The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-20
SPORT WHEEZES,
Being Purl0ined Dog Meat
Prune Pies. Lemon Sand
witches, Etc.
(By Clug.)

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wild Bill'' Donovan. the new big
cheese of the New York Yankees, now
comes forward and depOses that the
good old game of poker is about the
worst enemy organized baseball has
ever locked horns with.
Poker says Wild Bill. has ruined
more baseball clubs than white lights,
rum, injuries. Oh even the Federal
league"
1t is a sensational charge, and it
looks like Mr.. Donovan is trying to
belittle the Federal league in q most
unfair manner.
Today the Federals begin a series
of court operations by which they ex-
pect to ruin permanently and forever
every club in organized baseball. And,
if they succeed. it is probable that un-
domesticated Bill will try to give the
honor to poker and not to the organ
ization that would be entitled to it.
It may be of interest to some of the
old baseball! fans around town to re-
call that Buck" Thiel, one of the
veterans of the game who died at st.
Joseph last week, began his baseball
career in Topeka in 1898. Kid Fear
was at that time presiding over a local
Later Thiel went to. -Des Moines. Kan
sas City. Omaha-l Louisville and
Peoria. His last baseball work was as
an umpire In the r. Nebraska State
league in 1909.
ly worried. Baseball fans are inter-
ested in an announcement that John
son would issue a public statement
within q few days explaining that he
now doesn't know whether he belongs
to the Federal league or to the Amer
ieon He iS nIlnfnd saving
that Fred Clarke of Pittsburg and
Clarke Griffith Of Washington per-
suaded him into believing that he be-
longs to Washington. Since then he
has heard arguments to the contrary
that put him in the air. He viii well
come court action to decide where he
belongs, he is said to have declared
to friends.
The motto of Josh Devore, accord
ing to George Stallings. Is: Il would
rather be the mascot with a winner
than q bench warmer with a loser"
Josh is to a certain extent a mascot
for the Boston Braves. He gets into
the game only rarely. yet Stallings
would be loath to let him go. All
around the big leagues Josh is known
as a lucky player. because in several
ticklish situations he has shown an
ability to come through with a telling
hit or a great catch.
This story comes from Cleveland:
''Matty Mcintyre, ex-American
Lacquer, is expected to develop a
strong team for Lincoln, Neb., in the
Western league the coming season.
For one thing, Mcintyre himself
promises to be an available asset. Nc
Intyre will try out big squad of can
didates this spring"
The athletic program in connection
with the Panama-Pacific exposition
already mapped out includes fifty
events, which will require 1873 days to
complete. The athletic directors of
the big San Francisco carnival have
yet to arrange final dates for army
and navy events. golf, rogue, cricket.
archery, bowling on the green. hand
ball rugby, and American style foot
events will extend over a period of 200
days during me 1915 season and at
tract the best athletes of the world.
A new record in the number of
students participating in athletes was
set up at Harvard this year, when
1924 students, according to the sta
tistics given out at Cambridge. took
part in some form of athletics The
1914 figures show an increase Of 1877
participants over last years figures-
In the freshman class. approximately
went in for athletics Track and la
crosse were the only two sports which
showed a decline. Baseball and fenc-
ing drew about the same number Of
men as they did a year ago, and all
the other sports practiced at Cam
bridge showed an amazing gain.
Wins Checker Championship.
Chicago, Ill, Jan. 20.-Hugh Hender-
son, of Pittsburg, won the American
checker championship. by defeating
Jordan, of London, the worlds cham
pion. The fifth and deciding game
lasted four hours. Previously the men
played four drawn games. Henderson
WAS the winner of the American cham
pionship in 1913
Wins Denver Bout ON Foul.
Denver. Colo. JAM 2O-.Red''
Watson of San Francisco won q decf-
sion on foul from Joe Axevedo of
Sacramento in the eleventh round Of
scheduled 2O-round bout here Tues
day night The bout was fast, Wat
SON having shade In the nth. sixth