The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-03

plishment: but to play exceedingly
you are taking green cloth recreation
Besides, what ID the sign Of mis-
spent youth compared with q 4-hit
piece in your pocket?
Washburn colleges basketball team
is working hard for the annual clash
| with X. u. which will take place ut
Lawrence next Saturday night. The
| Jayhawkers are the favOrites by long
odds, but the Ichabods will invade Mt.
Dread with all the strength they can
muster and hope to give a creditable
account Of themselves.
1t is reported that Merrill Ream,
captain of the team. will be able TO
play again in two weeks. but by that
time the season will be SO far advanced
that many of the best games will have
been played
| E. c. Quigley, National League UNI
pire, who has been offered the men,
torship of the Purdue university
baseball team this spring. stated
Tuesday that he probably would ac-
cept and would stay with the univer
sity until just before the opening Of
the major league baseball season.
Mr.. Quigley is spending his spare
time these days officiating at basket
ball games. The fact that big
Nine school is willing to pay him we'll
for coaching its baseball team part
of the time shows that he is held In
high regard all over the country. His
record while at st. Marys demonstrate
ed his ability as an all around coach,
and his connection with a National
League baseball club. makes his serv-
ices all the more valuable in this par
ticular branch of sport.
Fighting fever" is absolutely the
worst disease with which q boxer
can be afflicted. It's got grip. rheu-
matism and almost any other thing
backed off the boards when it comes
to working against the affected one.
"Fighting fever is not exactly caused
by a boxer going stale in training.
but rather it's a case of uneasiness
brought on by thoughts of an ap-
:. preaching bout. 1t has been said time
the boxers have had an attack of
buck some time or other in their
!, career. There are few exceptions to
the rule. 1t has been limited that
, fighting fever was the real cause
for calling or the bout between
Charlie White and Freddie Welsh at
New York last week, with the Chi
cago lad retiring to his bed as a
patient.
Bill Rourke, Omaha's guardian OF
the Western League franchise there,
4 announces the signing of Marty Krug.
utility performer last year, to manage
the Sterlings this year. .Krug's con-
tract. calling for a nice. juicy salary,
has been deposited in the Rourke safe.
free from the raids of the Federals
and such things.
Rourke has been after krug for
some time, trying to sign the former
Red Sox to a contract, but there were
some bitches in the financial end OF
the thing. These have now been
cleared up and everything is finest
Joe Gazette.
According to a statement credited
to Harry Nelly, former secretary OF
the Kansas City Federal League club
even the champion Indianapolis team
did not have money enough to pay
it's last three pay rolls last season.
until Robert Ward, OF the BROOKLYN
club came to thedfescue Nelly ex-
plains the sale of Falkenburg OF
Indianapolis and Cullop of Kansas
City, two of the most effective pitch
ers in the league, to Brooklyn as be-
ing the result of the financial weak
. ness Of these two clubs. He says
these two clubs failed to meet the Last
three pay rolls and that there would
have been scandal had not the
Wards come to the aid of these clubs
with q bank roll. 1t was to compen-
safe them for this that two pitchers
were turned over to the Brookfeds.