The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-04
SPORT WHEEZES
Being PurIeined Dog Meat, Prune
Pies, Lemon Sandwiches, Etc.
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Wichita's paid attendance at Island
park Sunday was 1900 Topeka's was
2,421.
/ Joe Stecher would probably tell you
the Germans are trying to get "scis-
sors'' on Warsaw.
The International Motor Contest
association announces that automo-
bile races will be held here September
| IT and 10.
George Gano set a new worlds
pacing record last week when he
paced a mile under the saddle in
2:11A at Savage, Mimi. The former
record was 2:12.
Tt is all right for members of the
Shawnee Golf club to tell their friends
about making the course in 62, but
why do they have to brag about nav
ing taken only behind the bush!
Tuesday was the kind of day that
makes a fellow think about pigskins
and sealskins. And il. will not be long
until the favOrite outdoor paSt1me Will
be booting the one and wearing the
other.
In the fifteen years history of the
Grand American trap shooting hand1-
cap, a new champion has been pro-
duced each year. Gunner are WON
dering if history will repeat itself at
Chicago this year.
Pa Rourke will hold his booster day
in Omaha Friday with Denver as his
guest In addition to the ball game
the crowd will be given an opportun-
ity to see Joe Stecher, the sensation OF
the wrestling world, perform against
his brother, Anton.
The Stecher brothers volunteered
their services to help out the booster
day and all they ask the basebal
penses of their party to Omaha A
: crowd of 10000 is expected to see the
double attraction.
Topeka's booster day abroad will be
celebrated in Sioux City Thursday
The Indians also are expecting a good
crowd and hope to double the one that
turned out in Topeka last week when
. DeS MOineS was here.
? IT is now generally recognized that
! Bert Whaling has supplanted GoWdy
t | as the first-strong Brave catcher. OI
the games the team has won in the
/ past month, Whaling has been behlnd
the bat in almost every instance
t cit looks like Denver" 'McGill is
going to get another pennant. Such
= assertions as the above are being
t heard on all hands these days, but it
i must be remembered that every team
y has between 35 and 40 games yet to
? play.
e It would not be so surprising if
e Denver did finish first. with Topeka
second and Des Moines third Ihe
[ poor showing the Bald1es MADE IN
both Topeka and the Mile High city
: point that way, and local fans are
saving the Izzies should prove easy
for the SavageS.
However, those who are predicting
should figure the 100 points the Saw
! ages have to overcome. Also, those
) who are riding the Denver schooner
! might take into consideration the 1act
= that the Bears have made poor ROAD
showing all season
;, wichita can hardly be expected to dc
f much with Denver in the current
: series Neither will Omaha find Des
: Moines easy picking unless Rourke 5
v pitchers improve and his 1n1eio
= speeds up a bit. To win games and
hold their own is the best the saw
. ages can be expected to do in the i'm
l mediate future.
= DOGGY and Par.
j A great many golfers rwho have
taken the game recently are some
:. and par" AS a matter OF fact, eacf
: refers to mythical score-the figures
n which correct play would secure OF
; the various holes
y Years ago when the solid gutts
: nercha ball was in vogue, it was as
: sumed that a fair distance from {
wooden club would be 100 yards o
course far greater distances resulted
: but in the figuring of DOGGY Thu
length was assumed to be the Length
of a drive
In 1901, the first of the rubber core
balls made its appearance, and In
few years this new Iar-flying ball wa
used generally, and it made the time
honored DOGGY" distance ridiculous
As natural consequence 1t wa
60 necessary to invent new system Z
- take the place of DOGGY, and thu
- ..par'' came into existence Par /
q figured almost exactly as DOGGY
70 was. with due consideration for con
- tours, and allowing two puts on ever
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