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The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-11
THE WEST IS DUE.
Eastern Cities Have Held Base
ball Honors Long Enough.
New Champions Would Be Big
Boost for the Game.
BY lack VEIOCK.

New York, Dec. 11.-Way back in
the good old state of Missouri they
have a song entitled "Yuh Gotta Quit
Kickin' My Dawg Aroun'."
The fact that they have such a song
in Missouri has nothing to do with
this story, but the song expresses the
sentiment of thousands-yes, even mill
lions-of baseball fans of the great
middle west, who are tired of seeing
both ends of the world series come
east every fall.
1t isn't because baseball fans in the
Mississippi valley have lost interest in
the annual classic. Don't get that idea
for second, but it is certainty that
interest would be increased as much
as 100 per cent if the blue ribbon event
next fall shoald be divided between
the east and the west.
Not Like Old Days.
Back in the old days, when the Cubs
or Pirates were always in the running,
there was a livelier interest among
fans all over the country. In the east
the baseball public has become SO used
to hogging the worlds series that it
is looked forward tc as a matter of
course, yet even in this part of these
perfectly good United States the bugs
would like to see the worlds series
take on an intersectional complexion.
Last summer, when the White Sox
and Browns were still in the running
for the American league calico, the
Mississippi valley boiled with baseball
enthusiasm. All one could hear was
chatter about the chances Clarence
Rowland and Fielder Jones had of
nicking off the coveted banner in the
Ban johnson circuit. And then, when
the Red Sox whipped the Tigers and
Pale Hose in their own back yards,
the middle west cooled off.
Come Back Is Slow.
Baseball has a good chance to rise
to higher point in public favor than
it held before the war with the Feds
broke loose. But the process of re-
establishing the grand old game, espe-
cially outside of the major leagues, is
naturally bit slow.
One of the very best things that
could happen to help boost the game
to its former high plane-and that
within two short seasons from the end
of the war-would be a major league
championship for one of the western
teams.
Last year the west showed it's teeth
and made a desperate bid to regain
the hOnorS of other days. The teams
that were in the running are being
strengthened, and during the season
that is to come, tho it is many months
away, the baseball public may expect
to see the west make a stronger bid
than it has made for the past four or
five years.
The west is tired of seeing the east
kick its "dawg' around, and this ap-
plies to the club owners as well as
the fans.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-11
.CRIDIRON RECORDS
Gilr0y, Oliphant and Maui
betsch Biggest Scorers.
The South Gets Both Individual
and Team HOnOrs.

e New York, Dec. 1.-The close OF
the intercollegiate football season
finds both the team and individual
scoring honors held by a southern
eleven and player. A comparison or
the records of the leading teams OF
the east, south and middle west shows
that the Georgia Tech combination
scored 420 points in nine games with
Georgetown university a close second
with 412 while left halfback Gilroy, of
Georgetown, leads the individual point
collectors with a total of 139 points
and Oliphant, of the Army team, is
second with 112.
Gilroy has scored eighteen touch
downs and thirty-one goals during the
season to date and still has "a chance
to increase these figures in the con-
test to be played against Tulane at
New Orleans today. Oliphant's rec
ord is a more versatile one since he
has made thirteen touchdowns, TWEEN
ty-two goals and four field goals.
Maulbetsch, of Michigan, is a close
third with twelve touchdowns, TWEEN
ty-one goals and one field goal. None
of these players equalled the record
made by Captain Barrett of the Cor
nell eleven of last year, for the latter
rolled up total of 1872 points with
twenty-five touchdowns, twenty-seven
goals and one field goal. Gilroy was
second in 1915 with ninety-SiX points
and Hastings of Pittsburg third with
twenty-six.
The records of the leading e1evens
in total points scored and the players
who have collected the largest num-
ber of points, individually, follow:
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-11
TALE OF A TAIL LIGHT
So After Viewing Case in Fine Light
Judge Assesses Light Fine.


Tulsa, Okla. Dec. 11.-This is the
tale of the tail light and Frank Nc
Candless 1t also is a tale of woe and
a tale of kale. The tale at the end
leaves Frank the woe and the judge
the kale.
Frank was coming in from Bixby.
an oil field town. A light jar had
jarred his light. whoa" said a cop
and that is where the woe comes in.
Frank alighted.
Said Frank:
Judge, it had gone out"
fWhere?" asked the judge.
Search me- said Frank.
But justice being blind it could not
see the searchlight. Finally the judge
saw the matter in fine light. So he
assessed a light fine.
But judge" said Frank, "I just
touched it and it lit up
well, I just touched you and you
can light out" said the judge.
And Frank being turned down flick
cred out. The fine against the oil
man in the local police court was $50.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-11
DON'T BE A TIGHTWAD
Judge Hands Out Advice to Wealthy
so Year-Old Defendant.

Chicago, Dec. 11.-People who ac-
cumulate wealth should spend some
of their money making others happy,
Judge Scully told Isaac Rice in the
county court here today. Rice, 80
years old and reputed to be wealthy.
was called into court to explain why
he did not provide suitably for his
daughter, Caroline, so years old and
an invalid.
Judge Scully ordered him to pay his
daughter $50 monthly and do every
thing possible for her comfort and
added: You can't take your money
with you to the grave. Buy your flow
ers while you are alive and make your
loved ones happy"
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-11
NORMAL SCHEDULE OUT.
The State Teachers Will Have a
Strenuous Basketball Season.

Emporia, Kan. Dec. 1.-THE fol-
lowing basketball dates for the EN-
poria State Normal schedule which
will begin January IL, have been an
nounced by Athletic Director Hargiss:
January 12, College of Emporia at
Emporia; January Is, Southwestern
at Emporia; January 10, Friends at
Emporia; January %, Hays Normal
at Emporia; January 21, Baker at
Baldwin; February /, Ottawa at OF
tawa; February 2, Pittsburg Normal
at Pittsburg; February 9, Ottawa at
Emporia; February IL, Paramount at
Emporia; February 16, College of En-
poria at Emporia; February 10, Kan
sas Aggies at Manhattan; February 26,
Baker at Emporia; March l, Kansas
Aggies at Emporia; March 5, College
of Emporia at Emporia.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-11
YELLOW PERIL GETS IN.

For the first time in years the name
of Maurice E. McLoughlin, the Cali
fornia comet. was not included in the
ranking of the first ten tennis PLAYERS
in the list compiled by the National
Lawn Tennis association, and for the
first time in history Jap player was
given ranking, Kumagae being placed
fifth on the list. Mclaughlin was not
listed because he appeared in only one
tournament during the year. The first
ten rankings were as follows:
Singles.
1-R. Norris Williams II, PhiladeI-
phia.
2-William NJ. Johnston, San Fran
cisco.
S-George NJ. Church. TenafIy, n. ].
4-R. Lindley Murray, Niagara
Falls. n. Y.
5-Ichiya Kumagae, Toxic.
6=Clarence ]. Griffin, San Francis
co.
WATSON NJ washburn, New
York.
s-wi1Iis e. Davis. San Francisco.
81. ]. Armstrong. Philadelphia.
10-Dean Mathey. Crawford. N j.
Doubles.
William NJ. Johnston and C. ].
Griffin.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-11
M. E. Mclaughlin and Ward

2-M. E. Mclaughlin and Ward
Dawson.
sc. NJ. Church and Willis E. Da-
Wis.
&C. NJ. Church and D. Mathey.
5-W. F. Johnson and ]. ]. Arm
strong.
6-F. B. Alexander and X. H. Behr.
I'd. Mathey and Harold Throck-
morton.
S-W. It. Hayes and r. H. Burdick.
"a. H. Man, jr., and C. NJ. Bull, jr.
10-W. E. Davis and H. V. D. Johns.
Women Players.
Miss Molla Bjurstedt.
Mrs. Edward Raymond.
3-Miss Evelyn Sears.
4-Miss Anita Meyers.
Miss Sara Livingston.
6-Miss Marie Wagner.
Mrs. H. S. Green.
S-Miss Martha Guthrie.
9-Miss EIeanora Sears.
10-Mrs. Barger Wallach.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-11
WANT A WAsHBURN GAME.
Haskell Indians Hope to Play More
Kansas Teams Next Season

Lawrence, Kan, Dec. 1.-THE Has
kell Indian football management is
making an effort to schedule more
Kansas games for next season, it has
been announced here. In the past
few seasons the Haskell team has
been known as the wanderers" play
ing games in many remote states.
Manager Wenne thinks the Indian
team should play more games in the
state and has opened negotiations
with the Kansas Normal school, Hays
Normal and Washburn for games in
1911
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-11
Vean Gregg.

Vean Gregg, once the leading
Bouthpaw of the American league,
claims that he would be winning
pitcher and in his old-time form II
ne were playing anywhere else than
with the Boston Red Sox.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-11

In the east the public would like to
know why it is that Yale, Harvard and
Princeton are able to go on year after
year hogging the limelight and ignor-
ing such schools as Pittsburg when
PittSburg has gone thru several sea-
sons without a defeat while not one
of the big Three" has had anything
like a remarkable record. In the
Big Nine" conference Northwestern
and Ohio State wonder why they can't
get. choice places on the schedules of
the other prominent schools of the
conference after having turned out the
only real teams of the 1915 season. Is
it because the other schools, those
that have been leaders in the past, are
afraid they will lose their prestige to
those that have come up recently" or
is there some good reason for their
apparent snobbery? Since the public
makes football what it is, said public
feels that it is entitled to know why
these conditions exist and sooner or
later some one is going to have to an
SWer the question in a definite way.
Cases Close to Home.
Not only do the "up and coming"
schools of the east and the Big Nine
find it hard to break into the aristo-
cratic circles of the old pace settlers,
but right in Kansas conditions are
much the same, both in the Missouri
Valley and the Kansas conference.
Following their remarkable showing
during the last season the Kansas Ag-
gies felt as tho they should be en-
titled to more consideration next sea-
son and they demanded better dates
from other schools of the conference,
with the result they were given to un-
derstand by Nebraska that they could
either be content to take what they
had been given in the past or else get
nothing. And, naturally, the Aggies
are asking if this is the real spirit of
lthe true sportsman.
And in the Kansas conference the
Pittsburg and Hays Normal schools
have not been able to play enough
games-six as is required by a confer
ence ruling be entitled to the
championship, despite the fact that
they have had as good teams as any
of their associates. Neither of these
schools had the required six games on
their schedules this season because
they could not get them. Yet, on the
other hand, some of their rivals had as
many as nine. And at Saturdays
meeting, Coach Speer, of Hays, assert
ed that he could not get the required
number of games even after he had
made attractive financial propositions
in an effort to do so.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-11
WESTERN LEAGUE AVERAGES.

The official Western league batting
averages, made public today by Irwin
NJ Howe, league statistician, show that
Butcher of Denver led the league with
the bludgeon in 1916 with an average
of .377. Kirkham, of st. Joe, was sec
ond with $50, and r. Miller, of
Omaha, third with .344.
Tony DEBATE, who has been sold to
the st. Louis Americans. led the To-
peka club with an average of 1924, and
George Cochran was runnerup for the
local honor with a per cent of .So5.
The averages of the other Topeka
players were: Devore, .3O1; Goodwin,
.29S; Engle, .29O; Lindimore, 284; w.
Lathrop. .2S0; Agler, .279: Lam beth.
.266; Schwitzer, .255; Allen, .253; r.
Lathrop. .252; Monroe, 243; Kruger,
.234; Burwell, .197; Oashner, 1872;
Hall, III.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-11
@A M@ Up to the Minute ~ !
lVNA SPORTlNGNEw5 6N@A
| ZZgS From Everywhere. ~
EG0OS @eE-- 1N.cLJo.
DO FOOTBALL SCHEDULE MAKERS
SHOW THE PROPER SPORT SPIRIT?
Official Western League Averages Out-Lawn
ings for 1916 Public.

Do the football schedules for colleges and
universities and who dictate the policies followed ntercoe
giae athletic activities show much real
generally supposed do they load their dice
cards whenever possible that their institutions NAV climb
the paths that lead fame and glory with as
sble? The outside public that the bills asking
ton frequently today than before ques
tons that worth asking there difficulties evidence
that make the difficult
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-11
ADDITIONAL SPORT Will BE
FOUND IN 1THER PAGES
Guard Interned German Ships.

Paris. Dec 11.-German steamers
interned at Las Palmas have been
obliged to move into the inner harbor.
according to Madrid dispatch to the
Petitit Journal The dispatch adds
that the Spanish cruiser Princesa de
Asturias has been anchored off the
rines from communicating with the
interned ships.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-11
postpone Bout at Racine.

between Joe Mss Weflnr ReH ann Riehe Ra5ee
Mitchell, scheduled here for Thursday
night, mas been postponed until De-
cember %, or possibly until after
Christmas. Failure of Welling's mana
ger to sign the articles was given as
the reason
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-11

Fort Worth. Tex, Dec. 11.-Otto
Wallace, of Milwaukee, and Bobby
Waugh, of Fort Worth, lightweights,
will box fifteen rounds here the night
of December IS. Wallace recently
stopped Waugh in the third round.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-11
Phclan to Lead Notre Dame.

South Bend, Ind, Dec. 11.-James
NJ. Phelan, quarterback of the Notre
Dame university football team for two
years, has been elected captain of
next years team.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-11
SAME OLD fACTICS.

The principal point of interest in the
meeting of the Kansas conference here
Saturday was the more or less pro-
nounced effort on the part of some of
the delegates to prevent the awarding
of the football championship to "BilP'
Hargiss, despite the fact that his team
was clearly entitled to it and could
not be denied it except on a techni-
cality. For several years there has
been a decided opposition to the
awarding of championships on the
part of a minority, and it seems that
these men are willing to go to any
length to carry their point, or even to
keep up their fight.
No legislation of any consequence
was passed by the conference, and the
most important thing done during the
day was the empowering of the protest
committee with authority to reinstate
an athlete after having declared him
ineligible upon the presentation of
good and sufficient reasons. The MEM
bership of the conference was Swelled
to eighteen by taking in st. John col
lege of Winfield as an associate mem
ber, thereby making the association
one of the largest and most cumber-
some in the whole country.
The Detroit times., 1916-01-26
How About Kissinger?

TN HERE psarch playing ball the minors Joe IeaEe
n McAister thern-elFes
farme n
land pitches ball 'Rub Kssnge the hero of this
Michigan
a OF this
o
how old Kissnger Tradition that his
enlist the Civil fell and that slight
that he has been
The
and he
Kissnger about
couldn't
"Rube" all he did
! history
from the Pecans And down Dixie they wondering
that he old Jakey AH Will be exchanging
dwelling Mehusalehs baseball
be indited the granddaddy Of umpres His Rob
recall him. he has been umprng he National league for
This Will
in the senior circuit Emse was car Of The diamond for i've
quite pitcher in the old American association Despite his long
Emse called
series All the PLAYERS in the National league aren't
sport
and certainly Of the most permanent
The Detroit times., 1916-01-26
Tuesdays BOWlin e
Makes No Changes
in High HOnOrs
DOUBLES MEN
HAVE BAD DAY
Can't Break Into First
Ten i'm That
Division

Tuesdays bowling TO the city
tolruamea, didn't disturb ,he lead.
ers q b., When a truce was De-.
olared With The naples a, the Wood.
ward alleys late last night Wizard
continued 20 lead the singles.
Braun -KsstIer team still led in the
doubles. aud The Hubbard Council
quintet rerohed on The same emit
uence which tt grabbed or sawr-
day night
The tVomeu teams particularly
had a miserable day OK it There
wasn't couple that worked yes,er
day that could break into the ranks
Of the ln leaders Tn The dye-meu
events. wizards WoodVards did
succeed in olsting the Fa.ryIew
quintet from third place and there
Vere few changes further down
u that roll OF honor. Wizard
Drevs. Valentine and Bymastcr still
lead I'm the singles. hut r. Schrader
uosed ont Kosel FOR fifth place. The
IA leaders at present ln each d.
vision arc as follows
The Detroit times., 1916-01-26
Rivers and Courage Pals Now.

the n a
a championship
one of
has whipped Those occasional disclosed
the has
who hght like demons when the going good and
climax spring when frankie Callahan.
ph Rivers then ready 70 acnowede that he hadn't
brought him back this winter however and
a
of
AS he
cd
up
had
aoundy Mitchell the bout
IN a him
n
SPEEDY Rush who brand Princeton coach fall
from the Tigers schedule These schools which likely
o
win enable him Harvard until the games
The Detroit times., 1916-01-26
Kauff Grows More Humble;
Other Feds Seeking Jobs

once manager OF 'Ie bl1a," "47 .
John Cane. formerly manager OF
.H. H.soNgu Feds all were blzz.nz
sinclair and % B representatives
.aaa, whore they al.l get of
pras.dau. William T Robertson,
OF .ho HgTal5 club, conferred Ions
and earnestly Nu James s. 6.-
more. over ,aa disposal o. bus play
... sinclair H said 20 have had
sa pick or these and a's cH7ic" .s
.al -o te Ile.He schulz ial Chase
Frank Allen and Catcher Anderson.
President p % GVyn1er 9t tao
F.-rsa-.a club also aE Gilmore
ast G PLAYERS. ~ whom First
a~at I'D Fa7stray .... Du .'
usE. ua-nrv urey'1ss OF The
pirate. aas-a. want t.m back, be-
Manager Re.rl Oakea Of the
smasy F.g. asked 'o- Sob N'."
tl yarkar' aa. VAS turned down.
The Detroit times., 1916-01-26
Another Chance for Walsh.

N
nj or or
friend
of th
populace has obnEy queed
The Here
graythatched Lgree Of the White has the nq
There's absolutely nothing hat report Walsh will be
on special March 10
Mineral Wells, and look the big fellow
a from through
he
affctlOn robbed
Of disappeared J
s Ed viii De- able
his old the pitching
The Detroit times., 1916-01-26
STECHER TO MEET
MASKED MARVEL

NEW YORK. Jan Zf-Joe slech.
or. tho Nebraska farmer boy. whose
knee hold made him famous
wrestler fe@ months ag0. VII
meet Tho masked maveI Mort
Henderson here tomorroa night
The Manhattan wrestling foIgns.
ment is trying 10 prevent the mar
vel wrestling stschsr
The Detroit times., 1916-01-26

Tho IONS F'r.Tz of consecutive F.r
tories i1 fro Catholic laaeG. claim.
H9 'ho Kuighrr OF Equity Has .-os
ON lar right thrn 'la in. Ena
R,aervaa auaar.d % Haua..w. 40 '.
50 Ia..ug Ga fhn .r1.Yc i.a..r
Agnes five defeated tha Senators
10 20 l1 end Geo $50 c8rheriuaa HaH
from The ST. Lees. 20 f0 I7..
The Detroit times., 1916-01-26
frankie FuIler,s Season

TNHE CALAMITY HowLERs who insisted year thar Frankie
league invited gather around while ne mdst
ira1kcs friends
they viii be pleased by the returns N41sg Je
OF The
the
The
hitting and second In
Kid off the lots
who's wass
Smithson another with hc this
pitching he
o.
The Detroit times., 1916-01-26

81 = Will >LFCL20EQ u H>EGCD[~
TT jolly as-th daily qusHng Inspiration and
delying baseball Tor ..
fantastic
and anything To- assert
a
youth u all Cobb h1I. la
lines will evidence that Oscar the most .-ls.
entp ! the American
ton OF a who steal more n dozen
viii be- the dandy record book " si0
vhc Fe'auI,
excellent baseball statstcan Air Ernest Lns
First We learn hat season thus setting
n the American league n The same column we A- @
stanag ' act u 1915 You may
uotbeI
bu book Ar En statistics we a
l
that 0'af5se
and tagged bur once Therefore Ig
catches for the Tigers $685.
start something A
and Il by uuassa.ah,e figures
The dull thud wi biz Of WIFI f upon
viii the hudde and possibly duler when H| H| RECORD.
Good
pillows OF these Fritz Nass. has
the his ahead
16- and
speaker who hs sr average or
Bush 10 bar with 5tl e73 7@ eaeA
fully realize what rascal The paths o. haE really
The dope complete record The exposition
of the
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The Detroit times., 1916-01-26
LIAE-NIIN II-ANfA

The program for Thursday IN the
city tournament follows:
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-05-11

"DEBT.RAiSINo DINNER" FOL
be given In Mount Baker Presby-
terrain church, Friday night
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-05-11

nous. On. reliable estimate
places tho total eyarions NJ more
than ONE MILLION DOLLARS.
Tho most conspicuous tax dofg-
err In this class have been the for
cign steamship companies. These
companies have had q practical mo
nopoly Of tho ocean transportation
OF American carEoes. and have
made enormous profits thru the
maintenance OF freight rates by
pools and secret agreements. Since
the beginning OF tho European war.
these companies have increased
rates NOR. than 800 per cent
Profit ard less
During all the six years
aimee the enactment OF the cor
ponatlon tar. the United States
treasury has allowed tho
steamship companies 20 report
deficits Of millions when most
Of them ~ere really making
enormous profits
How did they DO ~ Ivy the
simple process OF charging up
against AMERICAN business. prao-
tically ALL tho expenses Of their
entire operations Meanwhile.
Uncl. Sam sat with his eyes closed
and his hands folded.
Tako the case OF ono OF the Eng.
iish steamship companies. whose
books have Jus, been examined.
This examination shows that. al
tho the returns Of the company 20
the treasury department FOR tho six
years from 1909 10 1914. showed
an alleged LOSS on American bust.
ness OF moro than $4,000. 900.
there was In fact n NET PROFIT
on American business OF more
than $4,000. 900.
Cheats U. s.; Pays England
This one company owes tho
United states treasury more
than $4,000, while tho tan due
from all Of them runs toward
the million mark.
AT THE SAME TIME THAT
THIS COMPANY WAS NOT
PAYING ONE CENT or TAX
TO THE UNITED STATES.
1T WAS PAYING INTO THE
BRITISH INCOME TAX
MORE THAN $4,000.
This case In simply illustrative
Df what was done by practically
every one OF tho foreign steamship
II shows clearly also many OF
tho things that are wrong with the
Income tar law and our treasury
department..
Publicity Needed
How many years would the
steamship companies have been
able TO turn in suol absurd re-
turns. II the informr ion had been
public. before protests from their
American competitors were lodged
with the treasury Department.
How long could the treasury
department have remained
with closed eyes and folded
hands before some enterpris
Ing newspaper exposed tho
whole game, or some alert rep
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-05-11
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