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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-30
IMPROVEMENT OF AUTO IN 5 YEARS

| them, axle strengths are in proper
ratio to the weights to be carried, and
in a general way the present day auto
mobile is a combination of parts that
are logically designed to take the work
ing stresses, so that today when a man
purchases a motorcar he can expect
so many thousands of miles of use
with practically no repairs and he can
almost know in advance the total mile
age that his car, If given reasonable
care, will cover.
This most markedly shows the diff
ference between the present day condi-
tons and those five years ago, for in
those times the start Of a run might be
joyful, but the finish was doubtful
Low priced cars are being produced
in abundance. thus giving the owner
of moderate means an opportunity to
own an automobile. The heaviest de
mand is for the cheap car. and this
means a subsequent demand for bet
ter car, because in most cases the own
er of a car of this class finds himself
able and anxious later to own a better
car. Like the owner of a heavy ma
chine, he also seeks economy by pur-
chasing the moderate sized car OF quail
ity.
The uses Of the motorcar are being
extended rapidly in all directions, and
roads are being made better every
where because the necessity of the
motorcar is becoming greater in every
day business on the farm and in the
town or city. From every locality In
the United States there seems to be
a good demand for automobiles, and
every indication points to a substantial
and satisfactory business for 1910.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-30
STORIES ARE BUNK
Tales of Big Salaries in Base
Dan Largely Founded
on Air.
FEW PLAYERS GET $4,000
Pittsburg's List Is Said to Be $4,000
While Athletics Get but
$4,000.

The statement recently that a salary
of but $4,000 was being paid annually
to Johnny Killing, the Chicago Nation
ais star catcher, came as a big sur
prise to the baseball fans. 1t was pop
ularly believed that the clever back
stop was drawing a much larger sti-
pend for his work. During a recent
fanfest among the Pittsburg players
some interesting facts came out con-
corning baseball salaries in general.
Wagner's salary, for example, is
matter of guesswork purely to all ex-
cept Pittsburg club officials, the Fly
ing Dutchman and possibly one or two
others, who have been told in strict
confidence He is supposed to be
and probably is the highest salaried
man in baseball, but the wages he is
paid for clouting, base running and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-30

has a perfect baseball hand. So have
Bill Bradley of the Cleveland Amer
leans and Delehanty of the Detroit
Tigers. But the perfect type is a
rarity. Manager Chance of the Chica-
go Nationals looks at a players hands
first in sizing him up as a possible
recruit. 1t is there that the mans
strength is shown, and, for that mat
ter, his character.
A man with delicate hands who
starts in the infield is a freak"
Johnny Evers Of the Cubs comes I'M
der this classification. To see Johnny
in citizens clothes he appears more
like a bank clerk or cashier, a man
whose business it is to write or to
handle money. His fingers are long
and tapering, almost like a woman's
1t makes one wonder how he can save
them from injury and also how he
can round up some OF the terrific
drives which go his way.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-30
big HANDS COUNT
Important Part of the Equip
ment of a Successful Ball
Tosser.
TANMEHILL HAS GOOD PAIR
Evers an Exception With Small
Mitts, Yet He Is One of Games
Great FieIders.

Many columns of stuff have been
written about baseball brains" while
baseball hands" have been sadly neg
lected Fair hands are common, but
the real perfect type is scarce 1t is
generally admitted that Lee TannehilI,
the Chicago Americans third sacker,
has the ideal hands for ball tosser
Lee is on the down grade as a. top
liner these days, but In his prime he
could pick up Il grounder better than
any of his rivals in the inf1eld
A close study of TannehilPs hands
show them large, strong and sinewy
When he places the tips of his fingers
together. and also the base Of his palm,
a baseball fits there as snugly as a
glove on the hand. On scooping up a
grounder around third base the ball
appears to be almost crushed before
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-30

spreading his giant frame over several
acres of territory for the Pirates has
undoubtedly been Overestimated by
many persons who profess to have in
side information on the subject. 1t
has been put as high rs 5000 a year
by some guessers. and very few per
sons think he is getting less than
$4,000. One Of the few. however, is
a prominent member Of the Pittsburg
club.
Il do not say that Honus isn't worth
that price. He is worth even more.
considering his playing ability and his
value TO the club from a box office
point of view But baseball IS
business proposition. and $4,000 is an
enormous amount TO give to any player
for a few months work They will
have to show me before they can con
vince me that Honus Is drawing tina;
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-30

No matter how old the car, there is
nothing like having it look bright and
clean. 1t is Il fact that the avera ge
chauffeur is careless in regard to the
appearance of his car so far as the
paint is concerned. He is, as a rule, a
machinist and takes pride in keeping
up his engine, but has little knowl-
edge of the care Of fine paint work.
When the car is new and before it
is put in commission It should be
showered with cold water. Mud and
dirt VIII spot and deaden the varnish
and kill the luster, particularly in the
case of a new car The frequent
showering of cold water tends TO
harden the varnish more than any
thing else.
Oil and grease are particularly hard
on all kinds of paint, and the body
should be kept free of these sub
stances. The body should never be
wiped with a piece of greasy waste.
In washing use two .spongeS and two
chamois skins. one for the body and
one for the chassis. since the chassis
is more or less oily.
When a car comes In covered with
mud under no circumstances allow
this to dry overnight. The car should
be put on the washstand and the
mud thoroughly soaked with water.
Do not try to rub off the mud dry or
partly dry. but allow the water to
take it off gradually.
There are many excellent kinds of
soap on the market, but CASTLE is as
good as any. For removing grease
soft soap paste is excellent One
should be produced which does not
contain either free I've or acid. Soap
should never be allowed to dry on the
car. but should be washed off at once.
New Wind Screen,
A new wind screen shown below
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-30

seat. The screen shown is mounted
on pair Of tongs attached to the
rear of the front seat in such a man
ner that the glass carrying the frame
can be drawn as near the rear seat as
may be desired. Means for convent
emily locking the screen in any posi-
ton are provided. On each side of
the main section is a smaller section
capable of being swung toward the
rear, as shown. for the exclusion of
side drafts. Attached to the lower
edge of the frame is a sort Of apron
which is very useful IN wet weather.
The locking means for maintaining
the shield in position also permit OF
inclining the frame to any desired
angle. When not in use the screen
takes up a minimum Of space, being
folded down neatly against the back
OF the front seat or set horizontally as
p table.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-30
GOLF JOURNEYS FOR 1910.
This Years Campaign Promises to Be
Busiest In Games History.

This Years Campaign Promises to Be
Busiest In Games History.
The most gluttonous golfer can have
no plant at the prodigious bill of fare
submitted for the season. From now
on there is practically no cessation
until the snow flies in November
Apart from sections farther afeld the
metropolitan territory is dotted all
over with tournaments and what not,
and the wonder is where are all the
players to come from to substantially
support every meeting week in and
week out.
The dates of the various important
events are:
May to 2S-An1ateur metropolitan at
Morris county, N. ].
May q to 30-North California at San
Francisco.
June 2 to New Jersey state at Essex
County Country club.
June ID TO 1S-Southern championship.
June 10 to Massachusetts amateur at
Brae Burn.
June II and 1s-National opens at Phila-
delphia Cricket club.
June q to 25-Colorado championship at
Denver.
June % and so-Massachusetts open at
Oakley.
July to s-Connecticut league cham
piOnShip at New Haven.
July Is to 16-Wisconsin state at La
crosse Country club.
July % to 3o-Western amateur at Min
ikadha Country club. Minneapolis.
Aug. Is to 20-Transmississippi at Den
yer.
Aug. 81 to Sept. 2-western opens at
Beverly Country club. Chicago.
Sept IL to II National amateur at
BrooBline Cdass.) Country club.
May 26 to 2S-Middle Atlantic at VIII
mington. Del.
June % to &-Apawamis, Rye. N. 2
June 25-Connecticut versus Massachu-
sets al New Haven.
Aug. 10 to I5-First presidents cup at
Ekwanok.
Sept Is and 29-seniors at Apawamis.
N. Y.
Sept. 30 and Oct. LESLEY cup at Myo-
pia-
May % to 2s-Phnadelphia championship
at the Cricket club.
May 81 to June metropolitan cham
pionship at Montclair, n. ].
June and 7-Griscom cup at Hunting
don valley.
June and 9-Eastern championship at
Huntington valley.
Oct. 10 to 15-NationaI championship at
Homewood c. c., Flossmoor, Ill.
FOREIGN EVENTS.
April 19-Troon foursome, Harry Warden
and ]. II. Taylor versus James Braid and
Alec Herd. thirty-siX holes.
May to 7-Women's championship at
Westward Ho.
May 80 to June +Arnateur champion
ship at HoyIake.
May 30 to 31-French open championship /
at La BoUlie.
June 10 to 17-Scottish women's cham /
pionship at Marin.
June 20 to 22-British open championship |
at st. Andrews.
July s to S-ProfessionaI tournament at |
Prestwick.
July 20-Southern section of News of the |
World tournament at Stoke Poges.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-30
COMING SPORT EVENTS

Gustave Ljungstrom, the champion
Marathoner, is to meet Tom Longboat,
the Indian, in a twenty mile race In
Buffalo, May Z.
The international yacht regatta win
be held in England. Aug. 8 and 9, OF
Portsmouth. 1t will be held in France
in 1911 and in Germany in 1912.
William ]. Glover, Jr., a Baltimore
swimmer, may try to swim the Bos-
ton strait this summer. He claims to
be the champion long distance swim
mer Of this country.
Eddie Cotter Of Toronto will very
likely run in the Polytechnic Marathon
race at London, May 81. 1t is the long
distance event Of the year in England
and is held over the Olympic course.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-30

much. He may be getting it, but ne
| is not getting more"
Several Of the players suggested that
the big Teuton ought to be getting a
percentage Of the gate receipts. Then
the salary subject took a wide range,
and the same player who is quoted
above declared that in his opinion
every member of the Pirates who fig
ured to any extent in the winning OF
the National league pennant and the
worlds championship received an ad-
vance in salary for this year. He be-
Iieved that Dots" MiIler's contract
calls for more than twice as much as
he received last year and that all the
regular PLAYERS were advanced
Club Spirit Counts.
"It seems TO be the policy Of the
club" he said, ito lend substantial en-
couragement to brains, ability and
willingness, and it is to that fact, COM
bined with the very able leadership of
Fred Clarke. that you can credit that
ideal club spirit that prevails among
the Buccaneers III venture TO say
that the Pittsburg club paid out $751;
900 In salaries last summer and that
III OAhCA NAAD Baid AdNC
been told, and believe it to be true,
that the salary list Of the Philadelphia
Americans for the season OF 1909
amounted to only $4,000, making a
difference of $4,000 in the money paid
out to players by two major league
clubs. How Connie Mack can pay
such small salaries and manage to
keep his club up in the race Is some
thing cannot understand"
The salaries of the Cubs were also
discussed, and it was agreed among
the players that the average and the
total Of the Pirates are much larger
Chance, they understand, signed a
three year contract as manager Of the
team at a figure under 5000, and
King and Brown are the only mem
bers Of the team receiving anything
Ike $4,000. Reulbach is said to be
pitching for $500. Lajoie is said to
have received $1,000 a year from
Cleveland, Of which $4,000 was for
managing the club. Many other star
players were mentioned and their real
and paper salaries given
OF course it is possible that the Pr
rate players who gave the information
on the subject may be mistaken, but
IT must be admitted that they are in
a position to learn the actual facts bet
ter than the newspapers. 1t was gen.
orally agreed among them that the
public has an erroneous idea about
fancy salaries paid to players. Connie
Mack, even in war days, is said to
have averaged only 5000 to his play
ers.
While the public may be wrong In |
it's beliefs, the fact remains that any |
player which delivers the goods in fast |
gets enough money for 1t to /
keep the wolf from the door during |
the winter, and most of them earn !
several times as much as they could |
take down in any other trade or occu- +,
patton for which they are fitted.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-30

ne lets 1t go to first base. It is this
that started the expression of "de-
vouring the BALI or ''eating it up" A
man who has delicate hands can never
play an infield position as easily as one
of Tannehil's kind
Big Hands an Advantage.
Another inhelder who eats up the
ball is Hans Wagner. Without
stretching the point any, his hands
look tremendous when he swoops up
a grounder. They are about the big
gest hands a man ever looked on. 1t
takes a fearful drive to get away from
his clutches. Once he gets his hands
on a grounder it generally means GER
tain death for the batter. His hands
are more necessary to the infielder,
for it is much harder to scoop up a
ball when it is coming fast than to
catch a fly. Many a fielder who is sure
death on a fly ball or q line drive will
let a grounder out in his territory get
away from him.
Devlin Of the New York Nationals
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-30
HERE'S SAM LANGFORD'S
TIP ON BIG FIGHT.

Why not take real live bunch
on the big fight from a man who
knows? Let's get right on this
Jeffries-Johnson affair. The way
to do this is to peruse the ulti-
matum of one Samuel Langford,
who plays the role OF general
reducer of fight championship
aspirations. Samuel recently is
sued a statement in which he
offered to fight anybody in the
world, with the sole exception
of James J. Jeffries.
THAT Mistah JEFF he amt no
man; he's just big train, and
he's going to run over ennybQdy
t tries to hoP him back" said
Langford when asked about the
matter.
But how about Johnson" i.
was the query to him.
Honey, he's jest nah meal
ticket. If l can get that big
moke in front Of me I'll knock
him clear out of the moving pic
lures. Vas, sub. 1 will. 1 know.
cause 1 met him once"
If there is any better line on
the matter than this it has yet
to be dug up. Langford's I'M
conscious tip on the big mill is
surely not biased. He can whip
Jack, but nothing doing with
JEFF.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-30

JEFF RETUBNIEG FROM LONG RUE ON BoAD
his admirers. and now there is a howl
for some veteran like Billy Delaney
or Billy Madden TO oversee his train
ing. While Berger is a useful man to
the champion, he is a young fellow
who does not know the finer points of
training an athlete like some Of the
older heads.
Needs More Than Mere Work.
JeT has always been hard, faithful
worker when in training, but in this
case it's going 10 need more than the
hard work to keep the big fellow from
leaving all his fight on those noun
tain roads around Ben Lomond. II
Jeff makes any mistake this time he
may hurt himself worse than the ne
gro can hurt him.
There is another thing-a camp
should have a single head, one man
whose word is law to the fighter and
to every one else. At present Choynski
is experimenting the training. Pretty
soon Jim Corbett viii blow along, and
there will be three of 'em, to say moth
ing Of a large bunch OF confidential
advisers, and there will be jealousy in
the camp and chickering's. and poor old
good natured Jef will be sitting help
lessly IN the middle OF plots and coun-
terplots. This won't do. II JEFF cannot
get Delaney. why not try Billy Mad
den? Billy is a veteran of the days
when training was n cruel thing, the
days when a man dried OUT before
his fight, a real drying out, which left
not an ounce OF perspiration r. the
whole body. He has handled many
fighters and made few mistakes with
them in their training.
JEFF has laid out a daily schedule.
which be intends TO follow strictly I'M
til his battle with the negro. He rises
at 6:30 A. m. and takes a cold bath
and a rundown. Then he takes brisk
walk OF at least four miles and returns
in time TO have breakfast at 8. Rests
for one hour, then takes light exercise
I'm the gymnasium and is ready for
handball at 10 a. NJ. Shortly after he
is ready for a climb over hills and a
run Of eight or ten miles. Has lunch
ut / p. M, then takes one hour Of rest.
At 2 O'Clock he starts boxing. wres-
Ting, bag punching. rope skipping and
another workout on the road until 5
p. NJ, then a bath and a rundown,
supper at 9 p. m, three hours of lei
sure and to bed at O'Clock.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-30
JEFF'S STUNTS
AT BEN LOMOND
Manner in Which the Big Eel
low Is Training Pleases
the Fans.
WILL HE BE OVERTURNED?
Followers of the Game Declare That
an Older Head Is Needed TO
Supervise Work.
By TOMMY CLARK.

If Jim Jeffries does not succeed In
defeating Jack johnson at the Emery
vile race track July IL win not be
the fault Of any human being. Jefrs
training at Ben Lomond, Cal. Is being
handled more carefully than any other
pugilist that ever engaged in cham
pionship battle. Every possible means
within the power Of man is being used
to bring Jeff back to his old shape,
Nearly all the great fighters that he
has beaten are willing to contribute
their bit to the big fellows success IN
the coming battle;ajn fact, every par
ticle of fight left In Jefr VIII be brought
to the surface.
But-and this word rs very 4Gignln-,
cant-is It the assistance OF these
great old timers that VIII bring home
the money for the Jefnries followers2
Will any exclusive instruction IN the,
art OF boxing help JEFF come out VIC,
torious? at the present time JeTs;
training corps is composed OF Joe,
Choynski, Bob Armstrong, Farmer
Burns, Billy .Papke ana Sam Berger. I
The opinion seems to prevail that
JeTries is in need of some older head
to map out his training, and there IS
some. fear being expressed by his
friends that he may injure himself by
working too violently at THIS early pc
Rod. So far JEFF has rounded TO
shape IN a manner that was crafty
ing to even those who never figured
his being able to go through a severe
course of training work.
However, the recent stiffness which
he has felt in his limbs after exercis-
ing briskly has caused anxiety among
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-30


the Hickory Bottom team. Never
heard of that team, hey? 1 started
playing ball with them, the good old
Hickory Bottoms of Hopedale, Harri-
son county, o.
/ had been pitching hay, playing ball
with some of the farm hands, and we
were having quite a time of it. A lit
tie place called New Athens-not the
Athens on up the state, but New Ath-
ens-had a college and some 500 folks.
They were rather chesty when it came
to playing ball, and when the boys
would drive into town on a Saturday
afternoon we would watch the college
boys play ball.
Hunted for Name.
They didn't took much To me, so l
got our farmer boys in line, and we
hunted a long lime for Il name. Big
Saltwater and Little Saltwater were
two creeks close by, and we thought
we would call ourselves the Stillwa-
tiers, but some of the fellows kicked on
that. AS we lived in part of the
county called Hickory Bottom and as
our first bats we made ourselves out
of good old hickory trees, we took up
the name of the Hickory Bottom base
ball club, and then we started. Say.
we didn't do a thing to those college
boys! We just ate 'eIn alive.
Well. never will forget the day we
went to Cadiz / was down to pitch,
and all 1 could do was to throw a ball
hke-well, L could throw 'em some in
those days. Did have an outcurve, 1
guess, but I just counted on speed
The Cadiz team had been cleaning up
everything from Wheeling, Steuben-
Vile and on down the river, and to
think the Hickory Bottom team would
lick themI Why, say, it was joke to
those fellows.
We played on side of a hill. New
er was a ball ground quite like that.
The only thing any way near level
was the run from first to second. You
had to run up hill to first, up hill from
third to home and down hill from sec
ond to third.
The Cadiz team had q fellow they
called, Home Run Grimes. He played
shortstop, and his record was a home
run or two every game Say, famed
that fellow every time he came to bat,
and we won the game II to 1. Funny
how they got that one run! It came
in the second or third inning, forget
which. But some of the Cadiz sports
got to betting that 1 would blow up or
kill our catcher. and that made me hot
again. So 1 kept firing the balls in |
sort of reckless-like, and 1 hit two fell
lows, and one man got to base on balls. |
] hit the next fellow, and that forced |
In a run. Then 1 settled down, and |
we won hands down.
The Cadiz Republican gave me big |
writeup on the game. and the Canton
co. manager got hold Of the story and |
booked me- The boys told how went
into professional ball on hay wagon,
and there was a heap Of truth in it at
that.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-30
CARTMELL GOING ABROAD.

Crack Splinter Intends to Make An
other Cleanup In England.
Nat Cartmell. the former crack
Splinter of the University of Pennsyl-
vania and now coach Of the University
Of North Carolina, who made such a
great record for himself as a profess
sional while abroad last season, in
tends to make another trip to Johnny
Bulls land this summer. During his
stay in England last year Cartmell
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-30

Boston Teams Composed OF Youngsters
The two Boston teams this year are
composed nearly entirely OF players
well under the twenty-five year mark.
The Doves. with one or two excep-
lions, are all under twenty-five, while
the majority of the Red Sox players
are below that limit. These are the
youngest teams that ever played to-
gether in major league baseball
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-30
eoff Appointed Scorer.

Upon recommendation of President
w H. Reck of the local association
Charles Golf has been. appointed by
President A. R. Teaney to serve as
the official scorer in this city. Mr.
COTS opinion and decision viii be
final on all points covering the scoring
of the game.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-30
Lost Motion In Steering Gear.

Look out for lost motion in the
steering gear. 1t has led to many ac-
cidents and makes it much harder to
keep in a straight course. You can
usually find out just how worn your
steering gear may be by noticing the
wabble Of the front wheels while pass
Ing over a rough piece of road.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-30
HOW TO MAINTAIN LUSTER OF CAR

was recently placed on the market
The regulation wind shield attached
to the car dash affords but little pro
lection TO the passengers of the ton
neaU, however much it may be an ad-
VANTAGE to those riding upon the front