The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24

And if the Savages fight as hard for
every game as they did for the one
Friday, Topeka fans will have no kick
a-comin'.
Grover, who pitched the opener
against the Wichita Wolves yesterday.
is sometimes known as Bugs" From
the smoke he puts on his ball and
the way he pitched yesterday, one
might call him Fire Bugs"
1t seems that one Grover Alexan-
der, of the Phils, is likely to become
an idol of the fans this season. Pres
ident Tener gave him good sendoff
on the opening day and he has been
going ever since.
That fellow Chick Evans has been
cleaning up the golf courses at San
Francisco with every opponent he has
played with. Also, he seems to still
have the record breaking habit.
Pete LaFlumboise, the Indian out
fielder who was with Topeka last year,
and who was remarked upon as hav-
ing the most graceful pose of any hit
league, has drawn his unconditional
release from the Savages. AS a Saw
age the Indian wouldn't do.-St. Joe
Gazette.
Woolums, who featured largely in
Fridays game at Wichita, is a sort
of pickup. He came to Topeka
Thursday from Des Moines and asked
to be allowed to practice with the
team. jackson gave him a suit and
he showed so well on the first sack
that he was taken along. Woolums
played with Ogden in the Union asso-
and fielded 1897. Ogden won the
Union pennant last season.
Jess Willard was in Chicago the
first Of fIao L. - t. |,
J. P. McEvoy described him in the
Chicago Herald: willard is not a
ladies' man. He is not ugly, however.
In fact, there is a Homeric beauty
about him that is compelling. His
massive features have all the grandeur
of a large medium T-bone steak. while
his eyes look out at you like two softly
luminous onions"
McEvoy' elucidated WIZARDS appe-
tite in the following manner:
I'VE followed Willard into the res
taurant to see what he ordered for
breakfast. 1t gives us great pleasure
to be able to tell you that Willard ate
three eggs, three German dogs of war.
some rolls and drank a glass of orange
juice and cup of coffee. The rolls
were made of wheat flour, the orange
juice was squeezed, we are told, from
an orange, and not a head of cabbage,
as you might infer; and two of the
eggs were fried on one side and the
other one was fried on the other.
AILeT he IldQ IlHlSnSQ MS meal VIII
lard wiped his dial with his napkin
and paid his bill. He then walked out
He might have run out, but there was
no need of it, having paid his BILL
And here is what he said about the
champions clothes:
THE giant was arrayed in a coat
and vest and trousers. He also wore
shirt, but his vest hid most of it.
The cuffs protruded from out the end
of the sleeves-both of them-and
were of the same pattern as the bos-
ON. Evidently they belonged to each
other. He also wore shoes and socks,
one of each on each foot, and a hat
which rested on his hair. Jess Will
lard lowered over the crowd as he
walked along. This is probably due
to the fact that he was taller than the
crowd. We can't account for it other
wise. He is six and one-half feet tall
and solid bone and muscle, especially
bone. AS he walked down the street
several people who had nothing else
to do stood around and wondered what
had delayed the rest of Ringling's pa
rade."