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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-27
DAVENPORT MAN IS
SECRETARY OF BODY

Chicago. March 27.-Representative
from the State Athletic associations of
Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Indiana and
Michigan in session here Saturday or
ganized North Central Interscholastic
meets that the universities and col
leges in these states hold. This organ
ization, represents over 400 high
schools with fully delegated powers
for compiling and enforcing these
rules. Jesse II. Newton Of Decatur,
ILL.,, was elected chairman and George
Edward Marshall, of Davenport, Iowa,
secretary.
The necessity of such set o; rules
was pointed out by Newton. He stated
that under present conditions the va
rious universities and colleges holding
these meets have their own set of eli
gibility rules. and, as these often con-
flict, athletes from the various high
schools competing in them, are at a
disadvantage.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-27
DAVENPORT TO HAVE
A FAST TRACK TEAM

The results of Fridays indoor meet
at the Davenport high school gymna-
SUM gives Coach Nixon extreme con-
fldence for crack track team for the
coming outdoor track season. The
showing of the athletes was far better
than the coach expected and he has
hopes of developing a team that will
equal the championship team of last
year. The team will have wealth OF
experienced men and an abundance Of
exceedingly promising green material
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-27
EVERS IS TO MEET
BOBBY BURNS IN GO

George Dams announced this morn
ing that he has matched his boy Evers
TO fight Bobby Burns of Dallas, Texas,
in 10-round go before Tommy Ry-
ans club at Des Moines, April 4 Two
days later. on April 6. Evers will take
on Frankie White, Chicago bantam
in 10 rounds at Iowa City, which will
mean busy week for the local boy
Burns is one OF the fastest bantam
battlers in the south and Evers will
train carefully for this bout. He is
working out daily at Cliffords gym.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-27
SPAULDING DIAMOND
GUIDE NOW FOR SALE

The 10th annual issue of the Spald-
ing Baseball Guide has Just been pub
lished, and, as for a number of years
past, is edited by John R. Foster OF
New York, whose long connection
with the national game, both as a
writer and in an executive capacity,
makes him peculiarly fitted for the po-
sition
Although the number of leagues in
organized baseball that went through
last season was smaller than for
years past, the size of the Guide has
not been decreased Besides the usual
chapter on the world series, with &C
companying sketches of the players
on the cOntending teams, the contents
also include reviews of the season in
the National league by Editor Foster
and the American league by Irving E.
Sanborn Of Chicago, while the other
leagues that finished the season are
all represented by short accounts of
the activities in their various organi-
cations.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-27
DUBUQUE IS FOR
THREE | LEAGUE
City Wishes Tearney Circuit All the
Success in the World But Does Not
Want I'm This Year.

The Dubuque Telegraph Herald yes
terday contained the following story
on the Three-Eye situation in that
city:
LAS far as Dubuque is concerned, it
is not unfriendly to the Three Eye
league. The city simply doesn't want
to go back to league in which it
failed miserably year after year. Pos
sibly it is unfortunate, but Dubuque
has no flock of angels who are will
ing to come across with several thou
sand dollars year to support a base
ball club, especially when there is no
sentiment for a Three Eye ball club.
Dubuque was pleased to have the
Three Eye committee stop off here.
Probably if the committee had made
more noise about its coming, better
meeting would have resulted at the
Commercial club building. AS 1t was,
the committee came into town almost
unheralded and relied on the new sec
rotary of the two-weeks-old CONNER
ciaI club and a couple of newspaper
men to get up a big baseball booster
meeting inside of three or four hours
time. 1t can't be done these panicky
days-that fast, hooray stuff doesnt
get by like it used to.
"a check for a thousand iron men
would have looked awful good to the
Three Eye leaguers about Friday even
ing. It would have creased out their
troubles in great style by giving them
eight clubs. That's why they had such
a formidable committee here-James
T. Hayes of Davenport, President Re-
Der of Rockford, Lee Blackman and
George Hughes of Moline, and even
John Ryan from way over in Peoria
Think they didn't want Dubuque bad
when they sent that kind of an army
into our midst?
THE Davenport Times says that
when Hayes left Davenport for Du-
buque his last words were: Well get
Villa, dead or alive Villa, however,
hasn't got as far north as Dubuque.
He's still down in Mexico and we all
hope husky bunch of 'gringoes' have
him penned up by this time.
Dubuque also wishes the Three Eye
league all the success in the world
this season. That's as far as Dubuque
wants to CO."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-27

Round One-Willard jabbed Moran
in the face with left and the latter
retaliated with three blows to the body
while Willard blocked. Moran hooked
left to Wizards jaw and took three
left jabs in the face in return. Moran
swung right and left to Wizards neck
and received a hard right in the body.
Moran missed right and went into a
clinch and Willard tore loose and land
ed a right and left to the head. Will
lard smashed him a terrific left in the
face, dazing the challenger. Moran
swung wildly with right and left, but
Willard laughed as he blocked care
fully.-Willard's round.
Round Two-Willard took the ag-
gressive, Moran came back, the pair
exchanging blow for blow. Moran
broke and backed away Willard fol-
lowed Moran slowly around the ring
and drove a right hook to Moran's eye,
and battered him in the body. Moran
was helpless against Willard in
Clinches. The champion staggered
Moran with a left to the face as the
! bell rang-Willard's round.
Round Three-Willard smashed a
right into Moran's body, doubling
Moran up. Moran's savage swings
could not reach Wizards Jaw. Will
| lard jabbed Moran with his left almost
at will. Moran grew shaky, under the
punching Willard ducked two right
swings and laughed. Moran swung a
left to the body as the bell rang
Wizards round.
Round Four-Willard stabbed Moran
in the face with two left, upper cut in
the body with a right and left. Moran
hooked a left to the body and left to
Wizards jaw. Willard kept stabbing
Moran with his long left and Jared
him with a right to the jaw. A ter
rife left to Wizards body never Jared
him. Willard split Moran's eye wide
open with a crashing right-Willard's
round.
Round Five-Willard battered Moran
with right and left uppercuts to the
jaw and the latter tried to penetrate
Wizards guard with body blows.
Moran rushed Willard to the ropes but
the latter closed Morans left eye with
his jabs. Moran kept backing away,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-27
GREAT CROWDS WATCH FIGHT RETURNS;
ARGUS EXTRA is EAGERLY RECEIVED

time. This was as The Argus antic-
ipated would be the case.
The service furnished by The Argus
was up to the standard of its estab-
lished reputation on enterprises of this
kind, and within Is minutes from the
close of the battle, and while other
news agencies were still waiting for
the seventh round, The Argus was up
on the streets of the three cities with
an extra edition containing complete
account of the fight by rounds.
The Argus special was eagerly
seized and stamped as but another evil
dence of the characteristic enterprise
of the publication.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-27
BOYS AFTER VILLA
SEND WIRE TO JESS

Ell Paso, Texas, March 27.-While
Jess Willard and Frank Moran were
fighting in Madison Square garden Sat
urday night, the American troops who
are fighting desert dust, hot sun and
cactus stings in Mexico, received the
fight by rounds by wireless from Ell
Paso station to Columbus, and relayed
from there to all of the troops in
camp at the front. After the fight the
soldiers sent back a wireless to Viii
lard, which said, Congratulations, old
top and signed The Army in Me-
leo"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-27

(From The Argus Sat urday night EXTRA.

Willard followed, using his left stead
ily.-Willard's round.
Round SiX-Willard tore into Moran,
battering him with right and left.
Moran smashed Willard with right and
left to the jaw. Willard uppercut
Moran and opened his eye again with
left jab Willard Jared Moran with
a right to the jaw, uppercut him until
running away at the bell-Willard' S
round.
Round Seven-Willard started after
Moran like wild man and beat him
all over the ring. Under the fusillade
of blows Moran was helpless, strik-
ing at Willard blindly as the blood
poured down his chest Willard fought
coolly. picking his openings. White
warned Moran against fouling. Moran
swung wildly, and catching Willard
on the jaw, dazed him for a moment
Wizards round.
Round Eight-Willard kept jabbing
Moran in the face with his left and the
latter was bleeding from a number OF
cuts. Moran swung two rights to Will
lard's jaw and the champion appeared
winded as he went to his corner. Hon
ors even in this round.
Round Nine-Moran rushed from his
corner, landing right and left on Will
lard's neck. Willard used his left
steadily. Moran scored two swings to
the jaw and repeated. Willard jabbed
again and hooked a right to Moran's
ribs. A left uppercut lifted the chal-
lenger off his feet. Moran swung to
the jaw and Willard uppercut. They
were clinched at the bell.-Even round
Round Ten-They shook hands. Will
lard used his left jab almost exclu-
siyely. Moran swung a right to the
jaw and left to the body. Willard bat
tered Moran with rights and lefts, but
the latter came back gamely. Willard
uppercut Moran to the face and body
Moran swung right and left to the jaw
and Willard retaliated. Willard bat
tered Moran. Willard caught Moran
in clinch and on the break was up
percutting with rights and let's as the
bell rang, terminating the bout. Will
lard, according to his seconds, broke
his hand in the third round.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-27

Seldom has so much interest been
manifest in a sporting event as was
shown Saturday night in the returns
Of the Willard-Moran fight AS is al
ways the case in such an event an i'm
mense crowd damned Second avenue
in front Of The Argus building where
the results, round by round, were dis
played as they came from the ringside
over the Associated Press leased wire.
1nasmuch as the story of each round
varied in length the scheme of having
the reports read by megaphone seemed
to meet with more approval than the
regular custom of flashing them one at
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-27

Chicago, March 27.-Firmin Cas-
signol, Paris, European champion bill
liardist, will meet Welker Cochran,
Iowa, tonight in the first game of an
1872 balk line billiard tournament. ].
Schaefer will be the third man in the
tournament, which will continue
through Saturday night. Games will
be played in blocks of 400. Schaefer
viii play Cochran Tuesday night and
Cassignol on Wednesday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-27
WILLIE KELLER WAS
GREATER THAN COBB?

A Detroit sport writer, In an effort
to compare the records of Tyrus Cobb
and Willie Keller, the present batting
champion and the champion of two
decades ago. compiled records for
their performance for 10 years He
found Cobb's batting average for that
period was 1863 and Keeler's was 1872.
There was no foul-strike rule when
keeIer was at his belt
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-27
Standing
pttiiuiuss
F1VE-MAN EVENT.
Minneapolis. Memphis Tie.

Memphis, Tenn, March -. - The
American association
team aud the Memphis Southern asso-
citation boys went l2 innings to an SIS
tie yesterday. The game was called on
account of darkness.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-27
Making Peace.

Your wife and your mother-in-law
are looking for you"
DO you think they are working to-
gether or can | see my wife first and
cook up a separate treaty louis
vile Courier-Journal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-27
Shannon Speeds Up.

President Oscar Shannon Of the
! Quincy club, has announced that on
April Is, the proposition of selling sea-
| son tickets for an entire season, for
j 81, would be withdrawn, unless the
necessary $500 tickets were signed for
| before that date.
! This ultimatum is final, he says,
and he will positively not extend the
! time limit another day. From the in
| dications at the present time, the fans
are not at all wild about this three
cent baseball idea. Some signatures
perhaps 1,500-have been placed on
the subscription list, but this is MT
nearly enough.
! R. J. Baker, late Of Duluth, In the
Northern league, has affixed his sig
nature to a Quincy baseball contract
| for the year 1916. Baker, like his
| noble predecessor of home run"
| fame, seems to be hard heavy swats-
man, and his stick work is expected to
bring results in the series this season.
| James T. Hayes returned to Daven-
port Saturday evening from Dubuque
| where he and three other members OF
I the Three-Eye committee had gone to
canvass the situation and attempt to
place Dubuque back in the Three-Eys
and thus complete the circuit.
You may rest assured that the
| Three-Eye league will be an eight club
circuit this season." said Mr.. Hayes.
"All the present club owners are cry
| ing for eight clubs and we will go
out Monday and try to get the club for
them. We anticipate little trouble in
getting the eighth city as several
towns are bidding for place in our
| circuit
Hannibal Business Man Here.
A furniture dealer from Hannibal,
who wishes his name kept quiet, was
in Rock Island yesterday canvassing
the feeling of Tri-City fans on their at
tltude toward his town. He seemed sat
| lstied that little trouble would be ex-
perienced when the Three-Eye eighth
city committee come there to see the
business men and plan about taking
| in the town
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-27
Wizards Hand Broken.

New York, March PIT think Nor
an is one Of the gamest fellows I ever
faced in the ring" said Willard yester-
day. but if | had not broken my hand
in the third round | think | would
have won by knockout. None of the
blows which Moran landed on me
hurt, and l feel as we'll today as if
had never been in the bout. l hope
have left good impression in New
York and that the fans here at least
believe that | am real champion"
Dave Lewinsohn paid both boxers
their remaining share of the purse
Saturday night. Lewinsohn had the
money concealed in his stocking. He
had five $4,000 bills and two $4,000
bills.
When Willard arrived at the Gar
den he sent for Lewinsohn and said :
l want my kale before l so into the
ring" and thereupon the stakeholder
handed over four crisp $4,000 bills,
the sum due willard He received the
rest when he signed. Moran did not
ask for his money until after the bout
was over. He received one $4,000 bill
and two $4,000 bills.
Chairman Wenck stated yesterday
that he did not know yet what the Off
cial count was. One of the state off
Gals, however he said, had given out
the statement Saturday night after the
count that the total receipts were
$l5l,254, and the states share was
$Il,344.05, Chairman WenCk said he
thought these figures were correct.
Richard stated that he did not know
what the profits would be after all the
bills were paid, but he estimated that
they would be in the neighborhood of
$4,000.
Not to Retire.
Jess Willard left for Chicago AT
2:40 yesterday afternoon with Walter
Monahan, his trainer. He was impat-
lent to get back to his family. The
usual story of the champion retiring
came out after the fight. He will not
retire II his manager, Tom Jones, has
his way, for Jones said yesterday that
Willard will be willing to give Moran
a return match If he wants it, and
would also take on any of the am
bilious heavyweights if the considera-
ton was satisfactory.
When Willard left for Chicago his
right hand was in splints and his frac-
tured hand was giving him consider
able pain. His physician told him he
should not use the hand for four or
five weeks.
Nlll"rd's engagement with the cir
Gus begins April 80, and he will give
exhibition bouts with Walter Monahan
at each performance. His contract
calls for about $150,0OO for the season.
Moran Recuperates.
Frank Moran showed wonderful re-
Cooperative powers and yesterday was
about as fresh as ever. The cut that
Willard opened over his left eye is
some Of Jack Johnson's work in Par
is. Aside from this cut Moran's face
was not marked. The swelling on the
injured eye was reduced and to look
at the Pittsburgh boxer one never
would believe that he was the same
individual who took such a beating
from Willard Saturday night.
Moran was visited yesterday by his
three sisters from Pittsburgh. Yester-
day they went to church and later had
dinner at Morant hotel The defeated
boxer will take rest of five or six
weeks and then he says he will be
ready TO get into action again.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-27
WILLARD TO QUIT
FIGHT RING SOON
SAYSLEWINSORN
Stakeholder In Big Go Says Jess VIII
Retire When He Has Filled His
Circus Contract.
CHAMPION IS REAL HOME MAN
Cowboy Hero is Tired of Excitement
OF the Game and Wants to Settle
Down and Lead Quiet Life.

New York March 21-David Levin
sohu. Of Chicago. stakeholder for the
Willard Moran fight, was OF the opin-
ION that when Willard has fulfilled his
circus contract he will announce that
he is through with the prize ring for
ever. Lewinsohn said before leaving
here for Chicago that Willard told him
when he signed the contract for the
fight with Moran that he would not
enter into any more bouts.
willard is a home man" said Lew
insohn, land when l went to him some
weeks ago, representing Tex Richard.
he was not anxious to fight Moran. He
was finally persuaded TO do so by his
manager and myself but he was not
very enthusiastic about it. Willard is
a rich man. He has 100000 right
now in Chicago banks and has invest
ed $4,000 more in a fine home in Chi
cago.
The champion is very fond Of his
family and his children are growing
up and he wants to be with them as
much as possible.
When Jess signed TO fight Moran
he said to me, Dave, I've got all the
money I need. If l live to a ripe old
age I will never spend it all. I'm tired
of the excitement of the fighting game
and l want to settle down and lead a
quiet life"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-27
TO ROLL FINALS
IN Team EVENT
Triple Tie Results in Singles at To.
ledO When Schliman of Toronto
Gets 6S5 Count,

Toledo, March Primal shots will
be fired in the fve-man event Of the
American Bowling congress tourna-
ment in this city tonight. The most
noted club which will roll tonight is
the Handy Kids of Madison, Wis.
Three games and not one will deter
mine the roll-off for the individual
title If the 6S5 mark withstands the
work OF the late men, it was an
nounced last night.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-27
COMMITTEE IS tn
REST UNTIL PREX
TEARNEY SPEAKS
Matter Of Eighth City for Three.Hvs
Just as Dubious Today as 1t Was
Last Week.
PINNING HOPES on HANNIBAL,
Shannon Says Quincy Fans Muu
Hurry to Purchase 3 Cent Ducats
or Plans VIII BE Dropped.

The apparent inactivity Of President
A. r. Tearney of the Three-Fyc leagua
is worrying the magnates around tia
circuit today. The question Of an
eighth city to fill the circuit Tor 1916 "a
no nea,c' solution than i: was last
week. Today the eighth city hunting
committee" is resting its cars, await.
ing word from the prexy
Scribes around the tri-optic beat ara
still busy naming list Of hopefuls
and if they keep on it will take the
committee from now until next july
to visit them all. To the list of Ham
nibal, Joliet, Aurora, Gary, Elgin and
Galesburg, has been added Canton and
Galena, Ill Out of this entire list Of
eligibles. Hannibal looks the most
hopeful. The Missouri burg has been
seeking entrance into the Three-Eye
for the past five years, and it is be-
ginning to look as though the boost
ers there might put it over this sea-
SON
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-10
Argentina Complains
of American Exporters
Mercantile Association Informs Consul General hat
United States Business Men Violate Contracts
and Ignore Agreements

tina that he gets more than he can
handle, and then expects the customers
whom he cannot supply to make new
arrangements. 9,
Such q practice has been condoned
in America because Of the ease with
which the customer generally may
make the purchases from other sources,
but it has caused incalculable neon
venience to Argentine merchants, ac-
cording TO the information in posses
sion of the National City Bank.
An official of the bank said yester-
day:
"There is no excuse that can be made
for il, and ii would be we'll il responsi-
BILE associations o. manufacturers and
trade organizations could inaugurate
some combined effort to reach the de-
linquents, whose practices injure the
business interests of this country lar
out of proportion to their comparative
number and Importance in our busi-
ness community"
Men interested in the manufacturing
and exporting business were inclined
last night TO believe the charges
against American business methods
had been exaggerated. George ):
Boudinot, secretary of the National
Association of Manufacturers, 80
Church Street, declared he did not be-
lieve the practices alleged were wide
spread or that an accusation OF DIS
honorable methods was JUSTIFIED.
Have Heard Nothing.
1--WE haven't heard anything of such
a situation" he said. There will al
ways be negligible number Of firms
which will oversell A man in perfect
honesty may take orders and then may
not be able to fill all of them, but, so
far as a general 'fall-down' on the part
of American manufacturers is con-
cerned, | do not believe a word Of 1t.
We have no information that it has
happened"
Justus Rupert, Of the firm of G.
Amsinck e. Co., large exporters to
South American countries, said he
had heard no complaints from any
source. He said many delays in the
shipment of goods to South America
had been occasioned by the embargo
imposed by the railroads some time
ago by the giving of right OF way TO
huge munition shipments TO the Al
lies, but he knew of no specific in
stances Of violation of contracts by
American manufacturers.
S. c. Mead, secretary of the Mer-
chants Association, was without in
formation of the conditions described
by the National City Bank statement:
He said, however, that the Merchants
Association would be unlikely to hear
of such practices unless the Argentine
merchants made direct complaint to the
association, which they have not yet
done.
Joseph P. Grace, president of w. r.
Grace & Co, exporters and importers,
knew of no instances of bad faith on
the part Of American manufacturers.
Robert G.. Dale, secretary of the An
dean Export Company, so Wall Street,
said he had heard of none.