The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-19

match.
| Los Angeles. Aug. 1s.-Harry Thorn
as of Birmingham, England. was CIV
| en- the decision today over Frankie
/ Conley of Kenosha, Wis, at the end
of their 20 round bout at the Vernon
| fights ever staged at Vernon. Thomas
forfeited his weight money by refusing
to weigh in. In the ring he appeared
to be close to the lightweight limit,
Before the fight, Referee Eyton an
nounced all bets off because Thomas
was overweight.
Thomas far surpassed Conley IN
boxing skill and soon had the Keno
| sha lads face bleeding. Conley SEEM
ed to pay no attention to the blows
and bored in continually. Round af-
ter round he rushed the Englishman
around the ring, taking four or five
| blows for the privilege of getting in
close.
At in-fghting conley had the better
of Thomas and twice the Englishman
appeared groggy. In the seventh
| front teeth with a hard left. In the
eighth, a cash was opened over Con-
ley's right eye and he bled profusely.
OF the 20 rounds, Thomas had the
better of 10, Conley eight and two
were even.
Kansas City. Aug. 1s.-Miss Amer
cite Root, 6 years old, daughter OF
Walter C. Root, an architect, was the
first woman entrant to finish in the
IL mile swimming marathon of the
Missouri Canoe club here Lena
Hoerning, gymnasium instructor of the
Y w. c. A.. was the only other wom-
sixth of all the swimmers. B. E.
Campbell won the race in 1:45. Last
years time was 2:20. Large crowds
saw the start and finish.
st. Louis, Aug. 19.-Chauncey
Heath, of the Missouri Athletic club,
won the 10 mile swim down the MS
sissippi river with 500 yards to spare.
His time was 1:39:02 LIS. The record
is 1870. Behind Heath came a she al
of five.
New York, Aug. 19.-The standing
high jump mark at which Platt Adj
ans won that event in the recent
Olympic games, was equalled by both
him and his brother, Benjamin, at the
annual track and field contests of the
eccentric firemen at Celtic park. me
Adams brothers both cleared the bar |
at 5 feet 4 inches and tossed coin
for medals.
Pat Mcdonald, Irish-Am erican |
Athletic club, the Olympic and world
champion, won the 12-pound shot put |
from scratch both hands, with so |
feet q inches. His right hand put |
was 54 feet 3A inches, and A feet
1O15 inches was his left hand effort. |
AS this was the first time in this coun- |
try the 12-pound shot was used for
a competition with two hands, Nc
Donald's put beats an American rec
ord.
Matt McGrath, I. A. A. G., the
threw the 16-pound hammer, with I'M
limited run and follow, 100 feet, but |
it will not stand as new record, as
there was no steel tapes on the
nr-1 fnrs
style is 179 feet, made by John I.
Flanagan three years ago.
Hiawatha, kan, Aug. 19.-Hfa-
watha finally garnered one from Au-
burn at Shenandoah, Ia, barely get
ting the game finished before Auburn |
came in under the wire.
Hiawatha .o1o21o2 oo-6
Auburn 100 000O -
Batteries-Riley and Calvin; Zoo
derman and Mussen.
At Falls City-Beatrice 4, Falls City
At Humboldt-Humb 1, Nebras-
ka City 8.
Marion, Kan, Aug. 19-In a we'll
played game of baseball Marion de-
feated Emporia on the Marion
grounds by the score of to o. The
features of the game was the pltch-
F5rnporia to hits and striking out 10
men and the base running of Hern,
also of Marion. He stole bases,
the only score of the game
when Mcnamara, catcher Tor Empor-
la, tried to catch a man stealing sec
ond.
The Eagles Rost Tints defeated the
indian Grange Sunday by score OF
n TO 3. The feature of the game was
- 1-i++iYO IF He'll |
ne sc a1etine . W R.H.E.
indian csrange..O 1101O-3 al
Rose Tints ....2 o 4 1 o o Ito IL 8
Batteries Sullivan and Snyder; Moore,
oo1lem and Belts. II
The Santa Fee Apprentice team de-
Gated the Chanute shop team yester-
lay by a score of to 1. II
Score: R.H.E.
Batteries-Weilert and Copeland;
Rush and Klinger. Umpire-Cramer.
The Granville team beat the Topeka
samblers Sunday by a score of 10 to 5. !
Grantville-Reed and Rey-
odds; Ramblers-Lodge and Lee.
Eagle Rose Tints defeated the Shaw 8
zee Mills Midgets at the League park I
y a score of 9 to 8.
Score: R.H.E. !
lose Tints ......1Os o31oO1-9 10
Iidgets ...O 0 4 o o o 8 O-S 9 4 Ii
Batteries: Griggs, Rice and Snyder; ,
owe and Sawyer. Umpire-Johnston.
Fredonfa Kan, Aug. 19.-Fredonia de- r
Gated Oswego here in a fast game by :
score of A to 1. Batteries-Fredonia,
3oltz and Mussett; Oswego, Bartlett, Dim
md Rogers, Miller. Il
New York, Aug. 19-More than score {
# the Olympic athletes, who are to be y
IGNORED by a big demonstration here =
Thursday, arrived on the liner ST. Paul. {
hey included Harry s. Babcock, who won !
he mole vault: Geo. L. HORNE, of San I