The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-08
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lit will be = hard blow to the poor
baseball clubs The extra half q cent
a mile won't mean so much to the big
leagues. but it will hit every small as /
ISOLATION in the land hard blow near I.
the solar plexus of the pocketbook-
1t is thought that the increase, how |
ever. viii make the big leagues arrange |
a more sensible schedule and cut out
the long. unnecessary jumps. 1t is fig
ured that in the regular circuit, train |
Ing camp trips and exhibition games
the increase will mean an added ex-
pense OF SO player per season
Counting trainers. officials, etc, that
means about $500. That item won't
break big club-but how about the
weaklings like Topeka, Wichita, and
others?
The public should not allow the rail-
roads to hold up the great American
game in any such manner.
Pa Rourke, owner of the Omaha club
in the Western league is reported to be
in the market for half a dozen athletes
for next seasons team. Pa needs a
pitcher or two, few infielderS and
some frontier men.
Also, the news comes from Omaha
that John Gonding has opened a saloon
just east Of the Omaha ball park
Jim Buckley. who manages Gunboat
some people say that Gunboat lost his
title OF white hope champion by being
knocked out by Sam Lanrford. the
negro heavyweight ''Of course. there's
no denying the fact that Gunboat was
knocked out" says jim But by win
white hope championship. did he? If
he didn't win it, it still belongs to Gun
boat, doesn't it?'
The Federal league announces that it
will re-establish a major league scale
OF prices: Charging so and rs cents to
see Scent ball-and that it has adopted
"a system Of rebuilding that will de-
velop many young players"-an on the
basis Of 20 men to each payroll. Up to
date, however, the Federals have not
given the slightest sort of answer to
the general inquiry: How will you
take care of your extra players?" Hav-
ing first announced that everybody
would be taken care Of" the Feds have
apparently adopted the clam-policy as
to explaining how all these wonders
could jibe together. The major and
minor leagues have put up the barriers
There is no place for the extra Feds
to hide in. The outlaw league must
either pension them or break it's prom
/, ise- What's the answer?
Clyde Williams and Guy Lowman.
Iowa and Kansas Agricultural college,
were the most contented persons pres
ent at the meeting Of the Missouri
valley coaches. The two Aggte ath-
letic directors are to be relieved OF the
burden OF coaching football next year,
as each institution will engage head
gridiron coach. the athletic directors
having supervisory powers without d.
rect responsibility. The Ames and
Manhattan schools have gone for
years without football winners and
/ Directors Williams and Lowman have
been compelled to shoulder the criti-
. cism that keeps company with per-
i sistent defeat.-Lincoln Daily News
| Eddie Cicotte is one Of the charter
/ members of the order Of the Ker-
choo, past master of the Hay Fever
/, lodge. Far from permitting a little
thing like that to trouble him, he
makes use of it. He was pitching
game for the Chicago White Sox in
! Philadelphia, and he perpetrated
4 fris htful balk. The umpire was just
lifting his hand to call the balk when
ed the flags Tapping on the stands.
"Balk nothing" yelled CicOtte, as he
recovered. 1T was sneezing.' A few
moments later a runner reached first
Eddie commenced to make faces. dis
I tort his features, and, right in the
d
H bill to first and nipped the runner.
II Chicago, Ill, Dec. S.-George r.
Tully. promoter in Kenosha, Wis.
who is running the match on the 14th
L inst between Charlie White and Jim
is out with an offer of a guarantee of
L 81. 900 to Freddie Welsh. champion
Tully wants him to take on Joe
yelling. the local boy who recently
returned from a trip to Australia and
later from a trip to California
l Los Angeles, Cal, Dec. S.-Dating
from Monday night the boxing inter-
ests of the country will center about
New Orleans the one remaining city
in the United States where twenty
round contests are permitted.
Definite announcement was made
here that Promoter Thomas ]. McCar-
ey. for ten years or more at the head
Of the Pacific A. C. of Los Angeles,
would go to the Crescent City next
Saturday morning to organize new
club there. With McCarey will be as
New Orleans.
Lewis Hoffman. the local wrestler.
who has been keeping in form during
mariner of Sailor Carroll. the heavy
weight fighter. will meet Jack Billings.
we'll known Chicago wrestler. at
Paola tonight Hoffman has made
quite a reputation as a wrestler out II
/ ; is understood that he expects to pass
up the mats and go in for boxing in
the near future and he has been train
l ing In Topeka Jack Johnson's camp for
l some time with this In view.
II Lincoln. Neb Dec e.-Richard Ruth
i ford. for two years left halfback on the
1 varsity eleven. has been elected cap
/ tain Of the Nebraska football team OF
1915