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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-21
BRANDON SIGNS WITH BLUES.
Chester Milton Will Try His Spit Ball
in A A Once More

Kansas City, Oct. Chichester Mil
ton Brandon, the HEAVIER with the
moist delivery, will be given another
chance to make good with the Blues
next season. Owner Tebeau said last
night that he had signed Brandon to
a 1913 contract and also paid him n
months salary for his work with the
Topeka Western League club. Topeka
offered to take Brandon off TebeaU's
hands in the middle of last season,
but failed to carry out it's promise
and released the Chicken" after he
had pitched fairly good ball for u
couple of months. Tebeau is going to
take the case to the national commits
sion and fight it out with the Kansas
club. If the baseball judges give their
decision in favor of Kansas City Te-
baeu will get the money back he paid
Brandon for his last months work in
the Western League.
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Iowa Defeated by Chicago.

game the University of Chicago foot
ball players defeated the Iowa eleven
"a to IA. The victory eliminates the
Hawkeyes from the race for the big
nine" championship. For three per-
1ods. the Iowans threw a scare into
the maroons when they led with a
score of IA to IS, but Chicago was
strengthened with fresh players and
as a result took the lead in the last
quarter and never was headed. The
maroon backs plowed through the line
for big gains in the final period. scor-
ing three touchdowns. The game was
hard fought for three periods. Then
in the final session the maroons play
ed rings around their opponents. The
Hawkeyes, however, put up fine foot
ball.
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HARD WINTER KILLED GAME.
Rabbits and Quail Are Hard to Find
This Year.

cording to Deputy Game Warden G. ].
Mittelbach there is a scarcity of rab-
bits and quail this year. Mittelbach
asserted that he has made several
trips to the country Of late, and has
seen but few rabbits.
Last year there was not an abund-
ance of quail, but this year that va
riety of game will be even more diff
cult to bag. The scarcity of quail is
attributed to the severe winter, many
of the birds dying from exposure and
inability to get food. The quail is a
very frai1 bird and cannot endure Sc
we're weather conditions.
Indications at present are that there
will be plenty of ducks, and already
sloughs and lake in this vicinity are
furnishing the hunter with all the
sport he wants.
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TALKS TO SAINTS
Six Men Required to Hold
Aged Mailman.
Claims He COnverSeS With
Satan and Angels.

Wichita, Oct 21.-Like Cervantes'
renowned Don Quixote de la Mancha,
whose brains went awry through his
reading so many tales of chivalry,
Samuel Standsburg, aged 80, who was
taken through Wichita by his family
from Neodesha to be committed to an
asylum, became a violent mailman
from studying the Bible and the lit
erature' of SpiritualiSm, so his folks
say.
He was taken handcuffed to the sta
ton to wait for the southbound train.
It had required the combined efforts
of his brothers, the trainmen and sew
eral passengers on the train to over
power the afflicted man, for he is of
mighty build and husky for his age.
In the local waiting room he begged
piteously to be let 60 and cursed his
children for taking him away from the
where he had been staying the last
two months and where his reading
and reflections on spiritualism had d.
ranged his mind completely a fort
night ago.
He was very bitter toward his two
sons particularly. He told his sister,
These are no friends of mine"
Before leaving his sisters home he
had threatened their lives, and on the
train he grew so violent in his efforts
to escape that it was necessary to
handcuff him. He started to crawl
out of a car window while the train
was running at full speed.
Standsburg had been deeply inter
ested in spiritualism for a dozen years,
growing more absorbed in it as time
passed. When he came to visit his
sister in Neodesha he was rational UP
on all matters except religion. He
began reading spiritualistic books
with particular zest. He interpreted
the Bible more and more from the
spiritualistic angle.
He had visions and communicated
with dead members of his family and
his friends, his relatives said. He also
talked confidently with angels and
devils.
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Champaign, I'LL, Oct. 21-IIinois
defeated Indiana by 10 to T. The
Hooslers could not gain consistently
through. the Orange and Blue line. al
though they outweighed their oppon-
ents 10 pounds to the man. The Sec
ond quarter was the only period in
which the Him were forced to give
ground to the red and white In this
period Indiana put the ball across the
line by three successful forward
passes Illinois gained almost twice
as much ground by the use of end
runs and off tackle snashes. In the
third and fourth quarters the Illini
smothered their opponents and scored
twice.
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METHODISTSSLOW
Line Held EmpOria, but Baker
Lost, % to 0.
Schabinger Plays Star Game for
C. of e. at Quarter.

Baldwin City, Kan, Oct H.-The Col
lege of Emporia defeated Baker here
bv a score of q to 0. The winning
team played one of the very fastest
games which has ever been witnessed
on the football field here. Schabinger'
the fast quarterback of the Emporla
team played a star game, working his
team with great skill and using the
forward pass with sure gains every
time. The Emporia team fumbled con-
siderably but used a variety of plays
in such rapid succession that they
played their opponents off their feet.
label, at fullback for Baker, played a
star game and prevented his opponents
from piling up the score by several
more touchdowns. He left the game
in the last five minutes of play with
a Wrenched knee. Baker held a good
line but were unable to get away with
their plays with any speed. Several
times Baker was within five yards of
the goal but were unable to push the
ball over for a score. In the last five
minutes of play, Baker tried for a
safety but the pass was incomplete.
The lineup:
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GREEN CARPET IS SEEN.
Wheat Acreage Biggest Ever in Cen
trail Kansas.

Hutchinson, Kan, Oct. 21.-The
wheat belt of central and western
Kansas is a carpet of dark green.
Having just harvested one of the
biggest wheat crops in its history, the
Kansas wheat belt is now looking for
ward to another magnificent crop.
The wheat is coming up in thick
mat, vigorous and healthy. with the
ground full of moisture, and the wheat
going into winter in prime condition.
According to reports from through
out the wheat country there is a larger
acreage sown this fall than year ago.
Even in counties where there is a
shortage of horses, there will be a full
acreage of wheat reported. thanks to
generous work of neighbors. the use
of tractors and overtime work by those
who had horses spared.
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streets AS he approached dark place
man seized him and held him while an
other man went through his pockets. He
robbed of $41 in cash. He was told
If he made an outcry they would kill him
He gave the police description of tie
two men.
A few minutes later Claud williams. q
negro stopped to converse with two other
negroes just across the street from police
headquarters. He exhibited $11.55 all the
money he had. One of the negroes seized
If and ran.
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ACCIES STOP Them
Teachers Lose by Score of %
to z in Fast Game.
Line Plunges Net Farmers
Their Best Gains.

Manhattan, Kan, Oct. 21.-The
State Normals were swamped here IN
a game with the Kansas Aggies. In
the opening period of the contest the
Normals played evenly with the Ag-
gies, even had a slight advantage. But
in the remainder of the game the Wis
itors were constantly on the defensive.
The NormalS were unable to Withstand
the terrific line smashing of the Low
man eleven. Prather and Holmes
swept up the field again and again on
hard line smashing, Strewing NormalS
in their wake. The score was p to z.
The Aggies scored three touch
downs, kicked two of the goals, and
counted a safety; Quarterback Hill at
tempted an end run when the Nor
mails gained possession of the ball
under the shadow of their own goal
but was thrown back across his own
goal line, and the Aggies chalked up
two extra points that might have be5n
avoided if the teachers general had
used some headwork. The NormalS
scored in the final quarter. The Ag-
gies, by a series of line smashes, hac
advanced the ball to within yard of
the Normal goal line. In the attempt
to push the ball across the Aggies
fun bled a pass, and Breneman rlghc
end for the Normals, grabbed tue
loose oval and sped down the field,
which was the spectacular event of the
game, outdistancing all pursuers. 1t
was a great run and a mighty lucky
one. Outside of the one chance, the
teachers were fighting on the defen-
sive all the time.
No New Plays Shown.
The line smashing of Holmes,
Prather and LoomiA was a big feature
of the game. They went down tho
field for gains that went for all the
way from five to twenty-five yards.
The Aggies used old style football
sticking to a few tried formations AND
not opening up with any new plays.
Toward the latter part of the game
Coach Lowman sent in subs to take
the place of his regulars, and saved
some of his best men for the game
against Noses Jayhawkers next Sat
urday. Po1lom and Simms played
great games for the Aggies. Ems
kicked his opponent, although not
booting the ball in his best form.
White was the brightest star in the
Normal armament. He played we'll
on the offensive and nailed Aggies
several times that almost had broken
away from the mass of players. The
Normal showed considerable speed,
but they were unable to use the for
ward pass, failing in the six times
they attempted it. The Aggies made
three trys none of which were sue
cessful. James, at end for the Teach
ers, played well. Co1grove spilled
plays behind the line to the sorrow of
the Aggies.
The Aggies finished the game with
out Gripping the players. In the game
with K. U. every available man will
be needed, and the crippled condition
Of the squad since the Nebraska game
made further accidents things to be
greatly feared.
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AMES DEFEATS TIGERS
Clever Passes and Fast End Runs
Beat Missouri.

Columbia, Mo, Oct. Flames, by
clever use of the forward, pass and by
sensational end runs, scored % points
while the Missouri Stale University
work of Captain Hurst for the Iowa
aggregation aided in the scoring and
his end run of so yards just a min
ute before the final whistle, was a
brilliant feat.
Missouri outplayed Ames in the first
quarter and had the ball in the oppo-
sition's territory most of the time In
the period Ames scored two points on
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West Point, Oct. 21-After two
successive years of defeat, Yale re-
gained her football supremacy over
West Point in a fiercely fought game
here by a score of to 0. The touch
down came at the opening of the Sec
ond period after the Yale offense had
torn through the army team to the g.
yard line at the close of the first per-
iod. After the rest three Yale rushes
brought the touchdown Philbin failed
at the goal The Yale team was the
superior of the West Point eleven in
all departments of the game but e~-
rors of the blues prevented the Ellis
from rolling up double figures. Both
ed type of football but West Point
was successful in three forward passes
and Yale made four completed
passes,
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FOOTBALL RESULTS.

Creighton, 20; Marquette. 0.
st. Louis University, Il; RolIo, 0.
Ohio State, 0; Michigan, IA.
| Wisconsin, AZ; Purdue. O.
Cornell, 6 Pennsylvania State, 20.
Swarthmore, FL; Navy. 6.
Brown, 80; Pennsylvania, Z.
Western Reserve, AZ; Kenyon, 0.
| University of Cincinnati, 10; Ken
! lucky State, 10.
Vanderbilt, IS; Georgia, 0.
Utah, Sc; Denver University. o.
Carlisle, AS; Pittsburg, 8.
Warataha (Australia). 20; Olympic
club, 0.
Oklahoma A. and M. II; Arkansas
University z.
Morningside, e5; Nebraska State
Normal o.
North Dakota. o; Carlton college,
Western Iowa Vocational. go;
Omaha University, 6.
Stanford, IA; University of South
ern California, 0. (Rugby.)
Hutchinson, Kan, Oct 21.-Hutch-
inson high school defeated Reno coun-
ty high school, 33 to IS. in the first
football game of the season on the To-
cal gridiron.
Wellsville, Kan, Oct. 21.-The
Wellsville school football dedicated it's
new athletic field by defeating the
Overlook team, p to o. Albert
Johnson made Two tOucndOWnS ana
Gerald PreshaW one.
Harrington, Kan, Oct. 21-Hering-
ton defeated White City high school
in a fast game of football, score, As
to 0.
Arkansas City, Kan. Oct. 21.-The
local high school football team de-
feated the Ponca, Ok, team here, 3 3
to 0. The locals outplayed their OPP
Tho Z h. 0Vafs Te
Seneca. kan, Oct. 21.-The Seneca
high school football team opened its
season at Axten, defeating the high
of IL to 6. Seneca scored two touch
downs in the second quarter and Ak
tell one in the third. The game was
snappy and good playing was exhib
tied by both teams.
Wellington. Kan, Oct 21.-The
Wichita high school defeated the
sumner county high school in football
here by the score of 20 to Z.
Emnoria. Kan. Oct. 21-The state
Normal high school and the Eureka
high school played a Z to tie on the
Normal field here. There was some
doubt over the legality of the visitors
touchdowns because OF time being
called, though Eureka Cutplayed the
Emporias. Pierson and Trusler
starred for Emporta.
Parsons, Kan, Oct. 21.-The Par
sons high school football team de-
feated the Cherokee county high
school eleven here by a score of 80
to g. The game was rough and three
of the Parsons boys sustained slight
injuries. The forward pass was used
for good gains.
Cottonwood Falls. Kan, Oct. al
The Chase county high school AMI
Marion high school played football
here, the game resulting in a victory
for Marion by a score of II to O.
Lawrence, Kan. Oct 21.-In a one
sided game Lawrence high school de-
feated Lansing high school, 80 to o.
St Louis, Oct. Washington uni
versity football team won easily from
Westminster college by a score of 81
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FREE ONE YEAR-CAPTURED.
Fort Leavenworth Deserter Drugged
Guard and Escaped.

Leavenworth, Kan, Oct. H.-After en-
Toying his freedom for more than a year.
Ray Carter. a general prisoner. is again
confined at Fort LeavenWorth. Carter
was arrested in Kansas City while eli
gagged in a fight in a saloon, where he
was arrested as an escaped prisoner
Carter made a sensational escape on Au-
gust H. 1911. In company with another
prisoner he was sent to the crematory
under sentry. The two prisoners knew
that the sentry was drinking man and
gave him a drink from a bottle which
Contained morphine. The sentry rel
asleep and the prisoners escaped
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RoY FAILS FKoM TREE.
Drop of Forty Feet Severely Injuries
Ottawa Youth

Ottawa, KAN, Oct. 21.-Falling
from a height that observers declare
to be 40 feet, by missing his hold on
p tree limb, Master Howard Russell
Sustained severe injuries The right
arm was dislocated at the wrist, the
large bone of the forearm was badly
crushed, the left ankle sprained, and
thought that he did not sustain inter
nal injuries. The fall made him IN
conscious.
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BOY DRAGGED BY PONY.
Solomon Youth Nearly Loses Life
While Riding.

Solomon, Kan, Oct. 21.-While Carl
Smith, the 10-year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. NJ. Smith, was riding his pony
the animal became frightened and
ran away. Carts foot caught in the
stirrup and he was dragged for quite
a distance. Four of his ribs were
broken and he miraculously escaped
being killed. He is in a very serious
condition but is expected 10 recover.
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HauIs AppIes in Anto.

Chanute Kan, Oct. 2.-W. W. Kaney.
a wealthy oil well contractor. uses his
pIe orchard near here. When harvest time
came Kaney turned his 6o-horsepower
touring car into apple freighter. When
that became too small for the demands
made upon it by the five thousand BUSH
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els of Jonathans he got a low wheeled
trailer and coupled it on behind the car
Last summer, when the ground became
dry and hard, the oil man hitched the car
to disc and cultivated the orchard in
six hours. Kaney says he can disc 1lfty
acres a day in an open field.
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Farmers stroll Cost Sal.

Kansas City. Oct. 21-James Newman, L
farmer of Dalton, Kan, tired OF waiting
around the union depot for mis- train, so
he took a little stroll near Fifth and Blun
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southwestcrn Reats sd. Marx,s.

college was beaten by the shifty South
western eleven, 80 to Z. The locals were
handicapped by the absence of three of
their veterans through INJURY. A 75-yard
run, scoring the locals only touchdown,
was the feature of the game. Schmitz
starred for the visitors.
St. Marys- Southwestern.
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Oklahoma Beats Texas.

Dallas, Tex. Oct. H.-Outclassed in
speed and team play, the University of
Texas football team lost to Oklahoma
university here, p to g. Reeds, Okla
homa's right halfback,, made two of the
three touchdowns for the visitors
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Michigans Are Victorious.

Norfolk, Va Oct 21.-The football team
of the battleship Michigan won the foot
hall championship Of the North Atlantic
fleet by defeating the team from the
battleship New Hampshire, u to o
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Goodland, Kan. Oct. 21.-Good-
land won a closely contested game of
football from Colby on the Goodland
grounds. the score being TO in
favor of Goodland-
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Lidzy's Handmade IS sc smc-1e
with 10c f1avor.-Adv-
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LEWIS Single Binder gives the smok-
er a rich, mellow tasting sc cigar.-Adv.
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Princeton Swamp Syracuse.

Princeton, N. J., Oct. 21-Prince-
ton completely outclassed Syracuse
here and when the slaughter was over
had piled up 81 points to none. It
was again a case of the visitors weak
ness rather than the Tigers con-
certed strength which was responsible
for the size of the score. The three
sets of backfield men which Prince
ton used had all sorts of speed aud
power, with the result that they tore
through the Syracuse line as if it
were paper, and circled the ends at
will. Syracuse got the ball within
Princeton's 30yard line once or twice,
but lost opportunities to score on poor
attempts at field goals.
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Southwestern.

Ter. Te1npieton, Schmitz C2). Kelly. Goals
from touchdown-Foley l, Schmitz 2.
Referee-Boumfield, Kansas City; umpire
-Tenton. Kansas City; lineman-Hoopes,
Kansas City.
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BLUE STILL WINS
WaShburn Hands William
Jewell First Defeat.
Old Style Football Wins for
Drivers PrOtegeS.
SMILEY AND LOWE STAR
Forward Pass Used for Two
Good Gains.
Touchdown in First Two Min
utes Brings Victory Here.

Liberty, Mo, Oct. 21.-The heavy
Washburn college team handed Will
liam Jewell its first defeat of the
season here by the score of to 0.
The score was made after two min
utes of play by Lowe after several
long end runs and line bucks. After
the touchdown was made the Jewels
braced and played an even game with
their opponents. They twice had the
ball inside the 5-yard line. The Jew
ellis only chance to score came in the
third quarter after long runs by Bag
by and Magin. Old style football was
used by each side. Washburn's gains
were made chiefly by Lowe and Smi-
ley. Norman, Bagley, Magin and
Holmes were the stars for the home
team. The forward pass was used
successfully by Washburn twice, once
for ten and once for fifteen yards
Although defeated, Coach Roberts was
pleased with his teams showing. Inc
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to 0. Washington began scoring IN
the first period and added points
heavily in each quarter. Washington
made long runs and successful for
wards passes almost at will
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Indians Swamp Wentworth.

Lawrence, Kan, Oct. 21.-In a loosely
played game Haskell defeated Wentworth
Military Academy 81 to o. Wentworth
was much heavier than Haskell but slow
Haskell fast gaining principally on
long end runs and forward passes Rocque,
Richards and Fontanello starred for Has
keH. None of the Wentworth team show
ed up at all. Mckinney, of Wentworth
was badly injured about the head in the
third quarter. First quarter ROGUE made
three touchdownS for Haskell. Archeketa
kicked goal In the second quarter, De-
graft made goal on a forward pass by
Richards. Mzhisuteno made two touch
downs in same way. In the third and
fourth quarter goals were made by
ROGUE, Flood, Richards and Archeketa-
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Cottonwood Falls. Kan, Oct. I'll
The Chase county high school AMI
Marion high school played football
here. the game resulting in a victory
for Marion by score of II to o.
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Hutchinson, Kan, Oct 21.-Hutch-
inson high school defeated Reno coun-
ty high school, 80 to 13. in the frs
football game of the season on the To-
cal gridiron.
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Lawrence, Kan. Oct 21.-In a one
sided game Lawrence high school de-
feated Lansing high school, 80 to 0.
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Seneca, kan. Oct. 21.-The Seneca
high school football team opened its
season at Axtell, defeating the high
school team of that place by a score
of IL to 6. Seneca scored two touch
downs in the second quarter and AK
tell one in the third. The game was
snappy and good playing was exhib
tied by both teams.
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Wellington, Kan, Oct. 21.-The
Wichita high school defeated the
Sumner county high school in football
here by the score of 20 to Z.
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Parsons, Kan, Oct 21.-The Par
sons high school football team de-
feated the Cherokee county high
school eleven here by score of 80
to g. The game was rough and three
of the Parsons boys sustained slight
injuries The forward pass was used
for good gains.