The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-16
SPORT WHEEZES.
BEING PurlOined Dog Meat.
Prune Pies. Lemon Sand
witches. Etc.
(By Clug.)

(By Clug.)
And now 1t is affirmed that RUDE Wad-
dell, one Of the most famous players In
naseballdom. was traded for stogy cigar
smoke the stogy.
No wonder the big fellow broke away
from baseball to become bartender; no
wonder he met tragic end when he did
l...ally go back into the playing ranks.
Isn't there some O.. B. enemy who can
cnarge that the smoking Of this stogy lei
to the Rubes undOing an: his final death.
Lysle Purcell, the young left handler OF
the Drummers. will not appear on the
Western League circuit this season. The
st. Joe papers report that Jack Holland.
president of the st. Joe club has sold
Purcell to the Waco club of the Texas
Purcell is a young player of promise.
and Topeka fans will probably recall that
after being transferred to Hastings; Neb.,
last spring. he was recalled to st. Joe
and helped the team finish the tail end OF
the session This will be his second year
in professional baseball.
he fame of Caruso is safe. Ivy Wingo.
catcher of the St. Louis Cardinals, in
louis the m near IN Cincinnati 10 Red sad IN
II have just bought a monograph and
bunch OF records: and lot of them are by
rather be Caruso than anybody in the
world but Ty Cobb. At that, I'd like to
be Cobb in summer time and Caruso IN
Dago but I have seen his pictures. and
I'm not stuck on his shape. but he is
there with the pipes. though"
George Moreland. the baseball dope ex-
pert has made the discovery that Hughey
innings was better man on the bases
Cobb. who generally is considered the
greatest player the game has pro-
duced. fell far behind the record Jennings
made in those days that he was the coun-
try's leading shortstop. Cobb. for in
stance holds the run getting record with
147 In LAG games. Compare these figures
with those of Jennings. who scored 159
runs in 131 games durin~ the season OF
1885. For five consecutive years Jennings
was able to score on an average of ex-
actly 136 runs each season. Cobb has
scored one hundred more but four
times an average of exactly 122 per sea-
Son.
Roy Corhan. Western League graduate
and star shortstop of the Pacific Coast
League during the past three baseball
Ssmpaigns Is holding out on the he San San
signed a contract with the Feds. but says
he will stick with the Frisco folks If the
increase. A Fed contract is like any other
agreement. in the estimation of the play
ers: it isn't worth the paper on which it
The hit-and-run is the best play of the
smart ball club Clarence Henry Pants
Rowland has the following to say of it:
''Tbe old hit-and-run still gets 'em. Last
age of 1T hits for each run we scored.
In 1918. at Dubuque, we got around on
an average of 1.3 blows. That means
speed and a style of play that keeps the
other fellow wondering what will come
next
is written If a salary boost is in sight
Lincoln News.
Goldie Rapp, the eccentric third sacker
for the Witches. is alternating at Harper,
Kan. In letter to President Ebright this
week. Goldie states that he will remain in
Harper until the spring training season
or ems. The new rule adopted by the ma
tiOnal commission. which is that bah play
e. must pay their own transportation in
reporting is the reason he is staying in
Harper. The letter was upon a gold en-
bossed card and President Ebright is saw
ing it.-Wichita Eagle.
Chicago ILL.,. Jan. 16.-Paul des Jardien,
star center of the University of Chicago
football team. regarded as one of the
best baseball pitchers in 1.-The Big Nine"
VIII join the Chicago club, of the Ma
tional League. in June. according to q
story published here.
Des Jardien declined at this time, 1t was
said to sign a contract as he did not
by signing to play professional baseball
he agreed, however to sign as soon as he
received his diploma in June.
He is right handler, possesses a good
KING" LAJOIE, WHO'LL