Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-18
OH, WELL, ANYWAY

Ralph McHale, one of Lawson Rob
ertson's star distance runners, who
was on the University Of Pennsylva-
mia intercollegiate championship cross
country team, is now a private at
Fort Slocum. McHale will compete
at the Millrose A. A. games in sew
eral events.
Elmer W. Smith, who represented
the Meadowbrook club of Philadelphia
In the National A. A. U. champion
ships, is also a private at Fort Slo-
cum. Smith will run in the 20 and
300 yard sprints and the army and
navy relay events at the Millrose
games.
+. +. Smalley, the University OF
Pennsylvania sprinter and hurdler, is
| now a soldier boy at Fort SlOcum.
Athletic Director Clark has Smalley
working out three or four times q
week and he expects him to make
good at the Garden games on the
23d.
Ed Babb of the Boston A. A. ath-
tletic committee has arranged for a
relay race between Harvard and Yale
freshmen to be run at the club meet
/ on Feb. 2.
Eddie Frick, the metropolitan half
mile champion, is playing forward on
Jersey basketball team this season.
Frick may not do any indoor running
| this season, as he finds that basket
ball and foot racing do not blend very
well.
| Three Of the Indianapolis American
association players are sought by Jack
Hendricks for the Cardinals. They
are Steve Yerkes and Herman Bron-
kie, intielders, and Duke Reilly, out
fielder All have been in the big
leagues.
An exchange says that Connie Mack
has only the home plate left. Wrong,
He still has Ping Bodie.
The Yankees.Braves' spring exhibit
ton series has been changed. The
game originally scheduled for Macon
on April has been transferred to
Atlanta because the Macon board OF
trade did not care to meet the big
leaguers' rate for the game.
Mike O'Nefll, who almost became
the manager of the Cardinals, has
signed to manage the Shreveport club
of the Texas league. He will also play
| leftfield. Mike refused the place OF
manager OF the Milwaukee American
association team.
| Ty Cobb got two hits in 43 games
last season; three hits in IA games
four hits in seven games and twice
made five hits in an afternoon. In 81
games he was content with one hit
and in only "a games did he 90 hit
less. His longest slump" lasted three
?ames.
| Pittsburgh fans are interested in a
story that Barney Dreyfuss is trying
to buy Chuck Workman, the Chicago
shortstop, from Charles F. Weeghman
Workman cost the Cubs $4,000, was
| tOuted as wonder when he came
from Kansas City, but never set the
Chicago river afire. He fielded we'll
but only batted 1853 for 70 games
| Pittsburgh needs an experienced short
| fielder to take the place Of Church
Ward, traded to the Brooklyns with
| Mamaux and Grimes.
| Harry FraZee needs only to engage
Connie Mack as manager and the pic
ture will be almost complete. Eight
of Mack's one time champions are to
| wear Red SoX uniforms next season.
Hot Springs and Jacksonville will
each entertain two major league
teams during the training season. The
Red Sox and Robins go to the Arkan.
sas city, while the Mackmen and Pi-
rates will train at Jacksonville.
Earl Hamilton. the latest addition to
the Pirates, made quite a batting rec
, ord during his closing days as an
American Lacquer In q trips to the
plate before being released to Column
bus last summer Hamilton got eight
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