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Iditarod pioneer., 1916-03-18

It is just we'll to look the bright side of things If United States had had merchant marine most of it would been torpedoed by this time.-Chicago Tribune
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-03-18

Lansing and Ven Bernstorf be searching for that will sound harsh in English and soft German Broo
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-03-18

That President Wilson's policy the "armedhip contro- versy well considered goes without saying But the fol lowing ndorsement of his position by of the ab the Republican ranks should those who inclined to criticize the administration the without full Knowledge determining facts fully consider their positon ln February T Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Maa stirring speech declaring ta the United States should abandon at the principle that American ports American travel merchantmen of the bgent nations armed solely for the purpose of proc tiun would be unnautr2 and step toward The senator continuing said that would make the United States of the gerent whose merchant had been front he
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-03-18

running matrimonial agency in New York and pub fishing newspaper the interests who recently died boased prior his death that he had been responsible for the marriage of 10000 couples However it noted that he himself died bachelor which recalls that few bartende Clrnk.-Seattc Post-Inteligencer.
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I@M M@N Up to the Minute N
MA SPORTINGlNEW 6X9A
/ZgAN From Everywhere. Izl
EG&'OO ~ BY%cLUon
CARROLL TO FARM
Young Topeka Pitcher Decides
to Quit Baseball.
Savage Places Him on Suspend
ed List With Clunn.

Pitcher Carroll, one of the young
twirlers upon whom John Savage has
been depending for the coming season.
is now officially in the suspended class
with Lefty Clunn. And the pros
poets are that he will spend his sum
mer jerking the gee line on Maud
mule in an Illinois cornfield.
A contract was sent to Carroll at
his home in Atwood. Ill, when the
regular batch of contracts was sent
out but after taking ample time to
deliberate he wrote Savage that he
had made up his mind to stay on the
old home farm and give up baseball.
He said he hoped Topeka would set
the league on fire and win the pennant
in walk, but that it would take more
money than the club could afford to
pay to induce him to give up his rural
ambitions this year.
Put Him on Shelf.
And, as is customary in such cases,
Savage has placed him on the sus-
pended list and will leave him there
until he decides to change his mind or
becomes too old to return to the game.
Carroll came to Topeka the latter
part Of last season, and in the few
games he worked in showed promise
of displaying some real ability in time.
The pitchers Savage now expects to
have here when the training season
opens are Grover. Dashner, Lakaff
Hall. Higgins, Sanders, Lambeth
West, Larsen and Osborne. Hall an
Sanders have not yet sent in signe
contracts, but it is thought they will
do So Hall has been trying to get
more for his services but indicated in
a recent letter that he probably would
come around even if he didn't sue
coed.
Sanders has not been heard from
since his contract was mailed to him,
but inasmuch as he drew good pay for
polishing benches last season, it is not
thought he has any intention Of hold
ing out, of refusing to report.
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JUST LIKE A KID
Champion ROmps About All
Over Little Old N. Y.
Jess Can't Do His Appetite JUS
tice These Days.
BY JESS WILLARD.

New York, March 4.-'Twas about
1 5 minutes after yesterday morning
when 1 peeked over the blankets and
through the window of my big room
saw the old snowflakes dropping.
While 1 was lying there all huddled
up there was a rap on my door that
sounded as if somebody was breaking
in. In a moment Walter Monahan
popped in and hollered: Get up right
away"
When Monahan hollers Get up"
it's a good thing to obey. If you
don't, you will freeze, for Walter has
the habit of dragging all the clothes
off you. 1 certainly hated to part with
right there watching me, so there was
no choice. When 1 was all ready,
Walter said, Come on" and Hemple
and I followed.
I guess it was about o'clock when
we entered Central park. The ground
moSphere seemed to stir us up. We
started off on a slow jog and before
we knew it, we were tearing away
like school kids. We were three big
men dashing along and slipping back
in great fashion and not one felt
day older than 2 years. Henple fell
back a few steps as if he were tired.
A second later I felt the thud of a
SNOWFALL on my neck. 1 grabbed up
a handful of snow and let Mr.. Hemple
SNOWFALL Battle.
That started something, for the next
minute Monahan, Hemple and I were
indulging in a regular SNOWFALL bat
tie. I think we would still be there
pegging away like a trio of kids if
Monahan hadn't showed me into the
snow and started off on a trot.
kept chasing him but Walter kept
just a few PAGES ahead until we came
back to the hotel. 1t was tho best
morning workout 1 have had in the
past six days.
It was about half past when we
strolled into the lobby of the hotel,
acting like a lot of kids. UP to the
room we shot and then L enjoyed a
nice hot bath and a good rub. This
used up a little over three quarters If
an hour and then we came down
stairs ard tackled the food. I don't
know when 1 had such an appetite. If
Monahan had allowed me, 1 would
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WANT PRACTICE GAME.
Bender's Aggies Seek Opening Football
Date With Kansas Team.

Manhattan, Kan, March 4.-Ath-
letic Director Bender, of the Kansas
Aggies, is making strenuous efforts to
land a football game on November 3 O,
1916, with one of the Kansas confer
ence college teams. Correspondence
has been going on for some time and it
looks as though Baker university of
Baldwin, Kan, would open the season
at Manhattan on September 80.
Bender says: I'VE realize that play
ing a game on September 80 with any
of the strong Kansas colleges will put
US at disadvantage, inasmuch as our
Missouri Valley conference rules do
not permit US to begin practice before
September 10. Then our students often
return late to school and we will be
caught at a considerable disadvantage.
The reason for playing a game on
September 80 is to afford us a better
means of eliminating our material and
getting our team in better shape before
we hit the husky Cornhuskers on Octo-
Der IA. game of this kind will also
be an incentive to make our boys re-
turn earlier to school,"
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The Heart of a Hannibal
In This Savage Youngster
Outfelder Weidell Elk
poets to Make Good
in Topeka.

When Hannibal conceived the idea
of crossing the Alps, historians tell US,
! he bought an Alpine post card and
dashed off a note to the folks back
home in Carthage that read something
like this:
'Dear Folks: I have made up
my mind to cross the big hills that
stand between me and Rome.
And, believe my story, I'm going
to cross 'em. / don't intend to be
a failure, why should 1? Amt
Hannibal?"
And history records that the old
boy did Just what he said he would do,
even if he didn't last very long after
he got there.
You have probably enjoyed reading
all this stuff, and if you have found it
interesting you might find 1t still more
interesting to watch the career OF
young ball player, one Josephus Wei
dell, who is coming to Topeka this
spring and who is like Hannibal in
that he has the same kind of strong
heart and uses a similar phraseology
in his correspondence.
When Weidell put his John Henry
Hancock to a Savage contract a short
time ago he also took time to write a
short note to John savage, which he
sent along with the document. The
note reads something like this:
Dear Mr.. Savage: have made
up my mind to come to Topeka.
I've got to get to the big show
before the fall frosts and via To-
pel1a looks like the best route. I
know 1 will make good If you give
me trial. / do not intend to be
a failure. Why should -"
And John Savage believes that this
lad with the heart of a Hannibal will
do what he sets his head to. The con-
fidence expressed in his note is one
indication, and his past record is a
still better one.
Weidell began his career in Roches-
ter. Mimi, in the lucky year of 1918,
and in 40 games he piled up a bat
ting average of 1929. And at the end
of the season he made his first ad-
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Sport Wheezes
by CLUG-

The Wichita ball player who has
forgotten to claim the inheritance left
him is not a regular ball player. He's
only a semi-pro.
Some hogs will waIIow in their sIop
And whip it with their tail;
But never did a regular Pro.
Forget to grab his kale.
The baseball magnates want to
make their diamonds more uniform,
but the average uniform wearer is
only interested in making more dia-
monds.
John Savage says he does not expect
Frank Zehrung, the new Western
league president, to visit Topeka until
after the 10th of the month. When
he does come it is probable that he
will be entertained by both the Rotary
and Commercial clubss
If you happen to be connected with
a soap factory it might interest you
to know that: Anton O'Sickey was ac-
pion at an indoor meet held in Cleve-
land, Ohio, this week.
Practically everybody seems to be
ready for the beginning of baseball &C
tivities, for golf playing and fishing
| llidl 10 CNCh SOOAy OASSPb -eA1O WCallCl
manipulation.
Billy Fox, former member of the
Des Moines and st. Joe clubs, will at
tempt to hold down a job with Jimmy
Jackson's Wolves this year, it is an
nounced in Wichita papers
| cart" Wolf who holds the record
score at the Stag bowling alleys of 297,
will be a big favorite in the champion
ship race that will begin next week.
One day Jess Willard takes dose of
castor oil, and the next he INDUCES
in a SNOWFALL. battle. Some diversions
for a man who is preparing for a big
fight, Ell?
Tremendous improvement in the
game of baseball is predicted by the
magnates as a result of radical legis-
lation since peace was declared with
a view of correcting past evils, says
an exchange. Which, where, how,
why?
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Grants tomb and back. Before we
knew it, noon time was on US. Hem
pie and Monahan started for this din
ing room. was only two steps behind.
didn't do my appetite full justice,
for L knew there was quite some work
in store for me.
Wild to Get Slammed.
Around o'clock we packed into our
auto and rolled down to the Pioneer
club. 1 felt 100 per cent better than
I did the day before. 1 was just wild
to put on the gloves and slam and get
slammed. I felt like a kid on a Sat
urday afternoon.
The best thing of this afternoons
training was that Bob Williams show
ed up to lengthen my boxing stunts.
So, instead of four rounds, I waded
through six periods.
Right now 1 wish to say that I felt
stronger, better and my eyes seemed
quicker while going through the three
sparring exhibitions. The old zip l felt
rushing through my blood in the early
morning seemed to stick and 1 went
all through my different exercises
feeling different than ever before. 1t
was a grand work out. Williams was
rather careful, probably because it
was his first day of work. But L told
him later that I want him to swing
as hard as he can, for we don't intend
to hold any pink teas as far as this
bout is concerned.
After finishing boxing. I did a little
of that strenuous work of lifting your
self up while lying on chair. This
appears simple enough, but if you're
not feeling good. don't try it. Take a
tip from me. 1 laid off stopping the
medicine ball with my stomach, pre-
ferring to wait another day. Getting
through with this work finished the
training for the day and I skipped up
to my dressing room.
Monahan and Hemple then started
to get even on me for wal1oping them
by giving me a hard dry rub. From
that I Topped into the hot bath and
then laid on the table for a good rub
down. 1t was about 5 O'Clock when L
babe farewell to the club and hustled
for the hotel and eats. That over, I
rushed home.
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LOG FALLS ON HOME RUN
BAKER, MASKING HIS HAND

Annapolis, Md, March Al.
Franklin Baker, home run hitter of
Trappe, Nd, who is visiting Annap-
oils, said that he would join the
Yankees on Saturday, but he ex-
hibited an injured right hand which
will prevent him from bein.s active
around the diamond for some time
to come. The index and middle
fingers on Bakers hand are crush
ed slightly, and the whole hand is
swathed in bandages. He said that
a log fell on his hand a few days
ago while he was with some friends
on his place near Trappe.
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LOST GAME BY 1 POINT.
Topeka High School Five Nosed Out
of Victory by Fort Scott.

Dwight Ream's Fort Scott high
school basketball team defeated the
Topeka high school here Friday after
noon in close game that was not de-
cided until the last minute of play.
The final score was 81 to 90.
An extra period of play was avoided
in the last 80 seconds when Il Topeka
player made foul, and the Fort Scott
free thrower bagged the deciding
point After the free throw the game
ended before play could be resumed.
Holcomb, at guard, played the most
consistent game for the Topekans.
Miner officiated at the contest.
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IRISH CHAMPION EASY.
Joe Stecher Throws Pat Connolly in
Straight Falls at Butte.

Butte, Mont, March 4-Joe Stech-
er, of Nebraska, heavyweight wrestler,
defeated Pat ConolIy the Irish cham
pion, here Friday night in two straight
falls, the first in 1 8 minutes and the
second in minutes and 35 seconds.
Stecher won botn falls with the
body scissors and arm lock. 1t was
announced that the Copper City Ath-
letic club has offered Gotch and
Stecher a purse of $4,000 to settle
the worlds championship in Butte,
Mont.
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TO BOWL FOR INDIVIDUAL
CHAMPIONSHIP OF Topeka

Next Tuesday night an elimina-
ton bowling tournament will be-
gin on the Stag alleys to determine
who is the best individual bowler
in Topeka. Thirty-two pin busters
will be allowed to qualify. and
every one will bowl until three
games are lost, and the man who
remains after the other 81 have
been eliminated will be awarded a
medal signifying that he is the
champion of Topeka
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-04

In the North Topeka wrestling
match Friday night between Lewis
Hoffman and the Kansas City Sandow.
Hoffman adde6 another victory to his
string, defeating his opponent two out
of three falls. The first fall went to
Hoffman at the end of 23 minutes.
Sandow won the second in 3 minutes
and Hoffman the last in 5.
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vance towards the big show, going to
the Virginia club of the Northern
league. In the Northern league he
started out like a sensation, and was
all but sold to Pittsburg when he took
sick and lost his big chance. He was
compelled to play the remainder of
the season despite the fact that he was
not physically fit, and, in the face of
it al, ended up with batting average
of 255.
Last season he started cut with the
Nebraska State leagu and at the time
the league blew up his batting average
was .34S. This was a better average
than Moose Brown vas able to get in
the Corrhusker circuit. and alb local
fans know how good Brown was
Weidell is an outfielGer, and one of
his best recommendations comes from
the president of the Nebraska league,
who should know as much about him
as any one.
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have eaten everything in sight. But
Walter thought of my water gulping
and cried a halt on the food.
About o'clock the meal was over
and 1 was resting comfortably when
Monahan and Hemple invited me to
take a stroll. I fell in and we strolled
all over Riverside drive and up around
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State Journals Win Again.

The State Journal team in the auto
matte baseball league defeated the
Merchants National team Friday
night by the score of 712 to 649. Ses-
sions carried off the individual honors
of the evening. The score:
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Baseball Cornish Meets To-day.

Cincinnati. O., March 4.--Finai ac-
ton on questions not settled when the
Federal league peace agreement was
signed are expected to be disposed of
at a meeting of the national baseball
commission here today.
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Basketball Tourney Results.

independence, Kan, March 4.-The
results of the Southeast Kansas Bas-
ketball tournament games Friday were
as follows: Boys-Parsons %, Buffalo
10; Chanute %, Erie "A; Montgomery
County High school 25, Ganey p:
Edna "a, Altamont SO. Girls-Parsons
%, Chanute 20; Weir 80, Thayer S6 ;
Independence 10, Altamont IA.
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State Journal


Cedar Falls, Ia March Iowa
State Teachers college won the Hawk
eye conference basketball Champion
ship Friday night by defeating Du-
buque college, Is to Is.
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OBERER GETS HIGH SCORE.
The Stays Defeat Motive Powers in
Friday Night Bowling.

In the Friday night games of the
Stag Bowling. league the Stag team
defeated the Motives Powers, winning
two out of the three games. J. Oberer,
OF the NJ. P.'s, made high score and
high avera 1e The seoras.
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s32.5 SOC for BowIers.

Toledo, o., March with an entry
list totaling 756 five-men teams, 2,753
two-men teams and 1,54O individuals
the sixteenth International tournament
of the American Bowling congress
opens here tonight The prize list ap-
proximates S32,500.
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Members Of the league are display
ing much interest in the city cham
pionship medal tourney that will be-
gin next week for the purpose of de-
termining who is the best bowler in
the city.
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Ottawa "a: Haskell Fl.

Ottawa, Kan, March OTTAWA
university basketball team Friday
night defeated the five of the H askei
Indians, "a to "a Cassidy secured =
points for the winners.
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Tho new Half Shell cigar, fresh
made every minute, of Porto Rican %
bacco.-Adv.
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The playing manager IN the big
leagues is becoming almost extinct.
Only two such remain-BiE CARR.
gan Of the Boston Red Sox, and
Buck HeEzog a the Cincinnati Reds,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-04

Jimpson boy" Il know it, ma" That's
right" But 1 didn't know it before /
hit him. Age Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-04

The Half Shell cigar, made fresh,
every cigar Is a good one.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-04

Ask f. the FREE souvenir with
25c worth of the new Half Shell
cigars, made fresh every minute
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WAsHBURN LOST THE LAST.
st. Marys Defeated the Ichabods Fri
day by 81 to % Score.

st. Marys Defeated the Ichabods Fri
day by 81 to % Score.
st. Marys, Kan, March An a
slow but exciting game Friday after
noon St Marys defeated Washburn
college 81 to %. The locals opened
the game in a hurry, Henry caging
the ball after a neat piece of team
work.
Washburn spurted during the last
few minutes of the period, basketing
six shots, the half ending Washburn
Is: ST Marys 10.
The Blue and White stormed the
Ichabods' defense all during the sec
ond period quickly tying and over
coming their lead. In the last five
minutes of play Washburn again
braced but to no avail. Captain Rigale
and O'Toole were st. Marys' stellar
lights while Newell and Nelson bore
the brunt of the fray for Washburn.
Lamar Hoover Becomes a Coach.
Wichita, Kan, March 4-Lamar
Hoover of Baldwin, Kan, former
Baker university athletic star and Of
fetal, has been signed as athletic di-
r tor and coach at Paramount )llege
IN the place of Harry Buck, resigned,
it. was reported here.
Aggies 20; Washington o. 20.
st. Louis, Mo, March 4.-Kansas
Agricultural college basketball team
beat Washington university here Fri
day night with score of % to 20.
Smoke the new Half Shell cigar
Adv.
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Drawn for the Topeka State journal

(Copyright, 1916 by A. c. Fisher
Trade Mark Reg. Q. s. Pat OFF,
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Lamar Hoover Becomes a Coach.


st. Louis, Mo, March 4.-Kansa
Agricultural college basketball team
beat Washington university here Fri
day night with a score of 20 to 20.
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Smoke the new Half Shell cigar
Adv
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The baseball magnates want t.
make their diamonds more uniform
but the average uniform wearer i:
only interested in making more dia,
monds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-04

One day Jess Willard takes a dose of
castor OIL and the next he INDUCES
in a SNOWFALL. battle. Some diversions
for man who is preparing for a big
fight, Ell?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-04

cart" Wolf who holds the record
score at the Stag bowling alleys of 297,
will be big favorite in the champion
ship race that will begin next week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-04

Some hogs will waiIow in their slop
And whip it with their tail;
But never did a regular Pro.
Forget to grab his kale.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-02-28

Bill Mascot, the undisputed feather
weioht champion of the northwest, VIII
celebrate his Twenty-first birthday by
m eight round boxing match with Joe
key Bennett, the veteran Portland box
er at the Smoker to be held at Ryans
hall Wednesday evening, March l. Billy
was born back in Wisconsin ON the first
day of March, 1895, anl came west to
grow up with the country when he was
- years of age. Upon his arrival in.
Portland he invaded tne sacred pre-
cincts of South Portland and with a
strong argument in either hand he won
host OF friends in that neighborhOod.
Billy took a keen interest in all athe-
letic games and played on the basket
ball teams of the sand lots and later
starred as a quarterback on the football
teams in the intcrscnolastic league of
Portland.
As lie grew older he attracted the at
tention Of Tommy Tracy, boxing in
structor of the Multnomah club where
Billy was junior member, and soon he
was representing the club in the BAN
tamweight division under the amateur
rules. Tracy made the most of Mas
colt S speed, and tne Winged NJ ban
tam was touted as conner even in the
tender years Of his youth.
After he turned professional he box
ed some of the best men in the north
west and has never been beaten in the
roped arena. Although he boxes in the
featherwegnt class at 100 pounds Billy
can do rs pounds ringside which
weight he will make for Jockey Ben
nett, the bantam weight champion of
the northwest Mascot and Bennett
boxed 20 round draw at Pendelton
last year at ll6 pounds ringside and
Billy was so anxious to make the
weight tnat the day before the contest
he weighed but ll3 - and was obliged
to fatten up to reach the required
Iroundage.
Billy is the recognized king of the
feather of the northwest and at 122
pounds no one has ever taken his mea-
sure and Bills friends freely predicts