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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-23
TWO YOUTHS ARE
LEFT FOR FINALS
OF NATIONAL GOLF

Oakmont Golf Course, Pa, Aug.
23.-Davidson Heron, the sturdy
Pittsburgh player, and Bobby
Jones, the 17-year-old Atlanta boy,
are the finalists in the national
amateur golf championship.
Heron, as was expected, out
classed J. Wood Plat of the North
Hill club of Philadelphia in the
semi-finals yesterday, winning Z
and 6. the Quaker city player pass
ing like several others who had
gone through gruelling matches
on the days. preceding their exits.
Plat came to Oakmont in the hope
of qualifying and his showing eX-
ceeded his fondest hopes. He
gained renown by eliminating Omi-
met and by being the first Philadel-
phian to gain position in the final
quartet.
Bobby Jones went into the final
bracket through the medium of a
5 and victory over William C..
Fownes Jr. of the OakmOnt club.
Bill Fownes was playing golf when
Bobby Jones, who was IT on last
st. Patrick's day. was in swaddling
clothes. Bits son. Henry. who
qualified. is older than the redoubt-
able Atlanta boy, who flashed on
the golfing armament at Merton in
1916 when only IA years of age.
Fownes was the last of the vet
Grams to pass from the title race
Heron, who has just started on
his career in the steel business, is
n years old.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-23
JACK DEMPSEY is PROOF THAT
1SO-POUNDER is BEST FIGHTER
DAILY CALENDAR
OF SPORTS

Racing.
Summer meeting of Saratoga
Racing association, at So-atoga
N. Y.
Close of Cheyenne Thoroughbred
Breeders Association meeting at
Cheyenne.
Tr0tGng.
Close of Grand Circuit meeting
at Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
Athletics.
Metropolitan A. A. L. track and
field championships at Jersey CITY.
New England A. A. u. track and
field championships at Cambridge,
Mass.
Swimming.
Southern A. A. U. championships
at New Orleans.
Central A. A. U. one mile champ
ionship at Detroit.
Women's national long-distance
championship at Chicago.
Golf.
Close of national amateur cham4
pionship tournament at Pittsburgh.
Polo.
Annual tournament of Thousand
Islands Polo club at Alexandra
Bay, n. Y.
Automobile.
Long distance road race at Elgin,
Ill.
Angling.
National fly and bait-casting
championships at Chicago.
Tennis.
Minnesota state championship
tournament opens at Minneapolis.
Indiana state championship tour
nament opens at Fort Wayne.
Southern Main championship
tournament opens at Squirrel Is
land.
Boxing.
Young Kloby VS.. Eddie Shevlin,
II rounds, at Lawrence, Mass.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-23
FLANAGAN SETS TUESDAY EVE
FOR FIRST FOOTBALL CONFAB
Independents Manager Invites All
Players to Gather at the
Rock Island House.

After giving considerable thought
to the matter, Walter Flanagan de-
cided that Tuesday night would not
be too soon to call his players and
prospective players together for
the first football confab of the sea-
son.
So he said TO go ahead and in
form the fellows to be on hand on
that night next week at the ROCK
Island house. He wants all of his
old standbys to be present, togeth-
er with all newcomers to these
parts who want to try for a posi-
ton on the Independents.
Flanagan is already in receipt of
a food of requests for a place on
the Independents schedule from
managers of talented grid teams of
the middle west. Many of them
are from aggregations listed as
members of the Chicago football
league. with whom the rep of the
Independents has long been estab-
Iished With only the best teams
being considered for contests, this
year promises to be the greatest
Have Men Ont Early.
Walter expects to have his men
out limbering up during the hrst
week of next month. He is con-
fident that he will be able to &C
complish this. Work will be IN
dertaken to put Douglas park in
shape for an early season game.
The recent circus attraction rather
tore things up out there, but with
a little filing and rolling this
should be overcome.
AS to the matter of a coach.
Flanagan is showing no ~ He
has several propositio con-
slider, and he isn't goini Silly
decide which one he thiL IL fill
The job.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-23
ALEX HANDLES
PILLS EASILY
And CUBS WIN
Big Fellow TWirls No Hit Baseball
for Seven Innings While Mates
Pound Ball ViciOusly.

Philadelphia. Pa, Aug. 23.-The
Cubs wound up their seasons work
in Quakertown yesterday with a
soft boiled victory over the Phils,
10 to 2. 1t was easier than that,
for Sergeant G. c. Alexander pitch
ed no hit baseball for seven in
nings. while the Cubs were climb
ing on the necks of two pitchers
for a lot of hits and tallies. After
his pals had given him a lead of
10 Alex merely lobbed the pill over
in the ninth, and three hits scored
couple of runs.
Two collegians were victims of
Chicago's parting salute. They
were George Smith and ]. Patrick
Murray, the former a right handler
and the latter a southpaw. There
was never any doubt of the result,
for the Cubs knocked Smith off the
hill before the third round was
over and treated his successor with
equal cruelty, although he stuck
to the finish.
Seventeen hits were accumulat
ed by the Mitchells, not including
what looked like a safe bunt by
Merkle AS it was Merkle got three
from the official scorer and was
robbed in the ninth by Meusel. Hol-
locher also trimmed the two Phil
slab men for three safeties, and
everybody, inC/ ding Sergeant
Aleck, make at least one safe swat.
With one down in the first round,
Hollocher. HerZog and Merkle hit
safely, filling the bags. Barber
forced Holly out at the plate. but
Magee stuck in a single that drove
home Herzog and Merkle with all
the runs Alexander needed, the way
bo uyaS faoIiOV
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-23
SPORT LEADERS
HOLD ELECTION

Bloomington. Ill, Aug. 23.-The
Athletic officials Association OF
Illinois, composed of many of the
leading football and basketball Of
ficials of the middle west, com
pleted a two days meeting here
Yesterday, electing officers for
1919-1920 as follows:
President-Fred H. Young of
Bloomington.
Vice president-Walter Ecker
sail, Chicago.
Secretary. B. Eyer, Blooming
ton.
Treasurer - Chester F. Miller,
Normal.
Board of directors-J. T. Elliott,
Bloomington; Howard V. Willard.
Moline; Gle Keithley, Peoria /;
Frank Birch, Canton; Ralph n.
McCord, Bloomington, and Perry
Graves, Rockford.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-23
BOOMERS GRAB
OPENER WITH TOTS

Terre Haute. Ind, Aug. %.
punching hits and aided by errors,
the Bloomington club won the
opening game of the series yester-
day afternoon, to 0. Zeiser
pitched good ball, allowing only
four hits. Rufus Lefty" Gilbert,
former manager of the Terre Haute
Central league club, was on the
mound for the locals. Mixing FIVE
hits with a base on balls and an
error gave the league leaders four
runs in the initial inning and a
lead which was never in danger.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-23
Ring is Now Practically Free Of
Huge Fellows Who Came in
With White Hope CIamOr.

Except for Ferocious Freddie
Fulton, the heavyweight division of
pugilism is now free of the Go
liaths who came into vogue when
Jack Johnson defeated James J.
| Jeffries at Reno, New, in 1903 Will
| lard was the first and only dread
nought class champion that the
ring has known. And he may be
| the last.
After Johnson had beaten JEFF,
! the idea of every fight manager in
I the country seemed to be TO secure
the biggest white man he could find
and make a so-called white hope OF
him. Thus the prize ring was cluR-
tered up with more beef on theV
hoof than Armour has In his Chi
cago stockyards.
Willard was not the first nor the
last of these giants. But he was
the biggest. Some of the others
were Carl Morris, Al Palzer and
Fred Fulton.
Only two of these have known
anything at all about the manly art.
Jess Willard was so big and tough
I that he managed to outlast the
great Johnson when Jack was all
in. Thus he became champion OF
the world
Fred Fulton knows more about
| boxing than any of these big men.
Fred is really clever with his
hands. WI At fighter he would be
if he had ne heart Of Jack Demp-
sey!
Dempse.rs knockout Of Willard
means that the old standards OF
heavyweiGhts will prevail again :
Dempsey fights at 100 pounds. Tbs
was the average weight of heavy
weights in the days of Sullivan,
Corbett, Rubin, Sharkey, F'itzsim-
mons and the other great ones OF
the past
ExplOdes Theory.
The present champion has shown
that the theory under which fight
managers labored in picking white
hopes to beat Jack Johnson was all
wrong. They wanted to get men as
big as possible. 1t was only an &C
cident that Willard succeeded in
vanquishing the colored wonder.
Dempsey has proven that a good
190-pound man is big enough to de-
feat any man living. Had Dempsey
DeGH III the IluB dL nav dileA vi II
Johnson possessing the skill he
did at Toledo with Willard, he
would have won inside of half a
dozen rounds.
The big fellows like Willard and
Morris and the rest did nothing to
advance the art of boxing. In fact
they retarded its progress. They
were satisfied that all they needed
was stamina and size. They never
tried to learn anything about box
ing.
That is why a little fellow like
old Jim Flynn could and did whale
the tar out of Carl Morris. That
is why Jack Dillon made a show
of Frank Moran.
Dempsey has done a lot Of box
ing. He has given it a popular,
fighting heavyweight champion, apd
he has ended the era of Goliaths.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-23
JAMES IN DEBUT
AS SOX PITCHER
COPS GAME, 80
Chicago Fans Are Convinced That
Gleason and His TRUSTEES Are.
Going to Win GOnfalOn.

Chicago, Aug. 23.-BnI James
made his debut as a White Sox
pitcher yesterday and when he got
through all of Chicago's fans who
looked on were convinced that Bill
Gleason is going to win the pen
nant James set the Washington
players down with five hits and won
his game, to 0. The result was
almost astounding. 1t had been a
long time since Sox fans had seen
the boys win by shutout.
If James experienced any distress
in the ball game it was right at the
start. He walked the first man on
four pitched balls and the next two
he hurled at the second batter were
wide of the plate and things looked
bad. But right there. the tall fell
low, he looks as tall as Lowder-
milk, began to pitch. He burned
three of them right over the pan
and famed the batter, and the run
ner on first was doubled trying to
steal.
Tally in the Third.
From then on James was mas
ter. The boys got a run for him in
the third inning and that was all he
needed. They got another in the
fifth and one in the eighth, but the
tall Mr.. James needed only the first
one Four times after that first in
ming Washington succeeded in get
ting some one on the bases, but it
did no good. Big Bill was as steady
as a clock and sailed clear through
to the finish with the style of big
Lacquer. 1t looks as if he may do
the south side boys a world of good
before this struggle is over.
Jim Shaw, a most hardy veteran
of the slab, opposed James and was
in trim. He held the Sox to seven
hits. Any pitcher who can hold the
Sox to seven hits these days is a
star. The Sox punched six of the
swats in three sets of pairs and
scored a run on each pair They
had to do some nifty base running
and some clever bunting to pro-
duce the runs, but in their present
style of playing they are equal to
most any task. Score:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-23
GIANTS TRIUMPH
IN BITTER FOUGHT
CONTEST, SCORES

St. Louis. Mo, Aug. 23.-In a bit
terly fought contest in which a fist
fight was narrowly averted. New
York triumphed over st. Louis yes
terday, to 2. In the first innings
when Sisler was at bat. he com
planned that Mays was defacing the
balls. Umpire Moriarty, after con-
demning four balls, walked out to
the box and examined Mays glove
and clothing.
The pitcher then made a remark
to Sisler. who hurried toward him,
but trouble was prevented by the
players.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-23
VIEWS OF THE SPORT WORLD
Sport Gleanj71qs
BY JIMMY HUGHES

his newspaper verdict over Pal
Moore. Mason, by means of a neat
left jab, is generally able to keep
the other man away from close
quarters.
Promoter Floyd Fitzsimmons of
Benton Harbor has closed terms
with Bob Roper, former army off
Ger, and Jack Burke to furnish the
semi-windup to the Richie
Mitchell-Joe yelling bout at the
Harbor on Labor day.
Arrange Boxing Card.
Announcement of the principles
on the Labor day boxing card Of
the Moline Fans association prob
ably will be made Monday, Bus
mess Manager Hutchinson stated
today. Negotiations are going on
to land two topnotchers of either
the welterweight, lightweight or
bantam class.
The semi-windup attraction has
been settled. Red Gardner of Gary.
Ind, will swap punches with Kid
Repine of Rock Island. These boys
are capable of putting up a slash
ing battle. 1t will be the first ap-
pearance of the Hoosier battler in
these parts, and he comes with a
reputation of being a willing mixer.
RepLHe mas not boxed here for a
couple of years, but he is known to
be tough bird for any of 'em.
Emmett Shean. the hard hitting
little Rock Island pug, who ap-
peared in the opening prelim of the
last show staged in Moline, will
undoubtedly be seen on the coming
card. He is certain to have a lot
nore hackers pulling for him, toe,
because of his excellent showing i'll
the last mill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-23
viii Be Great Event.

The track meet fostered by the
Moline Fans association to be
staged on Sept. and 7, is some
thing absolutely without precedent
in these parts. Bringing together
as it will, former greats of the Gin
der path, it should prove a big
drawing card.
The plans are to make this an an
nual event. The first attempt is
practically certain to be marked
with success. The officials are re-
ceiying reports that many crack
college, university and high school
and professional athletes of this
section of the country are contem-
plating entering as contestants.
The meet will be run off in two
days, the preliminary events on
Saturday and the finals on Sunday.
Prizes in the form of cups, medals
and PLAQUES will be awarded the
winners of first, second and third
places.
Jimmy Wilde is made an offer of
81 500 for him to- meet frankie
Mason of Fort Wayne in Baltimore,
in a 20-round contest for the fly
weight championship of the world.
Wilde, who is the English champ.
is preparing for tour of this coun-
try in the hopes of annexing the
undisputed international title, and
also a pile of good old American
jack.
Mason, who appeared in Moline
recently against Earl Puryear, is
laying claim to the worlds fly
weight title. He has been holding
his own against his heavier OPP
ponents in the bantam class, and
his greatest claim to distinction is
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-23
TIGERS COP AGATN.

Detroit. Mich, Aug. 23.-Kinney's
wild throw over first in an attempt
to catch Ainsmith, gave Detroit the
winning run and the game, 4 to 3,
in the 18th inning, making a clean
sweep of the series for the Tigers.
Philadelphia hit Boland hard, but
good support saved him several
times.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-23
RED SOX LOSE.

Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 22.-Cleve-
land defeated Boston, 10 to z, the
contest being marked by lack OF
control and ineffectiveness by all
the pitchers. Ruth was put out
of the game for arguing a third
strike called by Umpire Owens. He
threatened TO hit Owens, but was
stopped by players.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-23
MOLINE SHUT OUT
WITHOUT SAFE HIT
BY EVAS' VETERAN

Evansville, Ind, Aug. 23.-Frank
Winchell, EvansVille's veteran
hurIer, made bid to baseball fame
yesterday when he shut out Moline,
2 to 0, in a no-hit game. One run
ner reached second in the first in
ming, and one got to first in each
of the succeeding two innings.
Only Is men faced him in the last
six rounds. Beck was effective with
men on bases, but his own wild
ness was the main cause for the
Evas' runs Score:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-23
REDS CLIMB FROM
BEHIND AND BEAT
BRAVES OF BOSTON

Boston, Mass, Aug. 23.-The
Reds made, it three straight for
the series yesterday, winning, z to
A. In the seventh Gowdy and Ru-
dolph made home runs on the first
two pitches by Eller. Later in that
inning Ring replaced Eller and
held Boston hitless.
Cincinnati made four runs in the
seventh, the result of six singles,
mostly scratches Score
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-23
SUSPEND DOUGLAS.

New York, Aug. 23-J. J. Nc
Graw, manager of the Giants, yes
terday announced that Pitcher Phil
Douglas has been Indefinitely sus-
pended for absenting himself from
the club without permission. Doug
las disappeared after he was de-
feated by Chicago, his former team,
in the first game of last Tuesdays
double header here. New York
players believe he went to his home
IN Chicago.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-23

Two base hits-Williams Ban
croft. Struck out-Alexander. g.;
Murray, 2. Bases on balls-Alex-
ander, l; Smith. 1 Murray, g. Dou-
BILE play-Meusel to Bancroft to
Paulette. Hits-Off Smith, in
2 % innings; off Murray in 2-3
innings. Hit by pitcher-By Smith
Hollocher; by Murray, Killefer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-23
PEORIA IS VICTOR
OVER ROCKS, 10 TO 2

Peoria. ILL.,. Aug. 23.-Peoria
hammered Voight for 16 hits and
had little trouble defeating Rock
ford, TO to 2. Higbee was strong
with men on bases. Manager Ham
iIton retired from the game in the
seventh with an injured leg. Score:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-23
LEAGUE STANDING
AMERICAN LFAGuE

Yesterdays Results.
Chicago, 8; Washington, 0.
Detroit, 4; Philadelphia, 8.
Cleveland, 10; Boston, z.
New York, 5; St Louis, 2.
flames Today.
New York at Chicago.
Boston at Detroit.
Washington at Cleveland.
Washington at st. Louis.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-23

The costliest watch in the world
is a jeweIed timepiece in possession
of the pope, and which is estimated
to be worth 100000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-23
NATIONAL LEAGuF.

Yesterdays Results.
Chicago, 10; Philadelphia, 2.
Cincinnati, Z; Boston, 4.
New York, z; st. Louis, 6.
No other scheduled.
Games Today.
Chicago at Boston, (2).
Pittsburgh at New York.
st. Louis at Brooklyn.
Cincinnati at Philadelphia.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-23

The giraffe is said to pass over
the ground at the rate of about so
feet a second. while the kangaroo
covers ten to fourteen feet a sec
ond.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-23

eighth.
Struck out-By James. 4; by
Erickson, 2. Bases on balls-On
Shaw. 4. Double plays-Schalk-
Risberg: 90 y-Shanks-Foster.
Hits-Off Shaw, in innings
Wild pitch-James, Erickson. Time
-Hildebrand and
Nallin.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-23

IWO DdSe HIL-JdnLLtU. CIOIeI
bases-Gilbert, Sykes, circuit, Hen,
line. Struck out-Gilbert, /; lei
ser. 5. Bases on balls-Gilbert, 5;
Zeiser, 4.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-23

base hit - Wingo. Home runs
Gowdy. Rudolph. Stolen bases
Ring, Pick, HoIke, Mann, Rawlings.
Bases on balls-Ring. l; Rudolph,
l. Hits-Off Eller. II in Is.
Struck out-EIler, l; Ring, 2; Ru-
dolph, l. Winning pitcher-Ring.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-23

Stolen bases-Wagner, Bashang,
Kelly. Bases on balls-Winchell,
1: Beck, 3. Struck Out-WinChell,
4; Eeck, 3.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-23
MINOR LEAGUES.

Yesterdays Results.
Evansville, 2; Moline, 0.
Peoria, 10; Rockford, 2.
Bloomington, 8; Terre Haute, 0.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-09-17
Local Roosevelt Memorial
Committee to Organize

A meeting was to be held at 4
o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the
Hotel Patten for the purpose of per-
fecting the organization of a local
Roosevelt memorial committee. H.
c. Thomas, representative from the
national organization, arrived In the
city for the purpose of assisting.
A city and county organization will
be formed here and the work of or
ganiZing will be rushed SO that final
arrangements will be completed in
time for the nationwide memorial
drive which takes place on Roose-
velt's birthday in October, stated
Commodore Key.
Mr.. Thomas will remain in the city
for several days A good attendance
was expected at Wednesdays meet
ing since considerable interest has
been manifest in the proposition by
local business men. Among those
who signified their intention of at
tending were: G. F. Milton, II. c.
Adler, Commodore Key, II. Clay
Evans, Mayor Chambliss. Gus Miller,
Cal Sterchi. Paul Kruesi. G. II. Pat
ten, y. G. Patten, Jr., Richard Hardy
and Garnett Andrews.
The organization is nonpartisan.
T. r. Preston is state treasurer.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-09-17
SlM0NDS ASKS
CHANGE VENUE
Insists That He Cannot Get
Fair Trial in Hamilton
County.
CHARGED WITH FORGERY

A change of venue was asked Tues
day afternoon in the case of w. H.
Simonds, charged with forgery in
connection with the death of o. j.
Carlson. The Ease will be argued
before Judge McReynolds next week.
Simonds' attorney, T. q. Fletcher,
states that owing to the prejudice
and feeling here against his client,
he does not believe he can get a fair
and impartial trial and it would be
unwise and improper at this time to
go to trial in Hamilton county.
Simonds was first arrested soon
after Carlson's body was found on
Walden's ridge he at that time hav-
Ing a deed in which all the murdered
mans property was transferred to
him. 1t Is charged that he first ad
mltted the forgery and then later de-
MED 1t. He was tried, bound over
and indicted. Lately, it is charged
the page on which was recorded the
property involved was found de-
stroyed in the office of the county
register and Simonds, it is charged
knows something of this.
VIII Washington, colored, charged
with being responsible for the death
of Carlson, will be tried next week
and his attorney may also make ap-
plicatton for change of venue
Washington Was arrested in Louis
vile with Carlson's car soon after
the murder.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-09-17
Death of Daughter of
Former Gov. McMlin
Mrs. Joseph D. Oliver, Jr.,
Succumbs to Injuries Re-
ceived Last December.

Nashville, Sept. 17.-News was re-
ceived here this morning of the death
last night at Philadelphia of Mrs.
Ellnor McMillin Oliver, wife of Jo-
seph D. Oliver, Jr., and only daugh-
ter of Benton McMillin, minister to
Peru, from injuries received last De-
cember when thrown from a horse in
Washington, D. c.
Nashville, Sept. 17.-(Special.)- BEN
ton McMillin is on his way to this
country from Perue Mrs. McMillin
has been with her daughter since the
accident. The beautiful young woman
was married to Joseph D. Oliver. Jr.,
son OF the head Of the plow works at
Southbend, Ind, in May. 1917. The
ceremony heing performed at Sherry's
in New York City. The married life
of the young couple gave promise of
every happiness until Mrs. divers ac-
cident. The results of which have
confined her to her bed since. At the
time she had been making her home
in Washingto nto be near her husband.
who was in an army training camp.
Mrs. Oliver was in her twenty-frst
year and young woman Of ex-
traordinary personal charms.