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THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1913. 3 a m. fT m n 3? 5 FOOTBALL SCENE SHIFTS TO EAST Harvard -Princeton Clash Holds Center Stage Crimson Eleven Favorite. WOLVERINES VS. CORNELL Notre Dame Hopes for Wide Margin) Victory Over Penn State on Friday. Chicago. Nov. 5. With games of i only minor importance scheduled in ! the west for Saturday, the scene or football interest will shift to Prince ton, N. J., where the sons of Old Nassau will meet Harvard in the first i-truggie which will have any bearing on the eastern championship. Chicago, the only undefeated eleven in the western conference, will meet Northwestern at Evannton, and Minne sota, whose victory over Wisconsin last Saturday entitles the Gophers to an equal claim to the "big nine" title with the Maroons, has no game "sched uled. The other conference teams, with the exception of Illinois. Iiave games listed, but the results will have a bearing only on the rating of the i meet Penn State on the latter's grid different aggregations at the close of 'iron Friday in a struggle of inter- the season. MH IIItiAN TO TACK I. K COKXKI.I.. Michigan and Cornell will clash at Ithaca in one of the important inter sectional battles, and the result will be watciied wiili interest, because the lthacans met defeat la.st Saturday by Harvard 23 to C. The outcome will furnish an idea of the relative strength of Michigan and Harvard by the com parative score method. Although Harvard appears to be orasKa wesieyan at -Lincoln, coach much stronger than Princeton, an in-1 Stiehm's eleven should w in this game teresting and close strugKie is antic-1 by a one-sided score, as the Wesieyan ipated by those who have followed the I team cannot be considered a danger fortunes of botli elevens this year. , ous opponent. The Crimson warriors have played con-1 'et in importance to the Harvard sistent football all season, and all j J'rinceton battle in the east will be games have been . won by decisive j the games between Yale and Brown margins. There has not been a ques-iat S(iW Haven, and Dartmouth and tion as to the superiority of the Cain- bridge eleven over all the teams play- ed this year, and in each succeeding struggle Harvard has shown marked j lrot3 on l"e held the victor over the improvement. jBlue eleven. rn.i:is ihm;m i i on mkki. . juwrnionn fobitkvh1'kvv With one defeat chalked up against Xh game between Dartmouth and tliem-the Tigera Lave ladled, as was l'insylvania should result in a close showu by the bis siorf'' piled up land' interesting struggle. The Han it gainst Holy Cross,- last .Sfeturduy. I overians. because of their 6 to -0 vic Prtuceton is lighter than it. has been ,ory over Princeton, should rule equal for several years. Speed is the factor i favorites ith the Quakers, who must which the coaches are depending upon. be rated a strong eleven this year, but it. is hardly likely this football j T,ie Army will play Albright at essential will offset the many advan-j West Point. Wesieyan and Williams tages in Harvard's favor. i will struggle at Middletown. the Navy The Crimson team is composed of a win neet Bucknell at Annapolis, and number of ve terans who have had , Syracuse will clash with New York the experience of many hard fought'0" tlle former's gridiron in other im battles. The eleven has been devel-! Portant eastern games. oped gradually. From the form dis-1 played this season Harvard should win ; and step oue notch nearer the eastern title. Michigan's rejuvenated eleven should win from Cornell, and it is hoped for western football that the Wolver ines will defeat the Ithacans by a larger score than Harvard. Last Saturday's victory over Syracuse dem onstrated that Yost has developed an other of his characteristic machines, which will improve with the plajlng of each game. The addition of Jimmy Craig to the back field is one of the most import ant factors in the improvement. This player is without doubt one of the best backs in the west, and his playing against the New Yorkers last Satur day was the feature. As none of the players suffered serious injuries, Mich igan should be fortified to put up a great game against the "Big Ittd" team. V l. S. VKW ST UK l-'HinY. Notre Dame, which upheld the class Tackle Safarrh Kow Be Free All Winter Avoid Cclds, Stall Pneumonia, Keep Ycur Rose Clear and Your Throat Free. Don't Wait Till You're AH Banged Up. Use S. S. S. Now. If you will go into any first class store r.d Ket a bottle of S. S. S. you are on the way to setting of Catarrti. But don't let anyone work off that old trick of something "Just u good." S. S. 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Pennsylvania defeated Penn State last Saturday, 17 to 0, and the South Benders will attempt to beat their opponents by a larger score. Notre Dame players emerged from the Army battle with - out serious injuries and will be in :game. j Nebraska, one of the contenders for the western champion, will play Ne- j Pennsylvania at Philadelphia. After Yale'sdefeat by Colgate last Saturday i would not be surprising if Brown GLOBE TROTTERS GET BEST; RAIN CAUSE Abilene, Tex., Nov. 5. The "Honey moon special," bearing tiie Chicago White Sox and ew York Giants, left for EI Paso yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock after a heavy rain here all day had prevented a game. The players were introduced to the public from the rear of the train and Managers Callahan and McGraw ex pressed great satisfaction at the re ception given them in the south. An old fashioned badger fight was staged for the benefit of the teams and proved a big success. An army of loyal fans was here yesterday aud each man was anxious to meet his favorite player. "Tex" Russell and Tris Speaker, both Texas boys, know many people in this city, and all the other natives wanted to meet them. Mathewson and the other balanced health as the nutritive proper' ties of the grains, meats, sugars, and fats of foods. Any local irritating influenca in the blood is rejected by the tissue cells and eliminated by reason of the stimula ting influence of S. S. S. You will soon realize its wonderful in fluence by the absence of headache, a de cided clearing of the air passages, a. steadily improved nasal condition, and m sense of bodily relief that proves bow completely catarrh often Infests the en tire system. Tou will And S. 6. S. on sale at all drug stores. It is a. remarkable remedy for any and all blood affections, such as eczema, rash, lupus, tetter, psoriasis, boils, and ail other diseased ndltions of the blood. For special advice on any blood disease write to The Swift Specific Co.. SOS Swift Bldg... Atlanta. Ga, - Do not trifle with substitutes. Imita tions or any of the borda of "Just as g'jud' Cauaierfeitj ol & & 8. For the second successive year Frinceton fell before the onslaught of Dartmouth's fighting football squad and for the second time Loudon, Dart mouth's human battering ram in his position at righ end, helped to put a crimp in Princeton's aspirations of downing Dartmouth. The accompany ing picture gives an idea of how dan gerojs Loudon can be when be gets agoing. stars also came in for attention. Mathewson and Leverenz are booked for the mound work at Kl Paso today. TRAILERS TAKE A DECIDED SPURT f j Brews Drop Two Out of Three to 26003 Klovemen For- ISLAND CITY LEAGUE. W. L. Pet. 18 6 . .750 13 11 .542 10 14 .417 7 17 .292 It. I. Colts Huber: 2600's There is a tinge of sadness in the air. Kloves Kapering Kolts and Hilde's Hilarious Brew have suffered i reverses. It was under dog night in I the Island City leuguc last p. m. and (the Hubers and 2600's came into their own. Klove had the original hard, lucli tale. Ha couldn't muster a full team, owing to the fact that his all-star pin artist, Moose, had a bum digit, which precluded his participation in more than one game. Consequently, the Colts forfeited three straights. The Rock Island Brews suffered a relapse and allowed the humble 2600's to cop two out of three. Hilde is wearing crepe today and refuses to be comforted. New suits of sackcloth and ashes have been ordered for the Brews and, the oflicial slogan will be "Oy-yoi'Doktair I'm seek." The tabulated results follow: R. I. BREWS. Tracey 109 125 G. Abramson . . . 170 147 131 122 115 150 123 365 439 362 403 I Bell 119 128 Schwecke 117 Hilde 12:5 136 130 ?.7fi Totals 63S 2600. 066 641 1,945 166 110 109 131 109 125 151 107 151 453 362 365 374 143 268 Totals .., 6S9 633 COLTS. Moose 139 ... 643 1,965 139 423 153 482 501 Orth 12S 13S 157 Kitty 153 Klove 126 1S2 151 174 199 Mason 151 Totals 697 471 530 1,693 HUBERS'. Scott 182 Brown 13S Lindentrout .... 188 Long 176 Runk 136 123 129 154 129 160 168 149 194 163 183 473 4 i6 536 468 479 Totals 720 695 857 2,272 "DOWN WITH STAGG RULE" IS MICHIGAN SENTIMENT Ann Arbor, Mich., Nov. 5. AnCt conference - sentiment was displayed by some 300 or 400 students of the Uni versity of Michigan last night in a torchlight parade on the eve of the close of the ballot on Michigan's re turn to the Big Nine. A goat labeled "Stagg s Goat." a bull labeled "Michi gan Daily," and nine freshmen wearing prison stripes to represent the con ference colleges were the features of the parade. The extent of the anti-conference I sentiment among the students was not realised until the Daily arranged for a ballot on the question this week and from the noise the antis are mak- ing it would appear that the vote againBt Michigan's return would be overwhelming. I Sidewalks in the vicinity of the J Broeder 178 Mordhorst 127 Henry 105 Kitty 136 Kitty 143 Moser campus are decorated with surna injconnaeni mat me men learnea vaia rea letters urging students to vote against the conference. "Down with Stagg rule" is oae of the most fre quent. The vote, which is being taken, will be all in today and will be count ed by a committee named by the Daily. Lame back comes on suddenly and is extremely painful. It is caused by rheumatism of the muscles. Quick re lief is afforded by applying Chamber lain's Liniment. Sold by all druggists. (Adv.) OLD BELDEN HILL BACK IN HARNESS Will Again Pilot Cedar Rapids at Fans' Bequest Jack Herbert Out. Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Nov. 5. Bel den Hill and not Jack Herbert will be manager of the 1914 Rabbits. This announcement, which will be received with joy and acclaim by all the Bunny boosters and which also will be wel comed throughout the entire league, was made late yesterday afternoon1. Mr. Hill has given Herbert his un conditional release, and has promised to assume the leadeiship of the local baseball craft foe at least one more season. The cause of this action is the result of the strenuous opposition by directors of the Cedar Rapids club to Mr. Hill's proposed relinquishment of the managerial reins. The direc tors threatened all sorts of dire things if he refused to reconsider his an nouncement that he would not be bo active next season. Although the Bennies lost three val uable men-1 by way of the draft route. Pitchers Brown and Hawkins and Out fielder Milligan. there is still a mlehtY Ifino ntir1oiis nn tho rodorvo Mat ond Manager Hill announced that he has strings out for a likely bunch of prom ising youngsters for the spring tryout. PACKET AGREES TO FIGHT KELLY Welter Will Make 142 for Ke nosha Ecut Otfc";r ' Dope From the "Pugs." Chicago, Nov. 5. Packey McFarland and "Spike" Kelly have agreed to box ten rounds at Kenosha the early part of next month. Although articles have not been signed or forfeits posted. Packey said he would meet Kelly if the north sider would make 142 pounds SIDE-LINE DUST FROM THE FOOTBALL CAMPS Bloomington, Ind., Nov. 5.4-Witli Iowa looming up as a strong opponent for next Saturday, the Indiana team's practice was lengthened last evening by use of the arc lights and "ghost" ball. Last night the freshmen used the Iowa formations against the vars ity, some plays resulting in good gains. Captain Davis will not be able to take part in the Hawkeyes contest, but will be saved for. the last game on the schedule with Purdue. Notre Dame. Notre Dame, Ind., Nov. 5. "Tame practice" in the most harmless form made its appearance on the Notre Dame gridiron yesterday in the gold and blue's last workout beiore leav ing for Penn State today. The fresh men, after surviving a rugged fight with the strong second team, were sent in against the varsity, using the same line of attack that shot the Army to pieces. The regulars completely swept the yearlings off their feet. Notre Dame football fans are anxious for a post-season game with Chicago. Yale. New Haven, Conn., Nov. 5. Yale's football practice will be strictly secret all of this Week while the coaches are trying- to remedy the 6erious de fects developed in the defeat by Col gate last week. Head Coach Jones has many problems to harrass' him, the chief of which is the selection of a quarterback to fill the vacancy left by . Cornish's retirement because of in juries. "Nate" Wheeler, the intercol legiate golf champion, was believed yesterday , to be the-likely choice of the coaches. Iowa. Iowa City, Iowa, Nov. 5. Playing for the first time under the new arc lights which have been installed on Iowa field to permit evening practice, the Iowa varsity put up the best ex hibition of the last two weeks yesterday.- A hard scrimmage with .the sec ond team kept the men occupied until dark. Bowen again displaced Car berry at right end, but Penningrotb stayed at right half, with Parsons and Kirk starred in the varsity at tack. Captain . McGinnls - plunged through for two of the varsity touch downs. . Gross made another on a dash around end. The final score was 20 to 6., ' . Cornell, Ithaca, N. Nov. 5. Coach Sharpe expects o line up against Michigan next Saturday the same men who play- ed- against' Harvard last week, being able lessons in generalship and strat egy in that game, which should prove effective in dealing with Michigan. The showing of - the Michigan team in the game against Syracuse on Sat urday has impressed the Cornell coaches ' and players with the fact that they have a serious proposition on their hands this week. ' Illinois.' Urbana, I1L, Nov. 5.-r-Illinl rooters breathed easier last eight when U at 3 o'clock. Spike's manager said this weignt wouia De easy iur ms fighter. The bout will be staged before the Kenosha A. C. and the principals will box for 50 per cent of the receipts. This, amount will be split equally. This is the third Lout arranged for Packey in the last two days and he will take them as fast as they come, providing proper inducements are of fered. Nate Lewis says he is about through with the Milwaukee fight promoters. The action of Jimmy Duffy in calling off his match with Charley White scheduled for next Monday, is the fourth contest which has been called off within the last month. According to Lewis, the Wisconsin boxing com. mission should punish either Duffy or the promoters for their failure to go through with the bout. Promoter Mul kern sent word to Lewis yesterday that ho 'vould not attempt to find, a substitute for Duffy, but would devote his efforts to making the White-Wol-gast bout the latter part of the month a drawing card. The promoter has not set' the date, but is figuring on either Nov. 24 or 2S. Eddie McGoorty issued a statement yesterday in which he said Tommy Walsh had no right to make a match for him with Jack Dillon. Eddie as serted Walsh is not his manager and had not the power to sign the articles. McGoorty is going to take the case into the courts unless the boxing com mission reversls its penalty of having hhn barred from boxing in the Badger state for six months. Cai Delaney, who is slated to meet Frankie Conley . of Kenosha in a ten round bout at Racine Friday night, boxed six fast rounds with Charley White at Lewis gymnasium. Jimmy Brady is slated to meet "Special Deliv ery" Hirsch in one of the other con tests. Harry Lewis, manager of "Kid" Kelly, the north side lightweight, has matched his fighter to box six rounds with "Young" Mahoney. The bout will be held Thanksgiving day before a suburban club. Manila Governor General Harrison will start Nov. 9 on a tour of inspec tion of Mlndinao, prior to the appoint ment of a civil governor. American troops are being withdrawn from that island, but the Mindinao scouts and constabulary remain. was announced that Pogue, the bril liant quarter back, bad no broken bones and would probably be able to play against Purdue next week. The Iliini could figure no hope at all against the boiler-makers witli the star quarter out. Pogue watched prac tice in Itis street clothes. Johnny Silkman's return to condition also pleased the rooters. Silkman was placed at quarterback on the varsity, where he showed well. Badgers. Madison, Wis., Nov. 5. Secret prac-! tice continues to be the daily program at Camp Randall. More rest was given the men who played the Goph ers. The second varsity had a long scrimmage with the first year eleven. Nebraska. Lincoln. Neb., Nov. 5, The contro - versy with Kansas university over the playing of Clinton Ross, the Nebraska . ,? "cu.oo.o-uauoaa football game Nov. 15, is closed so far as Nebraska university is concern - ea. Yesterday a special meeting of the atnietic 00a r a was neia, at which a resolution was passed permitting Rosh to piay. ine action was taken in ache i3 one of the n)OKt popUar 8tu. cordance with an ultimatum by Chan-! dents at the high school. He is a cellor Avery last week. In which the ; member of the board of control of official refused to line to be drawn. permit the color Washington. St. Louis. Mo., Nov. 5. -The Wash ington university team had its hardest workout of the season yesterday after noon when Coach Edmunds lined the varsity against the scrubs in a hard session of scrimmage. The reguJar J line tried many new formations and worked with the forward pass for some time. Syracuse. Syracuse, N. Y.. Nov. 5. Chancellor Day of Syracuse university blames at tendance at a Detroit theatre Friday night for the rout of the Orange eleven at Ann Arbor last Saturday. Chan cellor Day said during an address to the agricultural students: "If the play ers had not gone to the theatre, I am sure the result would have been differ ent They probably did not get to their rooms until midnight and it probably took them two hours to as similate the sensations they felt while witnessing the play, so they did not actually get to sleep until 2 or 3 o'clock. They had to take an early train to Ann Arbor. The result is regrettable history."- Tigers. Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 5, The Harvard-Princeton football contest Satur day will be the first among the big teams of the east where players will be designated by numbers of their backs. Princeton Is fathering the new plan, and is trying to interest Har vard and Yale in its adoption. Al though the Tigers will be numbered to a man. it Is unlikely that Harvard will follow the example, as Coach Haughton has on several occasions declared himself against designations or any kind that will make bis play eTB conspicuous from the side litres. TAKES PLACE WITH R. I. H.S. HEROES "Spider" Whisler. "Will" Whisler. the gritty little halfback of the Crimson and Gold squad, is one of the greatest gridiron warriors the local institution has ever produced, and a popular vote of the alumni body would undoubtedly en title him to a niche in the Rock Island high school "Hall of Fame," along with Liitt, Soudtrs, K'urhorn, "Buck" Oberg, A. Mopenf elder, L. Harms and the rest. ' Spider" is one of the lightest men on the team, tipping the beam at a scant 132 pounds. He is a compact little bundle of nerves, and the spirit which he has installed in the squad, has gone far towards winning victor ies this season. One week ago, when "Pete" Larkin resigned the captaincy. Whisler was the unanimous choice of the varsity, an honor to which he was justly entitled. His line-nluneing ability is known . I ) ; Veil throughout the state, and teams that;P,ay Danville, Normal U. high and have opposed Rock Island all cherish a wholesome respect for him. He is a hard, sure tackier and has proven a tower of strength for the secondary defense. Time after time in this season's games, Whisler has broken through and spilled plays be fore they have fairly started. Owing to the fact that the squad does not play at fighting game when Whisler is out of the line-up, and in many in stances have shown signs of becoming demoralized, the 1913 eleven has of- I times been designated as a "one-man 1 team." Whisler has played on R. I. H. S. I teams for the past four years the i nrst two years as substitute quarter- j back and end. Last Beason he wa8 1 shifted to left halfback and stuck. I urn.--. tit - 1 football alone. He is also a star bas ketball and track man. Without doubt the athletic association, president of the associated student body and pres ident of the senior class. BIG LEAGUE MOGULS TO RESIST "FEDS" Chicago, Nov. 5. Ways and means of combatting the proposed invasion of the major ranks by the Federals will be discussed at length here to day and tomorow during the annual meeting of the American league. That the younger, big league circuit owners intend to give this problem deep thought is apparent from statements made recently by President Byron Ban croft Johnson, who will sit in with the board of directors today at league headquarters and with the owners to morrow at the Congress hotel. Whatever action will be outlined is sure to be swift, for the American leaguers have heard reports almost daily of the plans under way by the Federals to line up players now on the roster of the Amcyican as well as National league clubs. A thort session is anticipated by President Johnson, and at the windup the magnates will bid adieu to two brother owners, Messrs. Comiskey, master of the White Sox, and McAleer, the man behind the ex-champion Boston Red Sox. These latter individuals leave tomorrow night for California to Join the world-touring White Sox and Giants. . McAleer's lieutenant, Robert Mc Roy, steamed in last night from Bos ton and will be joined by the former this morning. Other magnates due today are Frank Navin of Detroit. Frank Farrell of New York. Robert L. Hedges of St. Louis, Connie Mack and Benjamin Shibe of Philadelphia, and i diaries Samex ol Cleveland. I DEANERY QUEEN TALKS FOOTBALL Flossie, the Biscuit Shooting Baby, Doesn't Think Much of Moline High. ' HAVE NO CLAIM TO TITLE "All Dey Play la Burga Like Coal VaU t ley and Osco,'Saya th Waitress. "I see by de poipers dat dem Moline high school guys is clalmin de cham pionship of Illinois," said Flossie, the Queen of the Beanery. as she deftly shot a stack of wheats at the patron whose beak was burled in a pink sheet. "Now where do they git dat stuff?" "1 am not a close follower of the gridiron," replied the man at the coun ter as he deftly scraped a chunk of butter from his noisy cravat, "but as I understand it, the Moline team ha not been defeated this season. That surely entitles them to a claim." "Say, can dat junk. Claim nothin. When you loosen up wid dat line of guff it makes me sad. Please rise, cause you're in de wrong seat. You for de nigger heaven. See?" WHONT. UTEKH. "But I understand they haye met some very good teams and have a high class aggregation," pursued tha patron for sake of argument. "Now listen. Bo, don't be a garden and fall for all dat con. Just what has them guys done? First they bump up agin West erty and Tipton. Them towns afu i o.cn on the railroad folders. Then they pick on Aledo, what ain't had a team since the Johns, town flood. They wallop East Aurora and start to blow their bazoos, but nix not. West Aurora has the team. Then they clean up them poor littla kids from Monmouth what ain't even allowed to go out of the yard after dark without askin' mu-maw. Next they choose Lincoln, a bunch of rook, ies that never knowed what football was until they took a slant at the die. tionaxy. That champeenship junk gives me a swift pain." soi-r si iikih i.ta "But perhaps they have some hard games ahead of them," ventured the second half of the team, as he medi tatively masticated a segment of buck, wheat blanket. "Blow your whistle, cull, you're in a fog. In dutch again. They gotta Davenport. That's all, and the only real game is Davenport. Also I got a hunch dat Davenport is going to make them factory boys look like a celluloid collar at de Inaugural ball." "Why don't they play some real teams, like West Aurora, Rockford, Oak Park or Rock Island?" continued Flossie. "I'll slip you the info, Steve. Ever hear about de guy what had cold feet. Well, them Moliners has a temperature of 40 below around dent loud socks, take it from me. "Now take that little Rock Island team. They've tied Iowa City after showing' 'em up all the way, but 1 Galesburg, West Illinois Normal and are goln' to play Rockford and Peoria Manual. Some classy little schedule, eh? I.O V A I. 1(1 II. I. "Well, if you'll give me my check I must be on the way, Clarice," salj the patron as he arose. "Oh, very well, but In de future don't fall for dis bunk they're shootin' down at Kewanee. I'm for Rock Island all the way. I know I'm getting my three squares and a flop out of this snuff eatin' burg, but I'm going to keep shoutin' just the same if I do get in bad. I should worry like a chicken and git everybody down on me." FOOTBALL PLAYER IS KILLED; BROKEN NECK Phoenlxville, Pa., Nov. 5. Georgn H. Gay of Blackinton, Mass.. former star player of the Ursintis college team, died In a hospital here yesterday from a broken neck received in a foot ball gan:e last Saturday. Gay was playing fullback on tho Union club team against the I'otts town eleven and was running with the ball, when be was tackled from behind. He as thrown heavily and became unconscious. Gay was carried from the field and tile game was continued. He showed no improvement, and when an examination was made at the hos pital it was found that he was para lyzed, indicating that his spine had been injured. James Gay, his father, a sister and a brother arrived here yesterday and remained with the young man to the end. . : Gay was a former captain of the Ursinus football team and was cap tain of the baseball nine laft year. He was coach of the soccer team and this year acted as assistant coach of the Ursinus football squad. He was to have been graduated next June. He was 27 years old. The Union club, a semi amateur team of Phoenlxville, has disbanded for the - season. It is expected that Ursinus' two remaining games with the Pennsylvania ""'Uary academy and Fvanklin and alarabaJl college will be canceled.