The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-28

A wrestling match will be held at
Emmett on New Years day between
Louis Hoffman and Kit Carter. the
North Topeka man who defeated
Oscar Peterson in preliminary match
here Christmas day.
Carter is a good man and is quick,
out saying that Hoffman will be a big
favOrite
Speaking of wrestling and wrestlers,
Clifford Jerome who wrestled Hoffman
to draw in Topeka last Friday is a
rather interesting kind of farmer Yes.
he is farmer and not a professional
wrestler. Here is the tabloid story of
his life:
When a mere kid he had several at
tacks of lung fever and his physicians
said he would die with tuberculosis be-
fore he grew up His only chance was
to live in the open and to take as
much outdoor exercise as possible. And
so, he began long distance running.
Then his father gave him a pair Of
boxing gloves and later he took to
wrestling.
| He excelled in this latter above all
other things and finally began to take
most of his exercise on the mat and
out in the barnyard whenever he
could get an opponent. At last the
the lung trouble and he is now as
| healthy specimen of humanity as one
would care to meet.
Jerome is married and has two boys.
To show that he is a sure enough Kan
sas farmer he raised 100 bushels of
wheat this year and sold it too, for
/ 800 per bushel. His last wrestling
match before the one with Hoffman
/ was on the Fourth of July. He does
/ not believe in gambling and never bets
| on one of his matches.
Il Here is the latest baseball dream,
/ given for what it is worth: The Fed
eral league. Pacific Coast league and
i Southern association to form an al
lance as three major leagues. The
affiliated with the Fedefa1-Coast-
H Southern combine. The plan has been
promoted. discussed and negotiations
L opened. How much further it will go
that major league baseball will draw
1 well on the Pacific coast. especially
Il during the exposition year.
H There is going to be lot of unem-
ployed baseball players next season
More than 1000 will be tossed out OF
I work to find berths in semi-prO clubs
or to return to other pursuits The
1 Federal league will drop about As, the
1 National about 80 and the American
perhaps So. The International is cut
/ ting the player limit to 16 per club.
Il Every league in the country IS reduc-
/ ing the playing lists, and it looks as
though hard season for the athletes
is at hand
Il Baseball caused 35 deaths and 91S
L injuries during the 1914 season, ac-
h cording to a writer who claims to have
kept track of the seasons record.
Pitched balls killed 30 of the dead
players, five were hit with bats, four
/ died of overexertion, one died from
injuries sustained in sliding to a base
L and one was killed in a fight
Il Connie Mack, according to his own
statement, will not make any more
/ changes in his club. At the time he
sold Eddie Collins to the White So1
| Mack intimated other changes were to
come However. he now says he will
| have enough work to do in finding
/ pitchers to replace Bender and Plank
/ and a second baseman to replace Col
Inns. Connie is not saying anything
about what player he has in mind for
second base Kopf and Orr filled in
on the inf1eld last season without dis
/ playing any class that would make
1 them appear able to succeed Collins
II Baseball fans all over the country
are pulling for Johnny Evers to re-