The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-08
\ Warm Come Back.

on postcard containing the pic
ture of a handsome young man stand
ing in the snow under the shade of a
tree with his hands in his pockets, the
following comes from Moline, Kansas:
what are you trying to do,
kid somebody. I've been further
around the house looking for the
Topeka State Journal than you
have ever been away from town.
Inasmuch as the letter published in
Saturdays State Journal from pitch
er who wanted to help Mr.. Savage run
his ball team and who would swear
not to jump to the Feds, came from
Moline. Kansas, it is to be taken that
this "hot one is from the same gen.
tleman. Also, inasmuch as the picture
on the back shows that the pitcher
with everything but a fence BALI is
rather husky" looking individual,
this column wishes to state that it
wasn't trying to kid" anybody. The
letter was published because it show
ed that the writer had sense of hu-
NOR far above the average right
handed pitcher and because it demon
started a new use of implied spell
ing Regarding the globe trotting ac-
complishments referred to- the point
is conceded without argument.
There is a chance for an argument
between McGraw of the n. Y. Giants
and the athletic directors of Harvard.
Under the theory that it will help his
men, McGraw has employed a dancing
master to teach them the fox trot and
other late wiggleS. Under the theory
that their athletes get enough exercise
without swinging fair damSelS, the
Harvard authorities have put dancing
under the ban. Beyond doubt, some
one is wrong-possib1y both of them.
AS was intimated in this column last
week, the baseball pictures of the
Giants-W Sox world tour that will
be shown at the Hip next week will
,y<o,0 @I@.,11
games. Advertising matter telling of
the films contain pictures of great
hurricane on the Pacific, King George
at the game, women coaling ship III
Japan and Egyptians watching a
game at a place called Heliopolis.
has never been placed on the market
such a collection of travel pictures
Also, it says that the films will show
the Sphinx watching it's first baseball
game. Whether or not the Sphinx
became an enthusiastic fan is not
stated.
After having held a six day bike
race and having exposed the wrestling
game, the Chicago sport world is now
engaged in watching a three weeks
three cushion billiard tournament. De
Orc, the Cuban; Sutton and a number
of lesser lights are among the con-
testants for the honors and for the
$4,000 that is offered in purses The
game of billiards is one of the most
fascinating and one of the most scien-
tific of games, but about the only eX-
cuse for playing three cushions is
that it enables a man with a strong
arm to demonstrate how hard he can
punch a cue. To one who knows an
giles and English it is probably the
most unScientific billiards there is.
That there is somebody at the EN-
poria Normal school who knows d
great deal about basketball is most
evident. The normal high school
quintet won the Fourth district tour
nament Saturday by defeating the
Emporia high school, the runner uni
and if any team is entitled to the col
lege championship of the state it
seems to be the Hargis5 five. The
normal college team won 8 out of 6
games during the season and only lost
one conference game. The defeat of
Baker gives Hargiss his best title to
the state championship, although a
misunderstanding over dates with
Washburn and the fact that third
game with the G. of E. was refused
after both the Normals and the c. Of
z. had won one game have a tendency
to make the title a little cloudy ac-