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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18
BALL'SLOSSESB BIC
New A. L. Magnate Dropped
$4,000 in Fed Venture.
JOhnson's League Held Short
Schedule Meeting in N. Y.

New York, Feb. 1s.-At the annual
schedule meeting of the American
league held here Thursday, President
B. B. Johnson represented the new
owners of the Cleveland club. After
the playing dates for the coming sea-
son had been adopted, the league ex-
ecutive stated he would announce
some time next week the names of
those interested financially in the pur-
chase of the Cleveland club. He said,
however, that J. c. Dunn, a Chicago
contractor, held the majority of the
clubs stock.
Phil Ball, who recently acquired
the St. Louis Browns, was introduced
to his fellow club owners and made a
speech, in which he described some
of his experiences as one OF the club
owners in the Federal league. He said
that his first year in that venture cost
him SIS. 900 and during the second
year he lost about $4,000.
The delegates requested President
johnson to ask the national commits
sion for permission to farm out" fif-
teen instead of eight players under
che optional agreement and a second
years option to increase the number
to five Instead of two which is now
the limit under the rule.
The league as a body agreed to al
low the minor leagues to send out
their contracts to players up to March
1, each year. Similar action was tax
en- by the National league here last
week so that the matter now awaits
the endorsement of the national COM
mission Formerly these contracts
had to be rendered before January 1.
An amendment to the draft rule
proposed by President Ebbets, of the
Brooklyn club, and sanctioned by the
National league a week ago. was dis
cussed and as there seemed no partic-
ular opposition to such change in
| favor the second division clubs, this
also was passed up to the national
commission for ratification.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18
AGGIES WON FROM X. U.
Farmer Five Defeated the Jayhawkers
on Own Court So to 23.

Manhattan, Kan, Feb. 18.-The Ag-
gies took the third victory of the sea-
son from the Jayhawkers here Thurs
day night by a score of SO to %. The
game was fast, but full of rough play
that marred the teamwork of both
teams.
The Aggies showed the effects of
their brush with the Cornhuskers by
their erratic goal shooting. Adams
failed to play his usual star game for
the Farmers, failing to make any of
the seven chances at free throws given
him. Reynolds was the only one of
the Aggies who played true to form,
making nine field goals.
Half of the first period was an even
contest between the Kansans and the
Aggies. The Aggies soon gathered
speed, however, and the first half end
ed "a to Is in favor of the home boys.
Kauder played the star game for the
Jayhawkers both on the offensive and
defensive. making five field goals and
two free throws out of eight chances.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18
GREATEST GOAL TOSSER.
Iindsborg Player Made 80 Out of "a
Points in One Game.

r. Haven, star forward of Coach
Browns Bethany basketball team, is
lust now the hero of all Lindsborg
Haven has been pretty much of a hero
ever since the opening of the present
goal tossing. but this week he was
decorated with the only triple decked
crown in Little Sweden" when, in
the game against Southwestern, he
scored 80 of the "a points made by
his team and practically won the game
single handed.
In the forty minutes of furious play
ing in the Southwestern game, Haven
shot thirteen field goals and Gagged
seven points from the foul line. 1t lie
claimed that Haven has scored more
points than any other single player in
the state this year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18
Exposure Kills Ball PLAYER.

Boise, Idaho, Feb. 1S.-The body of
Tom Seymour, a former National
League baseball player, was found
Monday on a trail leading from Long
Valley west to the mountains. accord
ing to word received here. He started
from his home ten days ago for a
mine in which he was interested
Death was due to exposure. He was
Al years old.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18
Oklahoma Defeated Missouri.

Columbia, Mo-, Feb. 1S.-The
basketball five of the University of
Oklahoma defeated the University of
Missouri on the local court here
Thursday night, 20 to %, according to
the figures of the official refere. The
score, according to all newspaper re-
porters and dozens of private scores
was tied at % points each when the
final whistle blew Bryant, of Missouri,
having thrown a free throw in the last
few minutes of play, which, it is
claimed, was overlooked in the official
score.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18
Sport Wheezes
CLUG-

Somebody's blunder made the re-
port of Western holiday dates, sent
out from Lincoln Wednesday night,
show that Topeka would have no holt
day games. This report was question
ed and apparently verified, but after
the smoke of battle had cleared away
II was found that the Savages had
been assigned the Fourth of July at
home with Denver.
Topeka was entitled to the Fourth,
inasmuch as she did not have it last
season, and many of the fans feel
that she also was entitled to an open
ing engagement, but it is probable
that Savage sacrificed this for a bet
ter Sunday assortment, or for some
other reason equally as good.
Speaking of opening dates, by the
way, trainers of Western league sched-
s1les seem to completely ignore the
fact that Topeka and Wichita are sew
eral leaps farther south than some OF
the northern members of the league,
and that, taking one season with an
other. it is usually a bit warmer in
the Kansas cities than in Lincoln and
Des Moines on April 20.
His Honor, the Mayor, who is some
judge Of talent despite the fact that
he. holds somewhat the same view of
diamond celebrities that Brann and
the Great Ingersoll held of 800 hitters
IN the "Holier-than-thou' league, is
Inclined to stay for a shown down on
Hennio Kauff.
y Commenting on the assertion made
In this column that Kauff would be
the sensation of baseball this summer
and would enable the Giants to be-
come pennant contenders if he held
the pace he pranced in 1918 and 1914,
His Honor quotes another ball player
a. saying that Kauff is a crazy 70 u
n MI br1t
not so good as Cobb, Crawford, Speak
err ct al
But it must be remembered that
Tlarsr &c is +fII 1Cr,,f,o rrrI,ifa fvohh
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18
Gaskell Goes to Sioux City.

Sioux City, Iowa, Feb. 1S.-P. J.
Hanlon, president of the Sioux City
club of the Western league, has Sc
cured Pat Livingston, catcher, from
indianapolis. He was purchased
from James McGill, owner of the
Denver and Indianapolis clubs. Also
he has procured Pitcher Gaskell from
Denver.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18

Wichita, Kan, Feb. 1s.-In a game
featured by the clever passing of the
visitors, Southwestern college basket
ball team defeated Friends university
here Thursday night by the score of "a
to 10. The Quakers were able to get
but two fieIded goals.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18
ALL STARS WIN IN WALK.
A. Kirkpatrick Bowls an Average
Score of 100 on Stag Alleys.

Topeka's All Star bowling team de-
feated a picked team at the Stag alleys
Thursday night by the score of 2,729
to 1923, the All Stars winning all
three games. A. Kirkpatrick, of the
All Stars, lead in single game scores
with PIP, made in the second game,
and also carried away the high aver
age honors, knocking ST. in the three
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18
No Meeting of "Comish.~

Cincinnati, o., Feb. 1S.-August
Hermann, chairman of the national
baseball commission said today that
there would be no meeting of the COM
mission at New York this week. He
stated that the commission would set
tie all matters pending before it by
mail
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18

Chicago, Ill, Feb. 1S.-Joe Stecher,
the wrestling marvel, is in Chicago to
stage a series of matches He will
take on two local wrestlers tonight,
and February % he will appear in a
feature match in the Coliseum with an
opponent not yet selected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18
|@M M@ Up to the Minute ~
|XNA SPORTINGNEwsdX gA
| /NSgS From Everywhere. @l
lGeO0 - EY~c1uo.
SQUARED CIRCLE BOUTS

Cleveland. O., Feb 1s-George Cha
ney, of Baltimore, and Cal Delaney, of
Cleveland, fought ten fast rounds to
a draw here Thursday night, the bout
marking the resumption of profession
al boxing in Cleveland under the new
city boxing commission.
of Boston, and Sam McVey, of Cali
fornia, tough ten rounds to a draw at
Madison Square garden here Thursday
night Langford weighed 1913 pounds
and McVey 212.
In another match Andre Anderson,
of Chicago, knocked out George Rodel
in the fifth round. Anderson weighed
215 pounds and Rodel 1855
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18
sAvAGEs WON AGAIN.
Merchants Nationals Defeated in Au-
tomato League by Big Score.

The Topeka Savages defeated the
Merchants Nationals, TAT to 61S in the
automatic baseball games at S14 Kan
sas avenue Thursday night, Kneisler,
Of the Saveges again carrying off high
score honors with a total of 1873.
The Savages are now leading the
league with three victories and no
defeats to their credit. The State
Journal team stands second, the Mer-
chants Nationals third and the Santa
Fees fourth.
Thursday nights scores:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18

Rap fire billiard tournament at
the Stag tonight 712 Kansas avenue.
Entrance Free.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18

Crawford and Speaker, even if they
are not going, have most likely reach
ed their zenith. And the matter of
being crazy fool has little to do with
the case. Some of the greatest play
ers of the game have acted as though
they did not have enough sense to
perform the proverbial boot trick, yet
they have been great enough to hog
the limelight for more than one sea-
son.
Fight fans in New York are said
to be loudly declaring that cold feet
and not a cold in the head is the
malady that forced Willard to de-
mand a postponement of his fiasco
with Moran. The Chicago Herald an
nounces that the day Mrs. Willard re-
ported Jess too sick to talk over the
telephone Tex Richards Chicago
agent saw the champion walking
around out of doors.
The general opinion seems to be
that there is mystery about the
whole thing, and it is probable that
| If the facts are ever known they will
bear out the assertion made in this
column the first of the week that Will
lard wanted more time to reduce and
he and his manager, Tom Diamond
Jones, decided to ask for a postpone
ment, knowing full well that they
would get a goodly amount of pub
licity out of it.
Prince Henry, third son of King
George of England, ran fourth in the
annual mile race at Eaton recently. OF
course they may have rewards for
such performances in England, but
it is necessary to finish third or bet
ter to get in the money at Juarez and
Hutchinson.
The athletic management of Kansas
university has announced that this
year the womens games will be
/ played on the court of the Lawrence
/ high school instead of on the univer-
sity floor that there may be greater
privacy for the players Women Of
! ficials only will be used and admission
will be restricted to women and their
escorts.
Frank E. Jackson, of Blue Mound
Kan, who asserts he Is the champion
horseshoe pitcher Of the world. an
nounces that he has received a chal-
lenge from Joseph Schoeppler, of De-
troit, who also claims the worlds title,
for a match to be held in Kansas City
/ on a date yet to be determined. Jack
son asserted he will meet the Detroit
er if he plays according to the rules
of the American Horseshoe Pitchers
association.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18
Stecher WrestIes in CHICAGO.

Tonight in the regular bowling league
he Stays will play the Santa Fees.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18

But it must be remembered that
Kanff is still coming. while Cohh and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18
X. q. Baseball Schedule Out.

Lawrence, Kan, Feb. 1s.-The base
ball schedule of the University of Kan
sas has been announced as follows:
April 5 and Games at Lawrence.
April 13-Bethany college at Law
renee.
April 1s-St. Mary's at Lawrence.
April "a and 25-Chinese university
at Lawrence.
May and 5-Aggies at Manhattan.
May st Mary's at st. Marys.
May II and 12-Missouri at Column
bia.
May 10 and 2O-Missouri at Law
renee.
May 25 and 26-Ames at Ames.
May 27-Highland Park at Des
Moines.
May 81 and June 1-Aggies at Law
renee.
Free, a useful souvenir with e cry
25-cent purchase of the newest To-
peka cigar, just out, THE HALF
SHE'LL sc CIGAR. fresh made every
minute. This offer is made to intro
luce them to the man who enjoys a
good sno.-~. Geo. Burghart, Mgr,
sol Kansas avenue-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18
Women $ Skirts

One rack of skirts worth
regular $500 to $500 at
Half Price.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18
Children s Goats

One table of coats worth
regular $3.50 to $1,000 at
Half Price.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18

TIC cures made by the United
of cases OF stomach trouble, blood
phenomenal.
To understand more fully the i'm
portance and significance of the re-
markab1e results obtained by our
most successful. scientific methods
we wish to emphasize the fact
that hundreds of the cases in fact
the greater number of our patients
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18
This Good News Also

Children 8 Sweaters
A table of sweaters worth
regular 800 to $3.50 at soc
and $1.00.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18

May 81 and June 1-Aggies at Law
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18

May 25 and 26-Ames at Ames.
May 27-Highland Park at Des
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18

A table of sweaters worth
regular from $5.95 to $3.50
at Half Price.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18

Thursday nights scores:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18

have been chronic sufferers for
years.
These are the cases that have puz-
zled the best practitioners, and after
years of suffering the patients come
hoping against hope that some
thing may yet be done-and we meet
their expectations.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-03-26
Bite BUBRLES When DRINKING

DITIG the bubble should be the
* rule in using the bubbllng
u drinking fountain" says an in.
spector of the United States Public
Health Service. "The lips should
not touch any part Of the fountain,
and under no circumstances should
the fountain be used for rlnsIng the
mouth or for expectorating. II i'm.
properly constructed or improperly
used, the bubbling drinking fountain
may be a greater menace to health
than the common drinking cup.
"The other day." continued the in.
snector. II took seat beside pub.
lie drinking fountain in railroad
station and carefully watched the
way In which twas used--Ur abused
"Forty.seven different persons, of
whom IL were men, % were women
and Ia were children, used the bub.
bling fountain. In almost every case
the lips were placed almost com.
pletely around the metal part from
which the water spurted, and one
small boy seemed as IL he were try.
ing to swallow it. Several of the
MEN obviously were chewing tobacco
OF the a people, four were colored,
three looked as though they might
have tuberculosis. and three had an
eruption upon the face.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-03-26
NUMBERS in a CROWD

TT Is remarkable how the average
civilian overestimates the mum.
= Der Of persons in big process.
sion. But 1t is easy to estimate such
numbers approximately. Here is the
rule as laid down in the Field Ser.
vice Regulations of the United
States army:
The strength Of body of troops
may be estimated from the length OF
time 1t takes to pass a given point.
Assuming that infantry in column OF
fours occupies half a yard per man,
cavalry one yard per trooper. anu ar.
ttllery in single column per gun or
caisson, a given point would be
passed in one minute by about 175
infantry. 10 cavalry Mt walk, 200
cavalry at trot. and Ave guns or
cafssons."
Allowing for spacing between com.
panies. hattaltons and regiments, all
Of which is according to mathematl.
cal rule, 1t takes regiment Of 1000
men divided into battalions Just ten
minutes to pass. or at the rate OF
G000 per hour. And this supposes
10 breaks in the line.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-03-26

%ERTAIN serious railroad accl-
dents have again called atten.
ton to the inadequacy of safe
ty signal mechanism, however per-
feet it may be. The evidence ls said
to have been conclusive In the case
of New England disaster that the
signals were set to block the section
on which the accident occurred. the
precautionary yellow signal being set
against a local train more than a
mile and quarter from the scene Of
the wreck. Notwithstanding this the
train entered the block and also ran
past the red and yellow danger sig
nails 600 feet from the express. This
is held to indicate that tho signals
were obscured. or that the engineer
was temporarily unable. for some
reason. to make correct observa-
tons.
A scientific writer points out a
method which he declares is Infinite
ly superior to the signal systems
now employed, that may be used as
an adjunct to the signals, and that
would, he insists, automatically cor
rect any mistakes due to fogs or tenn.
porary lapses on the part of the en-
CINE driver.
Alongside the track is an arm A.
mounted on horizontal rod B, which
extends out at right angles TO the
rail. the rod itself being connected
at fits opposite end to tho cables
which actuate the signals or sema.
phores. When the signals are set to
block section, the arm is vertical.
as shown, but normally It is In a
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-03-26
man was clean: dec
Grafton was the origin of
dirt" says a prominent

physician. MAN, the most naked
of the higher animals. Is the clean.
est and healthiest OF them. and the
degeneration of hair was great
step in this direction.
The surface of the skin hourly
is shedding invisible. impaIpable
scales that carry with them innam-
cradle spores ere these have been
able to multiply. A naked man,
bothsd by the elements, and a clvi.
lized man who bathes daily, each
casts from him this cleansing etfn-
sion. He who has acquired the habit
of clothes without the habit OF I'M
clothing. by his indeciduous gar
ments brings to naught the offices Of
nature.
Even creatures with fur and
feathers shed their coats at inter.
walls, and so cast from them con-
siderable part OF their acquired stock
of minute enemies. Similarly, rep
tiles periodically cast their skinA
insects and Holsters and crayflsh
their horny coverings.
IN various groups of the lower
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-03-26
NAKED NESS and .HEAL.TEz

creatures there are to be found high
and specially successful genera
which. like man. have transcendel
their fellows by becoming naked. In
these, moreover, there is frequently
found the additional cleansing de.
vice Of copious production OF
slime which WISHES off foreign and
irritating bodies. Thus, frogs ara
naked and Shiny; behind them lies
a long series Of extinct kinsmen,
covered with bony non,deciduous
scales.
"The slug and the squId are, the
princes Of the tribes Of molluscs.
they are naked and Shiny, and carry
concealed under their backs the tiny
relics Of shells which link them to
extinct heaYyaEmored creatures.
Leeches and eartkworms are smooth.
skinned and sllmysand they had an.
cestors bearded like the parti.
"The simplest experiments show
that In ali these cases an application
of irritants to the skin at once OK.
cites a copious production Of slime,
and slight observation is enough to
show that all these creatures are
freer than their protected kinsmen
from parasites"
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-03-26
Why We Have Two Ewes

nECAuSE We have two eyes the
things We see seem solid aud
- not fiat, with the result that we
can Judge their distance from us
with fair correctness. Look through
a window at n house across the
street with ono eye closed and then
with the other eye closed. The bars
of the window frame will cut across
the opposite house in different
places. The two fields seen with the
eyes separately. although in the main
alike, differ. When you look at the
house with both eyes open the two
fields seen by tho two eyes are COM
hined and the house across the street
assumes depth and relief.
Although VIC see house with each
eye we see only one house with both
eyes. This makes the stereoscope
possIble-an instrument SO designed
that the two eyes are made to con-
verge on a single point and yet to see
two different pictures. II these two
pictures represent chair as 1t
would appear to the right and left
eyes respectively. they are perceived
as one solid object.
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TAKE one that kicks" (meanlng

TAKE one that kicks" (meanlng
lobsters). is the advice of Mrs.
Mary c. Pickett, widely known
as the Lobster Queen"
MANY persons" says Mrs. Pick
cit, have proclaimed that "a live
lobster IS live lobster. and that's
NIL there is to it. We have acknowl-
edged that the ancient Hebrew die
tetIc laws as the best that have ever
been written. and while these laws
forbid the eating OF Holsters and
ahellflsh, 1t Is to the law that for
bids the eating of anything that has
died OF itself that wish to call spe-
eEal attention.
I'VE would not eat fowl that had
staggered droopingly around the
barnynrd for several days aud finally
dropped dead, nor would We eat a
steak cut from a beef that had natur-
ully given up the struggle of life and
laid down in some quiet corner OF
the pasture for his last sleep. Then
why Holsters?
Deterioration begins in a lobster
tho moment he is taken from the
water. The excellence OF lobster
depends in large measure on the
length of time that elapses between
being taken from the water and be.
Ing served at table. Those who have
seen fishermen haul their traps and
Immediately transfer the Holsters to
the boiling.pots can bear witness to
this fact. When a fish dealer shows
us a lobster that feebly moves It's
claws and assures us that It is alive
We can but agree that Ii is, but II is
impossible for as to Judge how many
days this poor lobster has been re.
moved from his native element. II
the fish dealer could be depended on
to boil fresh Holsters we would be
much better of in buying the boiled
ones than the weak and dying.
We buy a live lobster from our
local fish dealer carry It home. boil
It carefully, and serve It, only to find
that 1t docs not compare with the
one we had in a certain restaurant.
Why? Because the restaurant has
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-03-26
keVlVlng

had previously been prepared for an
Intravenous Injection by removal OF
hair and cleansing with alcohol.
while the rabbit was being Bus
pended 1t was positively determined
by palpitatI0n that tho heart had
ceased to beat. Rhythmical thOrnx
compression. both for the purpose Of
artificial respiration and cardiac
stimulation. was instituted Mean
while. 90 &C. OF rabbits red blood
corpuscles were injected intraven-
ously into the marginal vein. The
reurtion In most instances was al
most instantaneous. The animal
would begin to breathe and the heart
would begin 10 contract in a few sec
Onds most vigorously. despite tho
fact that previous artificial resDira-
ton and cardiac massage had been