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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-24
POLICE BACK WITH
STOLEN AUTOMOBILE

Detective Tom Cox and aides re-
turned TO Rock Island at O'Clock last
night with the automobile belonging ia
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-24

All the news all The time - The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-24
COURT HOUSE NEWS

Mrs. Minnie Berckmoes today filed
suit for divorce from her husband,
CAMEL. They live in East Moline. She
charges drunkenness and cruelty
The sun., 1916-09-25

There IL no golfer In the country who
drives a longer ball than MIR. Ouinct.
nor no one who can putt with much
greater success. Wherein does Mr., l.v-
ans excel thc Massachusetts player? lie
cannot drive as far AZ Mr.. Ouimet: he
cannot play his long mashie shots bet
ter: he cannot put his chip shots up
closer to the cup he cannot putt any
where near as well.
From 40 yards off no one in the coun
try, professional or amateur. is the equal
OF Mr.. Evans. but that alone will no,
offset extra fine putting. II when 1t
comes down to good match play light
ing ability. those who saw Mr.. Oulmet
overcome n lead OF . holes with 3 to go
at Detroit last year, and then win from
Mr.. Evans at the nineteenth hole, will
grant any odds to the Chicago player.
Many golfers will remember tho SCI
we're whipping that Mr.. Travers gave
Mr.. Evans in the final round for the
championship In 1912 at Chicago. More
viii, recall that Mr.. Evans has never
once beaten the four time champion In
u match play contest,
The sun., 1916-09-25
HOMER With THREE
ON BEATS RED SOX
kavanagh, Pinch Hitting for
Boehling Makes Freak
Swat for the Circuit.
INDIANS vICTORs, S TO 3

CLEVELAND, Ohio. Sept. :l--with the
bases filled and ono out in the nth in
ming. kavanagh. pinch hitting for Boehl-
Ing, drove n sizzling srounder over third
base. which rolled under tho screen In
far left field. The drive went for a
homo run and Cleveland checked tho
championship advance Of the Dostons:
Tho score was 8 to 3.
Leonard. aside from n streak Of Wild
ness. pitched great ball. as did Boehl-
Ing and Bagby for Cleveland. Leonard
allowed fAir hits. but at each was for
an extra base. the Indians landed their
first victory OF the series.
Boston scored twice In the fourth In.
ming on a single by Lewis and n pass
to Gardner followed by singles BY Scott
and Carrigan. Gardner began the ninth
with n single. McNaily ran for him.
while Henrikscn. batting for Scott.
walked. Thomas was hit with q pitched
ball, filling the bases. Ruth then batted
for Leonard. but struck out. Hooper's
sacrifice fly scored McSally. and Janvrin
ended the am with n fly TO Graney.
Only four hits were made on Leonard.
but each was for extra bases. Tho
score:
The sun., 1916-09-25
of Golf Champion
Worries Fen in East.
Leading Players of This Section Satisfied That Ouimet
and Travers Have Proved Place in
Sporting World.
NJ JOHN q.

he has this year. lie found that he was
In good fettlc. his wrists werc supple
and working we'll and his putting eye
was as bright as ever. When called on
to excel at "A certain shot. for instance
at tho short sixth and tho seventeenth,
he was always capable. No wonder
golfers SAT- hat 1t was "a pity Jerry
was not at Merton.
did not see the article wherein II
was said that the field at the open
championship was not too representa-
tive. That surely was Incorrect. but u
certainly was most i'll timed Tor the
amateur champion to speak 20 openly
about lacking himself and the four lead
ing professionals following in order at
even money to win four times out OF
five from either ravers or Ouimct.
mat to my mind would lead to nothing
other than gambling on an extensive
scale. m the statement that the East
ern golfers had not offered TO play such
a contest first Is extremely illogical. No
ono thought Of ~dctracting any from the
hard won laurels Of the new champion.
Mr.. Travers and Mr.. Ouimet both have
congratulated tho new champion with
equal warmth and they would be the
last TO try to detract from the honor
which Mr.. Evans considers so precious
at the present time. Challenges by
amateurs 20 amateurs are new to the
golfing world and TO my mind they are
extremely out OF place.
The sun., 1916-09-25
DANA S. PRIZE WINNER.
Handicap Aids Her to Victor, N
FIFTY Mile Motor Boat Nace.

Diving into n head sea over s
part of their fifty mile cour;c .c- me,
boats OF the cruiser type raced - sAo'
Yesterday for the prizes Offered 30, ne
bcrs of the %1'anaGua Yacht "a.
Shcepshcad Bay. The start We ~.
~ Manhattan Beach at 10 IL ana ~
course was To aud around the S'u'1 .
Ughtship, thence to the Ambrose -
ship: from there TO Buoy S.
Joncs's Inlet. thence 20 u, ruish D" 81.
haitian Beach.
The kokoruo, Owned by = L -. q.
the lead soon after the start a'i rr.i '
to tho finish. but she va g., b H'
boat and was unable to stt, 90"
on :. -. S.chcrt's Dana :. w. '.'F'.
the winner Of the first prizr. -. ld"
ton cup. She covered the ,'lr-.
hours % minutes A. seconds I.'
n"r of tn" second prize, s2n 'r q D.. ".
y w. Middleton's Grace lr,. ,'
third prize went to w. lrWiu's O ' ..'d"
II was "A ships compass. THE k'..''
made the fastest time owe. 'u. ..H-
! hours ~ minutes - - ...is IH-
years race was won ny y, v NlI ''"
in ) hours II minutes.
The sun., 1916-09-25
TROTTINC IS RESUMED
ON HARLEM SPEEDWAY
DR.. Martin Pilots Two Winners
in First Fall Matinee-Vic-
tors in Straight Heats.

Or. c. 7. Martin piloted two winners
at the first fall matinee Of the Road
Drivers Association OF New York yes
terday afternoon on the Harlem Speed
way. He triumphcd both In the 40
class trot and the I :0S class trot. lie
won IN s;ra.sh: heats. In the 80 ;ro;
he drove his black mare Nightingale.
and In the sos class trot he held the
rcins OF Bon Todd. a brown mare be.
longing to the stable Of A. Fischer.
The ! :oo class pace furnished a sur.
prise. ]. A. Murphey. the we'll known
horseman, introduced his new chestnut
mare Mitt!e Bedworth. The newcomer.
driven by Jesse Smith. her trainer. per-
formed exceptionally well. defeating Il.
Jacobs's bay Helding Master McKcrron.
the Harlem Speedway cup winner, In
ssraight heats. The second heat OF this
brush was travcrsed In the good time
OF I minute 3is seconds.
The special trotting race. which had
four entrants. was won by J. T.. O'Shea's
chestnut mare Marion Todd,ngtcn. Tho
triumphant marc won in etraight heats,
gliding over the four furlongs In the
second I'll, In l minute . seconds.
Exultant. a bay gelding owned by J.
Gilmore. captured the blue ribbon in
the ! IL class pace. which was the only
spill. race of the afternoon. The sum-
marles:
Glass 1870; trott!rg:
Nightingale, blk. IN. &C. r. Martini. 7
Tim,sS-i:css;rsn 'ii;oiY'' :
Class 1:oS: trottlng:
bon Todd. hr. IN. mir. Fischer) ...., !
Bessie Barron. br. m. CE. Carpenter. : /:
~Tlme-i:osi.. l:osA.
Special race; trotting:
Msrion Todd'ns,on, eh' m ~. F. -.
Lester NJ. br. g. 81. F!!aher;yi...:.. :
HindenhurT. hi. q. az. v. MuilerI.... . I
Catherine t.. p. ~. az. Carpenter. > ,
Tine--i:osS. i.o6.
Cias, l:i;. pacing:
Erultant.- \. &. 81. Gilmorel. ..... I : !
oakland Boz. Jr., CHI. 6. tP. Com
~Tims-i:os. !:i:. i:oSi.
Class sos: pacing:
Mistie 6edwor'h. en-. l.. ~. A. Muir.
Mssster McX:rrcn, b. IN. j.cot;i.. !
Polly Berry. tr. IN. &C. J. Tshdt).... 3 9
Time :o<i5, 1851,
The sun., 1916-09-25
ATHLETICS BREAK
EVEN WITH BROWNS
Mackmen Win First Game Of
Season in st. Louis in Opcn.
er; Lose Sunset Tilt.
0 TO 0 and 3 TO

ST. Louis, Mo. Sept. fAmcrlc,,,
Tho Giine between tho l;runrs n,a
Athletics scheduled for ,o.morron. va.
advanced and played az part of a Jouh,,
header to-day. Philadelphia winuir. III,
hrst. : to 0. and st. Louis taking tho 80
ond. . to ..
Philadclphia's victory was The nr
hero this season. In tho fir.t Se,ho,l
who opposed Sislcr. held 81 Louis IN
three hits and helped win his own gan,
with IA double that ecored W. JoAnso,
who also doubled in the third. M-Iun,s
triple scored Schang, WHO had waited T.,
the seventh.
a Wild throw by p~icinIcli and Par.
hams Wild pitch cnaulcC the local. :,
win the second same. \ base on Nv,
to Shotten. Miller's double. sisters s,,r'.
nco fy and hicinich's error n.,,,d .te
locals two runs in the first inning. vEre
TWO walks. larnham's wild pitch snc
Millcr's sacrifice lily gave ~. Louie ~.
other run. TIE score:
The sun., 1916-09-25
ONE ARMED PLAYER A STAR.
Does Else Work for 81. Catherine's,
but All stare Win, 2 TO 1.

81. GATHERINGS baseball team. tho
champions of tho Manhattan Catholic
-'tRaseball League. were defeated yestcr-
day at tho Polo Grounds. but It didn't
lose It's title. for the team that whipped
It was made up OF stars from all the
other cams In the league. These all
stars played a trihe better than ~.
GATHERINGS and won by q score Of 3
ito 1.
3" h All Stars received praise for
their victory. but II was as nothing COM
pared to that bestowed on j. Murphy. q
ono armed player, who held down con-
tire field for st. GATHERINGS.
-, This fellow played as we'll a. any
'goungster on tho field. lie was the hero
of tho game. In the fourth inning he
went to bat and with n team mate on
s9econd walloped the ball over second for
d single and sent In his teams only run.
In the field he had 1000 per cent. and
. made two difficult catches.
- More than $1,000 persons saw the con-
test,
The sun., 1916-09-25
WALTER JOHNSON
BOWS TO BHMKE
Syracuse Recruit Wins Ills
Third Game for Detroit
Score Is 6 to 5.
TY COBB ON A RAMPAGE

DETROIT. Sept. Gi- tAmerlcan).--
cuse. twirlcd his tltrd victory for De-
troit to-day. beating Washington 8 10 s.
Walter Johnson. who was not able to
win from the locals here this season.
was the defeated twirler.
Jcnnings's men hammered Johnson's
offerings without mercy. Cobb leading
the attack with three whistlins singles
and n two Dagger IN four times at bat.
Cobb's double in the seventh. followed
by veach's single. which Rice misjudged.
scored the winning ram.
With Leonard on second and " out
In the ninth. Milan singled TO left but
veach's throw retired Leonard at the
plate. The score:
The sun., 1916-09-25

Totals. e. G36H So
'Isttei for Boehling in the NTH inning.
tBattrd for Scott In tho ninth inning.
tRan for Gardner In the ninth inning.
Slated for Leonard In the ninth inning.
IRAN for Thomas In the ninth inning.
Boston. ...... q o q o o 0 T.:
Cleveland. ............. o 0 0 1 0 I Is
The sun., 1916-09-25
STEELE OF CARDINALS
GIVES ONLY TWO HITS
st. Louis Pitcher Stars in Vic
tory Over Jersey City
lIornsby Gets Homer.

Miller Huggins's ST. Louis Nationals
had n little workout IN West Side Park.
Jersey City. yesterday preparatory TO In
yad!ns Manhattan this afternoon. Tho
Cardinals defeated Dave Driscoll's Jer-
soy city Independents by q score OF
) to -.
steele. the So. Louis veteran. pitched
remarkable bail, holding the Shelters to
only two hits. both singles by Chick
~lIartcr. Steele famed six men. Jimmy
Clinton pitched pretty we'll too. and
struck out eight Cardinals.
Rogers Hornsby. the sensation Of the
National League. played third for the
~IIuggins tribe. In his first two trips to
tine plate Hornsby famed. but tho third
time he slammed out "a home run. II
was the longest hit yet seen at West Side
Park. The score:
The sun., 1916-09-25
OF GIANTS WINS
GAME IN NEW HAVEN
Zimmerman and Kauff Among
Those Who Beat Colo
malls by Q to 5.

New HAVEN. Sept. GA team of
Giants, with He!nie Zimmerman and
benny kaufi included In the llneup. de-
fcated the Colonials. n local seml-pro-
fess.onal aggregation. to-day by y to 8.
Tho Giants hit Spencer Wilcox. for.
mer Yale star. rather f~eely. After the
New Workers. had accumulated a tivo
run lead, the locals came back In the
sixth and seventh innings and tied the
score through hitting and fielding err
rors. Wilcox's wildness. aided by Du-
gan's error, gave the Giants three tallies
In the eighth.
Donahuc. who relieved Pie Way In
the seventh, was invincible. Kocher's
homo run was the longest hit Of the
season, a hard clout to deep left field.
The score
The sun., 1916-09-25
NATIONAL

you take IL. but from the way We see IL
Will Baker has just as much right to
sell worlds series tickets ms Charles Eb-
bets. In the middle OF last week We felt
pretty sure everything had been settled.
but Just now 1t doesn't look nearly SO
final.
Before Diminishing tho matter Of the
Superbas the writer will touch mildly on
the brooklyn crowds. We do not agree
with Ebbets In his holdup worlds series
prices. and think this Is a bad time Ia
attempt TO change h schedule In vogue
for the last half dozen years. But We
daily crowds he Is entitled to. and for
a club that has been leading practically
all season the Dodgers haye'been poorly
supported.
The sun., 1916-09-25
Cork Men Win Two Games.

Two Gaelic football games and a hurting
game ~ Celtic Park yesterday afternoon.
A big crowd saw Cork heat Kerry and Tip
perary At football by the respective scores
hurlers trounce the Monaghan Men by / 10
!: There was a dispute over the result OF
the football game between Cork and Kerry.
and II will be played over again az he
Monument 4. c. games On October I.
The sun., 1916-09-25
LINCOLN JAvELIN WINNER.

For tho thiri time this year Jim Lincoln
OF tho No" York Athletic club defeated
:eorss hrondsr' the national champion
-Tra>crs Island. Lincoln hurled the spear
shaped weight lS feet ~ inches, while
!irohder's best throw measured l7s feet a.
Inches. J Wittpenn Of the New York 4. &.
earned miro prize with q throw Of 80 feet
from the New York a. C. games Of Jstur-
'ty. when rain made the ne!d = QusEmirs
and stopped the contests.
The sun., 1916-09-25
PITT FULLBAcK RErIREs.

~TlTTsRrE", Sept. of.-Ted Fry, full
back on the University OF Pittsbury
football teams In 1914 and 1915. an.
nounces he will not play on the 1915
'eam. lie expects to enter business and
Is not likely to return to the university.
II ho decides to return to college he will
go to Harvard.
The sun., 1916-09-25
GOLFERS WILL
Be BUSY THIS WEEK
Greenwich Tourney and Lesley
Cup Matches Among Sched-
uled Events.

\ fine field will start to-day in the
annual invitation tournament OF the
Greenwich Country Club. The tourna-
ment is set for the first three days OF
the week In order TO make II possible
for the members Of the Lesley cup teams
to play at Greenwich and then go on to
Boston for the tri-city matches at Brook
line on Friday and Saturday.
Most Of the leaders OF the Mctropoli.
tan district arc expected to play In the
qualifying round to-day. and one OF the
Pennsylvania Lesley cup team also may
be on hand. Gardiner W. White, Max
Il. Marston. Philip Carter. Henry j. Top
ping and Hamilton Kerr have accepted
invitations 10 compete.
The sun., 1916-09-25
Play by Arcllght.

Playing by electric light outdoors for
the FIRST time in this vicipity. tho Clan
MacDonalds OF Brooklyn and the 81.
GEORGES eleven. two New York state
soccer at Washington Park to wind up the
programme OF the British navy held day
saturday night. Tho Clan MacDonaIds
won by ? gopls to ! and were awarded y
silver cup,
The sun., 1916-09-25
WEST HUDSONS PLAY TIE.
Deadlockea With y. y. r. c. 8 70 =
In Openins Of Soccer season.

NEWARK. y. j.. Sept. ci.-Openins the
National Football League season with a
championship soccer match with tho
West Hudsons OF this city at Clark's
athletic field this afternoon tic eleven
representatives OF tho newly organized
New York Football Club held the locals
TO n 3 TO 3 tie.
The visitors were supported by two Of
the international cracks. .leminslcy and
Cooper. who returned recently from
Scandinavia. The lineup
The sun., 1916-09-25
CULLOP'S SPLENDID
, PITCHING WASTED:
YANKS DEFEATED
=:
Nick Limits Sox to Four Hits
in Seven Innings, but Mates
Support Is Weak.
ERRORS ALSO COSTLY;
PENNANT HOPES REVIVE

CHICAGO, H.. Sept. 2i.-Somo clever
pitching by Nick Cullop was wasted here
this afternoon because the Yankees were
, next to helpless against another SOUTH
: paw. Claude Williams. and instead Of
getting the victory which his pitching
deserved. the Chilhowie Cyclone suffered
another defeat. The score was : TO l..
2 Errors figured In both runs scored by
The homo team. but a Sox mlsplay ng-
tired in the lone run of the visitors.
/, However. that run probably would have
gone over anyway despite the error.
pcnnant hopes. which were al Tut
, Eonc here, revived somewhat with TO-
days victory. which put the White Sox
two AID one-half games behind the pace
setting Red Sox. The posting of IN.
score Of the Cleveland victory brought
Uut more 81 GERS from the 1900 fans
~ Comiskey Park thar did anything
that developed In tho battle between the
COX and Yankees.
men had n grand chance
to pick up some rum In the first In
ming. and Joe Benz was being prcDared
go supplant Williams before his in
ming was completed. Joe started again
In the second when the Yanks opened
on Williams with a pass ard a hit. but
he had little chance OF being called In
during the remainder Of tho game.
' willian s stinGy On Hits.
Williams stcadled In tho second in
ming with two men on bases and nonc
y out. and II was not until the eighth that
another hit found It's way into the YAM
kee box score. =. pass and n hit bats
man put him In slight difficulty In the
seventh inning BIT he pulled through
safely.
\ great stop by McMullin in the frs.
- Rntn~ aol 80, $50. ---i-
by Lynn later helped to carry Williams
over the rough spots. McMuliin grabbed
a drive from Peck's bat with his gloved
hand In the opening frame after the
'-Yanks had two on bascs with none out.
He turned II into "A fast doublep play. and
a minute later Waller Pipp crashed on,
along the right field line for two cush-
d ions. Tha; play by McMullin saved the
game right there. as It shut OF at least
W. runs.
'. Lynn nipped aspiring base ~stealers In
ahe second, eighth and ninth innings. and
= slip at any time might have been
. turned to the advantage Of the Yankees.
Cullop limited The o to four hits.
which came ia as many different ;nninss
during his seven innings on tho mound.
He retired for a pinch hitter In the
eighth. and then Russell set Rowland's
boys down in order In his one inning on
, the rubber.
&c Magec scores Yanks' Lone Run.
Magcc opened the game with a single
, over short and raced to third when Will
, Jams missed the ball ut first on Hen
"dryx's hunt. Then came McMuliin's
great play on Peck. Masec being held on
third while the double play was put
through. Pipp y drive to right for two
bases scored Magcc with New York's
The sun., 1916-09-25
Had Friends at Wykagyl.

Mr.. Evans says that the gallery Mt
Wykagyl was prcjudiced in favor OF
Travers and that they came out solely
for tho purpose Of seeing Travers beat
Evans. l do not believe that this Is so.
I heard many. many golfers say that
they had come to tho club To see the
wonderful Chick Evans. and II was not
until the tenth hole that I heard IA coll
pie Of women say, "Mr. Travcrs, do you
know that We caine "A long distance to
see Evans play to-day. AND It is your
golf which is most worth watching?"
Mr.. Travers did not rave In mind any
particular sense OF Importance attach
Ing to the contest. hut was for many
holes feeling his way along as would
any golfer who had played SO little as
The sun., 1916-09-25

In a four ball match. pro and ANA
tour, Gil Nichols OF the Great Neck
club and +. Solwcdcl defeated Bert nat
tell OF Flushing and Gardner White nv
up. Nichols had the best card with
90 White was best for his side with 20.
Battell made 10 and Soiwedel ST.
The sun., 1916-09-25

Two base hlts-Foster. witt .. Cobb. Thrrc
base hits Holman, Foster. stolen bssc-Cob',.
Sacrifice .hits--Bush, Mcbride. SacriAce ny
man. Left on bases Washington, Z; Detroit,
3. First base on error-Detroit, I. Rascs on
bslls-.OR Ehnlke. 8: on johnson. .. Hits and
Johnson. II end I In $. Struck out-By Ehmkc.
t;.by johnson. > Wild pitch-Johnson. Passed
ball-Stanasc Empires Mcssrs. Owens and
Evans. Time OF esne-i hour and a. minutes.
The sun., 1916-09-25
Soccer Player BreaLs Leg.

BAYOSNE, y. j., Sept. ci.--The Bahcock
y Wilcox soccer eleven was defeated hy tho
Jersey a. e. In tho National League to-day.
4 goals 10 o.. Davidson Of Babcock 4 Wi.
cox had his leg broken In two places In (,
mixup twenty. i've minutes from, the start
~ tho second period. and shortly after
Smith siso had to retire. The team there.
lore had to play with only nine men.
The sun., 1916-09-25

has. hits-inns. stewart. fhrse hes. hits.
Hr"ttem. stolen b~ases-stcwsrt .. Rohen.
Heck. smith. Eschen. .Nield Left on bases-
-. Louis. q: Jsrsey. City. : Double plays.
Sopcr. Rsses on bs,ls-On Steele. s.; on Ciin.
ton. T. Struck out-By Steele. 6 Uohr. Irving
,Smi,h .. iIornshy ., Long .. stecieJ. Wild
~pitch-Clinton. lmpircA- Messra, DnNey and
Mcrrit.. Time Of game--i hour and IS minutes.
The sun., 1916-09-25

SacriAce hits-Zimmerman.. DooIan. .StoIcn
Three base hit-Dusan. Hits-on w.y. Z in !
ikninss Of Donahue: : in innings First base
on bsilsL.On Way. 2; BY wilcox, y: Lcit on
way, q; by wilcox, D.. pstters hit-Ry VII
COZ, 9 Double play-wilcox and Schaeffer
same-i hour and 20 minutes. Umpirc-Mr.
Rorty.
The sun., 1916-09-25

Competition for the twelve places IN
the Wana,uakcr prize tourney, which will
he o1'cn 10 Metropolitan professionals.
VIII be keen when the pros gather at
lnwood on Friday for their thirty-s.x
hole qualifying round. The curse il n
long and difficult one. and some OF IN,
best golf of the year probably will be
seen hy those in the gallery.
The sun., 1916-09-25

Entries for the women's national
championship will close his afternoon
with Howard r. whitney. secretary Of
the United states Golf Association, ut
his office, Is broad street.
The sun., 1916-09-25
Omaha Wins Pennsut,

DENVER. Col, Sept. 24.--The Western
League season closed to-day with Omaha
in first place and Lincoln In second.
The scores and final standing:
Lincoln, Isl; Colorado Springs, l..
81. Joseph. 6: Omaha. 9.
Topeka, 4; Sioux City. , (nrst).
Sioux CITY. "a: Topeka. . (second).
Denver. 4. Dies Noipea 4