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lean ordnance experts and proves
very deadly.
Not the First Time.

Not the First Time.
The Westwego had an experience
with German submarine before the
United States entered the war, hav-
ing been attacked by one January
81 last while off the coast of Eng
land. She was proceeding from an
American port with cargo of oil
for Europe when a submarine fred
five shots at her from astern. The
Westwego's captain, j. 8. Muicoy,
brought his vessel to a stop and sent
boat with his papers. whereupon
the German submarine commander
demanded a supply OF oil, threaten
ing to sink the ship IL his demands
were not complied with. The sub
marine commander also demanded
that the vessels $1,0OO,OO0 cargo
OF gasoline be thrown overheard.
saying he would give Capt, Mulcoy
until the next morning to comply.
Four barrels of cylinder oil were
sent to the submarine and the West
wego proceeded She saw no more
Of the submarine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-24
DIRECT PASS NOW
BEING ABANDONED
BY MANY MENTORS

When the rule allowing the use of
the direct pass from the centre to any
member of the backfield was incor-
porated in the football code, coaches
all over the country Immediately took
advantage of it and plays were in
vented by the score in which the di-
rect pass was a feature
But after trying out the direct pass
in many different ways a majority
of the coaches have come to believe
that it is dangerous to the attacking
team. Altho it saves time, taking only
half as long as a pass which the quar-
terback handles, there is more chance
for fumbling, and the responsibility
added to the duties of the centre is a
heavy one. Every pass must be per-
feet, or the play will be .gummed up.
So many of the plays that were in
vented have been dropped by the
coaches now and other plays in which
the quarterback handles the ball as
of old have been substituted and are
being used in the spring football
camps
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WHAT OF OLSON?
Fate of the Dodgers Hinges on
Performance of Kansan.
If He Can Play Third Cham
piOns VIII Look Strong.

New York, March 24.-Wilbert Rob-
inson, manager of :he Brooklyn Ma
tional league champions, is going to
start the race this spring with a line
up greatly changed and he is more
confident than ever, if reports are
true, in the strength of his men.
Robinson, with a mediocre baseball
club, won the National league cham
pionship last year, so If he believes
his ball club is as good or a trifle bet
ter this year, then some one, includ-
ing John ]. McGraw, is due to stage
some tall speed.
There is just one point worrying
Robinson. Third base isn't sewed up
as tight as it might be. Mike Now
rey received a contract this spring
veteran sorrel-top declined with dig
do with it. Then the Brooklyn club
tention of sending him to the Pacific
coast league and the waivers rolled in.
Robinson will have to plant Ivan
Olson at third unless something hap
pens and appoint Fabrique'a as a recruit
at short stop, a move which takes
Olson out of that crucial point. Fab
rique seems to have earned his spurs
, with little trouble, but Robinson still
is worried about third base.
Casey Stengel, too, may be missing
because of the cutting fever that took
hold of Ebbets. In his place may be
Jimmy Johnston or Hickman. Hi
Myers and lack Wheat are known
fixtures in the outfield.
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LEARN TO SHOOT
Topeka Rifle Club Prepares for
Big Summer Season.
Its New Outdoor Range Will
Accommodate 100 Shooters.

With prospects of war looming
larger every day, and almost every
hour, it >behooves all loyal Americans
to get on more familiar terms with
shooting irons, and there is no better
way of doing so than by becoming
affiliated with a rifle club that is run
under the supervision of the govern
ment
Such a club has been in existence
in Topeka for nearly two years and It
is accessible to every citizen who
either wants to become proficient in
the handling of rifles or who wants
10 provide himself with a healthy, in
MIGRATING and exciting outdoor re-
The Topeka Rifle club had a very
successful season last year and d
result of its natural growth and the
increased interest in matters of
semi military nature it is now making
preparations to take care of a much
larger membership. The outdoor
range is being enlarged and improved
in every way possible and when it is
completed will be one of the most
commodious in the whole state.
Big Opening Shoot.
H. B. Howard, secretary of the club,
states that the range will be ready for
use within ten days or two weeks and
that just as soon as it is an opening
shoot will be held. A new concrete
pit 50x12X9 feet is being constructed
which will provide room enough for
four racks of two targets each and the
/ range will enable the club to accom-
modate as many as a hundred shoot
ers and give them all the powder burn
ing they desire in a days shoot.
Plans are being made for several
shoots this summer and it is very
probable that something of an inter-
esting nature will be doing every
week unless war is declared and all
the experts of this part of the country
go to Germany on a hunt for Uhlans-
The auxiliary clubs that have been
organized in surrounding towns are all
active and it is expected that they
will stage competitive shoots here.
ST. MaryS Enthusiastic.
| The st. Marys club has shown more
real enthusiasm than any of the 9TH
ers and several local members are
afraid Topeka will have to do some
tall hustling to keep St Marys from
+getting ahead of her.
The membership fees in the Topeka
| club are very moderate. The govern
ment provides rifles and ammunition
and in addition to these things those
who become crack shots have a chance
! to take a long trip every winter when
the government pays the expenses of
/ a team to the national shoot
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STARS COME HIGH
Big League Salaries as Much
as Ever This Season.
Players Continue to Get as
Much as in War Times.

Altho it was predicted freely at the
end of last season that there would
he a general reduction in the salaries
of the baseball players, this dream of
the club owners has not come true.
The holdouts this season have been
more or less successful, with the ex-
ception of the Brooklyn and Boston
players, who probably will be forced
to receive cuts in their pay. The
signing of Grover Alexander, the
Philadelphia. pitcher, for $12,5 is an
example of how the club owners will
pay well for a star player, whether
they want to or not.
There is no doubt that last season
was the most costly in the history of
the game. 1t is estimated that the six
teen major league clubs paid out
about $1,50O,00O in salaries to players.
They have tried hard to reduce this
heavy expense, but in dickering with
club owners over salaries the players
have a decided advantage, for good
ball players are not to be found on
every bush.
Giants Top List.
One of the highest priced teams last
season was the Giants, and it will
cost just as much to keep the New
York club intact this season. New
Yorks salary list last season was in
the neighborhood of 100000, not in
Guiding McGraw's salary. 1t is esti-
mated that Brooklyn paid $95, 900 in
salaries. and according to President
Weeghman the CubS'S payroll was
more than $4,000. The Braves re-
ceived $4,000 and the Phillies drew
down about SIS, 900 in salaries. Bar
ney Dreyfuss had one of the most ex
pensive clubs in the history of Pitts
burg baseball, and he is said to have
paid out more than $3.50 in salaries.
Cincinnati'S salary list amounted to
$4,000. and the st. Louis Cardinals
paid out something like SIS, 900.
Just as many high salaries will be
paid during the coming season as were
paid during the Federal league war.
In spite of the high cost of the game
last season it prospered, and the play
ers are not inclined to stand cuts with
the price of living going up all the
time.
Some of the Best Salaries.
1t is stated that Manager John Nc
{ raw of the Giants receives a salary
of $4,000 a year. while George Stall
ings gets $4,000 for plotting the
Braves. Ty Cobb draws down 100000
from Detroit, and Alexander $12, 500
from the PhiIlies. Iris Speaker gets
$4,000 from Cleveland and Walter
Johnson s12.500 from washington.
Frank Baker gets more than $4,000
from the Yankees, and Lee Magee gets
$4,000 from the same club. Clark
Griffith, the Washington manager
and Hugh Jennings, manager at De-
troit, each get more than $4,000 a
year. Christy Mathewson draws close
to $4,000 for managing the Reds
Charley Herzog gets $4,000 from the
Giants and Joe Jackson gets the same
amount from the White Sox Eddie
Collins receives $4,000 and Walter
= ranville draws $4,000 from the
Braves.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-24
HERMAN NO FLUKE
Little Bantam Champion Is
Real Scientist of the Ring.
Jack VeiOck Thinks He Is
Worthy of His Title.
BY JACK VEIOCK.

New York, March 24.-Little Pete
Herman, New Orleans claimant of the
bantamweight title, is a rugged bat
tier. He looks and fights like a little
have seen him in action believe that
his claims to the banty championship
are more substantial than those of
Johnny Ertle, the st. Paul lad, who
won from Kid Williams on a foul.
When Herman was awarded a de-
cision over Williams after twenty
rounds of fighting at New Orleans,
fistic fans thruout the country were
convinced that he must be very
clever young man; Few figured that
he had outslugged Williams.
But this is just what Herman did,
and New Workers who saw him de-
feat Dutch Brandt recently are agreed
that he can punch.
Brandt is one of the toughest ban
tams in the business. And Brandt,
besides being tough lad. is clever
In his bout with Herman he had the
better of the argument at long range,
for Herman is somewhat of a mark
for a boy with good left hand, and
Brandt often put across the good old
''one-two' combination when boxing
with the Crescent City boy.
His Punches Rapid.
In close quarters it was a different
story. Herman was Brandt's master
every time they toed up to each
9th Herman Herr works work his maule Ifs
punches are put over rapidly and he
hits with a vigor that would be a
credit to many featherweight.
In saying that Herman is no wizard
as a boxer, we do not mean to belittle
his ability as a ring scientists. for he
is/fast and fairly clever. When press
ed Herman has a handy knack of
blocking the more dangerous punches
cleverly and his footwork is good.
But in close quarters he is a bear.
The present crop of bantams is the
best that has been uncovered in a
number of years. and Herman will
have plenty of fighting to do if he
wants to keep busy. Kid Williams
is on his trail for a return match,
and Johnny Ertle is expected to in
wade New York seeking a match. Even
the veteran frankie Burns of late
has been showing something of his
old-time form. In Burns behalf it is
only fair to say that there are no ban
tams in the business who have any
thing on him as a boxer. for he is a
finished artist in the hook and jah
line.
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At BIG LEAGUE CAMPS

Waco, Texas-"More hits, men,"
growled Fielder Jones after the
Brownies famed with bases full as
in mid-season form. Hank Served
was smashing 'em on the nose and
wasn't in the ''bawlout.''
Dallas, Texas.-Move back those
National league park fences. Rogers
Hornsby, famous Cardinal ex-holdout
and shortstopper, continues cracking
em against the boards. Cruise hits
nearly as hard.
San Antonio, Texas.-The Giant reg
ulars are due here today, their first
stop on their way north from the
training camp.
today and then the Yanks bust fate
in the nose by taking on the Braves
for series of games.
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DETROIT PITCHER DOESN'T
HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT JOB

Waxahachie. Tex, March "a
John Couch. a recruit pitcher with
the Detroit Americans doesn't
have to worry aboute the price of
potatoes or whether he makes good
in the majors
Couch and his five brothers own
a cattle ranch of 10000 acres in
Montana and hesis well fixed with
the worlds goods. He has been
playing ball in the summer and
going to Leland Stanford univer-
sity in the winter. Altho John
doesn't have to toll, he is trying
hard to convince Manager Jen-
nings that he is a regular pitcher.
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HERMANN is HAPPY MAN.
He Believes the Reds at Last Look
Like Winning Team.

Cincinnati, March 24.-August
Hermann, president of the Cincinnati
Nationals. is convinced that he at last
has landed a winning ball team.
The players are working their
heads off for Mathewson," said Herr
mann after his return from Shreve-
port. La, his first visit of years to a
training camp. II like their spirit,
for it's the stuff that hoists a ball club
into the first division
Hermann believes that ROUGH will
complete the outfield.
And / don't mind saying that it
will be the best outfield in either
league" Hermann asserted.
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"BUCKv WEAVER is DEAD.
Well Known Western League Catcher
Succumbs After Long Illness.

Denver March 24.-Arthur c.
("Buck'D Weaver, for several years
catcher on the Denver Western league
team. died in a hospital here after an
extended illness. Weaver leaves a
widow and child. He was 81 years
old.
Weaver entered baseball when he
was given a tryout by the Chicago
Americans. Later he was sold to
Wichita and then to Denver. He end
ed his baseball career for the Salt
Lake City club of the Pacific Coast
league.
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I@A 49, UP to the Minute ~
EXXn SPoRTlNGNEwsA W.
| /NAN From Everywhere.
LL0ON BX"C1lon
~ COBB may BEAT SAM
CRAWFORD OUT OF PLACE

waxahachie, Tex, March "a
There is a possibility that Ty Cobb
will play right field for the Detroit
Americans this season. Manager
Jennings believes that SAM Craw
ford is thru as a fielder and eX-
poets to use Harry Heilman as the
third man in the outfield. Jennings
says centerfield is easier to play
than the other gardens and plans
to use Heilman in that position,
while Cobb is shifted to Crawford's
place.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-24
Food for Fans
BY GEO. e. PHAIR.
(Copyright)

Ode.
Spring cometh;
Cometh also
The laughing birds
Which chirpeth
At morn -
When guy wants to sleep.
Evidently they know not
That John Mccormack
And Alma Chuck
And Bert Williams
And Tetrazzini
And other birds -
viii sing for us
Any old time
We feel like putting on
A record
However,
There is something worse
Coming to us
Than sparrows,
You have read,
We presume,
OF the devastation
In Europe.
You have read,
We presume,
of the devastation
Wrought by forty-two centimetsrs
And by seventy-fives
1> And And by t %ibss
But greater blight
Than any of these
Is about
To fall upon us.
We are about to move.
Gosh.
When an army retreats it destroys
everything valuable in its wake. But
when a family retreats from one flat
to another, the movers may be de-
pended upon to do the destructive
work.
Harvard students have been foiled
in their plot to appear bare-legged on
the stage. The bare-faced hussies,
Z There is a great difference between
the Cubs of last year and the Cubs
of this year. The difference is one
year.
One of these days Nick Romanoff
and Dave Fultz will get together and
organize a club.
What's the Difference?
The Car is n citizen now:
The crown is removed from his brow,
But why should he groan
When removed from his throne?
He never was there anyhow.
Fame is an ephemeral object. In
the short space of twenty-four hours
we have forgotten the name of the
gent who was knocked out by Bat
Nelson in st. Louis-or some other
place.
ADDITIONAL SPORT WILL
BE FOUND ON JTHER PAGES
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NEW BASEBALL BODY?
Big Minors SaiG TO Be After Oreani-
zation of Their Own.

Louisville. KY, March 24.-Pians
are being made. according to o. H
Wathen. vice president of the Ameri-
can association. to form the Ameri-
can association, the international
league and the Pacific Coast league.
the three double A class baseball or
CARNATIONS, in a body separate from
the National Association of Profess
sional Baseball Leagues. with which
they are at present AFFILIATED.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-24
BASEBALL PLAYER KILLED
Foul Ball Hit Indian College Player
Over Heart, Causing Death.

Albuquerque, N. M, March "a
Ben Toledo, member of the Indian
school baseball team here, died thirty
minutes after a fouled ball struck
him over the heart.
This is the first death that has re-
suited from an injury received on a
baseball diamond this year.
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Ira Morse with Minneapolis.

Minneapolis. March 24.-Four more
recruits have Joined the ranks of the
Minneapolis American association club,
now in spring training at Parsons,
Kansas. The new players are: Lorin
Erwin, pitcher from Edgeley, North
Dakota; William p. Veach, catcher
from Marion, Indiana: H. c. Sumner.
Dakota semi-pro infielder, and Ira
Morse, third baseman from the Lin
coin Western league team.
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lege seems to be getting more complicated
all the time. The fraternities haze made
arrangements to play an inter-frat series
regardless of the failure or success of the
efforts to launch a college team, but it is
understood DR.. Kennedy opposes an inter-
frat series on the grounds that it is I'M
democratic. He thinks inter fraternity
series would be all right with barb"
team competing. But the frat men can't
see how it would be an inter fraternity
series under these conditions.
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Gibbons Defeats Levinsky.

st. Paul, Mimi, March 24.-Ag-
gressiveness of Tommy Gibbons, of st.
Paul. won him a newspaper decision
over Battling Levinsky, of New York,
in a ten-round bout here. Levinsky
outweighed the local man, 1859 to
1917.
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First Baseman to X. c. Blues.
Chicago, March 24.-Fred Mollwitz
utility first baseman, was released to-
day by the Chicago Nationals to the
Kansas City club of the American
association
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can league really is neither better nor
faster than the National organization. But
by world series results than by statistics
and arguments.
This column is in receipt of the 1917
Record Book issued by the Sporting News.
The little vest pocket volume contains
lot of valuable information and the bugs
who are always asking 1901 questions
might do well to invest jitney in a copy
of it.
Altho all other sports are flourishing
there seems to be a lull in horseshoe pitch
ing activities. Can it be that the high price
of shoes has anything to do with it?
The advance guard of the Omaha West
ern league baseball club assembled the first
of the week and reports from the Rourke
camp are to the effect that the men have
activities Will Undoubtedly begin when Cy
Forsythe makes his appearance
What doth it profit Boosting golfer if
he make an 1S-hole course in AZ if there be
no reliable opponent on hand to sign his
card?
| AL Schweitzer, the ex-big league flying
Dutchman from Cincinnati who failed to
make good with the Topeka Savages last
season, has been given a chance to make
a place for himself on the Rochester club
of the International league. Al may STICK
for a while, bNt the general opinion is that
his best baseball days are over
The fact that the washburn students
are willing to try to raise enough money
to launch a collegiate baseball team shows
that they are more than passively interest
ed in the sport and the college authorities
will be overlooking a chance both to give
the boys what they want and to give the
school needed athletic boost if they do
not get behind the move.
| The assertion has been made that there is
not enough good baseball material in
school to turn out a winning team and
that it would be better not to have any
/ organization
unabfe to make Il good showing; This
argument is Il poor one The only way
! to get more material is to encourage the
sport, give the players practice and let
students who might enter school know
| that they will have a chance to play if
/ they do. Everybody conceded that the
football material in the 1chabod camp last
season not what it might be. but no
! one thought of abandoning the sport be-
cause of. this.
| A committee of the Kansas conference
has taken the eligibility buck by the ears
| and as result of their action taken at a
meeting at Ottawa. all students who par
ticipate in conference contests in the
| future will be required to take oath
that they have done nothing to disqualify
them.
| Cleaner athletics may result from this,
ibut there are many who believe such ac-
| ton is reflection upon both the heads
of the athletic departments of the colleges
ers who believe it would be better to let
/ an occasional ineligible man get by than to
teach students that his word Is not as
good his oath.
The baseball situation at Washburn col
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The Baseball Magazine devotes consider
able space in its April number to argu-
ments and figures to show that the Ameri
can league really is neither better nor
faster than the National organization. But
by world series results than by statistics
and arguments.
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Sport Wheezes
by CLUG-

August Herman says the Cincinnati
Reds now have the best outfield of any
big league club. Herman is getting along
too far in years to be kidding himself and
Hughie Jennings in any SUCH way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-24

This column is in receipt of the 1917
Record Book issued by the Sporting News
The little vest pocket volume contains a
lot of valuable information and the bugs
who are always asking 1901 questions
might do well to invest a jitney in copy
of it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-24

Altho all other sports are flourishing
there seems to be a lull in horseshoe pitch
ing activities Can it be that the high price
of shoes has anything to do with it?
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ern league baseball club assembled the first
of the week and reports from the Rourke
camp are to the effect that the men have
been struggling in all week. Real spring
activities will undoubtedly begin when Cy
EorsYthe makes his appearance
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Read State Journal Wants.
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SPORT WILL
BE FOUND ON OTHER PAGES
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What doth it profit a Boosting. golfer if
he make an 1S-hole course in AZ if there be
no reliable opponent on hand to sign his
care
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The baseball situation at washburn col
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Fame is an ephemeral object. In
the short space of twenty-four hours
we have forgotten the name of the
gent who wasLknocked out by Bat
Nelson in st. Louis-or some other
place.