The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-25
SPORT WHEEZES.
Being Purlointd Dog Meat.
Prune Pies. Lemon sand
witches. Etc.
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(By CIug.)
Here's a merry Xmas to the old MEM
hers OF Washburn's 1914 football team and
TO all the scrubs and freshmen connected
Herewith Also to Coach Glen u tray
and his bride-to-be.
Also. the seasons greetings to the scat
tered frasments OF the old kaw oSse eIall
brewer-owner. and to Walter Johnson
Kansas greatest baseball jumper.
happy returns of the season and may they
be fun to overffowing-out with the sea-
sons joys and not Col. Rupperrs beer
Oscar Mortimer the alleged Canadian
heavvwelght prize ring champion, Is far
from a chur1p He has good old black
row sense. and he displayed 1t admirably
Iohnson in Kansas City Wednesday night.
After the knockout Jack gave him here
IL Topeka. almost before they had warm
ed the inside of their gloves, Mortimer
would have been extremely foolish to
have faced those fists again
The report from Kansas City stated
much of a tighter. but you will have to
give him credit for knowing the best way
TO keep his toes on terra firrna
The stadium fever continues to spread
throughout the land. Philadelphia ana
eissing the feasibility Of erecting i'm
mense structures capable OF seating No'o19
spectators 1t is the idea of those FOSTER
an be used for many purposes. such as
big football games track meets, paseants'
coral festivities and military dispdays,
The estimated cost ranges from N.VW,uW
10 100000 and the receipts. on paper at
least are expected to. equal all dlsburse-
ments in the course of few years
The comparative merits of the hit-and-run
and the sacrifice as offensive tactics IN
basebaf-is on again at rail pas .,a1e
Earring averages. The official statistics,
,.omplied by Secretary John Heydlsr, re-
veal the interesting fact that the boston
Rrave- were a more effective run-compll-
~ team than the Giants last season. Or
rst,.er MADE de- m9 y,E Oh tnei Tne pe Giants as
usual led their circuit In base running
and in run scoring and were second IN
hitting but the Braves, second IN run
Cor 2 fourth in hitting and a bad last
In base running. registered higner Pro
ycrtion of runs to hits The Giants VAL. ,ds
fSo steals TO help them along, mace LOO
-or5ins 70 ri sacr'fisss 81 more nc e.. than sir1
were used by any other cup N ~, ' hts
Came athletes are nothing uncommon
rhere are lots Of thenl-at least you near
of lots of them because the oth ne. n nii !.
a safe bet that the realm OF sport mas
never nor will ever see chap VINO Is as
me a
tim II the Boston Braves, world 3 cna"-
F'ighring his way back TO health now
from an attack of pneumonia. the WHY
Trtis second sacker is giving an exhibit
ton of courage that would put TO snahe
many a hero OF fiction. Recovering from
an attack Of pneumonia isn't much or
rsat FOR some people. especially big strong
chaps who are well fortified with strong
constitution Johnny doesn't know the
meaning of the word constitution lie
ply little bundle OF nerves, heio tosetner
by thin frame of bones and muscles
And his life for the last half dozen years
has just been a succession OF hard luck
events He has gone through a series oil
accidents any one of which would nave
taken the heart out of Tar bigger ana
stronger men But they didn't even fea1e
Johnny. After each one OF them the
Trojan came back" with more rire tnan
before and simply downed ADVERSELY oy
sheer gaueneSs.
Evers' hard luck began when he bought
an automobile years ago while memoef
OF the famous Cub machine He had an
accident in which a man who was with
him was killed. That unnerved him Tor
a while but he soon returned to the dla-
mond with as much grit and light as ever
Then he invested his savings in a shoe
store and when that burned out he lost
everything ne had Even his friends pre-
dicted he wouldn't be the Evers OF ofo
=. But he was ard even better. as he hadn
r-ached the zenith OF his career
Next he broke his leg and was kept
again the next spring, fighting as of yore
.-ar1e real hard luck came his way next
aaa was made manager OF the chicago
Cubs. with Charley Murphy as his boss
He didn't please Murphy and was ship
ped to Boston. then hopeless tan end
ct. He figured strongly in making that ag
gregation a pennant winner and II was
believed his ..tfnk'' has d -sappeared- But
in the midst OF Boston's pennant Ugh
EverS' little girl died That was the
toughest blow of all. but the Evers IN
don,nab bic will scored aga.n and ths
Trojan was back in the Brave lineup in
short time. And his work was as grea
ever
Long may he live,
Iuisville. Ky. Dec. s5.-Jess Willard, tn.
hite hope, who is filing a theatrfca
engagement here this week. has added
~resrf ng to his preliminary ira ming. ~
ks cut daily in local gymnasium viii
Pat Connolly. the heavyweight champion
OF Great Britain. who is making his hom'
here
Though Connolly weighs over 200 pounds
Willard towers over him like d giant
Harry West CT Cincinnoti also boxes da |,
with Willard. Marvin Hart of this city
who got decision over Jack Johnson il
twenty round bout before Johnson be
came champion, has been hoonobbing will
Willard, imparting his ideas OF the bes
= way to get through the negro champion,
guard
Chicago. ILL.,. Dec 25.-Jir1 Mullen ia OF
the war poth in behalf OF Eddie McGooerty
James put his signature to papers binding
the Oshkosh whale to fight Nike G bbon
at Hudson Wis. on January Is He un
derssood that the phantom also had signe,
and called on negotiat ous for couple o