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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-31
AN AMATEUR is DEFINED.
Sport Governing Bodies at Last Draw
Line Marking Professionalism.

New York, Dec. 31.-The confer
ence of delegates from sport govern
ing bodies throughout the country,
which was adjourned from last Mon
day until Thursday, late Thursday
night concluded it's session with an
understanding that similar confer
ence will be held here about the same
time next year. The conference
adopted suggestions made by the dele
gates for the future conduct Of anna
teur athletic sports.
The conference agreed on the def
milton of an amateur sportsman as
one who engages in sport solely for
the pleasure and the physical, mental,
moral and social benefits derived
therefrom. Disbarment for life from
amateur athletics was recommended
by the conference as the penalty to
be visited on anyone who competed
in amateur sports under an assumed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-31
A FEW DON'T F0RGETS"
FOR THOSE WHO PLAY GOLF

Don't forget that if a players
ball strike or be stopped by him
self or his partner, or either or
their caddies, or their clubs, his
+ side shall lose the hole. Rule ~
Don't forget that if a player play
the opponents ball he shall lose
the hole unless (a) the opponent
then plays the players ball, in
Svbich case the penalty is cancelled
and the hole shall be played out
with the balls exchanged, or OBJ if
tba mistake be discovered before
The opponent has played. it shall
he rectified by dropping a ball as
.aar as possible to the place where
~ onponent's ball lay. On the
s,,tting green the ball shall be re-
PPiaced- Rule 20, Section 1.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-31
MARRY AT HOME NOW
Rev. A. S. Henderson Says Topeka
Brides Dodge Churches.

Not a marriage ceremony has been
performed in the First Congregational
church within the past five years, ac-
cording to the Rev. A. S. Henderson,
the pastor. The marriages have all been
at the homes of the brides and he as
cribes the modern home as the cause
of the decay of church weddings.
The rooms in the up-to-date home
open into each other and make it very
convenient for wedding, he says. An
other popularity about weddings, OBJ
serves Mr.. Henderson, is how they
come in groups or not at all. During
the past fall not marriage ceremony
was performed by the Congregational
minister.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-31
SAVAGE CATCHER IS HARD
ON AUTOMATIC PITCHERS

Kansas City, Mo-, Dec. 31.-Vin-
cent Weising, who recently signed
with the Topeka Western league
club, batted the Carlats to a vic
tory over the American Express
company in the Electric Automatic
Baseball league by hitting twenty
seven in the last game and the final
score of the series was 567 to $50.
1t was up to the catcher to bat out
twenty-six for a win, but he went
it one better. Weising and Earl
Ocker tied for the high honors of
the evening, with 125 each.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-31
RACING LOOKS UP
The Ponies Are Again on the
Road to Oldtime Glory.
Year Just Closing a Great One
for ThOrOughbreds.

New York. Dec 31-Thoroughbred
racing passed another milestone on the
high road to its onetime glory and gla-
mour in the year now edging out. One
more track, that of the Metropolitan
Jockey club at Jamaica, opened its
long closed gates and added a fort
\ uight more of sport to the season
The crowds returned, too. There was
a marked increase in the attendance
At the Aoueduct and Jamaica meet
tings. but Belmont park, always pop
hlar with the racegoers, surpassed
Them all on Memorial day more
, Khan 10000 persons passed through
the gates of the Westchester Racing
associations course This IS a hlgh
water mark since the day that Conn
won the Belmont Stakes, back in 1908
At Saratoga.
The north hong meeting at Sara
toga Spri- gs was successful beyond the
hopes of the most sanguine, surpass-
ing even those golden days at the up
state track that the oldtimers love to
talk about
The amateur meetings at Piping
sk, Belmont Park Terminal and on
\2ZaAstatss of H. P. Whitney and Jo-
FzSR1sa$ E Widener added the more col
ETT and intimate touch to racing
E;ng at the bigger tracks.
- three associations in Maryland
n tied at the end of last month that
spring and fall meetings were the
Z[both in sport and in point of at
@ance in many seasons
P. Whitney, who, because of the
tn of his brother-in-law, Alfred
lynne Vanderbilt, leased his racing
able to L. s. Thompson, headed the
It of winning owners, with more
man 800. OO0. OF this, S6S,671 was
avon on the Jockey club tracks. Thun-
=ae1er the Futurity winner. earned
-I7,sS5 of this and Dominant 1S,945.
: Borrow and Regret contributed as
q s1aeir share s23150 by their victories
n Kentucky. while the string cam
eaigned in Canada made up the diff
ference-
Few Star Performers.
Fewer horses stood out markedly
from among their fellows and no
worlds records were broken. Little
Roan1er, idol of the present day race
roers. retained his niche as the most
popular, if not the best, Thoroughbred
.1pn the Eastern tracks. His race in the
Cineers County Handicap, in which he
heat Stromboli and Harmonicon by
the breadth of a mans hand in one
of-the most stirring finishes in the an
nails of the turf, stamped him as one
+ apart.
E Rose Tree II won seven races, among
them the Saratoga Handicap and Sara
toGa cup and the Havre de Grace HAN
+ d&rap More defeats were his portion
X than in his three-year-old year, but In
Fl every instance he was carrying heavy
N frfspost and giving away weight in big
+. chunks. Several races, moreover, were
5 run on a heavy track, for which he has
little liking.
HI p. Whitney's Regret also earned
her right to a place among the best by
Virtue of her victory in the Kentucky
fr1erbv The unbeaten daughter of
p oomstick-Jersey Lightning was the
first of her sex to win the classic on
Churchill Downs. Her other start was
at Saratoga Springs in the Saranac
1 Handicap, in which she beat the best
three-year-olds of the East with ridic-
{ ulous ease
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-31
ANGELS OFFERED CHANCE.
Former Manager of Cubs May Lead
Los Angeles Club.

Los Angeles, Cal, Dec. 91--Frank
Chance, former manager of the Chi
cago Nationals and the New York
American league club, has been Of
fered the management of the Los An
yeles club of the Pacific Coast league
by Frank Powers, president of the To-
cal organization
Chance promised to announce next
week whether he would accept the
offer Chance said he would insist
on one condition-that he be allowed
to purchase an interest in the club II
he accepted. Since his announcement
a year ago that he had retired from
baseball Chance has been devoting his
time to his ranch at Glendora, Cal,
near here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-31

name or who was guilty of any fraud
or unsportsmanlike conduct. For in
fraction of the rules, such as receiv-
ing pecuniary benefits as a reward for
participating in any public athletic
competition or exhibition or dispos-
ing of prizes for personal gain, the
conference recommended that the
offender shall never thereafter be
permitted to compete or exhibit as an
amateur in the sport in which the
was committed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-31
Barnes to Appeal Libel Suit.

New York, Dec. 81. William
Barnes, Jr., will carry his libel suit
against Theodore Roosevelt to the ap-
pellate division of the supreme court.
Next month he will ask that the YER
dict against him in the trial at SYRIA
cuse be set aside.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-31
HEINE GRoH TO CUBS?
doe Tinker Wants to Trade for Reds
Second BaSeInan.

Chicago. Dec. S1.-Heine Groh, sec
ond bascman for the Cincinnati Ma
tfonals, is wanted by Manager Tinker
OF the Chicago National League club.
Tinker said that he would go to Gin
cinnati next week prepared to nego-
tiate for Groh.
The combined Chicago Federal and
National league clubs have fifty-four
men under contract. Tinker plans to
dispose of at least twenty-siX of them
before the start of the training sea-
SON if possible.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-31
HE KNEW WHY

There was an old geezer, and he
had lot of sense; he started up
business on a dollar-eighty cents
the dollar for stock and eighty cents
for an ad brought him two live dol
lars day, by dad!
Well, he bought more goods and
little more space, and he played that
system with a smile on his face. The
customers flocked to his two-by-fOur,
and so he had to hustle for regular
store.
Upon the square where people pass,
he gobbled up corner that was all
plate glass. He fixed up the windows
with the best that he had, and he
told them all about it in a half-page
ad. He soon had them coming and
never quit, and he wouldn't cut down
on his ads one bit.
Well, he's kept things humping in
the little town ever since, and every
body calls him the merchant prince.
Some say it's luck, but that's all bunk
why he was doing business when
times were punk. People have to pur-
chase, and the geezer was wise, for
he knew the way to get them was to
Mcintyre in the u. C. T.
Sample Case.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-31
no WrestIe in BelIeviIle.

Concordia, Kan, Dec. 31.-Tommy
Doctor and Hoffman. the Topeka
wrestler, are carded for a finish
match at Belleville, tonight. Hoffman
is full of the old zip and strong as an
OK and though he has never dumped
the Republic county idol he held him
to q two hour draw last winter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-31
Chicago Ball Team Players Say Japs
Are Taking to Diamond.

Chicago, Dec. 31.-The University
of Chicago baseball team has returned
to Chicago after a trip through the
Orient, of more than 5000 miles.
The athletes reported that baseball
is growing more popular than ever in
Japan. They said the japanese have
developed the habit of batting the UNI
pires and that they refuse to support
a losing team much after the manner
of American followers of the game
The inability OF the native team to de-
feat the Americans caused a great de-
crease in attendance. it was said. The
Waseda university team is expected to
play in the United States next year.
In the Philippines there is much en-
thusiasm over baseball, though Amer
leans make up most of the better
teams. it was said. Seats sell in Ma
Mia for S150.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-31
Henry .Pop,, Blanken Dead.

San Francisco, Cal, Dec. 31.-Henry
Pop" Blanken, whose six-mile house
at San Bruno, Cal, was a training
camp for many fight champions and
who laid claim to the discovery of
Jack johnson, died here Thursday aft
er an illness of several weeks from
peritonitis. He was II years old.
Pop" Blanken's place was training
quarters at various times for Peter
jackson, John L. Sullivan, James J.
Corbett, Joe Choynski, Joe Cans, Jack
johnson, Gus Rubin and scores of less
prominent fighters.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-31

letes in the war that it will take long
er than 4 years to produce entrants
for the games. And there is a bare
possibility that most of these coun-
tries will still be playing at the game
of war when 1920 rolls around.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-31

The report that Animal Dashner has
a batting average of -401 at the new
baseball court seems to be
without foundation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-31

With peace reigning over the realm
of the diamond, prospects are that
an effort will shortly be made to re-
vive the Wisconsin Illinois league
saws an Oshkosh diSDatch
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-31

Kauff to the Browns and Magee to
the Cub-Feds. There must have been
method in the madness that made
Sinclair sales agent for the defunct
outlaws
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-31

And, by the way, since Sinclair has
become the hero of the dead outlaws
it is recalled that Oklahoma produced
only one outlaw greater than Sinclair
his name was A. L. Jennings.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-31

A. T. Parr, a student from K. U. and
an ex-Washburn basketball player,
was among the players at the chess
tournament that closed last night.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-30
OLD CUSTER CANNON
WILL GREET G. A. R.
Civil War Relic, Made from Many
Metals, Will Be Removed Here
for Reunion.

A cannon cast from relics of the civil
war and which has fired salutes at more
than thirty national encampments Of
the Grand Army of the Republic will
be brought to Washington the latter
part of September for the Grand Army's
reunion here. The cannon Is the prop
erty of Joseph Trax. a veteran OF the
war, living at New Castle, Pa. 1t is
called the Custer cannon. having been
named for Gen. George Custer.
The cannon weighs go pounds. The fol-
lowing metals were melted for its COM
position: One B. & o. brass lock from
Harpers Ferry, one COW bell, two brass
drum rims, two brass door keys from
Ford's Theate, in Washington. D. c.,
where Lincoln was killed: two eagles
from division flags. three gold dollars Of
war times. three eagles of cavalry and
artillery flags, three division bugles, four
pounds OF brass buttons, four fegimental
bugles, four pounds of buckles from
artillery harness. five spears of infantry
flags, five sleeve buttons, five white
metal watch cases Of army service, nine
pairs Of spurs (Confederate), thirteen
brass caps from shells. fourteen United
States buckles. from infantry. sixteen
army spoons, twenty-pound pieces Of q
bell picked up at Charleston, twenty
four pairs of Union spurs twenty-folr
copper cents. captured Lexington;
thirty-six United States Try buckles.
and l4 Spencer carbine copper cartridges.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-30

this summer. One has to be careful not
to step on them"
Which may remind some of the old
wheeZe that Joe Weber used to pull He
said he went into the Hotel Astor for a
William o. Reick. who owns and edits
the New York Sun. is being congratu-
lated now that the Sun has moved into
its handsome new building. Reick
grabbed the Sun when dry rot was about
to get in its final blows.
He pumped some ginger both into the
editorial and business departments. and
the Sun began to shine again. The Morn
reduced its price. and the Evening Sus
according to reports. has more than dou.
bled its circulation.
Reick for many years was editor of
the New York Herald and was regarded
by those in a POSITION to know as the
human pulmotor-the man who kept the
Herald going. But Reick, like hundreds
of others. could only work so long for
James Gordon Bennett, and then he re-
ceived the usual cable from Paris.
Baseball fans are often overcurious to
know what mana gers say to their pitch
ers In critical moments At the Polo
Grounds the other day the bases were
filed and n heavy hitter was up. Miller
HuSgins strolled over to his pitcher Salee
and talked as il the worlds fate hinged
on what he said. Fletcher subsequently
flied out
These are the words that passed be-
tween manager and pitcher in that tense
moment. according to Higgins. who told
a bout it in his downtown hotel:
Huggins-Got any chewin', Slim?
Salee-Sure. Want a COB?
HugGins-Just a wee bite. Thanks.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-30
Leon c. Canova Heads New Bureau of
Mexican Affairs in State Department
Created on Account of Increasing
Importance of Work in Con-
nection With Southern Repub-
lic-Chief to Receive Salary of
$4,000 a Year.

Assistant Secretary of State Phillips
yesterday announced the creation of a
bureau of Mexican affairs In the State
Department to handle business in con-
nection with our Mexican relations. Leon
{. Canova. acting chief of the Latin
American Affairs Bureau, heads the new
bureau. assisted by Richard ]. Tannis.
The new bureau removes all Mexican
business from the Bureau of Latin
American Affairs. which always has
handled it in the past. 1t was called into
being because of the ever-incressing i'm
portance of the work in connection with
Mexico. 1t carries with 1t salary of
1880 for the chief.
Mr.. Canova is regarded as an expert
on the present situation in Mexico He
has the advantage of a personal ac-
quaintance with all the leaders there now,
acquired last year during an observa-
tion trip for President Wilson. He made
a thorough study Of the Mexican situa-
ton Mt that time and upon his report,
along with that of Duval West, who fol-
lowed him in a tour of the various
Mexican capitals" the President based
his warning statement of June .
Mr.. Canova's report was not compli-
mentary to any Of the factions now in
the field. He told the President that
only through the ascendancy of the bet
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-30
ON &&S;@;l|(G{ S ;${&|&|S6ex

ESPECIAL Correspondent Of The Washington Herald }
New York, July 29-kathryn Osterman,
long popular favorite, is leaving the
legitimate stage to become a screen star.
Her action. following upon the heels of
Billie Burke and Raymond Hitchcock,
who are to stake their professional repu-
tation upon the movie game future, is
concrete evidence that big mana gers have
a problem before them.
Not long ago the Frohman Offices an
nounccd that the signing of a film con-
tract by any star in the Frohman con-
stellation would automatically end their
contract. Billie Burke with n merry ha,
ha signed n film contract the next day.
AS a means of reprisal the big moving
picture corporations are now inserting in
their contracts clauses that will prevent
film stars from appearing in the legiti-
mate-and so there you are.
Miss Osterman Is to star with the
Equitable Motion Pictures Corporation. a
new $2.0Oc,OO0 concern, and will appear in
three spectacular features this coming
winter. She admits frankly that studio
work is much more plsasant-and not the
least important, more profitable.
Nat Nichols. one of the Broadway
boulevarders. dropped into a roof show
the other night to enjoy the Hudson
breezes and other things. He saw
chorus girl on the stage he used to know
very well. and turning to a friend said:
lit is Tillie. Whadda you know about
that"
After the performance he asked his
friend to go to the stage door with him
and see him renew his acquaintance with
Tillie. They waited for some time and
finally the girl came out.
Hello. there, Tille!" said Nat.
Tillie gave a look, and as she brushed
by said to her chorus girl friend: There's
an unusual number of strangers in town
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-30
Woodward & Lothrop
New York-W ashineton--Paris
REMNANT DAY
Friday Clearance of
Misses and Girls Dresses.

Three good lots an attractive
styles and materials offered at
greatly reduced prices for Fridays
clearance.
Misses Dresses. in wolfe. linen
and bingham: formerly sold from
1915 to s12..5; reduced to $500 each
Misses Dresses. in wolfe, linen
and crepe: formerly sold from $12.I5
to $500: reduced to- 1918 each
Girls Shirt Waist Dresses. white
batiste waist and colored Bingham
skirt Also Girls Suspender Dress
es in different colored checked pat
terms: small sizes: formerly sold at
$3.50, reduced to..-..... S1.95 each
And the following:
Girls Plaid Creps Dresses. We neck and long
sleeves g 50 each. Were SOC
A lot Of Misses Palm Beach Suits, 5000
each. We're $3.50.
A lot o. Misses Black and White Checked
Suits to0c zach Were $500.
lot of Miss All-white MILDLY Biouses.
with short sleeTr, sizes 10 u sears; 5oc each.
wrre $40.
Third iooS G street
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-30
DALLAS WANTS 1916
DEMOCRATIC MEETING
Texas City Has Support of Burleson.
Gregory. and Cato Sells-Gal-
breath Boosts Town.

The city that beats Dallas in bid
ding for the 1916 National Democratic
Convention will be some bidder. Fiji
teen members of the National Com
mittee. which is composed of fifty
three Democrats. have pledged support
to Dallas. Robert Galbreath. commit
teeman from Tulsa, Okla, is here
working for a majority vote for the
Texas city.
Postmaster General Burleson, At
torney General Gregory, and Indian
Commissioner Sells are lined up for
Dallas. st. Louis, Omaha, and Chi
cago have announced their candidates
for the selection. Mr.. Galbreath be-
lieves the next convention tents
should be pitched in the Southwest.
He has rumberless reasons to sub
stantiate his belief.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-30
WHEN A MAN is MARRIED
BY ONE WHO IS
WRESTLING FOR A WIFE.

Il am SO sorry. Myra, if I've wounded
your feelings again. I declared.
NO. you are not. Robert You take
pleasure in that sort OF thing"
Not on your life" 1 insisted. Let me
say this one thing in your favor. Myra.
You were the hardest proposition in the
courtship line l ever
Tackled. you were going to say" And
Myra actually glared at me.
Nothing like that" I blared. You
know 1 didn't intend saying that
Yes, you did. Robert 1 suppose most
kind warranting the quotation you ia
vored me with awhile ago."
NO. no. Myra. please don't say that"
And why not?"
Because you know l never had but
one cou-tship. and that was with you
How do I know
We'll. dear. haven't 1 repeatedly told
you so?'
Yes, but Mary Wharton tells me all
husbands say that"
Mary Whartons a blooming idiot.
shall refuse to talk where she is brought
into the conversation"
'All right, I'll keep her out What
were you going to say them"
why. that you were the most difficult
proposition in the courtship line I had
ever heard Of"
Myra sighed her relief It was the
turning point, and I felt myself glowing
with elation-or something
Yes. Robert" she murmured sweetly,
Il was a little difficult to capture,
wasn't II"
Sure"
And you've learned from experience
that girls don't always fall out Of win
dows when man whistles, haven't
your"
Dearest. you can bet have"
Myra thought moment. But Robert,
maybe there have been cases like that?'
Never" declared
(Copyright 1857
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-30
ASKS FORFEITURE OF
ROYAL BENEFIT CHARTER
Suit Filed in Case of Society that
Was Enjoined from Continuing
Operations Here.

a suit praying for the forfeiture of the
charter of the Royal Benefit Society,
corporation that has been insolvent for
the past five years, was filed in District
Supreme Court yesterday by United
States District Attorney John E. Laskey.
The society was incorporated November
10. 1897. and was enjoined in November,
1914. by the District Superintendent of
Insurance from continuing its operations
in the National Capital.
During the past five years the society
has had ia lodges and 5,9SS benefit GER
tificates. From 1911 to 1914 the income Of
the company. it is alleged. was $780,
57l.9l, but the plaintiff asserts that the
company claims to have had on July 81.
1914. assets of only slo.7H50. with liabil-
tiles of sS927O.21
Several months ago Justice Mccoy
named James A. Purcell and Spencer Cor
don receivers for the company upon the
application of one of the officers of the
society, who claims to be a creditor. The
receivers found assets of only SIS.76. The
plaintiff states that during three years
operating expenses constituted 60 per
cent of the receipts from assessments.
The officers of the company are residents
of Illinois.