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Rock Island Argus., 1917-10-04

problem than that Of this faH but
with the two teams playing the same
sort OF BAH thew have shown All sea-
son, the White SoE look ike the best
bet. Should HerzoE be forced to re-
main en the bench because of the iu-
jury 10 his spine the S0E should lee
undIsputed fayorites
Many hackers OF the Giants are pin
rlng their faith on Schupp. Salfee and
Benton. McGraw S southpaws. with the
idea that the Sex viii be unable to
locate their shoots However, the sea
sons dope shows RoWIaud.s men have
won nearly two-thirds of the games
il which they were called TO lace left
handlers and it must he remem bered
the American league boasts of real
class ia that department.
National league players declare the
Sex viii not touch Schupp, that he has
the best curve bali Of any s0uthpaw in
the league. Ferdie undoubtedly is a
great hurier but it must be remem-
hered that more than one famous box
man has failed to win worlds S series
contest
The breaks should play more i'm
portant part than ever in the coming
series as both clubs list several ath-
ietes Of the temperamental type. At
that, the SoE always have impressed
the writer as being the steadier club.
day in and day out
Oscar C.. BeicH0H Of the Chicago DaiIy
News:
New York is my selection in the
worlds series. Tt is without a doubt
the best club the National league has
had since the days of the famous Cub
machine. Take McGraw's club from
top TO bottom and not a weak spot can
be found HOIke is really the only
youngster on the team and ne has
played first base so c0mmeudabIv this
year that he conuot be considered
feeble McGraw's s defensive strength
Is immense in the in1eld and outfieId
Zimmerman Fletcher. Herzog and
Holke cover lot of ground. are clever
IA Judging balls and all four throw
fast and accurately.
In the outfeld, Burns Kauff and
robertson are feet Of foot in getting
over territory, Judge fy balls nicaIy
ana can throw Extensively the Giants.
particularly in a short series, have as
many as eight 800 hitters, startin-
WITH Burns at the top and finishing
with McCarty. The pitching Of the
-Ne" YORK team is not as strong as il
Hllghl be because OF the absence of an
eEectlFe right-hander. The Ieft-hand-
eFs are good and I figure them TO be
wilder the White Sox. Perrit NAV or
may not pitch a winning game. but /.
look Tor SaIlee. Schupp and Benton to
turn the trick
one cannot deny that managerial
ofains count tremendously in a short
series. IN that respect McGraw out
classes Rowland And it has been
SAID that McGraw Is at his best in
CAanl pIonship games. He has a style
tAe hke OF Which the White Sox have
not seen this year and predict ,fb4f
ne Will be able to execute it effectively
because he has the PLAYERS. who are
to4y base runners, To follow our his
Instructions. His men likewise are
1angeroqs at the plate because he has
taught them to hit to all fields on the
MT and run play which Il one NJ IIfz
5 spsclaities McGraw's shrewdness will /
rl1. aaqoestonably play an important
Rock Island Argus., 1917-10-04
BIG TEN ELEvENS
READY FOR START
Western Conference Football Teams
VIII Get Under Fun Swing
0n Saturday,

After rather feeble start "a week
ago e1.-rer z.sfr Set under fu7H swine
.,-.- ..
-l.7 iL.aeAs o-- @A-'
member OF the Big Ten" except Chic
cazo and Minnesota tearing ur the
rr.ffran CHICAGO v.rf omen n. zaa
s,lt o. .N la.5- "..l a.1..5. ..t.
~ ooplL,el 1sl-.''1S9-@ M..
90 +, -.- e. .l-..i-.. 'l.-1.
r. 71-", ~
3@-s ot9 'eAa' "H' @7 b' a.---3 games
10 put sae eieNeaa on cage Tor more
lmpoflaal games q week ia'eE oHg
Coael 1oJPPhe ot me University 20.
itIihl.7 lh'H%s Ltl5 zoe "fia & lH.
Rock Island Argus., 1917-10-04
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Anyone should he able TO pick the
winner of Jhe worlds series this IalI if
he VIII study the dope with care and
anaIEze keenIv the teams merits and
flaws. Fh5s has been done by quite
teH with great success L IS easy
10 see for example. that tae White SoE
should win with ease Sd they swat the
Giants southpaws and il the Giants
are helpless against Cicotfe-
ln fact its hard TO see how the
Giants will have q l0ok-iu-IF such
things occur. Similar logic viii prove
that the Giants are sure to Win. You
can't so far wrong
The ideas of baseball experts on
this point recently appearing in the
Sporting News show how the thing is
done Read some Of them over and
then ghigk mp few for yourse]f.
Harvey 4. Woodruff Of the Chicago
Tribunes
7 pick the White Sox to win on the
theory that the Giants hurting staff
viii not be able to hold the American
Ieaguers. The SoE have met great
Ieft-handed pitchers an season and
have won fro mthem. They are
great mechanical team. although
some members bring down the aver
age Of what is known as baseball in
telligeuCe. The breaks of the game
therefore viii exert marked influence
on the result
Irwin M. Howe. Baseball Statistician:
The White S0A ara the best team in
t1e best league. Why should they
not win from the best team in an
inferior league2 It is admitted that
the Giants far outCIass their National
league rivals, but whether or not tbev
are Of American league class is one
reason. i suppose for holding the
worlds series
The pitchers are The doubtful guam
tty in both clubs If the Chicago
pitchers can deliver against New York
as they have In their oHn organiza-
ton the outcome should be easy 10
guess The White SOE score more
runs than any other team and their
opponents less than are made against
any other club. That's what wins the
balI games
Francis Eaton Of the Boston Journal:
While conditions IN the two leagues
are tending toward equalization. there
IS stfI q considerable difference be
tween them in playing strength
Teams like the White SoE Red Sex.
Tigers ana CieveIands 0utclass. every
thing ln the National league. excepting
the Giants. The Giants should make
the worlds series much closer than it|
mas been of late. even with Herzog out,
but even with Herz0g in there is not
the slightest ground for conceding TO
tie Giants more than the chance which
ia always inherent in "a game consist
ing Of So per cent luck and 20 per
cent skill The Red Sox. with their
accurate throwing outfelders. would
be g stronger American league entry
raan the White Sox against McGrawfs
Iavorlte hit and run attack. but on the
other hand the White Sox pitchers
with Scha1k. are the best in the bus
mess at holding the runner close TO the
bag, and / shall not be surprised 10
see AcGraw's team shift from the hit
and run y the Grand Army game in
the cash clash
Wilbur Wood Of st. Louis Republic: +
There never has been a world SER
les which presented a more difficult
Rock Island Argus., 1917-10-04
FrTrRTTY 80 T0nAE.

Lexington, KY Oct. 3. ~ This IS
TransyIvania day ST the Kentucky
Trottiug Horse Breeders association
meeting. and one of the most brilliant
contests ever staged Tor she $4,000
classic was expected
Before the race Early Dreams was
classed as the favorlte with Miss Di-
rected second choice, and Busv's
Iassie and lima Jay favored by q large
contingent Of betrCTs, Miss Directed
finished second TO Mabel Trask at Co
Iumbus. Ohio, when the latter made a
new worlds record for three heats.
st Frisco finished third in the race st
Columbus Other good ones that
schedule to start are BacelG. Al Mack
,RoyaI Mae and Ross H.
Rock Island Argus., 1917-10-04
VETERANS FOUND
ON The lNFIELOS
Majority Of old Heals Of Proceeding
World Series Make Up the
Classics.

.---..--.-r .t-.
-s-H 80 Hs
veterans or preceding NoFld series WIZ
be found in the ipfeIds d the New
York Nationals and the Chicago Amer
leans when these lso teams meet late
this week in the 1917 series OF the
eight PLAYERS who are expected le
defend the inner lines four nave al
ready passed through one or more OF
these baseball classics and of This
quartet three viii wear The uniforms
OF the Giants and one the col0rs OF the
White S0E. Another peCuilarltF is
that the veteran material viii cluster
between second and third bases the
initial sack being guarded by less eE-
peTiaDead players.
At first Manager hIcGraw will place
his reliance in HoIke while the Chi
cago interests VIII be defended by
Gaudil. In years of service ana the
knowledge wuich comes with IT, Gan
oil viii have the edge over h-s yeGu~-
or opponent Both arc steady con-
sistent players covering the baG and
the adjacent territory without spec
tacu}ar effort but with high degree
of efficiency.
According TO their records for the
uast season in their respective leagues
there is little to chose between them
SO far as fielding or batting lis con-
cerned HoIka mas a slight advantage
of fhe averages in both these depart
ments as well as i'm stolen bases and
double plays. He is also three years
younger than Gandll 6ut when all IS
considered II 5s iikeiH that The lar
ter.z greater experience viii slightly
outweigh fIoIke's footWork The mar
gin of advantage is SO small one way
or the other that so far as forecasts
are concerned. the two players may he
said 10 be equal In offensive and de
fensiye work
Two Of the best second basemen In
their respective leagues viii be OPP
posed at the midway sack and the
struggle for honors between Eddie Col
lins and Charles Herzog should be one
of the thrilling features of the series.
World series plav is no longer nov
city to either as Collins has parti-l-
pafad in faur such conflicts while "a
member of the PhfIadaIphfa Athletics
and Herz0r has seen service In three
series with the Giants Both are noted
for their ability to rise to extreme
heights OF play at times and from their
keystone position t0 dominate the
work of the entire inheId cOmbna-
ti0ns-
Herzog. owing 10 the injury to his
back due to q fall earlier in the season,
has not PLAYED as regularly as Collins
and there is just the bare possibility
that ne may not be available for the
series but this chance is so remote
that he can for comparative purposes
be considered as the Giants second
baseman. If il proves 10 be other
wise the stock OF the New York club
viii suffer q severe slump even be
fore the first bail is pitched. AS their
records stand for the season Collins
had the better of Herzog in batting.
fielding. stolen bases and double plays.
The same is true OF his averages in
past world series. Collins has batted
338 and felaed 975 III four series to
Herzog.s PA and 958 in three post
season struggles.
If HerzOg enters the fray benefited
by the rest he insisted on taking. after
the Giants had virtually clinched the
Rock Island Argus., 1917-10-04

Charles Herz0g-"B Buck" is 90 years
old and stIIl star The Giants sec
oud 0asemau did more than any other
one player TO transform the Giants
from first division in 1915 to first
place i'm 1917
HeTzog, a native of Maryland. play
ed sand lot ball around RidEIey. Then
he put i'm two summers with the Uni
versity Of Maryland baseball OUTFIT He
first went out In 1917. playing third
base for York Pa. and Reading. Pa,
u tha Tristate. He graduated to the
Giants II 1908 and stayed there TWO
seasons. being sold to Boston in 1910
after q row with NcGraw. In 1911 he
returned 40 the Giants i'm a trade and
in 1918 he shifted To Cincinnati as
anageE-shOrIsCU for the Reds An
other row at Cincinnati resulted in his
being traded back to the Giants in
1915 and now mes second basemau for
"a worlds series team.
George Burns This 6y chaser. who
was born In Utica. n " 2S years ago.
was once a catcher That was when
he was with Utica In the New York
State league. He was d receiver in
1893 but in mjdseas0u of 1870 it was
decided Burns would develop into a
hitter If played regularly lie was
shifted TO the Out6eld and liz 1911 his
batting average climbed to .2s8
Burns stole 80 bases in the 1910
campaign and that brought him a
Job with McGraw in 1912 ana hes
been the Giants regular sun fielder
since.
Arthur Fletcher" "FIetch" was born
i'm Collonsville. III. Jan 5. 1886 He
has PLAYED on but two professional
ball clubs Dallas. Texas and New
York
Fletcher started with his town team
in Collinsville. but 1ata IN the summer
OF 1907 he was given a tryout by Dal-
las in the Texas league. He made good
and was on the job in 1908, being sold
that tall TO the Giants And with the
Giants ne has been ever since.
Fletcher isn't sIugEer. but he's
better than an average hitter. His
big strength 10 tha Giants Is IN his
fielding ability.
Rock Island Argus., 1917-10-04

in itself Both boys have been in
training for the last two weeks for the
go and this afternoon declared them
selves i'm the best OF physical condition.
This event viii go 10 rounds. The
winner of this bout viii meet Bryan
Downey. the Columbus. Ohio. sensa-
tionaI welterweiEht. Both boys have
spared no efforts 10 get into good
shape Henderson has been training
daily with his sparring partner and
declares ne was never more fit for q
boxing exhibition.
The preliminarIes and semi-Windup
viii be worthy of seeing as several
other good men in this vicinity VIII
appear. TIE one preliminary which
is expected 10 cause some little excite
ment will be between johnny Domaine
and Battling ZuroF. This will be Dom
ahue's first bout for several months,
During the last two weeks he has
been in constant training and prom
ises a strong comeback The other
TWO bouts viii be between Tony Ca
Doni 0t Rock Island and Leo IIuggius
Of Davenport at IL5 pounds for six
rounds and Buck Clark GE Davenport
and Tom Jones OF ST. Louis. four
rounds at f29 pounds.
Rock Island Argus., 1917-10-04
NEW YORK FINISHES
WITH TWIN VICTORY

Philadelphia. pa.. Oct 4.-New York
wound mp lis championship season by
winning two games from the PhiIies,
II 10 and s 10 Schupp pitched four
innings Of the first and did NOS WELD
a hft while New York pounded ont 19
hits fer total OF IS bases off Law
onder and Fittery. team made mp
largely Of Giant recruits iu the see
ond game batter Oeschager's delivery
freely for - bases. while Anderson,
Tesreau and Kelly were effective The
New York team left last night for Chi
Cago.
Rock Island Argus., 1917-10-04
Get WYLAND FOR
LINE POSITION IN
SUNDAY'SBATTLE
Ten to Seven Odds FaTorinE DaTcu-
port Now May Switch Towards
Independents,
STAR ACQUIRED Is SEW PLAYER
Manager Flanagan Secures Former
Iowa Center for Big Contest
Of Early Season.

Those 20 20 odds ja favor q -ha
Davenport Athletic club may z@Ite1
a notch or two In favor ol the kocE
Island Independents on Sundays pig
skin scuE!e at the Ihree-Eye PARK I'D
pretzeIt0wu. with the auuouuCeD eut
from Manager Walter Flanagan today
that he has signed up Guido #ylaua
Of Moline for a line position
Few 0f the local grid fans are nm
familiar with Guido and his playing
He put in three years with tha Iowa
university He can play anything la
the line from end 10 center. He's one
of them there kind Of centers VINO
wfU pass the bali back for q punt and
then get down the field and tackle the
opposing player who RECEIVERS 1L de
TIPS the beam at t75 pounds and has
every bit Of beef be possesses 30 the
battle at ali times. He is an acgpis--
tIon which greatly enhances OUT
chances of winning.
Betting favors Davenport 10 70 r, Eeg
some wagers have gone even money
The odds may change 90 even up be-
fore the Sabbath day. however Re-
ports from grid fand0m are that bet
ting ia unusually heavy and Is ez-
pected to increase as the time for the
contest approaches
Win Wyland 5n the contest the In
derendents' line is materially siren 9Th
ened. Aside from being brilliant
PLAYER. he has the advantage Of hav-
ing PLAYED against She Davenport
team once this season. last Sunday
with the Moline Bedmen. He knows
the Athletics style OF attack and de-
fense No definite decision en- the
makeup OF che line has been reached
as vet hut aside from the new man.
Rock Island Argus., 1917-10-04
nTEN MUST BE
FIT FOR THE ARMY

New Haven, Conn, Oct, #--Unless a
man, physically ut, has identified him
self with some branch Of the military
service. he need not expect to play
football at Yale this year. according
10 an announcement made today by II.
A. D. Jones. football coach. The an
nouncement says
s'No man, who is physically at and ts
not a member Of the reserve officers
training corps. or some branch Of the
military service. will be permitted TO
report for football"
Rock Island Argus., 1917-10-04
FACTS eoea eaf- piT7He FANSor
I.syAX0RLDSG SGgg!SCpIES STARS

John J. McGraw-It's next to i'm
possible to summarize the career Of
John ]. McCraW into q couple OF hun
dred words, but here goes.
Born at TruXrou, ~ r, April z.
1873, AIcGraw's first saIaried baseball
position was with the Oleau. n. ~
club in 1890. He received $50 a month
and was proud Of it, From that $50 q
month to his stipend of today. so large
that ne can afford 70 pay $500 for
sIuggiug an umpire and roasting Pres
ideuc Teuer, seems a long cry. and i
In between 1IcGraw was famous
for years as third baseman for the
famous old Baltimore Orioles Then
he managed the Baltimore club iu
the old American league. His ca
reer as a player was ended by Dick
Harley's spikes. NCGraw jumped tie
the National league in 1902 and has
been manager Of the Giants ever
since.
In 1905 the Giants won the Ma
touaI league flag and they beat the
original Athletics in the worlds Sc
ries. In 1911 1912 and 1913 Nc
Graw's team won three more Ma
rional league pennants. bur lost two
worlds series to the Athletics and
one TO the Red S0x
8TcGraw's a man Of fiery dispozl-
tion, a driver. who demands results
no matter how obtained
Walter Holke-He's a sort of Christ
mas present to The Giants and was
born December IS. 1892. at ST. Louis
lie is a graduate Of the Trolley league
at ST Louis. starring in that circuit In
1911
Young HoIke got his first baseball
Job with Peoria. III. ia the Three-Eve
In 1912 Then he went 10 Daven-
port, Iowa, St Joseph. Mo. and Spo-
kane. Wash. McGraw took him south
in 1915 and again in 1915. but both
years he was farmed 10 Rochester
Last fall MeGraw pulled Holke back
and stuck him 81 the first base job
and there he is today.
Holke Is not graceful fielder. but
he covers q lot of ground ana he is
long distance eloQter and a timely
one.
Rock Island Argus., 1917-10-04
NATIONAL LEAGUE


RESULTS YESTERDAY.
American League
Philadelphia, 3 New York L
New York. 3 PHiladel phia
Washington, 8 Boston. o.
No other games scheduled.
GAMES TODAY.
Washington at Boston
National League.
New York, 11-0; Philadelphia l-'
Boston, 9-1. Brooklyn &-j,
GAMES TO-DAY.
Boston at Brooklyn l-J.
Rock Island Argus., 1917-10-04
sox-INDIAN CAME TODAY.

Cincinnati, OHIO. Oct 4,-Weather
conditions permitting. the first OF a
series Of games between the CIeve-
land Americans and the Cincinnati
Nations TO decide the baseball cham
pionship Of Chic. will be played here
today
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-06-09
RETURN THE MAIL SACKS

Postmaster Ansley has received circular from c. Riddiford, postal inspector in charge at Spokane. Wash, calling attention to the fact that the department has been advised that misrepresentation of United States mall bags and sacks for private use by persons both in and out of the service is prevalent in Alaska It is claimed, he says that mail bags are frequently found in prospectorS' cabins and at camps, and in some instances the bags are cut up for other use. He calls attention to 1896 of the Postal Laws and Regulations, making such practices crlmi- nal offense punishable by fine of s2Oo or
 imprisonment not more than three years or both Postmasters are admonished to CO., operate with the department in remedylng this state of affairs.
 In consequence MT. Ansley advises that if anyone is in possession of any mail bags they send the same to the Iditarod postottice immediately. He says that reports already have been made that bags are being used in this community for private purposes, and in future he will not send out bags except to regular postofices.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-06-09
SENSATIONAL CHARGE MADE
 AGAINST FAIRBANKS MAN

That David H. Cascaden removed his name from the stakes of the Gold Dollar association claim of forty acres on Llven- good creek, in the Tolovana district substl- tuting the name of Albert Bell, IS the sen sational charge made against Cascaden in a suit filed in the office of the clerk of court at Fairbanks on April p by Pat OConnor, according to the Citizen.
 The complaint asks that the defendant, Cascaden, be compelled by the court to make deed to half of the ground in ques- ton to O'Connor; that he be compelled to make sn accounting of all of the royalties taken from the ground to date. and to pay half of them to the plaintiff, and that he pay the plaintiff the sum of s1O,0OO dam ages. It also asks that the gold being taken from the ground as royalty to the present time be turned into the registry of the court until such time as the case is tried and decided, and that the defendant be en- joined from keeping them.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-06-09
FIRST MAIL OF THE SEASON

The first mail of the summer service ar rived last Sunday on board the launch Sea Wolf, which reached here half an hour ahead of the Washburn. It consisted prin cipally of consignments from Yukon and Tanana river points, with little more than first-class mail from the Outside The big spring mail, containing tons of delayed newspaper and other mail which could not be forwarded over the trail. may be eS- pected shortly, as it was reported that the ice WAS out of Lake La Berge on Thursday last.
 On Thursday morning last about II 30 o'clock, Tom Boyd reached Idtarod from Ophir with two consignments of winter mail, consisting of nearly four hundred pounds. Mr Boyd states that he waited for the third and last consignment until May "A, but reports of fearful trail condl- tions caused him to wait no longer and he started for Iditarod without it. The last two outgoing consignments were also returned by Mir. Boyd, and were dispatched with the down-river mail on Thursday
 As soon as the summer service Is fairly established it is expected that announce ment of set date each week for the clos ing of the mail will be made.