The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-29
Sport Wheezes
BY CLUG-

Said Jimmy to Jim:
ITO be in the swim
Are you going to swear off smoking %
Jim shook his head,
And smiling he saiC
Il don't kid myself when I'm Joking"
Owner Savage, of the Topeka ball
club, is now held in the same esteem
by the rabbits that the Serbians dis
play towards the kaiser.
On their hunting trip Monday the
! Topeka ma gna tie and 9hree compan-
ions reported that they killed -
Gill it in with three figures and see if
they deny it,. The three companions
were Messers Shuman, Hollinger and
Squire Higgins.
The report thai Dick Kinsella is to
: sever connections with the New York
| Gia nts, if true, means that the Giants
will lose ore of the best scouts who
| ever beat the bushes.
Yankee supporters are saying that
if they had had Kauff and Magee last
season they might have won the PEN
nant. And if they mad had Cobb and
Collins and Alexander their chances
might have been even q wee bit better.
The announcement some time ago
that he Phillies would stand Pat for
ceived by Philadelphia fans. But Pat
announces for himself that he expects
to be most progressive.
The height of the winter sport
season is upon us, The annual across
the boards Tournament of the Kansas
Chess association began today at the
Central Y. M. c. A.
1.-The games coming back
Said Conmy to Mack,
This pcace's a prosperity maker"
Mack answered Yes,
You re right, 1 guess,
But what can we get for Frank
Baker? ?"
The new automatic baseball game
that was opened in the building for
merly occupied by the Curry Smoke
House on Xmas day seems to be catch
ing on, and many Topekans are Civ
ing work out to their batting eyes.
The automatic part of the game is
the pitching, which is done by ma
chinery. And several Topekans are
said to be frequenting the place to
study this machinery in the hope that
they can improve it to such an ex-
tent that the Savages can use it in a
pinch next season.
The cricket championship of the U.
L. has been awarded to Germantown
club. And yet they say England can
win the war!
The national chess champion of the
year responds to a handle that sounds
something like Jo-sha Capabl-Anna.
Fred Fulton does not need to worry
about getting to fight Willard in New
Orleans in March. If necessary, Tom
Jones will declare Fulton has a chance
to win, in order to cinch matters. Cof-
fey and Moran can fatten the silk
row's ear a little later on
Wichita papers announce that Ham
Patterson is doing much boosting on
the coast for the Wolves. Ham, it is
said, has been largely responsible for
the negotiations between the Wolves
management and Outfielder Tobin
and First Baseman Abstein-
string on the Wolves in hope that he
may some day get back as the leader
of the pack.
The winter settings are beginning
to hatch. Comes from Sturgeon, Mo-,
the rumor that a new Missouri state
league will be born into the world of
baseball next summer and will bear
he title of North Missouri league. The /
league will be patterned after the
Central Missouri league
And, by the way, who knows what |
has become of the project to organize |
bi-state league, to be composed of !
towns in northern Kansas and south
ern Nebraska