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THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS. . MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1911. 3 MOUNT CARROLL TOURNEY WINNER Defeats Abingdon, Sterling and Monmouth in Successive Games. LATTER IN SECOND PLACE Each Team WlH Receive Eaowgh Out of Receipts to Meet Trapor tatton Expenses. HIGH SCITOOI. BASKETOlLk AT MOUNT VERNON. Centralla, &3 ; Du Quoin. 22. Cairo, 26; EMorado, 22. Granite City, 44; Benton, 28 Mount Vernon, 62; Sumner, 8. Granite City. 44; Centralla, SL Ben toe, 35; Da Quoin, 21. Mount Vernon, 43; Cairo, 14. Benton, 50; Centralla, 14. Granite City, 30; Mount Vernon, 20. Granite City, 34; Beaton, 24. Granite City, champion. Benton and Mount Vernon, tied tor second. v AT DECATUR. Lexington, 41; Dwlgnt, 27. Streator, 75; Mansfield, 3. Rloomington, 30; Decatur, 27. GIbeon City, 49; Taylorvllle, 2S. Clinton, 76; Areola, 1. Washington, 19; Champaign, 17. Peoria, 43; Lexington, 28. AT SHELBYVTLLE. Paris, 31; Nokomls, 29. Shelbyville, 26; Charleston, 2a Paris, 3C; Shelbyville, 26. AT ROCK ISLAND. Monmouth, 44 i Moline, 29. Sterling, 43; Clmton, 18. Abington, 47; Mount Carroll, 45. Monmouth, 44; Rock Island, 37. Mount Carroll High, 36; Sterling. 31. Mount Carroll winner, with Mon mouth second, aud Stirling third. Sterling, 37; Rock Island, 35. Mount Carroll, 48; Monmouth, 35. AT ROCKFORD. Rockford, 34; Freeport. 24. Rockford, 3C; Batavia. 25. Freeport. 44; Joliet, 18. AT JACKSONVILLE. Jacksonville won the western district two days tournament by defeating Pittsfield 29 to 15. Other games played were; Jacksonville, 70; Ipava. 17. Pittsfield, 28; Bunker Hill, 22. The western preliminary state bas ketball championiship tournament ended Saturday night with a dark horse as victor. The dope on the tournament was that Sterling should be an easy victor with Abingdon sec ond. The Mount Carroll team sprung a surprise and : in successive games : defeated Abingdon, Sterling and Mon mouth, the three strongest teams on the floor. Accordingly there could be no doubt as to the ability of the team, and for that time at least the elimin ation system of games resulted in the bet team winning. As a result of Its victory over Moline and Rock Island Friday, Monmouth was runner up in the tournament and gets second place. Sterling, which by a comparison of scores in the Mount Carroll games, looks better than Monmouth on paper, gets third place by defeating Rock Island Saturday night by a score of 37 to 35. The Mount Carroll team that won the tournament was an aggregation of big men. They were In the best of training condition and kept their wind -till the final gun was fired In each game. In the games with Abing don and Sterling, they showed unus ual ability to come back. At th nd of the first half Friday night they led I AbinKdon by one noint and Sterlinc had a two point lead at the same stage of the game Saturday afternoon. EVENLY M A TfHED. There was 'but one game played Sat- urday afternoon, but those who sawtfV; 7 . . " , ' -1 .i.. ij, . ienough to pay their railroad fare, but ing. The Mount Carroll team had the best of the Sterling five, but It was a fight from start to finish. The final count was 36 to 31 in favor of Mount Carroll. These two teams were prob ably the best on the floor and it was a foregone conclusion that the vic tor in the afternoon game would win the tournament. The first half was an even fight. Mount Carroll getting the lead at first on four pretty field bas kets by Smith, the big star center. Wllger and Wynn, the Sterling for wards, played star games, getting three and four baskets respectively during the first hvf. When the gun for the half was fired it was found that Sterling was leading 21 to 19. The Mount Carroll team came back, however, and played Sterling off Its POLITICAL ADVERTISING. ALFRED W. TANNER 2107 4tli Arc FOR COMMISSIONER RUSTY STOVESg&TOMPiFK CHIMES tTSELP worn WASH ow For sale by Allen. Il7n O. t SJ. VfcCab a- Co.. Rock Island Hardware Company, m Rhlsh. . ' sr. feet in the second half, winning 36 to 21. The playing of Bennett, the little red-headed guard on the Mount Carroll team, was the feature In the second half. The score : Mount Carroll (36) Sterling (31) Fox -LF. Wynn Eakeleen K.F. Wllger Smith C Real Ross L.G Reiger Bennett B-G Hill Field baskets Smith, 4; Bennett, 4; Fox, 2; Eskelsen, ' Ross, Wynn, 5; Wllger. 3; Real, 2; Hill. Free throws Smith. 11 out of 23; Wynn, 7 out of 11. Referee J offers. Umpire Leon hardt. ROCK ISXA3m, SSf 8TEXXI56, ST. Although it was generally admitted that Rock Island did not bare a chance in the game with Sterling Sat urday night. It came within two points of tying the Sterling team, and but for trouble between the officials and the crowd might have won the game. The crowd took exception at some perfectly good decisions. The officials seemed to get angry at the jibes of the crowd, and fouls were called upon the crowd for which the local team suffered. But for that, it was a pret ty game, the locals getting more of a fighting spirit than at any time be fore this season. As usual, the home team was left 13 points behind in the first half and rallied in the second period till it almost won. Behnamann played his usual good game, getting six field baskets and being deprived of several others when fouled Just as he was throwing the balL According ly, Rock Island was awarded three points. Barker played a star game at guard, holding his man nicely, and shooting two pretty field baskets from over half the length of the floor. For Sterling. Real at center was the chief offender, getting five field baskets. The score: Sterling (37) Rock Iijand (35) Wynn L.F..... Behnamann Wllger R.F. Wllcher Real C Tremann Reiger L.G Barker Hill R.G Mclntyre Field baskets Feal, 5; Wllger, 3; Wynn. 2; Reiger, 2; Hill, 2; Behna mann, 6; Barker, 2; Mclntyre, 2; Wll cher, Tremann. Free throws Wynn, 10; Behnamann. 5; Wilcher. 3. Points awarded Rock Island, 3. Ref eree Lecnhardt. Umpire -Jeffers. Motrirr carboll, ss; MowMorxH, 35. The final game of the tournament between Monmouth and Mount Car roll to decide which team would be allowed to compete in the state finals next month was in the nature of a walkaway for the latter team. In the first half. Mount Carroll piled up a lead of 33 to 14. and in the second half played a defensive game. Smith the big center, was responsible for most of his team's lead, making sev en field baskets and seven fouls for a total of 21 points In the one period. In the second half, he made eight more points As in the other games, Schulz, was the Monmouth star, mak ing Eix field baskets. In the rally that Monmouth made in the second half, Rankin, at left guard, rolled in four field baskets. Fos. the Mount Car roll forward, played a nice game. The' 6core: Mount Carroll (48) Monmouth (35) Fox ....L.F Schulz Eakelsen :. R.F White Smith C Stewart Bennett L.G Rankin Ross . R.G . . McMtchael Field baskets Smith, 9; Fox 3; Es kelsen, 3; Roes, 2; Schulz, 6; Rankin, 4; White. 3; Stewart. 2. Points awarded Mount Carroll, 1; Mon mouth. 1. . Referee Jeffers. Umpire Leon hard t. FINANCIAL SCCCESS. Financially, the tournament was a big success. About $150 was taken in and the 30 per cent of that which goes to the local 'team should pay all its expenses, which consist chiefly of the "penses I me omciais or me games Ten per cent goes into the sinking fund of the association, and the re mainder is divided among the teams in proportion to their mileage. It Is estimated that each team will receive will lose on their hotel bills. The girls operated a candy and sandwich booth at the games and realized a neat little sum to be used in buying dishes for the school. KEEPS HIS TITLE Johnny Coulon Shows Superior ity Over Frankie Conley in 20 Bounds. PREMIER BANTAMWEIGHT New Orleans Boat Witnessed 6.0OO -Loser Has Advantage In Only Two Rounds. by New Orleans, La., Feb. 17. Johnny Coulon's title to the bantam weight championship of the world was firmly established yesterdsy when, he wen a clear decision over Frankie Cenley, claimant, at the end of a SO-round bout at the West Side Athletie club. Conley was outclassed and only in two rounds did he hive a shade the better of the contest. The men weighed in st 118 pounds three and one-half hours before the fight. Fix thousand peed witnessed, the contest. Tommy Walsh ef New Or leans wss the referee, (LINCUHI rSBttlKNT, The men were Jn frequent eliahas. Here Coulon was superior and hts short body blows told ea the Kenosha tad. Coaler's right and left Beings went lid except in a few instances. In the 1 5th round Cenley sprained his left wrist and after that the Chi cago bey had little trouble in land ing tellings blows en Cob leys face CL4 body, CARNEY IS COMING la New Three -Eye Islander Chief tain Due to Arrive in the City Tomorrow. TAKES UP DUTIES AT ONCE Has Big Task on Hand, as Compara tively Few Men Are Under Con tract Bob Coyle Signed- A telegram received by L. M. Ca teel, treasurer of the local baseball a soclation. from William Carney, the new Islander manager, says that he will be In the city tomorrow morning to take up his new duties. He has been expected for several days past, but nobody knew just when he would get here, as he had a long distance to come, his winter home being in Seat tle. It is rather an unusual coinci dence that Rock Island's manager of last year should go to Seattle and this season's leader should come from that city. Carney has a big job on his hands to get the local club in the run ning. Nearly all the other cities have been busy for months signing up men, while Rock Island was occupied in dis posing of the men on the reserve list. Things will not be so bad, however, if Carney is able to land the men he says he can, for with what is left of last year's squad the whole looks pretty good. HAVE SOME SIGNED. Most of last year's players have al ready affixed their signatures to con tracts for the coming season, although there are still three or four who are prospective holdouts. As they have nothing to gain by refusing to sign, it is felt that there will ultimately be no difficulties on this score. Just who the holdouts are the baseball officials re fuse to tell. Treasurer L. M. Casteel announced today that a number of "un knowns" and "young phenoms" have been signed during the last few weeks, but he declined to make their names public until Manager Carney passes judgment on them and decides whether or not to call them in for spring train ing. According to Mr. Casteel, how ever, a majority of the new men are catchers. One of these is undoubtedly Bob Coyle, as a dispatch from Sterling states that Bob has signed with Rock Island. Coyle was with the Islanders in 1909 for a time, but while he at tracted some favorable attention, he could not break in and was given his release. He went to Sterling and made good, and has asked for another chance. SOX TO PASS HERE Chicago American League Team Due Tonight on Way to Texas. TRAIN AT MINERAL WELLS Paul Melnan With Bunclw Secont Squad Dae to Return Here for a Game April IO. In the early hours of tomorrow morning the Chicago White Sox will pass through this city over the Rock Island road on their way to do spring training at Mineral Wells, Texas, which will be the permanent spring home of the club. There will be 50 men in the party, including players. Ecribes and trainers. Ted Sullivan will go along as pilot. Paul Meloan will be the only graduate of the Three-Eye who will be with the party. Rock Is land will see the 8ox, or part of them, again this spring, the second team POLITICAL ADVERTISING. By request of my friends I was induced to become a candi date for sioner. commis- My campaign bo far hag been clean and ia going to be. My work has been with Individ, uals, with one exception, which ia this, the order of B. R. 0. of A., a railway order, called me to their lodge room and ' in dorsed me by consent, not re quest, this being done for ser vices I rendered the order while a member. I am not affiliated with other organisations, church or otherwise, in the city, but my work shall be done in the interest of ths good and order and law of the city, whether I get your support or not. My plumb line in the inter ests of the eity ef Rock Island is this: I am going to hew to the line in the interest ef law, order, justice and decency, My motto is this: A city ef the people, by the people and for the peeple has to prosper, , C. L CARPENTER. playing an ' exhibition game here April 10. - -' CCBS OX THEIR WAT. " Th e Chicago r Cubs left yesterday for West Baden, Ind., where they wili do their first work. Toward the close of the week they will move on south, arriving at New Orleans by Sunday. The spring training will be done at New Orleans. Several games with southern Three-Eye teams have been booked for early in April. The Rock Island road, following its custom, has gotten out a folder giving an outline of the spring tour of the Sox and mentioning the places at which the team will stop. Rock Island comes in for a paragraph. MAOUT VISITOR Bulgarian Wrestler Makes His First Tri-City Appearance This Evening. MEETS TOMMY THOMPSON Agrees to Throw Des Moines Cyclone Twice in 45 Minutes in Dav enport Tonight. Yussiff Mahmout. the giant Bulgari an, is paying his first visit to the tri cities today. At the Burtis opera house, in Davenport tonight, he will demonstrate bis skill in a series of wrestling matches that will put his prowess to the test. Mahmout has agreed to toss "Cyclone Tommy" Thompson of Des Moines twice in 45 minutes or forfeit $100. Thompson is a warm favorite in the tri-cities. as lie made two previous appearances in Davenport, and on each occasion has shown such speed and agility that he won a host of admirers. There are many who think that his superb de fensive ability will help him to hold off the Turk in tonight's bout. At any rate, the sympathy of the crowd will be in Tommy's favor, as it generally is when the "under-dog" tackles a giant of Mahmout's proportions. But the Turk has agreed to do more. He has challenged every wrestler in the three towns, and has offered them a chance to make a piece of his money. He has agreed to forfeit $10 per min ute for every minute over ten that any local grappler can stay with him. It is said that several of our home products are grooming themselves to tackle the big foreigner, and the re sults will certainly be interesting to watch. DOES OT WEAR SHOES. Mahmout is an unique character in the wrestling world. He refuses to wear shoes, and always wrestles in his bare feet. Those who keep in formed on such affairs will recall the fact that two years ago in Chicago when Mahmout niet Gotch, there was a great argument on this bare-footed stunt. Gotch feared that he would be unable to secure a toe-hold on the Turk if he came on shy of shoes. Fin ally a compromise was reached, but Jt cost Mahmout $500 of the purse to ease Gotch's feelings and to carry out his own desires. Mahmout will Insist on wrestling barefooted tonight, as he always does everywhere. FAT MEVS CHAMPIONSHIP. Promoter John A. Hall has arrang ed some interesting preliminaries. Hugo Beckmann of Davenport, weigh ing 204, and Fred Gruby, weighing 208, will fight it out for the tri-city fat men's championship. Young Englund of Moline is ready to tackle any light weight for the championship in his class, and there will be other short bouts beginning at 8:15 o'clock. HARD TEST FOR F. GOTCH Wrestling Champion Will Try to Down Three Topnotchers. New York, Feb. 2 7. Frank Gotch. the champion wrestler of th'i world, the only man who ever has obtained a decision over IlackenBchmtdt and Zbyszko. will mee Yankee Rogers. Demetral and Link, Mohl or Hender son at Sulier's Harlem casino to night. This will be Gotch'3 3rat ap pearance In Manhattan aft?r an ab sence from the arena for several years. It promises to be a hard try out for his skill and strength. Gotrh will have to be In his best shape in order to win. CENTRAL HAS A DEADLOCK Circuit Unable to Pick by Mail Vote Between Two Hchedolea, Burlington, Feb. J 7. Efforts to adopt the 1911 schedule of the Cen tral Baseball association by a vote has resulted In a hopeless deadlock. and President Justice of the associa tion announced that he would issue a call for a meeting to clear the sit uation. The meeting probably will be held within a fortnight. Two schedules have been drafted, but be cause ef conflicting holidays, the clubs failed to agree on the adoption of either of them. Herman Signs for Two Years. Chicago, Feb. 87, Arthur Hof man, star renter fielder with the Chi cago National dub, Saturday night signed a two year contract. Tortured for 18 Years by a cure-defying stomach trouble that baffled doctors and resisted all remedies he tried, John W. Modders of Moddersviile, Mich., seemed doom ed. He had to sell his farm and give up work. His neighbors said "He can't live oaueh longer," "Whatever I ate distressed me," be wrote, "till I tried Electric Bitters, which work ed sueh wenders tor me that I can now eat things I eeuld net take for years. It's surely a grand remedy for stomach trouble," Just as good for the liver and kidneys. Kvery bettle guaranteed. Only 59 cents at all BLOOf.llNGTON TO SELL CLUB? Claimed That Offer of $3,000 for Team From Decatur May Be Accepted. IF FUNDS ARE NOT RAISED Davenport Has Expended $2,000 for Players Since the Close of ' Last Season. Bloomington's financial difficulty has come to such' a serious pass that the business men have been told that if they do not come across the Three Eye club will be sold to Decatur, which city, tit Is claimed, has offered $3,000 for the outfit There is little doubt that Decatur Is willing to pay that sum to get back into the league, and there is a likewise small chance that Bloomington will sell for that figure or even a considerably larger one. The business men will come to the front with the necessary, all right, as they have done in other years. If there is any real disposition on the part of Bloomington to sell out. why not give Quincy an option and put the Three-Eye imbroglio on the road to a settlement? DAVH-PORT 9PE.NDIXG MICH. Davenport has expended $2,0t0 for new material for the team since the close of last season and the fans are feeling good. They figure, as they have done in other years, that there will be "nothing to it" this season. Here's the way the money has been spent: First $500 was paid Rock Is land for Dan O'Leary. The drafting of Bromwich from Madison and Koep ping from .Winona necessitated an ex penditure of $300 each or $600 in all. The sum of $100 accompanied Johns ton to Ottumwa in exchange for Fin ney, the iutflelder. Infielder Chapman and Catcher "Red Pepper" Walsh were both purchased in the fag end of last season for the coming year. Springfield was enriched $500 for Chapman's release and - Jacksonville acquired $300 for the title to Walsh, making the $2,000. It is also probable that a first baseman of experience will be purchased. It is understood that a bunch of ducats will go to Wi nona for Crangle, the outfielder. HERE AM THERE. Lanky Laudermilk will be given an other trial by the St. Louis Cardinals, despite his disastrous experiences In fast company in other years. Manager Stark of Monmouth has signed Harry Swalm, the pitcher who once won a pennant for Dubuque and who has not amounted to much since. LOMBARD IS LOSER Augustana Girls Basketball Team Wins from Galesburg Team 13 to 12. LOCALS IN FAST FINISH Highland Park, De Moines, Five to Be Here Tomorrow to Meet Collegians. In a game which had a drowsy be ginning, but a very spectacular and wideawake finish, the Augustana co eds bested the Lombard girls at bas ketball Saturday evening at the lo cal gymnasium by a score of 13 to 12. The closeness of the score tells the tale of the game and It was not till within the last minute of play that the winner was decided. This was Lombard's first defeat at the hands of a college team this sea son. The playing of both teams In the first half was alow. The game, how ever, was livened up by exclamations of exasperation by the fair ones for POLITICAL FOR COMMISSIONER r "vt- Yours for a Business Administration JONAS BEAR POLITICAL BENJAMIN E. ROBB Formerly Manager of Robb's Express Co. Candidate For Commissioner Being unable to personally see all the voters of Rock Is land, I take this liberty to place myself before the people for commissioner. If elected, I will endeavor to fill the office sat isfactorily to the people and with credit to myself. Yours for Greater Rock Island. BENJ. E. ROBB failure to puncture the baskets. It was not until nine minutes of play ing had elapsed that the first point was made. Miss Abrabamson for Augustana threw a foul basket. She quickly followed with a field basket. The Lombard coeds now got busy and managed to cage two foul bas kets and one field basket in rapid succession. The half ended with the iscore 4 to 3 in tneir tavor. CHANGE IX THE LIKE. A change was made in the Lom bard lineup the second half. Miss Pugb, center and captain, was forced to retire from the game because of a sprained ankle sustained during the middle of the first half. She showed much gameness by staying in the game as long ns she did. The playing in the second half was fast and full of excitement. Through the brilliant playing of Miss Abraham son, Augustana was able to kee- its end up. The Lombard girls jwuyed splendid ball too and t result of the game was In doubt 1 A the last minute of play. With a little more than a minute to play, the score was 12 to 11 in favor of the visitors. Miss Noyd, Augustana's scrappy lltt'-o guard, then broke away and threw a pretty field basket, blasting Lom bard's hopes for victory. Although the Galesburg girls ex celled In team work, Augustana's tenacious and never-glve-up playing was too much for them. Miss Abra- hamson's basket throwing and the ' . M . . v A t i Ti-i 1 1 . Noyd were especially commendable. I.IXE AND SCORE. AUGUSTANA LOMBARD Miss Abrahamnon C . . . Misses Pugh and Thoureen i Miss Swendson . F . . . .Miss Trench I Miss Lind F,. .Miss Behringerj Miss Wilson ... G ... Miss Numan ! Miss Noyd G .... Miss Mabee j Field baskets Miss Abrahamson, ! ADVERTISING. ADVERTISING. ...- J 2; Miss Noyd, 1: Miss Hehrlnger, 2; Mibs Trench, 1: Mian Thoureen, 1. Foul baskets Mfss Abrahamson, 7: Miss Trench, 4. Referee RadHifTe, Lombard. Umpire Voss. Rock Is land. Scorer Hcdstrom. Time keeper Kyden. Time of halves 20 and 15 niinntfs. IIM.III.AM PARK TOMOHHOW. The fast Highland Park basketball team from Des Moltu-s comes hers for a game with the AuRiixtana var sity team tomorrow evening in the local gyuinas'.um. The Iowa quintet has cleaned up 'some of the best teams in their state so a close gams can be expected. AH the Year 'Hound Train de Luxe Exclusively for First Class Passenger whis!;a you way from uin try winila into summer blossoms. A dVUc'itful trip on a perfect train newly equipped throttliout tlii season amicl the slumbrous 6alifacfion of a downy berth the pleasure rf a nrvVrn Pullman a libra ry, LulTct anl observation car and fh service ol Lr lwr ami v.i!er. 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