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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-12-20
APPROVE US. WAR AIMS
Full Agreement by British Voiced
BY Premier.
Lloyd George Asserts That to End War
Without PREPARATION Would Be
Tragic Farce.

London, Dec. 17.-Premier Lloyd
George Of England emphatically de-
clares full agreement with President
Wilson in war aims.
Speaking at the Lawyers Club at
Trays Inn, the premier declared: THE
government fully agrees with Presi-
dent Wilson's speech. We are now at
the half way house between victory
and defeat. A league OF nations. arbi-
%tration, etcetera, after victory would
be all right, but without victory would
be a farce.
Farce in Tragic Setting.
To end the wal without PREPARATION
would be a farce in a tragical setting
I'VE ought never to have started I'M
less we meant at all hazards to COM
plete our task. Victory's essential con-
dition is world security. 1t is because
am firmly convinced despite some UNI
toward events, that we are steadily
progressing. l believe peace o~vertures
to Prussia nov would be a betrayal of
the peoples trust"
"Britain's will is like tempered
Steel" the premier declared. There
is no sign of a break.
Victory Question Of Tonnage.
Victory is a question of tonnage.
Nothing can defeat us except a short
age of tonnage. Germany is desper-
ately endeavoring to force the issue
before America Is ready. She will not
succeed.
Denies British "Feelers,"
THE German statement that Eng
land initiated peace feelers in Septem-
Der Is absolutely untrue" Lord Robert
Cecil, minister Of blockade, declared.
I'VE have asked publicly what Ger
many's war aims are, but there has
been no private inquiry ever addressed
to the Germans Lord Cecil declared
emphatically.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-15

J. Howard Berry, the University of
Pennsylvania star, has unqucstionably
earned the title as the most versatile
athlete ever developed at the Red and
Blue institution. Berry has been such
I'm asset to the athletic teams Of the
Quaker college that the students al
most worship the ground he walks on.
Many wOrld-famous athletes have
worn the Red and Blue "P," including
Alvin Kracnzlein and Don LippincOtt,
but all must bow to the great Berry.
Besides showing unusual efficiency In
track and field sports, Berry has earn
ed high praise with his playing on foot
S,all and baseball teams. Trap shoot
Ing recently gained another enthusi.
ast III Berry, and no less an authority
than Bob TOlwell predicts n great fu-
ture for him with the gun.
Would Enter Service.
Berry II TO be graduated IRON Penn
this June, hut II Is likely that 10 will
leave college sooner, as ne has enlisted
In the third officers training corps. He
was the first to offer his services ut
the university camp.
The achievements N Berry on track
and field stand out most cOnsplcuOusly.
The year 1917 saw him establish a
precedent In the history of the Univcr-
sity Of Pennsylvania relay games In
winning the Penthalon college cham
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-15

him contest. Hoppe has been forced
into voluntary retirement. The old
timers like Sutton, SlOsson, Cutler and
Mayer have taken the count from him
so often they have given up hope Of
beating him.
Cochran Is steady In his play and
has constantly improved. He has mas
tered close play, which was the weak
ness he showed a year or more ago,
when he first claimed attention, and
billiard experts think he will soon be
ready for Hoppe.
Cochran, who Ia now twenty-One
years old, was born In Manson, H., not
far from the home Of Frank GOtch,
and grew up to be great friend Of
the wrestling champion. He started
to play billiards when he was four
teen and has been n professional for
x,ur years. There Is no Indication
. that Cochran, like Hoppe, was born
, billiard player or had been gifted, as
, Is sud of Hoppe, by prenatal inhu-
ence, But he took pretty readily to
, billiards.
He started to play when his parents
, sent,hha to Chicago to school. Accord.
! ing to cochran his schooling suffered
greatly IA the expense of billiards dur
ing his stay there, but he developed
so rapidly that Firmln Cassignol took
him in tow for tour of the country
and taughthm much that he knows of
the game.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-15
CHAMPION WRESTLER AND JU.JlrsU EXPERT.

was good man up to the year of his
death.
Remarkable Athlete.
The most remarkable athlete in the
world Is probably Patoubn,y, the Rus
sian giant. Patoubney is fifty-thrce
years old and all the wrestlcrs are
afraid of him. However, let us add
that Patoubney Is also feet tall and
weighs over 800 pounds.
Little Freddy Beel, who threw big
Tom Jenkins 10 years ago, Is as good
today as ever. So Is Tom Cannon. tie
Engllshman,
George Bothner, who held the light
weight championship for such II long
time, IL q remarkable example Of What
the good athletics can do, nothner Is
fifty-onc years old--hut doesn't look
even forty, lie recently wrestled d
| Gve.hour draw with u husky young ri
val by the name of Ninock.
VIII Bingham, the jiu-jitsu expert
Is forty-sevcn--and never better Bing
ham Is small man and has had Il
struggle with big, strong fellows IL
most Of his matches, too.
Clarence Whistler and "Strangler'
Evans Lewis were champions between
the ages OF forty.hve and fifty.
German Wrestiers.
! Those two famous German wrestlers
John Koch, friend Of the kaiser, and
Sicgfried, the German Oak" are quite
old, athletically speaking, but still first.
class wrestIcrs--if they are alive.
Koch Is forty.fve and Siegfrled is over
fifty. so Is Zurich, the Russian.
william MudoOn, the daddy of them
ALL has II big health farm ana snow
white hair ana n lot of money now, but
can still give the best Of them II strug-
gle. Muldoon was in his prime over
, thirty years ago. He was II high-class
fellow, n gentleman ard Il great wres-
tier.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-15

plOnship for the third successive year.
Included in this record was the win
ming of first place in all of the five
events that comprise the test, feat
never equaled in the history of the
games.
Long, Broad Jump.
Berry has broad.jumped feet 3-5
inches, thrown the javclin 157 feet 2
inches, run 200 meters In % 2-5 Sec
onds, tossed the discus los feet 0k
inches and covered 1900 meters in the
sensational time of 400 40. He has
run as u member Of relay teams that
have defeated the pick of other col
leges.
College football enthusiasts clearly
remember the work Of Berry us men,
Der of the Pennsylvania football and
baseball teams. His spectacular play
Ing on the backfield of the eleven has
gained many q touchdown for Pcnnsyl-
vania. He is considered such valu.
able player that the .0ffense as rule
~ brit around him.
Berry's general ali.round good work
on the baseball field also has been Of
sensational character. His extra
base hits have time and again turned
defeat into victory for the Red and
Blue nine not to mention his brilliant
fielding ut second base position.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-15
TO RACE FOR COLLEGE TITLE
Governing Body Rules That Champion
ship Swimming Events Shall Be
Held as Planned.

The championship fixtures of the
Intercollegiate Swimming association
will be held as usual this year, de-
spite the war. This decision was an
nOunced following the annual meeting
of the association at the New York
Athletic club. Representatives of Yale,
Princeton, Pennsylvania, Columbia
and City college of New York were
present. The proposal to hold the
usual championship competition met
with unanimous support.
1t was decided to rearrange the
championship program so that the re-
lay would be the final race, instead of
the opening one as heretofore. The
program In the future will be in this
order: Fifty-yard swim first, then the
diving contest, 220-yard swim, plunge
for distance, 1O-yard swim, first half
Of water polo game, relay race and
second half Of the polo. game.
The associations individual cham
piOnships will be held this year during
the. latter part Of March. The events
were scheduled for Princeton. but the
officials of the New York Athletic club
requested permission to conduct the
sports on patriotic basis, paying the
expenses Of the competing athletes,
and donating the proceeds Of the meet
to the Red Cross society. The Prince
ton officials declared themselves In ia
vOr of the proposition, and all that
remains now is to set the date for
the event,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-15
YOUNG BILLIARD STAR
Welker Cochran May Be Able to
Wrest Title From Hoppe.
Younester Has Shown Such Remark.
able Improvement Recently That
He Is Being Advanced as Suit.
able Opponent for Champion.

Lovers of the game of billiards are
pinning their hopes in Wclker Coch.
ran, the young western billinrdist. to
wrest the crown of champion from
Willie Hoppe who has won it for sew
eral years and who seems to outclass
the field. Sutton, Slosson, Cutler and
the others do not appear to be able to
cope with him with any degree of sue
cess.
Cochran used to be known as the
boy wonder when he was touring the
country with Flrmin Cassignol, the
French champion, but he has outgrown
that sobriquet now as he has become
of voting age. Cochran has been CIV
ing exhibitions recently in New York
and he has shown such remarkable inn
prOvement over his play of year or
two ago that billiard men are seri-
onsly advancing him now as a suitable
opponent for Hoppe.
In fact, he Is the only hope Of the
balkliners. If Hoppe is to defend his
title again before he gets too old to
handle cue 1t seems to be up to
Cochran to furnish the opposition. He
is the only player on the billiard hori-
zon who figures to have II chance with
the champion.
The same stngnntlon that exists in
the heavyweight division Of boxing
has come over bnlklne billiards. Each
of these branches of sport has dcvcl-
Oped champion who SO far outcasses
his field that he has no one left to give
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-15

Wrestling Is one of the most siren
uous Of all sports. 1t demands the
utmost In strength and endurance and
agility. The mat game is the severest
and most exhaustive form Of exercise
yet take n look over the wrestlers.
They last longer than any other
athletes.
Ball players, tennis players, boxers,
runners and Jumpers, and others are
usually through" us athletes ut the
age Of thirty-fve-most of them ears
lier than this.
Wrestlers are gust reaching their
best ut this. ngc. And most Of them
are god for ut least ten years more.
Goteh Retired at Forty.three.
Gotch retired ms worlds champion
Mt the age of forty.thrcc-and then
only because he suffered broken leg.
Who thought Gotch an old man? Yet
we always speak Of Hans Wagner as
an antique, and he Is only fOrty.three
John Olin, the famous Olympic
wrestling champion, and the first man
to defeat Stecher, IL over forty. Sc
are Madralli and Charley Cutler abou,
that age.
Aberg, the Greco.Rnman champion
Of the world, II nearly torty-ilve. Aberg
has not lost u single fall in the last
13 years. eitiiGr'
Doctor Roller, who II known oil over
the country, Is over tory,
Tom jenkins, the former champion,
who now teaches at West Point, wfes-
tied continuously for 81 years.
Sianislau Zbyszko had been wrcs.
Ting ~ years before he was taken
prisoner by the Russians ut the out.
break of the war. He Is still one of
the most formidable men In the game,
and will no doubt be n factor to con
tend with after the war.
Antoine Pierre, the Greek, died two
years ago ut the age of slxty.siX. lie
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-15
PETI: HERMAN is STAR
View Orleans BantamWeight
Proves Himself Champion.
Established Himself Firmly on Fistio
Map by Recent Defeat Of frankie
Burns-Promises to Give
Ertle a Chance.

Little Pete Herman, the New Or
leans bantamweight, has proven him
self full-nedgcd champion.
Since his defeat of frankie Burns,
the clever Jersey City veteran, in a
2O-round battle i'm the Crescent city,
no one can dispute his claims to the
title, for he has established himself
firmly on the fistic map and he stands
out as the best bantamweight in the
business, Johnny Ertle and Kid Will
liams Notwithstanding.
The most pralseworthy thing about
Hermans victory over Burns was the
fact that he had the courage and the
confidence to come back and defeat
man who once hung "sleep ticket"
on his "mushs"
Burns. who, though aged in the
game has beaten nearly all of the
good ones, Knocked Herman out I'm IL
rounds at one time and felt confident
that he could do 1t again. And there
Is an old belief among boxers that one
Knockout Is as good as brick house
falling on an opponent. for few boxers
who are knocked out ever come back
and defeat the men who have flattened
them for the count
Johnny Coulon, who was clever and
sturdy, and n great battler, was per-
haps more finished boxer than Her
man. Johnny Ertle appears to have
been more of n flash In the pan than
anything else, and Herman ranks far
above him. Kid Williams was per
haps sturdier battcr in his best days
than the New orleans boy, but 1t is
what you are today that counts.
Herman has promised to give Ertle
chance to take the bantamweight
crown from him, but 1t Is doubtful II
the match will be put on for some
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-15
HOCKEY TEAMS START LATE
Big International Games With Canada
Have Been Oelayed-Put on Bet
ter Trained Teams.

While many American hockey teams
are rounding into shape in good time,
the big international games with Cam
ada have been delayed by the Domin-
ion players. The Canadian skaters got
away to n late start this year, but now
believe that they win make up for lost
time by putting more and better
trained teams on the Kinks. Many of
the Canadian army camps will have
hockey teams in the field and the
American Middle Western Hockey
league Is being formed to meet them.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-15

time, us Hcrmah has been drafted into
the army and Uncle Samuel Is now his
big boss.
New York fight fans did not be-
lieve Herman had the goods when he
fought here last spring. he met Dutch
Brandt, tough trial horse, and In ten
rounds he gave Brandt all he wanted.
showing flashes of form and then re-
laXlng into the uninteresting style that
SO many boxers follow.
But since he has scored decisive
comeback against Burns New York Is
giving him all the credit and awards
him the palm, for Burns was going
such great guns when he lost to Her
man that New Workers We're forced to
admit Peterkin Is the class.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-15
FENCING IS POPULAR SPORT
In Order to Make Pastime More Inter.
esting to Soldiers Bayonet Prae-
tice Is introduced.

Fencing at Columbia university
promises to be popular pastime this
season. In order to make the pastime
more interesting to prospective sol
diers, Doctor Murray, the coach, has
introduced bayonet practice for the
first time this year with slX-pound
imitation rifle of his own invention.
BayOnet matches and both saber and
bayonet matches are planned for the
team.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-15

OUR LEADING CLUBS
Moulders of Public Opinion and
Assembling Places for Cit-
zens in This City.

Following are the locations OF the
aiding self-sustaining clubs OF Chi
ago:
Apollo Club. 2O2 s. Michigan ave.
Bohemia Club--3659 Douglas boule.
yard
Builders, 412.41S Chamber Of Com
nerce building.
Calumet, Michigan ave and goth o.
Caxton. Tenth floor, Fine Arts bids
Chicago Athletic Association, IL O.
Michigan ave.
Chicago Architectural, Art Instt
tute.
Chicago Automobile. S2i Plymouth
,ourt.
Chicago Club, Michigan ave. and
Van Buren, street.
Chicago Motor Club, 1850 South
Michigan avenue.
Chicago cycling, 1915. 81 East vas
Buren, street
Chicago Yacht, foot Of Monroe vt
City Club, 3I5 Plymouth court.
Gin Dwellers, z16 s. Michigan ave.
Colonial Club Of Chicago, 44IS
Grand boulevard.
Columbia Yacht. foot Of Randolph
street.
Elks, Grand Pacific Hotel (tem.
porary), pending completion of new
club house at ia West Washington
street.
Englewood. 1928 Harvard avenue.
Edgewater Country. 6e6s winthrop
avenue.
Farragut Yacht Club. foot Of $50 n.
Germania Maennerchor. los Germs
MIA place.
Hamilton, 20 8. Dearborn st
Illinois Athletic. 113 8. Michigan
avenue.
Irish Fellowship Club. La Sale Ho
tel.
1roduois, 81 N. La Sale st
Illinois. l13 8. Ashland boulevard.
Jefferson, Dearborn ave. and Maple
street.
Kenwood, Lake ave- and +7th Of.
! Kenwood Country. Drexsl boule-
ward and 18th strest.
Midday. First National Bank bids.
18th floor.
Oaks. Lake st. and Waller ave.
| Press Club Of Chicago, City Hall
Square Building.
Quadrangle. Lexington avenue ana
SSth street.
Rotary. 80 South Dearborn Of.
Saddle and Cycle. Sheridan Roa1
and Foster avenue.
South Shore Country. lake shoss
and 9Th Street.
Southern. 2s N. Dearborn street
Speedway Park Club, 40 g. Dear
born street.
Standard. Michigan ave. and s>th
street.
Swedish Club Of Chicago. 1855 Ii
Sale avenue.
Twentieth Century. 2246 Michisa,
avenue.
Union League. jackson boulevard
and Federal street.
University. Michigan avenue sad
Monroe street.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-15
OUR SOLDIERS ARE PLEASED
Draftees Arriving at National Army
cantonments Find Baseball Out
fits Awaiting Them.

The draftees arriving at the Ma
tlonal army environments have been
well pleased to find baseball outfits
A. has arranged for the distribution
of regulation balls, bats ana gloves ut
the army camps In connection with its
programme Of providing amusement
for the off hours of the soldiers.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-15
GOLF CONTAINS A SECRET
POWER MORE SUBTLE
THAN MEDICINE.

Doctors differ about many pre-
scriptlOns. but golf has Il secret
power which Is more stibtle In It's
actions than any homeopathic or .
allOpathlc medicines. After u
few dinner parties where there
Is more than cold water served,
the average mortal can find lot
OF things wrong with his head,
lungs, heart and digestion. ,
There Is one man who believes
that there should be an entrance !
gate to every golf course, and
that the following sign should be
posted:
"All ills abandon, sc who en-
ter here"
There was something else said
over certain place by Dante,
but he with faith In his heart
will be confident that 1t was u
misquOte.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-15
OLDEST BALL UNCOVERED

The oldest baseball in captiv-
ity has been, discovered In SYRIA
cuse, NY. Aifew years ago the
Oldest bali extqnt was found In
Pittsburgh, and ywas insured for
$1,000 against loss. The ball
was used In IA game played In
1864. George Geer OF Syracuse.
now comes forth with a ball
which he claims was used In Il
game between Utica and SYRIA
cuse on August 22,I 1861. Geer's
father, Harry, Geer, pitched for
Syracuse In 1861, and in the
game In which this particular
ball was used. Utica was de-
feated, 80 to 20.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-15
Statement BY DAVID FULTZ
President Of Players Fraternity Talks
on Action Taken by National
Association.

The national association of minor
baseball leagues, in empowering mi
nOrs to release players without the
customary five days notice, virtually
has rePudiated the agreement which
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-15
AMBITIOUS TO BE WRESTLER
"Happ' Felseh Of Champion White Sex
at One Time Aspired to Shine
on the Mat.

How mems ambitions do change {!
II was only n few years ago that "Ilnp-
py" Flesch, center fielder of the White
SoX, saw q dazzling future ahead of
him as d mat artist. AS "Ilnppy" Is
not In The habit OF doing things by
half meusdres, he was cOntented, in
his dreams, with nothing less than
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-15

same dreams did things to Frank Gotch
that would make that husky Iowa
farmer run away and hide his face In
a corner. But then the baseball bug
got into Felsch's bean. So he tore
himself loose from his wrestling am
bitlon and devoted himself TO the dia-
mOnd pastime. He put rs much pep
into that as he did into his wrestling
dreams, and as everybody knows, he's
made good.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-15
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RACING IN KENTUCKY

The most prosperous racing
season In the history of Ken !
lucky wound UP ut Latonia last
week. All of the tracks In the !
Blue Grass state made plenty of
money. The stakes and purses !
were more valuable than in 1916,
and some of the best horses in !
training were seen under saddle.
The most noteworthy events
were Omar Khayyam's victory
in the Kentucky derby ana the
wonderful mile run by the three
year-Old Cudgel. 'he racing
prompted remarkable specula-
ton in the mutual machines and
also served to stimulate the
breeding industr.'. During all
the trials and POPULATIONS of the
American turf Kentucky has
been allowed to enjoy racing uI-
mOlested.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-15
FRENCH ADOPTING FOOT
BALL; BACKED BY THE
GOVERNMENT.

Association football, popular
In England, has won a high place
in the Frenchmen's esteem of
the game as Il sport. Twenty
years ago association football
was almost unknown In France,
hut today 1t has countless fol-
lowers. Its biggest booster Is
the French government, for now,
according to an official an
.nOuncement, all regiments are
provided with association foot
balls. The poilus at the front
find time to play the game and
many exciting contests are wag-
cd during the lull of battle. The
French are said to be rs pro-
ficient at the sport as the Eng
lish.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-15
The Rival Baseball Leagues.

American league baseball teams
have defeated National league rivals
1914 times, while the National league
clubs won l24 times, In pOst-seasOn
tests since 1908
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-15

baseball players fraternity few sea
sons ago mt Cincinnati, according to
David L. Fultz, president of the fra
ternity. Mr.. Fultz, IN Il statement
says that apparently organized base
ball regards that agreement as mere
''scrap of paper"
ut wouldn't surprise me-" the state
ment says, "if organized baseball will
now repudiate many of the other prom
ises which they made to the players In
the Cincinnati compact"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-15
Colonies Sell Brief.

Bunny Brief, Louisville first sackei
has been sold to Kansas Oily.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-05-24
GENERAL BARNETT
LAUDS WORK HERE
OF MARINE CORPS

Washington. May 23-Editor The
argus The bill signed BY President
Wilson yesterday authorizes the ma
r5ne corps to enlist men be-
tween the ages Of as and 80 for
the period 81 the war Men vino
want to fight where She action Is hot
test on land and sea or in the AIR VIII
find the marine corps offers them .
great opportunity - uphold the honor
o1 their country and their flag
on behalf Of lhe officers and enlisted
men Of the marine corps again de-
sire to express our sincere appraeta-
tfcn Of the able assistance and hearty
cooperation rendered By The Argus 5n
recruiting the corps during these
strenuous times Rock Island has re-
s0Jlded spleudidly 70 our calls. I am
asking your further assistance and
cooperation in recruiting the marine
corps 10 jus full authorized strength If
10000 enlisted men The special na-
lonaI marine corps recruiting week is
from June 10 90 is inclusive, and 7
hope that the marine corps VIII be at
fgll strength before the close OF the
present fiscal year
GEORGE BARNETT.
Major General Commandment