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The sun., 1916-09-19
WHAT WOULD HUGHES HAVE DOM
IN WILSON'S PLACE.? :.
An Attempt in Tventy.fsur Brief Chapters to Answer TM, Qu.thm
Of Contemporary Interest.

foreign Government he would nyv,
mitted his Secretary Of state ia ,,.,,
Its Ambassador that IL WIS on,y , t,.n
meant for home consumption?
That he would have insisted on ,s..
accountability" from c;cruany and ,h.s
after moro than "A hundred Amer.
c't sens were murdered by the formal.
irg Of the Lusitania, have rrnc,,in.
10 the world that we were "too proud :,
ight'?
That he would have approved ,
signed such a vicious and an,r,hi..
act as tho Clayton bill. permitting re-.
ICED labor to commi. all the dcrr,5 ;
lions and conspiracics Il please ag,,.
capital and the public aud rcinat. ..
munc from punishment therefor. ,.
fostering and encouraging the d,,uI
Ing conditions In the industr.a. wo+,
from and for which the bubble ,l,,,,.
suffers and pays. as II is doiug row
WI.
That he would have Insisted Nh,
the qualification and Gcgr, datiop Of b,
party in Congress by asking tia, .,
pudiate II solemn platform ilrlee
the American people. ialuo't. l... r..
anna canal tolls planl,"
XVII.
That he would hlrc 't...
pains to destroy America -l.rp.s
The behest of dcrugogu,s aud co be-.
tators by signing 90" L. loll," -.
Furuseth seamcn's bill IL "a %, G,u....
tempt to curry favor with iil'i
NvIlT.
That he would have blindiv trd ,f-
gantly. in the face Of expert opinion
opppsitiDn thpretp insIst,l rp,, -
The sun., 1916-09-19

That instead of accepting the word OF
Henry Lane Wilson. this country's ac-
credited Ambassador In Mexico. regard
ing conditions there. he would have pub
licly disgraced him by recalling and
ropiimanding him for having don his
duty. and sent his personal agent to Mex
leo to confer with Huerta. whom he re-
fused to r%ccognizeo
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-04

RACE THIS AFTERNOON
Annual Meet of Shawnee Driving Club
Held at Fair Grounds.

With a three-mile trot as the big
feature event of the card, the eighth
annual racing meet of the Shawnee
County Driving club was scheduled to
be held at the fair grounds this after
noon. A free for all trot and a free
for all pace also were feature events
Some of the best harness talent in
the county was entered and promoters
announced that they expected the most
successful meet in the history of the
association.
Mrs. Willis Smith was to drive her
racer, THE Rosary" in an exhibition
race of one-half mile against time. The
horse will be hitched to a buggy in
stead of sulky. Some of the horses
which will be entered are: Miss
Pinkerton," owned by AL Haley; Mr..
Mack" owned by James Clayborn;
Happy Lassie.' owned by Joe Thomp-
son; Alice NJ" William Brooks prize
beauty. and Zephyr NJ" owned by
c. D. Moss.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-04
HAS BIG CHANCE
Berth of Hero Made to Order
for Kelleher.
Seven Teams in the A. L. Now
Above 500 Mark.

New York, Aug. with Pants
Rowland's Chicago White Sox now in
the lead, the American league stand
ing today shows the unique situation
of seven teams with averages of bet
ter than 300. By their thirteenth
straight victory the St. Louis Browns
climbed just above the fifty-fifty
mark. Only Connie Mack's Athletics
with record of fifteen straight de-
feats to date are below the line.
Bill Donovan's demoralized Yam
KEGS tumbled another notch in losing
visit to Ban Johnson, as we'll as a
Grating the bushes, was the result
Shocker Recalled.
Urban Shocker, the sensational To-
ronto twirler, and Arago, of Rich
mond, have been ordered, despite pro-
test by their International league own
ers, to report to Donovan before the
end of the present series.
The National league race takes on
bic and his Brooklyn Dodgers. Casey
Stengefs recent home run habit and
the apparent trouble in the Braves
camp between Johnny Evers and Red
Smith, have resulted in the Brooklyn
team pulling away to a clear lead of
five and a half games. The weak link
of the Dodger line, through which
they have seen many games roll away
apparently to bave a
new protector soon. Robbie purchased
Jack Kelleher, of Denver, who IS slug
cling $50 and is said to be a better
fielder than either O'Mara or Olson.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-04
LOCkH0RN IS PUT OUT
NJ. v. Net Title Holder Defeated in
Missouri State Tourney.

Kansas City, Mo-, Aug. Al Lin
dauer, of Chicago, uncorked the sur
prise of the Missouri state tennis
tournament in play on the Field clubs
courts here, when he eliminated Cliff
ford Lockhorn. of Kansas City. Mis-
souri, Valley champion, in their fifth
round match, 7-5, 81. Lockhorn.
with series of notable victories be-
hind him, was an easy favorite and
was on his usual steady game.
Another upset was the defeat of
Eugene Monet. Norman, Okla, and
Kenneth UhIs, of Kansas City. by Fred
Williams. of Kansas City. and c. C.
Cox. of Springfield, Mo-, in first round
doubles, GA, 6-3.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-04
DUCKS COP AGAIN
BUrweII's BIowup Cost Savages
Third Lincoln Game.
There Was No One to Take
Mound When He Fell Down.

The second defeat of the Savages ct
the hands of the Lincoln Ducklings. by
tho score of A to 3, can, without trou-
BILE or stretch of the Imagination be
charged up to four men. others con-
t-ibuted, but only four were RESPONSE
BILE in a major way and therefore II is
permissible to put all the blame in
high power long range guns ana
shoot it at them.
For fear you will misunderstand. the
names of the four will be mentioned
They are the pitchers who answer to
the names of Hovlik, Willis, Collomore
and c. Young.
All Belong Here.
- All four of these men were bought
~ John Savage with good United
States money and all OF them were
offered salaries that were probably
much greater than they were worth.
Furthermore, they were almost begged
TO come to the rescue of the club. But
false pride and few dollars in pocket
1saved them the disgrace of coming to
q league that would probably have
proved too fast for them, and as
result when Manager Engle's slim
staff did crack, as it was bound to do
sooner or later, the tail went with the
hide. and the Ducklings were present.
sd with the easiest victory they Will
sprobably ever receive.
n And the whole disaster was started
81 because there was no pitcher to go in
and check the attack. Burwell shot
his wad in the first inning and i'll the
second he was knicked for five safe
biz VS. that counted three runs. In the
third he continued to serve them to
order to the Lincoln batters and after
he had permitted a single, a sacrifice,
q a walk and a triple to count three
s11ore Boliver Dick Kaufman was sent
I'm
Kaufman Out Early.
.1- Kaufman finished out the inning.
but at the beginning of the third, he
pulled up at the box crippled in the
ribs and stated that he was unable to
carry on the fight Engle did not
want to use up the only remaining
rpitchers he had and tried an expert
= Gnent by sending George Cochran to
the box and shaking up his whole line
1anp. Engle himself went to third. AL
Hen went in to catch and Monroe was
sent to left field to fill in.
- Cochran celebrated his accession of
the mound by tanning Thomson, one
7iof Lincoln's most dangerous hitters,
and he probably would have gotten
away in great shape had the team
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.@M o. Up to the Minute 49,
|VMn SPORTINGlNEWSdAg
| /NyNN From Everywhere.

given him support But poor field
ing coupled with two walks. permit
ted a couple of runs to cross the pan
without a single hit, and from then
on practically every member of the
team except Cochran gave up. He
continued to pitch his best and struck
out five men, but no man who is not
a regular pitcher can be expected to
do anything marvellous singlehanded.
Big Chance Slipped.
Up to the fifth inning the Savages
had made one run and then their big
opportunity knocked and was allowed
to pass without the knock being an
swered. Devore and Cochran singled
and Goodwin did likewise, scoring De-
vore. There were no outs and 1t
looked like something might be manu-
featured, but Engle forced Goodwin
at second and Kruger hit into a
double play.
From then on the gravy gravitated
to the Ducklings in a steady stream
East weakened and permitted two
up to their chins in despair and the
best they could get was one lone run.
Cochran retired his opponents IN
order in the fifth and seventh innings.
In the sixth he allowed two hits and
a counter and a double counted an
other in the eighth. In the ninth he
remembered that he might have to
use his arm today and eased up, let
ting the greedy visitors score four
more.
Todays game ends the Lincoln Sc
ries. A victory is needed to get an
even break.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-04
BASEBALL TODAY.
Western League.


Omaha at ST. Joe. clear. 3:15 p. m.
Sioux City at Wichita, clear. 3:15
p. m.
Lincoln at Topeka, clear. $3.50 p. m.
Des Moines at Denver, clear, 3:15
p. m.
National League.
Chicago at New York, cloudy, $3.50
F. m.
Pittsburg at Brooklyn, cloudy, $3.50
y. m.
St. Louis al Philadelphia. cloudy.
$3.50 p. m.
Cincinnati at Boston, cloudy, 3:15
p. m.
American League.
washington at Chicago. clear, 2,
first 80 r. m.
Philadelphia at Cleveland. clear.
3:15 p. m.
New York at Detroit. cloudy. 3:15
F. M
Boston at st. Louis. clear. 2:30 p. m.
American Association.
Louisille at Toledo. cloudy. 8 p. n.
indianapolis at Columbus, rain,
p. m.
Milwaukee at Kansas City. clear,
SIS p. m.
Minneapolis at st. Paul. rain. 3 p. m.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-04
FOOD FOR FANS
(BY GEORGE j.. PHAIR.)
Copyright

Fly Away, Fly.
"a few lines generated on our virtuous
couch at I a. m)
o, please. little fly. will you beat it
And let me alone for while:
Let me slumber some more with res
And a happy and satisfied smile
You have galloped around on my eyebrow,
Twenty miles you have run since the ris-
In a marathon race on my cheek
You one-stepped about on my forehead
And not n complaint did you hear,
l didn't much care If you fox-trotted there
But don't buzz around in my ear
So desist. you impertinent insect
And seek other grounds for your play.
oh, fervently wish that / had the ambish
To arise and to chase you away
Ludwig, our pet fly, is better than an
alarm clock. He awakens at seven
every morning. If we only knew the fly
language we should inform the little pest
that he is three hours ahead of time.
The house fly is called the musca do
mestica. The bar fly, we presume. Is called
the musca saioonica, several of which are
said by an eminent scientist to be hanging
around in our midst.
Swimming is an art which is easier to
master than is the art of playing tennis.
We learned to swim hard by the IRA
grant packing house, where the lumber
schooners were lnshed to the dock and the
no-piece bathing suit was the vogue.
1t had beer the custom of the young
er set in our society to borrow slabs of
pine from the lumber yard nearby and to
paddle out into the river on the said slabs
of lumber.
But one eventful day-it was a warm
day in July-while the scented breath of
the slaughterhouse made glad our child
ish nostris, some guy Ut may have been
Andy Reilly, II may have been Dinky
Burke and 1t may have been John james
Egan-we never found out. but whoever 1t
wasl pushed us off the dock and said.
Swim, you son of a gun, swfm."
We swan.
Therefore 1t never was necessary for
us to take Martin Delaneys dry land
swimming lessons.
Motto-The easies way in which TO
learn to swim is t. swim
The human body is lighter than water.
All that prevents the average human be-
Ing from swimming is the preponderanee
of solid ivory in the upper floor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-04
HAHNH IEOO 10 TAsOANIIE-
Minneapolis Player Picked to Win
mississippi Golf Title.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Aug. 1.-Two
Minneapolis entries and two from
Iowa will compete in the semi-fina1s
of the championship flight at the
trans Mississippi golf tournament here
today.
Harry C. Legg. of Minnikheda club.
Minneapolis. four times champion,
came through the So hole round with
an easy victory over B. G. Guinand,
Cedar Rapids, Ia, 9 up and to play.
and he is general favorite for the
1916 title. which will be decided Sat
urtlay- The other Minneapolis sur
vivor of the third round was c. P. Jaf-
fray, Minnikheda, and he is paired
with Lesg for today's play. Jaffray
defeated Rev Paul Talbot, Salina
Kan. and s.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-04
WHITE SOX LEAD NOW
Hose Warriors of Old Roman at Last
Climb to Top.

Chicago, ILL.,, Aug. 4.-The White
Sox were leading the American league
race for the first time this season to-
day. After months of struggling in
which they climbed to second place
only to be showed back to the cellar,
the Hose landed on top of the heap
Thursday through a day of idleness
and a defeat of the leading Boston
Red Sox by the Browns. Chicago Is
the sixth team to hold the lead this
season.
The Sox will play a double bill with
the Senators today, as rain forced the
calling off of Wednesdays game in the
second inning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-04


when We have men bases we bat
like old women" Josh Devore remarked In
Thursdays game. Gosh Josh, II was more
or less true when you said 1t, all right.
DEBATE pulled a lime and animal matter
stealing, and Schweitzer something that
resembled the same thing when he held
base runner on third with a weeks time
to score remaining before the throw in.
1t was probably a wise stunt not to
waste another pitcher on Thursdays game,
more cooperative fight to the bitter end
would have made it look a little better.
even though all hope had been lost.
In spite of it all. a little up to the aver
age pitching ought to make the .Savages
look pretty sweet. and If they get 1t to-
morrow and Sunday they should give the
league leading Omahogs couple of real
battles.
Umpire Mullen says that people are
wearing overcoats on the streets in Denver
after dark these nights. Can you blame
an umpire for liking to work in the, Mile
High city? - =
IKE Ella says it is better that they
should get all of their rotten playing ont
of their system in double of days than
that they should dribbie it out over a week
or so.
A great many fans wondered why pinch
hitter sent in for Ty Lober in the
ninth inning of Wednesdays game. The
explanation is very simple. The umpire
wouldn't let Lober go to bat without any
clothes on, and Ty was as naked as
newly born Jaybird when his turn came.
Thinking that the game was over he had
gone to the club house and made a dash
for the shower while the rest of the players
were driving in runs.
When some baseball fans pay four bits
to see Il game they think they are entitled
to do dollars worth of panning. And
don't think that some of them do not use
up the full face value of their privileges.
Sometimes they get under the hide at the
right spot and sometimes they don't.
1t is reported that Harry Sinclair, ex-
Fed magnate from Tulsa. Oklahoma. is
diekering with the Brittons for the pur-
chase of the st. Louis Cardinals. The
price of oil may have something to do
with the closing Of deal.
Tom Rogers, a Nashville pitcher, work
ing in a game against Chattanooga a short
time ago, made the most perfect record
any pitcher can make. Not single batter
reached first during the entire game.
where Animal Dashner Is now pastiming.
indicate that the Animal Is getting away
good. He has won several extra inning
games since going up and recently
pitched shit victory.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-04
IT'S A GOOD Bet COBB
WILL 0UTHIT JACKSON

Although Joe Jackson has been
somewhat ahead of Ty Cobb in the
batting lists to date 1t appears that
Ty will nose Joe out just as he has
every other season. Joe Is begin
ming to fall off bit and Ty is COM
ing ahead. which he will probably
continue to do at least till he has
Joe well behind him. It's fairly
safe bet that Cobb will beat out
Jackson most every season.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-04
PET STOCK MEN ELECT.

National Association Picks Colorado
Springs Man for President
Chicago, I'LL, Aug. 4.-The National
Pet Stock association of America,
holding its annual convention here an
nounced the following election of Of
ficers today:
Lewis Griffin, Colorado Springs,
Colo, president: Geo. Eckert, Chicago,
first vice president; T. P Keeney.
Portland, Ore, second vice president:
C. S. Gibson, Detroit. national secre-
tary; w. E. Taylor. Golden, Colo.
western secretary and DR.. NJ. Mathies,
Chicago, treasurer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-04
Joe Tinker.

Cub manager, is somewhat less the
favorite of the fans here since his mis-
behavior in a game with Brooklyn a
short while ago when he and his Cubs
tried to bully Umpire Byron and lost
a game as a result by forfeit. The idea
prevails among local fans that Tink-
er's conduct was childish and absurd
and that he got all that was coming
to him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-04
KELLEHER TO BROOKLYN
Ebbetts Buys the Classy Shortstop of
the Denver w. i. Club.

New York, Aug. CHARLES Eb-
belts, president of the Brooklyn Ma
tional League club, announced here
the purchase of Shortstop John KEEL
leher from the Denver club of the
Western league. Kelleher will report
to the Superbas in September at the
close of the Western league season.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-04

Lincoln .US6 ZUl O1f-lf
Topeka ............-.-......1O 100 O1O 100
Summary: Three base N, hits 9Lattimqse,
Fate, Carlisle, Thomson. Sacrifice hits
baltimore. Sacrifice flies-Goodwin. Stolen
bases-Cochran, baltimore, Morse. Double
plays-DeFate to Cochran. Smith to Latti-
more to Hunter. Struck out-By Cochran.
5; by. East 4. First on balls-of Bur-
balls-Allen, 2: Umpires-kane and Null
Other w. L. Games.
At Denver-Score: r. H E.
Denver 900 600 GOO o
Batteries: Musser and Spahr; West,
Sterzer and Shestak.
At st. Joe-Score: r. h e.
Batteries: North and Kruger; Hovlik
and Beers
At Wichita-Score R. II. e.
Sioux City .............0 oil 042 01O-9 IL o
Wichita ......-........ .OO4 600 000A 10
Batteries: Grover and Crosby; Bennett,
Hewey and Gray.
CLANCY Wins Easy Bout.
New York, Aug. 4.-George CLANCY,
of Baltimore, who Is to meet Johnny
Kilbane for the featherweight cham
pionship on Labor day, outboxed
Packy Homme, of this city, in a ten
round bout here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-04

It was the thirteenth straight win for the
Browns and they are still In seventh
place. Thirteen more and they'll have
everything in the league behind 'em.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-04

Casey Stengel of Brooklyn also got q
homer. The White Sox did not play, an.l
as consequence took the lead in the
American league. the Browns defeat of the
Red Sox doing the business.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-04

Thursdays big league hero-Fred Merkle
Merkle's home run in the eighth brought
in the only run of the game.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-04

Luderus of the Phillies got a home run
and two singles out of four times up.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-04

North, the ST. Louis Omahog. came to
life in the official score books and tie
feated st. Joe to 4. The Polar Bear held
the Drummers to four hits.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-04
SC0REBOARD FLASHES

Denver did the same thing that orr
laddies did. They let the Izzies beat them
on their own ground IA to 0. HI West
was the goat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-04

1t is reported that Harry Sinclair, ex-
Fed magnate from Tulsa. Oklahoma. Is
diekering with the Brittons for the pur-
chase of the st. Louis Cardinals. The
price of oil may have something to do
with the closing of deal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-04

to see Il game they think they are entitled
to do Il dollars worth of panning. And
up the full face value of their privileges
Sometimes they get under the hide at the
right spot and sometimes they don't.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-04

Tom Rogers. a Nashville pitcher, work
ing in game against Chattanooga a short
time ago, made the most perfect record
any pitcher can make. Not a single batter
reached first during the entire game.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-04
Sport Wheezes
by CLUG-

1-2-3-Out.
He was up in a pinch,
Would have been a cinch
To put the game on ice;
But just like a fIivver
He couldn't deliver,
He missed a good one thrice.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-04

Reports from the Central Association
where Animal Dashner Is now pastiming.
indicate that the Animal is getting away
good. He has won several extra inning
games since going up" and recently
pitched a Shit victory
New Britain herald., 1916-03-14
FIRST PUBLICATION
 IN THIS CITY FOUND
It Was the "Shepherdess" and
 Was Printed in 1881

What is believed to be the first pub- lication of any kind issued in this citv has been discovered at the home of F. B. Hartraft of 36 Pearl street, Hartford. It is now in the possession of James Shepherd, who brought it into the Herald office for inspection. It is a small four page folder called the "Shepherdess,' and was published November 23, 1881.
 The introductory para graph at the head of the sheet is responsible for the conclusion that it is the first printed matter in the guise of a newspaper ever published here. The paragraph is as follows:
 "The Shepherdess of New Britain. by a company of village girls, is an original miscellany undertaken for their social qualification and improve ment. Heretofore it has been con- ducted in manuscript and confined to their own circle, but now printed to enable them to furnish their asso- ciates and friends without the trouble of copying The, scope and spirit of it's contributions will sufficiently ex- plain the rest"
 The contents of the pamphlet are mainly essays, little of actual news
 
 ticle is a poem dedicated to the Shep- herdess. and unsigned It is dated New Marlborough. An essay on "Composition and General Reading" is signed Somebody Somewhere.' "F,nvv." by "Julia," Saturday Nnght," by 'Dorcas," and "Saturn,' by "Justina,' make up the list of signed articles An essay on Truth is unsigned.
 What might be termed an editorial article and one news item complete the edition. There are no advertise ments.
 The following article comprises the editorial comment:
 Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way, and all the people shall say Amen.
 "Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger fatherless and widow, and all the people shall say Amen.
 with what awful emphasis should these curses of the Almighty sound in the ears of our own national rulers for the treatment of the helpless ana oppressed Cherokees.'
 "Twelve thousand houses and tWo- thirds of the inhabitants or the cl'S of Ragdad were lately swept away py an inundunition," is the only arClclo of news.
 Professor Camps "History Of New Britain" is responsible for the state ment that Nancy smith, an accolh- plished teacher, presumably at the girls school which was 1n eHlstelice here at that time, was the chle1 eulIol' The marriage of the editor to Hora'ip yra1do was believed to have put an end +o the publication some six months after it's appearance.