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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-18
SOCIETY,".
Continued from Preceding Page:

Mrs. E. H Crosby, Mrs. Minnie d
Horner and Miss Helen Louise Crosby
will go to Estes Park, Colorado, next
week, and will remain there the rest
of the summer. Mr.. Crosby will join
them later.
An unassuming but fetching little
foulard frock is offered for considera-
ton In the drawing. A noticeable
feature is the arrangement of the two
shades of ribbon, the colors, of course,
matching those in the gown. These
cross the shoulders in suSpender fash
ion following the ''V'' opening of the
blouse and terminating in two looped
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-18
SMITH CENTER LOSES.
Esbon and Gaylord Win in Baseball
Tourney.

Smith Center, Kan, July 18.-Smith
Center was shut out by Gaylord in the
second days playing of the baseball
tournament, Shultz, the Gaylord pitch
er, twirling a very effective game. In
the other game played Esbon scored
enough runs in the first inning to win.
Score:
KenSington o I 1 0 %
Esbon 4O o o 0 90 %
BatterieS-Dimond and DimOnd;
Richie and Nelson.
GAYLORD .......2O O0222 IS
Smith Center. U U U 90
notwithstanding and Carroll; Van
dervelt and Agnew. Umpire-More-
head.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-23
nERIINENI @f1l1ENT
IN Happenin&$S 1Sportdom

lent nucleus for a team So far as I can
find out. we are going to have some prom
ising young pitchers in the long list of
purchased and drafted players. This is
largely matter of luck, for some that
look very good on their records in the
minor league will not pan out so well
when up against the tougher game, but
still ] hope we will get three or four
hurlers who can hold their own. The ad-
dition OF Grover Hartley behind the bat
has strengthened US more than the aver
age fan thinks. | have been with Hart
ley several years and know just what a
hustler he is a man after my own heart
guarantee him TO be q success and a
great help to US. Any young player who
is kept on the Giant pay roll AS long as
Hartley was must have a lot of merit
for McGraw carries few dead ones.
think Hart ey will do just about what
Heine Groh did when he got a chance to
play regularly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-23
TARTS WINS DECISION.
Captures Ashley Handicap by a
Neck From Lady Lightning

CHARLESTON. s. c.. December .:
Showing a high turn of speed from rho
rise of the barrier, j. O. Talbott,s Tarts
Won the Ashley handicap, for all ages
at five and a half furiongs. from a. rather
class. Held of sprinters yesterday after
noon at Palmetto Park. Tarts. however,.
had to be vigorously ridden b. J. BoreI
to outlast Lady Lightning in the final
drive. 1t was only by a neck that Tarts
snatched the decision
The Talbot entry was probably the
heaviest backed winner of the day, OPEN
ing at to i and closing at post time at
Is to .. Ella Bryson was made the ia
vorite, but she had no speed at any
stage of the journey. being beaten for
show money by Prince Hermis sum
mary:
First race. purse, $50: thrce-ycsr-oids and
up; six furlongs- Queed. los Turner. z to ?.
,Byrne, to ]. s TO ) and ! 10 5 second; Glen
Beachey: IL .Wolfe,, Il to |. to / and . 70 J.
Primity. berkeley Willis Dr. Jackson. G Gel AID
Pierre Dumas and Fred Levy ais, ran
up: six farongs"Prnce Chap Ito eBuxton,. a1 10
70 g. !. 10 10 and to :. won; Sherlock Holmes
IL sByr ,s7 d,c t. > e and to >. second
third. Time 1.I6 % Madman. Monkey. Silas
Grump. DIR. Dougherty, Lord Ladas Concurran.
Third race, purse. $500: three-year-olds and I'D:
mile and quarter-Mycenae, 1O1 Derondel, 5
10 l. ) to ) and out. won; Billie Baker 90
Nickaus,. 20 10 l. 10 ] and 5 to q second:
Schaller, 101 (CallahaD). 30 to 1, 10 TO / and
j to /. third Time. FL 10 Outlan. Ella
Crane. Tay Pay and Fell also ran.
Fourth race, the Ashley handicap: $500: all
ages; five and a half furlongs-Tarts. 11o (Boren,
Is to ), TO 5 and to >. won: Lady Light
ming los (Buxton). TO l. 6 10 . and to 5.
second; Prince Hcrmis, Iii Hanoverl. q TO !.
10 ) and / 10 .. third. Time. LOO. Samuel
L.. Myer, Ella Bryson and Water Lady also ran.
Fifth race, selling; purse. 500; threc-year
cIls and up: six furoHgs- Deduction. 112 mic
Cahey,. 10 :, :: u :, and 10 :. won: Oak
land lie tBoreil. IL 10 |. 10 | ard - 10 ..
second; kiya Io3 Derundei. 2 TO D. I 10 2 and
out third. Time LIS. Chemuio, Lord Wells. I
jim Cadfrey, liicision, Letourno, Henoiic and
SteiIaway also ran.
Sixth race. $500: all ages; Iniie-Big Dipper.
100 tIoylet Is to ). !: to = and 4 TO 10, Won
Ruisseau lis ,Baueri. 20 10 1. TO l and TO
1: second; Patty Regan, q; Murphy. 30 to ]
Camel Harcourt, Michael Angelo. Tomboy,
Woodcraft. La SainrelIa and Cynosure also ran.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-23
INDIANAPOLIS CLUB SOLD.
Manager Kelly Cancels Contract and
Deal Is Contaminated.

+ INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. December "a
The Indianapolis American Association
Base Ball Club WAS sold by Sol Meyer,
owner, to J. c. McGill of Denver and
William Smith of New York city late
yesterday for $4,000. The purchase
price was paid to Sol Kiser, Mr.. Meyers
representative, at a meeting in Chi
cago. +.
Negotiations for the sale OF the In
dianapolis club have extended over sew
eral months. and there was a report In
October that the deal had been made
The delay in closing the sale was due
to a contract the club had with Mike
Kelly to manage the team.next year.
McGill is also owner of. the Denver
Western League club and wanted Jack
Hendricks. manager OF the Denver
team, to manage Indianapolis. Hen
bricks has been with tire Denver team
several years. and. has won three PEN
nafits. Arrangements were made with
Kelly to cancel the contract, and the
only obstacle to the sale was removed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-23
FEDERALS TALK BIG MONEY.
Reported Offer Of $4,000 and a
Bonus to Jump.

ST. LOUIS. December 2a-That Joe
Tinker and Mordecai Brown are ready to
jump to the Federal League as man
ayers. and that President Gilmore
promises TO announce Monday next the
list OF major league ball players who will
align themselves with the Federals, are
announced Developments in the new base
bali body.
The Federal League has offered, it is
said. to put 10000 into the. bank subject
to Tinker's check and to give him bonus
as well. for Joining. Tinker. like Stovall,
It Is asserted. has promised q delivery Of
present major league payers into the
Federal ranks. 1
That Brooklyn is assured place in
the Federal League Is stated positively.
and It is understood that Cleveland will
be dropped. George Stovall, the Browns
ex-manager, Is In Los Angeles doing mis-
sionary work for the Federal League. His
latest offer is to Arthur Fromme. 1t is
stated that Fromnle has been offered a
bigger soiary by the Kansas City Fed
erals than he ever received in organized
base ball.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-23
Col + W. H. HORNE ON LONG
DRIVING

Having been asked TO what l attribute
my length Off the tee, / will endeayor
In the following article to give few OF
the methods I adopt. writes W. W..
Harne. the holder OF. the worlds record
for long driving. in London Golhug The
secret-which Is no secret at all-is that
while one player is hitting within his
strength, the other Is trying to hit be-
yong his power. or, In other words,
pressing. consequently losing all control
Of his club.
don't think golfers study their clubs
enough. Take. for instance. the driver.
Often you see q player welding q club
far too long for him. | know from my
own past experience the trouble had to
control the longer club. therefore l
started experimenting. and came to the
conclusion that my clubs must be short
uned / started by gradually shortening
the shaft, until / found the length to
suit me. I don't mean found this In
one day. but by just taking half an inch
s,ff and giving IL q good trial for a week
or so, at last found the length OF club
{ could swing comfortably. and got my
wrists to work moro satisfactorily.
also found with the shortened driver 1
eOuiQ stduo NCAt uP " tuS uAiis WHICH
gives more control and greater accu-
racy.
Some players think that by shortening
their club their drives must OF necessi-
~ become shorter: but that Is not the
case crowded they have not overdone Ito,
as by. standing more up to the ball they
have greater hitting power. and not so
much chance of that fatal mistake-over-
swinging. Besides, they obtain a much
straighter follow-through, which is so
necessary.
The player using the shorter club
looks a. a he Is going 20 hit the ball
with strers because the club Is not
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-23
TOM ANDERSON Is DEAD.
Veteran Montclair Golf Professiona
SuccumbS to Pneumonia

NEW YORK. December a3.-The death
OF Tom Anderson. the elder, which oc-
CURED at Montclair Sunday, removed
one OF the most picturesque figures in
American golf Old Tom was not CON
tent to be known merely as the father
or Willie Anderson. many times omen
champion, and young Tom Anderson.
the oakmont professional, but made \
name Tor himself as one OF the most
popular OF the many Scotch profess
SIGNALS who have come to the United
States.
Although nearly sixty years Of aye
ana weighing Well over zoo pounds. the
Montclair professional kept PLAYING
goti and playing it well until the and
u tne season just closed In the course
o. ms long residence at the ATonfcIair
GOiI Cup Anderson established !, snI4n.
uiu reputation as : teacher of the game
well. eepeI as
iIs oea!h was due to pneumonia. con-
Iracteo about two weeks ago when he
went to the pier to see his son Ton rss
London. u Sieeef III
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-23
BY H. C. BYRD.

Changes will be made in the schedules
Of several OF the local college foot ball
teams next fall II is, likely that sene
VII play much harder games, while
others win tighten up.
Notwithstanding the fat that reports
have gone out that Georgetown was TO
play Harvard and the army next year.
the chances are that the Blue and Gray
will not have as difficult q schedule iii
191s as il had during the season just
closed, For the size squad which George
town has Il IS not capable OF taking part
III more than two or three big games.
while last year it had five.
Next fail there may not dc IS good ma
teriai 50 was out last season, and il VIII
be q wise move one which is conten-
plated. 10 schedule one OF two small
schools in place OF II couple OF the harder
contests. Just what new colleges Will
he listed Is not known, rs little has been
done toward making up the schedule.
The tiallaudct eleven, einoolacned b.
its phenomenal success OF last fall, IS
going 10 arrange 4 mitch more difficult
series of contests than it nas ever had.
The Kendall C.reeners outciassea every
team against which they played. and a
move is being made TO secure larger
schools for 1914 opponents.
Some Schedules Planned.
DESPITE the FACT that the Maryland
Agricultural College eleven went some
what stale toward the close OF last sea-
scr as result Of its lengthy schedule.
another hard LIST of games will be ar
ranged. II IS probable that fewer con-
tests will be scheduled, but an attempt
is TO be made 10 get one or two larger
institutions represented While at least
one Of the other games will be dropped.
Catholic University will play about the
same kind OF Il schedule as that which II
mad las, fall, Though one big game will be
added. 1t is very probable that Fordham
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-23

osefpo"ering his wrists by being too nm
"leidy' his arms are hanging naturally
and not pushed out as with a lonear c,,,h
The only thing that you must no c.r..
full about in shortening the sbaf, oe ,,o,,r
club is that to avoid snoiling ~ -,
ance OF the club 1t will often ha 1900
sary 10 ADD q little weight to the head
NOW lot the swing The old taochar
told us to go back slowly. Now 1or .
naro htter 10 follow that advice Is fatal.
80 .heIe - q certain amount Of combine
Ton oetWeen The up and down swjnr.
Go back slowly and try to cone Jaw,,
quickly, ana you have lost the n,trra !
swing or the body: the swing then ha-
comes jerk, resulting In misHn,,,r
Iatai TO the stroke Some players adj
yocate turning the left wrist 80 -,
taking the club away from the hai, az ~
the back swing. The fallacv nf .hiI ~ -,
my thinking, is that il causes ~ ,.st
elbow to leave the body too far ana the
left shoulder forced up, causing The heaa
20 ntI OUT VI wMss should be stationary
carefully all our players-that thew taIa
the club away from the ball WITH r,-;sts
working evenly: there is them 49,
chance Of the down swing beinr tue
and both wrists working together as
one.
Now, the grip. Assuming the c,,. ..
the right length for the player. he aho,IJ
grip the club with the left hand r;-''.
at the top OF the handle. LETTING tha ,,sht
fit comfortably to It, Be carefuI not ~
leave any space between the ho,5s
otherwise the wrists cannot v.orI TO-
gether. By this grip the ball Gets tho
full power of the stroke, the cinh havs
ing its full freedom. II the cinh ..
gripped, say. halfway down the lsa
It is almost unavoidable that there
should be lot Of power taken out ~ the
stroke Lastly, as regards the stance
i personally favor standing aImost
square to the fall for driving
STRAIGHT DRIVE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-23
ener Says He Means Maintain Strict Discipline National Leagu
CHANGES WILL BE MADE
IN FOOT BALL SCHEDULES
Local Colleges Will Add Some Teams Their Lists OF
Games and Drop Others.

viii be brought down ThanksglvinS Gay,
that school having signitied its wiling
ness to play here. With Nillanova ana
Fordham on the schedule, the Brookland-
ers could iii afford to have any more
meetings with institutions larger than it
self athletically.
Whether or not George Washington Will
have team is questionable. If IL does 1t
will meet several schools in its class anu
one or two sInail ones. The chances are,
though. that, it will rot have an eleven,
since there is rather a bitter feeling with
those who backed the attempt last fan 10
nave the school represented. They went
far enough TO arrange 4 schedule, ana
that the movement should have been
suueiched bT the university authorities
cast uamoer the efforts that had
been made and some rather earnest
work counted for nothing
Changes Suggested by College Paper
The Harvard I,ampoon is out with some
suggestions for changes in the foot bali
rules fo- next fall. While il is not to be
supposed that any of them will be ADOPT
ed by the rules committee. they are worth
CONSIDERING from another standpoint.
tere they are:
tlayers must not delay the game by
R&Fins or shouting 10 friends in grand
stand After six warnings, this is pun
isheu ~ q neaVy penalty.
Any r aver scratching. biting. carving
or otherwise defacing the ball will have
the same charSed to him on mis- term bill
fhe Lalnpoon urges thar points In foot
oall be scored Is follows: Coal from
heid. >; goal from anywhere else. &;
Safety, :; any other kind o. ra2or, /,
touch back. =: setbaci.. Sic
A team which Wiifuliy spas Tor time
q? breaking or disIocating tile bones OF
rs members shall be peaa,zed ten Yards
after the second warning:
IN inseFccptinS the kicl after q soai
PAYERS are not allowed to Climb I'D the
goal posts. This rule should be more
strictly enforced
Inc coin used in the toss-up SHOULD be
4 twenty-five-cenI piece ana shaTf he re-
moved from tne field immediately after
the toss-up, so that II may not be con
fused with the other quarters
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-23
ONLY ONE LEAGUE ROLLS.
Champlains and La Sales Win IN
Washington Council League.

The Washington Council DucApin
League was the, only bowling organiza-
ton to carry out q scheduled program
last night Two matches were rolled.
The Chanplain five took all three games
from the De Soto quint while the La
Sale team did not have much trouble in
winning two out Of three in its match
with the Balboas. Warthen got the high
score in the elimination tournament IN
the Railroad Y. N. c. y, having Set OF
32si. though Streiter was second, only
I've points behind. The scores:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-23
AUTO CLASSICS FOR WEST
vanderbilt and Grand Prize Events
Slated for Santa Monica Course

NEW YORK, December ~
s " 'ne Motor Cups Holding Com
pans' % winch ". X. Vanderbilt. ir.. is
PRESIDENT held a meeting yesterday to
consider the application OF Pacific coast
MOTORISTS ror sanction to hold the next
Vanderbilt cup and grand prize races ON
tne santa Monica course February q
and ~
~ Is understood that the offer Of the
Sahtornia club was favorabiy received.
wiu nc no aero acton Of the holding company
~ WIN pc MADE public for day or so. as
the Automobile Club Of America viii f,rst
nave 70 give a sanction for the grand
Prize race and the A. A. A. will have ~
pc conSulted before a sanction is issued
Tor The Vanderbilt cup race.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-23

II there is any friction among the
Brooklyn. Superbas next season # viii
not De the fault Of Wilbert Robinson.
h .ne ne" manager, who is an experienced
hand at pouring oil on troubled watsra
Is making an effort this winter to see ali
the members of the team he possihIv
can. SO as to get acquainted with them
II Robbie succeeds in introducing the
p petfinn .s element into his leadership and
nave made big stride toward sncca..
i how faT such feeling goes is apparent In
the Philadelphia Athletics and fhai, -
iations with Connie Mack.
President Tener has made - r,,;,
ne is going to be the governor or the NC.
tional League. u 'iie Ma
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-23
Fitzsimmons Challenges.
Wins Game in Baltimore.

The Good Shepherd basket ball quint
went 10 Baltimore last Saturday and de-
feated the Athenian five BY score OF 35
10 Is. 1t was well played contest, and
the local boys deserved much credit for
putting up a winning game against what
was really a more experienced bunch Of
basket ball players.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-23
Dickson Goes to Rochester.

BOS ON, december c3.-President
Gaffney Of the Braves notified Secretary
Nickerson yesterday tina. he had released
Pitcher Walter r. Dickson outright to
Rochester. This cuts the pitching staff
down to seventeen men. Dickson came
to Boston on draft from Memphis in
1911.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-23
Totals 45S AZ 425 Totals. 4iS AZ 426
ELIMINATION TOURNAMENT OF Z. Il. Y.

The following will bowl tonight in the
railroad tournament:
Kilroy. Euman. Campbell, Ryon. Sears.
Kohl, Munich. Warthen, 0. M. Williams,
Watson, Walling. w. L. Smith. Weiss.
Humphrey. Humrickhouse, Dutton. Ekin.
kouik, Rider, i. T.. Smith. Grimes. Dor
sey, Stanley. Shipman. French and j..
N. Williams.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-23
LEWNSKY OUTPO|NTS
COFFEY, IRISH CHAMP
Former Philadelphia Battler Jumps
Into the White Hope
Band Wagon.

NEW YORK. December 23.-Battling
Levinsky. formerly of Philadelphia.
Jumped into the white hope band
wagon and took a front seat By giving
Jim Coffey, the Irish champion. good
trouncinG at the Garden Athletic Club
last night. Coffey, q giant in size. head
and shoulders over Levinsky, and with
an advantage of twenty-six pounds, was
like puppet in the hands Of his oppo-
nent during the last half of the bout.
Levinshy fairly peppered the Irish cham
picn until ne was puffed and damaged.
Coffey weighed 1861, and Levinsky 17Osa
pounds
In only one round. the sixth, did Coffey
SHOW to advantage In that round he
knocked Levinsky down with left to
two blows that followed in rapid sue
cession. In all the other rounds Levin
sky clearly outpointed him.
Fitzsimmons Challenges.
Coffey was not nearly as fast on his
feet or nearly as clever az he was last
winter. when he fought Jim lFlynn
Then he weighed 10 pounds Since then
he made a trip to Ireland. His increased
poundage did not give him any greater
strength, but made him slow and dull
He fought like a third-rater and not as
a prospective champion. Levinsky, out
side of the knockdown that he suffered.
showed good skill and good punching abil-
1ty- He boxed rings around Coffee and
gained many friends by his fine exhibi-
ton and good boxing ability.
After the oout. Bob Fitzsimmons
cravled between the ropes and said
After looking at the present crop of
white hopes l think il my duty TO chal.
lenge any white man in the world
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-23

Frank Chance considers Joe Tinker
worth $4,000 according to reports Con-
ME Mack will now have to readjust his
valuation of Eddie Collins. II the pro-
portions are preserved the second base
man ought to jump UP in the two-hun-
dred-thousand-doIlar zon0.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-23
Against the Player-Writers.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. December %
Harvard varsity foot ball players will be
asked not to write signed articles for the
newspapers next. season. Harvard has no
objection to its foot ball players doing
general college newspaper work, but feels
that the use Of players signatures to
articles for which not infrc1uently three
figure prices are paid is Il practice that a
college of Harvard's high athletic stand,
ing should not permanently countenance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-23
First Havana Tourney.

The first Havana tournament will be
on February 1915. The next week there
will be another big tournament. running
from February 16 to 81. There Will prob
ably be other smaller tournaments later
on, and il is more than possible that sew
eral of the best golfers in the country
will make the trip down. The Havana
course rs reported TO be one Of the most
beautiful in existence and is excellently
kept up.
There is a big variety Of play to be
found there, with most interesting
course to follow.
The competitive season at PinehurSt
will be up to past standards. The first
tournament has been already held. The
next will be the Christmas week tour
ney Then there will be a mid-January
tournament and later on the annual st.
Valentines tournament, starting Febru-
airy .. The program VIII continue
until early April. by which time well over
a thousand golfers will have tried out
the four courses and inhaled the healthy
drift of pine-Scented ozone.
There is a magnetic quality to PiEe-
hurst that seems to draw those back
who have ever played there once, the
effect probably arising from the fine CT
mate, excellent accommodations and the
wide variety of golf to be enjoyed, where
over four widely differing courses one is
almost sure to discover the type Of course
he likes best
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-23

John Miller, the former Pittsburgh first
baseman, has notified Miller Higgins OF
the Cardinals that he is satisfied with his
transfer to that club and will sign a con-
tract next month. This puts an end to
the story that the Federal League
men will set Miller foR their Pittsburgh
team.