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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-05
SANTA FE NOTES

Notes and personals from Santa Fe
by Frances Jones. 211 Grattan street.
Telephone between s and 10 a. M, $3.50;
other hours. 4751 K-2.
Samuel Nelson has been appointed a
accountant reporting to the audi
tor of disbursements office.
Miss Monica Bresette of the ticket audit
ing department is spending the week end
in Kansas City.
Mrs. Albert Fugate of Berryville. Ark,
a guest at the home of her sister, Mrs.
James Mullin has gone to Hutchison, Kan,
to visit her daughter.
Mrs George Fleming, wife of Switchman
Fleming, is Ill of la grippe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Bechto1 and their
guests Mr.. and Mrs r. E. Farley and
daughter, Ruth. of Fresno, Calf, will go
Sunday evening to Kansas City to spend
Monday with relatives.
Pete Melchoir of Shopton. Kans., is suf-
fering as the result of injuries recently
received to his foot.
There will be no Sunday afternoon meet
ing this week at the Railroad "Y.''
Miss Alice Ginger has gone to Eureka
Springs, Ark, TO spend her vacation. Miss
Ginger is employed in the car account
ants office.
Mr.. and Mrs Milton Shepherd have left
for Fellows. Calf, to make their new
home.
Miss Emma Anderson. telephone opera
tor at the G. o. is spending the week end
with friends in Woodward, Okla.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Armstrong had as
guests this week. Mr.. Armstrong; mother,
Mrs. G. c. Armstrong of Barclay. Kans..
and his sister, Miss Mary Armstrong of
winterset, Ia Arthur Kempiin, of Omaha
Neb., brother of Mrs. Armstrong, was
also their guest few days of this week
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-05
JUST LIKE COLT
Old Cy Falkenberg Is Perform
ing Wonders This Year.
He Promises to Do Great
Things for Indianapolis.

While pitchers, young and old. have
been burning up the major leagues
with a world of stuff, veteran whose
bean-poIe frame is we'll known to
American league fans has startled the
American association by performing
like a colt
This lanky individual is none other
than your uncle Cyrus Falkenberg, the
human string bean, whose fame as an
emery ball manipulation in the Federal
league was on every tongue, and whose
work with the Indianapolis club last
year and to date this season has been
maIvelled at by a lot of baseball FOLK
who had a bunch he was thru.
Falky recently hauled his elongated
carcass to the mound in Toledo and let
Roger Bresnahans club down with
two hits in fourteen innings, only to
lose his game. Previously he had
turned in a victory and his work acted
like a magnet on several big league
ivory hunters who are securing the
country for more pitching talent to
bolster some of the weaker teams.
That Falkenberg is still good enough
to fool big league batsmen ,hruout a
long season may be doubted, but when
it is remembered that Falky, like Cy
Young, pitches more with his mead
than with his arm. it isn't hard to be-
iieve that he could get by with a CLUB
behind him which could turn in from
two to four runs C. game.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-05
BIRTHS REPORTED

Following are the births reported
to City Clerk CoveH during the last
week:
Everett Ray Belt and wife, 1858
Topeka avenue, May 3, boy.
Wallace Rodger and wife, Soldier
township, April 81, girl.
Jas. Henderson and wife, Soldier
township, April 90, girl
Thomas McNiesh and wife, 431 Polk
street, May 8. boy.
f. w. Shaw and wife, Overlook,
Kan, May 3, boy.
Henry J. Hustler and wife, 1923 w.
Eleventh street, April 80, boy.
Rolfe Arvender and wife, ALP East
Crane street, April 2S, girl.
Geo. B. Stoudt and wife, No. 5 Ell
lot avenue. April 80, boy.
Frank J. Dreyer and wife, Psi Ken
dali avenuel April 8, girl.
Marquis Holman and wife, 1717
Kansas avenue, April 9, girl.
Harvey H. Reed and wife, 1908
Monroe street, April IL. girl
Frank VIM. Hess and wife, SIS East
Tenth avenue, March %, boy.
Jas. Anderson Hughes, Soldier
township, April 20, boy
VIM. D-Foster and wife, GA High
land avenue, April %, boy.
A. E. Rugger and wife, 1881 North
Madison street, April %, boy
Rosco NJ. Floyd and wife, 1915
North jackson street, April IS, boy
Barton Palmer Phelps and wife.
lois Clay street. April 81, boy.
Chas. James Reeves and wife. 734
East Eighth street. April 81, boy
Robt. Badsky and wife, 521 Van
Buren street, April %, boy.
clyde F. Sutherlin and wife, 529
Tyler street. April a. boy.
WIN; David Lewis and wife, 9O9
East Eighth avenue, April 27, boy.
VIM. l.. Dunford and wife. 2OO4
Fillmore street, April "a, boy.
austin Workman and wife, 523
Ienth avenue, April "a, boy.
FRANK Mary and wife, 2O3 North
chandler street, April 20, girl.
RaIph winchester and wife, 3S4
Van Buren, street, April % bnv
Raymond Pool and wife. 655 Ssr-
dou avenue. April Is. girl.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-05
BIG EASTERN OLYMPIC
United States Will Be Represented in
Games at Toxic.

Toxic, May 5.-The Stars and
Stripes, the Rising Sun of Japan and
China's Rainbow banner will clash on
the athletic field here, beginning May
8, when the far eastern Olympic
games. held every two years, begin.
Husky Filipino lads, trained under
the direction of American coaches,
will enter as Uncle Sans representa-
tives Altho the Filipino team went
down to second place before the on
slaughts of China in the last meet,
Americans express confidence that
their banner will triumph this year.
Japan brought up the rear in the
meet two years ago.
This year Japanese teams will num-
Der about $50 men, while the Philip
pines are entering 100 and China
about rs. Lack of transportation ow-
ing to the war has made it impossible
for Siam and the Malay states to COM
pete.
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ON HEELS OF IRIS
SisIer of st. Louis Threatens TO
Take A. l.. Swat HOnOrs.
Ty Cobb Is in Eleventh Posi-
ton, Averages Show.

Chicago. May 5.-George SISTER, the
left handed first baseman with 81:
Louis. is pressing Iris Speaker OF
Cleveland. the 1916 batting champion,
for hitting honors in the America n
league, unofficial averages, released
TO-DAY, show.
: Coming from behind, Sisler is now
second in the list with an average OF
391 for sixteen games, while speaker
is leading with 4S4. The st Louis
first sacker, who was fifteenth week
ago. drove out twelve hits in his last
five games The averages include
games of last Wednesday. Cobb, or
Detroit, slipped into eleventh posi-
ton with an average of 315. A week
ago the noted Georgian was hitting
a $50 clip.
Sisler, Pratt, of St. Louis, and Weav-
er, of Chicago, are tied for the lead in
stolen bases with four each; Chapman
of Cleveland is leading the sacrifice
hitters with 10, and is tied with Witt
of Philadelphia in runs scored. Each
crossed the plate 3 times.
< Six PLAYERS are tied for home run
Hitting with one each They are Bo-
dis. Philadelphia; Young, Detroit /;
Pipp, New York; Walker. Boston;
Hoblitzel Boston, Sisler St. Louis.
Boston is leading in team batting with
ISL. Leading hitters:
= Speaker. Cleveland, 434; Sisler, st.
louis, 391; McInnis, Philadelphia, $50:
b. Collins, Chicago, 345; Strunk, Phil
adelphia, 1913; Milan. Washington,
3S3; Hoblitzel, Boston, 224; f. Foster.
Washington. 1922; Peckinpaugh, New
York, 500; Walker, Boston, 319; Cobb.
Detroit, 315; Pipp, New York, 311;
Jacobson. st. Louis, 3O4; Wamsganss,
Cleveland, 302.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-05
SALE OF MERKLE WAS A
BOON TO FORMER GIANT

The sale of Fred Merkle to the
Cubs by Brooklyn is Looked upon
as a boon to the former Giant first
sackeF. AS member of the Dodg-
ers Merkle decorated the bench as
long as Jake Daubert was able to
be in the game, and no first class
ball player can be contented spend
ing a season on the long timber.
Merkle was a mighty good buy
for the Cubs, too. His presence in
the Chicago lineup will increase the
hitting of the club and add snap
and ginger to the work of he in
field. 1t was a fortunate thing for
Chicago that a player of Merkle's
caliber was available at a time
when the Cub infield combination
was wrecked by Saier's injury. And
there is little doubt that Merkle
will be an improvement over Safer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-05

National League.

Rousch. of Cincinnati, is keeping up
his terrific hitting in the National
league, altho Jack Smith, st. Louis
pinch hitter, is at the top with an
average of .615. Smith has only bat
ted 13 times as against AZ trips to
the plate for RouSch. whose average
is .476. The average include games of
last Wednesday. Hornsby. of ST.
St. Louis. and Cravath. of Philadelphia.
are tied for home run honors with
three each; Whitfield of Philadelphia is
leading in sacrifice hits with seven.
and Baird of Pfttsburg tops the base
stealers with seven. Groh of Cincin-
natl is out in front in runs scored
with fourteen. In team batting New
York is leading with .265 The lead
ing hitters:
Smith. St. Louis. 615; Rousch. Gin
cinnati. 476; New York. All; Reuter-.
Chicago, 3S5; Cruise, st. Louis, 1857;
IIerzog, New York, 361; Elliott, Chi
cago. 1858; Cravath. Philadelphia, 34S;
Heihoff, Philadelphia. 333; Whitfield,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-05
WANT TO PLAY HERE
Omaha and Des Moines Would Like to
Book Exhibition Games.

Thomas J, Brennan, manager of
the Knights of Columbus baseball
team. has received letters from the
Omaha and Des Moines clubs of the
western league stating that they will
be glad to play exhibition games here
this summer If satisfactory dates can
be arranged. Brennan says the only
difficulty anticipated is that of get
ting them here on Sundays as his men
cannot play on other days.
The K of G. team will go to Horton
tomorrow for it's first game of the
season. The men who will make the
trip are: Navarro and Cannon. 2b.;
Marshall. 3b.; Birmingham, IS: En-
bleau, IF; Lannan, h.. Butler, CT:
Crook, If; Stack. c.; Sipes and Dough-
erty. D., and Dooley and Higgins,
utility.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-05
TRAP and FIELD
BY Peter p. Carney.

About the best piece of promotive
work for the sport of trapshootins in
recent years was the inauguration of
the Beginners Day" idea. Tried for
the first time in 1915-during the
month of May-6,7S4 men and 522
women appeared at $40 gun clubs and
shot at clay targets for the first time
The scope of the idea was broadened
somewhat last year in allowing the
shoots to take place during May and
June and allowing men and women
who had not shot at more than 500
targets to participate for the Begin
ners' Day trophies. In 1915 these
events were conducted by 773 clubs
and 1888 persons participated
In order 20 make these beginners
days attractive trophies are given
silver watchfob TO the man and a sill
yer spoon to the woman making the
best score. To interest the clubs two
trophies are given in each state-one
TO the club that gets out the greatest
number of beginners and another 20
the club which gets out the second
highest total Two trophies are also
given in each of the Canadian prov
inces.
Records are maintained to show how
the clubs fare. The Pahquiouuo Rod
and Gun club, of Danbury, Conn, got
out the greatest number of shooters
in 1915, with the Portland, Ore, club
second Last year the Hawthorne
club, of Chicago, was high, with the
Brookvi1le, Miss, club second. Illi-
nois got out the largest number OF
beginners-6ss. with IS women. Penn
sylvania got out the greatest number
of men-62S--and the Keystone state
also conducted the greatest number of
shoots-S6.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-05
KOESTNER LEADS w. |.
Lengthy Wichita Pitcher Has a Bat
ting Average of Al.

Koestner, of Wichita, tops the West
ern league batters with an average of
All. The averages include games of
last Tuesday. Coy, also of Wichita.
leads in home run hitting with three
and Goodwin of the same club in sac
rifice hits with four. Hunter, of
Joplin; Wuffli, of Denver and l.
Thompson, of Omaha, are tied for
stolen base honors, with four each.
Sioux City is leading in team batting
with 266. The leading hitters:
Koestner, Wichita. All: L. Thomp-
son, Omaha, 394 Kirkham, st. Joseph,
3S7; Lamb, Joplin, 3S1; Moore, st.
Joseph, 376; f. Smith. Omaha. 354 !;
RAIDER. Sioux City, 1854; Jones. Wichi-
ia, 1862; McClelland, st. Joseph, 355;
Wuffli, Denver, 343; Watson, Sioux
City, 343; Metz, Sioux City, 343
Kallie, Des Moines; Boehler, Denver
and Lyons, Wichita, are the leading
pitchers with three victories and no
defeats.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-05
BIG K. U. MEET TODAY
Thirteenth Annual Interscholastic
Track Carnival Held on Field

Lawrence, Kan. May 5.-More than
five hundred school athletes of the
state of Kansas crowded on McCook
field here today to participate in the
annual interscholastic track and field
meet of the University of Kansas. To-
day is the thirteenth repetition of the
contest and the entry list promised
some of the best competition of any
of the previous meets.
The schools of the state were divid-
ed into three divisions for today's meet.
Glass include those having more
than 200 students. class 3 between 1926
and 200, and Glass c all schools with
less than 125. Gold silver and bronze
medals will be given in the various
races, with trophy cups to contestants
breaking records, to the winning teams
in each division and to the individual
point winners.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-05
American Association.

Massey. of Minneapolis. has dis
placed Becker of Kansas City as the
leading hitter in the American assoc
citation. Massey is batting .341. Beck
err, fifth in the list is the leading home
run hitter with four. Yerkes, of In
dianapolis. Hollwitz of Kansas City,
Roach, of Louisville. and Bronkie, of
indianapolis, are tied in sacrifice hits
with six each. Dresser, of ST. Paul,
leads the base stealers with six and
Derrick, of Indianapolis, in runs scor-
ed with fourteen The averages in
clude games of last Wednesday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-05
Lewis Knocks Out o,Haren.

New York, May 5.-Ted (Kid)
Lewis, the English welterweight,
knocked out Jimmy O'Hagen, of AL
bany. here in the second round of a
ten-round match. Lewis weighed 145
pounds and O'Hagen 1874
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-05
wichita Gets Eddie Hahn,

Wichita, Kan, May Eddie Hahn.
formerly of the Chicago White Sox,
has been signed by Frank Isbell, of
the Wichita Western league club.
Leonard Harvey, left fielder, has been
released. Infielder Kellerman, for
merly of Dallas, will join the team at
Lincoln today.
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@A a. Up to the Minute NA
E4NA SPORTINGNEwS6 S@A
| LNgA& From Everywhere.

Philadelphia, 327; Fischer Pittsburg.
1927: Baird, Pittsburg. 1928; Kauff, New
York, 319; Bancroft. Philadelphia,
S13;; Fabrique. Brooklyn, BOG; Groh,
Cincinnati, 306.
Pitching Records.
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It was too cold for no-hit games, s.
the Cubs got twelve bingles and de
feated the Reds, II to 3. Ten error
figured in the contest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-05

Indications now are the big leagues
will start an almost brand new season
some time in midsummer and will
play only dcubleheaders.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-05

Columbia, Mo-, May 5.-The Uni
versity of Missouri baseball team de-
feated the Kansas Agricultural college
team in a conference game here, 4
to 2.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-05

NATIONAL LEAGUE.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

All other gaines postponed; rain,
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
All games postponed; rain.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATIONS.
All games postponed; rain.
WESTERN LEAGUE.
At Lincoln-Score: r. III e.
ST Joseph IL 0
Lincoln -; 1 i. III
Rohrer.
At Omaha--Score: II. II. E.
.
Batteries-P. Smith and Monroe; Merz
and Brottem.
All other games postponed; rain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-05
SC0REBOARD FLASHES

Fridays hero:-Ban Johnson. He
still sticks to the idea of opening the
baseball season in early April.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-05

An error " Fabrique spoiled
shut-out for the youthful star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-05

Leon ]. Galore overcame his name
and splattered the Braves all over the
field for the Dodgers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-05
National League.

National League.
Cincinnati at Chicago, clear. p. m.
Philadelphia at New York, rain, 8 p. m.
St Louis at Pittsburg. rain, p. m.
Brooklyn at Boston, rain, p. M
American League.
Chicago at st. Louis, clear, 3 p. m.
New York at Philadelphia, rain, 3 p. IN.
Cleveland at Detroit, rain, p. m.
Boston at Washington, cloudy, 3 p. m
American Association.
Milwaukee at Louisville, cloudy, 3 p m
Kansas City at Columbus. cloudy, 3 p. m
St Paul at Indianapolis, cloudy, 3:15-p. M
Minneapolis at Toledo, rain, p. IN.
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American AssOciatiO
Sport Wheezes
by CIUC--

Chick Evans may get enough money to
make him a professional out of the golf
articles he writes for the newspapers. But
if he does Grantland Rice should get
enough from his articles to make him d
rival of Rockefeller.
Something new in the way of sport
calendars has been issued by the Sporting
News. 1t is a regular card calendar with
the schedules of the big leagues sur
rounded by the pictures of the managers
of all the clubs.
The management of the knights of Col
range games with the Western league clubs
that happen this way on off dates during
the summer. It is to be hoped the scheme
will be successful as many fans would like
to see some of the old familiar faces
once more.
The return of the University of Michi-
gan to the Big Nine is blow to the argu-
ments of those who hold that conferences
letfcs. Michigan was always cited as an
example of what school could do in an
Independent way.
But the Ann Arbor authorities I'M
doubtedly believe they can do even more in
unit. It made little difference as long as
Michigan held the prestige of the West.
6ut When she those slip ha 1o
realized the benefits to be derived from
IAN anchor"
The atmosphere of the Ozarks seems
to have failed to produce the desired eff
feet upon Roy Sanders, "Heady" Hall and
Pinkey Bill Burwell. And the result is
that Joplin needs pitchers just as badly as
Topeka needed them last season.
Posterity will proclaim Freddie Welsh
the reatest lightweight the world ever
knew, It is entirely probable that he will
be considered one of the greatest men of
all ages several hundred years from now.
His greatness lies in his ability to remain
conqueror and a champion despite the
fact that he is conquered almost every
week of the year.
Welsh has carried his title without 1t
being so much as tilted ever since he came
to America, and he has been defeated
more times than the Hindenburg line has
been pierced. 1t takes great man to do
what he has done and if the kaiser only
had his receipt he would not need to worry
about the outcome of the war.
According to press reports Welsh was
clearly outcIassed in his battle with Kill
bane in n. Y this week, but still he is
cham pion. KfIbane battered him all over
the ring. but the N. Y. law forbids giving
decisions and the only way Kilbane could
have annexed the crown would have been
by the knockout route So the Dancing
Master retains his laurels, tho defeated,
and adds to his greatness by doing so.
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SPORT WILL BE
FOUND ON OTHER PAGES
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-05

Chick Evans may get enough money to
make him a professional out of the golf
articles he writes for the newspapers. But
if he does Grantland Rice should get
enough from his articles to make him u
rival of Rockefeller
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-05

Something new in the way of sport
calendars has been issued by the Sporting
News. 1t is regular card calendar with
the schedules of the big leagues sur
rounded by the pictures of the managers
of all the clubs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-05

The atmosphere of the Ozarks seems
to have failed to produce the desired eff
feet upon Roy Sanders, "Heady" Hall and
Pinkey Bill Burwell. And the result is
that Joplin needs pitchers just as badly as
Topeka needed them last season.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-05
EAST SIDE NOTES

Notes and personals from East Side.
oy Frances Jones. 21I Grattan street.
Telephone between and 10 a. M, $3.50;
other hours. 1851 k-2.
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The return of the University of Michi
gan to the Big Nine is blow to the argu
ments of those who hold that conference
are not essential to inter collegiate ath
letics. Michigan was always cited as a
example of what a school could do in a
independent way.
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All other gaines postponed; rain
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BASEBALL TODAY.

All other games postponed; rain
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1917-04-07
AMERICA AND GERMANY
ARE NOW AT WAR
(From Page ~

(From Page ~
things which we have always carried
nearest our hears-for democracy,
for te right of those who submit to
authority to have voice in their own
governments: for the rights and I'D
critics of small nations; for a universal
dominion of right by such concert
Of free peoples as shall bring peace
md safev to all nations and make the
world itself at least free. 10 such
task we can dedicate our lives and Our
fortunes, everything that we are ana
everything that we have with Phe
pride those who know that the day
has come when America is prepared
TO spend her blood and her might tor
the principles that gave her birth ano
happiness and the peace which she
has aeedrsu GpoeienhlgdSHKD
has treasured. God helping her, she
can do no other"
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1917-04-07
CARSON BOY LOSES
LIFE IN THE SNOW

Harry d. Cowden, Jr., son OF Harry
D Cowdel, formerly of this city, was
lost in a snowslide near Everett
Washington abot week ago. Word
was received in this city Saturday that
his BODY ad not been recovered yet
nv the searching parties who have
been out ever since the unfortunate
accident took place. Young Cowden
was about II years Of age, spent his
school days in Carson, and was well
schoolates, who will receive with re-
ore+ this sad news. Carson Appeal