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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-18
SPORT MUSINGS

The thought that Luderous may sue
coed Frank Chance at first base for the
Chicago Nationals is ludicrous
Ball tossers who worry will not last
as long in fast company as athletes of
a phlegmatic temperament
Who is the greatest baseball man
ager of all time-Clarke, Jennings.
McGraw. Chance. Hanlon or Selee?
When Lajoie takes his place at bat
he invariably draws a line in the dirt
with the end of his club and then for
gets ell about it.
Without the ball players managers
cannot make winning teams. Wash
ington is doing no better this year than
last
What's the difference between a
prizefight and a boxing match? A
ticket to the Jeffries- ] ohnson bout will
not be given for the best answer
More than half the fifty dollar seats
for the box fight have been sold. Did
you get yours?
Nearly all the real boxers are billed
TO cavort on the Pacific slope in the
near future. They'll have to change
that word Pacific if it keeps up.
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try over are unanimous in
81 predicting that the 1910 sea-
son gives promise of being
the most interesting that the United
States ever experienced. Fundamen-
tally the remarkable increase in the
championship tournaments schedule
list affords the best indication as to
the growth of the sport. Then there
is the promise of a visit from the ia
nous foreign players, an excellent
prospect as to the Davis international
cup team, drawing from the top class
men, and the stimulation of another
skirmish by the brilliant Californian
Wielders of the racket and cracks of
the middle west upon eastern courts.
Indeed, the program that the officials
of the United States Lawn Tennis as
ISOLATION mapped out is most inspir-
ing one.
To begin with, that wonderful pair
of Californians, Maurice F. McLough-
lin and Melville H. Long, are to visit
the east this season to play through
all of the important tournaments right
up to the national championship at
Newport. They learned the ways of
the eastern stars last year, and they
believe they can take the honors back
10 the racine coast.
The Californians undoubtedly have
hard work before them. Anthony F.
Wilding, the great Australian, is to
play in this country. Possibly the
English cup team of challengers may
be at Newport also, for it is pretty
certain at present that the team named
by England will cross the Atlantic
ocean again to try the ties for the
blue ribbon of the courts.
So William A Larned, the five time
national champion in singles, and
Frederick B. Alexander and Harold H
Hackett, the doubles holders, seem to
be in for the trial of their lives. 1t is
predicted that Larned is due for a de-
feat this year The hope is that one
of the younger Americans may save
the title from the foreign invasion.
William Clothier and Beals Wright
the former national champions, and
Raymond Little, the internationalist
are also bound to figure in coming
Journeys
The figure westerners are to cut in
national lawn tennis promises to set
new standard for the game Since
their achievement in arranging the
clay court championship of the
United States after the hottest con-
troversy ever known in the sport they
declare the tournament will surpass
that at Newport in every respect. The
tournament will be held on the courts
of the Omaha Field club, Omaha, aNeb
Probably a match will be arranged
with the national winner at Newport
to demonstrate the merits of the clay
court and turf games. Nat Emerson
and Harry Waidner, two of the great
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-18
WHERE OLD STARS SHoNE.
Baltimore and Cleveland Teams Fur
nished Many Brilliant Ball Players.

Baltimore and Cleveland Teams Fur
nished Many Brilliant Ball Players.
Back in the old days Baltimore and
Cleveland had the greatest ball teams,
and, while the Forest City aggregation
never had the good fortune to annex
the pennant, yet this team was in the
thickest of every fight and forced the
old Orioles to set the hottest pace to
finish in front.
1t is therefore not strange that two
such teams should have furnished many
of the most brilliant baseball leaders the
game can boast of today.
For instance, there are McGraw, a
recognized wizard at the art of han
ding ball team, and Hughey Jennings
and Joe Kelley. three of the men who
were foremost during the days of the
old Baltimore team. Then there are
Wilbert Robinson and Bill Clarke of
the same team, both of whom have
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-18
TEX RICHARDS CAREER.
Promoter and Referee Of Big Fight an
Interesting Character.

Few characters In professional sports
are more interesting than Tex Rick
ard, one OF the promoters and the man
who will referee the fight between Jeff
and johnson. Richard q q gambler
and is a home man ia He never
plays for small stakes when he has the
cash for big ones. And he has the
knack of always bobbing up with coin
when some discerning critic has as
signed him to poverty.
In referring to him as a gambler one
is not betraying a confidence. Richard
is not ashamed of tt He declared once
that the only men who did not gamble
were those who had departed or were
ready to take the last flight of hurdles
in life's course. He has operated from
Texas to Alaska and stopped of at
many points on the way. A few years
ago he had gambling house in Nome.
Alaska, beginning with the gamblers
proverbial "shoestring and coming out
with a tannery" Then he headed for
Goldheld, where there was mining
camp fever of the speculative kind. In
a hall of chance there he made another
fortune. promoted mines as a side is
sue and finally came forward as the
man behind the Cans Nelson fight
When the Jeffries-Johnson match
was in the preliminary stages Richard
talked to Johnson. The big champion
was willing to fight for Mr.. Richard,
but he could not afford to accept any
thing but the highest bid All the
wiseacres knew that the bid for the
fight would be around 100000, with
various angles to the picture priv
ileges, When bids were opened sew
eral letters were opened. each contain
ing the cash or a certified check for
$4,000 as stipulated In the articles
Richard made his bid from a seat near
johnson. Then he took roll from his
pocket and counted out twenty $1,000
bills. Johnson's eyes cleaned before
he said, Let me handle those a min
ute, Mr.. Richard That clinched
Johnson as richards man" in the
fight.
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UNPADDED RINGS DANGEROUS
Fight Promoters Should Be Compelled
to Surround Sport With
More Safeouards

More than so per cent of the fataIi-
ties in the ring have been caused by
the unfortunate mans head striking an
unpadded floor or one that was not suf-
ficiently covered. Some managers have
excused their laxity on the ground that
too much padding made the boxers
slow on their feet. This may be true,
but 1t is open to argument. However.
it is just as fair to one man as another
Two or three layers Of rag carpet I'M
der a canvas mat would prevent . man
being injured, or, what would be still
better, a thick corrugated rubber mat,
which by its resiliency would reduce
accidents to minimum. When it is
considered how many boxing contests
are decided each week throughout the
country and such few men hurt 1T
ranks among one Of the safest of
sports. 1t, however. can be made abso-
lutely safe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-18
DIAMOND BINGLES

Zach Wheat, the Brooklyn Nationals
young outf1elder. is one of the few
players who are hitting better in the
majors than they did In the minors.
Brown, Mathewson, Overall and
Adams, the greatest winter" pitchers,
have been knocked out of the box and
beaten this season.
According to Chicago scribe the
other day: james Sheckard made the
admission that his first name was
Samuel and that his full name, there
fore, was Samuel James Tilden Sheck-
ard. Samuel has sold out his steel
stock and has started to corner the
wool market"
In Linke the Cleveland team seems
to have found a southpaw OF real
merit His game against the Browns
showed not only good STUFF but good
gray matter as well In trouble sew
eral times. he showed backbone when
the pinch came.
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WHICH WINS, SPEED OR HEAD?
Cobb and Wagner ExPonents of Diff
ferent StyIes-Both Successful.

According to the leading backstops
of the major leagues. it is a question
as to which is the greater base stealer,
the man who can outguess a catcher
or the man who can outspeed one.
Hans Wagner of Pittsburg and Ty
Cobb of Detroit furnish excellent ex-
amples of these two distinct types Of
base runners. They are the masters
of their respective styles.
More than half of the time Cobb will
take catcher by surprise, and his
speed is so great that the most perfect
throw in the world will not catch him.
On the other hand, Wagner simply
tries to outguess the catcher, and he
does It on nearly every trial. The big
Dutchman glideS along the ground at
fast clip, and he slides so accurately
that perfect throw will miss him 20
per cent of the time. He uses his head
entirely, while Cobb depends on his
wonderful speed.
Cobb is of the nervous, fidgety va
riety of players, and he gallops away
like deer that has been jumped from
a brush pile. The young Georgian pays
little attention to the catcher. He
simply makes up his mind when he is
going to start, and he does not care
whether the catcher knows it or not.
He has absolute confidence in his
speed and that wonderful, lightning
like slide that has put so many base
men out of business.
Cobb stole a great many more bases
last season than did Wagner, but it
was because he took a great many
more chances. He was also in great
many more games.
But one thing you want to bear in
bind" says Catcher Archer of Chica-
go-fWagner stole the bases when they
counted Unless it was important to
the game at the time the Dutchman
would not start. Cobb will start any
time just for the pure deviltry of it.
He likes to see If he can beat the
catcher's throw He figures that with
good start he can beat anybody's
throw to a base. and he is pretty
nearly right.
STILL" continued Archer, 81 fear
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-18
NUMBERING BALL TOSSERS
Method Would Help Fans Pick Out
Stars, but Scheme Is Not Liked
by Players.

The old question of numbering the
players on the field so that they can
be picked out by reference to the score
card has come up again Some fans
want this system introduced claiming
that 1t would add to the pleasure of
witnessing a contest to be able to
glance at huge number on the back
or chest of an athlete and then refer
to a card and pick out his name There
is no chance. though, of any such
method of being introduced 1t would
be bit of humiliation to the PLAYERS
to have to wear such pictures on their
manly forms, and they are entirely I'M
necessary. To be sure, a fan who is
not personally familiar with all the
athletes sometimes has to ask his
neighbor the identity of certain play
ers, but that is small matter.
With Jockeys and bicycle riders the
case is very different. The former ride
in all kinds of weather conditions. and
very often it is utterly impossible to
recognize the boys in a big field I'M
less they are provided with a large
Identification slip in the form of a
number on their backs. The same is
true of bicycle riders. But the ball
player is different His calling is a
higher one than either of the others
His personality is more evident to the
spectators than that of a jockey or a
man bumped over a machine. He is
an individual, not a piece of machin-
cry. He is not a driver of a horse or
of an automobile, but an artist in his
way. 1t would be as foolish to com
pei him to wear a huge and disfiguring
number on his back as it would be to
inf1ict the same necessity upon a star
actor or singer
1t doesn't hurt any one to ask his
neighbor question as to a player or
two If he is watching a game in a
foreign city. where he is not familiar
with all the athletes. Furthermore.
the score cards give a very good line
on the names of the players, and under
the new rules in the National league
the umpires are instructed to announce
all shifts in the lineup before the game
and also all changes in the batting
order made during the contest If the
umpires do their full duty in this mat
ter there will be no trouble for any
spectator in recognizing the athletes
even if he has never seen any of them
before.
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shown managerial ability. Jack Doyle
was another who proved himself a
leader.
The Cleveland team also furnished
its share. Patsy Tebeau rose from the
ranks. George Davis, who was one of
his helpers, has managed with success
in the majors. Chief thinner also had
a trial Ed Mexican was a successful
minor league manager when his major
league days were over. Jimmy Nc
Aleer has held the reins of a ball team
in hand for eight years, and Jack
O'Connor, another of the old Cleve-
lands. is having his first trial this
year at ST. Louis.
1t gives a fairly good idea of the
strength of these old teams when most
of the players on them have shown
themselves clever enough to be real
leaders in these days of up to date
baseball.
There is no doubt that baseball has
advanced, but questionable whether
the players of today are as a class as
intelligent as they were in those days.
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in fast company has been showered
with compliments for his pitching and
has seen himself heralded as one of
the greatest of slab artists, he has car
rfed his honors more lightly than
would the average youngster. john
son was a boy of nineteen when he
Joined the Nationals, and he was
sensation from the start. He has been
consistently praised ever since. and
there are not many players who would
be able to wear their hats under such
conditions The best indication that
Johnson has never allowed his success
to run away with him is the fact that
he is most popular with his team
mates. There is nothing chesty or
swell headed about big Walter. He
does not consider himself near as good
a pitcher as he is. He sees his own
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to see." No man should pay his fee
and expect to see punishment inflicted
Neither boy is in the slugger class
Bear in mind that well known fact,
science sacrifices savage swats" In
other words, making a man clever
takes away a major end of his punch
ing power. The art of sparring which
once stirred sport patrons to the echo
will secure a demonstration 1t viii
be a passage at arms, in English no
menclature. Americans haven't seen
much sparring recently. They want
fghting-won't stand for the fancy
game.
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The Record For Bases on Balls.

The Record For Bases on Balls.
A former New York pitcher
Billy George, a left handler
probably holds the National
league record for wildness.
George was with the Giants
during the Mutrie regime In a
game in New York on the morn
ing of Memorial day, 1887, the
southpaw passed seventeen of
Adrian Constantine Anson's Chi
cago White Stockings to first
base, hit two men and uncoiled
a pair of wild pitches. All this
inaccuracy was crowded into a
game of regulation length, the
visitors winning It by a score of
IL to IL Mark Baldwin, who
afterward was with the New
York club and who now is a
doctor in Pittsburg, pitched for
the Illinois team.
After George drew the tinware
degree from the Giants he went
into the Western league, playing
for a time in st. Paul under
Charley Comiskey. George, how
ever, gave up pitching when he
was released by the local club
and became a first baseman and
outfielder.
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decision of an umpire. Jimmy has
been suspended the greater part of the
season so far for fighting with UNI
pires. Although Mac used to be an
umpire himself, he hadn't been In the
managerial position very long until he
began to take his former side partners
to account.
Il have warned all my men to cease
taking exceptions to decisions. no mat
ter how raw" said Jimmy, and am
going to do the same myself. There is
nothing in fighting an umpire but de-
feat"
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Western Men Make Gain

without intending any criticism of
the United States Lawn Tennis asso-
citation for its share in lawn tennis
history" said one of the expert play
ers recently, sit is certain that it's po-
sition toward the game will be put to
the test during the 1910 season. From
all sections of the country, and es-
pecially the west, where the newly in
stituted clay court championship of
the United States has served as in
spiration, there is a marked increase
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-18
DRIscoLL READY FOR ATTELL-
English Featherweisht Champion and
American to Clash In Frisco July 2.

English Featherweisht Champion and
American to Clash In Frisco July 2.
Look for the featherweight pot to
start a boiling Jem Driscoll, who is
fast, clever and the best featherweight
in England, is here to meet Able At
tell in San Francisco July q No use
of endeavoring to gainsay Jem's abii-
ity He is a brilliant pug of the Ped
lar Palmer type, with an added virtue,
that of being a harder hitter than the
man Terry McGovern walloped in a
punch.
Driscoll can cut all sorts of pigeon
wings in the ring. He is really the man
to put against Attell. 1t will be a
pretty match, one of the kind old
stagers used to say worth going miles
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-18
No Playing Managers In American
Asoue

Outf1elders and catchers predominant
the managerial positions in the Ameri-
can league. There is but one former
infielder in charge of team, and that
is Hugh Jennings of Detroit. O'Con-
nor of ST. Louis, Mcclure of Cleveland,
Stallings of New York and Mack of
Philadelphia all were catchers. while
Donovan of Boston, McAleer of Wash
ington and Duffy of Chicago were out
fielders, and out of the entire set there
is not one playing manager.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-18

SECUTED LANDED A
Pirates He is the
of sign with bali players
whether him ball long he him
referred ivan Faltren
player who
anything about
the o
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-18

Wagner on a base much more than I
would Cobb. I know Cobb's system
pretty thoroughly as I was on the De-
troit team with him for a long time,
though I never played against him.
had the time of my life, though, last
year trying to handle that fellow Wag-
ner"
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in the number of those seeking the
pastime of the courts. Now the ques-
ton that comes into the minds of
some of US is: Is 1t to be shown that
the laws and rules of the game mean
something and are to be observed, or
are they to stand as only something to
be interpreted or violated according to
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agreements between friendly competi-
tors?
There is no evading the fact that
the national association and the ac-
tive members of the executive COM
mittee are to be more closely judged
by their acts this year than in the
past. Is it not shooting close to the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-18
WoIsast the Smallest Light
weight Champion.

Ad Wolgast claims to be the
smallest lightweight pugilistic
champion the world has ever
known and it does not look as
If his claim could be disputed.
Wolgast stands but i've feet
four inches In height and can
reduce to 122 or 120 pounds If
necessary. He fights best, how
ever, at 126 to 12S pounds.
George Dixon, who fought many
lightweight and was twice
beaten by Terry McGovern. was
a quarter of an inch shorter than
Wolgast. but he was the feather
weight champion.
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est tennis players in the middle west,
are going to compete in eastern tour
namentS.
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prueke Looks Good.

The New York Nationals new pitch
er, Drucke, is as engaging a looking
youngster in the box as has drifted
into fast company in a long time
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-18

McAIeer at Peace With the Jumps.
Manager Jimmy McAleer of the
Washington Americans is going to
register a solemn vow upon the Holy
Writ and the Encyclopedias Britannica
that he will never again dispute the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-18
Bill Delaney Tells How He
Found Jeff.

Bill Delaney Tells HOW he
Found Jeff.
1 first saw jeff at Colma when
he was training Billy Gallagher
to fight Mysterious Billy"
Smith. liked his size i'm
mensely, and when saw him
paving with that big left took
him away with me to Carson to
help Jim Corbett work for the
Fitzsimmons bout. 1 never han
died a man who had no left
Jefrs was almost perfect. Cor
bett and Tommy Ryan whipped
him into shape, and I want to
say right here that when he
quit the ring after beating Mon
roe he was just learning how
to fight. When JEFF refused to
fight Squires after we signed
passed him up.
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faults and tries to remedy them. He
lives up to every rule of the club and
does not object when he is given an
upper berth while travelling, as do
most of the players who meet with
success. Pretty level headed young
man is Johnson.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-18
BY TOMMY CLARK.

Y AVN TENNIS players the coun-
try over are unanimous in
Ri predicting that the 1910 sea-