeping cars and free Chair
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IFeadaches and Neuralgia From como

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DEFEAT SUPERSTITION

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UPPER BURMAH, ASIA,
TO HAVE A SHELTER
Salt Lake Man to Have Charge
of the COnStruc-
ton.

Under the supervision Of 4. l.. Ober-
lander, who has for several years been
connected with the American Smelling
ist. a smelling and refining plant is to
be erected at Mandalay. Upper Bur
nah. Asia, Mt cost of S2,500.O00, and
of which Mr.. Oberlandcr is 10 be the
superintendent This smelter will be
situated in the heart of big mining
district which is surrounded by all
grades of mineral ores, chiefly gold,
silver lead and zinc.
The erection of this smeltcr is one
OF the first ventures of its kind IN
that part of the country. There are
unlimited deposits Of minerals IN the
surrounding hills. according TO reports.
and the investment is looked upon as
sure mouey-makcr. The labor ques-
tion will he tritle hard to manage at
first, but il is the intention of the pro
moters to secure all skilled labor from
the United States and England, filing
in the ordinary work by the natives.
Mr. Oberlander will leave Salt Lake
on October % on his long trip. he
perfected all arrangements for his
trans portation Yesterday. and VIII
leave over the Short Line for San
Francisco. going from there by way
of Hougkong. China and Singapore. In
dia. II will take him nearly fifty days
to reach his destination, spending
forty-four days on the water alone.
MOUNTS is the word, if its pure
~ IL
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-18
STATE WOOL GROWERS
ARE VERY CONFIDENT
Outlook for Convention Here in
January Exceedingly
Bright.

a special committee of the State
Wool Growers association, which has
in charge the preliminary arrangements
for the sheep show that is TO be gwen
on the occasion of the National Wool
Growers forty-third annual convention,
under the auspices Of the State organ
ization, met at the Commercial club,
business pertaining 10 the proposed
show The convention is 10 be held
in salt Lake City, Jan. Il, lS and 10,
having been secured by this State
from Denver, whore il has hitherto
been held in connection with the live
stock show.
As both of the shows have assumed
enormous proportions II was decided 70
scgregate them and as Utah has one Of
the strongest wool growers orgauiza-
tions in the country it was possible to
secure for this State the first wool
growers convention 10 be held after
the two organizations decided 10 separ.
ate. IL promises to be the greatest
wool growers convention ever held in
the United States, rs the scope OF the
organization is constantly widening. 50
that 1T is confidently expected that full
lr 1000 clegatcs-prominen sheep
men from nj! parts or the United
States, Canada and Mexico-will at.
tend. In order to secure an exhibit Of
rat and fancy sheep, such as is seldom
seen, numerous valuable prizes, ipclud-
ing several cups, viii be offered.
The Commercial club Will extend an
invitation TO about 100 prominent wool
growers OF this State 20 attend lunch
con that will be gwen here Oct, 80, at
which time the entire matter will be
discussed ard arrangements will be
completed for the convention,