The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-08
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Wideman, local pitcher, is no rela-
| ton to brewery. He does not spell
| his name Weideman and he isn't made
| out of hops.
4 The K c. Times suggests that John
Titus of the Blues should wear a mask
| when he bats against southpaws.
Lefthanders seem to think his head
was made to throw at.
Chief La Flumbois says his name
/ may mean burning timber or butting
/ billygoats for all he knows. In fact,
/ the Chief doesn't seem to give a scalp
| what it means.
| some villains have been making
| Twirler Dashner sleep with his knees
| in his stomach by doubling his bed
| sheets on him. Wednesday he indig-
| naptly announced that he would go
and get married if they didn't quit it.
| In spite of the fact that he is the
| heavyweight champion of the world
Jess Willard is as weak as a woman.
| The big cowboy says he is only %
years old, but graveyard records at
Emmet prove him to be 33. Anyway,
it is most evident that he was old
| enough last MONDAY TO put JACK JOnn-
son to sleep all by himself.
Here is the latest biography of
Willard: He weighed 20 pounds
| when he was born. He never sucked
| a pacifier in his life. The first thing
| he ever said was pug" The first
| fight he ever had was when he was
| initiated into the Modern Woodman
lodge. He licked five men before he
| was Gained. He tried the wrestling
of throwing animals he made fail
| ure of it.
Hot Air Special.
I've spent my last dollar for ball
players announces Clark Griffith of
| Washington. I'm going to develop
my own material henceforth instead
of paying big money for players who
have virtually been ruined in the min
or leagues by overwork. 1 expect to
save money this way and get players
who will have many years of service
in them
The municipal baseball association
of ST. Louis makes all of its umpires
pass a written examination on the
rules of the game before they are al
lowed to do any umpiring. The idea
of the examination originated with
Rodowe Abeken, ST. Louis city sport
supervisor. He says a better grade of
umpires are now being obtained be-
cause of the exams
Mike Kelley, boss of the st. Paul
club, says he's going to have a mighty
good team this season and one that
won't finish last in the A A. Only
third base and shortstop are worry
cruits for both jobs. The coming of
Lee Dresser, left-handed first base
man from the Cardinals, may mean
the passing of Chick Autry, one of the
nf 1oS orfC too yl1O
remains.
Realizing, as they do, that there can
be no athletic success without popular
sport the students of Washburn col
lege are planning to help give the 10
cal Western league team a big send
off when they open the season in To-
peka. A plan is on foot to have as
many of the students as possible at
tend the game in a body and show the
fans some honest-to-goodness college
cheering. Major Glueck is one of the
students behind the movement.
If Jimmy Jackson's ball players
know as much about playing ball as
they do about fishing, then the other
clubs in the league had just as well
hand over the pennant to them. We'd
nesday afternoon while they were
dressing for practice George Rooster
ran said something about river in
Texas that has clear water in it. Some
body asked him if it was good fish
ing stream, and he said it was. Then
a big argument ensued.
Bill Rapps made the assertion that
you couldn't catch game fish in clear
stream. baltimore said you could
catch them in q clear stream but not
on a clear day. Cochran insisted that
you could catch them in a clear stream
on any kind of a day and asserted
that he had caught them in Snake
river when the water was as clear as
an angels conscience. But Ridgeway
tHayy haan snake fish. |
Wideman said the best way to catch
a rifle Grover said the best way to
catch them was to go fishing on Fri
day.
Then the conversation turned to
night fishing. Dashner asserted he
always fished at night with a spoon.
Tonneman said a spinner was the best
thing to use for black bass after dark.
Somebody else suggested moonlight
bait and somebody else throw lines
baited with liver.
Then Old Cy Sloakum spake up and
said: ct don't believe any of you sar-
dimes ever saw a game fish. 1 was
raised on Reelfoot lake and Black To- |
bacco and I ought to know. And
only kind of fish you can catch after
dark is slick fish,
The argument was ended. And Cy, |
just like the lady that he is, had had
the last word.
X. C. Federals Are at Home.
Kansas City, Mo-, April S.-The |
Kansas City Federal league squad re-
f,1rnaa here Wednesday from Mar |