THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL SATURDAY EVENING-FEBRUARY 8, 1913-
BIG BOERJRRIVES
George Rodel, a Regular Bear,
Wants to Fight Wells.
THORPE NEEDS NO TEARS; IF DIAMOND
PALLS HE CAN TAKE TO STAGE OR RING
He Trimmed in the Ring and
Killed 'Em in the War.
New Tork, Feb. S. George Rode,
he's a champion; ' George Rodel, he's
Boer, he trimmed them In the prize
ring and killed them in a war.
He can keep on warbling praises if
you Insist on any more, for this big
gTjy's a bear cat, even though he Is
a Boer.
Sung to the accompaniment of a tin
thistle and a comb encased in tissue
paper, the latest composition of
Moimes" Johnson produces a shiver
that you never shivered before.
George arrived in this country not
many hours ago. And as Joimes said,
the public will have an opportunity of
gazing upon the finest specimen of
manhood that ever aspired to be a
pugilist in the person of George Rodel,
a real Boer from South Africa.
One evening in London, a Bombar
dier Wells was to fight Runier, a
French heavyweight bruiser. Runier
Was absent. Rodel was coaxed and be
seeched to save the night's entertain
ment. He consented with the under
standing that no matter what the out-
come there was to be a return battle.
The battle started. In the second
round Rodel slipped to his knee, nt
from a blow, and when he arose the
referee chirped that the fight was
over.
This didn't worry the Boer much, for
he saw a return engagement In sight,
when Bombardier Wells was interro
gated about the repetition of hostilities
he scooted for America. So the big
Boer is here to force Wells into a
match.
Rodel has a good record of victories,
mostly through slipping the knock out
wallop over on his rivals.
GOTCH MAY CXME BACK.
Champion Says Whenever Public De
mands It He'll Wrestle Again.
Chicago, Feb. 8. Frank Gotch,
champion heavyweight wrestler of the
world, is about to emerge from re
tirement. He came to Chicago to ref
eree a wrestling bout and, incidentally,
while here he admitted that he was
about ready again to answer the lure
of the mat.
"If there is a public demand that I
wrestle again, I'll come back," he said.
"I might even wrestle some one I al
ready have beaten, if the sporting pub
' lie thinks I should in order to make
my superiority conclusive. But I am
not anxious about going into training."
Gotch is at present in business in
Humboldt, la., and if he should take
up training for a match, he says, he
would have to abandon his business.
Mrs. Gotch is opposed to his re-entering
the game.
Just whom Gotch would wrestle if
he should decide to come back has
not been st' ted. It is generally be
lieved, however, that Zbyszko would get
the match. He never has been satis
fied with the champion's victory over
him here about three years ago when
Gotch secured the first fall in six seconds.
IIEALY COMES BACK TO DESVER.
Spit Ball Find Xot Classy FJnongto for
Fast Company,
Chicago, Feb. - 8. The reinstate
ment of James P. (Death Valley Jim)
Scott, the Chicago American League
baseball pitcher, is noted in an of
ficial bulletin issued by President
Johnson. He was suspended last fall
after he had been out of condition for
several weeks.
The announcement was made of
the release by Detroit to Denver of
Cliff Healy.
FRED CLARK BUYS
'GOLD ORE."
From
Pirate Leader Purchases Farm
J. W. Kupcrt,
Winfleld, Kan., Feb. 8. Fred Clark,
manager of the Pittsburg Pirates, has
Just purchased the famous "Gold Ore"
farm, a few miles south of Udall, and
within a short distance of his Little
Pirate ranch.
This farm has something of a his-
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Jim Thorpe.
Ladies and gentlemen, don't cry
over Jim Thorpe. True, . the mighty
Indian has been hurled headlong from
his throne. He is no longer the cham
pion amateur athlete of the world.
The laurels have been torn from, his
classic brow. But Jim Thorpe isn't
down and out yet.
In the first place, the big brave's
popularity with the fans has not
waned appreciably. The most of them
have been heard to say: "Oh, well,
when Thorpe played professional ball
he was a simple Indian child, fresh
from the mountain fastnesses of Okla
homa, unacquainted with the ways of
the white man, and he supposed he
was doing all right."
In the second place, a very delight
ful future seems just ahead of Jim in
the world of professional sport. It is
said his contract with the New York
Giants for the 1913 season is a very
handsome affair that the salary pro
vided for is very much greater than is
generally given to a green man like
Thorpe. There was a regular scram
ble for the big brave's services on the
part of a half dozen big league clubs
before McGraw finally cornered him.
If Thorpe gets weary of baseball, or
if baseball tires of him, he can take
to the ring. At least one fight pro
moter, Harry Edwards of Philadelphia,
would like to make a proposition to
Thorpe to become a professional fight
er. Edwards thinks the Indian could
put all the black, white and red hopes
to flight.
Should Thorpe sicken of both the
diamond and the ring, there is at least
one other profession to which he can
turn and garner many a golden coin.
He can go into vaudeville. In fact,
vaudeville managers were hot on Jim's
trail when he signed up with McGraw,
and they were offering him everything
but the earth fop his services. The
stage stands with open arms ready to
receive him at any time.
And so we say, don't weep over Jim
Thorpe. If you have tears to shed and
feel that you positively must shed
them, let them fall in a good cause and
wail over the high cost of living.
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LET RULES ALONE
Football Laws Will Be Given
Best Cure.
Some Misleading - Points May
Be Cleared Up.
tory. In 1S97 somebody thought he
had discovered traces of gold in the
shale along the banks and in the
bluffs of the Walnut river in the vi
cinity north of where the town of
Seely is now located. A gold fever
seized upon the people of this locality
and the excitement spread to the sur
rounding counties. A town named
"Goldore" was started, tents pitched,
and claims were staked out all about
there, regardless of the -fact that the
land had passed to private ownership
several years before. But the boom
collapsed and the land and the aban
doned townsite has been known ever
since as the Gold Ore farm.
Mr. Clark bought the farm of J. W.
Rupert of New York, who is the prin
cipal owner of the big Rupert brewery
WHO SAID NO GOOD THING GOULD GOME
OUT OF CUBA? BEHOLD ARMANDO MARSANS
of that city. Mr. Rupert was out here
when the gold ore excitement was at
its height, and became interested in
it. He visited the place, was shown
samples of the ore, found that it as
sayed high, and bought the farm. It
proved to be a "plant." The ore was
highly "salted" for his especial benefit,
and "Gold Ore" proved to be a gold
brick. ,
NORMAL PRACTICE STARTED.
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ft.- . A
Armando M
Armando Marsans hails from
Cuba, but Juat tha same thera
tome real stuff in him. He can play
baseball with the best and has shone
brightly with the Cincinnati Reds
(or a couple of seasons He's an out
fielder and a wide awake one. Also
he's a batter of no small ability and
has a batting average around .300.
Just at present Marsans is a hold
out, but no doubt he'll make his
peace with Manager Tinker when the
time comes and play with the Reds
aain In 191S,
HeaTy Baseball Schedule Planned for
Teachers This Year.
Emporia, Kan., Feb. S. Coach Crispin
has ordered indoor practice for the base
ball squad at the Kansas State Normal,
and is sizing up his material. The heaviest
schedule ever planned at the Normal tj
being made up. The squad will be built
around the veterans. Field, Pearson, Mc
Connell, Miller and Breneman, and there
are a number of candidates among the
new men.
The schedule includes:
April 8 Ottawa at Kmporia.
April 11 St. Mary's at St. Marys.
April 12 Aggies at Manhattan.
April 25 Baker at Baldwin.
April 26 Ottawa at Ottawa.
April 29 Baker at Emporia.
May 9 and 10 Bethany at Emporia.
May 16 and 17 Bethany at Lindsborg.
KANSAS BEATS WASHINGTON.
Onesided Contest Ends in Victory for
Jaynawkcrs.
Lawrence, Kan., Feb. 8. The Uni
versity of Kansas basketball team de
feated the Washington university five
of St. Louis by a score of 44 to 25, in
the first conference game on the Jay
hawkers' schedule. The game was
one-sided in the first half, Kansas
leading all the way and the score
standing 21 to 7 at the end of the
period. -
In the second half the Washington
team showed much improvement in
their passing and Chivis was able to
get down the court and shoot seven
goals from the field. Sproull, Weaver
and Greenlees starred for Kansas and
Chivis did most of the scoring for
Washington. The same teams play
again tonight.
AGAINST LAW TO TUT UMPIRE.
Illinois Court Fines Lawyer Who
Struck Kerin.
Chicago, Feb. 8. It is illegal to strike a
baseball umpire in Illinois. This view was
he.d bv the appellate court in sustaining
a decision of the municipal court, render
ed on November 21, 190S, by which At
torney Robert Cantwell was fined $75 and
costs for assaulting Umpire Kerin, of tr.e
American League.
The assault took place at the Iocs'
American League park in the fall of 13w
after a heated game.
New Tork, Feb. 8. Football rules are
almost sure to get the "rest cure'' this
year, according to authoritative sources.
Although the intercollegiate rules com
mittee has arranged for its annual
meeting here on February 14, it Is ex
pected that its fourteen members will
have a little to do.
The revised code adopted last winter
was gradually approved In reports at
the recent meeting of the national col
legiate athletic association and In all
probability the changes in the rules, if
any at all, will be along clarifying
lines, with nothing new or radical,
GOULON MEETS WINNER
Two Championship Battles In April at
McCaney's.
Florence Teams Win and lose.
Florence, Kan.. Feb. S. In a basketball
double header on the rink court of Flor
ence the Florence high school boys' tean
won from the Peabody hiKh school boys
by a score of 37 to 25, ana the Florence
girls lost to the Peabody girls by a score
of 22 to 17. Both games were fast and ir
tereting throughout. The Burns high
school boys, who claim the county cham
pionship in high schools, will play t:.e
Florence boys here next week.
Whiting Defeats Seneca.
. hltin?. Kan., Feb. S- Whiting won a
fast basketball game on the local court
from the Seneca team by a score of -48
to 2S. Seneca did not at any time dur
ing the game have a chance of winning.
Page, McCurdy and Todd starred I or
Whiting, while Taylor and Scoville were
easily the stars for Seneca.
Los Angeles, Cal.. Feb. 8. Johnny
Coulon, world's bantamweight cham
pion, has agreed to defend his title
against the winner of the "Kid" Williams-Eddie
Campi battle.
Williams and Campi meet In a
scheduled twenty round bout in the
Vernon Arena of the Pacific Athletic
club next Wednesday afternoon. The
weight will be 116 pounds ringside.
Charles F. Eyton will referee.
The date for Coulon's appearance
against the victor has not been de
finitely named, but Promoter T. J.
McCarey gave It as his opinion that he
would bring the bantams together in
April. . , tt.
If this program is carried out it
will mean that two championship
contests will be decided here inside of
one month, as Johnny Kllbane and
Johnnv Dundee have contracted to
meet for the featherweight crown
early in April. -
Coulon. in a long letter to the Los
Angeles promoter, accepted tne terms
offered him several days ago and went
into detail as regards the bantam
weight situation.
In the betting the boys are now be
ing held at even money. The biggest
bet offered on Williams came today
when a $500 chunk of support for the
Baltimore boxer was placed.
SPORT SNAPSHOTS.
(By Dan M'Carty.)
Some one told a story the other day
of Young Griffo, the wonderful Aus
tralian boxer. Griffo in his prime
was in the habit of going on terrible
sprees, but he usually managed to
straighten out in time for his ring en
gagements. He did this by inducing
the police and magistrates to arrest
him and lock him up a short time be
fore fights. In jail he would do his
training, as sparring partners were
allowed to visit him daily. And he
couldn't get any liquor. Just before
he fought George Dixon in New Tork
to a ten-round draw he was training
in a Brooklvn Jail. The night before
the battle, some drunk who was put
into the jail got noisy. This made
Griffo furious and he proceeded to
knock the vociferous gentleman down,
exclaiming Indignantly:
"There, blime yer, keep quiet. I
ham a-training and I carn't 'ave this
'ere bally row."
Bert Shotten, the only outfielder on
the St. Louis Browns' roster who has
major league class, is a holdout. Why?
"I've been playing for a minor league
salary," says Bert, "and I don't pro
uose to do that any longer." Some-
. how, the St. Louis folks don't seem to
appreciate Bert. Last season tie
wound up with a sticking average of
.290, ranking second to Derrill Pratt,
who headed the list of Brownie regu
lars with a batting average of .302.
Bert led the team in base running, he
played in every game, and topped the
team in run getting with a score of 85
runs. His fielding average was .941.
Manager Evers of the Chicago Cubs
is the father of an idea which ought
to be worked into the baseball rules at
the earliest possible moment. Here's
the idea: Allow a base runner to ad
vance a base every time a pitcher
gives a base on balls. Also diminish
the number of balls from four to
three.
Fans will take to this idea. When
a twirler deliberately passes a heavy
hitter to get a weaker one (and this
happens all too often) the spectators
are disgusted. : But the crafty pitch
er would be a lot less likely to do this
little trick if there were men on sec
ond and third. The scheme aims to
make the pitcher put the ball over the
plate. If adopted, it would increase
hitting twofold.
Frank Klaus, claiment for the mid
dleweight championship. Is back in
Pittsburg after a season in France.
Klaus says the American boxers who
go abroad expecting to pick up a lot
of easy money by licking ' European
fighters will get fooled. They have
some real tough pugs over there, says
Frank. Klaus is matched to fight
Billy Papke in Paris on March 25, for
a purse of $25,000. The winner of
that bout will proclaim himself
world's middleweight champion.
New York baseball fans may have
the opportunity of witnessing their
favorite game on Sunday during the
season of 1913. Gay old Gotham, in
which more crooked deals are pulled
off in a year than are thought of in
all the rest of the country during the
same length of time, Is too virtuous
to permit baseball playing on Sunday.
There must be an outward semblance
of decency. In Jersey City, however
Sunday ball is permitted, and the plan
is now to build a large ball park in
Jersey City Just at the end of the
Hudson river tunnel lines in Newark.
Here the New York teaBis could play
any day of the week. The proposed
park is within 20 minutes' ride of Her
ald Square, the center of New York
city.
The Old RVStm. OtlO In irnor,,. ir.
' the big leagues, of swapping players
U"L" euuu leam was DUllt up nas
fallen Into disuse. The Boston Red
j Sox have but one man Jake Stahl
I who wasn't brought up from the
minors and trained in the bean city.
Even Jake was Boston property early
i In the game, for he belonged to the
J Red Sox before going to Washington
I and New York. Washington, the sec
! ond team in the American League, and
; the Philadelphia Athletics, ranking
j third, are "up from the bushes" or
I ganizations.
I Tom McCarey. of California, now
holds undisputed sway, as the leading
fight promoter. He divided the honor
until recently with Hugh Mcintosh of
Australia. Some years ago McCarey,
Coffroth and Mcintosh were known as
1 lhe J'S?lla Tnrec" Coffroth quit when I
iie uuu accumulated more money than
he could spend in two lifetimes, and
now Mcintosh has retired.
Jim Thorpe, professional Indian ath
lete, is in no very great need of sym
pathy. Since the medals he won at
fctocKnolm have been taken away from
him he has had all sorts of offers to
play on big league ball teams. He no
doubt would prove a great drawing
card for anv club.
Young Corbett cannot understand
the ways of the world. Human nature
puzzles him. "Here is a case." spoke
the former champion. "I've been on
the water wagon for four months and
within that time have received hun
dreds of invitations to drink liquor.
But not one soul ever asked me to have
a bite to eat. Not that I wanted a
meal, but it simply shows that people
pay more attention to crooking their
elbows than juggling the silverware."
Armando Marsans. , Cincinnati Red
outfielder, is a holdout. Reports from
Havana. where Armando lives, are
rather vague as to his reasons for hold
ing out, but it is believed that he ob
jects to playing in the sunfield, which
place will be vacated by Mike Mitchell
audn turned over to the Cuban star.
The combination of sun, smoke and
haze is worse' at Cincinnati than at
any other grounds in the league, and
Marsans has played in the right field
times enough to know what a disa
greeable job it is.
Manager Stovall, of the St. Louis
Browns, will make a big effort to in
duce his boys to come across with an
improved brand of speed on the base
lines this coming season. Year after
year the Browns have been lamenta
bly weak In this department of the
game. Last year they pilfered but
176 sacks as against 275 by the Detroit
Tigers. The news- from St. Louis now
is that fans there are looking forward
to a much improved pilfer column in
1913.
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Zbyszko Wins Match.
Chicago, Feb. 8. Stanislaus
Zbyszko won his wrestling match
with Raymond Cazeau here tonight in
straight falls. The first fall was with
a double bridge in 31 minutes. The
second came in 15 minutes with a
cross body and wrist lock. The bout
was rough and both men were severe
ly punished.
Normal Beats lairmaant
Wichita. Kan.. Feb. 8. The Kansas
State Normal school's basketball team de
feated Fairmount college of Wichita heie,
48 to 30.
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en II. 2:03 1-4. the pacer that went through the Grand Circuit In i
a whirlwind. wiU be seldom if at all wen this coming season in ror!i.?'
tion- James says the horse will be prepared exclusively for recr hlV'
Ine In 1812 Joe Patchen won 327.175. the large.t sum ever art hi
idewheeler during a singU saaaoa.