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THE ROCK ISLiAXD ARGT'S, WEDXESDAT, NOVEMBER 8, 1911. a HARRY HOFER IS DONE WITH GAME President of Quincy Baseball Club Says No More of It For Him. COSTS TOO MUCH MONEY Ha Made Proposition to Quincy Fan Similar to One Made to Rock Island Bags. Baseball does not offer a bed of thornlees roses for the people who bead it in Quincy even though that burg succeeded in gaining admittance to the Three-Eye league on the strength of a 75.0CK) attendance mark in a class C league. Much the same troubles that beset the Islander stock holders that of trying to retire from the game are besetting one Harry Hofer, president of the club last year and principle stockholder there. The effort to grab a pennant in the first year of classy baseball was a stren uous one and required a salary limit which someone has said would make any American association team proud Naturally the coffers of Hofer's base ball efforts are badly bent if not hrok- j en. He wants a stock company to re-1 lieve him, and it is 6aid, that unless ' one does. Quincy will fall back to mediocre ball after having br-n allowed to play in a real league. With better hall than had ever been seen in Q:incy ' before, the attendance wa? consider-! ably lower than in former year3, giv-l ing the impression to the baseball1 world that the burg is "dead" for baseball. WHAT vnir; "KAY. The Quincy Whig printed the follow ing in regards to the baseball status in Quincy: "If Quincy has a team in the Three Kye league next year it w ill be backed by a stock company. At a meeting of; the directors of the Quincy Hase Ball I association last night at Highland j park. President Harry Hofer announc-, -d that under no consideration would : he be identified with baseball in Quin- cy ro.vt year a an individual. This is! final and it means that it will be up to the base ball loing public of this city to subscribe and pay for as many shares of stock as they can carry. The directors expect to get out in a few days and begin a ranvass of the city.' It will be up to the fans to make up their minds in a hurry, if we expect ' to have professional ball here again . tits summer. TIIK FROPF.lt TUI. "A stock company is the proper ' r.ing. anyway ; in fart it is anticipated tht the people will be glad to su!-s-crtbe to the stock without much solic-; itation. After a sufficient sum of stock has been sold there will be a meeting, and officers, or directors, will be chosen for next rear. ""The franchise that was granted liuincy at the recent meeting in f'hicago when the Three-Eye league AMUSEMENTS Wednesday and Thursday, November 8 and 9. TRI-CITY STOCK COMPANY With Rrank Readick and Com pany in The Cowbov and the' Thief PRICES 10c, 20c. 30c. The Square Deal Thursday, Evening, Nov. 9 FRANK DIXON Member of the famous Dixon fam ily. That eery individual may have an opportunity to deIcp his char acter and achieve his destiny unhin dered by artificial restrain is Dex nn's message. "Ideas bursting upon his hearer's brain as r;i's cf litrht. Lecture de riered by artificial restraint is Dix lanta "onstftution. AUGUSTANA COLLEGE Keats reserve! at College phar macy. Phone West Admission 50 Cents. l'o-Jitli Ave. a nl Nineteenth St- Another tig show and a good one beginning Mon day, November 6. Come and see all feature acts. Silver spoon to each lady Friday matinee. Telephone 70S. ti empire RECORDS GROW TYRUS COBB IS KING OF ALL PLAYERS, PAST, PRESENT OR FUTURE m iaiiiuui.aj'i.imniiyimiiuiii I 1 I ji'rntiTnr iimnuirffi hit " " I JklOi if '- . If ttsti II j ' 3- ' lj 147 RUNS 47 Wr&S V 1 COBB XV -t.icgb . Vv ;4 V : . , - KrxWT WTi' To Tyrus Raymond Cobb, of the king of all balplayers, and it doesn't produce another who will compare with the Georgia phenom. The offi cial records for the season Just closed show that Cobb led the league in j runs scored. In hits. In two-base hits, three-base hits, in stolen bases, and j t as but one behind Frank Baker, of the Athetlcs. in home runs. In 14J J primes he was at bat 591 times and made 24S hits, an a', erage of .420. I lie stole 83 bases, an average of .57 to a Kame. I was reorganized belongs to Hofer, who ' terurb :n furnishes faci'ities for th! also retains an interest in the league trip and does not entaii much travel j park and in the players. In chsp the; plan to form a stork company falls; through, then, of coarse, he can do as i he sees fit with bis holdings. But: there is no likelihood of anything of! the character indicated faUfnz throuch because a strck comrany is the thing,! say a great many who t.-tke .-in interest , in the great national game. The soon er that the f'g( ;. coinpnny is formed Ve sooner will the plans for nrxt sea son be jierfected. That ij why there! should be no delay.'- PilOLINE TEAM TO PLAY ROCKFORDl. Scene of the Game Has Been Switched From Plow City ; . ! to Furniture City. ; . ; RflCI IM'C tr.CH iiITrn Tnin VlELIN S !VlEN WANTED TRIP Hate l'laye! Home Tim ! Al! Their (iHmp Kar Hock Inland to Clinton. at T J Moline is to play Koc kferd the com-! ! ing Saturday. Originally, it was in-! tended to stage the game in the Plow i i .... w. . citv. hut the arrangement has ';eer fri" -eei. . changed and the game is to go to the upstate town, in crder. it is said, to give the Moline boys a journey, it b j ing their first one cf the season. The boys from the neighboring burg will ! go north Friday afternoon and a day i later will meet tiie fat Rcckford team, Rock Island tied the Rock ford team up there s-o here is another chance for : comparative dope. Rockfurd of cours-, j will have the same advantage over Mo-; line as they did over Rock Island--i their own gridiron, their own rooters to tack them, and that bra-g band that ! ha? b come a ho. hIoo to visiting teanii. That same brass band, if a team is not accustomed to it. can r'U Rockford s I opinments witn more terror tnan the team itself. j ioci. to ri.iXTOx. j While cur neighbors go to Rcckford. ; our own uam plays in Clinton. The fame will be a hard one. Football enthusiasts should plan to attend the game next Saturday fcr the team w ill ( need the support of everyone. The in ; I ,r,m,- nn,ir irnnnc. ! OERINE. Icfr.k cunnir.Klv destroys the will pi.v-r. and wh:jt tic drui.kanl want' ti vvtiat you tt-1! I:im, he ants a lhnair.il mit-s ir.ore t!:e . ink that l.e -rave. M-1ical t reat runt is necessary. Orrir.e dfJiro ? the desire for more liquor. t that the drink will b not missed and restores the patient to health. This remedy is thoroughly scientific ir.d 1 so jniforrr.lv successful that it so'.d with a gajrantee to rt fund your -n,-':-y , after a tr'.ai it ha? ivt b-r iited. au a! . ur st.-re for fr. tK.t-k-1 et tflllr.tc ail about Orrnie. T-e liar- per House Pharmacy. ' Detroit Tigers, belongs the title, seem jiossiule that basebull over will to go to Clinton and return. Several of the high school pupils and alumni are planning to make the trip. MKKT M01,IR M. 1. A week from Saturday there will he the annual twin-city affra. Sup-; porters of both teams iire confident of victory, but possibly it is sentiment rather than judgment of the merits of the team that inspire.-- this confidence. Whichever team wins will hae a mightv hard battle to pottle the cham pionship of the twin cities. Baseball Eoiieil Down Minneapolis. Nov. - Magnates of he Minrearolis-W ls-consin league will meet here today to consider plns for the -f laring of tea:;i in Minnear- oiis and st. Paul ard to elect officers. Frar.k E. Force of Mirne-?poIis. presi- den' of th league, is not a candidate for ret,ief,i0n. and it is possible that I.e Fierce of Winona will succeed him. The question of placing teams in ' Minneapolis and St Paul already has ben taken up with the American as- i socia'son. and win tc dec iuea ai a meeting of that association tn he held i in Chicago i:i December. Towns which nrobahlv will be reriretented at the. . mevting here today are Winona. Roch- eitc-r and Duluth. Minn., and Superior, Eau Claire and 1-a Crosse, Wis. Seat,le- Wash - No'- S ,oe T,inker' ! the Cub shortstop, who is now playing . , -n at a jccal vaudeville theatre, aspirus to be a manager and would not be averse to succeeding Clark Griffith at Cincinnati. Hut Tinker fears that his hopes w ill not be realized, as he is confident that President Murphy will effectually block any trade that might lead to his becoming manager of the Reds. Minneapolis. Nov. S. Mike and Joe '' Cantiilon. owners of the Minneapolis American association baseball club.' yesterday signed a contract for plans for a new $:?c,i i,t steel, concrete and tiie rec tangular grand stand to take the raCe of the old one at Nicolette park. Death Causes Ban on Game Fairmoimt, Ind., Nov. y lairrr.ouiU academy, a school conducted here by the Friends" church yesterday decided to abandon footlall for the remainder of th season, following the death of Bruce Adams, w hose back was broken in a game at Alexandria, Ind., last Sunday. Adams was a star player w hen he attended school here, and re- I gret over his death caused the aade ! myi action. Start Much Trouble. If all people knew that neglert of constipation wculd result in severe indigestion, yellow jaundice or viru- , lent liver trouble they would soon, take Dr. King's New Life Pills and lend it. It's the only safe way. Best for biliousness, headache, dyspep- 8ja chills and debilitv. 2 o cents at " drUi6Ui. LARGEST MEET IN BASEBALL ANNALS So Say Local Magnates Who Intend to Go to San An tonio Next Week. SIX GO FROM ROCK ISLAND Special Train Will Carry the Delega tion Out of St. Lonis Sun day Xight. That the meeting of baseball mag nates next week in San Antonia, Tex., is to be the largest in the annals of the baseball history is the opinion of lecal magnates who leave the latter part of the week to attend. It is the meeting of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues, and M. H. Sexton of Rock Island is its presi dent. The delegation which will attend from Rock Island includes M. H. Sei ton, H. E. Casteel, H. H. Cleaveland, W. H. Reck, Sheriff O. L. Bruner and Jack Tighe. and Charles McHugh of Chicago. The party is to leave Chica go Sunday noon and arrive in St. Louis that night. SPECIAL, TRAPf PHOTTOED. There with other delegations they will board the special train to carry them to their destination. Receptions are to be held along the way, the prin cipal ones of which will be at Little Rock, Ark., and Austin, Tex. There the governor of Texas will board the train to accompany the delegates to the convention city. QIESTIOXS MOMENTOVS. Momentous questions will be brought before the session in the 10 days al lotted for the meeting, and many mat ters important in the history of base ball will be considered. Already bids for the next convention have been ad vanced to Mr. Sexton by Wheeling. V. Va., and Nashville, Tenn. LOCAL SITIATIOX. There is little animation in local cir cles at present. The announcement that Frank Boyle is being considered for a leader has met with approval on many sides, but it will take action, im mediaie aciion. to assure baseball for Rock Island next year. GOLTS ABE BACK IN TIE FOR TOP Make Clean Sweep in Series With Pretzels at Harms Alleys Last Night. ATHLETICS WIN ONE GAME; I.one Viitory Pulls Independents Down to Same Level as the Commercial "hanips. tO!MKK( Iti. I.F.CilK STAnifi. W. I,. Pet. 1 Independents ill ? .722 ( oits 13 5 .722 Athletics 6 12 331 I Pr. tzrls 4 14 .211 i Three consecutive victories for Salz- n'.c.nn'p Colts landed that team back on the same lfvel with the Independ-1 ems, who took two out of three from the Athletics in the Commercial league : bowling series last night. The Colts and Pretzels howled on the Harms al-! leys. Although winning, it was a case of hard luck for the Colts, for even ! when the hall was in the groove, the 1 result was usually an impossible split, i While the Colts hit them right and failed to knock them over the Pret- I ?els weie off color and could not find PEORIA FURNISHES A NEW WHITE HOPE SobHeiler Frora the camp of Promoter Jin Kenny, ia Peoria. IL. from the same camp from whence came Kid Farm er. I"arry D.aatue ind tir stttx- of the squared circle, la heralded the approach of a "white hope." Bob Heller, an Iowa boy. and for three year one of the leading boxers of the navy. Kenny has placed Heller In the hands of Barney Furey, a Cincinnati, for traininc : ! ! the mark. Meisner's score of 444 was high for the team, showing that they were off color. I5DEPEXBEXTS DROP 0E. The other series was marked by much better bowling, with the Inde pendents In the lead for honors. Bring of the Athletics rolled high score with 565, while Huston was next with 545. The first and last games were close, but the second was a walkaway for the Independents. The scores: INDEPENDENTS. L. Harms 170 1S2 1S3 535 Soule 151 166 155 472 Hampton 181 194 129 504 Roan tree 146 203 169 51S Huston 200 180 165 545 Totals 84S 925 S01 2574 ATHLETICS. Stouffer 170 113 165 448 Dahl Bring 120 125 149 394 213 172 ISO 565 Mueller 144 Donahue 171 211 143 167 15S 472 Totals SIS COLTS. 172 136 156 157 17S r64 S19 2401 Salzmann . E. A. Wich "Kitty" ... H. Wich .. J. H. Wich 1S7 16S 135 172 154 167 150 126 149 169 526 454 417 47S 501 Totals 799 S16 PRETZELS. Stark 119 Ruths 135 132 761 2376 148 257 125 392 Meisner 166 123 155 Hueckstaedt 112 14$ 127 444 417 Brandt 132 Hanssen 136 150 41S 105 105 Totals 694 644 705 2043 BOWMXG SOTKS. John Yich won first prize in total number of splits. He had 10. Still he managed to creep over the 500 mark. Salzmann led his team with a total of 526 pins. When bowlers like Meisner. Hueck staedt and Brandt fail to make 450, there is something wrong. The Pret zels had a bad start and found it im possible to break into real form. Their last game was their best game, but it was way. below the usual mark. Soule was the only Independent to fall below the 500 pin mark. Hail Hampton distributed a few of his pins to the last game he would have made it three victories for the Independents. Oscar Dahl was low score man on the Patting alleys with 394. Bill Huston was back in the game last night after an enforced absence of two weeks because of illness. His score looked as though he had only taken a rest cure instead of having been an invalid. "Doc" Mueller had high single game score last night with 211 pins to his credit. Xext week the Colts meet the Ath letics again, while the Independents ure due to bowl with the lowly Pret-zt-ls. DE 0R0 IS LEADING IN WORLD BILLIARD MATCH Chicago, Nov. S. Champion Alfredo I)e Oro gained a lead of 19 points over Wheeler, the Chicago professional in the first block of their match for the Jordan Lambert trophy, emblematic of the three cushion championship of the world, playing last night at recital hall in the Auditorium building. De Oro made his 50 points in 71 innings, getting a high run of 9. one of the best recorded in a championship niat.-h.i His average was C49. Wheeler made his 31 points in 74 innings, getting j high run of ?. and averaging .419. i Wheeler s deficit did not represent j the play, as he did not have the best j of luck, missing a number of hard shots by the smallest kind of frac tions, while he ran into a number of kisses, three of these coming in a row, starting with the 51th inning. De , Oro's run of 9, which was the feature,! was of big assistance to the Cuban.: It was beautifully compiled, hut on the other hand the balls broke well for him and he had little trouble ln sizing up his shots and making them, i The Theatre AT THE ILLINOIS. Nov. 8-9 Tri-City Stock company. Nov. 13 14 Sitting Bull pidirfs. Nov. 15-16 Tri-City Stock company. Nov. IS "Uncle Tom s Cabin." Nov. 21 "The Fortune Hunter.", Nov. 22-23 Tri-City Stock company. Nov. 24 "The Deep Purple." Nov. 2C "Get Rich Quick Walling ford." Nov. 28 "Polly of the Circus." Nov. 29-30 Tri-City Stock, company. THE EMPIRE. Daily vaudeville performances a ::." and 8:15. AT THE ILLINOIS. Hsnry V. Link's "Fatty Felix," ! which is to be at the Illinois text rfenday, matinee and night, i3 re-1 ported to be one of the funniest,, laughing comedy drama3 ever of-j fered to the amusement public. It's a relaxation from care and worry,' Its sole purpose being to aruuse. The absurd and highly amusint; charac-j ter cf Fatty Felix has been the tar get for newspaper sketch artists all j over the country. As a vehicle of j merriment Fatty Felix is easily one of the most sterling attractions of; its kind on the road. It is claimed nothing has been left undone by the; management to give this play & proper cast, scenic equipment, etc.,; which has brought forth words of; high commendation wherever it has' been seen. Many new and catchy , songs, dances and up-to-date Fpe- cialties are among its features. j Nov. 13 and 14 the Illinois will' show the greatest of all Indian mo-' tion pictures, "Sitting Eull." The picture w-as taken at a large expense and depicts the life of the Indians, upon the plains during the dayai THE WHOLESOME BAKING POWDER The Best of tote Hlgli-Crade mini ii i . I . when the pioneers were headed west ward. It shows Indian life in its every detail and the hardships which followed the gold seeker In the year 1S4 9. During the length of the three reels you will witness Indian dances such as you have never be fore seen. The photography is ex cellent and over 1,000 people are used in making this picture. There are over 500 Indians and horses, soldiers, cowboys, renegades, rang ers, squaws and papooses. Basketball Immoral? Sparta, Wis., Nov. S. The board of education has issued an order forbid ding the playing of basketball by girls, on the grounds ?t is not conducive to good morals. GOLT MAN'S NEW Restaurant 1923 Second Ave. Serves a Special 25c Dinner and Supper Your choice of at least ff three kinds of meats with vegetables and a dessert. Quickest service in the city. A La Carte menu all day. H earn to Dance Prof. 0. F. Slater School at the Elks' evening. Dancing school class Reception Term of 12 lessons Arc You Going to Heat Your House With STEAM or HOT WATER? If you are thinking of doing so it will pay you to get our estimate before letting your contract. We are mak ing: some Special Low Prices for the next 30 days that will save you money and at the same time gives us an opportunity to do the work before the fall rush is on. We also repair and put In order all kinds of furnaces, steam and hot water boilers and right now is the proper tiuie for you to Lav this done. Allen, Mvers & Company OPPOSITE HARPER HOUSt. Perfect Gen&s Perfect in every sense light, v.holesome and delicious if made with Rumford. Its absolute purity and wholesomeness make food always the same delicious, diges tible and economical. JlPJI Baking Fowders-No Alura , . hi it ii nin., The moment you put on clothes made to your measure you see the vast differ ence between mer chant tailored and ready-made. We fit you exactly to your own dimen sions, skillfully shap ing the cloth as your figure demands. Let us show you the distinctive new patterns of the latest fabrics. You have never seen any so beautiful. E. F. D0RN MFKCIIANT T.IM)It 1812 Second Avenue. conducts a Dancing Hall every Friday 7:30 to 9 9 to 11:45 $3.00