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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-23
Garnett Girl q Suicide.

Garnett, Kan, June 23.-May
Cooper, aged about 20 years. commit
ted suicide by taking carbolic acid.
She was an orphan and for some
years was an inmate of the Masonic
home at Wichita, but recently had
made her home with her grandpa
rents. B. F. Walker and wife, of this
city. Dependency and Ill health
prompted the act, as she left note to
her friends in explanation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-23
NEW PIPE LINE TO GULF.
An Announcement That Pleases the
Kansas Oil Men,

An ANNOUNCEMENT That P1easeS the
Kansas Oil Men.
announced here that the Prairie Oil
and Gas company, after conference
with Governor Haskell of Oklahoma
and prominent producers will have an
eight-inch pipe line to the Coady Bluff
shallow sand district and another of
the same size to the Hogsbooter dis
trict east of Bartlesville completed and
taking oil in sixty days. 1t will also
have a ten-inch line to New Orleans
via Arkansas and Louisiana taking
midcontinent oil in eight months. The
different pipe line companies in eight
months will be able to take 175.000 bar
rels of oil daily in this field. This is
the most important announcement
ever made in this field. 1t means a
market for all the oil the field can pro-
duce. Oil men are highly pleased.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-23
ELOPING WIFE ARRESTED.
Husband Receivers Missing Money,
Then Drops the Matter.

Salina, Kan, June 23.-The police
here were called upon to arrest Mrs.
Arthur Reynolds and a stranger with
whom she is alleged to have eloped
from Ellsworth. Reynolds stated the
woman had stolen $500 from him and
had destroyed a mortgage which he
held upon her mothers property and
eloped with the stranger. The police
caught the pair here, but after Rey-
nolds recovered his money he refused
to prosecute them. They came to
Ellsworth several weeks ago from
Denver.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-23

Here IS curious fact:
Your demand for Van Camps has raised the price of
the best Michigan beans $3.50 in three months.
Common beans cost about what they did cost. The
advance has been in those hand picked beans-those
white, plump full grown beans-which demand for
Van Camps
beans Yet with all this advance we've not raised the
price to you
There is reason when dish like this springs into
such demand. And that reason applies to you.
We baking beans-by several times
than any other concern in the world.
That is solely because baking the best beans,
and millions of people know it.
short time ago. large part of the people bak-
ing their beans at home
They knew baked beans homey dish, mushy and
broken The top beans crisped-the middle beans
less than half baked
That because you baked in dry heat, and did not
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-23

have heat enough The beans heavy and hard to
digest. They would ferment the stomach and fer
mentation formed gas.
You did not eat such beans often.
Now have shown you how different beans are, when
they baked with all facilities.
We bake in live steam, that all beans are baked
alike No beans crisped, broken. They
they whole.
We have shown you that beans are 6gestble when
baked bake them. Our ovens heated to 245
degrees The particles of the beans separated BY
heat that the digestive juices can get to them
The result is Van Camps light and digestlbe.
They do not form gas because they do not femen They
digest
We have shown you too, a delicious blend-secnred by
baking the pork the tomato and the beans all to-
gether.
Thus have given to millions of people new idea
of beans.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-23
UNDERTAKINGS GATHER.
Eleventh Annual Convention Draws
500 to Kansas City. Kan.

Kansas City, Kan, June 23.-The
Kansas Funeral Directors association
is to meet here today and about 500
undertakes from all parts of the state
are expected to attend. 1t will be their
eleventh annual convention.
The headquarters are to be in the
Hotel Grund. but the sessions will be
held in the Swedish hall at 739 Min
nesota avenue. The state board of ex-
aminers will meet today. % examine
applicants for licenses.
The convention will last three days.
W. c. Samuels of Emporia. president
Of the association, will preside.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-23
STRIKERS CLAIM A VICTORY.
The Intcrurban Line Out of Pittsburg
Resumes Operations.

Columbus, Kan. June 23.-The inter-
urban electric line, operating between
this city and Pittsburg. Kan, includ-
ing intermediate points, resumed OPP
erations Monday. after an enforced
idleness of ten days caused by a strike
of the employees. AS the first car pass
ed through the various towns it was
greeted with cheers. The men claim
victory over the company and have
received a three-year signed contract.
The company has raised the fare on
the road between the several towns.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-23

pairing to re-enter their homes and
business houses. There is still con-
siderable water in the low places and
many houses will not be habitable for
several days. Police restrictions
against the houses still surrounded are
still in force.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-23
Hounds Failed to Find the Trail.

Troy, Kan, June 23.-H. D. Kent,
sheriff of Don.phan county, returned
from Doniphan today, where he and
his deputy spent a day and night with
bloodhounds from Beatrice, Neb..
trying to trail the robbers who enter.
ed residence here Friday night. Tho
dogs were unable to find a trail
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-23
Gave Freely of Her Wealth.

Salina. Kan, June 23.-Mrs Luz
cretia Claf1in. the widow of the late A.
M. Clafiin, for many years a Salina
banker. died at her home here. aged
~ years. Mrs. Claflin was a philan-
thropist and gave freely to public en-
terprises in this city. Among her gifts
are the chime bells on Christ cathe-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-23

ment of Haskell was very skillfully
woven. There were several musical
numbers, all given by Indians, inter-
spersed through the programme. Has
kel1 voices are noted for their real
musical qualities, and the numbers on
this programme were of q high grade
Of excellence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-23
Private Magyar a Suicide.

Leavenworth. Kan, June 23-Private
George Magyar. a soldier of Battery d,
Fifth artillery. committed suicide on
the Fort Leavenworth reservation
Monday Magyar lay on. the ground,
face downward, and fired a bullet from
an army revolver into his head. The
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-23

dral, the pipe organ in the same
church, the tabernacle at Oakdale
park for the Chautauqua association.
She is survived by one brother.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-23
FEWER IDLE CARS.
Country's Surplus Equipment Drops to
350 OOO

New York. June 23.-The last re-
port of the American Railway Asso-
citation Car Service Bureau which ap-
peared Yesterday will show further
decrease of 10000 idle cars, bringing
the country's surplus equipment down
to approximately $4,000 cars.
Everybody reads the State Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-23

ball entered back Of the right ear.
Magar's home was in Dodge City,
Kan, previous to his coming here and
enlisting as a soldier last December.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-23
Moving Back in Armourdale.

Armourdale, Kan, June 23.-In
Armourdale and all along the SUBJ
merged district of the Kaw in Kansas
City, Kan, the people are again pre-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-23
The National Dish

Van Camps Beans be called national dish Thousands Of
begin day. and nobody Perhaps will find
half the homes of that the people eating Van Camps
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-18
WASHINGTON MEANS OF BEATING
BOSTON OUT OF CHAMPIONSHIP
WAY BACK IN THE 1889 CAMPAIGN

in every language within decency. and
this TRADE of abuse seemingly caught on
to the better impulses of the players, for
they rallied in the last stage, and finally
beat Boston out of the victory by going
twelve innings to a tie. Credit is due
Haddock. for despite the mentioning of
his name among those who wanted Bos-
ton to win his pitching was gilt edge all
through, only seven hits being made or
him in the long game.
This contest destroyed Boston's chance
10 win the pennant. and refutes the silly
canard that Washington would lose to
them in order to beat out New York, and
the uprightness of the game maintained"
The Boston team in that memorable
year was a strong aggregation and each
man was a star in the position he filled.
with the great Mike" Kelly the leading
spectacular actor OF the team. It was
in this game that Kelly made his first
attempt to steal home while the catcher
was under the bat, and while the pitcher
was in the act of winding up to deliver
the ball. He made a failure in this try.
but afterward it became quite a fad for
him to turn the trick.
The record of that game and it's actors
is worthy of reproducing. as 1t will show
the way Washington played and kept
RoStOn from winning
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-18

In these days of frenzied base ball it is
rather refreshing to go over the records
OF the days OF long ago and compare them
with those of the present time.
In 1889 Washington was represented In
the National League by a team under
the case. was the proud holder of last
place, and the two leaders in the race
New York and Boston-were having a
dingdong battle for the lead. When
Boston wound up the season here the
record stood $50 for New York and $50
for Boston.
Washington had been thorn in the side
Of Boston all season and on these re-
manning games depended the champion
ship a hue and Cry was raised that
Washington was going to allow Boston
to win, some of its best men. Tom DAILY,
Sammy Wise and George Haddock.
being old Boston products Tbs hue and
cry was heightened when President Hew-
EFT of Washington. as member OF the
arbitration committee, decided disputed
game between Boston and Philadelphia in
favor of Boston.
The Washingtons were defeated the first
two games. the New Yorks in the mean
time winning one and losing one, so the
final game between the locals and Boston
was watched with great deal of interest
by the patrons of base ball throughout
America.
There was what appeared 70 be SEM
blance of a ''cut and dried desire to
throw the game. In the final event it
was a monkey and parrot contest during
the first few innings. every one was
contributing errors TO help along Boston
to the goal. The old Sunday Herald Of
the period, which was the sporting au-
thority of the city. said:
THE crowd saw the Washingtons virtu-
ally throw away victory by some of the
most chumpy ball playing ever given on
ball field and while il was not so. it
had To ,o.la 10
biased believe the story was true that
they were playing into the hands of the
Bostons TO beat out New York.
THE crowd hooted and cat called them
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Yale Proficient in the Former, While Prince
ton Excels in the Latter Method-Possi-
bilities Greater for Large Gains by
the Newly Discovered Play.

, ward pass or will work like perfect ma
| chine in following the onside kick with
success.
More than that. when a university
schools its players of one season to FOL-
low a certain scheme of play with sue
cess, it Is prone to follow the same sys-
tenn following autumn. because 1t has
the old players at hand who know the
the new material to the same standard
rather than to abandon q method of at
tack which has proved advantageous ana
tempt fate with new policy.
In the first season of the new rules,
when all coaches were experimenting
more or less with a view to find what
could be accomplished. and when many
were quite as much in the air as to the
future of the game as We're the novices.
Yale was perhaps the first university to
realize what the onsde kick would do in
advancing the ball.
The play was used quite frequently In
the earlier games of that fall, and it was
thought by those who had opportunity to
of the season would be made largely upon
the achievements of the team through
ability following the short kicks, which
We're beautifully placed by Roome.
While this was going on the coaches
were experimenting in their daily prac-
tice with the forward pass. and when
they had perfected the play. SO that it
was possible to see what could be &C
COlHPliSIltu SdlulilS SiOuHd, SuouCHiS
surprised all the foot ball world by the
long heaves over the heads of both
elevens. which Tad" Jones brought
about with such accuracy and adroitness.
Immediately every foot ball coach. and
every foot ball eleven of Importance.
gave up almost everything to try to equal
the work of Yale in this respect. Yale
used the onside kick after that. but never
with so much frequency and never with
so much assurance as 1T did the long
pass in which the members Of the Ellis
were perfectly at home.
Where the Onside Kick Was Used.
In the meantime Princeton, after ex-
perimenting with the forward pass to
some extent. and not accomplishing so
much with it as Yale, began to build its
game more around the onside kick and it
must be agreed that the Tigers found it
good ground gamer, with a punter like
Harlan behind the line to place the ball
with almost the deadly accuracy that
a player might be expected to pass it.
In a measure. therefore. two schools of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-18

ut ISN'T the nest pleasant thing in the
world to have prominent place In
sport declared Hans Wagner of the
Pirates. as he noted the headlines OF the
base ball extras Thursday evening. in
which the fact that Dubuc had famed
him was played up in sensational letters.
IF 1t had been almost any other
player in the business VINO had been
coaxed into missing three good ones no
attention would have been paid to II by
the ragraphers or the neadl1ners.
said Wagner, but just because / have
had good press agents for some years and
opulent than that of a majority of play
ers in the business l get panned every
time strike out 1t makes the home fans
sore and the followers Of the team against
which we are playing jubilant to see me
let three go by.
THE fact is that the base ball public
expects too much Of the better advertised
players We're all prone to fall down
some time or other. either at bat or on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-18

mind when this change was made that II
would be as well to check the rush OF the
minor elevens to use the forward pass
to the exclusion of almost all other plays.
An example of this tendency was mani
fest in a game of much importance be-
tween the high school elevenS of two OF
the larger eastern cities. On one of the
teams was a young fellow of fine ply
sique and splendid ability to kick the ball.
He could get away long twirlers high In
the air or short drivers just over the
line the ideal kick for the onside game.
Two fast ends were on the team with
coached in no more than the rudiments
of the onside kick it is highly probable
they would have Won
Knew Only One Play.
On the contrary. their teacher had in
structed them in nothing but the forward
pass and the ordinary ground-saining
tactics through the line. They were nerv-
Gus in using the forward pass, and none
too proficient with it at the most. and
lost more by it than they gained. With
proper instruction In the kicking game
there is no reason to believe that they
might not have won the championship OF
the east instead of being compelled to
play second fiddle to a team which was
mediocre. but which had been thoroughly
grounded in defense.
AS a means of checking the tendency
of four years ago to center all the foot
ball strength IL Yale, Harvard, Princeton
and Pennsylvania the addition of the for
ward pass to foot ball has brought about
complete reform, but that is quite an
other matter Now that we have got the
forward pass it should not monopoliZe
the game to the exclusion of everything
else
Joshua Crane last years Harvard
coach. said in conversation with the
writer: Il cannot recall sport in which
the poorest team has not some chance If
it takes advantage of the weak points IN
the opponents play. Up to the time the
forward pass was used foot ball was one
of the sports in which the inferior team
had but little chance of winning. in COM
parison with games like base ball and
tennis. With the forward pass in use
the foot ball players have had a greater
chance to pull themselves together and
win from superior aggregation. or what
was previously supposed to he a superior
team. and that chance is just what is
needed in order to make the foot ball
coaches build up teams with all-around
abilities and teams that have no weak
spots. If there is a game in which an
inferior team has chance to win. then
there are certainly plenty of opportuni-
ties for the stronger team to nip such
chances. such as developing a strong de-
Tense against the forward pass and on
side kick
That is good argument to apply to a
game of the peculiar composition of foot
Gus kinds of forces to make it thoroughly
successful.
On the Western Circuit.
The western college season looks
brighter this year. so far as it is posi-
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a fact that foot ball has not suffered In
the least since the two sections began
their recent contests against each other.
Eastern men have begun to discuss the
foot ball players OF the west more than
they did. and the work of Chicago. Mich
igan. Wisconsin and Illinois Is watched
with interest, where four or five years
ago II attracted very little attention.
Learn to Kick
Reverting again to the question OF the
two schools OF foot ball. the dean OF the
game in New York says: IF could ad-
wise every young man who desires TO play
this grand outdoor fall game ! should ad
wise him. IL he has the least inclination TO
kick the ball and shows any excellence In
the effort. to practice diligently every
kind OF kick that is within the Limitation
OF the game. II had a young player un-
der my tuition whom thought some day
would make a good halfback for an eleven
OF skill 1 should keep that boy working
with a foot ball until he could twist IL
not more than fifteen feet high. drive Il
on a line and place II with almost as
much accuracy as II he had carried IL in
his hands and dropped il on the spot
where he wanted a member OF his own
side to find IL in a real game. What foot
ball needs more than anything else is
players who can kick. We have good
runners; they are not hard to find. We
have strong men for the lines; they are
not always hard to find. We have good
tacklers; sometimes they are hard to find
and sometimes il is easy TO educate them.
But we haven't any kickers-that Is. none
compared with the number that We should
have. Imagine for moment how absurd
IL is that in almost every foot ball game
of any importance which is played one
man on each eleven must be depended
upon to do the bulk OF the kicking. Think
how valuable ii would be TO an eleven IL
every man who is behind the line could
kick the ball. and kick IL well. Suppose
you are playing the onside kick game. and
that your left half. your right half. your
fullback, and even your quarterback can
kick the ball accurately. How badly do
you think you would have the other side
fooled? Half the time they would not
know where 20 expect the ball. and by
1udiciously handling your team you could
keep the opposition at sea from the start.
That's why / say to the beginners Don't
forget that a part of the game Is kicking.
and that as the new game progresses
there is likely to be more kicking in the
future than there has been In the past ="
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Pennsylvania Is There With the Goods on
the Onside Kick-Means of Protecting
the Catcher of the Ball-Western College
Season Looks Brighter Than Ever.

BILE to Judge the situation In the east.
than 1t has for some time. or course. II
is possible that the restrictions which
were placed on athletics In the west were
needed and may have had a salutary ef-
feet. but 1t. has always seemed to many.
who tried TO acquaint themselves thor
oughly with the facts. as II the faculties
of the western institutions were trifle
too dictatorial
The entry of Northwestern into foot ball
will be watched with some interest. as the
players begin with the new game after
their long idleneSs and with all new ma
terial. AS only three contests are to be
played by the institution. II Is not prob
able that the young men on the eleven
can do themselves much harm.
Chicago seems to have good material
for an eleven this year. If SO many
absurd restrictions had not been placed
on the development OF western athleucs
by the so-called conference" Chicago
would be almost ranking with the best
elevens in the country by this time.
The work Of Michigan is always
watched with interest in the east. not
only because the team plays with Penn
sylvania. but for the reason that Yost
turns out good foot ball players. Per-
haps three years ago an exaggerated
idea Of their ability was held In the
west, but it must be conceded that they
knew foot BALI and its rudiments far bet
ter than foot ball had been known In the
If it were possible to arrange more
matches between the west and the east.
1t is undoubtedly fact that they would
be greatly appreciated. This country OF
ours is SO large that to engage in ma
tional athletic competition 1t is neces-
sary to make long trips. Nevertheless.
the exchange of opinions and the ex-
change Of courtesies go long way to-
ward cementing the general bond Of ma
tionality.
1t is easy enough for institutions to
compete with each other in the United
Kingdom, as. at the most, few of them
have to undertake very long journeys to
meet one another. On our side Of the
Atlantic ocean 1t is almost out of the
question to expect an intermingling Of
the young men who make up the ath-
letic population Of the nation without a
ride of 1000 miles or more into the in
terror or toward the coast.
Even the system which is in vogue be-
tween Pennsylvania and Michigan Is bet
ter than no system. and while IT is posi-
BILE that Pennsylvania might give up the
long trip to Michigan for the sake Of a
game with big eastern university 1t Is
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FAME Is UNCONSCIOUS HEAVY"

/, the field. And when We do what a roast
ing We get.
For instance, take my work IN the
game Of today. Say some one VINO had
never been to a big league game was
out there and wanted TO see wagner
work The first thing he would have
seen was my little flaming stunt I'm the
initial round. I followed this by muffinG
Kanes foul fly in the same inning. In
the next act I made a wild heave o:
Lobert's rap, giving him two bases and
starting the Reds on their first and only
rum Later I fou,ed out twice and rolled
an easy one TO Camel After all that
what would the man who came out TO
see Wagner say? Why. that Wagner
was a counterfeit-and l suppose look I'd
thu part.
Minds me Of the story Business Man
ager Bancroft tells Of the man who came
out to see Latoie hit. The first time up
Larry famed. also the next. next and
next Gimme my money back said the
man to Banny. II paid to see Lajoie
knock the cover on the ball and he hasn't
even touched It.