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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-14

rectors will also meet this evening to
let concessions and advertising rights
at the park and if any trades material
ize, they will probably be announced
tomorrow
Billy Birch, Chicago sport scribe.
speaks well of Hold Eller, who is in
the south with the White Sox squad.
He claims the former Moline hurler is
built on the order Of big Ed" Walsh
and that Comiskey is we'll pleased with
the kid, as he is strong for big guys
Peoria After Manager.
Carl Vandergrift will probably be
manager of the Peoria club now that
the Bill Jackson deal has fallen
through. Vandergrift has had a varied
experience in baseball circles, acting
as college coach and player and man
ager in the Central, Federal, Three
Eye and Southern leagues.
President Jack Ryan Of the Peoria
club received a wire from Joe Tinker,
Cub boss, last Thursday to the effect
that it would be impossible to land
Jackson, who played first corner for
the Whales in the Federal league prior
to the advent of Jack Ness. Immedi-
ately upon receiving word, Ryan took
up negotiations with Vandergrift and
! player. Both were available for the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-14
WHITE SOX WORK OUT
IN A HOT KANSAS SUN

Harrington, Kan. March 14.-Old and
young members of the White Sox were
given the opportunity of climbing into
their uniforms yesterday afternoon
under a hot Kansas sun and limber-
ing up little old last years muscles
by throwing a ball around The rea-
son was the movies, although the boys
grabbed the chance to get little ear
ly exercise.
Every man on the train who owns
uniform dressed for the occasion and
fiocked around the end of the train,
throwing the pill and indulging In a
little road work. 1t was blazing hot
where the scene was enacted and the
fatties were rolling in perspiration
when Rowland called quits. They
worked IS minutes, and at the end Of
that time Trainer Buckner had to get
out his ointments and give one or two
OF the athletes going over
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-14
z|M'S HOME RUN
BREAKS UP CAME
Eddie Mulligan Elevens Tilt at Tampa
By Stealing Home as Cub Reg.
ulars Win Contest.

Tampa, Fla, March i4.-Heinie
Zimmeran's right field drive yesterday
afternoon on Plant field terminated
the first extra inning game of the
spring jaunt and gave the Cubs the
first peek at President Weeghman's
$500 bank roll Heinie's smash scored
Cy Williams from second defeated the
Colts, s to 7.
1t was a cash affair and about 400
tourists and natives wormed their
way past Secretary Williams at the
gate. There could hardly be any
kick on the entertainment offered, as
the athletes held their total number
Of errors down to FIVE and enough
long hits were sprinkled through the
program to win the approval of the
Castilian fans. Zwilling, against the
leaders of the rockies, contributed a
clean home run, while Mulligan,
Flack and Schultz helped themselves
to three-baggers.
Four pitchers held forth during the
blazing workout, and as the battlers
pulled up to the 10th inning tied each
got five-inning whirl at the heaving.
Mcconnell and Prendergast were
given the job for the colts, while Hen
dirk and Seaton manipulated the pill
for the regulars. The record of each
was fairly we'll freckled, and Is hits
were chalked up for each side.
Outside Of Seaton, who lobbed them
over for the Cubs, they all used fair
assortment of benders. Tom is still
feeling his way.
To enliven the combat was a double
steal, the pace maker in the person
of Mulligan pilfering home on Seaton,
and tying the score in the seventh
inning.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-14
NEW LEADERS SHOW
IN TOLEDO TOURNEY

Toledo, Ohio. March 14.-Four clubs
cut into the first 10 places of the five
men standing in the American bowl
ing tournament here last night. The
Riehls of Columbus landed the lead
with 1885 Third place was landed
by the Schmidts of st. Paul with 1855.
fourth went to the Ell Roitans of Chi
cago with $500. A tie for seventh was
secured by the Musee team of Wheel
ing with 2,777, and the Public Squares
Of Bradford, Pa, tied for ninth with
2,770.
Standing Of the leaders:
Five-man teams-Riehls, Columbus,
1886.
Jose Gomez, Chicago, 1854,
Schmidts, st. Paul. 1855.
DOUBLES.
Hendricks, Grand Rapids,
1852.
Geller- Gerloski, Grand Rapids, l.
23S.
Wagner-Wolf. Chicago. 1892.
SINGLES.
F. Shaw. Chicago, 6S5.
III. Patterson. Chicago. $50.
P, Brunnett, Cleveland, $50.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-14
JONES IN STRONG
REPLY TO CRITICS
Scrappy Manager Assures Public That
Willard VIII Be I'm Fine C0ndi-
ton for Bout With Moran.

New York, March 14.-Tom Jones
and Jack Curley, managers of Jess
Willard, last night issued a statement
in defense of the big boxer, who has
been subject to much criticism for the
methods employed since he started
to train in this city.
The managers assure the public
that on the night of the bout with
Moran the champion will be in the
best of condition. Many of the old
timers who have been criticizing Will
lard's condition are in turn roundly
taken to task for methods employed in
their own days as boxers. Joe Choyn-
ski and Billy Muldoon are made the
target for the two managers re-
marks. Wizards managers also come
to their own defense concerning the
admission charged for seeing Willard
train.
The statement. in part. follows:
Many socalled old timers have
criticised Willard, his manager. Tom
Jones, his trainers and his training
methods. In turn we wish to say that
Tom Jones, now in charge Of the
Willard camp, is the same Tom Jones
who, against overwhelming public
opinion, conditioned Willard well
enough to win the worlds champion
ship. Walter Monahan and Jack
Hemple are the same trainers who
worked with Willard at Ell Paso and
Havana. Willard Is training in the
same way that he followed to win the
worlds title.
Concerning criticisms over the
small admission charge to training
quarters, which was never done with
view of getting any money. bu1
simply to have some form of regula
ton and not to overcrowd the place
with the same people daily, we wish
to remind the sport public that every
boxer that ever trained in Los An
geles or San Francisco, which in
cludes every well-known glove man
charged admission. Jeffries charged
admission at Santa Cruz and johnson
always, charged admission to hi.
training, but to come right home tt
New York, even Jim Flynn, in hi.
training at Hawkins as well a.
Grupps', always received a percentag,
| of the box office for his training"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-14
HEINE ZIM SECURES
A DIVORCE IN EAST

New York, March IA. "Heinie"
Zimmerman, third baseman for the
Chicago Cubs. was awarded a final
decree of divorce by Justice Tierney
in the Bronx county supreme court
custody Of Marjorie, years old. Mrs.
Zimmerman, who was Miss Helen Cha
Ear of Chicago, did not contest the ac-
ton, separation suit brought by her
having been dismissed on the day the
trial started. Zimmerman charged
misconduct
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-14
CUTLER WOULD MEET
JOE STECHER AGAIN

Los Angeles, March 14.-Charles
Cutler, the Chicago wrestler, who is
here seeking a match at the Los An
geles Athletic club. yesterday an
nounced that he would meet Joe Stech-
er in Chicago on Decoration day for
a purse Of $4,000. Cutler has signed
articles for the match, and says Stech-
er has agreed to terms.
Cutler believes that he will defeat
Stecher in Chicago At the last meet
ing between these two grapplers,
Stecher was the winner, getting the
scissors hold on his opponent. The
Chicago grappler believes he knows
how to toss the Nebraskan now. Cut
Ter will start training month in adj
vance of the bout
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-14
Gibbons Fight Referee Picked.

ST Paul, Mimi, March 14.-Curley
Ullrich will referee Friday nights bout
between Jeff Smith and Mike Gibbons,
it was announced yesterday Jack
Shelley, Yonkers, n. Y, newspaper
man, and Billy Hoke, Minneapolis
matchmaker, were also considered.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-14
Peoria club, Prexy Ryan and Vice
President John White deciding to leave
the selection to Tinker.
Sinnissippi Golf Club Quits.

GAINESVILLE, Wis, March 1.-THE
Sinnissippi Golf club is no more. By
resolution passed at a recent meet
ing this famous golf club, one of the
pioneer organizations in the state,
passed out of existence and its men,
bership list was consolidated with that
Of the GAINESVILLE Country club, stock
corporation that owned the grounds
used by the Sinnissippi club. The
Country club will at once reorganize.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-14
Speaker Still Holds Ont.

Hot Springs, Ark, March l4.-Tris
Speaker, hard-hitting outfielder. was
the only absentee in the lineup of the
worlds champion Red Sox when they
took their first workout here yester-
day
Catcher Forrest Cady, the other
holdout, surprised Manager Carrigan
by appearing at the station when the
Red Sox arrived. with his signed con-
tract.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-14
Pettigrew Signs.

Ned Pettigrew, star outfielder of the
Moline champs, in letter to Secretary
Blackman states that he will be on
hand when the training season opens
The Moline directors will hold meet
ing tonight and it is rumored that sew
eral of the Plow boys will be shifted
TO Listers squad. The Rock Island di-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-14
Ulini Beat the GOpherS,

Urbana, H., March 1.-THE Univer-
sity of Illinois team last night defeat
ed the University Of Minnesota at
basketball in a conference game, 20
to 8.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-14
FINAL STANDINGS
IN BURLINGTON MEET

Below is given the final standings
in the Mississippi Valley Bowling
tourney, just closed at Burlington,
Iowa. Rock Island pin experts car
ried away large part of the prize
money.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-14

Maitlands .....................3,774
Royal Cloaks ................. 2,742
Rock Island ................. 2,707
Galesburg Overlands ........... 1851
Henry Drug Co. ...............2,5 1882
Fort Madison 2,571
DOUBLES.
Maxson-Davis, Fl. Madison .... .,1208
Hamlet Salzmann, Rock Island lisp
Graham Mason, Rock Island -. Las
ACKNOWLEDGMENT, Burlington .1,134
Gustafson-Johnson Burlington .1,130
Williams-kilpatrick, Galesburg LIZA
krull-Rengstorff, Quincy ..... / 100
Gereke- Mesmer, Burlington ... 1,074
SINGLES.
Bruggeman, Burlington ....... .63S
Peterson, Burlington minimum. 627
Mesmer, Burlington ........... .621
hilbert, Quincy ..................6 SIG
Mason, Rock Island .............6 04
Gerber, Fort Madison ........ 800
Baker, Galesburg ............5 500
Wiemann, Burlington ......... .597
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-14
FIRST BALL CAME
OF YEAR IS TO Be
STAGED APRIL 9TH
Manager Lister Arranges an Exhibit
tion Engagement With Moline
at Local Park Saturday.
OPEN PRACTICE EARLY IN MONTH
Ned Pettigrew Announces He VIII BE
on Hand With Champs Again
Red Eller Gets Boost

In a long distance telephone
communication to Rock Island
fans today. Doe Cummings, last
wear manager Of the Freep0rt
Three-Eye baseball team. reports
the situation in that city rs almost
hopeless. 4 meeting was held last
night and committee OF six
named to raise funds TO enable
Freeport to enter the Three-Eye,
but the personnel OF the commit
tee Is not considered strong. Cum
mings announced that he was
through as lar as baseball in
FreepOrt was concerned. because
of a dissension in the ranks of the
boosters there. With this cOndi-
ton of affairs existing it is almost
certain that FreepOrt will fail.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-14

The Rock Island Three-Eye league
baseball team will open the 1916 sea-
son Saturday, April s, in an exhibition
game with Moline, according to an an
nouncement made by Manager Lister.
The tilt will be staged at the Island
City park. Lister closed the deal after
a conference with Manager Hughes in
Moline. The following day, April 8,
Rock Island will meet Moline on the
Pillow City lot. This means that Boss
Lister will have but three or four days
to get team into shape. April is
set as the date for beginning Of the
workouts, but Lister with few Of the
local candidates probably will be at
the park by April limbering up.
Frank Leithner of Rock Island
looms up as one of the strongest can
didates for an outfeld position among
the rockies Frank played with the
Moline Indians last season and is
looked upon as a conner. He is handy
with the willow and is one Of the best
fly chasers in this vicinity. His
friends will watch his efforts with in
terest
Groundkeeper Shaw has been busy
at the park for several days. He has
made arrangements for hauling of dirt
TO rebuild the infield. Fifteen loads
will be required
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-08
EoULlNG ITS OWN NEST.

The very strongest point against the
urinary as we have it in Iowa Is that
the really first class men will not enter
the primary In the first place 1t means
two campaigns and in the second place
n man who would make an ideal candi-
date might not be able to shake hands
so well as some fellow of mediocre abil-
ity.-Waterloo Times Tribune.
Which is an arraignment on a charge
of mediocrity and low class against ev-
cry governor. legislator and state or
fetal who has been nominated or
elected or has sought nomination in
Iowa since the primary was established.
It is an assertion utterly inconsiderate,
unreasoning and mistaken.
Moreover, it is so complete reversal
of the Times Tribunes estimate or
democratic candidates as to be aston
ishing. We are assured by that demo-
cratic journal of civilization and reform
that Hamilton was a first class man
when he ran for governor. that he was
a business man of the highest class and
the hope Of Iowa. Then. too Connolly
was touted loudly. Ed Dunn drew the
highest endorsements. Why go on?
And it is true that those men were
and are propably as representative of
class in the democratic party as any,
that they represent the first class men
of that party. There was Meredith
primary candidate. certainly of the
front rank 1t is an unclean bird that
fouls its own nest.
Republican or democrat the primary
brings as good men to the front as ever
the caucus brought forth. OF course,
under present conditions any democrat
may become primary candidate with
out first getting consent of the present
boss at Waterloo. If he can
find a percentage to sign his nomina-
ton papers his candidacy can not be
strangled in a back room. but must
go to the voters with such appeal as 1t
may muster. And that is true In one
party as in another. Judging the class
of men who have filled the offices since
the primary by those who held them
under the caucus system there has been
no loss of class, honesty. efficiency and
capacity under the primary.
There is lot OF slop being spilled
on the primary from the windows of
bosses and those who aspire to be
bosses. However, the primary came to
stay. Perhaps IN some places it needs
a little furnishing up. If SO. that will be
done sooner or later. but the principle
will be maintained as part Of the ad-
vance toward better government. r.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-08
the ONE WAY OUT.

The Mexican minister Of foreign rela-
tons. after a meeting Of the Carranza
cabinet yesterday where proposals
from Washington were discussed.
stated that the Carranza government
had not granted the Use Of Mexican
railway service to the United States
for any purpose and desired the Asso-
ciated Press to rectify the false
statements" that such use had been
granted.
The inference is that the request Is
to be denied now and henceforth. An
other inference to be drawn from the
denial is that the next thing will be
a demand for the withdrawal Of the
y. S. forces in pursuit of the bandits
Secretary Lansing denies that any de-
mand for withdrawal has been made.
However il is one to follow naturally
on the heels Of the refusal il the
American administration accepts that
refusal quietly.
How much and what Is going on
behind the veil Of censorship is mostly
conjecture About all We actually
know is that the United States was in
vaded and ravaged by Mexicans led
the Mexican government and that our
forces crossed the border with the
consent OF the present Mexican gc--
eminent under pledge to take him dead
or alive. that some fighting had taken
place since and that the pursuit is
being urged as closely as possible by
officers in charge Of the expedition.
That railway transportation is neces-
sary to the capture Of the brigand has
been made plain by adrices from the
front.
We are spending large sums and
risking lives in Mexico to defend our
borders from guerillas who defy the
Carranza government. We should not
stop to palter or argue regarding the
use of these railways but use them. II
the use is denied upon request we
should go on and use them without
further display Of peanut diplomacy
Weakness now would be q crime
For the United States to back out Of
Mexico now, unsuccessful In pursuit o.
villa. at the command Of Carranzs
would be to expose the border to at.
tack by innumerable bands OF guerillas
II a ;:.a *. taken e Mexico cor cor
Ifession OF fear by bandits and the de,
Ifacto government and inspire to rail-
and insult. Now that we have startet
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-08
Iona Newspapers
WHEN TT HAPPENS AT HOME.

WHEN 1T HAPPENS AT HOME.
Jefferson Beef -
The lamentable shipwreck Of our
young friend Ross Potter, and its
terrible results to him and to those
near and dear to him. furnishes a les
son to all of US. The way of the
transgressor is hard. The law is not
revengeful, but it is memorable. 1t
makes no difference whether 1t be
Gods law, or Natures law, or mans
law. We can not violate it without
paying the penalty. -. -.-.. }
Some one may say that mans law is
frequently violated without punish
ment; but this is not true. Punish
ment comes in one way or another.
To some, as to Ross Potter, 1t comes
speedily openly and with startling
severity; to others it may come only
as a secret consciousness, as remorse,
as contempt of a self which knows its
guilt but Is too croven to take the
consequences it deserves. This lat
ter type Of punishment, while not al
ways humanity recognized, is ever
present. It lasts not only thru this
life, but extends into the life beyond.
There Is absolutely no escape, in the
long run. from the consequences OF
evil-doing. -, s5
We do not believe that a man Of
really honorable and upright character
can in a single moment suMer morai
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-08
For Sunday Reading
Ill Sorts of Obinions
Discipline.
Discipline. ~
III. d. Jenkins, D. D.. In Sioux City
IofrpaJl

OJscipdne. e..
III. D. Jenkins, D. D.. In Sioux City
JournaL1 ..-
Going thru the city the other day I
saw hundreds Of children and youths
leaving their Sunday school room and
vending their way home. Some of us
christians OF an older generations used
10 go from Sunday school into the
church and sit with our parents thru
a sermon nearly an hour long. Did
Ge understand the sermon? Not a
word Of 1t. What was gained by at
tendance then? Discipline. the power to
do the hard thing because. by and By,
the hard thing would be essential to
success and the man would be hard
ened for 1t by the self control OF youth.
The child who never does anything
with reference to the needs OF man
mood will have a poor manhood, just as
the soldier who never swung dumb
bell in a gymnasium will break down
when called to lift a gatling gun. In
a conversation l once had with one OF
Americas most famous astronomers
he told me that he spent three years
in a mathematical school just COM
putting over and over thousands OF eS-
ercises, not to solve them, but to per-
feet him mental operations. During
these three years, he told me. he never
attempted an observation Of the heay--
eEs, never asked for a task that led
to any result All he asked was that
the exercise should require addition,
subtraction. multiplication and divi-
sion. At the end Of those three years
he knew that computation once ef-
fected by his brain was as infallible as
II worked by machinery. Now he was
ready to become. as he did become. a
discovered Of hitherto invisible planets
and a guide thru all the vast inter-
stellar spaces Of the heavens. Discf-
pline must precede discovery in astron-
omy. Discipline must prepare for vic
tory in the field where nations meet in
struggle for dominion. Discipline is the
foundation for christian character. the
road that leads to piety. Straight and
narrow 1t may be, but 1t IL the only
road to Paradise.
The child that is never required to
do anything that Is hard" Is being
prepared for certain failure. The cniid
that can keep still when company IL
present without knowing why, the
child that can sit thru sermon with
out understanding what 1t is all
about" is not being tortured, but disci-
plined in self control and SO prepared
for future emergencies when to hold
self In with good grip Is the only
way to be saved.
81, So Inc christian VINO rcpuuiatesg all
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-08
TWENTY YEARS At GRlhNELL.

| The call is out for the twentieth an
niversary of the class Of SO at Grin
nell College and the old grads are in
formed by circular as to what to ex-
pect when they gather upon the coll
| lege campus in June. The Babcock
Education. published in 1911. named
Grinnell as one of only four colleges
of the first class west of the Allie
ghanies is the proud announcement OF
| the class secretary. II is also known
that Grinnell now outranks every
other college and university in Iowa
in library equipment. IN fact outside
of the state schools and one other COL
/ lege, Grinnelrs library equipment to-
day exceeds that of all other colleges
in Iowa put together
The old grads have known of Grin
nelrs first rank among colleges for all
these years. II was true twenty years
ago but the growth of the college in
twenty years carries the real news
In 1896 Grinnell had 209 students in
its collegiate departments and now
has 623. The school of music has
grown from 49, TO cog and the faculty
or force Of professors from "a to Sc.
There have been added in twenty
years departments of business admin
istration economics education. by
nd jcrin
education. public speaking, biology.
Total investment in the college has
multiplied nearly four times. increas-
ing from s59o,s53 to S1.S1S,0e7. The
endowment which produces income to
pay running expenses. has grown from
s352.ll6 to 81, 325,91s. The income from
buttons and endowInents has increased
from s43,6s6 to sl25.567 and the sal
aries to teachers from s35,632 TO s103-
7o9.
During those twenty years the state
been virtually created for they were
but mere spots upon the educational
map twenty years ago. The state uni
versity at Iowa City has more than
doubled and such UNCONVENTIONAL
schools as Drake University and Coe
College at Cedar Rapids have come
into almost all Of their present deTel-
opment. The problem of the small
college has seemed to have been acute
since the enormous investment Of pub
lie funds in state schools but at Grin
nell the field for higher learning for
the utmost in culture. preparation for
excelling in the professions seems to
have been expanding and developing
without hindrance either in attend
ance. financial support or perfection of
purpose
1t is worth something to Iowa to
have within it's borders one of the
four first class colleges in all that
part of the continent west Of the Ale
ghanies. 1t is gratifying to note that
even in Germany the official publica-
ton. Minerva, classes Grinnell as one
of the seventy colleges in the entire
United States ranking as standard
COLLEGES