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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-08

in the interest of the Prohibition
party has suspended publication. The
suspension is the result of fractional
strife witt IN the party which began
last year when William b. r. Fer
guson, publisher of the paper, at
tackled State Chairman Alonzo Z.
Wilson and National Chairman
Charles r. Jones. Jones succeeded
in securing formal action against the
paper to be taken by the national
executive committee. The resolution
passed by the committee was after
wards accepted by the national COM
mittee after a close fight. Ferguson
then attempted to declare vacant the
offices of national chairman and OF
the executive committeeman, but
failed. The national committee fur
nished funds to start an opposition
weekly, the American Advance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-08
Davenport Past and Present: a
Brief Bit of Baseball History

In view of the noise that is being
made in Davenport just at this pres
ent time over the fact that this year
the team representing that city in the
Three-Eye league, succeeded at the last
moment in getting the edge on Rock Is
land to the extent of two games on the
entire seasons series, it may be inter
esting TO recall what appeared in The
Argus at the close of the season Of 1909
1t was in the form of a little resume
published Immediately following the
winning of a second pennant by the Is
landers, and with the request that it be
copied by the Democrat, which request
was courteously complied with.
At the opening of that sea-
son, it will be recalled, Daven-
port succeeded in capturing two
games in one afternoon from Rock
Island, with the result that the town
went wild: bonfires were lighted on
the river front so Rock Island could
see them, whistles were blown and
bells were rung, and finally a process
sion of the frenzied denizens of the
other side invaded Rock Island and
made night hideous. 1t was amusing
be pathetic. The two games Davenport
won that day. and three others were all
that Davenport got from Rock Island
that season, and in the round-up-the
Islanders COPIED their second pennant,
an achievement that Davenport has
yet to enjoy. Should that good for
tune ever befall our excitable neigh
bors across the water-and Rock Is
land will extend its heartiest congratu-
lations IL ii so happens-and Rock Is
land be bested in the series between
the two cities into the bargain, the
effect might be disastrous
Just by comparison of the natures
Of the two towns, when it comes to
manifestation of real baseball spirit
what The Argus said two years ago in
the hour OF the Islanders second cham
pionship triumph may be read with
interest Here it is:
The league season in the Three
Eye has closed with the Islanders
as pennant winners. In view OF
this circumstance let il be remem-
bered by our trans-river rivals:
There has been no Growing on
this side of the river at any stage
or the league season
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-08

There has been blowing of
whistles, no bonfires, no street
parades even when an Islander
pitcher won two games in one aft
ernoon on the Davenport grounds or
when two other games were won
from Davenport on this side of the
river, in a single afternoon.
There has been no footing OF
trumpets over the Islanders taking
IA out of 20 games scheduled with
Davenport, leaving one postponed.
There has been no whoop hur-
rah for DavenpOrt's special bene-
fit over the Islanders winning the
pennant. Appreciation of what
Tighe's men have achieved, has
been confined to Rock Island and
there has been no demonstration
that would be offensive to Daven-
port
There has been none of the rub
bling of it in process on the part
of Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-08
Dubuque Threatens Rally in the
Ninth, but Lakaff Is Sent
to the Rescue.
FIVE PITCHERS PERFORM
Shere-, Jacobsen and Kelly Bring the
Necessary Run for the
Islanders.
GAMES TOMORROW.
Waterloo at Rock Island.
Davenport at Dubuque.
Peoria at Quincy.
Decatur at Danville.
Especial to The ArEus.)


Dubuque, Sept s.-Rock Island vor
the first game by consistent hitting al
the right time The Islanders scored
two in the sixth by singles by Kelly
Snyder, Gonding, Whiteside and Wool
ey. They scored one in the eighth
when Gonding was safe on r. Daring
er's error and scored on Wooley's dou.
BILE. The winning run came in the
ninth when Sherer hit, was sacrificed
tc second, and came home when Kelly
got hit OF Akers, who had just been
put in. Dubuques three runs came in
the eighth when Whiteside walked
three men and Cooper doubled, clear
ing the sacks. The Dubuque boys
made rally in the ninth, but Lakatf
was pat in and held them down.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-08

Stolen bases-Koepping, Collins,
Sours. Two base hits-Ohland,
Bromwich CD, Sours. Three base
hits-Godwin, Wilkes. Struck out
BY FanweIl, 3; by HoIlenbeck, 4.
Bases on balls-Of Fanwell, z; of
Hollenbeck, Z. Umpire-Cusack.
Quincy, Sept. s.-Quincy punched
hits with a pass in the seventh and
won easily, 4 to 2. Roger received
brilliant support in pinches and pull
ed out of several bad holes. Score:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-08
WESTERN LEAGUE.
RESULTS YESTERDAY.
THREE-EYE LEAGUE.

RESULTS YESTERDAY.
THREE-EYE LEAGUE.
Dubuque, 8: Rock Island, 4.
Quincy, 4; Danville, 2.
Davenport, 3; Waterloo. 6.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Chicago, S.; Cincinnati, %.
St Louis, o; Pittsburgh, 8.
New York, 8; Brooklyn, 4.
Boston, 80; Philadelphia, 13-1.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Cleveland, g.; st. Louis, 5.
Washington, 2; New York, s.
Philadelphia, 5; Boston, 1.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
indianapolis, 9; Toledo, 5.
St. Paul, o; Kansas City, 1.
Minneapolis, 3; Milwaukee, 4.
Observation-Disclosures, rain.
WESTERN LEAGUE.
Lincoln, FL: Denver, 0-S.
Topeka, /; Pueblo. 2.
Omaha, 8; Sioux City, Q (13 inn
ings).
Des Moines-St Joseph, rain.
CENTRAL LEAGUE.
Fort Wayne, 4; Newark, 3.
Terre Haute, 8; Wheeling, l.
South Bend, 0-1; GAINESVILLE, IL.
Dayton, o: Grand Rapids, 6.
ILLINOIS-MISSOUR LEAGUE
No games scheduled.
MICHIGAN STATE LEAGUE
Saginaw, 4; Battle Greek, (calleG
In fifth. rain).
Other games postponed, ram.
MISSOURI LEAGUE
Taylorville, Z: Chsmpaign-Urbana,
Clinton, 10; Pekin, o.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-08

home lot tomorrow.
Peoria rested yesterday and gained
half a lap in the race while Quincy de-
feated Danville and now stands one
half a game behind the Speakers.
wooley, Sherer. Kelly and Snyder
each had two bingles in the game yes
terday. It was one Of those ninth inn
ing finishes with the islanders as vic
tors.
Decatur has already disposed OF
three of its best players, and rumor
has it that the remaining nine win
either be sold by draft or outright
sales.
Two former Islanders helped Terre
Haute 10 win yesterday Queisser
twirled the game and held his oppon-
ents to four hits and one run. He
contributed hit and run and Joe Stat
terv contributed a hit and had q clean
bill in the field.
ii
Decatur team has played a mighty diff
ferent quality Of ball, has collapsed aft
er playing on his nerve with Buffalo
for a couple of months. He is now
down with typhoid fever, and will not
play again this season.
Decatur Herald: 1t would cost
money to put the Decatur team in
shape to play the ball it was putting
up at the start of the season. And the
So fans and a kid who were the audi
ence yesterday are no encouragement
toward spending money.
Waterloo now needs but 760 to make
up the $4,000 attendance for the sea-
son, not counting the attendance OF
yesterday. The Booster fans believe
that they will have a ball team next
year and be on the Wellington end or
the Battle of Waterloo.
Pittsburgh, Pa, Sept. S.-First Base
man Fred Hunter, for whom Pitts
burgh turned over to Kansas City
about $4,000 worth of talent, was re-
leased yesterday to the Indianapolis
club of the American association. The
deal is said to be an outright sale,
with nothing but cash consideration
involved.
Umpire Bush, who oficiated in the
Three-Eye league early in the season,
and was later claimed by the Texas
league, has been sold by the latter or
ganization to the National league.
Bush formerly worked in the American
association. He will report to Pres1-
dent Lynch of the National league at
once and be assigned today.
The latest dirge from the Decatur
Herald is as follows:
On the advice of Virg Sanders and
approval of others, Dick Kinsella will
probably arrange to transfer the final
series, Sept. IA, Is, 16, and II to Dan
vile. This will mean that Friday Is
the last day the team will appear at
the Decatur park. They are much more
interested in the scrap over there, and
the 'Commodores would undoubtedly
prove a big drawing card for a series
of seven straight games, as they will
play there the series preceding that
which is to be transferred
Pitcher Joe Willis of Decatur has
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-08

from tomorrow night, the cups and
medals will be presented to the var
ious winners during the season. Sup
per will be served. and following will
be the presentation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-08

Three base hit-Kahl. Struck out
BY Roger, 4; by Hardgrove, 5.
Bases on balls-on Roger, 4: on
Hardgrove, 6. Umpire-wright.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-08
BOOSTERS DOWN
PR0DIGAt CREW
Hollenbeck Is Hit Hard, but
Proves Effective in Tight
Places.
FANWELL AGAIN VICTIM
Wad1ops Are Bunched on Imported
Phenom-Quincy Takes One
From Danyille.

Davenport, Sept. s.-Hollenbeck
was hit hard, but was effective in the
pinches and Waterloo won, to 8.
The hitting of Bromwich and Ohland
and Ohland's fielding featured.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-08
PROHIB PAPER SUSPENDS

Fails After Attack Upon Official of
Political Organization.
Chicago, Sept. S.-The National
Prohibitionist, weekly publication
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-08

Stolen bases - Plass, FreeT. Two
base hits-Wooley, Cooper. Struck out
BY Fosberg. 5; by Whiteside. 4.
Bases on balls-Of Fosberg, 2; off
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-08
Just Once More,

New York, Sept s.-Au grades of
refined sugar advanced 10 cents q
today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-08

been drafted by the st. Louis National,
the draft price being $3.50. Last sea-
son, he was drafted by the St Louis
Americans, but was returned. He is
completing his second year in profess
sional ball, with 81 victories out of 80
completed games. Pitcher Schroeder
of the same club will probably be
drafted by the Cardinals or Cubs, as
both teams are dickering now On a
price.
Cincinnati, Sept. S.-Chairman Herr
mann of the national baseball commits
| sion. when apprised of the action TAX
en- by the American association in
withdrawing its requests for greater
privileges, said: THAT is good news,
although l expected some such action
would be taken. l have no doubt now
but that the American association will
send an official communication to the
national commission, making more
reasonable requests, and | feel sure
that we will be able to grant some Of
them. look for immediate peace and
harmony in organized baseball, and
that affairs of the baseball world will
move as smoothly as heretofore" Mr.
Hermann did not Know what the mod
flied requests which he expects the
American association to make will be.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-08
Baseball Boiled Down

Rock Island will be back on the
home lot tomorrow.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-08

Whiteside, 5. Umpires-Eckman and
Connolly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-08

wooley, Sherer. Kelly and Snyder
each had two bingles in the game yes
terday. 1t was one Of those ninth inn
ing finishes with the islanders as vic
tors.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-08

StC IeD bases-DOWIing, BAH, SUI
Ivan, Hill. Two base hits--Ball,
Hill, Roger, Myers, baylor, Bowling.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-08

Peoria rested yesterday and gained
half a lap in the race while Quincy de-
feated Danville and now stands one
half a game behind the Speakers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-08

Decatur has already disposed o.
three of its best players, and rumol
has it that the remaining nine viii
either be sold by draft or outright
sales.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-08

Pittsburgh, Pa, Sept S.-First Base
man Fred Hunter, for whom Pitts
burgh turned over to Kansas City
about $4,000 worth of talent, was re
leased yesterday to the Indianapolis
club of the American association. The
deal is said to be an outright sale
with nothing but cash consideration
involved.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-08

Two former Islanders helped Tere
Haute 10 win yesterday Queisser
twirled the game and held his oppon-
ents to four hits and one run. He
contributed hit and run and Joe Stat
terry contributed hit and had a clean
bill in the field.
The Washington times., 1911-09-29
.GL|DBEN TOURISTS
TO HAVE SPLENDID
MAP OF THE ROUTE
Efforts Of Samuel M. Butler
To Make Event A
Success.
By HARRY WARD.

The success OF the Glidden Tour,
which will start from New York. oc-
tober II. and end in Jacksonville, Fla.
eleven days later, depends largely on
the work Of Samuel NJ. Butler. chair
man Of the contest board Of the AM
erican Automobile Association. He is
spariDg no efforts to make this years s
renewal OF the classic Glidden. the talk
OF the motoring world, and the fact
that the entry list has reached record
proportions several days before the en-
try box is closed, shows how success
full he has been.
Chairman Butler is not new In the
automobile world. He has been con-
nected with automobile clubs and as
sociations from the early days, and is
now serving his second term as head
Of the contest board OF the three AS.
which governs automobile sports.
Participants In the tour will have the
advantage Of the most graphic road d.
rections ever prepared for a reliab bility
contest. A. L. Westgard, official PILOT
of the tour. divided the entire route he
covered in the Flanders 'aG'' into strips
of about forty miles each. and made
Of each strip a road map showing ev-
cry crossing. bridge. ford. or other
The Washington times., 1911-09-29
WOULD GIVE TAFT
ANOTHER CHANCE
Illinois Farmers Are Inclined To Think President Should
Be Given More Time To Strengthen His
Case Before Them

ion along this line. Over at the Ed
warisvtlle car there was group which
turned out to he[I'ssrgely composed OF
Taft do something for the people, said
one of the rural travellers. Here 1t is
pretty near the end Of his term and the
tariff is still In the air. Taft admits tar
IN reduction would make living cheaper,
afe asar.!i that's is. what s,n the people wSns
doesn't gel this tariff business settled
the people will give the Democrats a
Says Give Him Another Chance.
A Nashville. H.. farmer said he was
at the Coliseum meeting Saturday
night, and had liked the Presidents
argument in defense of the tariff
board.
"A good many folks out my way
think the big Eastern business men
have too much to do with running the
Government he said. "But I don't
know as 1t would be any different with
the Democrats. think the President
ought not to be judged now. Give him
a chance. The next year may change
things a good deal"
Here in East st. Louis opinion is
pretty well divided, although the indi-
cations are that a majority of those
Republicans who were for Taft in 1903
are still loyal. The business men are
almost unanimously favorable, but
there evidently is discomfort among
the workngmen.
The Republican party is all shot to
pieces in illinois," said a real estate
man, who is a local Republican leader.
But the Democrats are just about as
bad off. This Lorimer muss has hurt
both parties. Everybody in this Sec
tion knows that Lorimer's seat was
bought. Most Of the Democrats who
confessed to getting the money come
from this part Of the State. Seems TO
me as IL people are sort of losing faith
in both parties. Taft is well liked here,
but there's no telling whether we'll be
able TO carry Illinois for him with
things going the way they are"
The Washington times., 1911-09-29
FOR CLARK,
. DENIES HE NOW IS
GROOMING HIMSELF
Editor Makes Plain His
Stand AS To Democratic
Presidential Nominee.

NEW YORK. Sept. 29.-Putting a
quietus on :he report that, he mas been
grooming himself TO enact the dark
kcrse role at the next Democratic ma
tIonal convention, William r. Hearst.
who returned from Europe last night on
the Mauretania, today made the first
public announcement of his personal at
titude toward the coming campaign, by
indorsing Champ Clark for the nomina-
non. Mr.. Hearst dictated the follow
ing statement:
az consider Champ Clark an able and
representative Democrat and power
ful and .incefe advocate of the Demo-
cratic principles that I have long sup
po,ted. / always have been a Demo-
crat when the Democratic party de-
clared for Democratic principles, and
nominated genuine Democrats as candi-
dates. l am disposed to support Mr..
Clark for President
.'I do not consider The fact that he Is
a Southerner In any way an argument
AGAINST his nomination. Sectional feel
ing has long been dead in the United
states and the country could give no
better proof Of the complete disappear
ence of sectional feeling than by uomi-
mating a Southerner for the Presidency.
..I do not think that the South has
recefyed sufficient consideration at the
hands of Demacratic conventions, con-
sidering the loyalty and genuineness OF
its Democracy and The ability Of its
representatives"
How about Your own possible can
didacy?' Hearst was asked.
81 have said that I favor Champ
ClaTk's nomination. he replied. Il
cannot be for Mr.. Clark and for myself
as we'll"
The Washington times., 1911-09-29

landmark. including grades. road sur
faces and other information. This data
will be available for each tourist. The
graphic nature OF the strip map sys-
TEN will make the highway an open
book even TO those who have never
Travelled IT,
George Mcbride, our dandy baseball
captain, has succumbed to the auto
mobile fever, and has placed an order
with w. p. Barnhart & Co. for
an Everitt "30' touring car. The car
win be delivered to him shortly after
the close Of the baseball season. and
Captain Mcbride is now gathering road
information for eome little tours he. in
tends tc make.
while predictions are generally con-
sfdered premature, I believe it is safe
to make the assertion, that 1912 will go
down In motor car history as showing
a wonderful increase in the sale of cars
10 the small towns and farming dis-
tricts," said George w. Bennett. gen.
eral sales marager Of the WillyE- Over
land Company. while there Will not
be a decrease In buying in the large
cities, there Is no denying tnat the
largest percentage of increase will be
in the less thickly populated sections"
There is no test of an automobile 50
trying as a long, hard pull through
deep sand. A trial of this kind not
only thoroughly demonstrates the pow
er of engine and Transmission. but
shows cooling efficiency. and the
Gluten. w. P. Barnhart, who has Just
been appointed agent for the Evefitt.
points out that every Everitt chassis Is
driven through the deep Michigan sands
before II Is passed by the INSPECTOR
The Washington times., 1911-09-29

The Chicago Tribune. I'm an en-
deavor to analyze the impression
that President Taft is making on the
communities he visits, and In which
he speaks, has detailed a special
correspondent to follow in the wake
of Mr.. Taft's speechmaking tour and
interview representatives Of various
classes as to the effect on the public
mind of his presence and utterances.
1t is the aim that these dispatches
shall be absolutely unbiased, and
they are prepared from and based
upon indiscriminate interviews.
The Times leproduces the dispatch
from East st. Louis, written after the
citizens had returned from st. Louis,
where they had heard Mr.. Taft
speak.
The Washington times., 1911-09-29
Threat At Suicide
Was Only A Hoax

I'm going to blow up" said man
who called Robert Sroufe, District sani-
tary officer, on the telephone this morn
ing
what. do you mean?" inquired
Sroufe. .. '@'
you know what I mean. Blow up
with a bullet, and end it all They say
I'm 'nutty,' and as you have charge of
all the crazy people in Washington,
thought I'd tell you so you could he
right on the job"
The informer gave the mama ard ad
dress Of a well-to-do merchant, and
Sroufe Immediately recalled the case CT
a man who in another city, called his
wife on the telephone the ether day and
Informed her he was going TO kill him
self just few minutes before he COM
nitted suicide.
Sroufe ha1 a policeman from the
nearest station house sent around TO
the address given him. He wanted to
save tine mans life If possible. But the
policeman was too late. Going to a
telephone, he called up che sanitary
officer.
II found the man all right" he said,
but he was dead when l got there.
dead drunk
Needless to say, SToufe gave a s:Ih
of relief when re heerd the last word
of the message.
The Washington times., 1911-09-29
Effect Of Reciprocity.

EAST ST. LOUIS, ILL.,, Sept 81
What effect will the failure of Cana
dian reciprocity have upon the re-
election of President Taft next year?
That is the question which is being
asked frequently in the wake Of the
West. At is a question that has not
adequately been answered in any of
the cities which the President has visit
ed so Iar, and altogether it seems to
as yet from the purely speculative
stage.
The question will be decided In the
main by the farmers of the country, II
one may Judge from a comparison Of
the views of urban and rural residents.
man favored reciprocity, while the
chief opposition came from the farm
ers and allied agricultural interests.
In the cities through which the Tri-
Presidential party UP to date there is
no strong feeling on the outcome of
the Canadian election, although a gen.
eral disappointment is apparent. Few
of the city dwellers interviewed have
criticised the President for his advo-
cacy of reciprocity, and few seem to
believe that the result of the Canadian
election will injure his political future
to any appreciable extent.
Farmers Not All Hostile.
The Tribune representative sought to
obtain an answer to the question from
farmers ard residents of rural COM
munities in this section of Illinois The
result of the canvass indicates that the
President is strong in the south part
of the State and that the opposition to
reciprocity among the farmers was
those who were against the pact are
not likely to vote against Taft for that
reason.
There is less insurgent sentiment
among Republicans in this territory
than in the north half of the State, ana
party regularity is successfully invoked
TO overcome local opposition
Among the thousands VINO had made
the journey to see the Pres dent there
appeared to be about ten Republicans
to one Democrat, so-that II didn't take
long to discover the general opinion OF
Mr.. Taft on the part of the voters of
his own party in this section.
THE laboring people are against him,
though" said Belleville tinsmith. He
won't get as many votes in Eelleville
as he did in 1908. There's too much
Wall Street in the Administr ration"
The next man, farmer, said he never
thought reciprocity would hurt agricul-
tural interests.
But l did thirk," he added, that the
treaty was unfair-it didn't take the
protection off the manufacturers SO
much as the farmers. / haven't made
up my mind on Taft l want to see
what he does on the tariff at the next
session Of Congress"
BelleVille eXpressman said he voted |
for Taft, but would not again.
"AIn't II costing more 20 live every |
day he's in Officer" he demanded. "Ev- |
erybody says the trusts are doing it, and |
what's a President for If be ein't to |
bust the truSts?" |
TIE next man Isas another farmer. |
who said he was against reciprocity.
Taft is all right" he said, except on |
He admits he has made |
mistakes, and l guess he means that |
was cne Of chem. Well, he'll know better |
than to do it again.
There were more expressions of opin- |