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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-13
Hunor and
Philosophy
CHANGE OF SCENE.

IT used to be that men would wait
l Until their ship came in
Now at suggestions Of the sort
They only sit and grin.
Seafaring tales do not amuse
In these degenerate days.
The average man Is waiting round
Until his gold mine pays.
Once captains ranged the Spanish main
Or sailed to far Cathsy
And brought back wealth enough to Ill
A good sized four horse dray.
There was some sense In waiting then
Until ones feet got wet,
But now a gold mine that will pay
Appears a better bet.
The modern steamship might arrive
A thousand times or more
And never give the common man
A dollar from it's store,
But tucked away In some small box
Or In his pocket loose
He has a bunch OF mining stock
That some day may produce.
Gold mining stock-oh, that's the stun,
II you should care to bet,
On which the hopes Of modern man
Are resolutely setl
1t never does produce q cent,
But hope eternal springs
That some day riches, flying swift.
May come to him on wings.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-13

Two months later she received this
answer:
Enclosed is the complete costume
worn by native women. Ny wife
awaits further word from you before
adopting it,
The native dress consisted of a
piece Of woven straw, two inches
wide and eight inches long.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-13
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

Don't worry over what the other fell
low wastes. 1t isn't up to you.
The reason why It is so hard for
some people to do right is because 1t
is so difficult for them to want to.
There is nothing quite so miserably
wretched as a wornout fad that still
strives to keep the pace.
When a man gets knocked out a few
times he isn't so keen to butt in as
formerly.
Isn't it peculiar that the stentorian
calls of duty are not so easily heard
as the small voice of pleasure?
Blessed are those who are often dis
appointed, for they are rapidly be
coming immune.
II you wish to be thought to have q
certain quality praise 1T in others.
The woman who is inclined to say
nothing will generally find her hus
band willing to listen while she fol
lows her inclination.
The man who is content to remain
where he is recedes slowly, it may be
but none the less surely.
The woman who does exactly as sh
p1eases is seldom pleased 9Th VIVA
she does
Have you a weak throat? II so, yoI
cannot be too careful. You canno
begin treatment too early. Each coll
makes you more liable to another an
the last is always the harder to cure
II you will take Chamberlain's Coug
Remedy at the outset you will b
saved much trouble. Sold by all drug
gists,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-13

Tit For Tat.
"These cakes, my dear, aren't as
good as those mother used to make"
Aren't they?"
mot by long shot"
you didn't really expect them to
be, did your"
1T don't see why 1 shouldn't expect
them to be-"
"Well. the checks you give me aren't
nearly so big as the checks that father
used to draw for me-"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-13

Philander Knox. whom Andrew Car
negie said under oath he had appoint
ed attorney general in President Nc
Kinley's cabinet, is the same states
man who is now at the head of Presi-
dent Tafts cabinet, the one appoint
ment that the president insisted upon,
even though a question arose as to
his eligibility. that was compromised
by Knox serving for under-pay.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-13

When It is considered that the
American people declined to break
precedent by according to the great
est OF their military heroes a third
term in the presidency, the presump-
ton OF the four fiusher from Lobster
Bay becomes absolutely appalling.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-13

tors are enthusiastic over the pros
poets of realizing upon their invest
ment and entertain complete conf
dence in the Legitimacy of the propo-
sition.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-13

meeting quieted down Whitaker and
his wife told of the progress made in
obtaining possession and of their in
tentions to go to England shortly to
push their claims. All of the inYes-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-13

The Reason.
Don't get Brown started on that
subject"
"Why"
Hell talk an hour If you do"
"Does he know so much about it,"
"No; he knows so little about it."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-13

And now comes a scientist to tell
us I've was not a beautiful woman.
She certainly was the most beautiful
oil her time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-13

Signs of spring. Telegraph report
that Missouri peach crop has been In
jured By cold weather.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-13

What has become OF the man who
used TO wear a folded newspaper I'M
der his vest in cold weather?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-13

Two weeks OF below zero weather
proves Rock Island isn't in the bsna-
ma belt.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-13

Carnegie says the day of competi-
ton has passed. Combination was
too much for competition.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-13

Thoughts Of the old swimmin' hole
do not make the weather any milder.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-13

Since cold weather doesn't kill
germs, what's It good for. anyway?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-13

For real low down weather. wouldn't
January give you q frost?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-13
He Got His,

He Got His.
"Johnnie was awfully pert"
"Wasf"
"Yes."
"What is he now?'
expert"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-13

I'D like to get Job as bill col
lector."
Think you'd like to work."
mot specially; but, viewing 1t from
that side of the game for awhile, I
ought to be able to get on to all OF the
tricks Of lodging"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-13
HEART and
HOME >.
PROBLEMS


eff you know how a man spends
his spare time, you can read his
character and outline his future"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-13

Isn't this the sort OF weather to In
spire the leap year girl?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-13
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and weekly at 1894
Second avenue. Rock Island. Ill len
tered at the postofnce as second-class
matter.l
Rock Island Member OF TIE Associated
Presa.
BY THE J. w. POTTER CO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-13
Reconsiders.

Reconsiders.
The cost of living is so high,
The quality so low,
That when a person goes to buy
The wise one doesn't go.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-13

A Woman's Observation.
men are SO silly"
"But why notice it'll"
"Every time one gets new hat he
plumes himself as much as If he had
got a new set of brains by his own
election"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-13

Rome.-The appointment of Mgr
Boggiani, bishop of Adria, as apos-
tolic delegate to Mexico has been
confirmed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-13
Jan. Is in American
History

1493-First battle between white men
and American Indians; incident Of
Columbus settlement in Hispa-
niola.
called Quakers, died; born 1924.
190S-Rhoades Opera House disaster at
Boyerstown, Pa; 173 deaths caused
by fire and panic.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-13
CIassed.

"He said she is a regular poem. Do
you agreeT
Hardly"
"What would you call herT
IAN extravaganza"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-13
TERMs.-Daily. 10 cents per we,

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Weekly. 81 per year In advance.
Complaints OF delivery service should
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authority In the premises.
All communications Of s-gumentative
character. political or religious, must
have real name attached for pubnca-
ton No such articles will be printed
over fictitious signatures.
Telephones In all departments. Central
Union. West 145 and 114s; Union Elec-
trio. 5145.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-07
BOXING
Late News and Views

r. O. Browns manager is in receipt Of
an offer from Promoter Tom O'Day for
Knockout to fight twenty rounds with
WINE Kchle on the coast June 20,
Manager Billy Gibson. of the Garden
A. {. New York, plans to bold popular
local boys chance in the hopes Of de
veloping a headliner fer the winter
Jake Abel is training hard for his ten
round fight with Joe Thomas in New or
leans next Monday night.
Pittsburg, boxing fans are in an uproar
because Ad Wolgast failed to carry out
his scheduled sixround bout with Phi
Brock.
Johnnie Greedy and Young Herman will
box in Indianapolis June IA
Reports from Australia say Hugh Nc
Intosh, who has been promoting matches
in Europe for some time. viii come to
America and build one of the largest and
most up o-date boxing stadiums in this
country
Harry Donahue and Steve Ketchel will
box ten rounds in. Peoria June H.
Soldier Elder and Charley Miller went
ten rounds to a draw in San Francisco a
few night sago. Elder is the moving pic
ture man who expressed his desire for a
match with Jack Johnson
1t will be but short time before Abe
Attel will quit training and leave Billy
Nolan's ranch for San Francisco, where
he will probably try himself out by box
ing several third raters.
Phil Harrison will box an unknown at
GAINESVILLE the last of this month Harri-
son has been winning steadily and big
things are expected of him.
Because he is built just a little too
heavy for a lightweight It is probs BILE
that Packey Mcfarland will go through
his pugilistic career without ever being
a champ. II Packey was as strong at
1873 as he Is at las pounds ringside he
would he undisputed champ
Walter Brooks is scheduled to meet
Mike Malta in New York tomorrow night
Ad Wolgast win start training in one
week for his July match with Mexican
Joe Rivers Adolph says he will engage
in no more short bouts before he meets
Rivers
Jimmy Johnson owen Morans man
ager, should have been a press agent in
stead OF manager When listening to
Johnson spring some OF Moran's history
one would think the Britain was sundis-
puted champion OF the world
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-07
By Percy H. Whiting.

IF Atlanta had leisure class. it
would lead the South at amateur
sports.
It is the fact that everybody in
Atlanta is working for living that
accounts for the commercial SUI
premacy and the athletic subordi-
macy "a fine world just found it)
Of the Gate City.
Atlanta has never had but one
golfer who could win a champion
ship. G. Byrd. 1t now has three
others-Georg W Adair, w R.
Tichenor and H. G. Scott-who can
hold their own with the best.
Compare this with New orleans.
That burg has won FIVE out of the
last ten Southern golf champion
ships. It has two men out of four
in the semi finals being played now
at Chattanooga. Five years out
of the last eleven, New Orleans
players have won the low score
medal. Four out of the last seven
team matches have been won by
New Orleans golfers.
Yet 1t is doubtful if New Or
leans. for all its size, has half as
many golfers. as Atlanta, and al
though it has brace of courses,
the two of them rolled together do
not even family compare with the
East Lake course of the Atlanta
Athletic club.
What New Orleans has, how
ever. is leisure class Its play
ers have more time for golf than
do those ofsAtlanta Nelson Whit
ney, twice champion and now in
the semi finals of the present tour
nament, is young man Of immense
means, who doesn't have to do any
thing but golf unless he wants to.
Leigh Carroll, another champion
from New Orleans. is banker of
large means. and plays just when
ever he wants to. as his business is
not allowed to interfere.
When Lawrence Eustis won his
three low score medals in a row
he was doing nothing but play
golf AS soon as he went into bus
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-07
GREAT FIELD OF OIL MPlC
CANDIDATES IN TRY0UTS

BOSTON. June 1.-THE greatest ag
gregation of athletes that ever met up
on an athletic field will strip for action
in the Harvard stadium tomorrow aft
ernoon for the Eastern Olympic try
outs. The individual entry list totals
1873 of the foremost opponents of speed.
endurance and strength of the East,
These runners jumpers and weight
throwers will compete in eighteen
events, and although the games start
promptly at o'clock. it probably will
take at least four hours to decide win
ners in all of the events. although the
try out committee says the last compe-
tition will be over at S o'clock.
All the races will be over courses
measured by the metric system. The
jumps and the weight events, however.
will be measured in feet and inches, and
all the timing will be by minutes, sec
onds and ffths.
So many star athletes have entered
for the 400 800 and 1550- meter runs
that the committee has decided to have
two sets of timers. One group will be
stationed at the finish of the sched-
uled runs, while the second set will
take the tipses at the regular American
distance
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-07

mess he went out of golf The same
was true of Albert Schwartz. Just
after he won the first champion
ship he went into business for him
self and didn't show up in a tour
nament outside of New Orleans for
ten years. AS soon as he left the
leisure class he dropped back as a
golfer.
The older men of Atlanta. who
are beginning to take 1t easy,
haven't made enough progress in
golf to be dangerous. The younger
men are too busy to devote time
to the game. The consequence is
that the only Albanian who has won
championship Is a man IN the
sporting goods business, who can
combine business and pleasure in
playing golf
n ONDITIONS exactly similar OBJ
tain in tennis, with a slight va
ration. Atlanta has had for many
years two players who by sheer
natural ability were able to stay at
the top of the Southern heap. even
if they didn't take time to play
much These two are DIR. Nat
Thornton and Bryan M. Grant
These men have so much tennis in
them that they can play a good
game with little or no practice.
If this hadn't been true. Atlanta
would not have been heard from in
tennis championships, despite the
fact that it has a few excellent
players who can make 1t interest
ing for the best in any tournament
There is small doubt but that if
On. Thornton gave as much atten-
ton to tennis as do some of the
country's great players he would
have ranked with the first five or
six. perhaps better
Atlanta's tennis supremacy Is
soon to be swept away-unless
something is done. The famous
Grant Thornton team is playing
less and less tennis: and (be it
family whispered) is getting along
in years No new players have yet
shown who compare with them.
For another thing, the Southern
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-07
Lack Of Leisure Keeps Atlanta Back in Amateur Sports
HOPE OF CITY IS IN KID ATHLETES OF TODAY

championship, which has been held
for years In Atlanta, will 60 to New
Orleans next July. OF course, It
probably will come back to At
lanta the following July. But At
lanta's monopoly has been smash
ed Perhaps this will result in in
creased interest. Perhaps it will
serve to wake up Atlanta players.
But anyhow, from now on Atlanta
will have to hustle for its position
in the Southern tennis world.
THE hope of Atlanta in golf and
tennis lies with the younger
generation. For years the blame
for the slow development of golf
and tennis lay with the Atlanta
Athletic club. 1t did not encour-
age junior players.
Now. 1t is a sad fact that you can
seldom make great tennis or golf
players unless you take EN-
young Walter Travis, it is true,
learned golf well after he had at
tanned his majority. and a few
players have learned to perform
with the racquet after they were
grown. But a. good 80 per cent of
the star players in the country
learned as kids.
Some youngsters who promise to
be stars are coming along in Al
lanta now The wonder of them all
happens to be a girl. Miss Alexa
Stirling. the greatest golfer of her
age male or female. in all the
South. But there are a lot Of boys.
just getting into their teens. who
have been handling golf clubs and
tennis racquets since they were
tots. Five or ten years from now
they will be battling to uphold the
honor and glory of Atlanta in sec
tional and perhaps national events.
In this younger generation will be
many, perhaps, who will be in the
leisure class-or, at least. in the
semi-leisure class. For it will take
several generations to work out Of
Atlantans that spirit of hustle that
has made the city great in business
and weak In amateur athletics.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-07
No More Bouts Allowed Garages Gasoline Tanks
CHIEF CUMMINGS FINDS GATE CITY CLUB FIRE TRAP

which he could never get out unless
he received aid
At present the platform at the
end Of the fire escape is covered
with empty barrels What fine
chance a man would have trying to
save himself by this exit! Just
about as much as though he fell
from an airship 10000 feet up
Also the stairs. if they could
possibly be wide enough to let
fire stricken crowd out in time,
bring right up at the gasoline tank.
So to leave the club rooms above
by the stairs would only bring the
crowd right into the very heart and
nit of the flames
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-07
BASEBALL
Diamond News and Gossip

! cal device to spread canvas over his ball
park and t. take i of again.
Charley Frank may get Bill Linisav
and George stone from Portland Greg,
though what he wants with them If they
are not good enough for Portland is hard
10 determine
Folks are sim poking fun at Hal Chase
, to be made follows With runners on
tirst and second, the batter hunts The
ball and snaps il to third II is said to
he a fine play, except that nobody is
ever put out on i
Heinle Pietz gave up his coaching du
ties with the Reds long enough TO scout
q bit through the South, O'Day is look
ing for more pitchers from the South.
preferably another Benton.
Bill Phelon is author Of the statement
tnat Joe McGinnlty is awfully good TO his
Most OF his family work at the New
ark ball yard, says Bill One brother
Is assistant manager, another is secre-
tar{ nephew is on the main gate, sew
eral nrst cousins are ushers and park 20
llcemen. Joe's second cousins help the
ground keeper, and one lad who claims
TO he distant relative, has been given a
to6 manicuring the street in front OF the
hall park
The Rocky Mountain league will be lucky
70 last until July 4 In fact, il is wab-
| bling violently now that everybody is
trying to get from under
Balls batted outside the Brooklyn park
has been the time honored custom.
/ President Ebbets SAYS he will prosecute
every hoy and man who tries to make
away with one Of his basebslis
We note in the United States league
that Ed Goes goes Sc. long, Ed.
Umpire spencer in a recent Pel<in-
vigorously that he dislocated his arm
KID Flberfeld, who put up such q blum
about getting $500 week or nothing
! from Chattanooga, has quit with Nil
waukee He couldn't get in shape and
i alone remain intact
/ Bob Harmon Is ineffective this year and
/ the theory Of Bresnahan as TO the cause
is that Harmon doesn't use his fast ban
1 often enough Too many curves have
! ruined his record
Ed Honey is putting up an awful veil
/ because the fences at the Polo grounds
are painted yellow He claims he can t
/ see thrown ball until it gets right to
/ him
The Cards have new pitcher Roland
/ Howell, from Baton Rouge college His
shoulders are said to be broader than
/ Harmon s., which is unoanny broad.
George stovall has been appointed
/ manager Of the Browns 10 succeed Bobby
/ Wallace, SAYS / c Davis We con
graduate them both.
rrtsburs alleges 70 hear a rumor that
4 TOMMY Leach soon succeed Fra nix
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-07
MCFARLAND BATTERS HIS
MAN UP AND COPS STEP IN

MUSKEGON. MICH. June Pack
ey MscFarlapd practically knocked out
Frank Brennan. who claims the welter-
weight championship Of Canada. in the
fourth round ~ scheduled ten round
bout here
MacFarland took matters easy i'm the
first three rounds. but Went after Bren-
nan in the fourth knocking him down
twice the second time for the count Of
nine Before MacFarland could get IN
The finishing blow the police stopped
the night.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-07

A few months ago Boston city
fathers closed UP the big boxing
club in the Hub because they held
bouts in the same building with a
garage The club had bona fide
membership, the elite and richest of
Cape Gods society being honorary
officers, yet this place was closed
simply because a garage was in the
same building
Chief Cummings move is un-
doubtedly a wise one The boxing
game in the state. and probably all
over the country, would get a de-
cidedly black eve if fire ever broke
out at the Gate City Athletic
club, for the fans would have no
chance OF escaping.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-07
LAJOIE WALLOPS F0RD'S
"WASTE BALLS" FOR HITS

CLEvELA ND, June THAT Larry
Lajoie is still a dangerous hitter was
never demonstrated more wildly than
yesterday when he made a single and a
double hitting waste balls"
The brainy Russ Ford was working
for the Yanks against the Maps and
was being hit hard. In an effort to
save himself he twice tried to walk
Laioie The big F'renchman refused to
take bases on balls. however. Twice he
stepped acrossk the plate and damned
into high ones for safe hits.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-07
YANKEE ATHLETES MAY
PERFORM IN FRANCE

PARIS, June 7.-Feeling certain that
the American team Of athletes will car
ry of the honors at the coming Olympic
games at Stockholm a movement was
set on foot here today to have them
Iemain in Europe for short time to
give exhibitions
Already Americans in France are ar
ranging dates for monster meeting in
Paris when the Americans win be
given a chance to meet the best OF the
French athletes soon after the Olympic
games
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-07
ROWAN. FORMER CRACKER,
GOES TO DENVER CLUB

Pitcher Jack Rowan, former Crack
err, who has been UP to the big leagues
and back again about a s often as any
living man, was turned over yesterday
by Louisville to Denver and seems to
be out of the big show for good.
Rowan was turned over to Louisville
by the Cubs, who got him from Cincin-
natl He was once the property of De-
troit, and it was from the Tigers that
the Atlanta club secured him.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-07
W0LGAST, NOT ATTELL.
WILL MEET J. RIVERS

Los ANGELES. June I'D VOL
CAST will be in the ring July 4 to fight
his own battle with Joe Rivers" said
Manager Tom McCarey. of the Corona
Athletic club, when asked as to the
truthfulness of a report that Abe At
tell was to he substituted for Wolgast.
The rumor had It that WolEast was in
no condition 10 fight