The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-06
NORTH SIDE EWS
ThinIy Clad, Braves Cold to Put
Out Fire.
r.. r. Baer Walks Barefoot
Through Snow.
IN EARLY MORNING
With Thermometer at Fifteen
Degrees Below Zero.
Ouenches Flames Without Call
ing Fire Department.

r. r. Baer, when the therm ometer
was IL degrees below zero about o
o'clock this morning, with only MS
niehtshirt on, walked barefoot in the
snow to get water with whlch ne put
o,+ a fire in the kitchen at his home,
1927 Central avenue. The fire was
caused by a rise in the gas pressure
during the night. Last night the gas
had been turned on. During the hlsht
the unexpected increase flow heateo
the gas range red hot. 1t set hre 10
800 blanI1sts and from these the
woodwork in the kitchen caught M
damage was about $50. A canary DlIG
was stified to death by the smoke anu
MI Raer's fox terrier, "Tr1xle' was
nearly suffOcated, puI - NJ"
ing. e--
Mr.. Rear did not call the depart
ment until the fire was nearly ouI-
started to do so, but remembered tnaI
a bucket of water, drawn last night,
was on the kitchen table he poure9
this water on the blaze anu I"1r ~ -
this with half a dozen more 10 Sc
the rest of the water ne na 1'l;+ ~ rotb1
barefoot through the snow WITH notN7
ing on but his night shirt TO the Wen
outside. Luckily it is SO arranged Ia
it can not freeze Mr. Bael - Ho.l 80
the worse for his experience he put
orr the blaze and then sent Tor zap
TAIN Garrett from station NO. TO
make sure that it was compieteAy ~
tinguished. The captain and the rest
of the firemen from statoh NJ; L 81 ~
tended him a vote of thanks LOT mo-
calling them out in the cold 1hey
also contemplate presenting the neLo
with an ornamental horseshoe IN view
of the fact that he is president Oh tIle
famous North Topeka Horseshoe clup
which has been defeated only once.
Didn't Call Fire Department.
The Baer family sleep upstairs
About s o'clock Mrs Baer aWoke anu
smelled smoke. She went downst +1!4,s
smoke She called Mr.. Baef. he
came down. When he opened the
kitchen door he saw that the moor
and woodwork were blazlng dnQ ina
the gas range was as red as a Kansas
sun at sunset. He started to turn IN
the alarm and then with rare presenc,S5
of mind remembered the bucket Aull
of water on the kitchen table.
flashed over him that he could put out
tho fire himself with that one bucket
without calling the fire ladies from
their warm beds into the cold Worlq'
However, one bucket was not enough
Nevertheless, with the Spartan couf-
age which has led his Horseshoe cup
to victory many times he walked OUT
doors, barefOoted, on the snow claOs
only in his nightgown and pumped ana
hauled about six more buckets of water
with which he doused the blaze. w men
the fire was out he was not satisfied
and so sent for Captain Garrett to o.
K. the job He says he did not nave
time to get cold or SILVER as he was
so busy putting out the hre-
These details were obtained from him
with great difficulty as he is as mod
est as he was brave. He had instruct
ed the fremen to keep the affair quiet
but some how or another the news OF
the fire broke out. Bully for Baer, is
the slogan that the firemen and Horse
shoe club are shouting
The North Topeka Horseshoe club
met its first defeat Friday afternoon
when the Meriden Horseshoe club de-
feated the North side players py
score of 4 to 2. The North Topeka
people claim that the absence OF some
of their best players was responsible
for the score; also that the players
we're compelled to pitch from both
sides of the court, where formerly they
had nitched from only one side. In
the first series of games played where
four men played games, the Meriden
mon won four out of the six; III the
series where only two men pitched the
North side club won nine games out
of the seventeen
The score in the double games, that
is where four players. two from each
club entered the contest, ended in
victory of to 2 for the Meriden club.
lack Metzker and James Boydsam OF
the Meriden club were pltted agai 11sa
r. r. Baer and l.. r. Manley of the
North side club. The score was:
Metzker, "a; Boydsam, A; Baer, 81;
Manley, AS
In the single games, where only one
player from each club entered the pit.
the North side club won 9 games and
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