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10 THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 19, 1916 jteb Up to the From Everywhere. THEY COME AND GO AH Professional Sports Suffer Periodical Setbacks. Soecer Footltail .'rider Imesti tration in Knulaml Now. Now York, Jiin. 10. That profr-M- ', ional sj.i.ri ."ul'lirs (. ri.cli :ii sit bartj, nc. iiintliT in vh:it liari of the world it i.. miiiiimI, is shown liy nc-.T.t . evenly both in this country an.l Kni? lanii. hall is just i'iih ik i K from u it ason of icprt.-ssion. financial and otherwise, in this country while in KiiKliinri soccer, which i-orrespon.W to .niwl.all in the l'nite.l States, is l.cinK fOliijecteil to an i n vest itja I ion and llonsf-ch.'inini;. i'uMic interest in professional soccer has hern seriously aft' cte,t throushont the British Isles, l.y dis. losurea which Involved the honesty of sonic of the jilnycm The facts were' hroiisht out at an inquiry conducted hy the Foot ball league and the Football associa tion with the result that eiliht men were permanently barred from play inf;. Four of these professionals were members of the Liverpool club, three belonged to the Manchester I'nited club and the other one played on the team of the Chester club. No suspic ion was attached to any officials of there organizations. I. ut it was proved that certain players. conspiring to throw the K itue. placed bets' on the match last season. In Knl.-uwl professional football the association or soccer faille lakes the place of professional baseball in the I'nited States. Kufjby is confined to collcires. and cricket corresponds to tennis so tar a.s public interest is con cerned. I'.ut the l.ii? association matches draw- crowds of from r.u.'I'M) to liut.iuio while there in no field lare rilonch to iicoiniiiKiilnlc the jieople at the final match for the Knulish cup In times of l-eace. !.ik professional baseball, profes sional football has managed to keep an ttntainted reputation as a general thintr. Hut in spite of heavy Kate re ceipts, the British professionals are poorly paid anil their small pay may have tempted the accused men to make a bit on the side by dishonest plavinu. TRADE TRAINING GAMPS Stall i ni;s Would Snap .sprim; V serves Willi New York Yankees. I'.oston. Mass., .Ian. lit. An ex ch'iime ctf sprint: training camps is the subject of (icotiatii.ns bet vvet n the New York A rue i icans and t he Bos ton NaT L.nirls. Manager '.en rue T. Staflin.s, the limves, said tu'ay that he wished to have the local team train attain at Macon, (Ut., instead of at A! :ami. Kla.. where it has leased nrrmuls for fie vcurs. Acmnliiiijlv he said, he had asked Captain 1 1 u.en. of t he .New ork club, which lea -eil i he private urounds at Macon after Boston abandoned that place last sprins, to enter an ar rarmement whereby the clubs would exchange camps, or to allow both to train at Macon. In the latter event, he said, t iie ,1 iami plant would be offered to another team. AIII.AKN RX(K'RKI) COMX GihlMtns Wins St. Paul Fiirlit hy "C'hil lerT In First Kmiti.l. St. Paul. Minn.. Jan. l:. Mike Gib bons, of St. Paul, knocked out Young .Abeam in the first round of their scheduled ten round bout here Tues day night. The fmht had been in progress about a minute and a half when Gibbons worked his opponent over to the corner and with a smash ing right swing to the jaw, sent him to the floor for the p-nint. Ahearn raised his head slihtlv at the count of four but his eyes closed again and i his head bumped the floor. Seconds carried him to his corner and it was three minutes before he regained con sciousness. The thousands of spec tators rushed to the ring and carried Gibbons away on their shoulders. Just before the fight started, il was Imnouncod from the ring that a tele gram h id been received from Los i arcy, of Australia, challenging the "vinner of the content for a battle "to decide tne middleweight champion phip of the world." W ASHTU UN MFFTS C. OF K. Ieliabtxls Will Try to Break Their Losing Streak Tonight. Tonight at 7 : 30 the Washburn Ichabod basketball quintet will play the C. of K. five in the Washburn gym nasium, and ( 'oa h Gray's men hope that they will be able to break their losing strea k and defeat the Kmpor ians. It was announced tod a y t hat Karl Trobert, one of last season's stars would be in tbe iarne tonight for the first time this year, and this added considerably to the hopes of the Ich abods. But, while they have made a valuable acquisition in Trobert. t hey have also recently lost a vahia'de player in Klmer Bearg. who was com pelled to ouit the team in order to ma lie up .some back work that the football season and illness piled upon him. Saturda y afternoon the b - ha bods will play the A'-gies here. These are the onlv two sanies scheduJe-1 for this week. idu whitk m ni-;i: pott. Denver Promoter fi'ers r,ooo for I-Jv.hl Between Light weight Leaders. Denver. Colo., Jan. lit. Promoter Jack Kanner, of tne National Athletic club, of I nvcr. has offered a purse of 000 for a 20-round bout between Charley White of Chicago, and John ny Dundee. Kanner has offered the boxer? his Decora. ion day date and Scot ty Moiit;nh, mniager of Dundee, has accepted the term--. Kanner has wired White and is ex pecting a favorable answer. The bat tle, if arranged, will be staged at the stock yards stadium in Denver. The bout will be for the lightweight cham pionship of America, which is now claimed by Dundee. CheaiM-r Golf Hulls Promised. Chicago, 111., Jan. 1M. Golf bill will be considera bly ch in ra r next spring, it was announced here by a leading dealer. It was stated that an important patent will expire April 1 1 and that purchasers will be given the benefit of the royalties saved. The new scale will range, according to J estimate, from 25 to 75 centb per bali. Minute EY'CIUC" THE CORNHUSKERS MAY LOSE GUY GHAMBERLAIN Lincoln, Neb.. Jan. 19. Kligibil ity of Guy Chamberlain, one of Nebraska's chief supports on the 1 : J 5 football team has been Ques tioned on grounds that he has played three years as Missouri val ley conference rules are inter preted. r. R. O. Clapp, chairman of the university athletic hoard, an nounced there would he a thorough investigation of Chamberlain's rec ord. It is aj-serted Chamberlain played one year while a prepara toiy student and two years as a freshman and sophomore at Ne braska Wesleyan. A member of the conference raised the question. GETS CUBS TODAY AVojrJiinan Will Make Final Payment on Team Today. It's the Final Step in tbe Peace Negotiations. Chicago, Til., Jan. 19. Transfer of the Chicago National league club to Charles Weeghman and his assistants is scheduled for this afternoon. Rep resentatives of Charles P. Taft, ma jority stock hoi tier, are expected to reach Chicago this morning and go i into immediate conference with Mr. ; Weeghman and Joe Tinker, who has j been picked to manage the combined i Chicago National and Federal teams. I The end of peace negotiations and ' the beginning of actual peace in major ; league baseball will be marked by 'the passage of Mr. Weegh man's cer ; tified check for $500,000 into the hands of Mr. Taft's representatives. Heal interest In the transaction, how 1 ever, centered in the trades Tinker ; and Weeghman expect to make as . soon as actual control of the Cub team passes into their hands. Barney Ireyfus owner of the Pit tsburg Nationals, who is here to attend the big league schedule meet ing today, and his manager, James Callahan, will confer with Tinker as : will also minor league managers. Sim-lair Not Thru? New York, Jan. lit. The announce 1 me.nt of Harry I. Sinclair that he will ! withdraw from baseball was termed ; as a "Sinclair bluff" by a number of j baseball men here. After joining with James Gaffney . and Robert H. Davis in an offer of $, ! 200.000 for 62 per cent of the Giants' ! stock, and receiving the word that I Owner Hampstead wants $ 1,400, 000, it is believed Sinclair decided to lay low in hopes of beating down the price to his figure. More conferences between attorneys representing the Sinclair-Gaff ney -Pavis combine and those .-epresenting Hempstead were predicted for this week. Must Get Waivers. Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan. 1 9. The consolidated Chicago National league club and the Chicago Federal league club and the consolidated St. Louis A merican league club and the St. Louis Federals will be required, in disposing of their players, to a club of an opposite major league or to any club of a lower classification than a major league, to secure waivers as is prcvided for by the rules and regula tions now governing organized base- i bail. This ruling was made by the national baseball commission here Tuesday. WELSH AND WILLIAMS IN DANGER OF LOSING TITLES BEFORE ANOTHER YEAR Freddie Welsh tlett) nad Kid William a. Viewing the fistic champions m apparent security it would seem tha few of them are in danper of losing their crowns during the present year, iwo of thenr. however are tottering on their pedestals, and mipht possibly tumble r reddie Welsh can escape impending disaster by sidestepping, everybody with a chance to whip him in twenty rounds, and Kid Williams' Lantam weight crown seems to be hanging by a thread. TOPEKAISFOURTH Local Rifle Club Team Defeated ("hicasro liy Four Points. Morehouse High Man in Fifth Shoot of Tournament. The official score for the third na tional tournament shoot, between the Topeka and Chicago rifle clubs, shows that the Topeka team defeated the Chicago tea in by four points- This score which has been received from Washington by the local club is as fol lows: Trmfkn. Knn Clilfnirn Til. .T. M. mekneU l'Tr. E. Moore.. Win. IVttit 11 I S. Middletou . .1. Nprlni;ste:irt 10 '. H. Koziene. .1 .ITS A. . MM SOU Itt. ,1'. b. ,111k .1 U. S. True 1TA I A. I. Mcl..eur, Jr.. 174 Total sos! Total 8tM The official scores of all class K Teams m in the third Hlioot were: I'iorri. S. I.. !m;7 vs. Lima. O.. itS. IVuford. .. i4 vs Terre Haute, I ml., QS-i. Toled. it.. WA vs. Helena, Mont.. KM. Tepeka, Kan., s.w vs. Chicago. 111., S94. Meeker. Coin.. v.ttj vs. Tulsa. Okla., 7.5.1. i.uthri C".. lu.. SOS vs. Mauliattan, Kan.. VM. The team standing in matches won and lo: t is: Team Won Bedford. Ohio 3 Lost. 0 0 1 1 1 1 Pierre. . I x Helena, Mont I Topeka, Kan i Meeker, lo Toledo. hio Lima. Ohio Terre Haute, Ind. Cbiii(ro, 111 Guthrie Center, la Tulsa, okla Manhattan, Kan The official score for match four shows Topeka defeated Manhattan by nearly 200 points The unofficial scores of Topeka in match five follows: Shooters H. ('. Krriessoa. . .1. M Iticknell O. S. True Wm. I'ettit K. 1 toiniugo L. C. Hell A. W. Mason W. O. Howard. . . K. II. Morehouse. 1st T. 2nd T. Total. . . .in i7t; 174 KW 174 UM ls2 177 171 lsj 170 .. .so . . - S4 . . ti ...M . . . !' . . . KS .. .tM) .'.tl ito KS 87 J. C. Springsead . . . The election of officers will be held Friday night at the Commercial club rooms MAY TARE ON NORMALS. K. I". Quintet Needs Work Star Toss er Has Injured I .eg. Lawrence, Kan., Jan. 19. Badly crippled, Coach Hamilton's Kansas university basketball squad has start ed practice in preparation for the im- portant games with Coach Merner's Aggies Thursday and rnuay in iot inson gymnasium. The Jay hawker players suffered severely in last week's fiercely contested games with the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Gibbons, who starred in both combats, will be unable to play for several days be cause of an injured leg. An additional game to the Kansas schedule probably will be arranged by Manager Hamilton with the Kan sas Normals. SQUARED CIRCLE BOUTS New York, Jan. 19. Leach Cross will engage in four fights between now 'and February 10. Cross boxed last , Saturday night and won after a rather rough trip. Tonight he is likely to j have another rough session with , Johnny Harvey at the Manhattan, A. C. Just one week from tonight Leach, i if he still can see, will tackle Frankie i Whitney in this city. Next will come ; a return bout with Walter Mohr and i if he's still on his feet, he will go to Scranton to fill an engagement on : February 10. On the same card with Leach tonight is Marty Cross and : Harrv Gattle. ! "How do you tldnk the war in En rope : is going to end?" The same an about everything else ends." replied Mr. Growcher I "The people who didn't start it or particl : pate in the excitement will be called on to j economize and try to pay up for it. Washington Star. i " V , NiUi -s Sport Wheezes BY CLUG in "The Umpire," writing in the Chi cago Herald, says that when Jack Cof fey decided to sue James McGill he must have thought he had grounds. Tee-hee. President Zehrung says he wants the magnates of the "Western League to get together on everything and to cut out the arguments and suspi cions. The new prexy Is going to try to convince the club owners that to boost one club means to boost all. A valuable source of information rnnnpfi into tYtt ntfie tbe nthpr rfa v and said: "Sav. do vou know what is the most unusual characteristic about John Savage?" "No, we'll bite," was handed back at him, and he replied: "Whenever Savage shoots a Willie Hoppe billiard shot he stretches the little ringer of his left hand half an inch beyond its normal length." And then the idea occurred that perhaps the readers of this column I would be interested in knowing a few j of the peculiar characteristics of 1 prominent local and international i characters. The column will make an effort to collect some of these and will pub lish them from time to times on dull days. Contributions to the collection will be accepted and paid for with checks drawn on the Bank of Grati tude and Appreciation. For instance, it was noted when Jess Willard was here that his person was as free of be jeweled ornaments as his shoes were of buttons. He ex plained that the buttonless shoes were the result of his trip to Mayetta, but that he never cared for flashy jewelry aijd that he never burdened his weak frame with loads of gold and useless stones. There is hardly any person of any consequence who hasn t some little peculiar, pet trait that no one else has. And if you know of any such, send 'em in. If they are fit to print we'll pass 'em on. It has ben intimated that a certain element in Denver is taking advantage of James McGill's reevnt muddle with the Coffey family to demonstrate that he is not as popular in the Mile High city as he once was. Jack Holland, owner of the Drum mers, says that he belreves Joe Hel mer, St. Joe outfielder, will be one of the greatest ball players in the West ern League this year. His speed, bat ting ability and headiness promise much for him, the Missouri magnate asserts. Helmer undoubtedly looked like a comer last season, but it seems ratrrer early to be predicting who will be the greatest player in the league when no one knows what new talent will be procured betw-een now and the time when the teams are to be picked. Topeka is due to have two corking good outfielders at least in Trainer ana Tydeman. Tydeman especially looks like a comer, and if Trainer can con tinue in the hitting stride he was in last season when blood poison sent him to bed, this should be his last year in the minora. The magnates at this time are prob ably giving more attention to their pitching staffs than to any other parts of their teams. Good hitters are es sential to run getting, hut runs don't count much unless a club has pitchers that can keep the other clubs from getting 'em too. "Bugs" Grover and "Animal" Dash ner look like the clas of the local club at this writing. But Savage has a souad of voung hurlers. including Hall, Huge-ins, Panders and Carroll, and he firmly believes that he will develop one of these into a real star. Of the above named quartet. Hall and Huggins made the best showing last season, but Savage believes in the "stuff" Sanders carries in his arm and thinks he has the natural ability of an Alexander. Carroll was not with the club long enough to be judged. In the league last season there was some good pitching, but no club pro duced anything like a twirling phenom. The leading pitchers of the loop were "Buck" Sterner, of Denver, and Musser, of Des Moines. Sterzer won 12 games and lost 4, and Musser won 20 and lost 8. While both of these were good records and were largely responsible for the finish Den ver and Des Moines made, at the same time a league like the Western ordi narily ought to produce at least one mound artist with a better record. Kvery indication is that the league will be much faster this season than it was in 1915. and if some club could develop, discover or import a twirler who could make a minor record that would compare favorably with the won and lost record of some of the stars of the majors it would lend a side at traction interest to the loop that would be a mighty good thing for all clubs. Heroes have made baseball, and great heroes in the Western league in the past few years have been scarce. Long distance ice skaters are looking forward with interest to the marathon ska ting race which is pl'i nned for Cohoes. X. T.. late this month. It is proposed to stage the race at 26 miles and 3S5 yards, the full marathon dis tance. Prank' Mantell, the former middle weight, who retired from the ring re cently has been appointed to the police force of Dayton, Ohio. He will act as physical director to the force in addi tion to acting as boxing instructor to the strong arm squad. This recalls the fact that Jess Willard once wanted to he a Topeka policeman. BAKKK 31: FKIEXDS 24. Baldwin ites Showed Much Improve ment in First ;ame of the Week. Baldwin, Kan.. Jan. 19. Baker nos ed out a victory over Friends uni versity of Wichita here Tuesday af ternoon by a score of 31 to 2 4. Baker took the lead in the early part of the game, but is still lacking in ef ective work. Zabel used eight men in the game. Kerns led in points for the Baker team, getting eleven. Critzer played a star game for the Quakers, making eighteen points. Lefty Sproul, of Lawrence, officiated. The next fame will be played here next Friday, when Baker meets the College of Em poria five. if TOPEKA SORORITY CASE It Affords Subject Matter for an Edi torial in a K. C. Paper. The recent Topeka high school sorority case in the district court was tha subject of a lengthy eiitorial in a recent issue of the Kansas City Jour nal. The article sums up the case briefly and the trend is radically at variance with the viewpoint and ac tion taken by the school board and the district court. In concluding, the editorial says: "To be entirely frank, we do not believe that the law as it now stands leaves the courts powerless to pre vent the perpetration of rank injustice by the school authorities. Judges Dana and Whitcomb of the district court enjoy the highest reputation as lawvers and judges, and few people would think of suspecting them of be ing mistaken as to the law. Never theless we believe they are mistaken in this case. The right of a young person in Topeka to attend school is a positive right and cannot be taken from him without good and sufficient cause determined, if necessary, by the courts. If this is not the law, it ought to be. If city authorities suspended a given student as a matter of spite tt-nrk ncrainst a Dolitical enemy, with out fault of the student, there should be some wav to prevent the suspen sion. The fact that a court cannot read the minds of the school auutior ities in order to be positive as to their exact motives or intentions ought not to make that court powerless to rein state the pupil who has been sus pended without any proor or suriicient cause." SENTENCED FOR LIFE Priro Doesn't Ask Xcw Trial May Dig Up New Evidence. Minneapolis, Jan. 19. Frederick T. Price, convicted last week of murder- ! ing his wife for her fortune more than : a year aero, was to appear before ; Jude Daniel Fish in district court ! today for sentence. The penalty is , life imprisonment. j M. C. 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