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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-29
LOOK FOR TRADES
Big League Magnates Have
Swapping Clothes On.
Col. Hedges Anxious To Run
Cardinals Again.
RY LACK VEIoCK.

New York, Nov. 29.-Rumors OF
trades and sales in the major leagues
are flying thick and fast as the time
draws near for the annual meetings
of the two big leagues.
Major league magnates from both
east and west hoyered around the
lobby of the Seelbach hotel during the
meeting of the minors in Louisville,
and tho none of them would come
clean with notifications of the many
rumors which f1oated about, some at
least were well founded.
Owner Charley Weeghman, OF the
Cubs who announced some time ago,
following the annual meeting of the
Cub st ckhoIders, that he had roll
of some 100000 to spend on players,
prominent among the major leaguers
present.
Weeghman said he was cooking up
one of the biggest deals put across on
the majors for years, and limited that
he might be ready to announce it
when the American leaguers get to-
gether in Chicago. This leads to the
belief that he hopes to purchase some
American league talent for his team
Bezdek to Stick.
Barney Dreyfus, the same old Bar
ney in the same old business, regard
less of .rumors that he will sell his
club, expressed every confidence in
the ability of Manager Hugo Bezdek
to give Pittsburg a winner. He said
that he hoped to get several players
during the winter months and 1nd1-
Gated that he would be in New York
with the purse strings open when the
National league holds it's meeting in
December.
Miller Higgins, the new leader of
the Yanks, is also after players, and
he has leeway to the extent of five
figures to do his purchasing. ChriSty
MatheWSon hopes to engineer several
trades, and rumor says that George
Cutshaw will be with the Reds next
season. Clarke Griffith, of the SEN
ators, was as busy hobnobbing as any
body at Louisville, but he refused to
talk turkey when asked if there was
any chances that he might part with
his star battery-Johnson and Ain
smith.
THE Bat and Ball fund is a great
success" said Griff when asked about
the player deal. Il think the fans
Of the country deserve a world of
credit for the manner in which they
have contributed to it."
That's how much satisfaction you
can get out of Griff.
Hedges Wants Back.
Another rumor which fIoated
through the smoke rings during the
meeting was that Colonel Bob
Hedges, former St. Louis magnate.
will be back in baseball before long
'Tis said that the colonel has a yearn-
ing to get the Cardinals, or at least
part of them, and that he will make
an attempt to interest enough of the
48O odd stockholders in that club to
give him controlling interest.
Despite the fact that enthusiasm
over the Cards in st. Louis this sea-
son was encouraging to the stock
holders, it is the belief in baseball
circles elsewhere, that the club will
never be q real success as long as it
is controlled bV SO MANY men Too
many crooks spill the beans and spoil
the broth, say the wise ones, and
though It's an old adage, it generally
proves true
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-29
ODDS FAVOR K. U.
Missouri Expected Defeat in
Big Grid Game Today.
Jayhawkers Too Classy for the
Crippled Tigers.

Columbia, Mo-, Nov. 29.-Kansas
and Missouri university elevens
stage their Thanksgiving football
battle here this afternoon. Kansas
goes into the game as the favorite,
and on the dope should win by a
wide margin, but hope is running high
in the Missouri camp, and followers
of the two teams will be given an OPP
portunity to see just what grim, fight
ing determination to win will do
against a superior opponent.
Kansas will go into the game with
practically her full strength, and for
two weeks, since their overwhelming
defeat by Nebraska, Coach Schultz
has been nursing his cripp1es. The
Tiger team has been weak this season,
and in nearly every game one or two
of the best men have been put out.
The JayhaWkers probably outweigh
upon the speed of his backs, and was
hoping for a dry field to give them
a chance to display their speed.
Yet, Missouri didn't seem to have
much chance of victory against Mel
son, Ruble, Pringle and Foster in the
backfield, and Lonburg and LasIet on
either end of the strong Jayhawker
line. However. the Tigers were fight
ing in the lair, with their backs to
the wall.
Capt. Hamilton will be in at center,
and Viner, Rider. Edwards and Nor
ris, who compose the speedy backfield,
are expected to be in shape for the
game.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-29
NEW OIL BOOM STARTS
Logan County Land Leased To Be
Drilled in Six Months.

Oakley, Nov 29.-The West Kan
sas Oil & Gas company of Garden
City has taken leases on twenty thou
sand acres of land in South Logan
county in the famous Butte and
Chalk Creek country south of the
Smoky Hill river. The leases have
been placed in escrow in a bank in
Garden City and unless actual drill
ing operations are begun in six
months leases are to be returned to
the land owners
Biologists have for some time con-
tended that there were good oil pros
poets in Logan county and consider
able scouting has been done by oil
companies in this territory in the past
year, and now the West Kansas Oil
& Gas company comes in with positive
informa ton that it is to begin drilling
in the next six months. Practically
all of the land in this part of the
country has been leased and there
are at least a dozen development com
panies holding leases in the field. The
development will be watched eagerly
by western Kansas people who nave
long believed that there was oil in
this part of the state some where.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-29
CAMP FUNSTON GAME
Wilmington Eleven Plays University
of Illinois This Afternoon.

Camp Funston, Kan, Nov. 20
With more than 10000 soldiers sta
toned at Camp Funston, national
army cantonment, and several hun
dred visitors from nearby towns as
spectators, the elevens representing
the seth national army division and
the University of Illinois clash here
this afternoon in what was expected
to prove one of the most thrilling
gridiron battles staged here this sea-
son.
Coach Zuppke and his Illinois eleven
arrived Wednesday and were conf
dent they would be able to put on
enough camouflage to bewilder the
national army eleven while Lieut.. Paul
Wilmington, director of athletics at
the camp, was equally confident.
The probable line up of the two
teams was announced as follows:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-29
CAMP is SLIM TODAY
Soldiers Remaining at Funston Have
Big Time just the Same.

Camp Funston, Kan, Nov. 29.-
Nearly 1000 men left on special
trains Wednesday afternoon to spend
the Thanksgiving holidays at home,
and the cooks for the 10000 soldiers
who remained here were busy this
morning getting ready for the big
turkey dinners today. From the
amount of food in the company ice
boxes, it appears there will be some
consuming of food in this army camp.
It was a happy, care-free bunch
that boarded the trains Wednesday
afternoon, for many of them have not
had the opportunity of going home
since they came here. A hundred or
more will be the guests of persons
who wrote to the camp statistical Of
ficer for the names of men without
homes who would like a real turkey
dinner in a real home
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-29
Organize Army Nurse Corps.

Washington, Nov. 29.-The medi-
cal department of the army began a
campaign today to enlist Immediately
500 graduate nurses in the army
nurse corps They will be assigned to
duty at the base hospitals established
at the national army and national
guard divisional environments. Each
division has hospital accommodations
for one thousand patients at the base
hospital and will require SIS trained
nurses who will be paid $50 a month
and maintained. Applications should
be addressed to the superintendent
Army Nurse Corps, Mills building,
Washington, D. c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-29
WHITMORE TO LEAVE
Kimban Piano Manager to X. c.
Store to Be Closed.

Frank P Whitmore, for twenty
three years with the Kimban Piano
company of Topeka, has been pro-
NOTED, and leaves for Kansas City to
take charge of a territory almost three
times as large as his present terri
tory Upon the departure of Mr..
Whitmore the Kimball Piano COM
pany at S22 Kansas avenue passes out
of existence.
The entire stock of pianos has been
purchased by the neutrality-suspicious.
Furniture company.
The first Kimba1l store was located
in Topeka twenty-five years ago. The
original store was closed after fifteen
years of service, and six years ago
Mr.. Whitmore opened the present
store.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-29
LEONARD EASY WINNER

Denver, Colo, Nov. 29.-Benny
Leonard, lightweight champion boxer
of the world, knocked out Frank
(Sailor) Kirke, of Denver. in the first
round of their scheduled ten round
bout at the stock yards stadium here.
Leonard will make a tour of the
United States, giving exhibition bouts
for the benefit of war relief and ath-
letic equipment funds soon after the
holidays, if his duties as an athletic
instructor in the army can be ar
ranged to permit this. Billy Gibson,
Leonard's manager, announced here
today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-29
GOES TO BOARD MEETING.
X. C. A. C. Man to Attend Stallion
Registration Conference at Chicago.

Manhattan, Kan, Nov. 29-Dr. c.
w. McCampbell. associate professor of
animal husbandry in the Agricultural
college, will attend the annual meeting
of the National Association of Stallion
Registration Boards which will be held
in Chicago the week of the Interna-
tional Live Stock show.
Doctor McCampben has been presi-
dent of the National Association of
Stallion Registration Boards for three
years The association has for its
purpose the improvement of horses
both through legislation and education
in the states having stallion license
laws.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-29
, Garden City Pioneer Dead.

Dunn, one of the pioneer merchants
of Garden City, died at his home here
in his 74th year. He located in this
city in September, 1885, when there
We're but few houses in the place, and
established the mercantile business
that is now being conducted by his
son Frank NJ. Dunn, the senior Dunn
retiring from active business in 1900
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-29

All-conference and all-state selec-
tions are always aftermaths. AS the
sunshine comes after the storm, as the
politician comes after the political
plum and as the dark, brown morn
fng always comes after the sparkling
night before, so ''all-something" teams
come after every season. Therefore,
in accordance with its annual custom,
the Topeka State Journal is Offering
Elsewhere on this page today it's all
Kansas conference selection of play
ers.
As has been done for the last sew
eral years, the selection was made, not
solely on the judgment of the writer,
but largely on the judgment of the
coaches and officials who have seen
all the teams in action and who have
had a chance to make a thorough
study of the individual players. Three
full teams have been selected and 10
players have been included in the hon
orable mention list, so there should be
few players of any real merit left out.
Certainly no players who have inn
pressed the majority of coaches and
officials have been omitted.
The First Team.
In making up the first team. some
difficulty was experienced in choos-
ing men for certain positions because
almost every man who sent in a selec-
ton made a different choice, but in
other positions there was little diff
Guilty. In the end positions, for ex-
ample it was a hard matter to decide
between Kelley, of st. Mary's, and
Grimsley, of Southwestern. Both had
the same number of votes, but the
writer gave Kelly the call because of
his remarkable speed and the wonder
full punting he has done this season.
Such men, however, as Logan of
Washburn; Dalbom, of Southwestern;
and Archer, of Hays Normal, had
their rivals so completely outclassed
that they were practically the unani-
nous choice of all.
Washburn college this year is given
the smallest representation of recent
years. but with the exception of Cap
tain Logan, there was not a man who
played consistent football of the brand
that would make him stand out as the
kind of man a coach would pick for
an all-state team he intended to put
into action. Perry, had he been at
his best all the time, might have made
a spectacular fullback, but he got a
late start and has been handicapped
by charley horse. Harvey, at half
back. also looked like first team ma
terial at times, but he was not at his
best in several games.
This Unusual Season.
There may be some critics who
disagree with the selections made, and
there may be some who will contend
that the smaller schools got too much
recognition, but they are asked to re-
member that this has been an I'M
usual year with green material pre-
dominating, and that there have been
so many reversals of form that many
players have looked like first team
candidates in one game and like dubs
in the next. OF course, players on the
Haskell, X. U. and Kansas Aggie
teams were not considered in making
the selections.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-29
~ Up to- the Minute
~ SPORTING NEWS
n FROM EVERYWHERE.
BY~cLUG-
Few Stars Unanimously Pick
To Make the Arkansas Team
Many Good Players Erratic in Their Work-Small
Schools Get the Grapes

big league poet batted writing
poem about young lightly turning thoughts of
the spring turkey wild secluded to
hide their speced If such living today he could
become the Cobb of the rhythm league by writing few
about how universally the thoughts of the gron player
to the aonerence and aate football teams when the
the fat breast
until only hash meat remains However the
lightly his thoughts this aconfer
selection and he does not land place he thinks he deserves
did the selecting likely to get consdera
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-29
SCHOOL MEN ENLIST
Council Grove Loses Principal and
Superintendent to Army.

Council Grove, Kan, Nov. 20
With the announcement of the com
pletion of Council Groves $4,000 high
school comes the resignation of Supt
w. w Mcconnell and Principal G. NJ
Lockwood, who have entered the radio
service of the army, and will go into
training at Great Lakes, III, January 3.
This is a great loss to the schools,
as both are well liked by everyone,
and were Influential in the voting of
the school bonds last spring.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-29
TITLE is AT STAKE
High School Lads Play Manhattan
Highs This Afternoon

Accompanied by a large crowd of
enthusiastic rooters the Topeka high
school football team left for Manhat-
tan just before noon today to play the
Aggieville highs with the state title
at stake for the Topekans.
Coach Berg was apparently conf
dent his scrappy players would take
the long end of the score but said
he was expecting a hard game The
following probable lineup of the two
teams was announced this morning:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-29
Uniforms for Homo Guards.

regular council meeting the city coun-
Gil officials voted an appropriation of
$500 toward the purchase of new uni
forms for the Home Guard unit. The
county commissioners have also APP
propriated an equal amount for the
same purpose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-29
RIDICULE DANIELS
His Anti-Medal Edict Not Popu-
lar With Congress.
'Let Them Wear EN-" As
serts Curtis of Kansas.

Washington, Nov. 29.=Practically
unanimous sentiment among congress
men who have returned for Mondays
session foreshadows passage of a law
to permit the nations heroes to be
honored with foreign decorations.
ut is ridiculous for us to force the
men decorated by France to carry
their medals in their pockets said
Senator Curtis, Kansas, Republican
now let them wear them"
Representative Flood, Virginia,
chairman of the house military COM
mittee, favors handling each case by
a separate act, however.
81 thoroly favor allowing Americans
to accept honors won on the field of
battle or in fighting submarines. !"
Flood told the United Press.
There is no reason against it that
will hold water
Senator Hitchcock, Nebraska, rank
ing member of the senate military af-
fairs committee, declared:
There is nothing un-American
about it. There is no danger of open
ing the door to anything undemo-
cratic
Bill Already Passed Senate.
The Lodge bill, which passed the
senate and is on the house calendar,
would permit acceptance of foreign
decorations during this war. Many
favor a retroactive amendment to in
clude soldiers already decorated by
France and the men on American de-
stroyers to whom Great Britain offers
distinguished service orders.
Among a score of members of both
houses who expressed views on this
situation, no one was found who
agreed with><Secretary Daniels in his
contention that Americans should not
be permitted to wear foreign decora-
lions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-29
ACH! VAT BUM MUSK!
German Teacher Observation-Disclosures !
Recognize .sStar Spangled Banner"

Recognize stStar Spangled Banner"
Chicago, Nov. 29.-Miss Caroline
Schoch, teacher of German at the New
Trier township school, Investigated by
the school board with reference to
possible Germanisrn, has been ex-
onerated, it was announced today.
It appeared that Miss Schoch and
other teachers and pupils did not at
first recognize the "Star Spangled
Banner" which was being played by
sprightly march tempo. When they
recognized it they arose. According
ed seated in protest to a distorted
Miss Schoch might well have remain
ed steated in protest to a distorted
rendition of the national anthem
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-29
Bill Already Passed Senate.

A New York draft board recently ex-
empted a man from the draft because he
had been sentenced to be hanged within
few DAYS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-29
State Journals An-Kansos Conference
Football Teams
FIRST TEAM SELECTION.

FIRST TEAM SELECTION.
Stewart Baker. ................ end
Kelly, ST. Mary's ..........................e end
Logan Washburn. Observation-Disclosures. tackle
Vaughn Enporia Normal ............ tackle
Grone, ST. Marys. ............ guard
Woodland, c. of E. guard
Archer Hays Normal. center
Dabom, Southwestern. .................. quarter
Welty, Hays Normal. .............. halfback
Weidower, c.. of E. hafback
Hinshaw, c. of E. ........ .fullbac1
Team Team
Zen WEIGH c. of E. end
9rimsey
C. of E..
.haIfba
WashburnA
Paramount, hafback
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-02
A FRANK CONFESSION

TIPON taking possession of the
postmastership in the city of
New York, EX-Congressman
Patten announced that he was greatly
impressed with the idea that the postal
service might he conducted more free
ly and in a more liberal fashion, but
added: II don't know just how it will
work out"
In those few words Mr.. Patten has
sufficiently condemned his own ap-
pointment. He was without any expert
ence whatever in postal matters. Presi-
dent Wilson displaced a man who had
been thirty years in the postal service
and whose work had been entirely
satisfactory to the business men of
New York. Patterns only claim to the
appointment was that he was Demo-
crat and loyal to Tammany Hall. The
first statement he made in connection
with his official duties carries with it
the admission of the self-evident truth
that he did not know how his ideas
would work out. 1t will cost the people
of New York and of the nation i'm
mense sums of money and great in
convenience to learn by experience
how Mr.. Patterns ideas will work out
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-02
The Neutral

Brethren, how shall it fare with me
When the war is laid aside,
If it be proven that l am he
For whom world has died?
If it be proven that all my good,
And the greater good l Will make,
Were purchased me by multitude
Who suffered for my sake?
That 1 was delivered by mere man
kind
Vowed to one sacrifice,
And not, as l hold them, battle-blind,
But dying with opened eyes?
That they did not ask me to draw the
sword
When they stood to endure their lot,
That they only looked to me for a
word,
And / answered 1 knew them not?
If it be found, when the battle clears,
Their death has set me free,
Then how shall ! live with myself
through the years
Which they have bought for me?
Brethren, how must it fare with me.
Or how am / justified,
If it be proven that I am he
For whom mankind has died;
If it be proven that I am he
Who being questioned denied.
Copyright, 1916, by Rudyard Kip
ling, reprinted from "Sea Warfare"
Doubleday, Page & Company.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-02
THE PEOPLES FORUM
Give a Helping Hand"
By BRIGGS

To the Editor of the Telegraph:
L am not a big man and can't go to
war, but l have written little poem
telling how willing l am to lend a
hand. Will you print it? 1t is as fol-
lows:
Our country is full of pride and won
der,
Let no other nation rend asunder.
Liberty and Independence, is our
stand,
Let's give a little helping hand
The other nations do contrive.
Our liberty to deprive.
On the very soil we stand,
Let's give little helping hand.
Our forefathers strove to succeed.
Who fought and bed in time of need.
Why should we lose this command
Let's give little helping hand
This country needs you men,
Each and all, ten by ten.
Show you're of very good brand,
So give little helping hand.
ISADORE r. LEVIN.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-02
HIGHWAY WORK

RTOW that the interest and attention
IN of all the people are absorbed
in the preparation for national
defense it is reasonable to expect that
there will be little serious thought
given to the factional activities in the
Legislature. Three months of the ses-
sion have passed without much hav-
ing been accomplished in the way of
legislation. Perhaps this is not a Sc
rious matter so far as the welfare of
the Commonwealth is concerned, in
view of the fact that there has been
a multiplicity of statutes and re-
dundancy of legislation of every sort
in recent years.
Beginning this week the Legislature
will doubtless give it's earnest atten-
tion to those things which require
careful consideration. There appears
to be no doubt that ample provision
will be made for the construction of
highways and development of a COM
prehensive road system in Pennsylva-
MIA. Especially is this desirable in the
face of hostilities and the demand for
quick transportation facilities, not only
of the steam and water sort, but also
of intercommunicating highways ma
king accessible all parts of the State.
1t is interesting to observe that the
William Penn Highway Association is
urging upon those in authority the
completion Of that splendid road from
one end of the State to the other and
Governor Brumbaugh is known to
have a lively interest in this proposi-
ton.
Highway Commissioner Black is a
man of foresight and of great good
sense. With Chief Engineer Uhler
and those associated with him there
can be no reasonable doubt of such
preparedness in the big department
as will make available at once all the
resources of the Commonwealth in the
building of better highways with the
srantin9 af an adenuate annropriation.