The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-16
SPORT WHEEZES.
Being PurlOined Dog Meat,
Prune Pies. Lemon Sand.
witches, Etc.

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If you can trust your wife with all your
savings
To spend upon her kith and kin;
If you can fill the ever stretching stock
With Xmas presents, thick and thin.
If you can bear to watch a months hard
Fade into a Yule-tide toy,
You have the spirit of the season-and
You are a sport, My Boy.
One Of the notable things at the Kan
sas conference last Saturday was the alb
sence of anything that looked like a stu
dent. Professors with much learning were
there and shrewd coaches The purpose
Of the meeting was to regulate student
athletics and to discuss athletic prob
lens. But nary a student darkened the
assemblage with his presence.
This may be as it should. But it seems
that since athletics Is solely student en-
terprise, the opinions of those most in
terested should at least be considered. In
many of the larger schools students are
entirely in control of their affairs of ev-
cry nature. Surely the students of the
schools in the Kansas conference are cap
able of expressing an opinion on the reg
would be only fair to allow them to send
delegates. even though the delegates were
denied the right to vote.
For the first time in several moons To-
peka boxing fans will have a chance to
witness a real heavyweight bout tomor-
row night when Topeka Jack johnson and
the Canadian champion, Martinez, meet
for ten round engagement. Both fight
ers are black hopes of the first rank, and
they promise to stage bout that will be
worth while.
To comply with the laws of the state
only members of the Midwest Athletic
club will be allowed to the bout but
membership cards can be procured by
making application at III West Fifth
street.
The following is from the winter
League Jabs'' of the sport page Of the
Chicago Evening Post: ''Thirty-two coun-
ties in Kansas have not single poor
person. The names of the counties are
not given, but it's a cinch the one in
which the owners of the Topeka club live
is not among them
the blessing Topeka has in not being pes
tered with c. webb Murphy or a Ring
w. Lardner.
ball team, Coach Bill Hargiss. at the
Normal. promises to have a basketball
team that will outweigh. on an average.
| l1endrickson, Hertwig, Stevens. Shupe
Parker and Carey are all big men, who
are probable material for the team.-Em-
Michigan university football teams have
won So per cent of all games played in
the IA years Yost has been coach there.
| Under Yost the Wolverines have played
| l19 games. winning 80, losing 10 and tying
| Z. Figuring the percentage of victories
the way baseball standings are computed.
| by tossing out tie games. Nichigans per-
centage under Yost would be ssh In the
! ii years Yost has been on the job Michi-
| gan has had five no-aefeat seasons and
| three in which the maize and blue won
every game Yost's teams have averaged
90 92-119 points per game and have held
/ their opponents to an average of 29-1l5
!. points.
Official National League averages tend
to dispel the importance that has been at
tached to base stealing. Good base run
ming always is important. But base steal
/ ing is quite different matter. Boston's
/ Graves won the National League pennant
/ with fewer stolen bases than any club
| in the league. They swiped a total of 139
sacks. OF this number Johnny Evers
stole nine but Evers is not considered 4
slow man or a poor base runner Evers
base stealing mark this year was lower
| than one ne made with the Cubs a few
years ago He stole only eleven SACKS
that season. Owner Murphy then told
| hirn he was through, saving that any
player who steals only eleven bases in a
full season is through.
And then the Feds gathered about the
banquet table, where the choicest and
daintiest of viaEds were s-rrayed- And
Chifed and Euffed and B-ookfed and
Shouted end Kawfed and HoOfed- And
when all had eaten to their capacity and