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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-24

overlooking with confidence in his
own ability, and the whole white race
pulls for him to win, his confidence Is
by no means shared by those who
know the young Irish-American pug.
IL Johnson were in his prime as a
scrapper, the Pittsburgher would not
have a look-in to win. True, he pos
sesses the physical stamina, the build
and the weight, but the question is:
does he possess the ring generalship
which is necessary if he hopes to hoor
the big negro? Johnson in his day,
was one of the best ring generals OF all
times, and his Incompatible headwork
has won many battles for him.
The greatest chance the youngster
has seems to lie in his staying quail
ties If he can outstick Johnson and
at the same time hold his own during
the earlier rounds, it is possible that
the white man may win. If he can
wear the negro down by rushing tao
tics from the start, there is hope for
the white race, as the only qualities in
which Moran excels over Johnson are
condition and staying power.
Record Not Very Good.
Moran's record as heavyweight
scrapper is not one of which he can
boast to any great extent. True, it is
pretty well sprinkled with knockouts,
but he has only met beginners and
has never whipped a man of any real
note "Gunboat" Smith defeated the
Smoky town youth some time ago, as
have three other pugs of less fame
than Smith, and for that reason the
Pittsburgher cannot be called very
formidable opponent for Johnson.
But Moran is brimful of confidence,
and, by the way, that helps lot, and he
says that he will either lick the colored
gent or die in the attempt. At any
rate, whether he is a fit representative
of the white race or not, the entire
world awaits with the greatest inter-
est the cable news from France which
will be flashed next Saturday night,
and which will give the result of the
leading pugilistic encounter of re-
cent years.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-24
SPORT COMMENT
by II. r. POD.

Acting upon legal advice from its at
torneys the Federal league has once
more assumed the aggressive in the
present baseball war, and has renewed
its wholesale raid upon the ranks OF
ganized baseball which was halted
by the Injunction suit against johnson
some time ago. The theory of Federal
league attorneys is that the Today
clause in all major league contracts
will work one way as well as the 9TH
er. That is, If team can dispense
with the services of any player upon
it's roster who has signed a contract
by giving him a notice of 10 days and
not be held to the contract at the ex-
piration of this time, the same should
be true if the player gives the team
similar notice and then leaves. All
players willing to jump to the new or
ganization have therefore been advis-
ed of this fact, and already Chase,
Marsans, Schultz and Davenport
have taken the initiative and made
the leap, after having given their for
mer employees the Today notice as
stipulated in the contract.
From the viewpoint of organized
baseball magnaates, players who serve
this notice and then jump to the Feds
are not worthy of fighting about, but
they forget that turn about Is fair
play. 1t is safe to say that no scrl-
pies of conscience would bother any
of the big league magnates If a player
were not filling the requirements,
when it came to giving him the 10
days notice. And if the player is not
with his employer why, then,
should it not be just as fair for him
to give notice and quit?
What move organized ball moguls
will make now is merely a matter Of
conjecture, but it seems that the
courts would be most unfair to the
players and fans as well should they
restrain players from joining the Fed |
era1 league after they have given their |
teams 10 days notice as called for in !
he contract, and then turn around |
and uphold the other side of the con- |
tract.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-24
Continue Contests TODAY.

Kansas City. June 24.-with the
first game of the tournament OF the
western circuit of the National Polo
association already annexed by the
Blues of the Kansas City Country
club, workmen Were busy yesterday
preparing Swope Park field for the
second match OF the series 10 be held
today between the victors Monday and
the Denver Country club four. The
ponies came out OF Mondays game
with few injuries.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-24

I just before the Carnegie lake regatta
on account of typhoid fever. The crew
started the season in splendid fashion
by winning from the powerful navy
eight, but then misfortune came, and
it is the consensus of rowing opinion
that the crew is not as good now as
when it rowed the navy. The other
college coaches are much concerned
over the introduction of English meth
DDS by the Pennsylvania crew, and are
doubly anxious to beat the Quakers on
that account.
Washington has the heaviest eight
on the river. The men from the
Pacific coast are badly handicapped.
At home they are unable to get the
sort of rowing practice which their
eastern rivals enjoy. nor do their row.
ing candidates enter college with
scholastic rowing experience, another
advantage to the eastern crews. On
top Of this add a four-day trip from
Seattle to Poughkeepsie and the handi'
caps of the Pacific coast crew are man
ifest.
Conditions under which Wisconsin
completes are much the same. This
year the Badgers have not had any
outside competition and they must
journey nearly half way across the
continent to compete. No wonder each
of the eastern university crews ex-
presses the hope that next to itself it
would welcome a victory by Washing
ton or Wisconsin.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-24

Poughkeepsie, N Y, June 24-That
history will repeat itself at the annual
Poughkeepsie regatta on Friday is the
rather confident prediction of Cornell
fans. And when history repeats itself
at Poughkeepsie the Ithacans carry off
the palms of victory. Cornell wins
something like 80 per cent of these
feated twice in succession.
The crew winning this years re-
gatta will enjoy the title OF inter
collegiate rowing champion of Amer
lea. The participants in the event
will be Cornell, Syracuse, Pennsyl-
vania, Columbia, Wisconsin and
Washington The three strong east
e-n colleges that will not take part
in the regatta are Yale, Princeton
and Harvard, and all of these have
this year been humbled by Cornell.
Wisconsin and Washington represent
the best in the west.
The sentiment of rowing men
seems TO be that either Syracuse or
Columbia will be the crew to give
Cornell the fight. Columbia has been
the runner-up with unusual regular
ity, but has frequently been prevent
ed from winning by the physical in
of its men. Coach Rice ad-
mits this year that his eight is not
physically as powerful as he would |
have IL. For this reason he has 4
worked his oarsmen lightly ever |
since their arrival at Poughkeepsie. |
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-24

Rice says he has a good sprinting
crew, but he does not feel so sure of
them if they are pulled out over the
race like that of last year, in
which Cornell and Columbia fought
each other nearly the entire distance,
would be fatal to Columbia's chances.
a year ago Cornell and Columbia
wore each other out in the early
stages of the race and the Syracuse
crew, which had been following the
pace, came along with rush and
won the race.
There is a great deal of specula-
ton as to the chances of Syracuse to
win the big race. The Salt City
collegians have lost only two mem
bers of last years victorious eight,
but some observers think Syracuse
might as well have lost half its crew
as to have lost Thurston, star stroke
oar. Syracuse is now pretty much of
an unknown quantity. Last year
Syracuse did the unprecedented thing
OF sending a crew to Poughkeepsie
that had not had any racing expert
ence against outside colleges, not even
a dual race, yet won the big event.
The Pennsylvania eight is an enig-
ma. The Quakers are badly handi-
capped from the start. Not only are
taught by an English coach, but they
have lost Shoemaker. their star stroke |
Oarsman, who had to give up rowing
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-24
CENTRAL ASSOCIATION.
RESULTS YESTERDAY.

=
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Detroit, 4; Cleveland, 5.
No other games scheduled.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Brooklyn. 2: Pittsburgh, 1.
Philadelphia. 3; ST Louis. z.
New York-Cincinnati-r
FEDERAL LEAGUE.
Chicago. 2. Buffalo. 4.
Kansas City, 8; Pittsburgh, 2.
81. Louis. @; Baltimore, 8.
indianapolis. u; Brooklyn. 3.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Milwaukee. "a; Louisville. IS.
St Paul %; Columbus. ii.
Kansas City. 9; Indianapolis. s.
Minneapolis. 81; Cleveland. 60.
THREE-EYE LEAGUE.
Bloomington, o; Quincy. eighteen
innings).
Danyille. o; Davenport, II.
No other games scheduled.
CENTRAL ASSOCIATION.
Clinton. 2; Muscatine. 3 (eleven in
nings).
Cedar Rapids. 2; Ottumwa, 8.
Waterloo. %; Burlington. 3.
Marshalltown, !; Reokuk, 3.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-24
BALLOON FLIGHTS
AT PARK SUNDAY
Diamond Jim," Only Aviator
to Use Dynamite in Midair
Here for Engagement.

James Brittle, better known as ''Dta-
mond JIM" one of the most eminent
and daring of the old-time balloon avia-
tors, has leased the Exposition park
for Sunday afternoon, June 81. and will
give balloon ascension, weather per
hitting. Diamond Jim" is the only
balloon aviator in the world who uses
dynamite in midair during his flight.
and during his years in the profession
he has met with many narrow es-
capes from death.
In connection with the fight, as an
added feature. several bicycle races be-
tween local riders will be staged, and
some of the best talent in the tri-cities
will be secured for these matches.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-24

Rock Island and several days have
been spent by the management of the
park touring the surrounding country
in an automobile, getting acquainted
with horsemen and explaining the new
proposition TO them.
Four Day Meet Later.
1t is practically certain the race
meeting of July will be the best
that has been held in Rock Island for
several years and if the people show
that they appreciate good horse rae
ing. a four day meeting will be held
here in August or September and bring
the lest horses here that race over the
hall Lille tracks in the United States.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-24

Summary-Stolen Bases Becker
Graham. Two base hits-Wiison,
Simpson, Becker. O'Brien. Three base
hits-Simpson, Bromwich. Home run
-Bromwich. Struck out-By Hend.
rix, 5; by Neal, 4. Bases on balls-Oh
neal, 1. Wild pitch-Neal. Passed
ball-OLeary. Time-1:S3. Umpire
-Donnelly.
Quincy Wins In 18th.
Bloomington, H., June 24.-Inability
to hit with men on the bases cost
Bloomington a record game for the
Three I" season, three men being
caught at the plate. Dang's double
and two sacrifice hits gave Quincy the
game in the eighteenth. The score:
Quincy
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 81
Bloomington
000000O000O O000O00-0 11o
Batteries - Tretter and Ketter;
Marks and Keupper.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-24
Emperor Donates Cup.

San Francisco. June 24.-The an
nouncement that the German emperor
will give a cup to the winner of the
sonderkIasse yacht race at the Pana-
ma,Pacifio exposition was contained IN
a telegram received yesterday by the
German consul, Franz Bopp. This
makes tho third cup from the head Of
a great nation. as President Wilson
has offered a cup for the winner OF the
12-mster race and King George V. of
England has put up a cup for the class
~ race.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-24
RES0LUTE WINS IN FIRST
COMPLETE TRIAL CONTEST

Rye, N. Y, June 24.-Al three of the
cup defense aspirants, the Resolute,
Vanitie and Defiance, met yesterday
for the first time in completed race.
and finished in the order named, with
the flag officers yacht a winner by
many minutes. 1t was its sixth and
longest victory over the Vanitie, which
seemed slower than usual, while the
Defiance, which had a chance for the
first time to show its worth. proved a
disappointment.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-24
Play Ball at Midnight.

Fairbanks, Alaska, June 24.-More
than a thousand persons attended a
midnight baseball game played here
between two local teams. The game
was the opening event of the Festival
of the Midnight Sun, features of which
will be a carnival, parade and general
merry-making, and it was played at
midnight.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-24
MlohIaan Blanks Penn.

Ann Arbor, Mich, June 24.-Pitch-
ing shutout ball for Michigan, Fergu-
soin yesterday defeated Sayre OF
Pennsylvania, to o. in the first of the
annual commencement week games
between the two institutions.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-24
Prlne.ton Bat Yale. 1 to o.

New York. June 24.-Prineetoa de
feated Yale, TO o. IN the deciding con
test OF their series on the polo grounds
here yesterday IN a we'll played game.
Deyo or the yictors and Way had
sensational pitchers battle and the
little Princeton star won by a shade.
He permitted only three hits. oil or
them going TO Hanes
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-24
RALLY IN EIGHTH
DEFEATS CHIFEDS
Tinker's Crew Unable to Re-
gain Lead in Federal Race
at Critical Time.
Cubs BEAT CHAMPIONS
..,i.,ies Unable TO Overcome Big
I.as-Laree Crowd Sees Game
Sex Win at Dubuque

Chicago. IL. June Am eighth
,nuiug upset beat Tinker's Federals at
she north side park yesterday. the Buff
..Io Blsons landing the wind-up en-
..renent Of the series. 4 TO 2. Score:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-24
DAVENPORT WINS
ONE-SIDED GAME
Hendrix Pounded for IL HIS
but Danville Is Unable
to Score.
NEAL HIT FOR IA BIkGLES
Bloomington and Quincy Battle FOR 10
Innlnss-champIons Win In
Record Time, to o., ;

Danville, ILL.,, June 24-Nea1 was no
puzzle to Davenport and the vssftors
romped away with the tgame, IL to 0,
making a clean sweepsof the1series.
Score. q
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-24

A peoples matinee was recently
held at theatre in London, The
Play performed was one of George
Bernard Shaw's, and the Times tells
us that che waived his claim TO
authors fees for the occasion"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-24
Sex Trim Dubuque.

Dubuque. Ia. June 24.-This town
virtually belonged 10 Charles a. Com
iskey and his Chicago White Sox. who
invaded and took possession OF the city
yesterday. Comiskey took the place
By storm and Incidentally his team of
regulars defeated the Dubuque Three
! league club before the largest
crowd OF this bad baseball season, II
70 2
About 1900 rooters greeted Com
iskey and his players when they
alighted from the train. and nearly
that number were in the park as early
as 1850 waiting for the major Ieaguers
% appear on the scene. Over 10000
fans attended the game.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-24

Two ease Ilt-LdElsne- nome run
Beck. Struck out-By Anderson
(Zsider, Wilson, Stanley; by Ford
(FIack); by Watson (Booe, 2; Louden,
Anderson, Smith Lavigne. Bases on
balls-On Anderson, l; of Watson, 2
Double plays-Downey to Agler; lei
der 20 Farrell TO Beck. Hits-OR An
derson, in seven innings; OF Watson
in seven innings. Hit by pitcher
By Anderson CWilson); by Ford CStan-
ley. Passed balI-Wilson. Time
1853. Umpires-Cusack and Brennan.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-24
Cubs Beat Athletics.

Toledo. Ohio, June 24-More than
10000 fans saws a keenly contested
exhibition game yesterday afternoon
between the Philadelphia Athletics
and Chicago Cubs, the latter winning,
S 10 :. II was either teams battle IN
I'll the finish. because the day was ex-
csssively hot and the work OF the
pitchers only fair. Each club used
three. Lavender. Pierce and Vaughn
flung for the Cubs. while Bender,
Brown and Bressler were on the hill
for the worlds CHAMPIONS.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-06-11

The largest number Of fish ever
turned loose in an Arkansas stream
by the Government hatcheries was
put into Little Red River June 6.
when 10000 tiny pike perch were
distributed in the river between
Heber Springs and Panpburn. The
fish came from the hatcheries at Neo-
sho, Mo. Last year the fish hatchery
at Mammoth Springs, Ark, furnished
SO, 600 black bass for the Little Red.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-06-11

problem of unemployed labor was
urged before the House, Labor Com
mittee on June 5, by delegation OF
sociological workers. The delega-
tion supported the Murdoch bill for a
national employment agency and the
MacD Donald bill to create employment
agencies at the various post offices
throughout the country. It is expect
ed the committee will report legisla-
ton along this line at this session and
will press it in the House next winter.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-06-11

had been lost, forever. About four
months ago, while doing chores about
the house, she missed the diamond,
and after careful search, failed to
find it. A few days ago she caught
a fat old hen and prepared to dress it
for cooking. Whenfshe%op opened the.
gizzard she was amazed and delighted
to find the diamond sparkling in the
hens .digestive organ:
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-06-11

After being four years the ,larg-
est dry city in Missouri, Webb City
Tuesday re-entered the wet column
by voting for the licensed sale of in
toxicating liquors by l,435 to 1921.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-06-11

President Wilson has signed an ex-
executive order directing that all Fed
eral employees, wherever stationed;
be required to work only four hours
on Saturdays between June is and
September is Of the present year.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-06-11

: Men and women of German descent
will meet in st. Louis to protest
against prohibition tomorrow at s. D.
m. in Concordia Turner Hall, Thir-
teenth and Arsenel streets, under the
auspices Of the Personal Liberty Com
mittee, National German-American
Alliance.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-06-11
General News of the Week

Madrid, June 6.-Herbert Hasel-
tine, an American sculptor, has ar
rived from Paris to model a statue of
King Alfonso on horseback.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-06-11

Of the $646, $50, 900 distributed in
1918 by the life insurance companies
in claims and benefits, S., O85, $50 was
received in st. Louis, according to
statistics gathered by The Insurance
Press.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-06-11

Mount tassen in California was
steaming again on June 8. Clouds
Of steam could be seen issuing from
the mountains crater for many miles
around. Forest Supervisor Rushing
says the crater b from six to seven
times - large - when the mountain
first became active. Tho Forest De-
partmsut scouts the Story Of. flames
Issuing from the mountain. So
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-06-11

Lura Bush, an old negro woman
residing on the south side of the
river, near Edmondson 8 Ferry, Tenn,
brought to that city a chicken with
four perfect feet and legs. In addi-
ton to this multiplicity Of feet and
legs, it's beak was forked.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-06-11

Miss Lillian Tharp, living northwest
Of Parker City, indiana, is exhibiting
a fine diamond, which she thought
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-06-11

partpent of Education and manage
of the Boys State Fair School ha
perfected arrangements for the sec
ond annual session of the school OF
the State Fair grounds at Sedalia Sep
TENDER 20 to October 2. The attend
ance the first year was gratifying, &C
cording to Reavis, who says indica'
tons are that each county will have
a representative at the school this
year. There will be sleeping tents
for the boys, with cots and mattresses
and large lecture tent. Meals will
be served. The only expense the
boys will be under will be for trans
portation, and in many instances this
is paid by the County Court or by pri-
vate subscription. Competitive ex-
aminations will be held in each coun-
ty to determine who shall represent
it. Each boy will be given five ques.
tons in arithmetic, geography and
agriculture and will be required to
write an essay OF $50 words on Care
of a Dairy Herd" AT the school last
year sixty.one counties were repre-
scented.
Attorney General John T. Barker,
who is member of the Board of
Prison Inspectors, will in a few days
suggest to the board and to Warden
that the State establish a
night school for convicts in the peni-
tertiary who are uneducated and de-
sire instruction. His idea rs that all
If the convicts in the institution un-
Ter Is years of age, who are without
should be given the op-
'ortunity of lettering themselves in
hat respect while they are incar-
'erated. He would not bar any. in
nate, no matter of what age, desir-
JUS of obtaining instruction in the ell.
branches Of learning. Il
'elieve that this much should be done
or the unfortunates,' said Barker,
If the State cannot pay for the in
truction at this time, am sure that
lere would be no difficulty in pro-
uring the services of volunteer teach
rs to do the work. Two hours
aching several nights of each week
light be the means through which
ANY of the young men among the
mates might be started on the right
lad. 1t is worth trying, and l am
Ding to propose to Warden McClung
nd my associates on the board,
reasurer Deal and Auditor Gordon,
lat we start the night school as soon
} practicable. J." The board at the
digestion of Warden McClung, has
ranged for moving picture enter
inment for the prison inmates once
lch week. The films will be care
lily censured, and there will be no
ain robberies, hold-ups or other
ime thrillers permitted. The pro-
ANNE will be made up largely of
avel and scenic pictures rnd educa-
NAL films mixed up with comedy.
lese entertainments will be given in
e prison chapel each Sunday after
'on.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-06-11

The new infirmary building of the
State Sanitarium in Mount Vernon was
formally turned over to the Board of
Managers by the contractors June 7.
DR.. j. L. Eaton, president Of the
board, in receiving the building, re-
viewed the work already accomplished
and spoke hopefully of the future.
The building cost $35, 600 and is said
to be one of the finest in the United
States. The Sanitarium is now car
ing for 100 patients and the new build
ing will provide accommodations for
seventy-five more.
George w. ReaviS of the State De-
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-06-11

G. G. Deem, So years old, a farmer,
of Livingston County, committed sui
eide on June 7, BY hanging. He rose
early while his invalid wife was
asleep, went to corn crib and tying
rope around rafter and making a
slip knot around his neck, he lifted
his knees off the floor and strangled
himself. His father committed sui
eide in Kansas City several years ago.
His wife can give no reason for the
suicide.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-06-11

from the Canadian Government light
house tender Druid. and for more
than an hour explored accessible parts
of the sunken liner. The Empress
was found to be lying on her side in
about 1870 feet of water.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-06-11

Women wearing aigrettes and other
other plumage from game birds when
they leave the United States will be
permitted to wear the plumage back
into this country upon their return.
A Treasury decision to this effect was
handed down June 8 in case report
ed from Detroit May %. A woman
wearing an aigrette purchased six
years before in New York crossed
from Detroit to Windsor, Ontario.
She returned to the United States
within in an hour, but customs Of
ficers seized her aiprette.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-06-11

National Legislation to deal with the