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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-15
Score by innings:

Score by innings: Z.
summary: Home run.wwideman. an Two
oase Hoyp sacree
Hosp. Double plays-wares to Charles.
Struck out-By Baker, 4; by wideman, 5:
Baker 2; off .Wideman. .: Wild pitches
Baker, |. Hit by pitcher-EE Baker, Train Train
er; Roche and kapps Sv BY wideman Tyde
Lincoln 5; Denver 6.
Denver, Colo, May 15.-Spahr and
Whelan, each with a home run, fea-
tured the game in Fridays contest
with Lincoln, and the locals won, 6
Lincoln C, ne scofe' .1o1 o1o oo2-5
Denver $3.50. 80 100 001-6 l
Batteries; Ehman. Dawson and
Summary: Stolen bases-McGaffi-
gan, Spencer. Sacrifice hitS-McGaf-
figan, Mathews. Sacrifice flies-Dell.
Williams. Balk-Ehman. Hit by
pitched ball-McIntyre (McGaffigan)
Home runs-Spahr WhaIen Struck
out-By Arellanes, 2. Bases on balls
off Arellanes, 4; off Ehman, 8. Hits
off Arellanes. 9 in Is innings; off
Ehman, in innings. Time-1:4S
Umpires-Parent and Meyers.
Omaha IL; Des Moines 5.
Omaha, Neb., May 15.-The locals
severely trounced the visitors Friday,
II to 5. The score: Ri. E.
Des Moines 900 600 lao 6
Batteries: Blodgett, Everdon and
Kruger; Hogan, Turner and Price.
Summary: Three base hits-Krug.
Hartford. Two base hits-Smith,
Kruger 90, Blodgett, Whalen. Hun
ter. Stolen bases-Breen, Kruger,
Thomson, Schliebner. Sacrifice hits
-Breen, Evc--don. Bases on balls
Off Everdon. 5: off Hogan, 8 !; off Tur-
ner. 2. Struck out-By Everdon. L;
by Hogan, 1 by Turner. 1. Wild pitch
Turner. Hit by pitcher-By Hogan
(Forsythe), by Turner (Smith, twice..
Left on bases-Omaha, 8; Des Moines,
5. Hits-Off Blodgett, l in 3 innings;
off Everdon, in 6 innings; off Hogan,
in , innings: off Turner, in 6 in
nings. Double play-Whalen to
Schlieber; Breen to Schliebner; Hart
ford to Jones. Time-2:10. Umpire
-GeiSel.
Sioux City 4: st. Joe 4.
Sioux City, Ia, May 15.-"Chick'
Mailman was in almost perfect form
Friday and held ST. Joseph to four
hits, one of which was decidedly
managed to gather four runs, winning
the game. The score: r. H. E.
Sioux City 800 900 Ola 2
ST. Joseph ...... 900 900 600 4 0
Batteries: Mailman and Crisp; Lam
bert and White.
Summary: Two base hits-McCor-
mick (2), LIE Jeune. Double play
Britton. Page to Patterson. Hits
Off Lambert, 4 in innings. Struck
Wild pitch-Lambert. Passed balls
White. Crisp. Hit by pitched ball
BY Lambert (Kane). Time-1:28.
UNI pire-Cusick
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-15
NELSON IS RELEASED.
League Leading Savages Will Oper-
ate With Only Four Pitchers.

Owner Savage of the league leaders
announced this morning that Pitcher
Red Nelson had been given his re-
lease because he was too high sal
aired for the local team to keep and
because it was impossible to retain
him and stay within the salary limit.
Nelson was expected to prove one
of the mainstays of the pitching staff
when warm weather put him in his
best stride, but it was necessary to
cut off some of the high salaried men
and he was the unlucky one. 1t is
probable that Nelson will sign with
some club in one of the larger leagues.
Owner Savage said that for the
present he would carry only four
pitchers in order to stay within the
salary limit and for economy's sake.
If Grover, Dashner, Clunn and Wide
man continue to pitch the brand of
ball they have been using, they ought
to have not trouble in serving their
opponents plenty of stuff
Grover is ready to work whenever
called upon, and it is well known that
Dashner does his best pitching when
given plenty of work. This was dem
onstrated last season and again Fri
day when, after pitching a fuil nine
innings Thursday, he came back and
finished Wideman's game in excellent
ia ShiOn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-15

The Savages made their first score
in the first shuttle. Trainer was hit
by Baker, was advanced to second on
a walk, to third on JackSon's single
and scored when Red Roche hit one
through second base. Again in the
when Wideman hit a homer over left
field fence with two down and no one
on base.
No more scores were made until
the sixth when the winning three were
made after two hands were out Lat
timOre drew a walk, Cochran singled
and Roche did likewise, filling the
bases. Then General Bill Rapps coax
ed Baker into biting him, forcing
baltimore home. Monroe, the next
man up, hit a single, scoring Cochran
and Roche.
Bakers TwirIing.
Baker, the Wolf twirler, pitched
brand of ball that would be hard to
diagnosticate AS wild as a woods
colt, he only walked two men, hit only
three batters and allowed only seven
hits. In every inning he looked like
he was ready to blow up and chuck
the game away, but somehow stuck
with it and, on the whole, made a
very creditable showing.
Red Roche was the star batter of
the day for the Savages, getting three
hits out of three times at bat. Trainer,
the w. L. Tyrus, IVES up three times
but failed to connect. The most SEN
by First Baseman Charles, of the vlS1-
tors A high pop-up out in his terri
tory was first caught bv the wind and
made to loop the loop horizontally
several times before coming down, but
Charles maneuvered with it and final
ly got it on an underhanded stab. The
lineup, score and summary of the
game were as follows:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-15
WEEKLYAvERACES
Lincoln Leads in Club Fielding
and Club Batting.
Topeka Has Four Players Hit
ting Better Than 800.

Western league averages up to and
including games of Tuesday, May IL.
snow that Lincoln is leading in club
batting and club fielding and that Mo-
gridge of Des Moines is leading in in
dividual batting with a per cent of
$50, having connected with 10 hits
out of Is times at bat. Spain of Den
yer, who is second, has a per cent of
.421, having been at bat 80 times and
secured 16 hits.
Topeka has only four players who
were hitting 800 or better up to last
Tuesday. They are: Trainer, .376;
Mayer, 1858; Roche, .346, and Latti-
more, .306.
The pitching records show that Har-
rington of Denver leads, having won
three games and lost none. Marveson
of Lincoln is second, having won two
and lost none Cam of Topeka is
credited with one game and no losses.
Grover leads the regular Topeka pitch
ers, having won four and lost one.
The records in detail are as follows:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-15
JEFFRIES HAS HARD FIGHT.
Former heavyweight Champion Crit
ically Ill With Pneumonia

Los Angeles, Cal, May 15.-For the
past four days James j. Jeffries for
mer worlds heavyweight champion,
has been making the hardest fight of
his life-a battle with pneumonia.
Nine days ago the big fellow con-
tracted bad cold while at his ranch
near Burbank. Pneumonia developed
and he became bedridden at his home
on Cypress avenue.
Since last Sunday his condition has
been critical No visitors were allow
ed and there were many anxious hours
when his life was despaired of.
1.-The doctor has been constantly at
Jim side" said Jack Jeffries. brother
of the former champion. 1--WE feel
that the physician has won out and we
all gre mighty thankful"
DR.. Robert G. Russell is in attend
ance.
Jeff is the second local sport
celebrity to be stricken with pneu-
monia. Hap Hogan, the captain of
the Venice club of the Pacific Coast
league, has been bedridden since last
Sunday night. Friday evening he was
resting well and there were hopes that
he would be downtown inside the next
week or ten days
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-15
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
No games scheduled.
Western Association Results.
Tulsa, IA; Fort Smith, 5.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
OLD ENEMIES MEET TO-DAY.
Missouri and Kansas Universities Hold
Annual Outdoor Track Meet.

Lawrence, Kan, May 15.-1n good
spirits and the best of condition Mis-
souri, university's track athletes ar
rived here this morning for the an
nual dual track and field meet with
the University of Kansas on McCook
field today.
With the exception of the annual
football game this track meet is the
big event of the year for the two
schools and their teams have been in
hard training for it.
According to the figures the relay
race will decide the meet. Kansas
figures strong in the runs, while their
opponents look good for the clashes,
pole vault, hurdles and weight events.
In the indoor meet this year, the win
ming relay gave the victory to Mis-
souri,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-15
BUY VOLLEY BALLS
Philippines Purchase More
Than the United States
Islands Secretary of Y. nj. C.. A.
Tells Topeka Audience.

There are more volley balls sold in
the Philippine Islands, with a popula-
ton of nine millions, than in the Unit
ed States, with more than ninety mill
lion souls, according to w. A. Tener,
general secretary of the Manila Y.
M. G. A, who, together with E. T.
Cotton, an international secretary
working with John R. Mott, were
guests of honor at a reception ten
dered Friday night by Governor and
Mrs. Arthur Capper at their residence
on Topeka avenue, and attended by
100 men and women interested in as
ISOLATION work.
THE people of the Philippines will
learn democracy through the athletic
field" said Mr.. Tener. "In the schools
of Manila SO per cent of the pupils
take part in exhibition games.
Cock fighting, formerly the ma
tional sport of the Filipinos, is being
replaced by baseball. and this change
is merely an indication of the manner
in which the entire outlook of the
Philippine nation is changing. Cock
fighting, with it's brutality and doc
trine of death to the loser, is giving
away to baseball, with its spirit of fair
play and it's creed of good loser.
Through education the United States
is civiliztng the Philippines faster than
any colony has ever been civilized be-
fore in the history of the world.
More people in the Philippines
speak English now, after sixteen years
VI <ALueTlcdn OCCupallOn, imam spoke
Spanish after three hundred years of
Spanish rule.
You'll find the American saloon in
Manila, and you'll find that the
Americans took the dance hall to that
great city. Naturally other influences
are needed to counterfeit these
To-day we have justice that is more
speedy than in this country and it
would be good thing If the system
were adopted here.
1.-The judges have to certify that
they have attended to every case that
could be attended to before they can
cash their checks.
Manila is to the Philippines as
Paris is to France"
THE leadership in the foreign work
of the Y. NJ. c. A. is one thing that ac-
counts for it's multiplying" said Mr..
Cotton There are now ITO picked
men in the field. We place the re-
sponsiDility upon the Inhabitants of
China, South America, India, and 9TH
er parts of the world. When you give
the people the responsibility and the
initiative you getithe greatest souls in
the work. It's the genius of the Y.
M. c. A. that it's final directing power
is in the business men who keep the
guiding power on the secretarial bal
looms. The city itself must provide the
funds to carry on the work. When
you send out John Dadisman from
Topeka to China it is simply for lead
ership.''
DR.. S. B. Alden, who was introduced
by Governor Capper, presided. Miss
Elizabeth Anderson and H. A. junk
were SoloistS for the occasion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-15
c. OF e. WINS A MEET.
Defeats Ottawa University, "a to 80
in One Sided Affair

Ottawa, Kan, May 15.-In a double
dual track meet here Friday afternoon
the College of Emporia team defeated
Ottawa university, "a to 80, and the
Ottawa high school defeated the Otta-
wa university academy, 81 to 80.
No fast time was made in any of
the track events. Lloyd Staley, an
18-year-old high school student made
mark of twenty feet and ten inches
in the broad jump. Ottawa university
won first only in high and low hur-
dies. Thomas Braden, of Emporia,
100, 220 and 440-yard events.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-15
American Association.

Wares safe on first, Charles was given
a walk, Tideman was hit in the short
ribs and with the bases full Acting
General Rapps relieved the Swede and
called Animal Dashner to the mound.
The Animal pulled out of the hole
after allowing one run on a sacrifice
fly, and during the rest of the game
allowed only two hits and one run.
Considering the fact that Dashner
had worked a full nine innings the
day before, he pitched great ball.
Also, he came to the mound with a
cold arm.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-15
WALSH HAS COME BACK.
Big Moose Is Now on His Way to Join
White SOx.

Los Angeles, Cal, May 15.-Ed
ern California is over and the big
Moose left at noon Friday for the
east to join the Chicago White Sox.
The efforts of Big Ed have been
watched with great interest by fans in
every part of the country. In Los
Angeles the interest has been espe-
cially keen. They have seen a good
deal of the Big Moose and to know
him is 10 be his friend.
walsh has worked under the care
of Dr. Spencer, a local osteopath and
was beginning to regain some of his
old free arm movement and speed
when he was stricken with la grippe
and sent to the hospital.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-15
AGGIE TRACK TEAM WINS.
Emporia Teachers Not in Same Class
With Manhattan Farmer Boys.

Kansas Aggies romped away with an
Sc to 26 victory over the Kansas State
Normal in Friday afternoons track
meeting on college field. The Aggie
coach shifted his regulars about and
ran several second string men in the
events.
A veritable hurricane blew across
the field throughout the meet and
kept down the time and hindered rec
ords in all events. In spite of this,
however, Frizzell, the Aggies star
high jumper, cleared feet 1 inch in
the running high jump, besting the
mark of feet Y inch which he es-
tablished in the Oklahoma meet one
week ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-15
CHURCH LEAGUE OPENS TODAY
Teams Play at Industrial School and
at Garfield Park.

The Senior Church league opens its
season today with the Walnut Grove
team playing the Boys Industrial
school at the school grounds.
The East Side Methodists play the
North Topeka Methodists at Garfield
park Both games called at 2:30.
The intermediate Church league
will open it's season next Wednesday
afternoon The schedule will be an
nounced later.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-15
Ball Team to the Orient.

Chicago, ILL.,, May 15.-The Univer-
sity of Chicago baseball club will make
o five months trip to Japan this sum-
mer, playing games with the japanese
university's mines. The players will
leave here early in August, and will
play a number of games en- route to
the coast.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-15
Palace Team to NIanhattan.

The Palace Clothing company team
of the City league will go to Manhat-
tan tomorrow to play a game with a
Trolley league team at that place. The
City league teams will play again at
Western league park tomaEreW week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-15
BASEBALL TODAY.
Western League.

ST. Joe at Sioux City, cloudy.
Lincoln at Denver, clear, 8 p m.
Des Moines at Omaha, clear, p. m.
Wichita at Topeka, clear.
National League.
ST. Louis at Philadelphia, clear, 8
p. m.
Chicago at New York, clear.
Cincinnati at Brooklyn, clear. 8
p. m
Pittsburg at Boston, clear, p. m.
American League.
Washington at Chicago, cloudy, 8
p. m
New York at Cleveland, clear.
Boston at Detroit, clear, 8 p. m.
Philadelphia at st. Louis, clear, 8
p. m
Federal League.
Brooklyn at Baltimore, clear.
Chicago at Pittsburg, cloudy.
Kansas City at ST. Louis, clear
Newark at Buffalo, clear, p. m.
American Association.
Columbus at ST. Paul. cloudy, p. m.
indianapolis at Kansas City, clear.
Cleveland at Minneapolis, cloudy,
p. m.
Louisville at Milwaukee, rain, 8
o, II.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-15
WIN ANOTHER ONE
Savages Defeat Wolves, 5 to 4,
i'm Variegated Game.
Umpire Has a Hot Time With
the Players.

Women, wrangling, wind and dust
were the predominating features OF
Friday afternoons game at W. L.
park. But the Savages survived them
all and walloped the Wichita Wolves
by the score of to 4.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-15
Abilene Defeats Manhattan HI. s.

Manhattan, Kan, May 15.-By scor-
ing two runs in the ninth inning the
Abilene highs defeated the Manhat-
tan highs here Friday afternoon by a
score of to 4.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-15
PlainviIYe Z: Hoxie 2.

Plainville, Kan, May 15.-The
Plainville Red Line Baseball team de-
feated Hoxie by a score of to 2. Bat
teries for P1ainville: Westfall and
Tate. For Hoxie: Schuricht and Mich
OILS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-15
Wesleyan shuts out St Narys.

WesIeydH SINUS Out St- HHfys-
st. Marys, Kan, May 15.-Kansas
Wesleyans shut out st. Marys, here
Friday in a bitterly fought contest by
the score of to o.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-15
SPORT WHEEZES
Being Purloined Dog Meat. Prune
Pies. Lemon Sandwiches. Etc.
(BY ClugO

1t is better to have fought and won
than not to have won at all.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-15

Burghart's Favorite, Diamond NJ
Rose Tint and Big Tromp kept mois
and fresh at ball park.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-15

"$Batted for Pownall in fifth.
se~Batted for Baker in ninth
sPownall out; hit by batted ball.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-15
Sioux City Gets Blue InfieIder.

Kansas City. May 14.-"Cy' Young,
an infielder, has been sold by the local
American association club to the
Sioux City Western league team it
was announced today Young came
here from the MICHIGAN State league.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-15
Jayhawkers Defeat Missouri Tigers

Lawrence, Kan, May 15.-The Uni
versity of Kansas made it two straight
by defeating the University of Mis-
souri, Friday by score of to 2.
Score: R H E
Missouri 900 DOL DOL 2
Kansas 1928 900 OO*-7 4
Batteries = Taylor and Wykoff;
Craig and Harrell.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-15

By getting put out of the game Fri
day Manager Jackson made a discov-
cry. He discovered that Van Sycle
runs his own ball games. And Incl
dentally he found out that Honus
Cochran is somewhat of an outfielder.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-15

The fancy Jumbo peanuts at the ball
park are roasted fresh every day
Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-15

A volley ball championship contest
was scheduled between the College
Hill team and the Mulvane street
squad on the College avenue court
last night, but was postponed on ac-
count of the failure of the Topeka
Edison company to install lights. A
good crowd gatheFoA to witness the
game. The rivalry between the teams
is keen This is the second IsSatponed
game on account of the Edison COM
panys delay.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-15

While this column is opposed tt
OVERRIDING the scrapping stunt, at the
same time it is glad to see Jackson
and his men fighting for every inch
of ground all the time. The team
that fights is the team that wins. The
god of baseball is invariably on the
side of the team that has the most
pep and pluck.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-15

C1eveland-St. Paul, game post |
poned; wet grounds.
Only three games scheduled
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-12-31

the angle of skew may be increased
or diminished as the conditions re-
quire. When dragging Immediately
over ruts or down the center of the
road after tho sides have been drag
gei, 1t is usually preferable to have
the hitching link at the center Of the
chain and to run the drag without
skew. When the principal purpose of
the dragging is to increase the crown
of the road. the drag should be suffi-
GENTLY skewed to discharge all ma
terial as rapidly asSit is collected on
the runners. On the other hand, II
depressions occur IN the road surface,
the skew may perhaps be advantage
ously reduced to minimum, thus en-
abling the operator to deposit the ma
terial which collects in front Of the
runners at such points as he desires by
lifting or otherwise manipulating the
drag. Many other examples Of condi-
tons which require notifications in
the angle OF skew might easily be
cited, but these will readily suggest
themselves to an intelligent operator
as his experience increases.
The length Of hitch Is another very
important consideration in operating a
road drag. In the designs which have
been discussed the draw chain may be
readily taken up or let out at either
end and the length OF hitch thus in
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-12-31

creased or diminished as desired. It Is
impracticable to prescribe even an ap-
proximate rule for fixing the length of
hitch, because 1t Is materially affec,-
ed by the height Of the team and the
Arrangement of the harness, as well
as by the condition OF the road sur
face. Experience will soon teach the
operator, however, when to shorten the
hitch in order to lessen the amount Of
cutting done by the front runner and
when to lengthen it in order to pro-
duce the opposite effect.
When the road surface is sufficient
ly hard or the amount OF material
which 1t is desired to have the drag
move is sufficient to warrant the OPP
orator standing upon the drag while It
is in operation, he can grealy facili-
tate its work by shifting his weight at
proper times. For example, il 1t is
desired to have the drag discharge
more rapidly. the operator should move
toward the discharge end Of the run
ners. This will cause the ditch end Of
the runners to swing forward and
thus increase the skew angle Of the
drag. The operator may, of course,
produce the opposite effect by NOV
ing his weight In the opposite direc-
ton In the same way, he can par
TALLY control the amount Of cutting
which the drag does by shifting his
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-12-31

In publishing them in connection with
the two Illustrations, Figures / and g.
The following extracts are taken from
this bulletin:
The Construction Of Split Log Drag.
The author has experimental with q
great variety Of devices for road drag
ging, but has found the two slab log or
plank drag with liberal "set back" the
most satisfactory. Double drags for
working both sides of the roadway
simultaneously have been tried with
only limited success The reason for
this lies in the fact that both sides Of
an earth road are never exactly alike
This causes the two parts Of the drag
to work unevenly and to interfere with
each other. It 10 also impossible for
one man so, operate both parts sue
cessfully. as will be shown later on.
Two mistakes are commonly made In
constructing drag. The first lies in
making It too heavy. It should be so
light that one man can easily lift it.
Besides, light drag responds more
readily to various methods Of hitch
ing and to the shifting Of the position
and weight Of the operator, both of
which are essential considerations and
are discussed more fully under the
head How to use a drag" A drag
can be made heavier at any time by
proper weighing.