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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-18
WICHITA FANS BLUE.
Teams Defeat at Hands of Savages
DiSgusts Them.

Wichita is peeved. In fact worse
than peeved; she is sore, disguised,
and disgruntled and all because her
ball team appears to De safely anchor
ed at the foot of the second division
of the Western League. In fact at
present there seems to be no prospects
for any future moving of the anchor,
which adds fuel to the flame, and
hated rival, is snugly nesting at the
top.
1t is true the Wichita papers do not
say much about it, nor could one tell
by perusing the said papers, that there
was any feeling of unrest among the
fans. Neither would you be able to
ascertain the true status of affairs if
you talked to any Wichita fan, unless
he was certain you were friendly to
Wichita and her ball team. But any
way the story is out, an6~it would be
interesting if the real feelings of the
fans could be printed with safety. At
least this is the story of Topekan,
who CHANGED to be standing in front
of the bulletin board on the Beacon
building at Wichita last Sunday when
the reports of the Topeka-Wichita
game came in.
Better disband," said one man who
wanted to keep his language within
the bounds of ordinary society de-
mands. 'tDisband' said another.
Man, they have't anything to dis
band, it's just merely keeping a few
fellows Oh the pay roll, WHO can
make a living at anything else, and
found a soft berth in Wichita
wonder if they had any men play
ing the bases or did they just play
toss up" said another. 1T looks
funny, they don't have an accident
some time and win d game" chimed
in another.
"Who pitched?" inquired 4 fellow
who seemed to have not caught the
drift.
What difference does it make :?
looks like nobody did"
'fWho won?" chirped a newsboy, to
another who just came by the bulletin
board.
Wasn't any game. Topeka played
it alone the other newsie replied
The crowd never was large but it
was a continuous procession of down
cast and downhearted fans who view
ed the funeral notice on the board
why Hnger 1onger?" said one fell
low to another. "16 to 3. why did To-
peka prolong the agony?'' walled an
other. Whats the use ?" echoed the
third and SO on down the line. I'VE
might win some time from Sioux City,
but not until we get at least one or
two players" moaned another passer-
by, and so on for nearly an hour. In
nearly every case the sentences and
expressions of disgust were punctured
with one or more words bordering on
profanity.
Anyway Wichita is downcast and
the Topekan as he wended his way
with the small crowd, felt somewhat
eIated. Yet down in his heart, there
was just slight bit of sympathy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-18
MAY FIGHT BULLS NOW.

Jack johnson Says Toreadors Make
More Money Than Champions.
Paris, May 1s--Jack Johnson now
is a rival attraction to soldiers on the
bouleyards Asked if he came here to
go to war, he replied: Man, for me
war is over. / am at peace for the
first time in several years"
His interviewers asked: anyway,
your name goes down in war history,
for big German shells are called Jack
JohnsCns.
Jack replied: Wasn't l in history
before this war;
Asked what he intended to do, he
said: Il have bean invited te be ath-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-18
AGGIES WIN FROM Il. Z.
Jayhawkers Meet Their Second Defeat
Since the Season Opened.

Lawrence. Kan, May 1S.-Kansas
university baseball team lost its first
Missouri Valley conference game and
its second game of the season, Mon
day afternoon to the Kansas Aggies
by score of to 3. The Jayhawkers
were materially weakened by the loss
of Center Fielder Wandel, who broke
mis- ankle in sliding TO third base in
game Sunday afternoon between
Lawrence team and a Kansas City
semi-pro team.
Moss, who pitched for Kansas, was
hit hard by the ASgies in the last two
innings and the Jayhawkers could do
nothing with Hodsons curves.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-18
junction @y Shoe Club Loses.

Junction City, Kan, May 13--The
Manhattan Horseshoe club defeated
local team here Sunday by a 80 point
margin. Plans are being made for
matches between the Chapman, Man
haitian and Junction City clubs to be
held soon, followed by tournament
between a number of central Kansas
clubs here on July D.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-18
c. OF E. WALLOP BAKER.
Two Three Base Hits Give Emporians
Two Runs That Win Game.

Emporia, Kan, May 1S.-Three
base hits by Altman and Russell were
responsible for the two runs which
enabled College of Emporia to defeat
Baker university here Monday after
noon, to 1. The game was a duel
between Stuckey and Little. Foster,
the Baker third baseman, handled IL
chances without an error.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-18
DEFEAT The CARDS
Phillies Win Only Game i'm Ma
tiOnal League Monday.
Mackmen Also Take One From
the White SOx.

Philadelphia, Pa. May 1s.-Home
runs off Perdue drove in all the tall
lies which gave the Philadelphia Ma
tionals victory over St Louis.
The score: r. H E.
st. Louis .3 Z
Philadelphia IL I
Batteries-Perdue, Griner and Sny-
der; Mayer and Killifer.
Summary: Two base hitS-Dolan,
Miller, Wilson, Snyder, WeiSer. Home
runs-Dolan, Becker, Cravath, Me
hOff. Stolen base-Becker. Struck
out-By Perdue, 1; by Griner, 2; by
Mayer, 4. UmpireS-Byron and Orth.
At Boston-Pittsburg, postponed;
wet grounds.
At Brooklyn Cincinnati, game
postponed; wet grounds
At New YorK-Chicago game post
pOned; wet grounds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-18
Ames shuts Out Mo. Tigers.

Columbia. Mo, May 1S.-Ames Ag-
ricultural college scored 3 runs on
hits here Monday and shut out the
University of Missouri nine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-18
John A. Wilson Again Heads A. A. !

Boston May 1S.-The American
Association, at its annual meeting. re-
elected John A. Wilson. of Franklin,
Pa. a cousin Of President Wilson. as
president.
Except for the choice of p J. Walk
err. of California, as vice president, ali
other officers were reelected
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-18

Catcher Tonneman who had finger
broken in the opening series at Wich-
tia is now ready to work whenever he
is needed However, he will not take
a chance of hurting his finger again
unless he has to.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-18

A hen sat on putting green;
Then ambled slowly by me;
And when I tried to make my putt
1 found she'd laid stymie.
Yale Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-18
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

0lIGdSO
Batteries-Pennock. Davis, Bressler
and Lapp; Scott and Schalk.
Summary: Two base hit-Brief.
Three base hit-Fournier. Stolen
bases-E- Collins 2, Lajoie. Barry:
Bases on ba1ls-Off Pennock, /; off
Scott, 6; off Davis, 2; off Bressler, 8.
Struck out-By Scott. 2; by Pennock,
]: by Davis, 1. Umpires-Chill and
Connolly.
At St Louis-Score: r. H. E.
Washington .....-........ 2
st. Louis 2
Batteries-Johnson and Ainsmith;
Loudermilk, Perrynan and Severoid.
Summary: Three base hit-C-
Walker. Stolen bases-Ainsmith 2,
Williams, Milan, Gandil. Bases on
balls-Off Johnson, 1: off Louder
milk, 8. Struck out-By Johnson. z;
by Loudermilk, 4. Umpires-
OLoughlin and Hildebrand.
At Cleve1apd-Boston, postponed;
wet grounds ard cold weather.
At Detroit-New York, game called
off; cold
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-18

Pete La F'lumbois, who was with
the Topeka Savages last season and a
part Of this spring has signed with the
0klanoma City team of the Western
association Pete has been trying his
hand as a pitcher since leaving To-
peka.
The Des Moines News says that the
DEM fans have nicknamed Cy For
sythe the Tango Kid" In an lmita-
ton of a young goat doing terpsich-
orean turn, Cy ought to be real
scream.
Tn IL consecutive innings which
label. of the Cubs, pitched against the
Reds the latter team didn't make a
run Some pitching Zick-some
pitching.
The Federals may still be short Of
ma ior league efficiency But just the
me. Claude Hendrix of the Chi
Whales pitched a no-hit, no-score
game against Pittsburg Saturday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-18


Callahan. Three base hit-Jackson- Home
rifice fly-1Iensling. Stolen bases-Young,
Kane. Lejeune. Davidson: Double plays
Lattimore to RaPPsf raiion to j., Laf5imore
two-thfrds innings; off Cochran II in
balls-Off Dashner. 2; off Cochran, ); off
Cochran, 6; by Casper 6. Time :o5. UNI
pires-Van SICKLE and Cusick.
Wichita 10: Omaha 3.
Omaha Neb. May 1S.-Closman
pitched well for eight innings Mon
day. but went wild in the ninth and
Wichita hammered home eight runs,
winning. Forsythe was the only local
player to hit effectively.
The score: r H E
Wichita 900 900 o0s-10
Omaha 100 Dol 100 10
Closman, Willis and Kruger.
Summary: Three base hit-Grif-
fifth. Two base hits-Tydeman, Rapp,
Forsythe, Krug. Smith. Stolen bases
Hosp, Nelson, Schleibner. Sacrifice
hits-Charles, Hosp, Nicholson, Clos
man, Thomson. Double play-Rapp
(unassisted)- Left on bases-Omaha,
4; Wichita, s. Hits-Off Closman,
in eight innings and part of ninth;
off Willis, in one inning: Struck
out-By Nelson, 2; by Closman, 8.
C1osman, 4. Wild pitch-Closman-
Time-2:15. Umpire-Geisel.
Only two games scheduled Monday.
Western Association Results.
Sherman s; McAlester 4.
Tulsa 4 Muskogee /.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-18

letic director for a gentleman's club
in Havana. I might go there and open
cafe as a side line. 1t certainly is
one of the last good towns. but on
the way here 1 stopped in Spain to
see bull fights. My goodness, man. 1
certainly felt 1 wasted my time at prize
fighting. These bull fighters are busy
all the time and make more money
than worlds champions, SO maybe L
will be a bull fighter"
Asked about the Willard fight, john
son said:
That guy amt no fighter, but you
can't beat him. Why, man, he's GIT a
reach from here way over there" Jack
pointed at buildings across the boule-
ward.
Leonard Colo May Be Through.
Detroit, Mich, May 18.-Pitcher
Cole, of the New York Americans, has
been ordered by physicians to return
to his home in Bay City following as
operation for tumor. His friends said
here today that he may never be
able to play ball again.
"Happy Hogan Bray Is Dead.
Los Angeles, May 1S.-Wallace L.
Bray known to thousands of baseball
fans as Happy Hogan" manager of
the Venice Coast League team. died
of pneumonia here Na-5Sx. y.e was
81 years aJ<A
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-18

FEDERAL LEAGUE.
At Kansas City-Score: r. H E.
Brooklyn 13
Kansas City " 5 IL 3
Batteries-Seaton and Land; john
son, Packard, Cullop and Brown.
At Chicago-Score: R. H. E.
Baltimore Observation-Disclosures. 5 ID 2
Chicago 6 Ia Q
Batteries-Bender and Jacklitsch;
Mcconnell and Wilson.
At Pittsburg-Newark, game post
poned: cold.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-18

If Billy Gibson is really willing t
give Jess Willard $4,000 for 10
round bout in New York, jess will b
batty to turn it down.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-18
SPORT WHEEZES
Being Purioined Dog Meat. Prune
Pies. Lemon Sandwiches. ETC.
(By Clug.)

Yep, with Topeka at the top ana
Wichita at the bottom, Kansas mas
the Western league by both ends.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-18
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.

Only three games scheduled.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-10

Along the road hundreds of itiner- ant vendors of everything portable set up improvised stands in the fields Neckties, hot. chestnuts, suspenders, writing paper, raw shrimps, socks, sweetmeats, fortunes told, photographs taken-and bang goes TomIny's pay! Fsnterprising semitic merchants have, even installed barrels of beer in the fields as stations of refuge for the thirsty soldier too long on the way. .Reggarss of course-cripples, little girls in tattered. ho1low-cheel1ed mis- cry, the old of every race and kind.
 Finally the tent city appears, seem ing to cover intending acres of hill tops. The road and a stream sepa- T@%te the French from the British. Along the stream the British Tom mics knee1, washing their clothes against the rocks as any French wash woman might. Where the stream trickles over a five-foot rock making a meagre waterfall, a number of men, stark in the chill air, are bath ing. Half way up a slope a squad of signal men are doing drill. The flap ping of their flags in the sharp wind can be heard in the valley like a Vo11ey of far-away rifle shots. Be- low them, company is lined up for inspection, each mans roll spread out on the grass while the sergeant goes through the equipment to see that all is there. For the Greeks say that
 
 his water bottle or his extra pair of shoes in return for refreshments. N
 Against the sky on the hilltop a squad of men are going through the exercises-"to keep the beggars fit," the officer says. Down valley be- tween two knol1s swings a company returning from route march. They might be at A1dershot. They turn out to pass hollow where half @ dozen men are cursing earnestly over the va garies of four sheet-iron boxes cun- ningly put together in a compact square to form a very successful stove whence comes the smell of roasting m hutton. Near at hand, before the butchers tent, @ line of new-killed hogs hung up by the heels, are drip ping still 1
 From time to time smart officers, with red tabs on their collars to in dicate that they belong to the Staf plunge over the edge of a. miniature cliff towards the camp stables, where the horses are picketed in the open. As they ride off towards the outlying hills they pass through a cloud of ecrid smoke coming from a sort of cairn in which the camp refuse is burning.
 Atop of one hill is flag pole with the flag of the Red Cross-the camp hospital. presided over by a. gray med ica1 colonel of gentle manners and ar finding himself so far away from England in strange a land. His bailiwick is marked out by a line of stones in rows on the hillside, as children playing at housekeeping, mark the walls of the rooms. Within bounds, are medical tents, hos pita1 tents, dispensary, operating tents-aH the parapherna1ia of caring for the sick and wounded.
 On the opposite hill are the staff tents, with stamp on the canvas that shows them to be from India. If there are not enough benches for off, cers and guests, someone sits on one
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-10
ALLIES CAMP AT SAL0NIKI
 LIKE A MONSTER PLAYGROUND :
French and English Land and Live Amidst Whrl of Ac- tivity That Captivates Denizens of
 Former Turkish Quarter

Saloniki, Greece, Dec. 9.-The camp ofs the British Mediterranean Expe- ditionary Force lies to the west of Sa- loniki-or Thesa1oniki as the Greeks have it-among the rolling foothills of Mount Kortchou. Although a very ; considerable force has already left for Doiran, on the Serbo-Bu1garian iron gathered in the camp.
 The first lot of British troops land ed in Greece were Irish, as the com manding officer, General Sir Bryan Mahan, is Irish. They were what was left of the Irish division sent out Saloniki. But, as the General said:
 ''They are not as Irish they were 9
 Not he addd, 'fthat thy ar any 1ss Irish-on1y there are fewer of them" For a great many were kill ed, wounded and taken prisoner in Ga1lipoh, and have been replaced by what material was at hand.
 Whatever they are, they are beyond any doubt content to leave GalipoH. The climate of SaIohikf is nothing to boast of at this season. It rains every day. The rough, badly paved streets are muddy and full of chuck holes. The roadA-such as they are-are knee-deep in mud. Flour is scarce and the food is bad and dear. The price of everything has gone up three tunes since the afG1VaI or the 1OT0lSh troops. A British sovereign, for the first time in it's life in a bankrupt country like Greece is worth. less than it's face value in local money. While French is fairly current as a language, English is not spoken at all. Yet despite all of these mate rial drawbacks, the British Tommy in his camp outside Sa,1oniki is so de- lighted to escape the heat, the flies, the unslaked thirst and the stenches of GalEpoi that he finds Macedonia a sort of paradise by comparison.
 The road from the harbor to his camp lies through the old Turkish quarter of the town, at a steep angle up narrow, winding streets From almost every house hangs projecting second story in which the 1atticed win doWs of the haremlik do not always conceal the eager, curious. unveiled faces of Turkish women watching the passage to and fro of so many Strange soldiers. Shops open their whole fronts direct onto the street. The shoemaker or tinsrnith sits, cross-leg- ged at his work in what would be the show window. The camp-bound Brit ish Tommy, like everyone else, is forced to bargain for his purchases from the sidewalks proceeding which does not improve the already badly jumb1ed~ traffic arrangements. At the bakeries there is always a mob
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-10

upturned box. The food is largely tinned-the Greeks have scarcely enough to supply their own soldiers. much less the foreigner their soil.
 Every day more transports arrive pouring out their so1diers-Greek, French, British. Horses, kicking helplessly are lifted bodily from the entrails of the ship. Wagons, cannon ammunition cases, stores-alI clutter the quais. Silently the French slip up the railway line to the front, scarcely before one can realize that they have arrived. This camp does not grow much. But the British camp for all the departures in the direction of Doiran and the Bulgarian frontier is still populous, the men still training-'keepin the beggars fit" For companies, regiments, and divisions have to be reformed, brought up to strength by the injection of new blood.
 Between the French and the British there is the comp1etest working CO., operation. The French have the pre- dominant force and they have taken the major burden of the Expedition. General Serrai1 is beyond question the ablest officer in the Balkan field on the side of the Entente at least. While the British and French armies are wholly independent one of the other, the practical method of proce- dure is for General SeFrail to suggest to General Sir Bryan Mahan a certain movement in corporation with his own movements. The suggestion is promptly taken in the best of part, and both armies move together like we'll regulated clockworl.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-10

Of clamoring humanity, struggling for the chance to buy the round, flat loaves of black bread, made with fourth grade four-the only flour avai1ab1e-of which there is never enough to supply the current daily needs of the inhabitants of Salonikt, the refugees and the-Greek army. The foreigners bring their own food with them, if they did not they would run serious risks of starvation.
 At every cross-road the returning Tommy loses himself in a dense crowd of Greek soldiers, so slight in com parison with the stocky, deep-chested French, so diminutive in comparison with the tall, wtry British The Greeks seem to be gathered just where the foreign soldiers must pass in go- ing to and from camp. Whether the purpose be to give the Greeks an Ob- ject lesson in soldierly bearing or to impress the Allies with the number of Greeks is not clear. Greek ar my pack mules choke the way at ev- cry turn. The streets are scarcely passab1e. The noise, the confusion, all of this in contrast to the silence and the pattering of the wind-blown sand in the desert land of Gallip oli, enchants the British Tommy He is as one intoxicated with g. revelation that there is still normal life in the world.
 
 the town, between the high walls of twin burial grounds-one Jewish the other Greek. A little further on is the old Turkish cemetery. But the Turks are no longer masters of Mace donia- The headstones of their graves are scattered and broken the graves themselves no longer marked. The cemetery has become the corral of hundreds of Greek army mu1es-the dusty, unwatered expresses shade the mule drivers rather than the tombs Of the Mussu1man dead, their. faces towards the East. Close by, a long se- ries of barracks built of brick shelter tens of thousands of refugees from Macedonia and Thrace and from Ser bia, the derelicts of war.
 The road in the open country be- comes an incredible succession of nud-holes along which swing columns of brSad-sh shouIdered, blue-clad F'renchm4n making their way to their own camp lying to the south of the British compound. Trains of sup ply wagons, officers automobiles, mo- tor trucks, or ''1orries'5 as the Eng fish call them, force Tommies and ''poilus'' alike into the soggy fields. Two huge tractors draw each gray painted French 4-inch long-range gun, on whose nuzzIes are painted their names. One is "Boche Chaser, g and the other is Death Splitter"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-10

to erect the present church which is built of brick, and while it was be- ing constructed the society wor- shipped in Wordin's hall at the corner of State and Main streets.
 On the 14th of February, 1850, the church was dedicated by Rev. D. Durbin and Rev. Allen Steele, preach ing sermons. At it's completion the debt was about $e.OO0, which was paid in 1860 through the generosity of Eben Fairchi1d, who guaranteed pay ment of one-ha1f the indebtedness upon the collection of the other half.
 The first Sunday school was organ ized during the conference year com mencfng in 1928.
 Pastors in the church have been John N. Maffett, Ichabod Simmons, Frank Bottom, James M. Carroll, John Dickinson, s. H\Platt, Daniel O. Ferris, George A. Hubbell, Charles B. Haris,lH. L. Judd, w. w. Clark and George M Broyn.
 Its present organization is: Rev. George M. Brown, pastor; Ralph I. Munson, financial secretary, W. c. Henderson, Jr., secretary; Orvil1e Rector. trea flrer; William E. Daven- port, organist; Robert H. w. Strang, superintendent of Sunday school, and George A. Babcock, sexton.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-10
METHODISTS TO
 SELL CHURCH TO
 HOTEL BUILDERS
(Continued from Pcre one. )

 Dose of organization Stiles Nichols, long the editor and publisher of the Republican Farmer. acted as chair man; N. Ruggles was chosen clerk and A. Bassett. John P. McEwan and R. Fuller were chosen trustees.
 On Feb. Il. 1928. the meeting voted to proceed in the erection of a house of worship and N. Ruggles was en- trusted with all the authority neces- sary in the matter. The site of the church was located at a. meeting on May 23, 1923, and the house, though for some years unfinished, was occu- pied for worship the latter part of the year. MT. doffatt preached the first sermon in it. The location was the present site at the northeast corner of Broad street and Beaver street (now fairfield avenue.
 The trustees at the time of erection of the first wooden structure were Charles H. Wa-kelee, J. P. McEwan, B. Penheld, Abraham S. Smith and Elias A. Hall
 The church was 40 X 60 feet and cost with the lot about $S,00O That house stood about 26 years when 1t was destroyed by fire in 1S4s.
 Measures were immediately taken
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-10

Two blind men help to make the laws of the United States, one in the Senate and one in the House of Rep resentatives. The Senator is. Thomas P. Gore of Oklahoma; the Represen- tative is Thomas D. SchaT of Mime sota. Senator Gore is a Democrat and MT. achaI is one of the six Pro- gressive members of the new Con gross. The latter lost his eyesight in 1907 as the result of an electric shock, while Senator Gore at the age of eight lost his left eye by being acci- dentalIy struck with a stick, and the sight of the other eye was destroyed when he was Il by an arrow from a fov bow