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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-02
FOUR MILLION COPIES!
Wilson's Speech Well Circulated ir
Russia and Some in Germany.

Washington, March 1--Representa-
tives of the information committee it
was said today, will remain in Petro-
grad for the present to carry on the
educational and international work
with which they are charged.
Last reports show that the circula-
ton of the presidents address on jan
uary is practically completed thru
out Russia. The total. it is said, is
over 100000 copies, including sepa-
rate printing and distribution at
Tiflis. Vladivostok. Odessa, Rostov,
Omsk and Chita but not including l.
100000 newspaper articles and an in
calculable amount of partial printing
and editorial comment which auto
matically followed.
In addition it was said 1900, 900
messages printed in German went thru
the northern lines of the German
army. About 100000 were worked
successfully thru the southern and
central fronts
The committee also said that Ger
man and Austrian prisoners in Rus
STA were provided with copies of the
address
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-02
BILL FISHER MANAGER
Former Topeka First Baseman to
Pilot the Portland Club.

Bill Fisher, former Topeka first
baseman. will manager the Portland
club of the Pacific Coast league this
season. Definite announcement of
this has been made by the manage
ment of the Portland team.
Fisher came to Topeka from Denver
in 1915, and was recognized as one of
the best fielding first sackers IN the
league, but Savage was forced to let
him go because of his inability to hit.
Fisher afterwards played with Louis
Vile in the American association, and
then went to Pasadena, where he has
been managing an Independent club
ever since.
While in Topeka and Denver Fisher
was one of the most popular players
in the Western league.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-02
READY FOR HEX"
More Than 80 Topeka Boys in
Big "Y" Meet.
Associations All Over World
Compete for Awards.

Next week the boy members of the
Central Y. NJ. c. A. will take part in
a National Hexathlon athletic meet.
Y. M. c. AS all over the United States
and foreign countries will hold their
meets during the first two weeks in
March, and the results are sent in to
the international Committee of the
Young Mems Christian associations in
New York, where they are compiled
and averaged and the awards are
made. The associations are divided
into three classes according to their
membership. Topeka will be in class
A. More than ninety boys are entered
for the Topeka association, Athletic
Director Bolten announces.
The boys of each association are
divided into five classes as follows:
Sixty to 80 pounds; 80 to 95 pounds;
95 to 10 pounds; 40 to 125 pounds;
and all over 125 pounds and under IS
years of age.
The List of Events.
The three lightest classes have the
same events; two potato races, run
ming high jump, standing broad jump,
snap under bar for distance and target
throw. The other two classes have
two potato races, running high jump,
standing broad jump, fence vault and
8-pound shot put.
The dates for the different classes
to hold their meets are as follows:
Sixty to 80 pound class, Saturday,
March 8. at 2:30 p. m; 80 to 50,
pound class, Saturday. March 16. at
$3.50 p. m; 95 to no pound class,
Tuesday. March IL. at 7:45 p. M; 10
to 125 pound and all over 125 pound
classes, Friday, March 15, at 7:45 p. m.
Awards TO Winners.
The winning. association in each
class is awarded a bronze plaque
mounted on an oak shield, with the
photograph of the winning team
etched on the bronze plate.
No admission will be charged to see
these meets, and parents and friends
of the boys are urged to come and see
the events.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-02
new CARD. SPIRIT
Hendricks May Give st. Louis
Team To Rave Over.
His String of Pitchers Is Above
the Average.
BY LACK VEIoCK.

New York, March Jack Hen
bricks inherited a pretty sweet-look-
ing bail club when he inherited the
Cardinals.
Within one short year Miller Hug
gins had made over the Cards so
thoroly that St. Louis fans could
scarcely realize that the failures of
1916 were the first division contend
ers of 1917. And the Cards finished
right up there among the select set,
going strong.
When Miller Higgins left the Cards
it was a hard blow. But when Pres
ident Hickey signed Jack Hendricks,
the man of the hour in the minor
leagues, to step into Hugs shoes, he
got the right man for the place.
Hendrlckss success in the minors
indicates he should prove a big asset
for Cardinals. He isn't the kind of a
fellow who entertains defeat, and if
the owners of the Cards will give him
his heal and permit him to get and
keep the players he wants he will be a
factor in National league pennant
races.
New Spirit in Club.
In all there are twenty-nine play
ers on the roster of the Cards who
were carried over from last fall. And
there is going to be new spirit and new
ginger IN the team, for it's prospects
are bright for strong finish
Hendricks has good string of
pltcnerS in Doak, Meadows, Packard,
Horstman. Ames, Watson, Twombly,
Murchison, Tuero, May, Sherdeu and
Howard The first six named here
are the ones of whom most is expect
ed, and, taking the staff as a whole,
Hendricks has plenty of talent. In
Snyder, Gonzales, Brock and Benton
ne has catching talent galore, and
need not worry over how the pitchers
will be handled.
The infield problem has resolved
itself into getting some one to take the
place of Dots Miller, who has enlisted
in the navy, for in Hornsby, PauIette,
Bard, Bethel, Wallace, Steward and
Larfnore the Cards are pretty we'll
fixed with infielders. A second base
man with experience, therefore, is the
player mostly needed to complete the
lineup.
OutfieIders Competent.
The Cards have J. Smith. Walton
Cruise and Tom Long to depend on
as regular outfielders. They also have
Smyth and Heathcote for utility work.
Figuring that the Cards will prove
as strong this year as they did in
1917, and figuring also that much may
be accomplished by Hendricks, the
prospects of the Mound City aggresa-
ton look mighty good. They ought
to rank with the topnotchers all
season.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-02
WON FROM LECOMPTON
Y. Nj. c. "A. Team Defeated Crack
Quintet in Fast, Hard Game.

Two fast games of basketball were
played in the Central Y. NJ. c. A. gym
nasium Friday night. In the first
game the Y. NJ. C. A. Intern ediates
won over the First United Brethren
team 35 to IS. The Intermediates
played a good fast game, with lots
of team work, while the United
Brethren team played loose ball.
In the second game the Y. NJ. c. A.
team was victorious over the Lecomp-
ton quintet, winning 81 to 81. This is
the first defeat of the season for the
latter team, and just adds another
game to the long list of the Y. NJ.
c. A. team. The Lecompton team has
won ten games and lost one so far
this season, having beaten some of
the best teams in this part of the
state, among them the. Haskell In
dams. The game was fast and full
of good team work and good basket
shooting. The scores:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-02
- Up to the Minute
~ SPORTING NEWS
nv FROM EVERYWHERE.
RED SOx OWNER IS POOR
WAR PROPHET, IT SEEMS

1t must be that Harry Frazee.
president of the Boston Red Sox, is
reading the war news these days
with the most intense interest.
Frazee made a bet last December
of $4,000 against $4,000 that the
war would be over by the time the
American league season opened
this spring. Should such a thing
occu.. it would mean. by the way,
that the Red Sox in the service
would return to the team and my,
what a gathering of stars the Red
Sox would have to pick and choose
from,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-02
EXTENDS USE OF RYE
Hoover DEGREES Bakers Can Use II
Until March 81 as Wheat "Sub."

Washington. March 2.-Bakers may
continue to use rye flour as a wheat
flou- substitute in Victory bread" I'M
til March 81, the food administration
announced today in advising bakers to
buy other wheat flour substitutes. In
the baking regulations issued Feb
ruary 1, the use of rye flour as a sub
stitute was limited to the period end
ing March g. The decision to grant
n extension to March 81, was reached
because in some sections of the coun-
try, where other substitutes are not
yet available. rye flour can be OBJ
tanned
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-02
Food for Fans
By GEO. e. PHAIR
tCopyrightI

Warning to Rowland.
When Miller Higgins wants to trade,
Beware!
he puts Dave Harum in the shade
Beware.
No slicker with a golden brick
Who trimmed theNunsuspecting hick
Was ever half as smooth or slick
Bewarei
We have often wondered why Mr.. Hug
gins wastes his time in baseball when he
could make a fortune selling last years
almanacs.
Doc Garfield having called off the heat
less days, the press agents feel at liberty
to break loose with an auto racing cam
paign.
High CLASS entertainment being the aim
OF the Fort Sheridan promoters, We pre-
sumo the next match on the program viii
be Benny Yanger vs. Tommy Mowatt.
The woim Has TONED.
Not long ago the player had
The magnates on the floor
And made him sweat his bank account,
winch hurt the magnate sore,
For when a magnate sweats his jack
He also sweats his gore.
But now the baseball magnate has
The player in distress
And what will happen to him now
The simplest mind can guess
For baseball wars, like other wars.
Are wars Of frightfulness.
The ~baIl player does not realize that
the club owner is philanthropist. II
the owner had his way, the player never
would be worried about the income tax
Gradually. the war is breaking down the
ouIwarkS or aristocracy. Ball players this
year will ride in upper berths, just like
ordinary citizens.
McGraw's pitchers and catchers will dc
their preliminary training at Hot Springs
In view of the fact that the ponies will be
running in Hot Springs at that time. there
Ii little danger that said pitchers and
catchers will suffer from overtraining
Business of YawninE.
never heard of Cobb when he was play
ing in the sticks;
never heard of Speaker when he toiled
among the hicks.
So when l hear of bush league stars who
set the world aflame
L simply yawn another yawn and stretch
my weary frame.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-02
TWO KANSANS ON LIST
Twenty three Americans Wounded In
Action Feb. 20, Pershing Reports.

Washington, March 2.-Private
Harry Taylor, of Springfield, Ohio,
was severely wounded and Sec. Lieut.
James C. Wemyss, of Tarboro, N. c.,
and twenty-three men slightly wound
ed in action February 26, the war de-
partment has been advised by General
Pershing.
Kansans in the list were Privates
Paul E. Andrews of Lawrence, and
Frank NJ. Hodges of Ottawa.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-02
GIVE UP MINE STRIKE
Patriotism Grounds for Move by
Jackson Walker Employees.

Pittsburg, Kan, March 2.-The
union of bookkeepers and weighmen,
recently organized among men en-
ployed at coal mines here, have voted
to suspend the strike against the
Jackson Walker Coal & Mining COM
pany and lay their grievances before
President Wilson.
Patriotism is given as the reason for
the ending of the strike, which had in
vo1ved five mines and resulted in
loss of production of $500 tons of coal
daily
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-02
START SEASON APRIL 1.


MetrOpOlitan Racing Dates VIII Kun
to September IA.
New York, March 2.-Metropolitan
district and Maryland racing dates for
the season of 1918 were announced
here today as follows:
Bowie, April 1 to April Is, inclusive.
Havre de Grace, April 16 to April
80, inclusive.
Pimlico, May to May 25, inclusive.
Belmost, May 81 to June Is, in
elusive.
Jamaica, June II. to June %, in
elusive.
Aqueduct, June "a to July -, in
elusive.
Empire City, July 13 to July 81, in
elusive.
Saratoga, August 1 to August 81,
inclusive.
Belmont, September to Septem-
Der IA.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-02
OPERATION A SUCCESS
Percy C. Powell on Road to Recover!
in Lincoln, Neb., Hospital.

Word was received in Topeka today
that Percy C. Powell. State Journal
reporter, who voluntarily went on the
operating table to fit himself for army
service, came out from under the in
fluence of ether after successful OPP
Grafton and is doing nicely
Powell left Topeka last Monday for
Lincoln, Neb., and was operated upon
at the Lincoln sanitarium. In a few
weeks he expects to be ready for mill
tary service when the government
calls him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-02
GERMAN BARONESS
SON RESIGNS FROM
u. S. NAVAL SCHOOL

Annapolis, March 2.-Compiying
with the request of Secretary Daniels.
Midshipman william K B. Shope. son
of Baroness Zollner. who was tried at
Knoxville, Tenn, for alleged treason
able conduct, has resigned from the
naval academy, it became known here
today Madame Zollner is the wife of
Captain Zoilner of the Bavarian army.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-02
LAJOIE REFUSES To GO
BACK To BIG LEAGUES?

Cleveland, o., March Larry,
Lajoie expects to return to his job
as ma mayer of the Toronto Inter
nationals. No less than four big
league clubs bid for Larry's serv-
ices.
But" said Lajoie, 81 was hold
ing off till I heard from the To-
ronto club. Now they write me
that the International league will
be going again this year and that
they want me back. So that's
where I'm expecting to go again
this year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-02
LOOKS LIKE OTTAWA
Baptist Quintet Only Indicated
Team in the Kansas Conference.

Ottawa, Kan, March OTTAWA
university's basketball five wen it's
twelfth straight state conference VIC
tory Friday night when it defeated
the PittSburg Normal team, 81 to IS
The Ottawa team is now the only
undefeated member of the Kansas
conference, and has only one more
conference game to pay. that with
Baker university, next Tuesday night
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-02
TO GIVE CHICAGO RACING?
Theatrical Man Would Put Windy City
on the Grand Circuit,

Chicago, March 2.-Plans for a re-
turn to the days when Chicago thrived
on horse racing are under way and
may lead to construction of a track
near here.
Will ]. Davis, playwright and theat-
'rical producer is engineering the pro-
posed affair. Grand circuit racing
would be staged at the track if the
plan pulls thru
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-02

with one ball club and Walter John
son has been with the same team for
eleven years. This is long time I'M
der present conditions for a player to
be with one team.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-02
Fulton Wins Another Bout.

Chattanooga, Tenn, March Fired
Fulton of Rochester, Mimi, knocked
out Jim Harper of Kansas City here
il the second round of a scheduled
eight-round bout Harper was knocked
thru the ropes by right uppercut to
the chin and was unconscious for sew
eral minutes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-02
To Take SO Players to Camp.

Clarence Rowland plans to take
about thirtysix players to the train
ing camp in Texas. This is about the
top figure among the major league
clubs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-02
stecher and Zbyszko i'm Draw.

New York. March "A catch as
catch can wrestling match between
Wladek Zbyszko of Poland and Joe
Stecher resulted in a draw at the end
of two hours wrestling at Madison
Square Garden.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-02
Art Griggs.

Art Griggs, the old American
league first sacker who is now play
ing with Sacramento in the Pacific
Coast league, has told Bill Rodgers.
his boss, that he'll have to play first
base or not at all Griggs was used
in the outfeld last season and though
he played a good game there he
turn to his old love. Griggs is still
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-02

The Sporting News this week contains
the following interesting article from
war correspondent in France about Hank
Gowdy. the first big league player to vol
Next to General Pershing, himself, and
a few other generals, Hank Is about the
most popular soldier in France. When
the sidelines are damned with other sol
diers who crane their necks to get a peek
so that fella's Hank. the great ball
player, you can hear one .doughboy" say
Looks just like any other soldier. don't
What do you expect to see?' will ask
boy who has worshipped Hanks batting
average for these many years. "Didja
expect to see fella wearin' baseball uni
form and carryin' a bat over his shoulder?
Sure that's Hank. Hello, Hank, howja like
Hank viii look out of the corner of his
eye and then, sure that the colonel ism t
looking. will reply out of the corner of
Well hit everything those. Huns pitch for
home runs. No strfkeouts in this game.''
Hank Life of His Regiment.
his stove league" this winter he has or
ganized all kinds IF baseball leagues and
next spring he's going to lead cham
pfonship team against all soldier Corners
If General Pershing isn't too busy Hank
will try to get him to umpire some after
noon.
Hank isn't very strong for the discipline
stuff they have in the Army. but he be-
HAYES himself and does everything his Of
ficers tell him to do.
1 dropped in to see his colonel the other
day, but he wasn't in his office. Hank was
there, however, with his feet the
coloneI's stove.
After a while the colonel came in. Hank
removed his feet and greeted his regiment
al commander with:
well, well, colonel back so soon? Just
look who's here: Our old friend. Cal. Cal,
if the colonel here doesn't ask you to stay
for lunch. come on over and eat with me-
After Hank had gone out the colonel
said:
Every outfit ought to have a few fellows
like Hank. The boys fdolize him and he's
got em all stirred up with his proposed
baseball teams. He helps 'em to forget the
discomforts of war"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-02
Referee-Carter. Umpire-Leonard.
Intermediate-U. b. Game.

The lineup of the Y. NJ. c. A. Intermed-
iates and the First United Brethren as fol-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-02
Sport Wheezes
by uUG

Spencer Arthur Abbott says Joplin will
be good baseball town this season and
he quotes President Dickerson as saying
John Savage made money there last season.
Savage says he lost money but that he ex-
poets his Miners to do better this season.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-02

Huskers Win rom Drake.
Lincoln, Neb., March 2-The Uni
versity of Nebraska basketball team
defeated Drake university team in a
Missouri Valley conference game here,
80 to 10.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-02

Announcement has been made that Coach
Harper, the man who has made Notre Dame
mighty on the gridiron, has resigned and
will come to Kansas to go into the cattle
business Great athletic minds seem to
run in the same channel willard also be-
lieves he can make more selling Kansas
bulls than bulling the sport world.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-02

1t seems baseball men are beginning to
use more camouflage than soldiers. These
days they are putting out contradictory
statements oftener than the wind changes
and if they did but know it they are play
ing poor publicity game.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-02
BUSINESS DIRECTORY

Telephone numbers and addrt
ing. Filed away this list could
ence. 1t will appear every Satul
call Phone $3.50 Adv. Dept, for i
Advertising Companies.
DIRECT ADVERTISING CO,
412-414 Central National Bank Bldg.
Phone 1Si5t
Bicycles and Motor cycles.
SHAWNEE CYCLE CO.,
ia East It'll st.
Phone 400
Business Colleges.
DOUGHERTY'S BUSINESS COLLEGE,
George e. Dougherty. Pres. us West sth
MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK.
New England Building,
Phone 4173
Druggists.
MARSHALL BROS,
135 Kansas Ave.
Phone SIS
Electrical Fixtures. Repair. Supplies.
h B. HOWARD ELECTRIC & ATH-
iebc supply. 116 Kansas Ave-
Eye Specialists.
DR.. D. r. PAINE,
rs Kansas Ave.
thone 72i
Express Dray and Transfec.
TOPEKA TRANSFER CO., C. H White,
52S Adams St.
FALKINER WENTWORTH GEN
eral Insurance. 409-11 New England Bldg
Phone 81.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-02
Willard, by. the way. is reported to have

80 acres for front yard. The street num-
Der of the purchase was not given and.
lot of Topeka football -devotees who visit
the city every fall are wondering just what
one of Lawrences $4,000 homes the cham
pion selected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-02

McGraw's pitchers and catchers will DE-
their preliminary training at Hot Springs
In view of the fact that the ponies will bs
running in Hot Springs at that time, there
ID little danger that said pitchers AND
catchers twill suffer from entertaining.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-02

LaWrence certainly Is Fortunate city.
Not only does she have the university
basketball team as an advertising asset,
but citizens can point to the proud fact
that Willard deserted Chicago to move into
the shadows of Mt. Dread.
Tony DEBATE, the Topeka player who ere
ated such a sensation during spring train
ing last season and who then dropped out
Of O esane this is
was procured by Omaha in the deal in
which Pa Rourke sent Marty Krug to st.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-02

Gradually the war is breaking down the
bulwarks of aristocracy. Ball PLAYERS this
year will ride in upper berths, just like
ordinary citizens