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Across the Missouri, opposite, in Kansas City, Kan., William Allen White hopped off a train wearing his light gray felt hat, his natty gray suit and his bow tie?awry, as usual...
...Walter Johnson is the leading pitcher of the Washingtons. He was born on Nov 6 1887, at Humboldt, Kan...
...could catch and hold anything, even a ball thrown from the top of the Washington Monument. After Street, Edward Ainsmith was discovered. At present one "Muddy" Ruel risks his palms and finger tips stopping Johnson's 'bulletlike "in visibles." Tall, blonde, 37 a native of Humboldt, Kan., father to three sons, John son has been called "greatest pitcher of all time," a possible equal being "Christy" Matthewson of the New York Giants. 1913 was his biggest year, when he won 29 of 36 games pitched...
Adam Willis Wagnalls was born 81 years ago in Lithopolis, Ohio. Aged 24, he founded and was pastor of the First English Lutheran Church of Kansas City. After two years as clergyman, he served two in Atchison, Kan., as City Clerk; then went to Manhattan to enter the publishing business of Isaac Funk, a fellow alumnus of Wittenberg College (Springfield, Ohio...
...Leavenworth, Kan., Captain Frazier Hale, tall Chicagoan now teaching in Atlanta, Ga., won the golf championship of the U. S. Army. Lieut. G. A. Lawyer, of Manhattan (Second Corps area), carried Hale to the 39th green...