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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-13

with the baseball fans and, unlike
most OF the youngsters who break into
the big show, has done even better
work than the tea mrs followers ex-
pected- Many nice things were said
about Ford during the of season. but
few persons thought he would pitch
such spectacular ball when he doomed
the spangles under the big tent.
Ford was with the Highlanders for
a few weeks in 1909, then was farmed
to Jersey City, and, though the Skee-
tiers finished last in the race, he won
half his games, striking out 1S9 men.
Russell's other minor league training
was gained with Cedar Rapids of the
Three Eyed league and Atlanta of the
Southern association. Ford is the only
spitbal expert in captivity who can
make the ball break three ways. All
the players who have batted against
him say he has q most puzzling deliv-
cry. Ford won fourteen out Of the first
nineteen games he pitched this season
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-13
The Best Spark.

The spectroscope. which is an in
strument employed in determining the
position of bodies by color comparison,
has never been successfully employed
in connection with the spark at the
gap Of a plug in an ignition system OF
an automobile. The best spark is the
one which dissipates the largest
amount OF energy in the gas. and the
measurement OF the energy cannot be
accomplished by the simple method OF
gazing at the spark and deciding that
1t Is good because It is yellow or bet
ter because IL is blue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-13
LESS SPEED FOR AUTO OF FUTURE

1hcturers have taken this point under
considerations and seek to produce a
car that I.willf give. the utmost salts
faction while! running at normal speed.
They are seeking. to construct ma
chimes that within the limited range
which normalss use prescrfbes win af-
ford the best service.
With this object in view they are
studying the gear ratio of cars. Some
have aIreedyslow the gear ratio,
and 1t is understood that, more of the
coming new ) models will have this
change made IN their construction.
This change may be expected to lower
the maximum speed OF the car. but
it is notr fikelySthat there win be any
complaint On the subject from the
users. but that they win favor the
change. $50
It will give their car wider range
OF working conditions on direct drive,
improve its hill climbing power, per-
init the engine to turn more rapidly
at car speeds below that correspond
ing to the normal rate of engine revo-
luton. 1t will also have tendency
to do away with the craze for speed
that has at times threatened TO work
tninstice and iniurY to the business.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-13
IS GREAT LEADER
John McGraw's Brains and Gin
ger Keep New York Ma
tionals Afioat.
HAS VERY ORDINARY TEAM
With Club That is Inferior to Cubs
and Pirates He is Making a
Great Showing.
BY TOMMY CLARK

For the last year or two fans and
critics have been handing bouquets to
Fred Clarke OF the Pirates, Frank
Chance of the Cubs, Hughey Jennings
of the Tigers and Connie Mack of the
Athletics for their great managerial
ability and their wonderful success in
keeping their teams in the thickest of
the pennant fights year after year.
While all four are entitled to all the
honors that have been bestowed on
pilot who is entitled to be placed in
the games hall of fame, and he is
Johnny McGraw of the New York
Nationals.
For the last few years McGraw has
been at the helm of team that is not
equal in strength in any department to
the Cubs or Pirates, vet he has man.
aged to keep the Giants in the thickest
of the pennant fights. This year is no
exception. There are no medals on the
team that McGraw is trying to pilot to
the top of the race this season. but he
is right on the heels OF the Cubs and
Pirates.
Now look over the team carefully
y
able to keep it so high up in the race.
Take the backstopping department, for
instance. II does not compare with
the Pirates or Cubs in any way Schiel
or Myers does not class with King,
Archer or Gibson. Schlei is too old and
Myers too erratic. Point out one great
star in the infeld. Merkle on first is
not a crackerjack. Doyle on second
makes more costly errors than any
other second stationer. Bridweu is
only a fair shortstop. Devlin at third
is about the best of the lot, and he is
on the toboggan.
No CObbs In Outer Garden.
After looking over me inield. gaze
on the outer garden. Can you find
Cobb in it? I guess NOT. McGraw has
the weakest left fielder in the National
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-13
MINOR LEAGUE NOTES

The Athletic recruit now with Balti-
more, Ben Egan, has developed into
the best catcher in the Eastern league
and also into a terror with the stick
Manager CAMEL of the Rochester
eastern leagueJ club announces that
he has sold pitcher Ed LATTE to the
New York Americans for cash and
other considerations. LATTE will finish
the season with Rochester.
Jesse TannehiIi, the veteran pitcher
Of the Minneapolis american associa-
tion} club. has quit the Mfllers. Jesse
figured that he was not earning his
salary. He is seeking a managerial
berth with some minor league team.
President T. NJ. Chivington an
nounces that the appearance Of the
name Of Ralph Glaze as being released
by the Indianapolis club in the last
American association bulletin was q
clerical error. Glaze is stiT1 member
Of the indianapolis club.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-13
Frank eeteh No. q Fighter.

Frank Gotch; the worlds wrestling
champion, who Jim Corbett is trying
to foist on the public as the only man
who can defeat Jack johnson, has al
ready taken a whirl at the prize ring
game. Several years ago he met
Frank Slavin In Alaska. The fight was
held in Dawson City, and. according to
the stories told by the wrestling cham
piOn, his fighting debut was anything
but encouraging. Frank Slavin was
an old timer even at that time, while
Gotch knew little of the rudiments of
the game. The result was knock
out, with Gotch taking the count
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-13

Life in springs will be prolonged II
they are properly fabricated, since
rust will be aborted, and when springs
are allowed to rust up the pitting
which follows marks the point of fail
ure simply because the rust indenta-
ton has the same effect as a notch,
which is made in test proof to make
It fracture easier and to mark the
point of rupture; the real desired
spring action will follow and unequal
strains will not take place. Take half
elliptic springs for illustration. They
are made up Of a plurality of fat
leaves, each shorter than the other, all
of the same width and all given bow
so contrived that the extreme fiber
strain VIII be the same in each plate
when the. spring is deformed under the
load it is designed to carry.
The reason for using several plates
is to limit the extreme fiber strain,
considering a given span of the plates
plane, as well as to absorb energy and
put a quietus on the motion of the
body. 1t would be possible to use a
spring made OF one plate only were
the same tapered from the center out
in such a way as to afford such timber
qualities as the word implies.
When springs are properly made the
plates press on each other with sufH-
cient force to cause them to seize. and
the action will then be "ferce." At the
Instant of Selling the local strains set
up in the fiber OF the plates is enough
to cause rupture in many cases, and
the only way to abort this very unde-
sfrable performance is 20 Intricate the
spring, which TO 90 requires that it be
relieved of fits load, when it will re-
turn to its open position. If all the plates
are bowed 10 common radius. since
each one is different in length from
the other, the ends will open up, and an
ell can may. then be used to squirt oil
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-13
ARE NOW POPULAR
Yachtsmen Taking to Sender
Boats, Particularly in
the East.
MANY RACES TO BE HELD.
First Big One of Season to Take
Place OF Marblehead, Mass,
18th of This Month.

The scnderclass yacht seems TO L
growing in popularity. II hrst cams
into existence Oh this side OF the At
lantic in 1906, when a series of races
was arranged with the German yachts
men. and since then some forty boats
have, been built for this class.
II is most popular In eastern waters
and has proved successful. Those who
are interested in the class do not pro-
pose to allow it TO die out, and many
races are to be held this year. The
International races between the Amer
lean and Spanish sender boats are
scheduled TO start of Marbleheod,
Mass, Aug. l.. On BuZzards bay Sept
3 there are TO be races for the selection
of a team TO be sent TO Kiel for inter
national races in June. 1911.
To those who do not understnnd
what the sender boat is the following
will no doubt prove interesting:
A sonderclnss boat was designed TO
overcome yacht measurement rules and
to produce the most boat on the wnter
with the least boat under it--that is to
say. with as little wnter line length
and as much overhans as are possible
in a racing length OF thlrty-two feet
In addition to this condition they must
be weighed, and their displacement
must not be more than 4,035 pounds.
nor may they carry more than $50
square feet of sail
Are Like Sneak Box
In appearance they are not unlike
the sneak box on longer and finer lines,
for they have the long spoon bow and
the square stern OF the famous Jersey
ducking boat. They are Jib and main
san rugged. with the forward end OF
the lib made fast inboard about two or
three feet from the bow proper. one Of
the additional strange features OF the
boat.
They are flush decked. with a cock
pit large enough to hold the crew of
three men, the heImsman having TO be
both an amateur and a native of the
country from which the boat halls, ac-
cording TO the rules. The boats ara
steered with an unusually long tillery
They have fin keels, are built OF ma
hogany or cedar and average around
twenty-five feet In length over all
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-13
home RUNS

Washington critics say that Henry.
the Amherst college catcher, is the
most promising player corralled there
since Johnson was landed.
Rariden Of the Boston Nationals is
the most improved catcher in the bust
ness. He was very punk last season,
but now sizes up impressively.
Joe Birmingham OF the Cleveland
Americans undoubtedly earns the dis
tinction of being the greatest throwing
outfielder IN the American league.
Has Connie Mack a dope box? He
must feed his athletes something. Cy
Morgan was Just an ordinary dub With
Boston. yet when he reached Philadel-
phia he perked up and is now one OF
the star performers of the American
league-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-13
GOLF QUARTET DEFIES.

Chicago Champions Challenge Any
City In United States to Beat Them.
Chicago's champion and former
champion golfers have issued an in
formal challenge to any city in the
United States to produce team which
can defeat National Champion Robert
A. Gardner of Hinsdale, Western
Champion Charles Evans, Jr., of
Edgewater. Intercollegiate Champion
Albert Seckel of Hinsdale, former Ma
tional and Western Champion 81.
Chandler Egan of Exmoor. with Paul
Hunter of Midlothian as substitute
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-13

after the contest and are willing to Of
fer big purse for the go.
The only obstacle in the way of the
match is that Wolgast wants McFar-
land to make 133 ringside. This Nc
Farland will not agree to, but is will
ing to weigh in at 1873 six hours be-
fore the fight. However, It is likely
that the differences will be adjusted
and that the pair will meet on Labor
day. If they clash It should result In
a good contest, as Mcfarland Is one
of the cleverest boxers that ever pulled
on a padded glove and would no doubt
make Wolgast extend himself to the
limit
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-13
aRIToNS ARE COMING.

Oxford and Cambridge Football Play
ers Will Introduce Game.
Negotiations have been under way
for some time for the sending of a
combined Oxford-Cambridge varsity
team to the United States with view
to establishing Rugby, football in
eastern schools and universities in ac-
cordance with the ideas OF Theodore
Roosevelt expressed to the students at
the Cambridge union on May %. No
hindrances are seen now, and it is con-
fidently expected that the team will
make the trip.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-13
HIGH PRICED BALL PLAY
Frs DON'T ALWAYS
TURN OUT WELL.

Simply because a baseball club
pays a big price for minor league
ball players, it doesn't mean that
they're going to set the big
league on fire. History has
proved this. Take RUDE Mar
guard OF the. New York club, for
instance. The Giants are said
to have paid $1,000 to the In
dianapoiis club for his release.
That's a big price. for a minor
league ballplayer, but he hasn't
been a bowling success.
Then Garry Hermann paid
$500 for "Rube" Benton, and
he is a bloomer. Manager
Mack's $4,000 pitcher. Russell.
may be in the same class. Co
miskey's shOrtstop, Blackburn.
the $500 player, is a failure,
while some other minor league
youngsters, who didn't cost
$3.50 are q success.
Picking up youngsters Is the
biggest lottery In baseball II
the recruits make good the man
ager IS lucky.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-13
LET CoBB GO? NEVER !!
Jennings Said to Have Turned Down
Offer For Four Men.

jennings SAID to rave urned DOWN
Offer For Four Men.
1t leaked out recently that Manager
Hugh Jennings of the Tigers had
turned down an offer for Ty Cobb.
which. il it had gone through, would
have completed one of the greatest
deals of baseball history. Manager
McAleer Of Washington offered to give
In trade for Cobb. johnson and Street,
his star battery: Gray, another pitcher,
and Milan. his star outfielder.
At the time the trade was contem-
plated Jennings was in bad way for
pitchers and was tempted to dispose
Of the great American league outfielder
at such terms. but he finally thought
Cobb was greater than all four men
put together and two big drawing
rard TO let go under any circumstances,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-13
Pitcher Johnson. erea. Speed.

Catcher Charley Street of Washing
ton. whom many believe TO be the best
catcher in the league, is suffering from
too much Johnson. Street catches Wal
ter in most OF his games and as a re-
suit is usually suffering from bruised
or ripped finger. The big Swede has
terrific speed, and if he throws a ball
wide it is no pleasant job for any
catcher to stop 1t.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-13

Photo by American Press Association.
JOHNNY M'aRAw, NEW YoRK's GREAT MAN
AGER.
league in Josh Devore. In center he
has SnodSrnss, formerly. a catcher.
The latter is doing fairly well, but is
far from being star, In right Muir
ray plays aRgood game, but does not
class with any. of the cracks
Take McGraw's pitching staff. Leav-
ing out Christy Mathewson, where are
his stars? Rube Marquard, the $11,-
COO beauty, Is counterfeit. Ames
lacks control; so does Crandall. and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-13

s Jack Sheridan, the veteran umpire,
who recently retired from active serv-
ice on the. American league staff, has
received instructions for the new du-
ties which 6evolve upon his shoulders.
Sheridan is to hold forth in a new
role. In way the veteran will serve
as chief of umpires and at the same
time will travel around the country In
quest OF promising raleut for umpires.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-13
Japanese Ball PLAYERS Comma.

Japanese baseball may be seen at
Marshall Geld. Chicago. next summer.
with the Waseda university and the
University OF Chicago teams compel
ing. A. A. Stage has invited the Jap
anese team TO come to America for a
return series with the Maroons. and it
is expected that the oriental players
will accept.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-13
MCFARLAND AFTER WOLGAST.

Chicago PusiIist Anxious to GET Crack
at Lightweight Champion.
1t now looks as if the next big pugi-
listic battle will be between AID VOL.
CAST the champion lightweight of the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-13
FORD FIND OF SEASON.

HishIandsrs' Star TvyiFier One of Best
Developed In Recent Years.
Russell Ford, the pitching marvel OF
the New York Americans. is the great
est find Of the 1910 baseball season.
His good work In the box this season
has done much to keep the Highland,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-13
RUPTURE
T Tos Psy for rs my CURED

NO KNIFE, no injection or detention
from business. The most difficult rup-
lures held absolutely under all condi-
tons with ease and comfort. NO LEG
STRAPS, NO ELASTIC BANDS, NO
STEEL SPRINGS. Quit experiment.
ing with worthless trusses and mail
order treatments. and pc cured for life.
II years successful practice; H.
900 cured patients. many in this vici1-
ity. No papers to sign.
Supporters and appliances for all forms
OF Abdominal and Pelvic Commplaints,
Elastic Hosiery, etc. Catalogues mt hO--
tel or from II Quincy Sn., Chicago, HI.
H.. H. BROWN, M. D.
Next Visit to the Rock Island
House, Rock Island, ILL.,,
Aug. 10, 1910.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-13

world, and Packey Mcfarland of Chi
cago. The latter has been hotfoot aft
er a crack at the champion since he ar
rived from Europe, where he defeated
Freddie Welsh. England's best light
weight. Promoters ON the coast are
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-06-17

shop brokers recently put to flight by
the indictment of the Western Union
for providing them with stock ex-
change quotations will not be helped
out of their dilemma by other tele-
graph companies. according to an an
nouncement made today in this city.
For years the government claims, the
Western Union has had q monopoly
Of this class of business, which is
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cago and cities in the middle west to
which that system extends, including
st. Louis, Indianapolis. Terre Haute
and other points. The frequency of
inquiries along these lines within the
last week urompted President Sell
ers today to issue the order to his
subordinates. directing them to put up
the sign Nothing Doing when the
bucket shop men come around. I'VE
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said to have Melted it s.. 600 600 in the
last twelve months. No longer able to
get quotations from the Western Tn
ion, the bucket shops are now appeal
ing to the other companies for assist
ance. Both Clarence II. Mackay, pres
ident of the Postal and H Lee Sellers,
president of the Telepost Automatic
Telegraph company. have issued or
ders to their contract departments to
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ing, which many of them will not care
to do for obvious reasons. Hoping to
throw the government OF the trail.
agents of the bucket shop men ever
since the Indictment OF the Western
Union, have been trying to arrange
for service over the Telepost Auto
matte wires between Boston and other
New England points and between Chi
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investigate carefully all new applica-
tions for wire service coming from
brokerage houses. before providing the
desired installation
Those that are not legitimate stock
exchange houses, under the proscrip-
tive edict issued by the two presidents
will be turned down. Every door
now being closed against them this
means that the bucket shops will have
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don't want business OF this kind q
any price" says the order. President
Maekay of the Postal has hung out
the same sign. And thereat the
buckle ship CANDLES are sad
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Rubber Corset Lacers
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Rubber Water Bottles
Rubber Cord
Rubber Curriers'
Renaissance Braid
Rubber Tourist Cases
Ruching
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Rug Hooks
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Silk Lace
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Silk Corset Lacers
Silk Ties
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Sanitary Napkins
Safety Pins
Scissors,
Scarfs
Scarf Pins
Sewing Wax
ShuttIes
Shoe Lacers
Silk Betting
SiIvered Beads
San Silk
Side Combs
Side SteeIs
Side Supporters
Skirt Supporters
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Shirt Waist Belts
Shoulder Braces
Soutache Braid
Spring Tape Measures
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StiIettoes
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Soap
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Shaving Mirrors
Spool Holders
Shaving Sticks
Shine-aII Polish
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SeWon Supporters
Stamping Patterns
Sewing Silk Yelling
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Sailor Collars
Stationery
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Smoking Sets
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TinseI Betting
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Toilet Soap
Toilet Paper
Toilet Cases
Tooth Brushes
Tooth Picks
Tooth Paste
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TripIicate Mirrors
Trimming Braids
Turkey Red Cotton
Tie Shields
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Torchon Lace
Toilet Water
Tourist Cases
Tooth Powder
Talcum Powder
Tosca Net
Tablets
Turkish Bath Oil
Telescopes
"
Velvet Ribbons
Velvet Betting
Vienna Elastic
vaseline
Val Laces
Val Insertions
Val AII-overs
Violet Water
venise Laces
venise Insertions
Venise AII-overs
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Vases
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Webs
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Waving Irons
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Pillows
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The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-09-02
NEW JERSEY IN LINE.
Children Under Fifteen May No Longer
Work at Night.

Children Under Fifteen May No Longer
Work at Night.
New Jersey takes step forward.
An effort has been made for five
years to restrict night employment of
children in factories which operate a
double shift. writes Owen II. Lovejoy
in the Survey. This has been opposed
by glass manufacturers on the ground
that the industry could not succeed un-
less children under sixteen years were
permitted to work at night.
The committee was able to show that
the glass industry has steadily in
creased in states which forbid such
employment-notably in Ohio and ILL.,
nois-and after a lively campaign in
mittee and the Consumers league. la
Dor unions. women's clubs. churches
and other organizations took an active
part. law was passed providing that
after July 4 no child under fifteen
years of age may work at night. and
after July 4, 1911, no child under six
teen may be so employed.
This places New Jersey with Illinois.
New York and Ohio among the glass
manufacturing states which forbid
child labor at night and gives the most
substantial encouragement yet re-
ceived to the effort which will be put
forth next year to secure similar legis-
lation in Pennsylvania. Indiana and
West Virginia.