The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-07
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Being PuFIoined Dog Meat
Prune Pies. Lemon Sand
witches. Etc.

Being Par!oined Dog Nest
. Prune Pies. Lemon Sand =
= witches. Etc.
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(By Clug.)
! Topeka billiard merchants are feel
ing the effects Of the European war
just like the rest of the civilized
world. Since the beginning OF hos
| tilities the price OF ivory balls has ad-
| vanced from s to $40 and $22. Also
the price of table cloth has taken a
jump The best billiard table cloth
comes from France. 1t is an ali-wool
] fabric, woven much closer than
broadcloth with one side perfectly
smooth. According to local smoke
! house proprietors this French cloth
cannot be bou. Int at any price and all
substitutes are higher than they were
before the war began.
In keeping with this general adj
vance In French billiard supplies, it Is
rumOred that the price of .nasse shots
will be raised to I'VE dollars a rip.
Owners of mules and live stock in
all parts of the state have had cause
to complain this fall about people
killing their pets and domesticated
animals.
Nimrods and others who read this
column will please take note that the
killing of other peopis's hogs. horses.
sheep. goats. children, dogs and other
feathered. furred and hairy animals
is not considered legitimate sport
Chicken chasing. with u, or other
wise. is positively prohibited by stat
ute.
According to a news dispatch from
Kansas City. the man. ,ers Of Carl
Morris and Sailor Carroll almost
staged street bout as the result OF
an argument over procuring the ser
vices OF Topeka Jack johnson. Both
Morris and Carroll wanted the local
Joe fight. Morris ma lager claimed
he had already secured the services Of
johnson when Carroll's manager
raised the ante and landed him.
The two managers met on the street
and began bristling for a real mix-up
when the funny part of the affair
happaned-a sport writer interviewed
doesn't say what kind of a sport
writer he was. but with q little imag-
nation you can probably picture him.
1t is possible that Topeka has a
real pug champion in her midst with
out knowing 1t. At any rate, there is
to be real fight in st. Joe Tuesday
December Is. and Sailor Carroll. one
of the principals is making Topeka
his camping ground while preparing
for the engagement.
And II hard work and ambition will
win. the ex-sailor ought to be able to
kill the Oklahoma giant without the
aid of a beanstaik. He has lots of
wind. big punch and a fighting face
that should help him out considera-
bly,. With a cauliflower ear. cock
eye. a nose that has been broken six
times and a snort that resembles a
bull breath. Carroll can assume an
expression that Is calculated to make
the most Eon-hearted human being in
the world tremble. A special train
will take the Kansas City fans to ST.
Joe for the fight. and many Topekans
expect to so over to see the mix-up.
BY defeating Christian Brothers col
lege, 81 to 6, the RolIa School Of Mines
won the Missouri football champion
ship at st. Louis Saturday. The game
created more than ordinary interest be-
cause of the fact that the ROlla school
authorities had forbidden the students
tation. the professors refused to sane
ton the game in spite OF overwhelm-
ing entreaties. But the students were
true to the American spirit of over
riding. despotism wherever it bobs up
and they showed the old PrOfs. that
they could stage game without their
sanction. The Rolla players are to be
congratulated. both because OF their
victory and because OF their sportsman
like spirit.
Organized baseball can only wonder
what the weeks scalping OF the Feds
will take from them. Walter johnson.
Eddie Plank. all Topped to the Outlaw
camp last week. Home Run Baker is
said to be on deck this week with Ivan
Olson and a number OF other big ones
in the hole. and there surely must be
gloom in the o. b. camps. Also, the
game fight the Federals are making Is
sure to make them a lot Of friends and
draw a lot Of supporters to their ranks
1t may be true that the average Amer
! lean likes to kick tho under dog when
he is down: but If said underltns show.
that he is m,-de out of the right kind OF
stuff and exhibits signs of getting on
top whether or no. he Is most likely
! to get a helping hand from all sides.
t The day of claiming homesteads is
about over. but not the day of claiming
! football championships. Nebraska
claims that her team is better than
Harvard and therefore entitled to th<
United States championship in the col
lege class and in the high school league
there are any number OF champions
! The Lawrence high school is probably
the real champion eleven. but Belle
vile claims the record title. Bellevillt
won eight straight victories ane
scored a total OF 23S points to So OF
all opponents Then comes the Dick
inson county highs with another recore
Of eight successive triumphs and a tota
of 1873 points scored to only 8 agains
them. From the same neck OF tn
woods is the Abilene school with eight
wins and only two losses. Then come.
Colby that defeated Norton IL to
Friday. etc, etc.
ST. Marys, Kan. Dec. 7.-Walter
Isele has been elected captain Of the st
Marys college basketball team for 1915