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8ATUZDAY TCZ ROd L3LAKD ARGU3 APRIL 24 1920. LEFT EARFUL. 11 f . -A III ' I Ill ILAtrOERS ARE 111 GOOD TO feiREt1Alt!NG CONTESTS Oil CALENDAR OF SPRING TRMliliG DOINGS OF THE- DUFFS tfehe Ceaadeat of Copping I lajerltj of TflU la !f ext Foir . isajs. jht Islanders arc ia excellent fr the xoor games re- Vfrfrt on Use training schedule, 'gmt J0 Tighe announced this Srnlsg. With I00 breaks ia the Imbst and large attendances at Sunday's, Monday's and nanaar' game, the Islanders lagm hare bees able to cover tie ex mm et the spring work and be 4sm7 te etart the season with a '4s fannelal elite. I fM sfternoon the Islanders are Metaled to mix it with the Plow fitoff at Douglaa park. Tomorrow f0f will Journey to Mollne and sst their rivals on hostile terrl :!L. said hostile territory belna- 'jrewalng field at the top of the y street hill, Ia these two con- II rj ..b I. ha will Vn ram v. to acquire a satisfactory line the relative abilities of his men fSss win be ready to perform some Sflesl operations on his list of Snrs Monday or Tuesday. fOa Monday and Tuesday the -fjbslsoa taam of the South Dakota hsfM comes to Rock Island on Si wiy back home from St. Louia 4kr K wae in spring training. rJlMa tara is managed by Ralph fpwlo, former big league t wirier, sjt la reputed to have a pile of asssy backing It. Therefore, Man jfsr Ttghe Is anticipating two live jy esmbats for those days. These 'ma will start at 2:20 o'clock and Ireeeuted upon to draw the fans at in large numbers. , . Big Game Tomorrow, f Tomorrow's game at Browsing 14 it expected to prove a magnet Vtth the fans. If Rock Island cops jolay it will be the deciding game at the pre-season series. In any treat it will be well worth travel og to witness aa both teams are in nsdally good condition at this tint and have already imbibed the fftrtt of rivalry that should exist femes the players representing these two cities. This contest will Hart at 2:30 o'clock, giving the 6ns plenty of opportunity to get soma to an early supper. ' I S dent fail in taking in these final games as the associations v4 the money. It is not neces sary to make any bones about this as spring training seasons are ex pensiT affaire. CUBS WRECKED IN SECOND GAZXE WITH THE BEDS MABLOW KAYOS HIS OPPONENT ' - IN 5TH ROUND Chicago, April 24. Ensign New kirk'a erratic compaea waa respon sible for wrecking the Cuba on the abort end of a 5 to 3 score yesterday in the second leg of the aeriee with Cincinnati. The former deep sea. navigator waa given bis first chance to launch a major league contest on dry land as an antagonist of Hod EUer, still hero of a recant world's aeriee, but neglected to correct his compass for variations due to arctic currents. He waa going down for. the third time in the fourth inning when Admiral Mitch-, ell summoned Nick. Carter to the rescue. The ensign's life waa spared, but it waa too late to aave the Cub craft. Score: R.H.E. Chicago .. ...3 8 8 Cincinnati 5 10 0 Batteries New kirk. Carter and Marten, Killefer and OTarrell; EUer and Wingo. Cards,; Pirates, 7. Pittsburgh, Pa,, April 24. The opening game of the season here yesterday resulted In Pittsburgh's defeat by St. Louis, 9 to 7. The game was played in a cold drizzle that lasted throughout and handi capped the pitchers. St. Louis) scored rour runs in the first inning and four more in the seventh inn ing. The Pirates got six runs in the third. Score: R.H.E.! St Louis ...9 14 3 Pittsburgh ...... 7 12 4 Batteries Hainee, Jacobs and Clemons; Carlson, Hamilton' Wis ner and Lee. Dodgers, 3; Phils, 1. Philadelphia, April 24 Mitchell snuffed two Philadelphia rallies yesterday and Brooklyn evened the neries by winning, 3 to 1. Score: R. H. E. Brooklyn ..311 0 Philadelphia ..I lO 1 Batteries Mitchell and Krueger; Causey, Rixey and Witnetow. Bed Sox, 4; Senators 2. Washington, April 34. Jones cut pitched Courtney aad Zachary yesterday and Boston took the second game of the series from Washington, 4 to 2. Foster drove ! in three Red Sox runs. Score: R.H.E. Boston 4 11 1 Washington 2 7 i Batteries Jones, and Walters: 1 M- ' -I. V . .U J W. -.1 VU.. 4 11 holiocSr will 5 ARRIVE SUNDAY, WORD TO TIGHE ' i "BY AIWaNl i - 1 ' . ' . -v : ...... i WS' 1 ir' ,ar n i. m i , v'' II ,v till J L rJ II VP I ' ' " gCfJ JTa -dui PEA1TUTS STILL AT IT IN MILWAUKEE; BOXES TO A DRAW According to word from Milwau kee Peanuts SchlenerU who ia new sojourning in these parts, battled eight rounds to a draw last mifkt with Stanley McBride. It ia inter eating to note that but fall Mike Dundee kayoed McBride in seven rounds. And it was Peanuts who (ava Dundee his first instructions in boxing. SSL (Special to The Argus.) - 8t. Louis, April 24. Pete "Kid" karlow knocked out Sailor Jere baek of this city last night in the tfth round of a scheduled 10-round eiidop. Marlow's cleverness and Wllty to land repeatedly kept him it In front in every round. He dea the bout with a terrific iip- 1 I rcut to the point of the Jaw. Mar NJw has become a popular favorite nun city. f PITCHERS ARE KEEPING CLOSE TO NEW RULES One JBesult is Apparent The Game Has ot Beea Speeded Up by the Ban.' POmiGHT & Crwrf land Rice A telegram to Jack Tigbc this morning from Des Moiues stated that Hollocher, the new infielder secured by the Iatanders, will not be able to arrive in Rock Island until tomorrow, he being wanted to play today's same with the Dcs Moines team. However, he will cavort around the third base sta tion in tomorrow's contest with Moline at Browning field. SPORTING JAZ'? 01 BY BECCE C0PI1A5D I SPRT5G ATHLETES. V ii2l Wiat roans ub'i fancy - ,BlllJ m tkonsht of lore.") v i ntrrt the swain with dero. I -ttoa ao gratin, ne swain that is seamy, the f wain that is dreamy, lbs swain that falls loudly for fashion; fTm Swede and the Greek and - the Latin, I Jwtch, Hebrew, 8UToni 'Jflefltneplttonlc ff jrwKh the voltage of pa. :,lm aider their covers come esaerettTe levers n 9. J Sbyleeks, the KJdds and vains; N Ham. i t he Cains m . lei vtn w..t " Zr5? errances, "PS Geralds Tke i warns. Of- MEP STUFF. Jfhand the world laughs with JJneck and you will be ad- w0" Proposes a new addition V White house a laughing br the senators. ke i!LfB..aUete nM Pyed Pr i?1.! without being penal b9ldlng. rsTBaps a girl smokes cigarets tT npish, but there are 2?tely 2,000,000 other waya "e nh. Jls something sinister about J wao come up smiling, aspeci- toor nWt thm n tb ly.ptoea where they ss. Z". e ueius lesor the middle of k heme 10 IOC BEXXMBEB. 2H0IIB KUNS vere 0 for PASSES dfd not require wW ' i"2tBK BREAKS were only S? JHHOVTS were frecuent W?5r loon? lg7 FOOLS cost 18 cents a The difference between prelimin ary and windup fighters is:. The former went to knock a block off, and the latter to block a knock off. Golfers say that every time case line goes up, John D. Rockefeller has just bought a new set of golf bails. - (Conundrum) Why is an um pire like a farmer's wife? (Answer) Because he is always calling fouls. B0FBB0XBLUES. Although yon never voted dry And never would eadorse.it, a They make a law forbidding rye And tax you to enforce it. -, . ;'.. Oh, for the touch of a vanished hand And the send of a voice Oat is still! . To the TOrm they have pre fixed THOU SHALT SOT, and - From the VOICE they've dl-. luted the triU. The curfew tolls the knell of nartma- dayv .v . - " The lowlnc herd winds slow ly o'er the lea. The plowman homeward plods his weary way To drown his sorrows with a stela of tea, Although you may decide to shave the H. C. L, in overalls, look out: the profiteers will soon be offering silk shirts to match them. Gr.Kr.r-r! Let's get up a pease aid lynch ; The ehaaffeor who answers to Finch, .Whose petrel pegassns With mad likes to splash a lad miss as by only an inch. . The TK S. hockey team meets the Swiss team tomorrow probably for the cheeae championship. With all the eppoalaff vWf" playing back for Urn, Babe Bath salghtbuat eat a home ran. A flivver hit a woman the other day while she was crossing the street, but nobody reseated theja- suit BY HENRY L. FARRELL. , iCnited Press Staff Correspondent.) New York, April 24. Xo riots, bloodshed ror fatal happenings have attended the introduction, of -the new pitching, rules. Pitchers of both leagues are keeping -so close to the law that very few complaints have been made. The Boston Red Sox in a game a few days ago with the Y'anks ac cused Bob SUawkey o' doctoring the ball, but the umpires could find no evidence of malpractice. What effect the ban on freak de liveries has had increasing batting is impossible to estimate, so early in the season. However, one result is apparent the game has not been speeded up. The games so far this season have averaged two hours and ten minutes. Rube Benton and Eppa Rixey went through the fastest game of the season in one hour and twenty-five minutes. The long est was played by the Cleveland Indians and the Tigers, a nine-inning game, in three hours and four minutes. Some pitchers, such as Jack Quinn of the Yankees, are natural ly slow workers in the bos. They take just as much time massaging the ball with their bare hands and rubbing their hands on their uni forms as they- used to take in doc toring the ball for a freak delivery. Coveleskie, a spitball pitcher, and Al Sothoron,' a former "spitter," pitched one of the fastest games of the season in one hour and thirty six minutes. The intentional pass may have been curbed by the new rules, but it has - not been stopped. It is Just as easy to' get rid of a dangerous batter by a base on balls as it was before. ZACH WHEAT IN EARLY LEAD FOR BATTING HONORS (Br United Pico. New York, April 24. Zach Wheat, champion swatter of 1918, was off in the lead among the Na tional league hitters in the first span of the 1920 race. The Brook lyn star , in 19 times at the bat rapped out 10 Dingles for an aver age of .526. Next among the regu lars were. Flack, Chicago. .455; Rath, Cincinnati, .455; Hornsby, St Louis, .429; Caton, Pittsburgh. .409. Buck Weaver, star third baseman of the White Sox, led the regulars of the American league. Six hita out of 10 tripe to the plate gave him an average of .600. Next were Doc Johnston, Cleveland, .545; Wil liams, St Louis, .500; Eddie Collins, Chicago, .462. Cadore of Brooklyn, Babe Adams, Pittsburgh, and Ferdie Schupp of the Cards, led the National league pitchers, with two games won and none lost Joe Bush of the Red Sox, Stanley Coveleskie of the In diana and Claude Williams or tne .White Sox top the list of American league pitchers with two won and none lost . v CALL MEETING OF ISLAND CITY TEAM vamhara of tne Island City base ball team win meet tonight at the Island City nowung aiiaya. vapiaui Brae Lamb requests that all can 4Mitm for the team be present Praetioa will ho held toBsorrow aft eraooa at Reservoir park. . THE TEN-TEAR WAILOP. Who is the hardest hitter in baseball over a 10-yaar stretch? The odds are that off-hand you'd never guess It. The compilation waa recently made in "The Baseball Magaaine," showing that this honor belonged 1 to Sherwood Nottingham Magee. who only recently drew his retease. And No. 2 on the 10-year list was Luderus of the Phillies, with' Larry Doyle third and Heinle the Zim fourth. Majee's extra base average was .SJ?4. Babe Ruth has only had a five-year shot at the mark and In but two of these he was an every day regular. Y'et in those five years the Babe's extra base aver age is .474, 150 points above Ma-gee's. It might also interest you to know that among the sluggers Ty Cobb ranks as 28th. It is the low ly single and the double upon which Ty builds the bulk of h:s yearly averages that outclasses the field. Although up to the last year or so the more flashy triple has been one of his standbys. But Cobb was never much atlhe home run stuff. In this field he has many superiors. STAMI A-TiELAST WOBD. For over three hours Joe Stecher had been giving battle back and forth in the hardest match of his career. In the few concluding minutes he had been subjected to Strangier Lewis' headlock on four successive occasions, each one being a crush ing, punishing grip. - After the fourth hold of this Style type Stecher was natnraUy groggy. Yet be had enough . strength left with which to Ufht the 225-ponnd Lewis off the floor, toss him in mid-air, and thereby conclude the Joust. ",' If this isn't the last word in stamina we'd be much obliged to get it THE IIDS AND BASEBALL. "What provision have the mag nates made for young boys to see baseball V writes a veteran fan. "None at all. I like to take my 11-year-old grandson to the game, but, 85 cents for an 11-year-old boy is a little more than 4 can afford. Yet these young boys are the ones who in future must support the game. This is a big points There are thousands of fans today because as boys they could afford the 25-cent admission. They developed a love for the game. Few of the younger generation can afford prices charg ed today, which means that the natural interest of thousands of would-be fans is being destroyed. This doesn't show now. But it will show in the gate receipts 10 and lo years from now. Some provision should bo made to handle the youngsters at greatiy reduced rates. This provision eould be curtailed or shut off on Sundays and holidays. But through the summer there are any number of daya when the addition of a thou sand or so youngsters would still leave sufficient apace. Or why not have a kids' day at least twice a week? Kids' day, where the ad mission price to all below 15 or 16 is fixed at a reasonable scale? few were pulling for the contend ers against Bob Pitzsimmona and Terry McGovern when Jeffries and Young Corbett battered them down. Only a few nights ago we watch ed a tremendous crowd rise repeat edly to its collectly hind legs and lift the roof for Joe Stecher in his match with Strangier Lewis. The majority of that crowd didn't want to see Stecher, the champion, beaten. When McLoughlin was tennis champion he had the spectators with- him almost- to the ultimate soul. They were for the Comet all 19 ways. His defeat was taken as a matter of personal sorrow. AXEKICA5 LEAGUE. W. L Pet Chicago 4 0 1.000 Boston .-, 6 1 ' .857 Cleveland 5 1 .833 Washington ..3 J - .500 New York .2 4 : .883 St Louis 1 3 .250 Philadelphia ..........1 .200 Detroit 0 6 .000 NATIONAL LEAGUE. W. U Pet ! Pittsburgh 5 ,2 .714 Brooklyn 5 2 .714 Philadelphia 4 3 .571 Cincinnati ...4 3 .571 St Louis 4 4 .500 Boston 2 3 .400 Chicago 2 6 .250 New York 1 4 .200 YESTEBDAFS RESULTS. American League. Boston, 4; Washington, . '. No others played. . . National League. . Cincinnati, &; Chicago, 3. ' St. Louis, ; Pittsburgh, 7. Brooklyn, 3; Philadelphia, L . New York at Boston, rain. (JAMES TODAY. Aanrieaa League. , Chicago at Detroit Cleveland at St. Louis. Philadelphia at New York. Boston at Washington. National League. Cincinnati at Chicago: St Louis at Pittsburgh. New York at Boston. Brooklyn at Philadelphia. minorTeagues. American Association. W. U Pet St. Paul ...7 0 1.000 Toledo 5 1 .833 Minneapolis 5 3 .625 Indianapolis 2 2 .500 Columbus 3 3 .400 Milwaukee 2 5 .286 Louisville 1 4 .200 Kansas City 1 7 .125 YESTERDAY'S RE SIMS. - American Association. ' Toledo, 5; Columbus, 3. ' Milwaukee, 3; Kansas City, 2. St Paul, 4; Minneapolis. 0. Louisville at Indianapolis, rain. B. L Elks. Herman Wich ..154 187 Joseph Wich ..146 191 Leithner 132 167 fBleuer ...... ..;171 153 J. H. Wich ....161 256 doujle itu:bu? is flt:::ou::sD t BY SPOIitSMAtrS As C AS ITS KEXTBOXO CAM) AT ILLINOIS ROWLING SCORES Results of games rolled Thurs day night by teams tn the Tri-City bowling leagoa were aa louowa: 139 209 162 11 161 480 S4 511 506 573 Totals . . Stark ....i Wala ..... Kuhner Young P. Petersen 4 954 Chlvrolets. ,.::.167 173 ,....117 .....147 .....181 ....163 144 169 129 163 .852 26J 194 ,' 534 '38 127 186 16 141 502 4S 47S Totals 780 778 804 2363 Grid Iren Gripe.' C. Wtch J. Johnson ... Finkelstein . . A C. Johnson Danielson .... .244 .256 .177 .161 .170 190 171 214 173 216 216 184 161 159 187 650 611 562 493 573 Totals 1008 964 907 2879 Blackhawk. Krabbenhoeft R. Petersen .. Pollock ..... Neighbors . . . Vinall ..195 ..188 ..138 ..217 ..184 179 189 157 158 213 190 169 131 203 185 564 546 426 578 581 Totals ...... ;922 895 Do Drop Inn. 878 2695 Lindberg .136 Churchill Carlson H. Erickson . Predeen .... Totals ... .170 ...136 ....168 ,..175 194 169 202 182 170 191 178 140 228 190 521 617 478 678 536 .785 917 927 2629 Chamber of Commerce. C. G. Johnson ,.156 165 152 473 Dunblazier ....180 145 167 492 Bassett 157 170 179 506 Welch 144 166 158 468 Swanson 144 166 147 457 I Maehaser terras Teat V use and Al Yaa Byaa versus Weft . ay Kent for it Keaads. Totals ...781 812 803 2396 Beyals. Davenport. Asmus... 185 .167 '182 534 Wessel : 215 182 191 688 H. Schleuter ...178s 171 223 572 Carlson .......145 139 145 429 Rossiter 158. 207 173 638 Totals .......881 866 914 2661: Peerless. Gieseke 190 155 160 505 Nelson 145 185 216 646 Schober .......175 189 169 633 Bergman ......221 193 173 587 Kaeser .147 179 151 477 Totals ..878 901 869 2648 GOOD ROOFS OCR MOTTv. Protect your property with our roofs. They wilt keep you from trouble and expense. Davenport Roofing Co. Phone Dav. 993. A double windup will be staged by the Spoilsmen's Athletic club at the Illineia theatre on Taeaday night. May 4. Action from start to flulsh ts assured. Judging from the quality of tho card. .. . ' "Bam" Stuehmer of Davenport will angle tor 10 rounds with Yoaag Kuss of Mollne. Al Van Bra of St Paul will swap pence ea with Mickey. Kent of Chicago for la rounds. yi These two main attractions give promise of being the greateetaiug faets ever offered to tri-city .box ing fandom. Just listen to this, fan: Young Nuss of Moline has so much confidence in hta ability to beat Stuehmer that he has cov- ered a $100 side bet which "Bum" offered to wager. This Is the amount of the forfeit money put up by each man to Insure his carrying out the terms of the contract, and the beat ' maa ia to take It all. In securing Mickey Kerst for Yan Ryan, the promoters have copped off a boy who can and will fight every minute of the time. Kerst is managed by Eddie Long of Chicago. The Sportsmen's Ath letic club has a letter from Tom Bigger, chairman of the Michigan boxing commission, recommending Kerst for his ruggednesa and will ingness while In the ring. ' This In itself is a big boost for the Chi cago boy, inasmuch aa a chairman of a boxing commission is usually a hard oae to please faBy. Emmett Sheehan will travel six rounds with Willie Richmond of Moline at 128 pounds. Besides this the promoters are arranging for a slugging four-round affair as a cur tain raiser. In all there will be 30 rounds of boxing, the biggest oard ever offered locally. : BABE RUTH OUT ' : FOR TWO WEEKS New York. April 24. Babe Ruth, Yankee slugging star, will not be able to play for about two weeks. according to Dr. George Stewart. specialist who examined Ruth yes terday afternoon.. Ruth sprained a muscle which was attached to his eleventh rib, and though it is pain ful. Dr. Stewart says he does not think that Ruth has suffered an in Jury that will not heal. ' Plug Bodie. who took French leave from the New York training .camp at Jacksonville, has been for given, and will play center field until Babe returns to the Unenp. Bodie had been indefinitely suspended. JP THE iOSTj fjiilZJSL 1ZTI TILL C&IL J JV. :&XtX2LIC3L The Ideal Twelve-Month Gar The eryoyment of riding in a Paige Coupe is more than a matter of beauti' ful surroundings. Besides being a car of exquisite beauty it is also a car of hixurious comfort. - In upholstery and fitments it is all that could be desired. And its fivepassenger . roominess is quite the exception among cars of this type. T.iW the Paige five and seven'passenger Sedans, it is the eminently practical vehicle for comfortable service in any season and in any weather. In short, . it is the ideal car for yeawound use. Paige Enclosed Cars are everywhere recognized as holding an enviable posk ' tion among America's finest motor ' carriages. 0 " Xe us suggest that 'you inspect this season's models at our dealer's show show rooms and arrange with him for a . demonstration before deciding on your 1920 motor car purchase. The Crewn and the Champion. "Why," writes, Harry Vardon. "should the crowd always be pall ing against the champion, desiring hia defeatr The great English golfer Is wrong. The crowd doesn't take any such habitual stand. When John L. 8allivaa waa beat en the country went into moarnimg. Who, outside of Oerbett himself and his few hackers, wanted to see the old gladiator conquered? The crowd at largo wanted to see both Johnson and Wlllard beaten because neither ;ws popular.. . 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