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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-19
- UP to the Minute
~ SPORTING NEWS
NJ FROM EVERYWHERE.
BY-cLuo

among the men who did not get letters
this season than last" Coach Kennedy
said today, land there was only one
real strenuous kick We were sorry
that it was not possible to conscien-
tiously give more of the men WIS, but
felt that it could not be done if we
were to carry out the policy that has
been established in making the
awards"
Set Low Record.
This distribution of only 10 letters
is probably the smallest in the his
tory of the college. Last season IS
men qualified in point of time ser
vice and IL of them were given the
letters However, DIR. Kennedy is of
the opinion that the value of a letter
is cheapened when too much liberal
ity is shown and he is determined to
try to make the men earn any espec-
ial mark of merit they receive. Also,
he believes it would be a silent APP
prevail of conditions as they are if
letters were awarded to the men who
merely played the necessary time in
the necessary number of games.
The letter men and all the football
players will be entertained at a din
by the college y. w. and Y. NJ. c. A
associations and it is very probable
that a captain for next season will
be elected at this dinner. 1t is con-
sidered a foregone conclusion that
Jim Perry will be chosen leader of
the 1918 eleven.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-19
IN LAST TRIBUTE
Humboldt Citizens Pack Church
at GOtch Funeral.
Iowa Governor Among Mourn
ers at Champions Bier.

Humboldt, Ia, Dec. 19.-Humboldt
turned from it's normal tasks today to
place in the little union cemetery here
the body of Frank A Gotch the man
whose wrestling might has brought
fame to this little city. Business
paused and the school Gotch attended
as a boy remained closed as the city
and countryside Joined in tribute to
the retired worlds champion wrest-
Ter who died at his home here last
Sunday after a protracted illness.
Gov. w. L. Harding was among the
hundreds of personal friends of the
late cha mpion who thronged to his
bier and the states chief executive
was to join in the funeral services in
the Congregational church set for
mid-afternoon.
1t became evident early in the day
that only small proportion of those
desiring admittance would be able to
get into the church, but the other
hundreds were prepared to join the
funeral procession to the snow clad
cemetery on the edge of the town
Rev Alexander Bennett, of Salina,
Kansas, formerly in charge of the
Congregational church here and
personal friend of Gotch, was to de-
liver the funeral grafton. Masons and
knights Templars had charge of the
services.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-19
TEN Get LETTERS
Washburn Football Men To BE
Dined Thursday Night.
Perry Slated for Leader of the
1918 Eleven.

That Dr. A. r. Kennedy and the
Washburn athletic committee are not
satisfied with the kind of football the
Ichabods played this season was
shown in the awarding of the official
W. letters this week Despite the
fact that there were sixteen players
eligible from point of time service
Doctor Kennedy recommended that
onIy ten letters be awarded to the playS
ers and only ten members of the team
will be able to sport the gridiron
badge of merit when the white swe at
ers with the big blue VS. arrive end
are distributed.
The players who received letters
are Captain Logan, Heller, Askew,
Perry. Meyer D. Hutchinson. Calihan,
Baker, Hope and Harvey. Doc" Van
Horn. student manager. was awarded
managers letter, following the Gus
tom established after the 1917 season.
The six other men who qualified for
letters in point of time but who We're
not rewarded because the authorities
did not believe their work had been
of the kind to entitle them to the
highest honor the school can bestow
upon its athletes are c. Hutchinson,
Stenger, McCOrd, Hunter, Davis and
Bradshaw.
There was much better spirit
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-19
BASKETBALL TONIGHT
Ichabods Will Have a Practice Game
With Y. NJ. c. A.

Altho~ the Washburn basketball
schedule has not been definitely made
up and will not be until after the
holidays, the players are working hard
preparing for the 1918 season and
Coach DeBeukelaer has a good squad
of green men out. Practice is held
at every opportunity and it is hoped
that most of the new players will be
well grounded in the fundamentals of
the game when the season starts.
The first practice engagement of
the year is scheduled for tonight,
when a Central Y. M. c. A. team will
play the Ichabods on the Washburn
court. Financial problems are said
to be responsible for the delay in COM
pleting the schedule, the authority try
ing to hold down wartime expenses"
as much as possible.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-19
VAUGHN is CAPTAIN
AI-Kansas Tackle Will Lead Normal
Eleven Next Season.

(Tubby) Vaughn was elected captain
of the 1913 Kansas State Normal foot
ball team and Adm Finley manager at
a Hooverized football party, Tuesday
night, which replaced the annual foot
ball banquet, Vaughn, all state tackle
and one of the best tackles in the
west, is under draft age and will be a
senior at the State Normal next year.
Finley will be back next year and will
be an able contestant for all state
halfback.
Letters and sweaters were awarded
by the athletic board to the following
men: Vaughn, Sharp, Finley. WEIGH,
Rehm, Rostetter, Robinson, Nannings,
Klein. Kaiser. Kerr. Longfellow, Fra
ger, Workman, and Slond.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-19
Food .fo7" Fans
BY GEO. e. PHAIR.
iCopyright.l
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Alexander.
1t was one of his diversions
To annihilate the Persians
And to make them look like half a pound
Of tripe.
He could wallop any nation,
He could trim the whole creation.
But he died before he got his name in type.
Once upon a time he worried
And his massive brain was Hurried:
He had trimmed the world. and wanted
more to trim.
But he never knew the columns
And the pages and the volumes
That the future world would dedicate to
him.
He could beat the world on Sunday
And repeat the stunt on Monday;
He could make the other nations look like
dubs
But his name is not as famous
As the Alexander purchased by the Cubs.
ut was merely a business proposition, -
said Mr.. Baker when interviewed on the
Alexander deal. You can't keep a Baker
from his Dough.
We are startled by the news that Phil
adelphia baseball fans are stunned by the
sale of Alexander. We didn't think Phil
adelphia had any baseball fans.
Eighty thousand dollars might have made
the baseball word sit up and take notice
a few years ago. But in these warlike
days it takes at least a billion to make
one take second glance
| With Alexander and Killifer on the job
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-19
FAST AS A FLASH
Leonard Also Has Wonderful
Punch in His Nit.
Mcfarland Thinks Him Great
est Pug of All Time.

New York. Dec. 19.-Kid McPat-
land, recognized in the east as one
of the best of present day referees.
has advanced a new argument to sub
stantiate the contention made by many
critics that Benny Leonard is the best
lightweight who ever lived.
I'm my opinion remarked the Kid,
recently, Benny is the greatest of all
nghtweights because he combines
speed with punching power, without
losing his punch.
ABE Atten, in his young Frisco
days. was a great puncher, you'll re-
member. He could hit like young
piledriver, and in his early days none
of his opponents ever stayed the
limit with him. Then. when Abe won
his place in the spotlight and left
home to meet the classiest men in his
division, he had to resort to speed to
keep away from their punches, and
he was soon rated with other great
marvels of cleverness such as Cans.
Critic and Driscoll, but he lost the
old-time whining punch. This was be-
cause Abe sacrificed~ everything else
for speed along the hit-and-get-away
line.
Marvel for Speed.
with Leonard it is different. He
is fast as chain lightning. As fast,
in my opinion, as any of the old-time
wizards ever were, and he can hit
harder, much harder. This is why
believe he ranks as the greatest of
them all. and I think you'll admit
there is something to the argument"
Leonard is truly marvel of speed.
He can feint and hit SO quickly that
the avera ge lightweight he meets is
dazzled to the point where he loses
all thought of his defensive tactics.
Benny shifts with equal celebrity, too,
and although his right hand is con-
sidered the most effective. his left is
a good one to keep away from.
Leonard is still winning admirers
wherever he goes. He is still knock
ing out opponents whenever he can
and he recently told a friend that
when he reaches the point where he
can no longer put over the good old
sleep producing wallop he will be
ready to step aside for the next man
in line. The little New Yorker
doesn't save an opponent for a re-
turn match if he can possibly knock
his man out. Knocking EN- dead is
a business with him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-19
LAW SCHOOL DINNER
Washburn Annual Affair a Burst of
Patriotism.

Attended by about fifty members of
the student body and the faculty of
the school, the annual banquet of the
Washburn Law school came off in a
burst of patriotic spell binding Tues
day night. In spite of the quantity of
food the silver tongues of the orators
bent and swayed the diners with stir
ring patriotic notes. H G.. Larimer
of the law school faculty piled his
trade as POSTMASTER calling on A. ].
Harno. dean of the law school; W. c..
Ralston of the faculty; Miss Mabel
Jones and Robert Webb of the stu
dent body; and by Senator James A
Troutman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-19
RACE TO FIRE FIRST
Now One U. S. Battery Charges Vic
torious Rival With ''Fudging."
BY j. w. PEGLER.

With the American Army in France,
Dec. 19.-"X' battery claims that ''Y''
battery Judged in firing that first
shell at the boches.
They came back to their training
center from the front with a hot feud
flaming between them.
Men of "Y'' battery laugh sneering-
ly at * battery's charge-just sore
heads they say.
story today. 1t seems both dragged
out their guns-by hand-across the
muddy valley, thru hundreds of shell
holes, in a race to have the honor of
firing Americas first shot"
West Pointer Won.
A West Pointer commanded ~'Y'
battery. ks" commander was
young machine specialist who gave up
his job as manager of the London
branch of big American machinery
concern to join the reserve. He had
previously had long experience as an
officer of indianapolis militia and was
given command of a battery after
only a weeks brushing up in training
camp. He took his command to the
front within a month after quitting
his civilian job.
I'VE began a fair race to fire the
first shot," said an TX" battery gum
ner today. We were in position first
10 the rules. Altho we could have
wheeled the gun around and fired as
soon as we got there; our battery was
determined not to fire until we had
gun in its regular placement
Those other guys shot as soon as
they had the first piece into position
without waiting to get into the pit"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-19
HELP ALL SPORT
War a Boon to Baseball, Foot
ball and Boxing.
Soldiers VIII Demand Games
When They Get Back.
BY JACK VEIOCK.

/ New York, Dec. 19.-Baseball, box
: ing and football are going to have
/ larger followings after the war than
they have today
particularly is the prediction of many
men high up in the game, and it has
been pointed out by followers of box
! ing that the instruction being given
( the soldiers in all of Uncle Samuel
training camps will develop thousands
of devotes of the manly art who have
never before been interested.
Football, which has been growing
! by leaps and bounds within the past
! five years, may not gain many active
participants thru the formation OF
training camp elevens, but it will GER
tainly gain in popularity
: After Civil War.
The pathway to success for present
/ day baseball in the United states was
opened wide with the close of the
/ Civil war. Hundreds of soldiers re-
+ turned from the battlefields on which
! the blue and gray armies fought their
many great conflicts hardened thru
the rigOrS of service in the open and
demanding some form of sport com
: petition, or, at least, recreation, upon
/ which to- center their interest and in
! which those who brought youth back
with them could find active exercise.
From the ending of the Civil War
/ to the present day baseball has been
! gaining in popularity. 1t mas sur
fered several rude shocks owing to
! internal strife, but as an attraction
which gained and held public interest
it has developed wonderfully.
1 With thousands of Uncle Sam S
soldier boys equipped with baseball,
boxing and football paraphernalia
while in the service, thousands of
young bloods coming on who will
demand red-blooded recreatiohs and
pastimes on a larger scale than ever
before and the country at large weary
I of death-dea1ing conflicts and CRATE
full for the chance to relax. sports
should thrive on a greater scale than
J ever.
Sports will be encouraged in every
way possible by the government, too.
President Wilson, Secretary of War
Baker and many of our lawmakers
at Washington have openly expressed
the opinion that health-givin sports
should be encouraged and continued
turnout the length and breadth of the
lard, even in war times. And when
war ceases to be the worlds greatest
/ game. as it is today, the government
will turn its attention toward the
+ building of a sturdier and healthier
I race of Americans 1t isn't that Amer
leans are not stalwart and red blood
ed today. A big per cent of them are.
but the percentage can and should be
increased, and sports out of doors
seem to be the answer
II M ont TNa-uf
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-19
Langfond would Meet jess.

Denver, Colo, Dec. 19.-Sam Lang
ford and Bill Brennan, of New York
City, are anxious to fight Jess willard,
and agree to meet the champion on
his own terms and give the entire
receipts to the Red Cross.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-19
To Spring More Surprises.

Chicago, Ill, Dec. 19.-Charles
Weeghman, president of the Chicago
National League Baseball club, an
nounced at a dinner to Grover Alex
ander. that he is preparing two more
baseball surprises which will be on a
par with his recent purchases of
Alexander and Killifer from Phila-
delphia.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-19

Weeghman will not have to waste any more
sleep over the eighteen player limit.
Whore Do They Get That Stuff?
When stars were sold
When stars were bold
For twelve or fifteen hundred,
The fan WAS filled
With thoughts that thrilled.
And read the news and wondered.
The public now,
With wrinkled brow.
Remarks: Its mighty funny.
l wonder why
. They pay so high
When they are losing money!"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-19

'.Knockout" Brown in Draft.
Chicago, Ill, Dec. 19.-George
: Knockout" Brown middleWe eight
boxer, Of Chicago, has been called into
the national army and will be included
in the group of selectives which will
leave sooE for San Francisco.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-19

On account of the high cost of liquor.
5000 saloons have been closed in the
state of New York
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-19
and Neckwear

A piece or two of Neckwear is
quite an out-of-the-ordinary
gift-and one that is sure to be
very much appreciated.
Here are Collars and Sets of
sheer organdy, Georgette and
wash satin; plain and lace trim
med-dozens and dozens of
styles to choose from soc TO $3.50
Stocks and Jabots of plain net,
filet and Oriental laces and of
hemstitched Georgette crepe
soc to $500
Ascot Stocks of pique, satin
and fancy plaid satin and mad
ras; many styles $1.OO to $500
Plain Stocks of white and
black satin, some with organdy
turnovers and others trimmed
with the tiniest of buttons soc
to .S1.25
Main F1oor-Pelletier's
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-19

Or, in Class 5, pay cents the first
week, 10 cents the second week. Is
cents the third week and so on, and
You will receive a check two weeks
be-Ore Christmas for S63.75.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-19

In Class >. pay . cents the first week,
cents the second week, cents the
third week. and SO on for so weeks,
and you will receive a check two weeks
before Christmas for $3.50.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-19
The daintiest
of boudoir caps
Delivery Prepaid

What very acceptable gift is
one of bhese handsome Boudoir
Caps; of fine nets, Georgettes,
crepes and beautiful laces COM
bined with ribbons, and in the
daintiest of colors and combina-
tions. soc to $3.50
Williams news., 1917-11-01

1 the evidence in this, one of those Chi nese puzzle boxes. If you don't know the combination, it needs an ax to open it. Put it away somewhere-your trunk till we land-but take it ashore in your handbag. A tip from the other side, you know, and the customs fn- spectors'll turn my luggage inside out ; but you're perfectly safe, you see, coming in as an alien. They'll pass you on your declaration"
 The girl slipped the box-it was about large enough to hold a deck of cards-into the lining pocket of her cloak. "I1 keep it safe," she said quietly.
 Dear child! It's so good to have you to count on!" Craven patted her cheek affectionately. Nothing like ones own flesh and bloodi I thought I could trust that man: he was my only aide this trip" He sighed pro- foundly, and shook a doleful head. "Well-good-nigh again. I'll go aft again; you forward. We mustn't be seen confabulating out here at this hour"
 He stepped back two paces and van- ished like shape of dream.
 For a moment or two the girl lin gered, listening keenly; but, hearing nothing, not even Craven's retreating footsteps, she finally took heart and moved quietly forward beside the rail.
 But she had put barely eight paces behind her when she checked smartly, with an inarticulaee gasp, just short of one whose burly figure, motionless, barred her path. And then, as she stepped back and turned in toward the superstructure, thinking in her panic to escape by a sudden dash for the companionway, some whim of chance caused the tenant of the near est stateroom to turn on the lights, and two square windows leaped refulgent out of the gloom, the nearer silhouet- ting the head and shoulders of another man into whose embrace, as well, she had been on the point of throwing herself.
 Simultaneously strong hands fell upon her shoulders from behind, she was whirled about into the hollow of a powerful arm, and an incipient scream was smothered on her lips by the impact of heavy palm.
Williams news., 1917-11-01
HERMIT SCULPTOR IS FOUND
Spends Time Modelling Little Master. pieces Which He Promptly De-
 stroys Upon Completion.

There has been discovered at Caps Scott, one of the most solitary points in Vancouver island, by the chief en- gineer of the public works department of British Columbia, a sculptor who spends his time in modelling little mas terpieces from Jumps of clay and then destroying them, relates an exchange.
 He is A. F. Whittier, and he calls himself a '.prospector." Living entire ly alone, he has for the past two years been carrying out lonely investigations of mineral claims in his neighborhoodL His sculptor's tools are of the simplest kind. and it is his habit to work with the same piece of clay, which weighs scarcely five pounds, but with that he has modelled scores of objects.
 The government engineer found him just as he had completed bust of the marryred British nurse. Edith Cavel- MT. Whittier was about to destroy the work in order that he might use the clay for a miniature statue of his son, who was recently killed. He was, how ever, persuaded to part with the bust. which is to be auctioned in aid of the Fed Cross funds.
Williams news., 1917-11-01
WORTH OVER S125
 ABOTTLE HE SAYS
Georgia Farmer Says IanIac Re- Iieved His Rheumatism
 Entirely.
SUFFERED 45 YEARS
%i Am a Well Man In Every Way and Feel as Strong and Healthy as Ever Did," He
 Says,

"1 wouldn't take five hundred dol lars in cash for the good four bottles of Tanlac did me-" said J. M. Mallory, a well-known farmer of Stonewall, Georgia, short time ago.
 "For forty-f1ve year I suffered all most every day." he continued, land was so crippled up with rheumatism that I had to hobble around on crutches. My knees were so stiff I could hardly bend them and often I have been so weak that have had to take to my bed for weeks at a time. More than half the time I couldn't do any work. I had indigestion and stom- ach trouble, too, and my back hurt 50 bad that couldn't lay on my left side at all. I tried every medicine I saw advertised and many prescriptions be- sides, but kept getting worse.
 My brother living in Atlanta told me what Tanlac had done for him and begged me to try it. Well, sir, have taken four bottles in all and have thrown my crutches away for the rheu- matism is entirely gone and l. can jump two feet off the ground without 1t hurting me bit. I am a well man in every way and feel as strong and healthy as ever did in my life"
 There is Tanlac dealer in your town.-Adv.