davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-02
JOE SCOTT Is NO
LONGER ISLANDER
Pitcher who Held Out for More Mon
ey Finally Released at His
Own Request.

Joe Scott is no longer an Islander.
This news was made public today by
Manager Tighe, who explained that
he had released Joe at his own re,
quest. 1t will be remembered that
Joe held out for some time before
| signing contract and wanted more
money than the manager was willing
| to give. Joe never felt quite right
about it and Jack was little afraid
that he would not be himself if he
| did consent to play for less money
| than he considered himself worth. The
result was that when Joe finally asked
that he be given his release in order
that he might hunt for job with
more money than Rock Island was
request was granted.
| With the excellent twiriing staff
which has been signed up this year,
| it has been felt for some time by the
fans who are on the inside, that Joe
would not be needed this year and
| there is little regret at his going, al
though he has the well wishes of all.
Joe will without doubt play better
game in some 5other city than he
~ ould here. He has always felt sure
that his position was safe here and
as a result has not extended himself
|Joe is without doubt a good man and
when he is. improper form there are
very few pitchers of Three-Eye class
who have anything ON him.
4
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-02

advisable to buy him back from Rock
Island at the conclusion of the train
ing trip in the south, and Fey is a
man who has good reputation. Just
which one of the fielders will be dis
placed in this case is hard to tell but
if it remains the same as last year, it
will be one of the very best of the
eight clubs in the circuit.
William Jacobsen, who is being
worked as a utility man, will be used
in Sundays game in some position ia
give him Il test, and he is expected 10
come out of it with honors. He is a
big fellow and one who appears TO be
made of iron He is able to pitch,
catch or play with an infied or ,outfield
position, and he looks good for a berth
as utility man.
With SO many men in~the lineup in
whom the interest of the fans of the
city are centered, there ought to be
ia large crowd turn out to the game
Sunday, especially as the directors will
be able to use the funds taken in in
that way to good advantage. Here's
hoping that the weather is suitable
for the game between the regulars and
the yannigans.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-02

about the only other twirlers who are
in form enough yet to occupy the
mound, and they will both be sent in
for time.
Christy as InfieIdcr.
Christy Wilson will, from all indica-
tons, cease to be a box artist this
year. Christy's ability as an inneder
and baserunner makes him really too
valuable a man 10 use not'more than
twice week when there are so many
pitchers who are nearly if not quite in
his class as twirler. With Wilson
occupying the first sack, which is Jack
Tighe's scheIne now he will be tow
or of strength every day, and at the
same time when the occasion demands
il, he can be called upon to so into
the box with the assurance that he
can deliver the goods. Henry Kelly is
| ChriSty's chief rival for the first sack
job, and he will probably hold that
position on the second team in Sun
days game.
Vogel and Mack appear to be the
| logica' contenders for the No. corner
of the diamond. although either Karney
or Edwards may spring a surprise. On
third base there promises to be a pref.
ty exhibition of baseball, with Eddie
Wise struggling to hold his place
against the invasion of Edwards and
Elder, both of whom are reputed to be
excellent short corner men.
Must See O'Hearn work.
Despite the fact that ali the corners
of the diamond. and the shortstop pc
sition as well, have men of such good
calibcr trying for them, ii is likely
that the iniied will not be settled fol
the year until James J O'Hearn OF
Toronto puts in his appearance anc
shows what he can do. He will have
to possess the real goods at that time
to dislodge whoever has withstood the
wedding out process which Manager
lTighe will superintend during the pres
lent month As far as the shortstop po
lsition goes, there is no argument. 10,
Berger is without doubt the premie
ollOl lotbD III liic itdSut, GtIu IL He I'LL
Iproves as much as can be REASONABLE,
IeXpected of a young fellow who il
broadening out every day, the fans o
this city viii have TO do without hi
Iservices next year, for in all proba
,bilty Joe will travel in company
little faster than Three-Eye.
i Old OutfieId on Hand.
i The outfield, apparently will b
labout the same as last year Murph
will be placed in center field agar
where his head work is worth consi6
cradle, and he will be 1anked by NJ
, Bride in left field and Noyacek i
fright field. These latter two are &C
, ling to have some opposition in tn
| person of w. +. Fey and Paul MeIoai
: The latter is almost assured of "A p,
, Isition in case st. Paul does not find
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-02
HAIL, HAIL., The
GANGS ALL HERE
At Least There are But Five
Islanders who Have Not Put
in Appearance.
TWO WERE MOT EXPECTED
st. Louis Squad Headed by Joe Der.
ger ON Hand-PIans for
Sunday Game.

The Islander squad is almost com
plete now, with sthe additions which
were made to the ranks last evening.
There now remain but five men to re-
port, and two of these are not expected
for some time yet That sleaves Pitch
ers Schiffcrli and Warren and Out
fielder Fey to hear from before the en-
tire list of recruits and old hands will
be accounted for. Outfielder Mclean,
who is with ST. Paul on their training
trip, and James O'Hearn, who is play
ing the infield with Toronto univer-
sity until he graduates. were not OK
pected to report at this date. Mclean
will come in the middle of the month,
and OHearn is expected TO show up
near the end of the month.
Joe Berger and Jim Novacek were
the only old stagers who were missing
yesterday, and they showed up in the
evening. Jim came down from Min
nesota, where he spent the winter
months, and Joe came up from St
Louis. Both of them appear to be in
excellent health.
Hardin with Berger.
Along with Berger came Pitcher
George Hardin aud Second Baseman
Otto Vogel !. Pitcher Whitney Powers,
and X. j. Elder and William karney,
two infielders, also showed up last
evening. OF the new men. Hardin,
Vogel and Webster are attracting the
most attention, due to the records they
have already made ip the baseball
world. All three of them are remark
ably athletic appearing fellows, and
there is little doubt, but that they will
be in the Islander lineup for the sea.
son.
The other newcomers are all likely
looking players, however, and they ap
pear tos be all that was expected of
them. Whitney Powers. whom il will
be remembered received a tryout last
year, gained considerable in baseball
knowledge during the season just pass
ed. and the looks as though he migdt
'be one }of the prominent contenders
floor place ON the tossing staff
"Rube" has rubbed off considerable
OF the areenness which won him his
nickname last year, and at the same
tiQe has lost none of his powerful
frame and strong pitching arm.
That Game sunday.
The first chance that the public viii
get to see what kind Of material Jacl
Tighe has succeeded in raking togeth
or. viii be given them next Sunday i
the weather permits. Jack proposes Il
divide his squad into two teams an(
to have a regular game No lineup fol
either team has been settled upon as
yet, but it is more than likely that a!
many of the old men as possible will
be put on the same side so that The
work of the new men can be seen Il
better advantage. AS far as possible
all will be given an opportunity t.
swat at the ball few times Their,
are four catchers on hand to max,
Gus Eng hump for regular position
and they will be asked TO get int
their cages for a. trial in the game
Webster and Hardin will both b
called upon to toss the ball severa
innings in order that the fans can Sc
them i'm action. Neal and Lakaff ar
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-02
SUTTON HAS BEST
OF GEORGE SLOSSON
Most Exciting Game of Billiards in
u International Series is
Played.

New York, April BY far the most
exciting game of the 1872 abalk. line
professional championship tournament
was played last night when George
Sutton of Chicago defeated, George f.
Slosson after an uphill game, 500 to
400.
Slosson won the bank, and after
scoring on the opening shot played q
fast run of liz in almost perfect style
Sutton's first two innings were good
for only 5 points, while Siosson got ,
in the second. Slossoh made another
brilliant run of 113 in the seventh, but
Sutton, by runs of rs. 43 and 6S. grad
ually pulled up on the New Yorker. sc
that at the end of the 10th inning the
score stood: Slosson, $40; Sutton
235.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-02
WANTS AT BATS IN
President Sexton Starting Agi-
tation for Altered Form
of Box Score.
WOULD OMIT RUN COL UMM
Argues That 1t Will Help Keep
Track of Players and Improve
Market for Good Ones.

President NJ. Ii. Sexton of the Three
Tye league is to start crusade among
the newspapers about the circuit for
the printing of the at bat column. even
at the expense of the run column. #
necessary. He argues that if this
practice is followed uniformly it will
greatly aid managers in keeping track
of The batting effectiveness of their
men and Will at the same time give
the big league scouts a line on the
players along toward the end of the
season that will result in better
market for the men who are really
ready to advance to faster company
While most of the newspapers have
always printed the at bat column when
che team was at home there has been
q general disposition to leave this ve-y
essential column out when box score
was put on the wire Mr. SeXtol
hopes to remedy this and looks to his
corps of official scorers fer such aid
respective cities.
Names SCORERS.
Mr., Sexton has announced his Off
cial scorers as follows: Rock Island,
Ralph MacManus of The Argus; Dav-
enport, AL O'Hern of the Times; Cedar
Rapids. w E. Holmes of the Gazette;
Dubuque, Dave Murphy of the Tele-
graph Herald: Peoria, Jean Soils of the
Star; Bloomington. r.. e. Person III
the Pantagraph; Decatur, Earl Obea-
George Marney of the State Journal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-02
HARD JOB FOR JOHN VOSS

He Agrees to Throw William Munson
Three Times in an Hour.
Sterling, ILL.,, April John Voss of
Rock Island has been matched to
throw William Munson, the South Da-
kota wrestler, three times in one hour
lat Tampico April s.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-02
The rrutt,-4Eczema and PimpIes

The Truth--Ecxema and PimpIes
are. quickly and permanently cured
by Zemo, ascleanr,liquid for external
use. Zemo draws the germs to the
surface of the skin and destroys them
leaving nice clear healthy skin.
Write e. w. Rose Medical company,
st. Louis, Mo. for sample. All drug
gists sell zemo For sale by Harper
House pharmacy
New-York tribune., 1909-11-28

Of high excellence. For tn studen, tn.
here opportunity To distinguish het,yeo,. !"
superlative print and the one less s,,,-e 's
an opportunity always profitable: but ,vo s s
place greater stress upon tn usefulnes, . A'D
exhibition which extends the ranre % an
ment supplied BY the paintings at the ,...-- ~
Rembrandt there is almost exclusively N.
ter Of pOrtraiture. Here he is that and - -
he is not only the analyst OF character tr,
master OF composition. wreak.Eg hinose,,
solemn religious themes or 1a the vicissi,rs
Of mere human nature. II g wen n
upon his technique. 10 rejoice in his ~,
Of line. 10 appreciate him as the etcb.. ~
and simple. 10 is well also 10 appreb.,,, i.
traits as type Of creative imacir atjon M =.
extraordinary powers OF expression ga-o
may turn from one Of his preat nudes -
woman Preparing 10 Dress After R,,bf.~-
magnificent piece OF modelling 10 his b.-
achievements in dramatic represent,tion -,
as the famous Christ Healing the Sick~
the deeply moving "Entcmbrn,.ps" And il, =.
duon To the Illustrations of bis infertce,,-.
and sympathetic gift the exhibition nres.,,.
number Of his landscape which an. s,,,,.
amongst the truest studies os Nature in a,
whole range Of art whether etched or rsir,s,
IL is interesting 70 reflect on the magic ,sb,.,
can work its miracles alike On a large ,-,,,.-
with all the aid Of light and color. and ,,,,,
black lines on a fragment of pa.er a few 80
square To come from tn, portraits u n.
museum 10 these etchings is simply to com.
from one phase Of almighty genius to sDo,ns-
In tactful recognition Of th.. atnoSphers o..
ated by the Van Dycks al the KnoedIsr e:,I
Iery the modern pictures in IA. ante-cba,,..
10 hat b.nv
their place there hang half % dozen exan,,-'
Of the eighteenth century British scbas,
Reynolds. Hoppner Lawrenc-, Beecbev a.
Raeburn figure in this little slow all Of H.
with the decorative eleganc" oharacterisf,e =
the school. and one Of there. Raeburp ma.
considerable vigOr His Master Thomas D.
land is indeed the best pi-ce in the oror
Downstairs there is some Cirrent Am.r;-
work. Mr. Charles P. W Mielatz is ev,le,n,
sportsman as well artist and in.o1s
in water color and in black and white he h..
been portraying some Of the game fishes .,
Northern and Southern waters He uai,,.
them not as museum specims rs but aS HIM,
creatures. giving battle in tIsir own ele,osr,
His pictures are fun Of action Obviouslv ~
wishes TO be minuteIy accUr@te and so IN. :
markings and cOlOrs Of his d.nss are set do,
with painstaking care. This weakens ~
spOntaneity of these paintings, and one cam.
help wishing that he had generalized his SIM
jects a little more freely. Ee gives uz IA
portrait If a fish where W. would prefer
picture But perhaps for cke sportsman NJ
Mielatz has chosen a better TIctive Fro., hi,
point OF view the work is admirably done A.
sOciated with these studies e. fishes Is a eJ
lection Of water colors by Mr.. Carlton T. Chan
New-York tribune., 1909-11-28

aspect Of the great man now 8 superbiy rep
resented at the museum. and shows il 10 him
moreover. under the right conditions Makirs;
up their exhibition partly from their own stock,
but also borrowing for the occasion certain
prints which they had sold 20 collectors, th-
Keppels have asse embed a group Of Impressions
that if not uniformly brillian, is in the main
New-York tribune., 1909-11-28

toned artist being uncommonly beautiful il
illumination and tone.
Still another Dutch exhibition is To be
corded, Of Rembrandts etchings. arranged
at the Keppcl Gallery. The student should be
particularly grateful for the chance 10 SEE this
collection, inasmuch as it shows him one more
The National tribune., 1909-12-23
THE VETERANS COLONY.

The Veterans Colony ST. Cloud Florida founded
the auspices of The NATIONAL TRIBUNE the solicitation
climate of the South They tired the long, hard Winters
and wished to form community of themselves favore South
For tie purpose carrying this project the Seminole
Land & Investment Company, Incorporated organized
Since that time property has been sold approximately $500
and their friends This number of popu
on at ST. Cloud and the Colony lands There already 800
permanently located. Every train brings settlers
Many the early subscribers after personal examination of ST.
Cloud and the Colony lands, increased their holdings
hotel has been in operation for the past three months
printing office has been erected and machinery the value of
more than SS.0 is being installed
Work has begun substantial wostory brick building to
be occupied by the First National Bank of Cloud This Bank
being capitalized $4,000 fully paid with surplus of $4,000
The ST. Cloud has August 1st At
houses and the property. occupied principally by the
and other employees of the Seminole Land Investment
Company.
careful taken the latter part of last week shows that there
land all occupied ard col
on OF ts number lis completed houses and % houses
of construction.
Bids will b. asked by County the of school
house eween 81 600 and 5000 Among the settlers St
Cloud there hundred school children School will be
opened in Temporary quarters this month The school house will be
completed in Jnry The Seminole Land Investment Company will
contribute ooehalf of the cost of this school house.
Contracts being let for substantial residences costing
from 81 500 to $500 each.
We reasonably population of $500 the
Colony lands by early in January
proposed install electric lighting SYSTEM works
and plant All these improvements will help to make St Cloud
of the of this section of Florida.
additional 500 lots and additional
vace tracts The price for lot and vecre tract S25OO
for BOTH
Cloud Colony You make mistake investing town lot
ve-scre the present price of S125O0 for both
You must promptly if wish to iveace tract and
this all offers have been subscribed
within the weeks the entire 500 lots and
racts will have been taken. Address,
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE, Washington, D. c.
The National tribune., 1909-12-23
AID FOR VETERANS.

The need of The National Tribuae
bill receives strong practical testimony
in the action of the Hampstead U. II
Town Board, which has just set aside
the sum of s2,100 for relief for
Moses A. Baldwin Post. of Hampstead.
and George A. Mott Post, of Freeport.
The Brooklyn Eagle says:
The action of the Board is highly
commended, and particularly so at this
time. when a number of the veterans
are unable to obtain work thruout the
entire Winter, owing to rapidly in
creaSing infirmities."
The condition of things in the town
of Hampstead is duplicated in every
similar community all over the United
States, and the reasons which impel
the Town Board to take its eminently
proper action are just as strong for
the Municipal Governments of every
other town and County in the North.
Everywhere the veterans are getting
similarly old. similarly untitled for hard
labor and similarly needy for relief.
The National Tribune pension bill will
lift all this burden off the local COM
which need their money for
other purposes, and place the burden
where it rightfully belongs-upon the
broad shoulders of the United States,
for whom they fought.
The National tribune., 1909-12-23
WARNING TO CoLoNIsTs.

There are symptoms of a real estate
boom in st. Cloud, and we want to
warn comrades about parting with
their lands too readily. Last week two
lots on Pennsylvania avenue were sold
for sS11. This transaction-was all
right, because the seller got value for
what he sold. In other cases the COM
rades may not.
The other day a veteran-one of the
first investors-sold his five-acre tract
for s500-five times what he paid for
it, and had a valuable town lot yet re-
naming. The boom" is daily becom-
ing more evident.
Colonists should keep in mind that
st. Cloud is growing more rapidly than
any other place in the country, and
that there must be a very surprising
advance in the value of the lots and
tracts. They should be exceedingly
careful not to sell prematurely and dis
possess themselves of advantages which
properly belong to them. If they want
to sell, let them look around first and
see what other lots are held at, and
make their prices accordingly. 1t may
be said, as a general rule, that all the
lots and tracts are now approaching
double the price which was paid for
them, and should any comrade part
with his holdings he should be sure
that he is getting the price which this
advance properly represents.
The National tribune., 1909-12-23
DEATH OF GEN. DUDLEY.

A splendid, warm-hearted man, an
admirable citizen and soldier of the
highest class has passed away in the
person of Gen. William Wade Dudley.
who died at his home in Washington of
Bright's disease last week, at the age
of 81 years.
Gen. Dudley was born Aug. 81, 1912,
in Windsor County. VT. where his faith
er was Congregational clergyman. He
went to Indiana at the age of 10, and
at the outbreak of the war promptly
enlisted in the 18th Ind. which became
a member of the famous Iron Brigade.
So conspicuous were his soldierly abili-
ties that he arose rapidly in rank until
he became Lieutenant-Colonel COM
lmanding the regiment. He was severe
" wounded at Antietam, and command
the First Corps on the first day of Get
tysburg, where the Iron Brigade wrote
its name high on tn. Scroll of Fame.
He was so severely wounded as TO COM
pei the amputation of his leg. He re-
ceived a brevet of Brigadier-G General for
distinguished gallantry, and as soon as
he recovered from his wound was as
signed to duty as Inspector-General and
later Judge-Advocate. He received
commission as Captain in the 33d Z. s.,
but resigned after 15 months of service
i'm this capacity. After resigning from
the Regular Army he went back to In
diana and engaged in banking. and
finally gave way to his taste for politics
and became an active manager He
worked for the success of the Repub-
lican Party zealously and unseIfishly
aiding much in the elections of Presi-
dents Grant, Hayes, Garfield and Harri-
son, also in the campaign for James G.
Blaine.
Gen. Dudley was given large meas
ure of the credit for carrying Indiana
at every Presidential election. He was
appointed United States Marshal for
the District of Indiana, and President
Garfield selected him for Commissioner
of Pensions, which Office he held under
the Administration of President Arthur
After retiring from this position Cen
Dudley returned to the practice of the
dence at Richmond, Ind, he had resid-
ed for the past 20 years in Washington,
where he conducted an extensive law
business in partnership with Louis T.
Kitchener, former Attorney General of
Indiana.
Gen. Dudley always took a deep in
terest in Grand Army matters, and was
Commander of the Department of In
diana in 1881. No man in Washington
was held in higher esteem than he, and
his passing away is a source of wide
spread regret. The remains were buried
in Arlington. He leaves a widow, three
sons, a daughter and 10 grandchildren.
One of his sons is the Rev. George F.
Dudley, rector of st. Stephens Episco-
pal Church, Washington, d. c..
The National tribune., 1909-12-23
THE UpLIFT OF THE NEGRO.

DR.. Booker Washington in his recent
speech in the Old South Church, Bos-
ton, Mass, gave some remarkably en-
negro. He said that in 1913 the Amer
lean negro would have been free so
years, and that the 10000, 900 negros
in this country have made a most as
tonishing progress during that time in
material, educational, moral and re-
ligious betterment. Andrew Carnegie
said that the negros are farther ad-
vanced in civilization than were the
people of Scotland 200 years ago. The
negro in the South is realizing that he
is the main dependence of the section
for both common and skilled labor.
There are now over $4,000 skilled brick
and stone masons and 10000 station
gros own in the South 100000 acres
of land, or territory nearly as large
as the whole of New England if we ex-
clude the State of Maine. The negros
now own 10000 dry goods, grocery and
other stores and control Al banks At
present so per cent of the negros can
read and write. They have $4,000 min
isters and $4,000 churches. One hears
little of the good, industrious, faithful
negro, but everything of the vicious
ones. There is no negro problem in
the South; but, as rule, the negros
and whites are living together in har-
mony in their respective communities.
Negros who are Industrious and honest
are fully appreciated by their neigh
bors and liked better than shiftless and
disSolute whites.