The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-17
Sport Wheezes
by CTUG-

Signs of Spring.
nv bag all dusty. my balls all lost.
But should worry. about these ills
III be tomorrow out on the hills.
Maybe 1 can putt at least
If 1 cannot drive,
Maybe L can get hole
In at least five.
Better golf weather than we have been
having the last week could not be desired
even by a Chick Evans for a champion
S ship match hnG And it is safe bet that
over the greens when the church bells be-
gin to ring tomorrow.
With no baseball to compete with it,
golf should be great sport in Topeka this
will spend most of their baseball after
Moons either at the Country club or the
sufficient to induce Porter to repair the
Gage park course.
Apparently the deal to bring the Chicago
Cubs here for an exhibition game will
fall thru because it will be impossible to
The winter stove league may be looked
the strike has been called off and peace
has been made.
Otto Wallace pulled real boner when
he tried to lick the referee who gave a de-
cision against him in Kansas City a few
dutch with officials has about as much
chance as the bail player who has the
umpire waiting for chance to even up.
Is Les Darcy showing the white feather
by refusing to sign up for matches: His
any big men until compelled to do so
after licking all the middleweights lends
weight to the argument that he is
Darcy is quoted as saying: Il have
taken on big men, but l always was a
little nervous when l did so and / think If
bad policy. A little man takes a big
chance because if he ever stops one with
his chin ii is good night
These statements do not jibe with those
Les made upon bis arrival here when he
any other living man. And they tend to
| show he is not SO game as he intimated
could expect to get right off the reel in
America
The Smith Center high school has gone in
! for track work on big scale this year
and is now out for blood and begging for
victims. The Smith Center cinder kickers
feel that they have material worthy OF
good opponents and they have just issued
one of the broadcast challenges ever eman-
ating from Kansas high school.
The S. c. lads announce that they will
meet any high school in Kansas. or in any
nearby state, either with full track
| team or a relay team and that they will
accept. meets with any schools up to the
| size of the Hays Normal, Salina Wesleyan
Emporia Normal, Bethany or Washburn
freshmen.
The Topeka high school might be able
to entertain the Smith Center traeksters
and it might even be possible for the
| Washburn freshmen management to get
! busy and stage a big relay carnival in
which they could invite other schools with
| a similar ambition.
Many believe that Washburn relay car
| nival. staged for all colleges and uniyer
stiles in Kansas, would be big drawing
card here, and DIR. Kennedy who is
great advocate of the relay events has
been planning such a stunt ever since hs
came to Topeka.
Pitcher Dashner who has signed con
tract this week will be the only member
of John Savages Joplin club who was {
member of the Topeka team when Savage
took it over. Dashner has spent the win
ter in Topeka and expects to have one OF
the best seasons of hts career
The old players Savage will retain ar.
indicated by a letter received by F. G
Willard from him, asking for the pictures
The mugs" Savage has asked Willard fol
are those of Agler. Goodwin, Lindanore
Monroe, Deyore, Burwe1l, Sanders. Doyle
DaShner and Wiesing.