The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-06
SPORT WHEEZES
being Purleined Dog Meat, Rruns
Pies, Lsmea 6andwiches. Etc.
(By Clug.)

III 10y Ciu8D
Today we are on top all by our
selves. Watch us stay there.
Our Bill Rapps.
I've seen him playing center
And I've seen him playing right;
And I've seen him back there catching
In the thickest Of the fight.
And ie ee seem nsm RRiiayi pay ssse1d first
II he would have to play the bench
fear his heart would burst.
W Where-eer you So, see him hia, playing,
Just bet the last thin dime you have
That place is guarded well.
When the rest all lose their pepper,
Y Wnen they're hi, facing Rg, sure defect
| Come on, gang, re amt beat"
And you'll always find him trying
And giving all he's got;
And where they have him playing
To Bill it matters not.
So before the old boy leaves US
And we forget his name,
| I'd love to see Bill in the box
And pitch no hit game.
= 1t may be a bit early for predic-
tions, but indications at the present
writing are that the Western League
will be won either by Denver, Omaha
Omaha has been clipping along like
cyclone in Texas. Denver has not
shown as much as in previous years,
but anyone who imagineS Jack COf-
fey's Bears won't be in the running is
liable to be mistaken. Denver has the
material and Coffey knows how to
handle it.
Topeka also has the material. It is
true some of it is a bit green. But,
when warm weather comes it ought to
get pretty well seasoned. If Jimmy
he is certain to be a strong contender.
His pitchers and fielders will stack up
as high as those of any club in the
league.
The Terre Haute city officials who
are boarding at the Leavenworth
prison will have no friends call on
them on visitors day. How could
them all the time.
Maybe a certain Washington mana
ger was right last winter when he said
that Walter johnson was Damaged
Goods" Johnson lost a 2 to game
Tuesday. and persistent reports say
that his fast one is not as fast as it
used to be.
Benny Kauff, the little outfielder
who almost jumped himself out of
baseballdom last week, will play with
the Federals again as soon as Presi-
dent Gilmore lifts his suspension. In
asmuch as Q. B. refused to let him
back into the fold, there's nothing
else for him to do unless he wants to
go to work.
Jim Coffey, an Irish pug, is deter
mined to hound Jess Willard into
title fight. Coffey is conceded to be
the most plausible Of the aspirants,
but if WIZARDS manager, Tom Jones,
holds out for a $4,000 purse, Coffey
will have to boil up mighty strong to
get hacker.
Winning popularity is not such a
hard trick, but holding it is a task
people when they gain the popular
ear, try to hold it by making them
selves notorious. Jack johnson was
a perfect specimen of this type. How
ever, being a peoples idol and being
notorious are far from the same thing.
There is much speculation among
those who speculate in such things as
to what course Willard will pursue
when he settles down to earth again.
Judging from his past, it is hardly
probable that Willard will resort to
unconventional notoriety. Also, it is
unlikely that he will retain nation
wide popularity on his mere person
atty. But there is a logical way for
him to do it.
The world sometimes takes great
pleasure in giving a man something
he doesn't care about. Willard appar-
emily doesn't care about the slopover
stuff. And, if he will maintain this
attitude and not cultivate an unnat
ural appetite for homage. he will have
a good chance of being the most popu
lar pugilist the world ever heard of.
A few days ago the Chicago Fed
era1 League team had to buck both |
day. The reports from the gate re-
ceipts showed that the White Sox
drew the biggest crowd, that the Fed
erals drew 5000 and the Cubs 1000. |
The Federals may or may not be
major league. but in the last analysis
the fans will be the ones to say
whether they are or not.
And why Not, Please?
Thomas Fairweather. secretary of
the Des Moines club claims a record
for his ball park. He declares it is
the only baseball park in the country
which will have a church advertise
ment sign painted on the back field
fence.
DR.. E. E. Higley, pastor of the Des
Moines church, is the man who adopt
ed the idea of getting at the baseball
crowds, and his sign, in prominent
place on the back field, will read as
follows:
"Grace Methodist church, Nine
teenth and Crocker,' where you are
made to feel at home, invites you to
its fellowship every Sunday, 1890 a.
M; 1880 p. m.'-Lincoln News.
COFFEY WINS ON A KNOCKOUT.
Irish Champion Makes Quick Work Of Al
Reich in n. Y. Bout.
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