Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-17
OH, WELL, ANYWAY

DR.. A. R. Kennedy, football coach
at Washburn college. Topeka, Kan.
has been made director of physical
training under the Young Mems Chris
tian association at Camp Funston,
Kan.
In addition to winning the war,
feeding the allies, running the rail-
roads and distributing fuel, Uncle Sam
has taken upon himself a new job;
he's going to be a fight promoter and
reopen the boxing game in Chicago.
For the entertainment Of the SOL
diers stationed at Fort Sheridan and
also for civilian mitt lovers, who have
been forced to travel to Milwaukee for
their glove spectacles, the north shore
military post officials have arranged
card of bouts for Jan. "a, the main
event introducing Sailor Friedman and
Ever Hammer, secOnd-raters hailing
from the loop. Purses will be offered
and split on a winners and losers
basis, while the profits, If any, will go
to the post fund. o. B. Gooch and Kid
Howard are arranging the program.
| The bouts will be held in the post
gymnasium, which seats 1000 people,
and will be of 10 rounds duration
Decisions will be given by referee,
and this feature alone is expected to
give the new club a big advantage
over its Wisconsin rivals. Colonel
Burkhart, commanding officer at the
post, has given his consent to the
scheme, and his word is law inside
the fort. It's on government terri
tory, so neither the city nor county
officials have anything to say about
the exhibitions.
This bit of information was receiv-
ed with much joy in the Chicago fight
hang-outs, where stay-at-home bone
crushers, old and young, still live in
hope of getting government boxing in
structor jobs at $1,700 a year One of
the town pump jokers passed around
word that if boxers performed on the
Fort Sheridan card at low rates they
could use their argument when call
ing upon their draft board for exemp-
ton, the theory being that they were
working for the government. This
caused a scramble for the promoters
ear, and he was offered the cream OF
the local fighting talent for a song
Anything to dodge the army" being
the cry of our parlor fighting profess
sion.
iris Speaker has played almost for
ty games against the Boston Red Sox
since joining the Cleveland club, but
has yet to be set down on strikes by
a Boston pitcher
Now that Bush, McInnis, Strunh
,. and Schang have been added to the
cast it would not be surprising Il
Pitcher George Foster decides tt
change his plans and stick in The
game. Foster retired" after the close
of the 1916 season and repeated las
fall.
Miller Higgins has not yet announc
: ed who will succeed Duke Farrell a!
coach of the Yankee boxmen. Paid!
Livingston has been. mentioned, bu
Higgins says he has made no decision
;. Sam Crawford is still angling for /:
position in the majors and insists tina
if he is given chance to play regular
1 ly he will show up as we'll as in tn
. old days. At that, Sam is better thai
; some major league outfielders whel
I it comes to hitting.
The Cubs are said to be after Beal
yIvhn Ia
last season in the American associa
ton. Becker is another smuggling out
: fielder who probably could break u
more ball games in a month than som
major leaguers do in season.
e The Giants will not take Tanglefoo
a that famous Grand Rapids outfieldel
6 to Marlin this year. However, tn
e Grand Rapids people will see that h
It gets there. President Hampstead pu
Il in a draft for "Tangle" last Septem
h Der.
st. Louis fandom has returned t
e normal now that the excitement owe
ri Hornsby is over. They steeled them
: selves for the shock and Branch Rick
/ ey crossed them.
it
E.! 1t is not strange that the Bosto
d Red Sox players are losing no tim
: In signing up. They are certain to &c
u either first or second share of thu
u worlds series melon next fall.
e. The Pacific Coast league will star
n the 1918 season with one change in ii
r circuit, Sacramento taking the plac
3 of Portland.
IL, The opinion is general that JAG
y Hendricks is due for long and sue
i cessful career as a major league mar
IS ager. Hendricks is one OF the smart
u est men in baseball and is sure to hay
l. all the st. Louis fans pulling for hi
l. success.
vi The south will not see much of tn
Is major leaguers until the middle {
IS March. The idea of starting wor
about March Is appears to be gener,
In the two leagues.
Bryan Downey spilled So muc
Il blood over Joe Egan while he wa
losing to the Boston battler In Mi
waukee the other night that Joe wa
forced to call off his scheduled II
with Young Denny Jan. "a. He give
blood poisoning as the cause. tt
South Side club. which was promo
ing the show, intends substitutin
Sailor Friedman and Pinkey Mitchell