The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-17

In side by side columns, Chicago
paper tells of one ball player who
quit the game to become a milkman.
Possibly both are now in their proper
element.
Robert Whitcomb, star guard of
Washburn's football team last fall. is
thinking of going out for the half mile
track this spring. His big brother
Dick is reported to be still swatting
around 500 in the Social Circle
league.
John Savage has announced that he
hopes to stage an exhibition game
with a team from the American assO-
citation at League park on Easter Sun
day. If this game is arranged, it will
probably be the first of the season.
No doubt the day after the big
fight is pulled off, some enterprising
Cuban cigar maker will come out with
a new brand named after the winner
Some of those who have made such
excellent suggestions for the naming
of the Topeka ball team might find it
worth while to get into touch with the
Havana smoke rollers
In one day Billy Sunday, the evan
gelist who used to be a ball player,
raked in something like $4,000 from
the contribution plate. His baseball
record would indicate that he could
crossing the home plate of a diamond
in an average Pergutory lifetime,
whatever that is.
1t is being rumored around the
Western league circuit that the sea-
sons schedule was made out, ratified
and adopted at the meeting held in
Chicago several weeks ago, but that
it is being withheld from publication
for reasons best known to the mag
nuts. 1t is generally understood that
said schedule will be brought out into
open daylight some time about the
18th of the month.
This season I'll just THINK the
things / used to SAY to the umpires
last year and maybe then they'll let
me stay in the games" says the cele-
brated umpire batter, Heine thinner
man, who third sacks for the Cubs.
when the umpires leave him in the
game.
Chicago fans won't believe Heine
has reformed, however, until they ac-
tually see the miracle with their own
eyes.
A New York critic says that the
American league has eight great
can show but two. Let's see who were
the National league shortstops of
1914? Meanwhile, O'Mara, Fisher,
Corridor, Derrick Herzog, Fletcher,
Ter, Miller, Berghammer-and only
two of the whole lot topnotchers?
Lots of people, good judges of base
ball, too, would take ticket on Mar
awhile, O'Mara, Fletcher and Wagner
against any five the American league
could possibly produce.
In a somewhat lengthy article IN
the April issue of the Baseball Maya |
zine, Walter johnson goes to consider |
able pains to explain why he jumped |
to the Federals and then Topped back |
into the Washington camp of organ
lied baseball. Also, he endeavors to |
square things with Washington fans |
as much as possible by saying that he |
always wanted to stay in the D. c. city. |
The best way for Walter to get solid |
with his home town fans again is to |
put extra smoke on his balls and pitch |
two three shutout games the first |
Of the season.
A Kansas City paper quotes Johnny
king as saying that he won't become
4 baseball magnut unless he can own
4 team in the same town where his
poolhall is located Johnny might be
able to buy the rights of the Federal
club stock holders If he is very anx-
ous to become a magnut; or if this
does not suit him. he might get into
he limelight by organizing the first
Jitney Drivers league in the United
States.
The baseball season for 1915 has
surely arrived, the first schedule and
rule book having made its appearance
1t is The Dope Book, put out by G. c.
Sphinx & Son, ST. Louis, Mo-, who are
publishers of The Sporting News. No
matter what you may wish to know,
you can find it in this little book. Not
only does it contain the schedules.
Jules, Casey at the Bat" records of
asst year, as we'll as records of all
prominent feats on the diamond, but
complete biographies of the stars of
he game, telling where they were