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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-14
lone IN A MILLION
Nal Eason Is an Honest, Fear
less Indicator Man.
He Umpires Without Knowing
Which Is Home Club.
(BY FRANK G. MENKE.)

New York, June 14-Mal Eason is
the most unpopular umpire in the big
leagues. All around the Tener cir
cult the natives single out Nal as the
particular target of their boots and
jeers- Everywhere they call him 1.-The
worst umpire But Nal, OF boy, isn't
losing any sleep over it
The fact that he is so thoroughly
honest and just in his decisions. and
so fearless of consequences. has made
Eason hated by the home fans. In
this era there are some umpires
known as home umpires:" fellows
who occasionally decide a play of close
nature, in favor of the home gang
1t oftentimes seems to spectators that
Nal gives the visiting team the shade
the best of his decisions.
1t requires iron nerve mad a nature
calloused to boots and Kisses to de-
eide against the home team on play
where decision either way would
seem to be fair. Nal Eason is such
man. No matter how hostile the
crowd Nal rules as his judgment die
tates. and, unfortunately for his popu-
larity, ne rules against the home team
with considerable regularity.
Never Favors Home Team.
For an umpire to favor the home
a huge crowd is present, seems only
human. But Nal sizes up as inhuman
IN this respect. Time and again he
has ruled against the natives when it
seemed to the folks in the stands that
the verdict was wrong. And a howl of
protest went up. Some umpires, hav-
ing made what the fans call a raw
decision" against the home team on
one play, may even it up by giving
that team the shade on the next close
| play But Eason never does.
Some National league managers call
Eason farce as an umpire: the major
portion of the fans agree. Maybe
those folks are right; maybe not.
Eason's umpiring judgment, at times,
may be wrong. But no one can ac-
cuse Nal Eason of being dishonest, or
charge him with cowardice by play
ing against visiting team
Eason, above all else, is an honest
UNI pire.
Groh's Pulling Stance.
Heinle Groh's stance at the plate is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-14
BAKER IN SLUMP:
DID THE YEARS
LAYOFF DO 1T?

Did the years layoff dim the bat
ting orb of ]. Franklin Baker?
The batting to date of the Home
Run King" has been disappointment
to the Yankee fans. And it has sur
prised the American league enthusi-
asts. Baker was a consistent 800 hit
ter when with the Athletics He used
to bang them to all portions of the
lot-and frequently, out of it
But Baker, after a fair getaway this
season. slumped. He bumped into
vacuum for a while. Since then he
has been smashing them with a fair
degree of regularity-but not in the
same way as of old
Bill Donovan. the Yankee manager.
is one of those. however, who feel that
Baker is still there-that he is round
ing too slowly, but surely.
Baker is just starting now" said
Donovan. I'm another month, he will
be breezing along as of old. The old
boy is still there-and he will demon
strate it before the season is out"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-14
OF SIXTEEN
SIGNED TO N. Y.
GIANT CONTRACT

Boys, you are never too young for
your dreams to come true. Waite C.
Hoyt, a New York lad of barely six
teen, wears a New York Giant uni
form, is signed to Giant contract and
pitches like old Matty.
Probably few boys who have ever
played baseball have not dreamed of
becoming the sensation of the big
in the paper because of their marvel
Gus performance in a uniform. And
to Hoyt this dream has come true in
every respect. Some day he will trot
out in front of a bowling stand with
mother and father and relatives in
prominent box and VIII consumnate
the highest hopes Of nation of boys
by shooting one over the inside cor
ner of the plate and making one of
the old heads of the game fan out
Hoyt worked his way into the lime
light by winning 81 out of S3 games
as a Brooklyn high school pitcher
last season. He pitched six hitless
games. and he looked so promising
that McGraw signed him in spite of his
age The lad is to work with the Leb-
anon Giant farm team this summer
and as soon as he has been taught the
fine points of the game he will be Civ
| en- his big chance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-14
B0NEBRAKE LEADS
Topeka Lad of Is Stars at State
Golf Tourney.
Hurley Gets Away Bad, but He
Still Has Chance.

Emporia- Kan, June 14-Arthur
Bonebrake, a Is year old boy from
Topeka. playing in the state golf
tournament in the Emporia Country
club course, was the individual star
Of the second days qualifying rounds.
He made the lowest score for nine
holes, SO strokes. and tied Grant
Chamberlain of Hutchinson for. the
low medal score of "a, in Is holes. The
leading scores of the second DAVIS play
were: Bonebrake and Chamberlain,
"a; Eberhardt, Salina, IS; Passler,
ley and Griggs, Topeka, SO, and Grit
fifth. Wichita, Sterritt. Hutchinson,
Whittlesey, Emporia, and Cooper and
Snyder, Topeka, 80.
The first championship flight will
start today.
Bonebrake a Favorite
Art Bonebrake is the marvel OF the
tournament and many golfers pick the
10y to win the championship. His
driving. approaching and putting are
much better than other championship
;iSpsrS Its.
harlow Hurley of the Topeka Coun-
try club showed poor form IN his pre-
tournament playing, but as Soo1 as he
becomes familiar with the courses he
is expected to gain his stride. Hurley
is mentioned more as championship
timber than any other golfer. In ortli-
nary play. Hurley is considered to be
the peer of the entire entry list, but in
previous tournaments he mas fallen
down at critical points. However. Bob
PEBBLES and others who have seen
Hurley in action predict his vic-orY.
The Topeka players will find much
competition in the Eberhar.lt brothers
-four of them-from SaliDa- T. B.
Griffith. inner of several champion
ships. is SIT. to be considered and
Gordon Griffith is playing well
Chamberlain of Hutchinson. Allen
Sterling, the Lawrence champion, and
Pyle and Harris of Emporia are all
gocd golfers.
Topekans to Qualify.
The Topekans who are expected to
land in the championship flight and
their scores are: Bonebrake, "a; Fass-
Ter, IS; Hurley, SO; Griggs SO; Coop
er. 80; Snyder, 80; Felix, 81; Mer-
rian1. 81; j. A. Cole, "a: Duncan, 95;
Morgan, 95.
1t is probable that Goodrich, 50;
Campbell, SO, and HUMPHREYS. 80, will
play in the secretary's flight. Coach
Beau Olcott, of Kansas university,
made a 95. Other low scores were:
Fred Eberhardt Salina, 90; L. Harris,
Emporia, 90; R. Pyle, Emporia, 90; A.
Sterling, Lawrence, SO; S. Hutton,
Hutchinson, 90; ]. A. Onstatt, aSlina,
81; H. A. Eberhardt, Salina, SO.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-14
LOP-EARED JINx DOC IS CAUSE
OF POOR SHOWING OF SAvACES
Harry Davis, Old Athletic Star, Tells How High
balls Almost Made Him SuperstihOus.

have been losing
sistenty discovered There NANCY lazy
hanging taking the bat bags and
performing general jonah and to him accredited
the poor showing the team has been making
course suspected that other troubles will be found 20
lack of batting consistency and too much mechanical Won
the cause OF the
values his life he is hereby warned that
will him show himself within the park walls
in the future. 49,
this time laughing at this abi and calling
silly superstion Undoubtedly is superstition But being
snerols is as natural ball players eating is to
other majority of the pasmern the big leagues
as well Observation-Disclosures in luck than they believe in
anything And player who doesn't at some time get under
h. Isl N reality real ball PLAYER.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-14
BASEBALL TODAY.

western League.
Omaha at Topeka, clear, $3.50 p. m.
No other games scheduled.
National League.
Chicago at New York, cloudy, $40
p. m.
Pittsburg at Philadelphia, clear,
$3.50 p. m.
St Louis at Brooklyn, cloudy, $3.50
p. m.
Cincinnati at Boston, clear. 3:15
p. m.
American League.
Washington at Chicago, rain, p. m
Boston at st. Louis, cloudy, $3.50
p. m.
New York at Detroit. clear. 3:15
p. m.
No other games scheduled.
American Association.
Columbus at Kansas City, clear,
$3.50 p. m.
Toledo at Milwaukee, rain, 3 p. m.
Indianapolis at St Paul. clear. 8
p. m.
Louisville at MINNEAPOLIS. clear.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-14

position that the other batters assune
at the start. .,,,a
Heinie swings around at the SAM
moment that the pitcher IS ABOUT -
let loose the ball, and the suoo '.
"dervish" of the Redleg is olsconIe
ino IN the hulk of pitchers Further
more. Heinie varies his tactics oy
jumping around a bit before the oe
livery is made. Often he leaps at w
ball before his whirl is completed anu
the moundsman never is sure as "
inst where to shoot the ball to fool
Heinie. because he is just as likely 70
be at the breaking point of the peiiel
as not.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-14

the most peculiar of any man in base
ball. The other big leaguers. when at
bat. face either toward first or third
base, according to whether they are
left or right handed hitters. They
watch the pitcher with one eye-the
optic nearest the twirler.
But the Red third baseman, in TAX
ing his position, stands squarely facing
the pitcher. His back-the whole of
its toward the grandstand. Heinie
stands that way until the pitcher has
completed his windup. Then, as the
arm swings. Heinie, who is a right
handed sticker, wheels into the same
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-14
Sport Wheezes
by cling

Jimmy Jackson also is pulling his hair
over the way his team is going.
And the teams that are not on top have
to tb is sne Ties
ing point has just about been reached.
In another fortnight the teams that are
on the bottom are going to find the climb
ing unusually hard. The Fourth of July,
wet or dry, is more than apt to find the
teams in the neigh borhood of their finish
ing positions.
so eary9" a ons fam asked Out another on
car the other afternoon, and the early bird
replied: We'll 1 am a great believer in
preparedness. like to get the rough place
and splinters worn off my seat before the
game starts.
doubtedly will be heralded with great joy
in Wichita where his standing was not
ever, Pontius's base work in Topeka ap-
peared to be good-as good as the average,
at least.
Before leaving Topeka Pontius an
nounced that he would go to Oklahoma
City to take a position with the Western
Association, the league in which he worked
last season President Hill of the aSsocia-
ton is understood to have had standing
| offer out to him since he came to the W. l..
Following the resignation of Pontius,
4
| to HE elsewhere and Johnny Mullen, tout
| ed as the best in the league. was sched-
uled to make his first appearance here to-
| morrow.
Local fans will see the Lincoln Duck
| lings in action for the first time tomor
| row when they open four game series
with the Savages. The Ducklings have
| found the going rather rocky since they
| came south, but they ought to make things
| interesting for the Topeka players, unless
the Savages develop an unexpected agrees
| siveness-
St Louis has a young phenom pitcher
| in four games, average of 10 per game.
His name is Daveggia and we would like
| to have him put in when Marty Krug
| bats the next time Omahogs come to To-
peka.
WHERE TT HURTS.
1T hurts" the baseball magnate said,
Ito gaze upon the rain;
Wheneer 1 the showers fall
Feed q grevi0us pain"
and does it hurt your rhematiz.
Whene'er a. rainsform beafs?"
"Ah, mop the magnate made reply.
| 'It hurts my gate receipts.
| 1t is said that Manager Jackson, of the
| Wolves is doing some rough riding with
| spurs on in an effort to bring the Wolves
out of their slump. Jimmy has instituted
morning practice and he is working all
| of his PLAYERS for all they are worth.
jackson Releases Another.
Wichita, Kan, June 14.-First
Baseman Morrow has been released by
the Wichita club. Dave Griffith, a
catcher, has Joined the squad. Two
more releases will probably be handed
out today it was announced.
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in duty bound to bring the stool out
every afternoon, place it in the same
spot and root for Brooklyn.
The idea appealed to Ebbets and
the next afternoon he was back at the
same spot. His team won again
Then a baseball official visited Brook
Ign and being the guest of Ebbets, the
latter felt that he had to show him
special attention and went with him
to sit in a box instead of sitting on
his stool seat Result, Brooklyn lost
the game, and since then Ebbets has
been sticking pretty close to his stool.
guest or no guest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-14
TAYLOR is HIGH GUN.
Regular Weekly Shoot at Topeka Club
Held Tuesday Afternoon

At the regular weekly shoot of the
Topeka Gun club Tuesday afternoon,
]. P. Taylor carried off high honors of
the day with a total of 4S dead
birds out of a possible so. Thomp-
son was runner up with AZ and Stone
third with as. Springer got 43, Hoov-
er 40 and Moore 80.
It is said that interest in trap shoot
ing continues to increase and the
members of the local club are plan
ming another big shoot in the near fu-
ture.
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College Baseball Results.

Lafayette, 3: University of Pennsyl-
vania, g
PENNSYLVANIA State. 4; University of
Pittsburg, 3.
Harvard, 4; Tufts. 8 I'll innings).
Columbia, s.; Union. /.
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Kilbane Outclasses O'Leary.

Kilbane Outclasses O'Leary.
Buffalo, N Y, June 14-Johnny
Kilbane of Cleveland, featherweight
champion, met Johnny O'Leary. light
weight champion of Canada. in a ten
round bout here. Each weighed 100
pounds. Kilbane outclassed the Cana
dian and had him nearly out in the
fifth round and again in the eighth
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-14
BOY Fights as Mother Dies.

Boston, Mass, June 14.-Wllile
Mike Glover. a local welterweight, was
engaged in twelve-round boxing bout
with Ted Lewis of London, Glover's
mother lay on her death bed at the
city hospital. She died about the time
the judges were announcing that Lew
is had been given the decision
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-14

No game at Topeka Tuesday
At Wichita-Score r. H. e.
Dies Moines .....---.-. 900 010 no
Wichita .........-.-..-1 100 600 33~-1
Batteries-Musser, Thomas and Breen;
Malarkey and Gray.
At St Joe-Score: R. Fl. e.
Lincoln .............. 900 900 600 4 =
St Joseph ........... .101 O01 00+-3 2 1
Batteries-Gregory and Rohrer; Som
mers and Fusner.
At Denver-Score: r. n. f.
Ienver ................ 900 900 100-1 l
Sioux city ......-..-- .OOl lU3 UUU--O III
Observation-Disclosures, King and Shestak
Schardt and Crosby.
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Cleveland, according to certain records.
is batting .244 And yet, when we read
the individual records we find that he
is batting .357
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-14

One of the mysteries of the convention
is that the Ohio delegation failed TO east
a vote for Iris Speaker.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-14
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.

r. H. q.
1oieuo IL y !
Batteries: Bedient, Strand and Sweeney:
Sanders, HUMPHREYS, Regain and Berry,
Hargrave.
Ri e
Indianapolis .................... s 1
Is i
Batteries Aldridge and Schang; Will
Hams, Bentley and Owens.
r. H. g.
Louisville Observation-Disclosures. Z 1
st. Paul 13 2
Batteries: Palermo, Moran and La
Longe; Finneran, Douglas and Clemens,
Land.
RHE
Columbus Observation-Disclosures 4
Milwaukee Observation-Disclosures. I
Batteries: Davis and Pratt, Coleman !;
Shackleford and Mayer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-14

A delegate to a national convention il
a king among men He has almost a.
much authority as a king on a checke
board
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Matt Is a Regular Cut-Up.

Would Hughes accept the nomination If
he thought the winner would be re-
turned by a close shave?
MATT FOLEY
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So Long.

The delegate spoke as he caught the trail
To depart for his native cline:
Il cannot make out what it all was about
But / sure had a grand old time,'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-14

Bat. Nelson arises from his hospital cot
to announce that he wants to fight VOL
CAST The winner. understand it,
would be worlds lightweight appendicitis
champion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-14
FOOD FOR FANS
(BY GEORGE L. PHAIR-)
Copyright
a Relief


(BY GEORGE L. PHAIR-)
tCopyright.]
A Relief.
His club was being walloped in a fearful
His athletes played as If they all were
sick, and halt, and lame,
And yet he simply smole a smile and
gazed upon the sky.
Nor was there any sadness in his calcu-
iating eye
why. smile?' a. rooter asked of him
your team is getting trimmed
And yet the gladness in his eye was
never even dimmed-
-Four days. the owner answered him;
-four days of bitter pain;
-Four days l never saw a thing but rain,
and rain, and rain.
$50 let them play like wooden men and
throw the game away,
Il do not care single whoop-there is
game today.
81 wrecked fleet of battleships
This afternoon, he said,
And sadly took another drink and
Sadly shook his head.
"I do not hate my fellow man,
do not love to slay,
But sinking ships and killing men
Is how l draw my pay.
To-day I'll have to take trench
And sink submarine
And wreck battle cruiser
My trusty type machine
Hughes and Fairbanks, And it only
took one iceberg to wreck the Titanic!
The national convention has created al
most as much frenZied enthusiasm the
match between Willie Hoppe and George
Sutton.
There was great disappointment over
the postponement of the Speedway races.
The protests could almost be heard with
the aid of ear trumpet at distance
of one inch.
New York baseball scribes are in mid
season form. For the first time this year
Heine Zim has been sold to the Giants
Bat Nelson arises from his hospital cot
to announce that he wants to fight VOL
CAST The winner. we understand it,
would be worlds lightweight appendicitis
champion.
Matt Is a Regular Cut-Up.
Would Hughes accept the nomina ton If
he thought the winner would be re-
MATT FOLEY.
is batting PA. And yet, when we read
the individual records we find that he
is batting -357.
is that the Ohio delegation failed TO east
a vote for Iris Speaker.
delegate to a national convention is
a king among men. He has almost as
much authority king on a checker
board.
So Long.
The delegate spoke as he caught the train
To depart for his native c1ime
Il cannot make out what it all was about,
But / sure had grand old tirnei'
Boy Fights as Mother Dies.
Boston, Mass, June 14-Wlaile
Mike Glover, a local welterweight was
engaged in a twelve-round boxing bout
with Ted Lewis of London, Glover's
mother lay on her death bed at the
! city hospital She died about the time
| the judges were announcing that Lew
/ is had been given the decision
College Baseball Results.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-14
WESTERN LEAGUE.

No game at Topeka Tuesday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-14

| New York baseball scribes are in mid
| season form. For the first time this year
Heine Zim has been sold to the Giants.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-14

There. was great disappointment over
the postponement of the Speedway races.
The protests could almost be heard with
the aid of trumpet at distance
of one inch
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-14

In another fortnight the teams that are
on the bottom are going to find the climb
ing unusually hard. The Fourth of July,
wet or dry, is more than apt to find the
teams in the neighborhood of their finish
ing positions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-14

what makes you go out to the park
so early?" one fan asked another on q
car the other afternoon, and the early bird
replied: well I a great believer in
preparedness. 1 like to get the rough place
and splinters worn off my seat before the
game starts"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-14

Judging from the Wichita papers,
Jimmy jackson also is pulling his hair
over the way his team is going.
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The resignation of Umpire Pontfus un-
doubtedly will be heralded with great joy
in Wichita where his standing was not
what Bradstreet would class as AA. How
ever, Pontius's base work in Topeka ap-
peared to be good-as good as the average,
at least
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-14

Hughes and Fairbanks, And it only
took one iceberg to wreck the Titanic,
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- Ebbets waxed enthusiastic over the
success of his team that afternoon,
but thought nothing of the stool until
Il friend came in to congratulate him
and incidentally to remark that Eb-
Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1916-07-29
NO ELECTRIC POWER
AVAILABLE FOR MINES
UNTIL NEXT OCTOBER

According to information direct
from the Desert Power and Water
company, in the form of letters re-
ceived by local operators, there is
faint hope, indeed, of any additional
electrical power being used here be-
fore next October.
1t seems that the company is away
short of power at its Kingman plant.
1t is even using an auxiliary engine
that under no circumstances was in
tended to be used except as a substi-
tute for the main plant in case of a
breakdown or similar contingency.
During the hot months its general
ing power is taxed by the elements of
nature. 1t takes far more power in
the heat of summer to generate and
transmit electrical force than in cooler
weather.
According to a letter received in the
past few days by an Oatman operator
the company could not take on an ad-
ditional load even of twenty or thirty
kilowatts before October.
There was a time, and that only a
month ago, when the power company
could fall back upon the dearth of
transformers, giving itself at least
80 days leeway in filling new con-
tracts. But just now it finds itself
handicapped to the extent that it dare
not do even that or make a promise
for 80 days ahead.
The operator referred to had a
promise in June of electrical power by
the time his transformers could arrive.
He decided not to risk ordering trans
formers and take chances on being
turned down on landing the power in
July. His fears are realized and he
was lucky in not ordering transform
ers for he would simply have them in
stock until October. Under the cir
cumstances he will use "a gasoline
plant as a makeshift. He likes cleo
tricity better and will take it later
when he can get it.