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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-05
The Genial Cynic
BY CHARLES GRANT MILLER
TWO LIVES FOR IS CENTS.
BY CHARLES OR

quarreed Is
protest calling them fools llen
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-05

Wednesday, March 5, 1918.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-05

~ THE J. w. POTTER CO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-05

and a department of edu-
cation at Washington with a secretary
in the cabinet
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-22
Mediocre Team Can Cop Pennant
Chance Says Dope Is All Upset

NEW YORK, June 21.-Frank
Chance. manager Of the New York
Highlanders, says this is the year an
ordinary ball club can win the pen
nant in the National League.
A team of ordinary hitters. with
ordinary pitchers, with ordinary
thinking, should grab the pennant in
the senior major league organization,
according to the former Cub boss
81 never saw such an upset in the
dope" said Chance.
What is the answer" he was
asked.
There isn't any answer that
know Of" was his reply. Now, look
at the Pirates There was the team
that looked to have a runaway race
in the National 1t looked like a
walkover for Clarke and his men.
They were playing the best ball in
the league AT the close Of the season.
They had the pitchers, the hitters,
the fielders They seemed to have
everything.
Clarke had a smarter ball club
than MCGTaW. He seemed to have
better pitchers. He seemed to have
a better balanced team. The Pirates
seemed to be the class of the league
Yet look where they are.
The Giants haven't been playing
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-22

the kind Of baseball they played
when they won pennants McGraw
has a team that should be beaten
But the Phillies2" it was sug-
gested.
Il don't figure them to win. They
will go along in great shape for a
while. Suddenly some fellow will be
injured. Then another will suffer an
accident Then another and pretty
soon a pitcher will blow. Before you
have realized it, the team will be
down. It's the hard luck team Of the
league.
Il believe those Philies have scar
ed more people and have done less
real damage than any ball club in
the National League"
Who will VIM" he was asked.
Il don't know. If the Cubs had
couple more pitchers and played con-
sstent baseball, they would win If
the Pirates played the game of which
they are capable, they would win If
any team in the league got consistent
pitching and played just ordinary
baseball every day, that team would
win.
1T isn't a knock on the old team.
It's just the peculiar condition which
prevails this year. 1t isn't that the
teams aren't good; it's because they
are cratic
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-22
KELLEY TO CHANGE MAKEUP
OF INDIANAPOLIS TEAM

INDIANAPOLIS, June 21.-'I will
trade or sell every member Of the
club, for ! am going to give Indian
apolls winning ball team" Mike
Kelley, manager Of the indianapolis
club Of the American Association.
last night told friends. According
to Kelley no player, who started the
season with the Indians win be on
the reorganized nine
Already five new players have been
signed and either are on their way
or have arrived. These players are
Tom Downey, infielder. with Balu-
more in the International League:
Phil Redding and Lefty" Willis.
pitchers, from the St Louis Ma
tionals; Jake Gettman, outfielder,
Baltimore International League, and
Jack Flynn, formerly with the St.
Paul American Association Club.
Gettman, Redding and Flynn have
arrived, and the two st. Louis pitch
ers are expected TODAY
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-22
NAPS-RED SOX FEUD HAS
BROKEN LOOSE ONCE AGAIN

PHILADELPHIA, June 21.-The
Nap-Red Sox feud is on again.
In all my baseball career I have
never seen such a raw exhibition as
the tactics used by the Boston team, "
charged Manager Joe Birmingham,
of the Maps speaking of the game
which the Maps won from the Red
SoX. There will have to be a radical
change in their methods before their
next visit to Cleveland, for l do not
propose to let my team be crippled
by rough house tactics. nor are the
Maps the sort of men to submit tame
ly to this sort of thing"
Wood shot one at my bean Just
before he soaked me on the arm, ="
said Lajoie 1T looked to me as if
he was trying to get us"
Boston's players Indignantly de-
MED the charges OF the Cleveland
team, declaring that they played a
clean, fair game throughout"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-22
BleacheriteS Just Regular Folks
Fabled Small Boy Not On the Job

and watched the game without visi-
bic emotion.
HALE way down the slope sat the
widest fan in the sunshine sec
ton. He appeared about fifty-lvc,
his black suit was shiny at knee and
he looked very ike q bookkeeper who
has been hunting trial balances until
Il p. m for the past 50 years, or
ever since he left college as first hon
OF man and started out to make An
drew Carnegie look like a piker He
yelled at everything from a foul tip
TO a triple couversed animatedly with
the first bascmAu about a quarter
Of a mile away and proved his in
tsntion Of getting a full quarters
worth
r HE pess,nist occupied a seat close
down 20 third base and made bit
ter comments on the game as II Is
played nowadays. The peEsinist wore
soiled shirt without q collar, shoes
VOL ventilated at the soles and an
expression Of disgust with the way
the world ways on. His companion
in misery was little man who looked
az though he might have been good
natuTed II he had been given a
chance, but his friend wouldn't let
him.
There amt no real ball players
these days.' quote the pe9siInist, Dor
rowing tobacco, paper and match
from his friend. They're all four
hushers. They make their money
writin' for the papers and going inter
vawdy-ville and they Just play base
ball on the side. Every time I come
TO ball game I swear off from com
In again. ! wouldn't a-been here this
evenin' II I hadn't expected TO meet
a Teller. ] was eXpeCtin' to borrow
a dollar ofrn him"
r HE three small boys had gravl-
tated together 10 a seat as close
to tho arena Of activities as they
could get Each was an expert on
baseball They had the batting av-
erages, pitching records and family
connections Of players past and pres
ent At their tongues tips and dis
COurseed seriously and wisely OF the
wisdom Of Chance, the pugnacity Of
McGraw and the ability OF Mr. Cobb.
OF Georgia There isn't a sporting
editor in the game who knows half
the dope the youthful trio displayed
At the remote end Of the bleachers
sat the colored contingent. so strong.
They made little noise. but there was
a display Of shining teeth whenever
anything happened. The sport writer
recognized a couple Of club walters. a
barber and the manager Of a we'll
known pressing emporium There
wasn't O cornfeld type or a Decatur
Street negro IN the lot. The deni-
zen OF the back alleys doesn't care
TO get az far from a beer as Ponce
DeLeon, and a quarter win buy
coolies OF catfish.
But take It all in all and by the
large or any way you prefer. the
bioachers are just like the grandstand
except for the roof or the absence
thereof You can find Just as much
human nature in the reserved seats
as I'm the sun. And the more one
knocks about the town the more one
learns that folks are Just folks find
them whore you may.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-22
By Left Hook.

THE game was dull and dragging
There hadn't been a real hit in
three innings, the Crackers were
having an easy time and the press
box yawned.
SAY. you fellows Some day I'm
going TO spend an afternoon IN the
bleachers and get a good story" re-
marked the youngest sport writer.
The dean Of the press box reached
for the ice water bucket and took a
deep draught.
so am l. ne returned. Tive been
going to do that some day ever since
Father Chadwick invented the game.
So have the rest Of us But we never
did"
But the new guy thought It over.
anyway. And next day he let a sub
stitute keep score and he went TO sec
what atmosphere and local color the
bleachers could furnish.
T HE hardest part Of the undertak-
ing was TO persuade the bleacher
gate keeper that q pass was all right
The gateman looked at Il IN deep Gu
riosity
First time I've seen one Of them
Newspaper tickets" he remarked
finally. IF it's good, why don't you
90 70 the main gate and get the
shade hey7 Oh, oil right III take
a chance. It's your funeral"
Two surprises awaited the sport
writer who visited the strange terri
tory beyond the shade. One was:
The bleacher crowd Is just ike the
rF M al he
haved.
The other:
The small boy described IN ne fun
ny papers as baseball mad wasn't
there. That IS 70 say. there were only
three Of him And school had been
over g week
The atmosphere was there, in gobs
And Il was torrid. The well-kncwn
June sun was doing itA best to melt
the rosin out Of the pine planks and
batting At IN the effort
The newspaper man took a look
around for the famous fat man who
tucks his handkerchief under his No.
- collar puts his coat under his
arm, fans with his straw hat. and
yells from batter up 10 the last out.
Maybe this WAS his day Off. for no
baseball story ever written omitted
TO describe this well known char
RCter.
There was one gentleman OF abund-
ant avoirdupois down near the rail.
but he kept his coat on, his mouth
Theoretically sealed and seemed more
or less comfortable.
Interviewed as TO his views on base
ball he remarked that Il was his
first visit 10 the game IN recent years
his vocation requiring his services
very closely throughout the summer
months Beyond that he was un-
communicative
Up against the back rail- sat a squad
OF soldiers from Fort Mcpherson.
khad-Clad, coats buttoned> 10 the
throat. caps over eyes. They sprawlei
all across the benches in evident en-
1oyment Of freedom from discipline.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-22
SHELTON AND SHERMAN
TO BATTLE IN MEMPHIS

MEMPHIS, June 21.-Jack Shell
ton is ready for Joe Sherman in the
return battle June 80. In the first
war here last winter, Shelton showed
over the short end of the swatting
after eight rounds Of thrilling pound
ing. Jacks well directed wallops and
ring generalship told on the South
ern biffer and he went down to de-
feat
Shelton has been training for the
Sherman go, and Is confident of ad-
ministering the defeat pill. Taking it
at any old angle, the biff- mix should
be one Of the scrappiest of the sea-
SON Both kids are advocates of the
lively milling stuff and are mighty
shifty ringsters. Sherman has been
working around st. Louis for some
time. The Memphis pride sends
word that he's in top-notCh form and
ready for the st. Louis hammerer
The bout will be staged before the
Memphis, A. c.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-22
YANkS STADIUM
T0SEAT $4,000;
READY FOR 1874

NEW YORK, June 21.-Founda-
lions for the Yankees new baseball
home will soon be laid Frank J.
Farrell, PRESIDENT Of the Greater New
York Baseball Club, will shortly have
in his hands plans for tho building
Of one OF the largest and most com
pletely equipped stadiums in either
Of the big leagues.
The grandstand viii be Of reinforc-
ed concrete and steel, arranged to
seat 26,0CO people, and the field stand
VIII accommodate 5000 more I'm
ike the Polo Grounds, the grandstand
and bleachers will not entirely sur
round the field.
The park viii occupy the entire
plot bounded by Broadway, Two Hun
drcd AM Twenty fifth and Two Hun
Gred and Twenty sixth Streets, and
the New York Central tracks, and the
buildings viii be provided with all the
latest wrinkles invented for the com
fort and amusement Of lovers Of the
national sport.
The Players quarters. which viii
have more luxurious trimmings than
are usually thought necessary for
tossers OF the leather sphere, will be
located under the gTandstands. and
completely fitted up as club rooms,
dressing rooms and locker rooms.
Numerous showers and two separate
plunges viii be provided.
A separate entrance building. three
stories high, WIN contain the offices.
managers department, ticket sellers
booths and turnstiles. The work Of
construction should start soon after
the estimates have been taken for
she foundations OF the entrance build
ing and stands.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-22
CROSS COUNTRY GRIND TO
BE HELD ON NOVEMBER %

NEW YORK, June 21.-The annual
cross country championship race Of
the Intercollegiate Amateur Athletic
Association Of America viii be held
over the Van Cortlandt Park course
in this city Saturday, November %.
The cross-country committee of the
Association has requested Harry
Fisher, graduate athletic director Of
Columbia University, to assume
charge of the general details of the
race and he is already planning to
make the 1913 contest a feature of
the collegiate athletic season.
Team entries are expected from
Harvard. the 1912 winner; Princeton,
Cornell, Yale, Columbia, Brown, Dart
mouth, Syracuse and Massachusetts
Tech. Individual entries from several
Of the western universities are also
likely.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-22
BY Harry II. Gardner.
QUARTERBACK OF HARVARD
FOOTBALL TEAM

II general, q quarterback's business
is to make his team score. In
most Of the large games Of the
last few years, and particularly in
the Harvard games Of this year, this
has come down TO the utilization Of
the kicking game TO the best ad-
vantage-that is, the more expert
enced teams saw that they were IN
able to rush the ball any consid-
cradle distance for a score, and
therefore fenced" for an opening
and then played for q score with the
best card they possessed.
Let us play a few minutes theo-
retically on the Harvard team against
a strong opponent We win consider
that there is no advantage in wind
OF sun to either side and that there
IS plenty Of time
Harvard receives the kick off and
runs 1t to the 20-yard line, out Of
position 10 kick BY "Out Of position
to kick l mean that the team is so
near the side lines that the kick
might slip off the punteTs foot and
go out Of bounds for a small gain,
giving the ball to the other side in
a good position to score, or else the
ball might go diagonaIly across the
field and give an opportunity to the
catcher to make sweeping run back
and put his team in a position dan
gerOus to US.
Position of the Quarterback.
Picture yourself in the quarter
backs position, score 3 to against
you, fourth down, one and a half
yards to go only a fair position for
a drop kick. and only two minutes
to play and you have a situation
similar to one a quarterback has to
meet and decide many, many times.
So much for the generalship, which
IS the result Of concentration and
study Of the most careful kind.
Physically, the quarterback is con-
uected with the rest of the team by
his technique by which I mean such
things as handling the ball and catch
ing punts.
The importance of handling the ball
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-22
RINGSIDE NEWS

Ray Bronson. OF indianapolis. who was
considered one OF the best welterweiRhts
in the business has retired from the
ring He win act as a manager Of a
pugilist in the near future The fighter
whom he has taken under his manage
ment IL Young SaylOr the lightweight
from the Hoosier City.
Jack .Britton has been guaranteed
$1,000 for his 2O-round battle with
Charlie White al New Orleans on univ
4 White is 70 get $1,000 They viii
weigh IN az 1873 pounds four hours be-
fore entering the ring
Joe Mandot rs spending his time in
Los Angeles fishing with James j.
Jeffrfes Mandot expects to resi- unff
the fall, when he viii start another
campaign for the lightweight title
Johnny COulon is to defend his title
against frankie Burns In a 10 round
set-to at Kenosha. wis. on Monday
night This viii be the fourth MEETING
between the pair Coulou rules a 10 to
favorite.
Johnny Dundee VIII make HIS next
fight against Tommy Murphy The
Harlemite has agreed TO take on the
Eastern Wh'riwind July l5
Jack White IS crying FOR another
chance at Dundee The former claims
that he had but one week TO train for
the affair, and is positive he can defeat
his rival Ia another match Tom Nc
Carey may give White a chance later.
Young Shugrue win have q chance TO
prove his real ability on July 4 ON
that date he is scheduled TO exchange
blows with Matty Baldwin. the toigh
Boston lightweight, in a ffteen-rouna
so at New Haven, Conn. Should Shu-
gI7Ie manage TO trim Marty. he VIII
certainly be entitled 10 much considera-
ti0n when an opponent is selected 10
meet the winner OF the Rivers Richie
bout.
Jim Savage, the clever heavyweight.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-22

Is 70 get into action on Monday night.
re ls pulled TO meet Frank Logan In a
l'-fouhd engagement at New Orleans.
The Johnny Knbane-A Abe Atteu match
mas not been closed yet Jim Griffin,
bout, but cannot reach terms win tbe
champion: Kilbane does not expect 10
iake chance with Abe unless he is
guaranteed a neat amount
George Knockout" Brown, the Chi
Caso nlqItGieweiEht, Is anxious to get
on with Dillon or Clabby In n long boIif
me Greek ringman has asked Tom Mo
carey Tor date, and ia willing to meet
either OF the boys on a "winner-take-
all" basis.
KID Williams is to get his much
on July %. McCarey has secured the
signatures OF both boys, so that neither
VIII be able 20 run out
Terry Nelson IS carrying a chip on
his shoulders these days. Terry is sim
Ply plning for match and dares any
Of the star lightweights to meet him in
the padded ring Although Nelson has
heen boxing for seven years he has stul
70 be stopped. lie is one Of the toughest
hsAtWeIEhis IN the game to-day
Ad Wolgast is getting a dose OF his
own medicine from Willie Richie After
Ad defeated Bat Nelson he always man
aged TO steer clear of the fighting Dane.
and now Richie refuses to give Ad a
return 60. Billy Nolan, former man
Richie. Is using this as a good arg
ment IN refusing TO give Wolgast an
other chance
Jimmy Clabby Is one middleweight
VINO Goes not fear Billy Papke. Jimmy
writes that ne win let Paplye come in
at catchweights and box him from six
70 twenty rounds Clabby weighs Int
l6l pounds, while Papke hovers around
the 1866 pound mark
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-22
Quarterback Has Different Task
Gardner Tells Of Vital Points

clearly and quickly cannot be too
greatly emphasized, as the slightest
slip viii spoil the play and a bad
slip may result in giving the oppo-
nents an opportunity to score.
A good instance of this was in the
Dartmouth game Of this year when,
on the first play, a tumble resulted
from this very rea son and gave Dart
mouth the ball in a position very
dangerous to Harvard.
To handle the ball Clearly requires
constant cooperation and practice
with the center, and not a little Of
the quarterback'S time Is spent in
perfecting this play.
The efficiency Of the backfield may
be increased fully Is per cent by
quickness in handling the ball by the
quarterbacks, as nothing slows a back
so much as to have to wait for the
bali.
Must Be Sure TaekIer.
Another very important and essen
tial feature Of quarterback play is
tackllng in the backfield, for when
a runner reaches the quarterback he
is usually the only man who can pre-
vent a touchdown.
This tackling is of the hardest va
riety, as the runner is in a position
~ NhGAtl6b every LIlCh Known 10 d
man carrying the ball, such as change
of speed, reversal" of field, straight
arm, pivot when tackled, and side
stepping.
Catching OF punts is even more i'm
portant than this, in that on a bad
day II is one Of the most unpleasant
Of the quarterback's duties To catch
an ordinary kick, when out Of the
corner Of your eye you can see half
a ton or 50 Of opponents raging down
the field usually none too far away,
is sometimes none too reassuring;
but add to this a high wind and a
blazing sun-and a floating" ball
which wavers from side to side-and
you have a situation which the In
quisitors Of Spain overlooked
Under these circumstances it is
very difficult for a catcher to fool
himself into thinking that he can't
miss the ball. Yet such must be his
state Of mind If he wants to have
even a chance Of catching it.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-22
C0UL0N AND WILLIAMS TO
CLASH ON COAST JUNE 20

LOS ANGELES, Cal. June I'll
Promoter McCarey announced yes
terday that ne has matched Johnny
Coulon. bantamweight champion, and
Kid" Williams. of Baltimore, to
fight twenty rounds at the Vernon
Arena, June 20. for the bantam cham
pionship,
The bout originally was set for
Baltimore, but Coulon called It off
because the Baltimore promoters in
sisted on a Baltimore referee.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-22
WAGNER SWINGS WHEN
PITCHERS ARE IN HOLE

P1TTSBURG, Pa, June 21.-Hans
Wagner IL the only player in the
Pittsburg team who will swing when
the pitcher is in n hole The others
will stand stlll and Took 'em over
after the count is in their favor, with
the result that the chucker has at
least 80 per cent the best OF the ar
gument. The Pirates. this season,
are notorious for their tendency to
wait them out; and there isn't a
pitcher in the National League who
doesn't know this
What Is to hinder batter when
the pitcher is in bad, from swinging
at a good one2 What difference
does it make If the count is and
/ or 3 ond 2? Only one pitch can
he hit and this may as we'll be the
first as the last.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-22
JACK KELLY WILL TRAIN
CAMPI FOR LEOOUX BOUT

LOS ANGELES. CAL, June 21.-
Tim McGrath. manager of Eddie
Campi. has wired Trainer Jack Kelly
TO come here and take charge of
Cumpi's work.
MCGrath realizes that the Frisco
bantam has much at stake in his
bout with LedouN on June "a and
is determined to send him into the
ring in the best shape of his ca
reer.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-22
Bum Wing Appropriate
Name for Chinese Pitcher

a HONOLULU paper announces
a game arranged between the
Twenty fifth Infantry team, which
was recently In Spokane at Fort
Wright, and an aIl-Chinese team
captained by Sammy Hop. A
Frenchman named La Mere IS
slated 70 umpire this Yankee con-
test between the dark and yellow.
The Hawaiian sporting writer
announces the Chinese lineup in
the following fashion: Sammy
Hop, second base, Bum Wing
pitcher: Wun Run, left field; Hop
He'd, shortstop; Hit Long, first
base; HI Fly. right field; Low Hit,
centeTdeld; So Kun, catcher; Sam
Bing, third base.
Baseball appears TO have worked
itself into the family designations
Of the erstwhile heather Chinese.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-22
ENGLISH POLO TEAM WILL
TRY FOR TROPHY AGAIN

NEW YORK, June 21.-That there
win be another challenge for the
Westchester polo cup from England
Is certain, according to the news
floating around Westbury and the
Wheatley Hills to-day. The def may
come for next year. if not then. it
will be made for 1915. for a certainty.
The cup must come back" is a
watChword that has taken hold of the
minds of English polo players and
just now polo has never been SO pop
ular in the old world.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-22
CHANCE SENDS CARLOS
TO MONTREAL BALL CLUB

CHICAGO. ILL.,, June 21.-Carios, the
young local high school pitcher who
was signed by Frank Chance early
this year, received word yesterday
that he had been turned over to Mon
treal, with strings tied to him. He
had the choice of Minneapolis, Louis
vile, Indianapolis and Montreal, and
chose the latter because Kitty Brans-
field is the manager. There are a
number of other former Chicago play
ers on the team. He will leave
June %.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-22
FEOERALs STRENGTHEN.

FIIINHJ RtT, IA, June 21.-El-
mer knetzer, pitcher and holdout Of
the Brooklyn team; Jack Lewis. for
mer second baseman of the Boston
Red SoN, and Tom Murray. St Paul
catcher all Pittsburg boys have sign
ed contracts and viii join the Pitts
burg team of the Federal League at
Lndlanapolis