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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-11-15
Muggsy Wins, but
Fails to Collect

NEW YORK. Nov. Is
IN John ]. McGraw. mana
ger of the Giants, drew an
other king to pair and beat
John A. Benefits three queens
in a poker game in January,
1911, and won the racehorse
owners $1,000. Bennett gave
his check, held up payment.
and later gave a note, but al
lowed it to go to protest.
McGraw sued, but, absent on
his world tour with the Giants,
failed to appear in the city
court yesterday, and the case
was thrown out. McGraw was
charged with the costs, $23.66.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-11-15
Bay|ess Tops SIuggers
Johnston Is Best Seal

The official the players of the Pacific Coast league
Dick Venice with
Portland
the regulars record of 49, and Maggert of Los
geles remarkable So
he batted 42 Johnston the only the local club hit the
ball above 800 players hit for 800 better
Nine OF the dozen be assed regulars Six the II 800 hi
members of the Portland Seals
Venice The
Toffou
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-11-15
NJ T ARL AND
ASKS F Or
$4,000
Yes, He'll Fight Gibbons Here
if Any Promoter Will Guar
antee Fortune
BY EDDIE GEIGER

CHICAGO. Nov. 15.-Packey Nc
Farland is considering a trip into
California to do battle there with
Mike Gibbons. the ST. Paul sensation.
II any coast promoter can show Nc
Farland a $4,000 guarantee he prob
ably can do business with the Chicago
Irishman. Gibbons will want $4,000
at least.
match between Gibbons and Nc
Farland would be a whale. Gibbons
has set the weight for such match
at LA pounds at 3 o'clock the after
noon of the clash. This is satisfac-
tory to Mcfarland. Just why Nc
Farland asks $4,000 for his end he
will not say. He has closed for five
bouts between now and Christmas.
all 10 round affairs, and these bring
him only $500, yet he is willing to
battle these so rounds for less money
than the 20 with Gibbons.
Where is Johnny Coulon? Friends
are fearful that the big storms that
have swept the great lakes and Can
ada may have blown away the little
bantam champion. John has been in
the wilds of Canada for more than
four months. He has been a fair press
agent for himself. but for more than
six days no word has come from his
camp Even kilograms to his recent
addresses fail to bring a response.
STILL WANT COFFROTH
Milwaukees boxing game is in a
badly muddled condition, and the box
ing commission of Wisconsin seems
unable to straighten out the matter.
Financially the game in Milwaukee
has been a failure. Too many clubs
undoubtedly is one reason. Yet the
promoters don't seem abel to get to-
gether. With three organizations
pulling off shows already, a fourth
has bobbed up. The Riverside Ath-
letic club is the newcomer. Something
must break soon.
The newly formed organization
hopes to make ten strike by secur-
ing Jimmy Coffroth as its match
maker. 1t is understood that they will
offer James a straight salary of S15.-
600 to operate their club, or affat per-
ceptage of SO La of their share. 1t is
doubtful whether Conroth Will come.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-11-15
SEASON OPENS APRIL "a

AS it has been decfled by the Amer
lean league to open the championship
season of 1914 on Tuesday, April IA,
the National league will follow suit
and both leagues will open on that
date, which is a compromise between
the ninth and sixteenth, the two dates
which have been talked of previously
to the American league meeting.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-11-15
~MATTYv SPELLS GIANTS

How do you spell Giants?" asks
Blossom Seeley of Rube Marquard in
their vaudeville act.
..M-a-t-t-y." is the response that
usually gets big hand.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-11-15
|HUSK|ES BOX
" VERY TAN|E
BAT Tie
Sodenberg Fails to Get a
Start, While krantz All
But Blows Up

For the first time since he has
been boxing around here. Johnny
sodenberg. the Omaha middle weight.
tossed a bloomer at the Pavilion rink
last evening. The best he got was a
draw with Kid Krantz. the veteran
from Seattle. 1t was a tame fight. for
the reason that Sodenberg seemed to
have lost all his pep, while Krantz
looked to be about through.
Great things were expected Of Sod
enberg after the speedy fights which
he has been making of late, and
therefore the crowd was very much
disappointed after he had gone two
rounds. The man from Omaha ap-
peared to be willing enough, but he
simply could not get started Had he
been able to wade in, there is no
doubt that he would have cleaned his
man handily enough.
Krantz displayed good knowledge
of the game. but let him out He was
not there with the wallop or the
stamina He was all through as early
as the second round. and he simply
stalled by for the balance OF the dis
lance. He looked hog fat, and his
showing last night convinced all the
fans that he is ready for the scrap
heap.
FOX STOPS ZIEMAN
Jimmy Fox. the whirlwind local
feather weight, added another victory
to his long string when he stopped
Bob Zieman of Chicogo in the third
round. The Windy City boxer was
not finished but he was so close to 1t
that Referee Bert Mccullough or
dered the mill ended. and he ruled
correctly, for Zieman did not have a
chance with artful Jimmy.
Fox had lead at all times. He went
right after his man IN determined
manner in the third period and landed
rights and lefts to the jaw at will.
Zieman went to the mat twice and
looked groggy and wobbly when he
came up the last time. Fox was right
on top of him and after putting In
right to the chin, the referee concIud-
ed that Zieman had enough
Eddie Miller sustained his reputa-
ton as the best bantam weight in this
section by putting 1t all over Willie
Mack in four rounds. Willie was game
and willing enough. but the superior
much of handicap. Miller showed
everything save a punch. He could
have slowed his man away had be
been able to drive EN- in fast.
ExPOsITO BEATS SCOTT
Kid Exposito was too strong and
too rugged for Walter Scott. the Mis-
sion boy. and Scott was lucky to last
the limit. Exposito substituted for
Carl Goubatz and seemed to have 1t
on Scott in weight.
frankie Jones danced all around
Joe Stanton. using his left hand to
great advantage and winning as he
pleased. Chicago" Murphy proved
fair sort of fighter and won the
verdict over. Sailor Wilson. Ralph
Grammar stopped Joe Conley in the
fourth and Ray Richardson got the
decision over Joe Bush.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-11-15
BULL OF THE BASEBALL BUG


BY l. w. NELSON
Beneath the spreading chestnut tree
There lay human wreck;
His face was cut and then there
A rope around his neck
His hair was torn, his eyes black,
His bleeding red,
And to all those who passed him by
1t seemed that he dead.
Full many people passed him by
And looked look of scorn-
look that plainly seemed to say
why were you ever born?"
was stranger passing by,
And to the crowd said:
why do you not assist this man?
Perchance, he may be dead"
Beneath the spreading chestnut tree
The riot round me hocked.
"Perchance you were his friend?" they said,
And my path the rabble blocked
Il know him notr' quickly cried
And feared the peoples wrath.
"Ah then pass on" they said to me-
And the leader cleared my path.
Beneath the spreading chestnut tree
They left the form to de-
But could not contented be
Until I'd found out why
He was umpire" was told s
And when the home team lost
The crowd must well appease its wrath,
And the umpire's life it cost!"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-10

He always slept out on the porch. so that
he might breathe germless air;
He kept from eating starchy food and
lived upon the plainest fare;
He wore hygienic underclothes; to please
his wife he scorned cigars
And never would consent to ride in poor
ly ventilated cars.
He never guzzled any kind of stuff con-
tanning alcohol;
He had TO taste for cigarettes and never
used the things at all;
He never jumped on moving trains nor
monkeyed with a rusty gun,
He never ran such risks as nine men out
OF ten men daily run.
He walked according to a rule that ex-
perts had agreed upon,
And In accordance with a rule he'd read
somewhere. his breath was drawn:
But he !s lying meath the sod; it seems
that he somehow forgot
That falling in we'll at night will kill a
man as like as not
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-10
WG0R AT SEVENTY.
Great Works Performed by Men Even
Beyond That Ripe Age.

Great Works Performed by Men Even
Beyond That Ripe Age.
Who talks Of fifty years as the cul-
minatinS point in mans careerg Were
al! the great work performed by men
even beyond seventy erased from his
tory the human race would be bereft
Of some very proud achievements.
Jefferson founded a university By his
own activity after he had passed three
score years and ten. John Quincy Ad-
ans although be had been president
Of the United States and i've times a
foreign minister, wrought as 8 con-
gresham by far his greatest deeds
after be was sixty-fve. His robust
father sat in a constitutional CONVEX
ton when be was almost a homage.
marian. Franklin did valiant service
In helping TO frame the constitution
Of the United States after be had turn
cd serene and contented eighty.
Seventy saw Gladstone so vigorous
that he was still good for the greatest
battle Of lis political life and a pre-
miership.
Germany's first emperor. the vener-
able William. saw Waterloo as a SOL
der, but tifty-five years later was d.
recting armies at Sedan and welding
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-10

your legs ana nands and race, up your
trousers, as If taking your measure
and getting comprehensive views. then
go in peace without raising an alarm.
If, however. a tempting spot is offered
or some suspicious movement excites
him a bite follows And such a bite!
l fancy that a bear or wolf bite is
not TO be compared with IT, A quick
electric fame Of pain flashes along
the outrage nerves. and you discover
for the frst time how great is the ca
pacity for sensa ton you are possessed
of. A shrek. grab for the animal
and a bewildered stare follow this bite
Of bites as one comes back to con.
seriousness from sudden eclipse.
This wonderful electric ant is about
three-fourths of an inch long. Bears
are fond OF II and tear and gnaw
its home logs 10 pieces and roughly
devour the eggs. larvae. parent ants
and the rotten or sound wood Of the
cells. all in one spicy acid hash. The
Digger Indians also are fond Of the
larvae and even of the perfect ants. sc
! have been tod by old mountaineers
They bite of and reject the head and
eat the tickly acid body with keer
relish Thus are the POOR biters bit
ten. like every other bitter. big or little
in the worlds great family. - Johr
Muir in Atlantic.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-10
GOOD SPORT FOR NExr YEAR.

Sir Thomas Lipton's next effort to
lift the Americas cup may not re-
suit in close races. That can never
be determined far in advance. But
~ is certain already that the chal-
lenge of the British baronet for snoth-
er championship Of the world-which
Is really what the struggle for the
famous old trophy imp)ies-wil make
Srgat sport for America in 1914.
Every year that q series Of races
fer the Americas cup has been sailed
;he entire country has shown the
deepest interest in the result. Hun
dreds Of miles from any body Of water
bis enough 10 hold one OF the cham
pion yachts with their deep fin heels,
millions CT men who had no idea Of
ne difference between cutter and
a centcrboard sloop have become
greatly wrought up over the chances
Of their country to beat Great Britain
on the water, e. the game which has
been the especial pride or the British
igies FOR centuries.
II is the international character OF
the struggle thar puts The keen edge
on public interest. and IT, is the spectaC-
u!ar nature Of the races, watched By
great Hoa's Of excursion boats and
held under the very ewes Of the Amer.
lean metropolis. that gives these con.
tests 4 popUls- vogue which is NOT
shared 10y other f0-rq Of tional
competition. All Americans know
. that Great Brital is far in advance
- any other nation in shipping. ard
they sro vol aware 'ha, British
. prcw@ss OF tho son is the dearest
pride Of every good subject Of King
GoC--e Thai IS wiz this country so
delights in outsGilirg the best yachts
that British ski can build
Sir Thomas Upton has put Ameri.
cans heavily in debt 10 him for much
good sport. He will set a great vel.
. come next year with his new chal.
/ lenger for the Americas cup.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-10

II see the Nevada state assembly
has passed a bill making is necessary
for any applicant for divorce to reside
there a wear instead of six months,
the length Of time required under the
old law"
"Ty goodness. that's terrible, isn't
It? One is likely to lose all ones love
for the person one desires to marry
if enc has to wait a year. 1t does
seem as if legislators must lie awake
at night trying to think of new ways
in which they can keep people from
being happy"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-10

similar threat on the part Of Ger
many.
The two allies are on a very diff
ferent footing and in very different
mood today. France, if not aggres-
sive, is certainly prepared for war
while Russia is ready to try conclu-
sions with Austria in the Balkans. The
fact is that Russia has determined
TO stand by her Slavic kin in the Bal
kans, even If war results, and France
will back her ally, in case the allies
OF Austria enter the contest.
This determination after a diplO-
matte struggle Of months has tran
spired within the last fortnight. In
this policy the car has the support
OF the WHOLE Russian people. Such a
war would be deemed holy by all
Russians. II would not be thought a
grand ducal adventure as as the Jap
a1ese war.
The nation will consider no sacri-
fees in the cause of the Slavic Bal.
kans too great.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-10

Of the socially eligible from those only
apparently so: must. in addition. look
ever the many newcomers sent 10 the
capital on the wave of democratic vic
tory: and, withal. hurt no more feel
iEgs in her choice than she possibly
can help
Naturally, much shrewd speculation
has been INDUCED in as to the makeup
Of the social cabinet. and most of the
guesses center around Mrs. Norman z.
Mack, who last spring presided at the
Dolly Madison breakfast; Mrs. John
Sharp Williams whose tastes are
known to be congeuial with those Of
Mrs Wilson: Mrs. Senator O'Gorman
Of New York: Mrs. Champ Clark. wife
Of the speaker of the house Of repre-
seHtati"es and Mrs. William Eilicott
OF Baltimore, whom Mrs. Wilson re-
Gently visited
An entirely new mode of entertain
ment doubtless Will be instituted, who
ever makes up the social cabinet. The
democratic tone set by President
Wilson in his administration doubtless
will find its reflection in social affairs.
/ Then, too, Mrs Wilson makes a great
hobby of her art. and it is possible
that the musical interests set up by
| Mrs. Taft will languish a bit. Truly,
( Washington is to see a social upheav-
/ al of no mean order.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-10

an annie after the fall Of Paris.
John Bigelow at fourscore was mental
ly as virile as a boy, and his powers
as an author were not dimmed.
Frederick LEY was an active bust
hess man. president of a bank and the
national board Of trade since the Span
ish-American war. and yet he was
prominent enough in 1874 to serve on
a committee tnat welcomed to Phila'
delphis Daniel Webster.
Science is making lives longer than
they were in the days of our grand
fathers and also far more comforta bic
The same agency that prOlOngs bodily
vigor will surely lengthen the age OF
mans most viriIe mental labor-Phila
Ielphia Ledger.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-10

Washington, March Io.-To separate
the social sheep from the social goats
that is the arduous task which lies
before Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, new
first lady OF TIE land.
in any event. a change IN presidents
would bring about a change in the
social alignment Of the capital, but
this year, with political as we'll as
merely personal relations changed. the
task will he unusually difficult. and
call for all the tact ard ingenuity of
even that exceedingly capable woman
who now reigns in the White house.
Even as her husband had to pick an
executive cabinet. SO she must choose
e scial cabinet of those VINO may best
aid and advise her il the entertain.
men, which BELTS the first woman in
the land. She must plan a scheme OF
entertainment which shall be harmoni,
ors with the policies of the political
administration and satisfying TO these
whom she desieTs to make members of
her social circle.
The ordinary din of the task is
made the more difficult because Mrs.
Wilson comes 10 the White house com
psratively unacquainted with those
who make UP the capitals socially
elect She not only must pick a so
cial cabinet. but must sift her choices
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-10
THE QUICK AND THE DEAD

OF the men who were conspicuous
in the republican ranks when William
Mckinley was inaugurated president,
Senator Lodge is the one remaining
figure. AS Uncle Joe Cannon hikes
back to Danvtlle the country forgets
that he was not a member of the orig
inal old guard under Mckinley and that
he came into the speakership as re-
former
Nothing emphasizes the political
changes of the last 16 years more than
the names Of the republican leaders
who have died or abdicated.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-10
KNoCklNG rHE NEW NICKEL.

KNOCKING THE NEW NICKEL.
Concerning the new nickel" many
Of which have been put into Circula-
ton in Rock Island and have caused
a great deal of comment, the New
York Times declares that ii is a strik-
ing example Of what a coin intended
for wide circulation as small change
should not be. II bears on one side
the too deeply stamped counterfeit
presentmeRt of a bison, on the other
the head OF an uncomnonly unprepos-
sessing Indian. and as art neither side
is remarkable. The overcrowding OF
the small circles by large designs is
a grave defect The lettering Is so
small that il can only be deciphered
by strong eyes in bright light. The
aim of the designer seems to have
been to make an odd-looking thing.
as unlike other coins as possible. 1t
may be true that some of the first
Of these coins issued from the sub
treasury we're sold in the streets for
10 or Is cents each, but there will be
no great 2agerness to get them here
AMER III preference 10 the Clu o-CSh'
coins. The most conspicuous thing on
a coin should be the mark Of its value
The big V on the old nickel, with the
word cents" plainly stamped below
it, exactly served the purpose
Strangers will often be at a loss TO
determine the value of the new coin
1t may be said that we do not make
coins with a view to serving foreigners
but It is difficult to comprehend the
idea that prevails in the mint
The latest atrocities in coinage un
I'll the new nickel appeared were the
500. SO and s. gold pieces. These are
bad coins in design and execution. OF
course, they have escaped much of the
popular derision the new nickel viii
arouse, because there are not many
gold pieces in circulation. The cal
fare coin is always in use.
u is to be hoped that the old nickels
viii be kept in circulation and not be
crowded out by this new thing witt
the deeply indented surfaces, which +
not pleasing to look at while new and
shiny and will be an abomination wheI
II is old and dull.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-10
The Daily Story
THE BURBANK ESTATE-BY WILLARD MALTEIE.
Copyrighted. by lated Literary Bureau

Joseph Burbank. from the time he
was twelve years old till he was sixty.
two. worked and saved and struggled
to make himself independent BE
thought until he was forty that he
couldn't afford to marry: then he took
a wife largely because he needed some
one for housekeeper and. all things
considered. II would be better 10 give
the position to wife than to any 9TH
er woman.
A son was born to the pair and serv-
ed as a linz between his father and
the rest of human beings But this
was largely because in this son the
father had some one to succeed him in
continuing the piling up OF property.
From the boys birth till he was twelve
the old man looked forward TO his
following in his fathers footsteps and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-10

Il is refreshing 20 note that Presi-
dent Ban Johnson Of the American
league has taken steps TO put a stop
20 baseball players acting as con
ributo-s 20 the news paper sports page.
Mr.. Johnson saws that the names o.
players have been used for a consid-
er9ticn and that many OF them have
informed him that the stun that has
oeen published beneath or above their
asmes. they have known nothing
about. The result Is damaging 20 the
efficiency Of the national game as
sell as destructive TO discipline II
President Johnson will adopt some
method Of keeping players out Of
vaudeville as his next move. he will
serve another Eood end. The profes
Eional bali player shines on the dia'
mond and nowhere e.se.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-10
Great Relief.

Well, how did you like the SER
mon?"
Very much" replied the man who
had attended eleven barquets in
rapid succession. 1T was a great re-
lief to have the preacher get up and
begin his sermon without saying:
The remarks of the previous speaker
have reminded me of a story"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-10
March 10 in American
History.
History.

1891 John Franklin Swift. lawyer and
diplomat. United States minister Ia
Japan. died at Tokyo: boru IN Bow
ling Green. Ky. 1920
1S97-tiener;l Frederick Solomon. q
Federal veteran noted in the west
ern armies during the war. died;
harm !S.IY
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-10
New York World.)

When the republican party went out
of power Tuesday it had none of the
leaders under whom it came into pow
er 16 years ago.
Mckinley is dead. Reed is dead.
Hobart is dead. Hanna is dead. Ding.
ley is dead. Sherman and Allison and
Frye and Mcmillan and Cushman X.
Davis are dead. Plat and Quay and
Henry c. Payne are dead. Hale is dy.
ing. Aldrich. Spooner, Foraker and
Burrows are in retirement. Grosve,
nor is forgotten.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-10
A FLAME OF PAIN.

The Shock That Comes With the Bite
of the Electric Ant.
When you happen TO sit down to
rest or take notes near a colony Of
electric ants some wandering hunter
is sure TO ind you and come cautious
ly forward TO discover the nature or
the intruder and what ought 10 be
done. II you are not roo near the ant
town and keep perfectly still he may
run across your feet u few times. over
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-10
Ancestry.

My grandmothers on both sides
were Daughters of the American Revo-
luton"
Il don't know whether my grand
mothers belonged to anything or not,
but I've heard my father say that
he once belonged to the Sons of Tenn
perance"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-10
RUSSIA READY TO FIGHT.

Russia is confident OF her own
strength today and is willing TO go TO
war. Yet il is only four years since
Russia bowed to the ultimatum OF the
&c man kaiser and withdrew her OBJ
%, lions TO Austria's annexation Of
5r -u!s-Herzegovina. II is only eight
fe1-s since France yielded before a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-10

President Wilson has made tho an.
uouue"waur that mono o. his relatives
nocG EXPECT fevor no his hands in the
Public service This Is quite IN cor
tract With the policy ~ hia Distinguish.
cd preoacEssag nose rich brother or.
joyed tae privilege ~ a. exclusive
telephone We between his residence
e. Cincinnati and the White house
rad seldom permitted the president
~ travel without accompanying him
ard IN fact spent much OF his time
n the executive mansion and shaped
many Of the unwise policies Of the
administration The people do not
elect tho whole family when they
choose a president.