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THE ItOCK IST.AXD ARGUS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1914. It om . la far it of it it nr c ! 1 IV r :i ' : t r r. r S r ill MAJOR LEAGUE TRAINING CAMPS athletics Trim Cubs in Fifth Game and Series Ends With Mackmen Ahead. fED BLOKES WIN AGAIN MaM8r Callahan Makes Decided Charges In Sox Second Lineup Portland Eaay for Regulars. Jacksonville. Fla.. March IS. Chi cago Cubs and the Philadelphia Ath letics met yesterday afternoon In the rrth cause of the series for the cham pionship of nothing In particular. fUtLtician. pwD.for.hs purpon. of gathering useful ba-ball Informa eon for fans In the cities whoso heroes we enga"! in the fray etimaietl tae Coal count as 15 to 11 in favor of tb world's champions. The series thus stands 3 to 2 In favor of the big A rapacity crowd again filled the'ROLL LAST GAMES local ball yard, and it saw everything j possible to crowd into the box score except a double play, a triple play, sad a passed ball. It saw the Cubs se tiblish a lead of 9 to 3 when C arroi Brown was not only solved but was;""""" ,uuraral punctured for seven hits In three in- tlag.. to which he added four bases on balls while the Athletics were get ting four fielding error out of their arstems. Blokes Win Third Straight. Shreveport La., March IS. Jimmy Block's Blokes won their third straight giine yesterday when they save Cen tenary college nine a decisive beating t the college diamond. 8 to Z. Those Blokes sure can play ball, and now Block threatens to quit as their man ager if they lose a game all spring. The collegians, who are coached by Wilton Mathews, the oldtime player and nmpire, began the combat with startling bits of big league stuff that caused the Blokes great surprise. In the first inning, one of the college sprinters legged it from first to third on a sacrifice bunt and came on home hen the peg to third went wild. This brought forth a scream of delight, from the students, who imagined their boys were going to tear the "big leaguers" into small bits. A little later the Bloxes tied the count, then began belting the ball to the fence, and the college boys lost their hearts and also their heads. Callahan Takes Charge. Sacramento. Calif., March 18. No .metamorphosis ever was more com plete not even that which St. Pat-1 TESTIMONIAL GIVEN BY AN OLD RESIDENT PLANT JUICE MAKES ANOTHER STRONG FRIEND IN THIS WELL KNOWN ROCK ISLAND MAN. Mr. Fred Appelquist. who lives at 1C20 Third avenue in Rock Island. Eade the following statement about Plant Juice, which he Las perBonally tested: "For years I suffered terribly with Indigestion, dyspepsia and kindred troubles. I heard and read so much bout Plant Juice that I decided it was bat 1 needed and gave i: a trial. I m glad to say that the results it has given me are truly marvelous. I have lever found anything that would give me the relief that Plant Juice has, and m very lad to recommend it." Plant Juice is a wonderfully curative remedy for all ailments of the stomach, kidneys, liver, blood and nerves. It strengthens and revitalizes the entire yatem. Those who suffer from lndl gwtton. gas, or bloating after meals, a feeling f weight in the stomach, no PPtite, headaches, spots before the Tcs. dlrzy cpells, constipation, sour stomach, are weak and nervous, sleep diy and wake up tired in the morn !. should loss no time, but try Plant fato For sale at the Ballard Drug Sc. EOUI company. 16 West Second street 1 Davenport; the New Harper House rUrmacy in Rock Ifcland; E. Jericho Co., In Moline. (Adv.) ELV'S CREAM BALM OPENS NOSTRILS AND 'wUnt1y Clear Air Passages; You reathe Freely, Nasty Discharge tops. Head Colds and Dull Head ache Vanish. Get a small bottle anyway, just to T It Apply a little in the nostrils d instantly your clogged nose and top pod-up air passages of the head Cl open; you will breath freely; aalinees and headache disappear. By Aoraing! the catarrh, cold-in-head or catarrhal sore throat will be gone. End such misery now! Get the aU bottle f "Riv's Cream Balm'' at 7 drug store. This sweet, fragrant k rick made In Ireland years ago yesterday than that which Mr. Cal lahan worked In the White Sox Ooofs and they went out and licked the hide off the Sacramento Wolves to the tune of 10 to 3 in the second game of the series. Clinton Rogge was given the honor of being the first Goor twirler to work the full route. He justified the selec tion by holding the Wolves to seven base hits, two of which came In the last Inning after two were down. Rogge passed only three' batsmen, which Is the record for the No. 2 team so far this year. Hia support was not good, but Manager Callahan had the suboutfielders instructed to play with in sight of the home plate, and they got more of the flies than they did formerly. Sox Trim Portland. Santa, Maria. Calif.. March 18. Chi cago White Sox defeated the Portland Beavers, champions of the Pacific Coast league. 5 to 1. Bill Latbrop came back and pitched a great game ! - d " " "J up well at first base with Chase playing in the outfield. Buddy Ryan, formerly with the Cleveland Naps, failed to make a hit off Lathrop. It was the hottest day of the training trip. HERE Winners In Trl-County Tournament to Be Decided Tonight. The final games in the Tri-County be rolled at the Harms' alleys. The Monmouth . boys are 335 pins ahead of Klove's Colts and are looked upon as probable winners. The Aledo team is 71 pins ahead of the Rock Island team for sec ond place, and "some battle". Is as sured the fans when the teams clash for this position. Klove's Colts have copped the small end of the scores in both series rolled so far. but are de termined to show the visitors that there are still some bowlers left in this fair city. A crowd of rooters are ex pected to be present at the alleys to night when the teams meet. The scores folows: 1st 2nd series, series. Total. Monmouth 2324 2461 4785 Aledo 208 2107 4515 Rock island 2197 2247 4444 A banquet at the Harms hotel will follow the games and the prises award ed the winners. BAPTISTS TAKE OPENER IN BASKETBALL LEAGUE First games of the Moline Y. M. C. A. Sunday school basketball league were played in the association gym nasium, Ihe Baptists winning from the First Methodist by a score of 47 to 18. The Baptist tossers led throughout the contest and at half time the score stood at 29 to 11. Walter Swanson, of the Baptists, was easily the star of the game in tho scoring department, nabbing four teen goals from the field and two foul baskets. The second game scheduled for the evening was forfeited by the Second Congregationals to the Second Methodists. GAMES IS ISLAND CITY LEAGUE ARE POSTPONED No games were rolled in' the Island City Bowling league last evening as scheduled, all of them being postponed. The Rock Island Brews and the 2600's will roll Saturday night at the St. Jullen alleys aiA the Colts and the Hubers will p'ay Suuday afternoon at the Harms alleys. FORrJI CLUB AT ILLINOIS Winners of "IT at State University Eligible for Membership. I'rbana. III.. March 18. University of Illinois "I" men perfected the or ganization of an "1" club to enroll all the athletes who have won their vtrslty letter at Illinois. Director Huff. Coaches Zuppke. Gill and Jones. and others addressed the meeting. The University of Illinois tennis team has contracted to meet Leland Stan ford, Jr. university here when the Caltfornians come east in May. The University of Texas also will send a tennis team north when its baseball team makes a trip. CLOGGED HEAD CATARRH GOES balm dissolves by the heat of the nostrils; penetrates and heals the in flamed, swollen membrane which lines the nose, head and throat: clears the air passages; stops nasty dis charges and a feeling of cleansing, soothing- relief comes immediately. Don't lie awake tonight strug gling for breath, with head stuffed; nostrils closed, hawking and blowing. Catarrh or a cold, with its runnier nose, foul mucous dropping into the throat, and raw dryness Is distressing but truly needlees. Put your faith Just once In "Ely's Cream Balm" and your cold or catarrh will surely disappear. (Adv.) 1 Chicago Fed Recruit Pitchers Put Some Chicago Fed recruit twirlers. Joe Tinker rejiorts from Shrevep ort. La., where he' has his Chicago Fe as in spring training, that he has un covered some good pitching material. The picture shows a few of the hus ky recruit pitchers "showing off." RIVERS IS EASY FOR ENGLISHMAN Freddie Welsh Outclasses Span iard in 20 Round Bout at Vernon, Cal. Los Angeles, Cal. .March 18. Joe Rivers is no longer a contender m the first division of the lightweight bri gade. His elimination occurred at the end of the 20th round at Vernon yes terday afternoon when Referee Char ley Eyton raised Freddie Welsh's hand in token of a well earned decision over the Spaniard. Probably never 'before did Welsh fight so well, and proably never before did Rivers fight so badly. The Kng- l'9n champion shoved more gloves into the Mexicans' face, than the latter ever thought were manufactured. He al ways had one there. Rivers never had a chance to use both of his eyes for more t'.ian a moment at a time. He tried hard, but couldn't fight back. Boxing master that he is, he looked like a mark before Welsh, and when the referee moved toward Freddie's po sition at the end of the battle to raise his hand Rivers turned his back and strode off, acknowledging defeat. A TRAP FOR MARINERS. Salmadina Bank. Off Colombia's Coast, Is a Perilous Shoal. One of the most dangerous places for navigation is the Salmadina bank. which lies just outside the harbor of Cartagena, Colombia. Many vessels have come to grief on the treacherous sands of Salmadina iu the mst. and because of the imiosslbility of keeping buoys on it the shoal is a constant menace to ships plyinp those waters. This dangerous bank is about four miles long nnd two miles wide. There is scarcely more than twelve feet of water over It at any time. The si-a Is usually smooth in that part of the Caribbean, and unless there is ground swell enough to cause waves to break on the reef there is nothing to warn the navigator that he Is appronrhing j this shallow spot. lie may have his j lead going and get plenty of water one mluute and be bang up on the sboal the next. The lighthouse people will probably never be able to put bnoys on Salma dina that will stay there. They are in variably carried away in the terrific hurricanes that periodically sweep these waters. So it seems as if Salma dina was a bad spot put there for the permanent worrlmer.t of shipmasters. tv York Sun. Penalties For Sabbath Breaking. Sabbath breaking in Iundee was an expensive business in former times, to judge by the table of fines, etc., drawn lip by the l."al OulM of Bonnetmakers In ltf5. For traveling, or drinking in a tavern on Sunday the fine was fixed at 40 shillings for each offense. For "banging out bonnets, clothing or fish to dry penalty for bonnets, 6s. Sd.: for clothes. 4 shillings; for fish. 3 shil lings. Carrying water from the well or washing meat thereat in time of sermon, penalty, 8 shillings; gathering kail in time of sermon, penalty. 5 shil lings; going to nelirhliors' houses in time of sermon without lawful excuse, snch as sickness, penalty for first fault, 12 shillings, and for second twice as much, with rebuke before the craft, and for the third, summons be fore the kirk session. Ixndon Chron icle. Seattle Captain J. If. Griffith, V. 3. A., connected with the quartermaster's depot in Seattle, was suspended from duty by Major Hugh J. Gallagher, in charge of the office. An alleged short, age of 18,000 in Griffith's accounts as disbursing officer was the reason assigned. Gossip Of The With the better weather of the past week the spirit of baseball in the Cen tral association," which has been more or less active during the winter, has grown stronger, and signs of prepar ation for the coming spring training season are well advanced. The great est activity is. of course, in the two new cities of the league, Clinton and Marshall'.own. which have an entire baseball equipment to prepare before any practice work can be commenced at home, New parks will have to be laid out and appropriate buildings and seating arrangements erected. In both cities these plans have all been arranged for and the work will be prosecuted as soon &s the frost is out of the ground. All the managers are busy as bees developing the best strength of their squads on paper. All are claiming they have superior ma terial, but the melting pot of the work out season will show just how good their judgment has been. In respect to the selection of new players, of course, the various man agers of the league like Hayden, of Burlington, Egan of Ottumwa, Hough of Clinton and Hill of Cedar Rapids, and Boyle of Muscatine have a better chance than the men new in this league. The fact that they are widely known among baseball players, helps, but their mature judgment of playing material is the supreme thing which always enables them to be pretty sure of what they want and what they get in the early stages of the season. Marshalltown's first great puzzle was what to call its team. This was put to a vote and by a large majority the name "Anson" was chosen. This is in honor of old "Pop" Adrian An son, who was born and raised in Mar shalltown and whose venerable father still lives there. The old baseball vet eran has been notified and if he can arrange it he will be present at the first game played in Marshalltown as an acknowledgement of the honor. This will assure an immense attend ance on that day. Manager Richards, who has charge of Marshalltown, re- Hooray! Bleed Frea of Impurities Eczema Gone! Acne, Tetter, Rash, Pimples, Carbuncles, Boils Banished! It ! certainly remarkable now qnlrkly tlx- .ttion of S. P. th famous blood purifl-r. tbowt Itself In the akin. -b-r la one ln-redl-nt in fc. 8. 8. which nc-.iiiarlT atlmuiatea cellular or glandular activity to select from t be Mwi " 'ro the floe network of- blood vessels In the akin ihoe elements wblca it requires for Thiia pimple, acne, eczema. Inpna. or nil other bluoi condition that attack" U kkin .r aeeka an outlet through tba akin l met with the anitdotal effect of &. b- Thla l wta akin troubles vanlab ao read Iv and why tuv do not return. I n SeT the intloen. of S. S. S tola fine net work of blood veel. in the akin la con stantly selecting from Hie l nod tne nntrl t I'm required f'r boalthy tia-ue and the rauae of diwae Is Juit as constantly be removed. scattered and rendered narmleaa. Yon will be aorprlsed and deltjrhted at he otilck chance if you will use eV . H. t-. the fitmotis blood purifier. lt action In the okln Is qnlte sensational. These facts are most fully eiplalued In a book on. ekln troubles sent by the Swift fP"? Co. 213. Swift Fide.. Atlanta, fia. You will find 8. K. ft. on sale at all '"'"" Oet a bottle, to-day and banish all akin ailcclons. , - When von ask for R. R. look out for the common trick of tryinr to sell joo ometbing rise. Don't be misled, Advertisement. Hope in Tinker Central Association ports that his Infield is complete and that he has five good outfielders to pick from, and three catchers. He has offers from several higher clubs to fei him have their discards. Pitcher Palmer, of Racine, will probably be oa his Hat- Palmer had 16 victories and eight losses last season. The fans of Waterloo are showing a good deal of life just now. They have organized a boosters club with officers who mean business. Manager An drews is going in for youngsters this year, as is the case of a number of other .managers In the Central. He says m a reocat interviv. : "I have picked a nirier ol peosaislug young sters all of horn have been recom n. ended to inn by well known players, and with a m niber of my best players from last season's team I am confident I can organize a club that will be a winner." He expects his ' players to begin reporting in Waterloo about April 1. The entire squad will be there by the 15th when the club will play the Des Moines team of the Western association. Practice Begins. The ides of March are up to the bosses of the association, and they seem fully to realize the necessity of active work in the matter of prepar ing their squads for the tryouts they are to undergo in order to ascertain who will form the clubs of the various cities in the league this season. Al ready some practicing is being done: and in this respect it is likely that Burlington. Is leading the way. Presi dent Tom Hayden, whose home is in Webb City, Mo., has collected in the southern field a squad of players who are to form, in part, the Pathfinders that are expected to make Burlington famous. These men are now playing in that mild climate, and are making a good account of themselves, accord ing to reports received. They will be in good shape for the opening in this city about April 15. Burlington Has Edge. In tills respect Burlington w.'H have the edge on the other teams in the cir cuit, although all will have a good lot of hard training before the season opens. Every manager has secured one or more series of exhibition games with upper league clubs, and they will also play with each other this spring, and according to the schedules pub lished by the various managers the training season is to be a very busy one so far as the public is concerned. Andrew Signs Many. Andrews is using his wide acquaint ance among big league people to build up his team. He makes his head quarters in Des Moines and from there sends the following list of players he has so far signed: First base George Reed, Fairly, la.; Charles Marshall. Pittsburg, ; Kans. Second base "Butch" Free, Man ning. Ia.; Harry Glaaler. St Louis. Third base Joe WIntx, Ratesville, Ind. Shortstop J. Macauley, Wichita. Kans.; Richard Harrison, Novelville, Ind. Outfielder David H. White, Mer iam, Kans.; Dan M. Tearney, New York; C A. Dudley, Manchester; John Tombe-y, Chicago; C. N. Stodfelt, In dianapolis, Ind. Catcher W. C. Schaunberg, Garri son. Neb.: Frank Ashland, Blaine, Wash.; William Wagner, Waterloo; Anderson, Farmington. Ia.; Harry Nie man and Rex Smith. Akron, la. Pitcher Howard Tuttle, St Joseph, Mo.; Herbert Hill. Waterloo; Joe Wilkus, Jefferson, Ia.; Willis Sutcliffe, Wheaton, 111.; Lloyd Carnes,- Platts ville. Wis. Ottumwa Has New Team. While Clinton and Marshalltown are in the lime light juBt now because they 'are new, it is pot to be imagined that there is no interest in what the other fellows are doing. Every scrap of information about any of the older cities of the league is read with in terest. Ottumwa. lor instance, is al ways able to hold a prominent position in Central association news because Manager Egan usually gives out dope that is worth while. This season Egan will have practically a new team. He has already selected a large bunch ot players all of whom are strangers to this league, and many of whom never played professional baseball in their lives. He has given out the names of some of his prospective speedboys as follows: Robert Setsfill and R. Moore of Colorado; Fred R. Gluck of Chilli cothe. Mo.; Fred Haley of Cincinnati, Ohio; Earl Thompson of Deer Park, Wis., and P. J. Zimmerman of Turtle Lake, Wis., and D. P. Anderson of Jef ferson. Ia. In addition to these Egan says he has a dozen others that, he will give trial, and that altogether his list of prospectives this spring will be larges than ever. Of the old men it is supposed that Kensel and Link will again hold a position on the team, but even this is not certain. Keokuk's Prospects Bright. Manager Abbott of the Keokuk team will arrive in Keokuk soon. He has a good string of prospects, most of them coining with him from the Pacific coast, where they helped him win a pennant last season. Secondbaseman Clarence Jack is a sure man, but he may not join the team the first of the season, as he has signed a con tract to coach the Monmouth college baseball team, which will keep him busy right up to the time of starting the regular season, if not a little later. Burlington Fans Enthusiastic. The baseball enthusiasm in Bur lington is growing rapidly.' Tte latest indication of the manner in which the game is to be supported this season is the rapidity with which some booster buttons were sold recently. The finances of the team are in good shape, but as a matter of starring up enthus iasm a lot of handsome pins were is sued bearing the words "Boost for B. B. in Burlington. These pins were sold at one dollar apiece and a dozen or more traveling men of Post G. Traveler's Protective association, of Burlington at once subscribed for ten buttons each and there is a demand for the others. In addition a number of small buttons sold at 50 cents each are on the market. M'CUE SAYS BOXING IS NOT BRUTAL GAME Albany, N. Y., March 18. The Mur ray bill, which seeks to abolish th'e state athletic commission and stop all professional boxing exhibitions in this state, is likely to provide some lively scenes in the legislature.' Assembly man Martin G. McCue of New York City, in opening for the opposition, de clared that professional boxing was th finest of manlv snorts. "Many of you know," McCue declared, "that for years before becoming a member of this bodv I was a prize fighter. The sport as regarded by law is manly, not brutal or degrading. I wish every thing in political life were done as openly and as thoroughly as things are done under the present law in tne squared circle." Andrew F. Murray, a New York City progressive, replied with an attack on boxing. He said the exhibitions are controlled by crooked politicians and are unspeakafjly de grading. As She Is Spoka In Lancashire. First Lancashire schoolboy from the top of a passing tramcar to a school friend: "Gooin' th' 'all fneet?" Second L. S. Yi. '"Hayve past?" ! "Aw reet" The two, explains the Manchester Guardian, have made an appointment to meet at half past fi for the first show of the local picture hall, which will be faithfully kept Easy to Remember. "Beg pardon, sir," observed the tough - looking waiter suggestively. "Gentlemen who dine at this table usu ally er remember me, sir." "I don't wonder," said the customer cordially. "That mug of yours would be hard to forget." Dallas News. The Cranky Stage. "What is the difference between Rick ness and convalescence, pa?" "The convalescent, my boy, generally makes those around him sick." Boston Transcript Honors come by diligence: riobes ttpring from economy.-John Francis Davis. . DO YOU OWE rent or a payment on your house? Do you owe a bill you want to pay, but cannot? We'll loan you from $10 to .$100 on your furniture or piano on the easiest possible terms. BUSINESS-LIKE CONDITIONS. Don't Forget Our New Address, FIDELITY LOAN CO. Over the London. Phone E.' V 514 Room 2, .1715 Second Avenue, Rock Island. . TAFT IN CHICAGO REFUSES TO SELL May Keep Chicago Cubs is An nouncement Ex-President's Relative Gives Out. MURPHY HOST TO VISITOR Former Cub Boss Greets Cincinnati1 Magnate at Station $750,000 Held Liberal Offer. T.JJ, Chicago, 111., March 18. Charles Pft Taft, majority stockholder of the Chie' cago National league baseball club, arv rived in Chicago last night Althougtt bombarded with questions, he was un able to enlighten nis Interrogators as to what will become of the Cuba. Het went so far as to sey that he would j keep the club himself if he did not sell' it Today he may be able to -give some definite information, although he made no specific promise to this ef-i feet . T have come to look over the prorji. erty and see what I have got" said Mr." Taft "Tomorrow I intend to visit the ball park and get In touch with the local situation. Regarding possible changes in the administration I havax nothing to say." - Murphy Greets Taft The Cincinnati magnate then wa taken in tow by Charles W. Murphy, acting president of the Cubs, who met him at the station. Local developments, coupled with In formation coming from Cincinnati, in-, dicate that Mr. Taft intends to retain control of the club, but there appears to be a slight Chance -he may recede from the position he took when inter? viewed oh Monday at Cincinnati by John T. Connery and Franc D. Mayer, representatives of the Connery-Spiegel syndicate. These men returned to Chicago yes terday morning and announced that ad far as any further overtures from them were concerned the deal for the pur' chase of the Cubs was off. They as serted their offer of $750,000 was, a liberal one, and that as the complete rehabilitation of the club probably. would entail an expenditure of about $500,000 more, any Increase in their bid would make them look foolish in the eyes of the business world. C Rheumatism Relieved In a few Hourf. N. B. Langley, Madison, Wis., sayr: j "I was almost helpless with rheuma tism for about five months. Had it in1 my neck so I could not turn my head, and all through my body. 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Felix, 930 Fifth avenue; Rock Island, III., says: "Doan's Kid ney Pills act just as advertised and 1 am glad to confirm the public stated ment a member of my family gave in their praise in 1909. I had nervous" and dizzy spells and my back ached; Doan's Kidney Pills which I got at the Harper House pharmacy, gave ma prompt and permanent relief. Another member of my family who also suffer cd from kidney complaint took Doan's Kidney Pills and was relieved of his trouble." For sale by all dealers. Price 54 cents. Foster-Milburn company, Buf falo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name Doan's aal take no other. (Adv.) 9