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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-15
FIGHT big JACK"
Topeka Jack johnson win Meet
Champion.
Give Exhibition Next Week at
Kansas City Theater.
HE FAVORS JEFFRIES.
Believes White Man Will Win
the Championship.
Gives Estimate of Old Sparring
Partner.
HE FAVORS JEFFRIES.

That the black champion was not. a
year ago, good enough to whip Jeffries
is the opinion of Topeka Jack Johnson
who was his sparring partner for d
year and who will box with the cham
pion at the performances at the Cen
fury theater in Kansas City next week.
Whether or not the man who defeated
Tommy Burns. ct al. is goOd enough
for the task he has set for himself
July depends on what he has dcne IN
the last year, according to the local
coIored boxer.
The local Jack johnson is something
of a pug himself He has had a num-
Der of fights in the central west and
holds an undefeated record. He has
boxed in Philadelphia and there met
men more worthy of his prowess- He
has had considerable experience in
sparring with the negro of the same
name who holds the title in the heavy
weight class now.
Local fight fans will remember when
Jack Johnson put Mexican Pete to
sleep after a minute and half of
fighting. of when he whipped McCor-
mick formerly Sullivan's sparring
partner. into mincemeat at the fight
held at the ball park. and how he has
trounced others who desired to add to
their pugilistic laurels at his expense.
The black champion has spoken
MANY good words for the local athlete
and as johnson is to box with the
champion in Kansas City, beginning
next Sunday, he cannot be expected to
say that he thinks Johnson is not good
enough, now. to whip the big fellow
who holds the title of "undefeated
champion"
johnson is a pretty fighter" said
the local athlete. Il don't believe Cor
bett ever had better footwork than
Johnson has now Johnson is scientific
He knows how to fight He fights pref
tily and steadily and is never excited
He is always fighting no matter what
the other fellows do. He is light and
1.-THE and will give Jeff a hard tussle,
believe, because L know from reports Of
his fights that he is much improved
over when l worked with him. But I
de not believe, at that time, he would
have had any chance with JeffrieS.
'JeffrieS never was pretty in the ring.
He fights after the style of the song in
Little Johnny Jones' The man he
fights with can skip about and run here
and there but it doesn't worry Jeffries.
that the fighter must come to him TO
fight and when the other man returns
he usually finds Jeff waiting for him
with a bunch of something"
Every year Johnson goes out on the
road with a colored baseball team. This
City, Kan. Giants. Their record was
12S games won and 10 lost last year.
The team won 81 straight games.
The local namesake of the black
champion is an exceptional negro. De-
spite his ring proelivities he is genteel,
courteous, never swears, does not use
liquor nor tobacco in any form and
takes the best of care of himself. He
has a host of friends and followers here
who wish him we'll.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-15

ment and Gill solicitors supplied by the
Western Electric company have lately
been installed. Heavy traffic is carried
CT over this single track division. There
are in the neighborhood of 25 to 80
trains a day. and in the handling of
these trains there are approximately 20
regular meeting points. This section of
the track is used Jointly by the Santa
Fe and the Colorado & Southern rail-
ways The dispatching. however, is all
done from Pueblo by the Santa Fe.
1t is estimated that the installation
OF telephones on this division will en-
BILE the dfspatcaers to haEdle the same
amount OF work as previously in about
go per cent of the time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-15
RAILROAD NEWS.
Trains Of Length Demanded by
Power Officials.
Costs No More to Haul Long,
Heavy Trains.
ONE MILE LONG.
Officials Have Tested Big Trains
With Success.
Other Items Of General Interest
in Railroad Circles.

1t costs no more to move a loaded car
than an empty one, says Charles F.
Speare in Reviews of Reviews. The
additional friction of the former is net
enough to count against it when fuel
consumption is considered. BY the
same reckoning a car loaded to three
quarters of its capacity carries a profit
beyond the first consideration of gross
revenue over the one half loaded Ex-
tending this to an entire train it costs
no more to move 80 cars than 80, or 20
than 90, provided the engine power, or
speaking technically; "tractive effort"
or transportation that James j. Hill
developed and has carried to such
an extreme that he is said to
nave advised a station agent not to
ship corpse until he got a full car
load. r. H. Hartman, in his short
career, developed it in even more in
tense form, and progressive railroads,
east and west of the Mississippi river,
are now taking it up as their greatest
relief and the quickest means to an
end in satisfactory profit.
AS result of these methods we see
today the assembling of trains of enor-
nous length and weight combining the
loads of several trains of days gone by
and cars whose average annual load is
increasing from to 10 per cent. 1t is
obvious that concentration of this sort
spells economy in labor, in fuel and in
dispatching. 1t reduces the number of
accidents. Under the old practice, for
example, mixed train of 20 coal cars
and 10 box cars. approximately LOO
tons revenue weight, started out from
terminal with one engine. The gross
freight revenue at 1 cent a ton a mile
would be $1,100 for every 100 miles run,
assuming that the cars were all loaded.
Take a modern illustration: A train of
so cars, or 2,400 to 5000 tons, permitted
by the increase of locomotive power
which costs no more for the loom
run than the smaller engine, but which
creates from $500 to So, 900 in revenues
Here we have the results after which
the transportation officials of railroads
are aiming. The Virginia railway, to
build which the late H. H. Rogers
pledged his great fortune and whose
construction changed the entire physi-
cal aspect of parts Of the state where
it was put down, is moving train loads
of coal mile long. consisting of as
many as 125 cars of so tons capacity
Its ponderous engines can move these
trains from the mines to tidewater
with no effort, and each train load of
this exceptional sort produces a gross
revenue between $1,000 and $4,000 This
is done under test, however, and is not
the ordinary practice.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-15
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-15
WOLGAST DRAWS COLOR LINE.
Announces That He Will Not Fight
Negroes

Kansas City March 15-Ad Wolgast'
the lightweight champion of the world,
has drawn the color line. He makes
the following announcements:
LAS far as I am concerned the ne
groes are through with the fight game
The time for me to make this an
nounce.uent is right now. There are no
black men in the lightweight division
row VINO have a chance with a cham
pion and therefore 1 want to draw the
color line now to show the pubic that
it is not because I am afraid of any
negro. 1 do not think any good ones
will Abe in the game while / am, but
even if there should some good coiored
boy pop up in the near future ana
look like coming champion will not
fight him. l want the public to under
stand that there is not chance for a
negro TO ever fight me. When one does
pop up. should such a thing occur, peo-
ple can remember what / have said
about negroes. The color line is drawn
and drawn good. 1 will fight any white
Low living, who deserves a champion
ship fight at 1913 pounds ringside."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-15
NOTED MEN TO TALK.
CIeveIand's Birthday Celebration by
Democratic Club March IS.

New York. March 15-Grover Cleve-
lands birthday will be celebrated by
the National Democratic club here on
March Is. A dinner will be given in
the club house on Fifth avenue, and all
the survivors of the Cleveland cabinets
have been invited. The speakers in
clude David r. Francis, DR.. Woodrow
Wilson, Francis Lynde Stetson. Adlai
E. Stevenson, Richard Olney, John G..
Carlisle, Hilary A. Herbert and Hoke
Smith will be among those present.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-15
HYLAND AND BALDWIN DRAW.
Their Fight in Kansas City a Decidedly
Tame Affair.

Kansas City. Mo-, March 15.-Fighting
Dick Hyland of San Francisco and
Matty Baldwin of Boston, fought ten
rounds to a draw at the Hippodrome
here last night. The fight was a tame
s.nd undressing affair. in the main
neither fighter being in danger at any
time. 1t was the old story of a slug
glng -I1yland-matched against
a shifty boXer-Baldwin. Baldwin skip
ped about his opponent and gave a nice
exhibition of boxing and landed a few
stiff punches. HYland continually drove
his opponent into infighting-
Hyland came out of the battle with
out a mark Baldwin sustained a bad
cut over his left eye.
Soldier Miller of Leavenworth,
Kan, was given a decision over Darby
O'Brien of st. Louis in a fast ten
round preliminary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-15

April 22, %, "a, 25 Sioux City.
April %. 81. 2S, 20 Dies Moines.
April 80. May 1, 2, 8 Omaha.
May 4, 5, 6, Z. 8 Lincoln.
May 20, %, 20, 20 St. Joseph.
June 10, IL, IL, Is Denver
June IA, Is, 16. IL Wichita.
July 4, 4, 5, 6 Wichita
July Is, L.. IL Is Denver.
July %, 24, 25, &c st. Joseph.
July 27, %, 90, % Des -Moines.
July 80, 81, Aug. 1. Sioux City.
August 8, 4, 5, 6 Omaha.
August Z, s, 8, 10 Lincoln.
August Is. 16, II. Is Dies Moines.
August %, 80, 81 Sioux City.
September 10, II, ] 2, 3 Omaha.
September Ii, Is, 16 Lincoln.
September II Sioux City.
Sept. IS, 10, 20. 21, St. Joseph.
September %, %, "a. 20 Denver.
September &c, %, %, 20 WIGHT
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-15

for Fox but Connie Mack of the Phil
adelph1a Athletics, touted the big Read
ccln management turned down every
offer. Fox has been treated Hberaiiy
by the Lincoln club on the salary ques-
ton ana with his contract was a letter
stating that he was satisfied ana would
come to Lincoln determined to give the
AntefopeS the best that he has. FOX
should be a sterling pitcher this year
IN the western With Reading last
season he was easily the star or the
Tri-State circuit and his promotion 10
the majors, according to the judgment
of Connie Mack is only a matter OF
time The astute leader of the Athletics
and his sale to Philadelphia next fail
should occasion no surprise.
The new uniforms for the Sioux
City Packers have been received in
that city and now are on exh1bltlon
for the benefit of admiring fans. The
suits are neat and tasty. On the road
the team will wear gray uniforms. On
the coat sleeves is the monogram 3
c." while down the front of the shirts
are the words Sioux City. The stock
ings are gray with a blue band In
the center. A blue visor adorns the
cap, which is also gray. At home the
Packers will be CARRIED in white. The
monogram will be on the shirt sleeves
and a blue band will encircle the
stockings.
Wichita Beacon: Jimmy Sullivan
has arrived in Lincoln to remain until
the fall winds chase him back to Cal
ifornia-unless what sometimes hap
pens to popular managers, chances to
be his lot, and he sees someone else
get his job.
Wichita Beacon: This man Trues-
dale who will play short for Sioux
City this season, is the ex-Dallas in
fielder whom Roger Bresnahan prom
ised to turn over to Isbell. He is said
to be fast scamp.
Sioux City journal: If the number
of men signed has any significance
the Sioux City baseball team should
be a leader in the Western League
race. There is hardly one days de-
scending sun" in these piping times of
signing and trading baseball players
that does not see a new name on
Sioux City contract. The latest man
to become a Packer is Bert Noblett,
who in 1908 and 1909 played with
Grand Rapids in the Central League.
In 1908 he played second base, with
$50 chances and an average of 1923.
He batted 1858. Last year he played
in the outfield. His fielding average
at Grand Rapids last season was 1882,
but his name does not appear in the
batting averages in either of the base
ball guides. Dial Alderman, who used
to pitch against him, speaks highly of
Noblett's ability. Alderman says he
is small. but well built. He bats nat
urally left handed, but hits right hand
ed against left handed pitchers, Jack
Hendricks, manager of Denver, told
Tom Fairweather that Noblett was
as good an infielder as there is in the
Western league.
Wichita Beacon: Ben Hunt, the ex-
Hutchinson pitcher, over whom
Wichita and Boston are still scrap
ping, pitched for Sacramento against
the White Sox Tuesday. For six inn
ings Benjamin Franklin was all the
candy, holding the majors to two runs.
but in the seventh he blew up and
the white legs carried half a dozen
counters ACROSS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-15
wagner signs Contract.

Pittsburg, March 15.-While there
never has been any doubt that Hans
Wagner would play with the Pittsburg
team, a sigh of relief went UP from
the fans when it was announced that
the big shortstop had agreed to terms
and would sign his contract Friday.
Wagner will join the Pirates at st.
Louis for the southern trip.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-15
EXTEND TELEPHoNE SYSTEM.
Santa Fe Building Line From Denver
to Pueblo.

TO Pueblo.
The Santa Fe system has extended
the use of the telephone for train
dispatching over its road from Denver
to Pueblo. Col. The officials of this
road were among the first to recognize
the advantages of the telephone for dis
patching. Telephones have been in
stalled cSer approximately 1850 miles of
the Santa Fee lines, and it is planned
to extend the equipments on other sec
tions OF the road as soon as possible.
There are about 40 telephone stations
on the 120-mile stretch between Denver
and Pueblo, and here telephone equip
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-15
AtteU and DriscoH to Fight.

San Francisco March 15.-Promoter
Coffroth, last night signed Abe Atteil
and Jem DriscolI, Of England, to fight
Is rounds at Colma on the afternoon
of July %. The weight will be 126
mounds
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-15

May 10, IL, ~ Is Omaha.
May II, Is, 16, II Des Moines.
May IS, 10, 90, Fl Sioux City.
May %, %, "a, rs LINCOLN.
May 80, 80, 81 St. Joseph.
June 2, 8, 4, 5 Denver.
June 6, Z, 8, Wichita.
June IS, 10, 90. Fl Omaha.
June %, %, "a, 25 Des Moines-
June 26, 81, 20, % Sioux City.
June 80, July L, ?, 3 Lincoln.
July Z, s; 9, 10 Wichita.
July IL, Is, IA, IA ST. Joseph
July 10, 20, 81, % Denver.
August IL, IL. IS, IA Omaha.
August 10, 90. 21, % Sioux City.
August %, "a, rs. 25 Lincoln.
August &c, 81, 2S, % Des Moines.
September 8, 4, 5, Wichita.
September 6, Z. s, 9 Denver.
Sept. 80, Oct. 1, 2, 2, , st. Joseph.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-15
Ketchel and Langford Matched.

Philadelphia. March Instantly Ket-
chel and Sam Langford have been
matched today to meet in this city on
April %. The bout which will be for
six rounds. will take place before the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-15

brought to local baseball headquarters
the signed CONT act of Pitcher John p.
Fox, whereupon there was genuine re-
joicing on the part of President Don
Despair. The Lincoln management has
been a bit uneasy over the Fox affair,
as the premier Reading twirler's re-
lease cost the local club $3.50 in cold
cash, and the pitchers recent declara-
ton that he did not care to play ball
in the west has had the chief of the
Lincoln club guessing The sale of Fox
stirred np a big commotion in Read
ing and when the club changed hands
recently the new owners at once began
making offers to buy him back. Other
eastern clubs have been putting in bids
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-15

'O6 and '07 with the Lincoln club. and
being n personal friend. Manager Sui
!ivan, of the Antelopes, will be only too
glad to give the Hastings manager any
possible aid.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-15

Billy Speckhart, of the. Sioux City
Journal. and VAR ST. Cyr are among
the early one in the hunting game,
having left Monday for five days duck
hunting on the Missouri.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-15
BASEBALL NOTES.

The following from the Sioux City
Journal may of interest to those who
know Bill link:
Charley Craig, city editor Of the
nearly a generation has been battling
around newspaper offices in Sioux
Falls, has found himself-he has bios
! soned into real live baseball scout.
He noticed in the columns of the ST.
Louis Sporting News an advertisement
by big BiIP' link, who used to play in
the bushes hereaboutS, and he has
written to link, suggesting the names
of some Corners in the baseball world, a
copy of the letter having been sent to
Bobby Black, Sioux City.
link is manager of the Hutchinson,
Kan. team. Mr.. Craig intimates that
this is 'Bills'' last year in baseball
and as it is quite natural that he
set in blaze of glory, Charley comes
to his old friends aid with a few sug-
geStionS. He writes: Il have num-
Der of bali players whom 1 can, offer
you for the 1910 season at bargain
counter prices, all of whom you will
recognize as being of championship
timber" He then names Robert g.
Warner. He may be a trifle stiff in
the joints Craig writes, but, as you
know by experience. liberal applica-
ton of snake oil will bring him around
all right. if the weather is not too
cold.''
FRANK BIanIord, VINO is toute0 as
1.-The wonder of the newSboyS and boot
blacks who patronize the town lot
games," is offered as a catcher. Bud
Jones, who, Charley says, cut his eye
teeth early and is still in his prime,'' is
named as first baseman and general
utility man.
The letter goes on to say that 1.-The
real find of the bunch is one Grandpa
Greene 'Grandpa's' name is a mis-
homer, because he is neither green at
baseball nor a grandpa, even if his
name does appear among those who
cavorted around the diamond in the
days before the war He is one of
those who can play right across the
diamond provided no one gets in his
way"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-15

Pat Bohannon and Pettigrew are a
little stubborn about signing their
Wichita contracts. Pats smiling face
certainly will be missed by Western
league fans if he fails to come in.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-15

A figure arrayed in one of the new
1910 travelling uniforms of the Packers
stands in the window of the Grain Ex-
change billiard parlor at Sioux City.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-15
BASEBALL SCHEDULE.
Handy

Below given games played by
baseball black indicate sunday
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-15

Ozee. a first base possibility for the
Packers, is showing up pretty well with
Fort Worth in exhibition games against
major leaguers. In two games he went
to bat eight times, made two hits.
twenty putcuts, one assist and two
errors.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-15

National Athletic club. The men viii
meet at catch weights.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-15

Denver Times: McGiH has received
telegram from Muggsy McGraw telling
him to come to Dallas, Tex, or seIid
players he wants of the Giaat recruits.
NJ. mayer Hendricks will make the trip
nCx5 week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-15

Lincoln News: The Lincoln inanage-
ment is not disposed. in any sense, to
exult over the suspension of Pitcher
McCafferty by Secretary Farrell, of the
National Association. President Des-
pain was rightfully displeased over the
pitchers contention that no contract
had been offered him and that he was a
free agent, but the punishment melted
out so speedily was as much of sur
Prise to the head of the Lincoln club
as to McCafferty. Associates of the
pitcher incline to the belief that he
was engaged in a harmless bit of STALL
ing and that he intended to sign after
he had kept the club management
guessing for a few more days. Only
one conclusion can be drawn from the
McCafferty incident-the powers that
be in organized baseball have no time
to waste on bucldng ball players. Mr..
Farrelrs gun is loaded for instantane-
Gus action.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-15

Des Moines News: The announce
ment that George Davis has been Sc
cured TO manage the Des Moines club
next season puts a new phase on the
Dwyer situation and the question could
be intelligently asked if last years
leader would not plav first for the Can
lillons at Minneapolis next season. The
question has not been put to Owen Hig-
gins, but the fact that the CantillonS
have not been worrying much about a
first baseman although they have an
ncunced none in sight. and the fact
that Davis can cover the first sack to
a nicely, points toward a deal of this
sort being pulled off between Owner
Higgins and the Miller magnates.
The Cantillons like Dryers work and
often expressed a favorable opinion OF
it and coupled with the close connec-
ton between Comiskey, Higgins and the
Cantillons, the story makes good base
Lall gossip which will not go far amiss.
Dwyer is probably the best youngster
available now outside the National or
American leagues. which would also
tend to add truth to the statement that
Minneapolis was after him. With Davis
added 10 the infield list, Higgins could
veil get along without Dwyer, and a
good offer with the promise of one or
two good cast-offS would probably look
inviting enough to Mr.. Higgins to ac-
Cept.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-15

Piles Cured i'm @ 10 IA DAYS.
Pazo ointment is guaranteed to cure AM,
case OF itching, blind, bleeding or protrudins
piles in to "A days or money refunded Eae
Get our estimate on that LUMBER
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-15

Lincoln News: The Hastings club of
the Nebraska State league. has put in
a bid for any of the Lincoln clubs sur
plus players that fail to measure up to
Western League requirements. The
Hastings request is made by George
Harms, who is to manage that team
in the new league. Harms tried ont in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-15

Hartman. OF Denver IS reported to oe
a holdout. This adds to the s&yety of
the ante-season gossip. Hartman bat
ted only .243 and had the pooreSs fiell-
ing record of any shortstop VINO nlaysd
greatest number of errors OF any man
in the league-71-and stole ,slly %
ha
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-15

Wichita Beacon: Jimmy" Sullivan
has arrived in Lincoln to remain until
the fall winds chase him back to Cal
ifornia-unless what sometimes hap
pens to popular managers, chances to
be his lot, and he sees someone else
get his job.