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TnE ROCK ISLAND .AJ1GUS. TITTOSDAV, JANUARY" 8. 1914. rMof t" 3 WoiMf 3 this lcneue will not waive its terri torial righis on that town. Springfield Has Hope. ire over out her b on a ; sound footing. Nr.C-.ing of any im- , . portance has been done lately in the Magnates to iIeet soon ana niatl(.r bu, ,ne outuok u brighter. Jt forr.n'ete attcrs Regard- In pretty nrar a pipe that Frank lrn- THREE-! GOSSIP rnn I HPAI CflJJOi Xow ,hat the ho,wy ar- rllK I llllU! t" U N X ' Sprlmtfiold hope to i-tralKhtfn Ull uu un u. i rii w j ,,,,, laj jam and put lhe rItU in r 1914 Season. nelly wll be held over as manager. SOME FEAR THE FEDERALS' Cutuqje to Btmn Verrber cf the j Three! League Spnrgr.eld j Hope to Clear Debts. FOUR CITIES VANT REGATTA IN JULY Four cities have entered the lists to I BOSSO'LEARYHAS SIGNED NINETEEN Davenport Team Will Have Strong Lineup in Field at Opening of Season. Chalk. If; Reeves, rg; Rinek. lg. Alumni Hubbard, c; Bebnainann, rr; Voss. If: Mclntyre. rg; Young, lg. As a curtain raiser to the big con test of the, evening, a game bas been arranged between the fast Central team and the high school second team, with both teams evenly matched. The lineup of the game bas been announced as follows: Hieh School Seconds Andrews, c; Ackley. rf: Freistat, If; c. Wbisler. rg; Hinckley, lg. Centrals Hoffman, c; Smith, rf; Boss O'Lcary of the Davenport Blue i Sox is ready to spring some additional j nid-v' lf: Gleason. rg: Morse, lg. Information this week about the 1914 I hosiery but already 19 players are ' I M-curo th regatta of tlie Mississippi , n.-ted. including Corriisan. Flaliarty. j Valley Power llu.it association. w hich Bromw Ich. Spicer, Koepping. llirsch. I ittill be held dunm tlie eriv t.urt ,.r ! 'oopT. Barnes. Crouch. Hendrix. . July. They are Peoria. Kansas City. FLYING BOB BESCHER WILL BE GREAT HELP TO THE GIANTS NEXT SEASON Doiley, Peters. Marshall and the Boss Burlington and Muscatine, wit!: the ! are under, the reserve from this year j h Is also Joe Wilson with Davenport l.-i-it.all lul iia r Mn, ! banns anoearini; tri t (n (ivnr nf ii riTd iPl"' 'at : 'tis iriim a i ".!- 'i i ' ' - , III l!M-. T, ,r lii t!.- wi'.rts of Missouri !..; 'fria. The selection of the city hai; The ot,)r.r tlirf.p paye-s are thevet- rt to "" ,,v"r ard "! ,,w l ,1,at "f ,n ,Cfl ,n ln handB of ,h" boar'J jeran pitchers Middleton and Lakaff. k ' ar, ha;i p!av. r Ope of th.-e directors, and they will decide upon purchased from Springfield and Deca . Bl-a'-t-' l Jam-- Goodwin, a catcher."' matur early next week. An invi- j llir. and Harry Simpson, drafted from ana i:ie ti.i-r is - -........ . niuoniia league. lust he doesn't ' ome ween ano ny me iiiinuls alley' HEAVYWEIGHTS TO BOX IN AUSTRALIA t Kno I'V T.,.rr-.r '. l a in'ra. u-."---u i - - j , T : . They !o raise vomj 'tl'1 ' '' convention burtau j l l h JUT HIT l'l II .11 Tl"t f - i "mitu i ,. Eddie McGoorty and George Carpentier Booked for Go in April. tiarhty J- I I oois. ar.l mo-t i f thns. horny. v .1 w.n f Iti soil from the O. K ,,i,-rv miiiM r.iti-..-r play la-elm Caa eit Are W'.:n,rg Fede'als. Sett 'f t ''-,;- around llie Thr Je ircult ar- rumi.n-iii itiK to orry fn it t!ie i.ew F 'l'. ral leaKU-. T.:!. n:a ! I hey r r.ot orryi:ie. kot iJtijxruii Eton i- Mn.e;:at peeved bmt tii" n' 'f K'Upp-r. !i play H t latter half if la-t .ea-otl itl . tr St !'iis tram of th- Fed. Keiie pr Is ur.'lrr sup ii- ion ty B;oo:ninc. J nch nd lust riuo wanis i:i;ii v.. n. t Thl tn Is a!o In !. sam tlx. Ti e i KoomTs are rlclit hen ti.ey s-ay t'iat i? Hn 1- azne si o'i!d t'f niad" to CO , a record a- beine -if.r fur or. iin.t orpani-'d ha- ::'.. If the j Ti4 are foit:c to play in toeir fiw n , lark jard then st ps simmd ! taken to prevent tie roaxins; away of tin- As Prona possesses the best rac ; ilng ronr in the country it win in all j " ;j ! prrbaiii'ily be selected, as the lioard! 1 " p II HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Chicago. 111.. .Tan. S. Eddie Mc- ! Goorty, tlie OsTlkosli fighter, who , knocked out Pave Smith in half a j round at Sytr-.ey. Australia, on New If vate conference held yester- ! seemed to favor this city more tiian . "a" frrnoon In Davenport between iar.y. t the annual meetir.K held in : Manager A. c;. Hill and Manager W. E. W ' " s'H. H I Jl" .t&s U' mi mmu unm n ULII1IUI1 IIUULU JOIN THE CENTRAL Gossip Concerning Association Dubuque Will Not Join the Circuit. , j Clinton. Iowa, ronie time ago. ISLAND BOAT CLUB MEETING POSTPONED The annual meeiins of the City Bi.atini association, uh'ch as I.atlla of the Rock Islaud and Haven lort hmh sthool football teams, re-spe-ti. ely. it was decid-.'d to hold the Tiiiiiunl football same between the two teams on Nov. 7. 1911. The proceeds; will be split in two. win or lose. Island 1 Students at the local h'sh school are , well ratls-fi'd with the date set for the ! Year's day. has been matched to box 20 rounds with George Carpenter in the same arena on Easter Monday for the light heavyweight championship of the world. Thfa hlr if lnfnr:nattnn i u a .lAonail front Jim Mullin. a close friend of the ! Be8cker' who ioiDed the ranks ' the I ,,h wlh red elip-l'ew York Giants following the close New Y'ork, Jan. S. Flying Bob Bescher. Bob young catcher, who occupied the bench mnat rr Iho tiniA riMirip' his rsrppr isconsin nguter, who displayed clip pings and letters received from Mc Goorty after his arrival In the an tipodes. One letter contained the 1 A IV M1V . JllutU L . . . 111. Ill II L I . . V. VI . I .in 1908, and althqugh he has never portant factor in the race for the pen-j batted .300. the outfielder is consid uant next year. The fastest base run- ered a hard man to pitch to on account dih-d Ij take place this eiviiini;. was postponed owing to tlie fact thai the two teams have met, owing to the cancellation of snorts between them. some of the members woiihl be uuablo . ,,lt vw lilat ,aitrs have been to attend. The meeting will be held ' ytra!th;rr.ed out. the annual contes's tomorrow night at S o'clock. Th an- w jjj .v he!d as 'isual nual election of officers will take place, j ,t alfo ' d-e'dej that the quar and business matters will be discussed, j t( rs f tno Kam lnlIBt not rx, ecd 12 in minutes. anie. it has been some time since statement that McGoorty and Smith jner jn the Xational league, his speed jof his crouching position at the plate. ere ic iwx lor ine miaaieweignt j on the paths. coupled with the fleetest Bescher has proved a Nemesis for championship of the world. The , of tne other flying Giants, will give Rucker, the Dodgers' great southpaw, weight agreed upon wa.s 160 pounds . McGraw a EDlendid combination of and Nan would rather Ditch to any three hours before the , cnoed merchants for I other nlnvur in tho National lpHirne (JAPANESE TEAM WILL viinutes. or be Ii-ss than and the exact time will I at '- o clock. contest. The winner a belt valued at $500, the ti:le. vas to recti ve i There for pn .an.l it have it i plrnite of other l'acu" ar a lot of ri;il clamoring trtion acainst ti.e itna'ler Jnoks to a-t as ihoui::i tli-y Dubuque to Remain. Dubuque wi'.l not o to Central r.s ociation. even thouch the iub is of- frpd a fraruhi-e in tiiar l-ag authority for that statemeiit i C!ar er.c Rowland ai.d u lie is tin ho owns the c lub, it would appear ! turn compliment. TOUR UNITED STATES; 7?. San Francisco. Cal . Jan. S. - Priate advices received here J high ' i school and I h alumni basketball teams i report that a . n the annual otitest at the b!gh school 1 For several years McGraw has tried emblematic ofto iand tli Bescher and Edward ' Kont'tchy. who was recently traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Pitts burg Pirates. Before the "Little Na poleo.i" left for the trip around the world with the Giants and the White Sox. he left orders with President Milwaukee. Wis., Jan. S. If Tommy I Hempstead and Secretary Foster to e ded; MILWAUKEE WANTS SMITH-PELKEY GO !l aeha;i team from the I'niversi'y of gymnasium tomorrow n pht was select-, Hums wants that 10-round battle be-; try and ,and either Bescher or Kon Keio. in Tokio. Jaoan. will visit the;"! xcterda,. The Fthuol team w U l-i.tte.1 staie this vear for'a series of : consist of a fast ciuintet and the stu games. A nine from Stanfard univcr- tween Arthur I'elkey and Gunboat! the Giants' new outfielder. One of the distinct featurs about Bescher is his smile which greets you on thfe ball field and off. He is well liked by the .players in the National league and the fans of Cincinnati have nicknamed him "Smiling Bob." Bescher's last year with the Reds was 1912. During this year, when the Reds were managed by Hank etchy. While President Hempstead i O'Day, the veteran umpire. Bob batted Cometh now 'the fan and wondereth. Is CHnlon the Mysterious Stranger who has been knocking at the door ..of the Central? For a while the scribes about the circuit tried to attribute the light taps heard upon the portal of Dubuque, and several have not as yet given over the belief that the business men of that -city really would prefer the Central Association to the Three-Eye circuit. However, it has at last been an nounced that Clinton, of at least' a ' man from Clinton, expects to try his knuckles on what the people of the up river city seem to think is a regulation Gates Ajar. A Clinton paper announces ' that Tommy Mee has decided to shoulder the burden of asking for a berth in this here loop and get on at the ad journed meeting of the directors. The same item also contains the further interesting information that "Mr. Mee, however, in the past few days has received letters from . several Clinton people which .. have more or less discouraged him and it is not at all certain that a ' very strenuous effort will be made . to secure a franchise." . With Clinton in the .league, tho northern clubs .would have, at least Of DH1I 'll .nin.i t 1. a 1 m""' wio in uic league u man agement but such a condition of af fairs Is not likely as Kewanee win probably dig up the missing 1.500 iron men and come through hand somely when the directors convene on the 15th. dents are looting forward to a Tl.ejsity visited Japan last year as guests - fry m iuc urn gumv n un- se-j... of Tiie I'niverslty of Keio. and the pro- ' annum, uo.nn, .n man!j-cted trip is in the nature of a re-1 hard Aunt and w ltn experience i ma un.-n c. mUc 1 1 . i- ' Hi i n i wit: fiouoMess oe auie w uuiu j ! Smith, Milwaukee will put it on. rnd Foster were unsuccessful in their "lie i attempts to make a trade with the Cream City promoters are all after a 'cardinals for the "Big Train," they chance to stage a match between succeeded in putting through a trade Smith and any heavyweight that looks w ith the Cincinnati club, whereby like a contender, but most of the big ' Bescher became a member of the that the ma'ter is s ttied. It has al.-o . been arranged tu this state, ami tne . t-n Lisp-red that Rock island ! Keio team is anxious to make eneaee-. Cirht le coaxed awav from the Three- j men's with middle western and east- their ow n against the vounger players, f bo-vs lae een meeting with upsets , Giants for Charles Lincoln Herzog Th iin,.,,,, r,,r thn" two teams bas of Iate and Beikey. although defeated ' and Grover Cleveland Hartley, the . i- . . .I.-. r..-.ii,.i. i . . ,.. ,. . . . fcye. bit it is a dead certainty that J er- colleges. been announced as follows: tilth School G'ass. c: KIpp. rf; by the Gunboat in fifteen rounds, looks I as good as any of them now. .281 for 145 games. He scored 120 runs for the Cincinnati teem and stole 67 bases. In 1911, Bescher batted .275 and tallied 106 runs in 153 games. This was Bescher's best year on the paths, the r.peed merchants stealing 80 bases on. his rival catchers, and leading the league.:., .... . ;: m steak Battling Levinskv cleaned uo the.THUPn IflfHrt t j eastern crop, then made weight for the J I r ll t" K n " I IPiIbS I talllBll aa mm w lliii I ilj'I'j :i J "fit 7r vi r,- i c coast middleweigiit. Hob McAllister, and was thoroughly outpointed in 10 rounds. This leaves Willard as the only logical opponent for Smith, and as the Gunboat was given a doubtful decb ion over him ir. 20 rounds, they would be a wonderful attraction in Milwaukee. But Willard is now a de fendant in the Los Angeles case aris ing from the death of "Bull" Young." who expired after tall Jess knocked him out some months ago. Thus Pelkey is as good as anv of the available ones, and if Jim Buckley j can bj persuaded to accept the terms i of any Milw aukee club he can have the organination yesterday issued a stat?- FANS WOULD STAY Organized Baseball Will Win in War With New Federal League and Magnates. 4 Cincinnati, O.. J-ft. S. President John K. Tener of the National league, at a meeting of the directors of his 5 match. It! Ml.1 When the W orld Sleeps .1:1 :'ii- !IH' Vli i." J t J ' I I 1 li:i:,i;:; LUllllUli W IW--- - - - hc- iciegraph operators in the darkened cities; the night-herders 7n the silent plains; the night-watch on far-sailing ships; to each and all of them comes the longing tor tne cneeriui compan.onsn.p 01 these fresh, hand-made cigarettes, fashioned by their own skill, to their own liking, from ripe, mellow, world-famous GCNOINE mm rl I Ll H H If H II. 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The other nine were Welsh's. nient in wluch he prophesied that pub lic opinion would be on the side of organized baseball in case a wa.r is waged by the Federal league. Pointing out that Federal league at tacks upon organized baseball have i been confined to two points, one that the reserve clause was invalid, and the other that the parties to the national agreement are members of p trust. President Tener voiced his opinion that neither charge could be consid ered seriously. HI Baltimore. Md.. Jan. S. In tfra seventh round of his fight with "Kid" Williams "Chick" Hayes was saved from further walloping by the police, who stopped the fight. Hayes w as hopelessly beaten. Youngstown, O.. Jan. 8 Cal Delaney last night won the decision over Matt Brock in a 12 round bout before the biggest crowd that ever attended a boxing exhibition in this city. Both boys are feathers from Cleveland. New York. Jan. 8. "Bob- McAllis ter, the San Francisco middleweight, ho secured a popular decision over "Battling" Levinsky. has been matched to meet Mike Gibbons of St. Paul in a ten round bout here on Jan. 12. St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 8. In one of the 1 most sensational bouts witnessed In St. Louis this season Stanley Roberts of South Wales defeated "Tickle" San- j ders of Memphis at the Future City Athletic club last night. Referee Harry Sharpe stopping the batUe in the tuid rdle of the fourth, round to save San ders from a knockout. Chicago, III., Jan. 8. In order to eliminate the gambling evil from wrestling officials of'the Globe A. C, which will stage the finish match be tween Amerleus and Gustav Fris tensky at the Coliseum on Monday night, have decided to instruct the referee to call off all beta before the contest. According to Manager White, the action was taken as a result of requests received from the foreign ele ment, many of whom wager amounts which they cannot afford to lose on GIANTS VICTORS, ' IN TWO CONTESTS Melbourne. Australia, Jan. S. Eight thousand interested spectators yester- ! day saw the New York National league baseball team decisiveiy defeat a Vic I toria nine in a six-inning game. The j locals wee outclassed, the score being 118 to 0. In a second game of nine innings the New- York team beat the ' Chicago nine, 12 to 8. The play of the i Americans was r. revelation to Aus ! tralian enthusiasts. II REALTY CHANGES II Daniel C. Grady and wife to Thos. W. Maher, Chas. R. Lundgren, Nels Christiansen, Maher's Garden, S.l-2 S. W. Y Sec. 28-18- 1 E; $1.00. Thos. W. Maher et al to Albert Olson and wife, Maher's Garden, E. S. V. i Sec. 28- 18- 1 E; 51.00. Lueian E. Gaylord and wife to Carrie E. Beal, lets 10. 11, 12, block 1 White's addition, Moline Heights, Mo line; $1,000. Henry Bi'.ggeshausen and wife to Chas. Schreiber S. W. V. Section 8, 18, 1 E; $100 Chas. Schreiber and wife to eder Wood, S. W. lA Section 8, 18, 1 E; $400. . ' , Geo. S. Botchlet't and wife to Harry Grace and Nellie Grace, lot 16, block 2. Columbia Park Rock Island; $1.00. ' Wayne Grady to Sara.'i J. Nelson, lot 16, block 4, Island' View Heights, Rock Island; $1.00. Sara E. Greathouse to Leonard G. Richardson, lot 11, block 2, Smalley's 1st sub-division, lot 5, in S. W. 't section 2, 17, 2 W. WILLIE H0FPE ACCEPTS CHALLENGE FROM SUTTON Chicago, 111.. Jan. 8. Geirge Sutton, the local billiardist. received an an swer from Willie Ho.pe in response to the various challenges made by the Chlcagoan. Hoppe has picked out the big stake and accepted the offer of the Chicago Athletic association to stage the match on February 23-25. The contest will be at 1,500 points at 1S-2 for a purse of $2,003. ROLLER NEEDS LITTLE TRAINING FOR MATCH Dr. B. F. Roller is making his pres ent headquarters in Chicago, where he is completing his training for his fin ish wrestling bout with Polly Grimm at the Illinois theatre. Rock Island, next Tuesday evening. Jan. 13. Roller is generally in the pink of condition for anv match, and it takes but little ........niinn to make hi in fit. He takes suoerb care of himself aad la ready on UUnd; Gust Schlegel short notice Tor a tougn name. Piles Cured In 6 to 14 Days. Druggists refund money if Paao Oint ment fails to cure itching, blind, bleed ing or protruding piles. First appli oAitAB - rlUX. EOc- Stockholders Meeting. Office ot the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company. Chicago, 111.. Nov. 2o. 19J3. To all stockholders of -the Chicago, Rock, Island & Pacific Ka lway com pany: A special meeting of the stockhold ers of the company will be held at the office of the company in the city of Chicago. III., on Saturday, the 31st day of January, 1914, at 10 o'clock a. m for the purpose of voting upon the ac ceptance by the company of a lease of the line of ra'lway of the Rock Island, Stuttgart & Southern Railway com pany, extending from Mesa, Prairie county,-Arkansas, in a southerly direc tion through the counties of Prairie and Arkansas to Stuttgart, Arkansas county, Arkansas, a distance of approx imately 22 miles; said lease to extead for a term of 999 years from Feb. 1, 1914, upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon. H. U. MCDGJJ. President. Geo. H. Crosby. Secreiary. (Adv..) PLANS SUBMITTED FOR FEDERAL PARK Chicago, 111., Jan. 8. Preliminary plans for the Federal league plant to be' erected on the north side-were sub mitted to President Weeghman of the Chicago club by Architect Z. T. Davis yesterday and inspired " the approval of the local club owner and also of President .Gilmor of the . league. The plans s drafted are for a singla deck grandstand giving- seating ca pacity of 13,000, of which 3,000 will be box seats. Pavilions at neither end of the main stand, will give an additional capacity of about 4,000, and with tho bleacher space available it is expected Mr. Davis can provide seats for 20,000 persons and still leave a good sized playing field, besides space enough out side the stands on the corner of Ad dison and Clark streets for stores which w ill bring good rents. DE 0R0 RETAINS THE CUE HONORS Chicago, 111., Jan. 8. Alfred DeOro is still world's champion three-cushion billiardist. He defeated Charles Mor in, the local challenger, 50 to 31 In tliA final block of the three-game match at Recital hall last night. De Oro wins the series with 150 to 113 points. The busiest and . mightiest llttla ' thing that ever was made is Cham berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. They do the work whenever youre quire their aid. 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