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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-21
WILD BILL DONOVAN
TO MANAGE CARDS?

New York, Dec. Civilian wild
Bid Donovan, manager Of the New
York American league baseball club
for the last three years, will be man
ager Of the St. Louis National club
next season, according to persistent
but unconfrmed reports here today.
Miller Higgins, manager Of the Card
inals, recently was named as Dono-
vans successor here.
Branch Hickey of the Cardinals and
Donovan have long been friends and
it is said that when Rickey's efforts
10 sign Jack Hendricks failed, nego-
tiations were opened at once with
Donovan.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-21
At the Majestic,

Most Of us think we would like to
be kings. but the job is not always so
easy TO live up to nor as pleasant, par
ticularly when sou have people plot
ting against your life and when you
have got to marry a princess who is
as ugly as q mud fence. In Reaching
for the Moon Alexis Caesar Napo-
leon Brown (better known to you and
10 us as Douglas Fairbanks) falls heir
to a kingdom which he had often
dreamed about in his day dreams.
After he took possession of the king
dom, he threw up the job and came
back to his little cottage in Jersey
FFor further details do not fail to see
Reaching for the Moon" at the Ma
jestic theatre tonight
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-21
At the Columbia.

Anniversary week at the Columbia
theatre, Davenport, Is drawing great
crowds TO the pretty playhouse. Pa
irons thought the bill for the first half
Of the week was strong, but the offer-
ing for the last period is even better
balanced. The Hawaiian and Ameri-
can vocal and instrumental music of
the Moanalua sextet is entertaining
Pauolka does a Hula Hula dance and
the entire act is high class. In THE
Answer" Alfred H. White and com
pany have an unusually clever play
let. 1t deals with the refusal OF a
member of an exclusive club TO pro-
pose the name of a rich Jewish bank
er's son for membership in the organ
ization which had a rule barring Jews.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-21
CHAMPION DISCUS
THROWER rs Welded

Oshkosh, Wis, Dec, 21.--Arlie L.
Mucks. worlds champion discus
thrower former ONmpi8h games par
ticipant and one OF the nationally
known athletes performing under the
University OF Wisconsin and the Chit
cago Athletic association, was mar
ried here yesterday to Miss Metha
Simpson, daughter OF Eber Simpson,
an Oshkosh pioneer, and sister OF Eber
Simpson, jr, all-western quarter for
1917. The Rev. T. N. Smith, retired
congregational pastor, officiated, The
attendants We're Mr.. and Mrs, Carl
Callies, the latter a sister OF the bride,
Mr. Mucks IS now located on a ranch
at Mitchell, S, d., but following a wed.
ding trip will reside here until spring
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-21
KuBANE WILL WAIT
UNTIL WAR Is OVER

Cleveland. O.. Dec. 2f.--Johnny Kill
tane. featherweight champion, Will
lay his ring laureIs on the shelf until
The end of the war. The Clevelander
declares that he will pay no attention
to challenges directed at him.
II have decided not TO do any box
ing FOR profit until peace is declared,
he explained. 1.-The country will have
first call on my services. II | dis
cover | am through as a fopnotcher
when the war is over I shall quit the
game without waiting to have my mead
knocked off.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-21
SEvEROID TO ENLIST.

Among the letters received from ball
players by President Ban Johnson re-
garding their intentions for next year
was one from Catcher Hank Seyeroid
OF the St Louis Browns declaring that
he means TO enlist In the army. Hank
has been the first string catcher Of
the Browns for two years In fact, he
is about ninety per cent OF their catch
ing staff and II he goes through with
his plans the Browns will be hard hit
indeed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-21
SPORT SUMMARY

Chicago. Dec. 21.-ora Morningstar
outplayed Welker Cochran in iva
blocks OF the 1872 balkline biilian
match for 1900 points and went inn
the lead, 1900 to 1,134
In the international wrestling tour
nament at New York, Hans Fueres,
threw Hans Assam: Yousiff Hussaus
beat Charles Pospiahil; Sula Neyon.
pas won from Henry Vogel. DR.. R
F. Roller defeated Fred Pilakoff and
Ed stranger" Lewis downed George
Manich.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-21
BARROW TO LEAD
BOSTON RED SOx'
President Of International League
Slated rs Next Manager Former
Worlds Champs.
TO RESIGN AS LEAGUE HEAD
President Frazee Engineering Deal
Which win Make Minor Mogui
Vice President.

Chicago, Dee. 21,-EdwaFd G. Bar
row, president Of the International
league, will soon take over the active
management of The Boston Red Hox,
according to report. II the deal now
on between Harry Frnzee, president OF
the club, and Barrow goes through
the latter will be made vice president
and general manager of the club.
Frazee, in that case, will practically
retire from the game and devote most
o. his time to his theatrical interests.
Negotiations between the two have
been pending for some time. At the
American league meeting here In Chi
cago they practically came to an
agreement. The only difference con-
cerned the authority of the new Off
cial. Barrow insisted that he have full
control In running the playing end Of
| the game The salary arrangements
were said to be satisfactory.
/ Barrow resigned as president of the
! international at the annual meeting In
/ New York few days ago, when his
! salary was reduced from $500 to
| s2,50G. His resignation will take effect
on Feb. 12. and, according to Barrow
| himself, Is final
1t fl clGimed that President John
son of the American league had con
siderable to say about the negotia-
lions. He and president Frazee dis
agreed az to the policies Of the club
last season and relations between the
two were strained after Johnson had
strongly criticised the Boston owner
for offering each Of his players $1,000
If they beat out the White Sox In the
pennant race. Several years ago the
national commission issued an order
that no bonus could be paid player
and Johnson considered that Frazet
violated the spirit of the rule.
That the International league hat
figured, when the owners reduced
Barrow's salary. that the circui
would be wrecked next season wa
the statement made shortly after tn
,, meeting In New York. They had beef
given 10 understand that the Washing
: ton club would be transferred to Tor
onto, practically the only paying cit
in the league Owner Jim McCaffert
Of Toronto said he would take tri
: to Chicago and see Ban about it. Jill
: had better save car fare Presiden
= Johnson said yesterday that the trans
:, fer was not on the program for mex
: year.
No Transfer TO Toronto.
"The Washington club will not b
q transferred to Toronto next season
4 said Ban. There IS no questio
about Toronto being cracking goo
baseball town, and it will be better.
look for it to soon have population {
100000. 1t has even been a GOO
o ball town during the war; but as fc
% the removal of Grifhth's club to II
= Canadian city there is no probabilit
/ Of that now
u President Johnson would not So
is that the American league might nj
G move in" later. but for the presei
J. the Senators will live on the hol
ID that conditions at the capital vi
If improve.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-21
SELECT GUNDERSON
SKATE INSTRUCTOR

Chicago, Dec. 2l.-Ice hockey con-
tests between teams from army and
navy camps in the middle west are
being arranged for this winter, ac-
cording to W. Gunderson. a profess
sional skater, who has been placed in
charge of the skaters at the Great
Lakes naval training station. He ex-
poets to arrange contests for his men
with teams from Camp Grant, Camp
Custer and various athletic clubs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-21
BASKET TEAMS PLAY
RED CROSS BENEFIT

The basketball team OF the Evan
gelical Church OF Peace last night de-
feated the Franklin school five, q TO
4. at the Franklin gymnasium The
church team greatly outweighed the
Franklins. This game was staged for
the benefit Of the Rock Island chapter
of the Red Cross and 81 was raised.
Tonight the Franklins meet the Lin
coin school team at the Franklin
gym
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-21

Doubtless like other sufferers, you
have often asked yourself this ques-
ton. which continues TO remain un-
answered.
Science has proven that your Rheu
matism is caused by germ in your
blood, and the only way to reach Il is
by remedy which eliminates and re-
moves these little pain demons from
your blood This explains why lini-
ncnts and lotions can do no perma-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-21
JONES Is OFF THE GAME.

Hugh Jones Of the Denver club Il SO
good and done with baseball that he
didn't even stick around for the West
ern league meeting at st. Joseph, but
took himself off to California. He will
spend the winter In Los Angeles and
will be joined there soon by James c.
McGill. who also finds his interest IN
baseball waning.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-21
No Transfer 10 Toronto.
HORNY IN RED.

Cincinnati, O., Dec. 2l.-Dick Hob
!itzel. first baseman of the Boston
Red Sox, VIII spend his Christmas on
d cot ut Christ hospital here. hoping
the operation to which he submitted
this week will fit him to fight for
Uncle Sam, He WAS on the operat-
ing table two hours and has suffered
considerable pain since, but was rest
Ing fairly easy today In case the OPP
GRAFTON expected to wipe out the eff
fects Of an old baseball injury does
not fit him for the army Hobby viii
return to the Red Sox next season.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-21
How Long Must Suffer
From the Pangs of Rheumatism?

neut good, for they cannot possibly
reach these germs which infest your
blood by the millions.
s. S. S. has been successfully used
for Rheumatism for more than fifty
years. Try it to-day, and you will
find yourself at last on the right
track TO get rid Of your Rheumatism.
Iou can get valuable advice about the
treatment of your individual case by
writing to the Chief Medical Adviser,
Swift Specific Co., Dept. D At
laata, Ga,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-21
EAST MOLINE TO PLAY.

The East Moline high school basket
ball team will open the season to-
night. meeting the Moline high school
five at the Moline gym. Coach Steen-
burg announced the following lineup
for East Moline: Cooksby, center;
Klingenbeil or Forest, right forward;
Filbert or Aldrich, left forward;
Hunter, right guard; Dietrich, left
guard; Osborne and Garcia, substi-
tutes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-21
LARRY KOpF FAILS
QUALIFY AS FLYER

Cincinnati. Dec. 21--Larry Kopf.
shortstop. who was given up as lost
by the Reds, probably will be with
the team next season. President
Hermann yesterday received word
from Kopf that his application for the
aviation corps had been rejected
Kopf Ia not likely to be drafted.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-21
In the Movies.


Spencer Square.-Sessue HayakaWa
in "The Secret Game" Fatty Arbuckie
in "a Country Hero"
Majestic - Douglas Fairbanks IN
Reaching for the Moon"
Black Hawk-"The Light" also a
comedy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-21
PHlLLIES NOT TO
Give ALEX BONUS
President Baker Says Noted Pitcher
WIN Have TO Look 70 Cubs
for Slice Of Dough.
SAYS DEMAND IS UNREASONABLE
New York Sport Writers Not So En-
thuslnstic Over Chances of
Bruins Next Season.

New York. Dec 2l.--Crover Alex
ander. former star pitcher for the
Philadelphia Nationals, recently sold I
to the Chicago Nationals with Catcher
Killifer for $4,000, will receive no 1
part OF the purchase money, accord |
Ing 10 President William Baker Of the !
Philadelphia club,
III Alexander wants any bonus he |
must look TO II from President Weegh- !
man OF Chicago" said Baker here last
night. Il sec no reason why we should
turn any Of the money received for
Alexander over TO that player.
AS a matter Of fact there IS no
need of Alexander signing a new CON
tract with Chicago, We have assign
ed his contract, which covers the sea-
son OF 1918 and 1913, over 10 the CHI
cago club, ny the provisions OF the
new contracts signed by players last
spring they agreed 60 go TO whatever
club thew are sent. whether major or
minor. a, the same or smaller salary"
New York, Dec. 2l-A local sport
INK writer whose opinions usually
are given attention here has this TO
say about the new Cub team:
"Owner Weeghman Of the Cubs has
figured q out that his three leading
boxmon will win 30 games apiece dur
ing the 1918 campaign, The trio con-
sista of Grover Cleveland Alexander.
Jim Vaughn and Phil Douglas, Vaughn
was not FAR from this mark at the
close of the last season, and Weegh-
man believes that the big saujhpaw
aud Douglas win both show great I'M
provymout when working With a
catcher Of Kilifer's ability"
In way this dope sounds reason
able, yet closer analysis Of Che Chit
cago club as st is constituted today
makes Il appear improbable that Nit
chelrs big three will come close "a
the 80 games set for them. The Cubs
cannot hit hard enough to win 90
games for an entire pitching stan. not
10 mention three particular bOxmen
Six Of the seven other clubs IN the
National league outbatted the Cubs
on the seasons play, with only tht
Pirates falling 10 set up 3 better mari
In team batting. Five OF the sever
clubs excelled the Cubs in running
bases,
StiIl Weak at Bat.
The addition OF Alexander and XII
lifer has strengthened the team in
defensive way but has added no rea
strength on attack, The Phillies Wer
not rated as a great hitting team, We
they were many points better than tn
Cubs as n team and Alexander ha
averaged 81 victories o season dur
tng the last three years. Landscape
by lighter hitting aggregation TO d
his rungetting, Alexander must pitc
better bali at Chicago even 10 reac
30 victories. As for Vaughn and Dot
glas, they viii have 10 show decide
improvement on all past performance
TO approach the mark next year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-21
The Columbia.

Vaudeville shows daily at 40
and SIS. Three shows Saturday and
Sunday at 3:09: 1880 and 500 P. m
Change Of bill Sunday and Thursday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-21
SATURDAY..

Spencer Square Sessue Hayakawa
in THE Secret Game" Fatty Ar
buckle in "A Country Hero"
Majestic-Gladys Brockwen in "a
Branded Soul" also comedy.
Black Hawk-"Filling His Own
Shoes" also comedy,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-21
Illinois Theatre.

Vaudeville-Two shows daily at 2;s7
and BIS. Three shows Saturday ana
Sunday at 800; 7:30 and 800 p. n
Change of bill Sunday and Thursday.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-05-18
She Could Use Her TONGUE.

They are saleSwomen in downtown
stores. Both are now in the years that
make them of small interest to men
and naturally enough their interest
centers In knocking ome who are.
They were bound downtown on a street
car, and the way they anviled, forged
and hammered every sweet young bud
in their whole establishment was a joy
to harken to.
"She's killing her complexion with
rouge" said one.
"And blackening her eyebrows until
they look like a bunch Of Grape on the
front door" spat the other.
Bing! Biff! Boom! Vince! Every
body got 1t. Finally M of the wallop-
ers got off. When she had gone the
other turned to a girl sitting beside her
and said:
"Say, there's the fanciest knocker /
ever battled with. Me for coming
down on the same car with her every
morning. I wouldn't let her get a foot
away from me on a street car. She'd
tell the conductor l laced or had a past.
I heard she was good, but she's a regu-
lar Zeppelin. Pm going to be near her
when she drops her bombs. Indian
apolis News.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-05-18

Contrary to general opinion, a num-
Der of mOtorboats cruising about a
harbor with more or less noisy en-
gines have no appreciate effect upon
the fish in nearby waters. 1t has long
been thought. particularly by fisher
men, that the presence of a noisy
motorboat would drive the fish away.
Exhaustive experiments recently con-
Quoted by the bureau of fisheries prove
this theory to be incorrect.
In testing the effect Of m%otorboat
noises on fish a number of young soup,
known to be sensitive to sounds, were
placed in a large wooden cage. This
cage was fastened in quiet water at
the end of a wharf, and a motorboat
with a very noisy engine was run at
varying distances past the cage. At
no time did the fishes appear to be dis
turbed by the noise, except when the
splash from the boat hit the cage.
Then soup would generally dive to the
bottom of the receptacle.-Popular Sci
ence Monthly.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-05-18
Sherlff's Sale

BY virtue of a writ of Fieri Facias, for sale
of Mortgaged Premises, to me directed, issued
out OF the Court of Chancery of New Jersey,
on The first day of May, A. ID. 1917, in a certain
ant, and Adolph Davis, Ellen G. Davis and
Frank f.. Smith are defendants, l shall expose
to sale at public vendue on
MONDAY, JUNE 4th, 1917,
between the hours of twelve and five o'clock
p. m., tOwit, at three o'clock in the afternoon
of said day, at the Sheriff's office, in Cane
May Court House, Cape May County, New
Jersey:
All the said mortgaged emises with the
appurtenances, in the bill of complaint in
the said cause particularly set forth and de-
scribed, that is to say: All that certain tract
or parcel OF land and premises hereinafter
particularly described, situate in the borough
of Holly Beach, in the county OF Cape Nav,
and State OF New Jersey. Bounded and de-
scrlbed as follows, towit: Beginning at a
point in the southwesterly side OF Baker ave.
nue. at the distance of one hundred and sew
enty Q70) feet enthusiastically from the in
tersection of the southeasterly side of Holly
Beach avenue with the southwesterly side Of
said Baker avenue and running thence along
the said southwesterly side of said Baker ave-
nue. south thirty-eight degrees east forty (4O)
feet and at right angles thereto, to said Ra-
ker avenue, between parallel lines with a
width or frontage OF forty feet) in length or
depth enthusiastically one hundred 400 feet,
Comprising lot number twenty OF block num-
Der ninety-three of the recorded plan of Holly
Beach City, and being the same premises
which John Russell and Sarah A., Russell. his
wife, by deed bearing date the twelfth day of
June, A. ID. 1905, and recorded in the Clerks
Office of Cape May county, aforesaid, in book
number 207 OF Deeds, at page 80, conveyed to
the said Adolph Davis in fee.
ROBERT S. MILLER, Sheriff.
Dated May 9th, 1917.
j. Fithian Iatem, Solr. SO, 4tpt S10.4O
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-05-18

bulletins by telephone from the hos
pital about their noble son.
After two orderlies had informed me
that Gerald had just died and two
more had said that he had been dis
charged, l had the luck to get an old
friend, DR.. Cobb, on the wire. He
was one of the surgeons In the hos
pital.
"The young man will recover"
Globb told me, "but it is a close call.
You see, be had the wrong kind Of a
head to begin with"
"Explainr" I cried. And he did, but
In language that the doctors pay for
In college and swear to use all their
lives. Perhaps it sounded like this:
Ills skull, we found, was dolicho-
cephalic to an extent hitherto unre-
corded In medical annals, and the i'm
pact reversed the gazilla. This left
the coronal suture Waiting with the
stephanion and the nasion telescoping
the orbit"
"A terrible thing to happen to a
young man of intellect" said 1.
"Intellect!' cried Blobb. intellect
Is any one else OIL that wire?"
I assured him there was no n
"Say," said he, 'old Doc Kenken-
deim, the Uranium specialist, was here
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-05-18
THE BACK
SEAT
Tale of a Thrilling
Ride In a MOtOrcar
By FRANK M. O'BRIEN
Copyright by Frank A. Munsey Co.

When 1 tell you that I never saw
young Mr.. Gerald Forbish In bis
original form, you may wonder that
1 should attempt to. write Of him on
matters so strictly personal. Bear with
me patiently.
1 was blind at the time. Ny rigid
nerve had developed charley-horse, and
was not putting the optics over the
plate. My doctor gave it a long name,
emptied the Arctic sea, drop by drop,
into my beautiful blue eyes, and put ON
a bandage. When he had pinned the
far end OF my optic shroud he told
me that l would be blind for two
weeks.
Meanwhile" he advised, have all
the fun you can"
"Ball games," I suggested, land visit
ing the Metropolitan museumr'
Neither" he said, nor aviation
meets-nor pantomimes."
1--WE have no pantomimes In Amer
ica,'' I replied. You must have read
about them In that holiday number Of
the Graphic which has been on your
waiting room table since my mother
brought me here with whooping cough
AS far as aviation meets are concerned,
l can go to the field and hear the bones
crack when they fall, can't II"
100 racking on the nerves." he de-
cided. TRY automobiling, unless you
have learned to play the piano In the
dark. Good day, and keep the band
age on"
AS l could not play a piano at all,
even were all the unarrived constella-
tons beaming upon 1t, and as 1 had no
one, I was sad as I went home on the
arm of a messenger boy, who was only
forty-f1ve years old, and who seemed
to feed a sporting fancy In letting me
miss taxicabs by the length of a butch
er's lead pencil.
The angels heard my prayer, and the
next morning MI. Peter Forbish called
me up. The telephone is a joy 10 the
blind.
"Come motoring with us today"
said Mr.. Forbish. "1 want you to see
our new car and our son Gerald, just
home from college,"
1 explained that l couldn't see either
of them, but that l would be proud to
listen to both.
1.-THE car" said Mr.. Forbish, '1s
absolutely silent"
So I went to their house.
The Forbishes condoled with me
about my eyes, and Mrs. Forbish told
me a soothing story about a friend
who had bad eye trouble which she
considered just like mine, and who
had been jollied along for years by the
doctors, who told him each week that
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-05-18

when they brought the youth in, and
the old villain wanted to croak him
and put the head In alcohol SO he
could study it at his leisure. He said
he wanted to find out how a human
being born with such a lack of mental
machinery could ven live! He says
there's q minus mark at every point on
the diagram. But we checked his muir
derous designs, and he consented to
operate If he could be permitted to
make the head all over again. He's
doing 1t now, and he's a real work
man. When u young friend comes
out he'll have a first class bean on
his shoulders, but he'll be lighter by
about three pounds of excess ada
mant."
I went upstairs and called to the
anxious parents that Gerald was do
ing nicely and would soon be restored
to them.
"The doctors say" l added, that a
man Of less powerful intellect would
not have survived"
"And yet l feel" said Mr.. Forbish,
shat he will never be quite the same
again."
And indeed, happily, he never was
the same.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-05-18

he would be able to see the following
week, but, of course, it was all a kind
lie, and
Gerald came In. and l was intro
duced.
He spoke perfect HaryaTd, and his
hand was clamIay. il seemed to me.
but the blind, like the deformed, l re-
fected. are always given to prejudice.
The car came to the door and we
sped away.
1 sat in the wide, soft, back seat
with Mr.. Forbish On my right and Mrs.
Forbish on my left.
Gerald, / fanciel, was sharing the
front of the car with the chauffeur.
We entered a park gate at an acute
angle, and / could feel the curb take
three dollars aud thirty-eight cents
worth of rubber of a rear shoe.
"Your chauffeur | commented, sis
a bit-er-er-snappy, isn't he?"
1--WE left our regular driver at home,
you know said Mrs. Forbish. "Gerald
is driving"
My forehead became like Gerald's
hand.
1 am a fatalist, but ] do not believe
in putting pepper in fate's beer.
Blondin was blincfolded, I admit,
but he had a balancing pole. and no
Harvard undergraduate was allowed
on the wire with him. Besides, he had
the nice. soft. Niagara gorge to fall