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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-30
Eddie Collins Premier
Worlds Series Revie,u
of All Second SackerS
By IRWIN M. HOWE
baseball Statisticisa.

killings. II Chicago faces Brook
lyn-the chance IL slim-Brooklyn
fans will see defensive play on
double steals that is unknown in
the older circuit.
Eddie's High Spots.
High spots of Collins fielding
this season included two games in
which he handled II chances with
out skip, five games Of 10 chances
and II games in which nine ground
ers or iniield flies we're disposed Of.
His busiest day was May 20 which
he Jared by a misplay after hay-
ing made i've putouts and eight
assists.
His brightest feat at the bat was
= string Of seventeen successive
games starting Aug. 81 that Melted
30 hits. In 20 games he made three
hits and once he made four Eddie's
ability az = run getter 10 shown by
his 102 tallies and the character Of
his stickwork may be imagined
from the fact that his 201 drives
included IS extra bases.
Between Kildufi and Wambs-
ganss it is about = toss up, the
former enjoying . 80 point advant-
age at bat, but tagging behind the
Indian in ability to get to drives
hit toward his position. Wamby has
handled, or tried to handle, about
70 chances more than Kilduff, al
though participating in one game
less than the Dodger.
Petes Eye Fades.
Kilduff was of to . good start at
bat this year. attaining 500 aver
age for the first week Of the sea-
son. A week later. however. hil
mark had shrunk to .223 and al
though he has batted quite con-
sistently since then his best figure
has been around .378. Pete made
three hits in seven games. these
proving his most profitable swat
ting periods during the year. The
Dodger nevertheless met the ball
hard, - his 80 extra bases indicate
! On defense KilduR handled eigh,
chances 10 times and nine chance,
In I'VE gamea His biggest total
was seven putouts and fve assist
On June Is, although in ono othel
game he handled II changes and n
still another 10.
Features Of Wamuseanss, plaJ
wers single games Of II. and II &C.
ceptancss. two games that nettet
10 assists and fve contests IN
which he disposed Of nine Jobs
Wamby had two unfortunate field.
ing games. once kicking two out q
eight grounders and on jane 3;
messing up three out Of Is.
Bfl weak at bat.
There was nothing unusual abou
his batting. There seldom II Il
connection with . .240 average
Thrice Wamby gathered three hit
per game, these Joyous ooeasioai
helping materially In swelling hil
mark. He experienced dimcult,
getting started With the stick q b,
Was below the 100 notch untfl tn
middle Of luna since 0en. h0v
ever, hs has climbed slowly. bu
steadily. even II his total advance
has amounted to only 20 points.
Briefly. II the Gox horn into III
series. the keystone viii b ell Chi
cago. With Cleveland aISayo'
against Brooklyn. honorB will b
about even, with chences for Xii
dun 70 outpoint Wanly q II
lplate
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INDIANS, 10; BROWNS, q.


st. Louis. Sept. 30.-Cleveland
pounded out it, fourth straight
victory. 10 to 2. for . clean sweep
Of the series over the Browns here
yesterday. The Indians now are
one game and q half to the fore Of
the White Sox. who open . three
game series here tomorrow.
Stanley Covelsskis pitched very
effectively for the visitors, allowing
eight hits, four in the last two in
nings. Sewell's error let In the
first Brownie run in the third.
Two hits with Gardner's error and
sacrifice gave the locals another
in the ninth.
Weilman. who started for the
Browns. was relieved by Van Gid
or in the eighth when . pinch hit
ter batted., Carl gave II hits for
nine runs and Van one hit and one
run.
The game was played In cold
weather and only few fans show
ed in the stands.
Score by innings:
Cleveland .03l 90 oslo
st. Louis 80. 800. .001 900 DOL 3
Batteries: Coveleskie and 0'Neill:
Weilman, Van Glider and SEVERED.
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BOXING ON TAB
FOR DAVENPORT
IN buRTIS RING

Boxing will be revived in DAY.
export tonight at the Burtis the
atre with an attractive card ar
ranged by Matchmaker Pat Dietz,
under the auspices Of the Daven-
port American Legion. Indications
are that Rock Island fans will have
their fill of thrills by CROSSING the
river and helping to repay Dayen-
port fans for their support Of Rock
Island boxing shows.
Bobby Ward. the fast-stepping
St. Paul lightweight, has been
matched to meet Carl Leonard in
the main go. Leonard was to have
met Johnny Noye. whose knockout
by Pinkie Mitchell in Peoria Tues
day night precluded his appearance
in the Davenport fall and winter
premiere. Ward was found avail
able and the little battler said this
morning he knows he can stop
Leonard in Jig time.
Frank Shoerbrook Of Rock Isl
land. who disposed Of Bud McFad-
den Of Sterling, last week in the
Illinois theatre, is scheduled to
meet Jack Duffy OF Davenport. in
the semi windup. frankie is sure
he can stop the Davenporter. This
bout should attract a goodly num-
Der Of Rock Island fans, with whom
Schoerbrook has become a great
favorite.
Young Powell of Rock Island
will meet Young Potter Of Daven-
port in the second prelim. The cur
tain-raiser will be four rounds BE-
tween Elmer Kelly and Zeke Bur
da, both Of Davenport. Kelly II
the youth who has given good &C.
counts of himself in Rock Island
against Emmett Sheehan, Young
Powell and others. Pat Dietz will
referee all the bouts.
Eddie Huse's stock is rising dai.
ly. Those who have seen the coast
welter star working out in his Mo.
line headquarters, are positive that
Eddie will be able to at least hold
his own with Tommy Comiskey oil
St. Paul, when they meet at Fat
Smiths show at the Illinois
! next Thursday night
Word from Comiskey today stated
that he expects to stop Huse and
then demand q return bout Will
Jimmy Nuss in order to prove thai
the heat and not Nuss was account.
able for the weakness he displayed
in their last meeting under thu
late Babe" Meanor's regime q thu
old Empire.
Promoters Smith and Quinn ar,
chuckling over their semi-wind
witch VIII offer Young Schmidt o
Rockford and Frank Shoerbrool
OF Rock island. Schmidt 10 tn,
welter who stopped Bud McFaddel
in Rockford on Labor day and whit
10 slated to give Shoerbrook tn
battle Of his early career.
Emmett Sheehau, the hardes
hitting feather In the tri-cities, L
hack homo In Rock Island after a
extended tour Of the northwest II
which he met and defeated severa
Of the best available feathers II
that secGion.
Sheehan viii continue to figk
under the management Of 70.
Mansfield, who said today that b.
10 trying to arrange between EN-
NETT and Tony Caponi.
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IA ~ FL sa7
$500 Hemn1and
S
~ $500 signsd e Rock Is
Z 1I ~ Manager Hjan1gan Of
Z 4oeats, and Dr.. a. A.
81 hammond. Ina, Tor .
94n0ny, Oct 10. ct Douglas
n ~ newly organised
14 Dgo6ooaiOnals, who are
4 Wf1h the Independents In
)enn Associ1tioa of Prufes-
1o1hall clubs.
G1ng ~ llsmnnen1 team
ri 1G1on1 at this early date,
- nniena believes Il will
- ~ claim for . game
ohn4oo Bulldogs at Doug
~ tl1Ajgna has not given
- bfinging Jim Th0rDe's
sgaGion to Rock Island
pyeg that By winning from
D . woek from Sunday. the
m1lnaeensnt will See the
41N1nx prospects Of . game
D0 18oond.
l1ln1nnn1 h scheduled 70 play
Com41m a. Sunday, Oct. 81. The
lono0d team can hardly expect
- $3.50 ~ Bulldogs and the COM
AS111te ncores Of the Hammond-In-
Do14o01n and characterization
tn11oo viii b watched with great
[lntog1ut In Rock Island and Can
sto1.
neenect Ter islanders.
/ word from Canton indicates that
~ nulldnss have the bunch that
cnly Rack Island besets theix right
Iok ~ toward the championship.
Tho nnlloogs are BEGINNING to real
RI - ROD financial results of two
n1S6o VIM the Islanders. Manager
T1eairnn aid TO-DAY that he will
49, conaider the season a success
I71oIS a can bring Canton to
1 IaIand: and that Is what the
I ~ 10 anticipate.
NJ. Young, the guiding hand be-
1il ~ Hammond team, has been
= 1Sejkfne auietly for more than a
- "a perfect the eleven that will
- he Aeld AGAINST the Independ-
~ I week from Sunday, and all
L - other biz pro teams during the
I poascn. He had . word to say to-
day about several Of his star per-
4 formars.
rom II 4 former conference end,
i havine starred with Wisconsin in
1 1915. Moran, the giant center of
4 tho Hammond team, il a former st.
81 .ouis ljniversity star. Moran is
~ feet-four in height and weighs
I341S hounds. The latter is not q
nfsnrint According to DOC"
9aIns H Avs the big fellow
en1lee himself like a middle
1870 ~ viii proye one of the in
vi6uai surprises Of the big league
ot1ell season.
- NO
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-30

LEADS n. W. GRIDDERS.
Chicago. Sept. 30.-Grsham PEN |
field, Jr, was elected captain Of
the Northwestern university foot ,
bali team.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-30

the ngureS say mat E0Qle Col
Inns of the White Sox is preemi-
nently the best keystone guardian
Of the three that will furnish the
contenders In the approaching
games. Likewise he is the Best
that has ever covered that post.
Also as a player capable Of great
deeds where, titles, money and
"sich" are at stake, "Cocky has
never had any real competitors. The
one amusing claim made for Gin
cinnati last fall after tho Reds
had won the world title was, that
= rough neck member had gotten
Eddie's goat"
Eddie is leading Kilduff of Brook
Ign by almost 80 points at bat and
has . bulge on 100 over Bill
Wambsganss, Cleveland second
sacker. Eddie must yield an in
Intestinal margin to Wamby when
1t comes to chances per game, hav-
ing averaged a fraction of 5.S7 al
against 6.95 for the Indian. but
what Collins loses In this respect
he mere than gains by his fielding
average which IL marred by a trifie
more than half as many misplays
a. wambsganss. Kilduffs average
OF tasks per deim is noticeably be.
low 0at OF either Of his prospective
r1vAls. although above the average
for his position.
Eadie Best Stealef.
The tables show that Collins ha.
swiped 20 bases. or ten times a
many q Kildun and moro thar
twice - many ~ Wamby has 10 bill
credit. Wamby, however, leads
Eddie In sacrifice hitsj by - to -
and again Kilduff brings mp the real
with q. That Collins il an adepi
At the bunting game 4 admitted b.
all concerned and thle fact il tina
Eddie's handsome SHAT mark o.
,366, made up of 81 doubles, Il
triples and three homers. led hin
to be called on to mash the pill
instead Of gently !, Hing 1t alon,
the base line.
Collins. on his recI (rd Throughout
his big league care( :, Is rated q
one Of the greatsst second base
men In the history q the game and
1920 IL one Of the y ~ best year
he has ever had. 10 stands on
above Kilduff aSd Wambsgans,
like Jack Dempsey bver . schoo
boy. outclasstag b men BY u
immsssurahle Rasv
Teaming u vilA ther Risberl
or Weaver. Colzlnu the hes
double play dal69h he game. H,
ts equally g. in starting
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YESTERDAYS HERO: Babe
Ruth polad out his 64th home run
and helped the Yankees beat the
Athletics In . double bill. I to 5
and q to I. walker made . pair
md Pfpp. Lsvis and Dykes got one
~
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Philadelphia. Sept. 30.-Six home
runs featured New York's double
victory over Philadelphia yester-
day by scores Of to 3 and to 4.
The second game went II innings,
Hasty weakening after shutting
out New York for nine innings. He
relieved Naylor after Lewis home
run into the left field bleachers
came with two on bases in the
first inning. C. Walker had one
home run in each game. Ruth's
54th home run of the season came
in the ninth inning Of the first
game with Ward on base. 1t was
q drive over the right field wall.
Sc0ro hv innin1a.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-30

The Sportscope
-. By Bruce Copeland. -
A Sporting Sermon

ASportns Sermon
stepped out Of the political
s.lant Chicago White sox shake Of ter dolaams Of a
worthy sport inss. forgot
s sa q. ss .. II: s
old hes IN the hearts their fans who had all but lost hope
Dossd and uysans eouss. h.,. always sen
tie .os7 q The n.
They could with out
Wit almost opponents with their superiatvs baseball mentality
trus share and share alike the p.nss
misfortune IN f.r noble colo.s fall
defeat contributing srously triumph Of .
CHASTITY proof
baseball ha: been used as pawn by the swine to make
why! Thirty pieces Of silver-asain!
...4 THE SMART AND THE DUMR
BASEBALL all other professions spotlight public
produces three kinds Of perfomesthe smart the smart and
baseball players time
and dumb another, and some just dumb all the time
ball likely 1t a ball
1s % tee % s; .
lily may rise from the me So might weed The chances are
smart Of the lily the mre smart ALSO Of the weed
from the mire but dumb think that
Now we have the baseball player Who ALSO dumb He
so smart that he not have stop to think
he that million others
not stopping to think and getting nowhere.
THE GAMBLERS OF GETHSENANE.
IT White county
indictment only stand accused Of conspiracy Commit illegal
eve. of the law But viii be
The stain OF even the slightest Of sport
sporting does mot fancy waiting for per-
honest ambitions makes the world Of sport forget its troubles and
Accepting heavy brides to throw" baseball game in worlds
series not the charge against some the baseball
sands faithful BY Nothing
a. tn. saa 9s OF
them he might of the mortgage his farm just like Eddie ccos
full guys They 50 far would
gamblers carefully ascertain
that !uda. va: smart man They that hs was
put % his soul
that he could make some easy money He was out GET
gamblers paid Judas the thirty pieces of silver but Judas
Nary baube did he buy with those thirty Of sill
cradle LIE to silence the thunders Of conscience
THE ROCK OF AGES.
pershed he smart dumb
oblivion
guilty Of the world is that Judas has survived the
because the evil does lives after him He not
Jad. accepted thirty piece: Of silver th5ev the world
could throw then. world big
might ne not
rupted his prime by thirty pieces silver By fixing he fixed
himself.
world Civilization extended all the
Page mankind solved the problems Of life greater edaa
ton STILL the wolves of swine Of shameare
ping each others hroats for ll-gotten gains.
Ccotte jackson Williams sold surehng vuures
They thirty
their souls They
They bry They ated the fact that they could make
"ea.y They out to GET money not to EARN it
dumb know that betrayer
himself Christianity. Neither guilty
baseball The destined keep
world
ATLCIE EO1TRAYI last years squad,
7O>sAAS . - .AA lis quickly learning the
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PILLS. O-5; BRAVES, IL.
Boston, Sept. S0.-The Braves
and Phils divided . double header
yesterday, the home team winning
the fastest double header Of the
itors the second, s to l. 1t was
the festest double header Of the
season, the first game being played
in one hour and five minutes.
Scores by innings:
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(thef RiSberE
y the best
he game. He
In starting,
lhe~tno nv
The evening world., 1920-09-11
PHOTOS SHOW CRASH
WITH ENRIGHT AUTO

DR.. Charles r. Dayton, OF No. 1872
Herkimer Street, Brooklyn. will ap-
pear in the Gates Avenue Court.
Brooklyn, early next week to testify
regarding a collision between his auto
mobile and that Of Police Comnis-
sioner Enright, at Pacific Street and
New York Avenue, Brooklyn, yester-
day. The case was originally set for
to-day.
DR.. Dayton had taken a number OF
photographs with a camera borrowed
from d. Charles SeydIll Of No. 1926
Fulton Street. He was sure they
would prove that 1t was by no fault
Of his own that the police car bumped
with his. knocked his car halfway
across the street and against an cleo
tric light pole. so damaging II that II
was towed to garage for repairs
According to DIR. Dayton he was
getting himself together after the ac-
cident when he saw a man from the
official car hurrying 70 him. But in.
stead OF making the apology the ply,
sician expected, the man displayed tEt
badge OF a detective sergeant anC
handed DR.. Dayton court summons
The evening world., 1920-09-11
TRUCK LOADS Up
100 PROOF BOOZE,
SAVED---THEN LOST!
Thieves Scared Off and Police
Turn the Stuff Over to
Uncle Sam.

This telephone message was re-
celved carly this morning at Coney
Island Police Station: Come quickI
There are burglars at Somers Gar
denl"
Capt Sackett and a squad Of de-
tectives raced tS the Garden, which
10 at Surf Avenue and goth Street,
and found Frank Grossbard. the pro-
prietor, standing beside loaded truck
in front OF the door. He said he had
walked up Just in time to see three
men loading the truck from liquor
stores in the Garden cellar, and had
rushed out. succeeding in frightening
the men away
The truck was loaded with fifteen
cases OF whiskey said to be 100 proof
wet" and was piled with mattresses
and bedding as camouflage. Capt.
Sackett directed the truck to be
driven to Coney Island Station and
notified the United Stat,s Marshal
in Brooklyn to come and get II, de-
spite the fact that Grossbard had a
permit TO deal in liquor for drug
gists.
An alarm was sent out for the
thieves
The truck was found to have been
stolen from Nedler Alaski OF No. 2O9
West 10th Street, Brooklyn. The
liquor wa svalued at $1,000.
The evening world., 1920-09-11
SAYS JERSEY QUOTA
is NOT EXCESSIVE
National Committeeman Declares
There Is No SluSh Fund and
Will Be None.

The Republican campaign quota for
New Jersey instead OF being excessive
IA entirely inadequate for the purposes
OF an efficient campaign. according to
a statement issued at Elizabeth to-day
by Hamilton r, Kean. Republican Ma
tional Committee member from New
Jersey. Kean recently conhrmed Gov.
Cox's charges of large Republican cam
paiEn quotas.
'TheHe is no 'slush find' and there
win be none for the use OF the Repub-
lican Party in this campaign" said
Kean. mo really large sum--ln the
light OF the wide area over which II
Is 20 be distributed and the manifold
legitimate purposes TO which II Is to
be put--ls proposed to be collected.
"of the money TO be collected In New
Jersey. 90 per cent is, to go to the Ma
tlonRl Committee. while 40 per cent. Is
supposed to take care Of all the work
OF the State Committee and the county
and local campaigns.
The significance OF Mr. Hays's state
ment that hs has limited to 81 900 the
amount that will be accepted from any
individual can hardly be overestimated ed
In view OF the fact that the Democrat,
have cannily neglected TO put any limit
on the amount Of the single contribu.
tiOns they will receive"
The evening world., 1920-09-11
.ENR|GHT GUIDED
IN PROPER SETS BY
SOCIAL SECRETARY
All Invitations to Functions
Passed On Before
Acceptance.

Among the many distinctions ap-
pertaining to Police Commissioner
Enright there is one in which he out
shines all Of his predecessors-he is
the proud possessor Of q social secre-
tary
However this may read, II is no
laughing matter, because the Com
missioner is such a social fellow, with
so many functions, dinners, luncheons,
teas, perhaps, to attend that he'd
never be able to tell whether he was
getting in the right sets or wasting
his time If 1t were not for the guild
ance of his faithful and discriminate
ing social secretary and mentor.
The fact that this important polite
adviser is carried on the pay roll OF
the Police Department as a stenog-
rapher does not in any way lessen his
high and confidential ONCE. He'C
never be able to scurry around with
the Commissioner IL he clung to q
notebook or a typewriter.
The name OF CommissionA En-.
rights social guide and watchman ia
Henry w. Dearborn. He lives at No
2o6 West SD Street. By those who
see him from time to time at Head.
quarters, where he has a most private
offtce, he is described as "a natty
dresser, Weighing in the nelghborhood
OF 300 pounds. A nice, genial sort OF
guy you know. who tries to be q
good fellow, seer"
Dearborn was appointed to the de.
partment on March 3, 1919, as a ste.
nographer in the office of the Second
Deputy Commissioner Cat that time II
was William J. Lahey) at a salary OF
1880 per annum. A short time
thereafter his salary was Increased
to $500, which is it's present figure
unless Commissioner Enright value.
him more highly than heretofore.
Mr. Dearborn has an office Just out.
side the sanctum OF his chief anC
there he presides over a desk which
has flve telephones on it-certainly
not the least busy desk in the polic
building. Whenever a civilian comei
to call on the Commissioner the care
of the aspirant is first taken to Mr.
Dearborn. who examines 1t critically
Then, when it's a question Of socia
appearance in public. all Invitations
are referred TO Mr.. Dearborn for hi
Judgment. And whenever you see tn
Commissioner at any of the banquet
or other ceremonies he attends, lool
around and you'll see Mr.. Dearborn.
The evening world., 1920-09-11

opposed him as "a collection OF self
ish individuals who sought to make
the labor unions the tail to their
kite"
The assembly was 9, attended by
three delegates from every local un-
ion In New York and represented a
membership of more than 100000
which embraced the five boroughs
and vicinity.
While the credentials Of each dele
gate were being examined. Mr.. Comp
ers addressed the crowded hall and
was received with the utmost en-
thusiasm.
The trouble that led to the down
fall OF the Central Federated Union
really dates back to the outbreak OF
the war. Several OF the organiZa-
tions included in the Federation
were composed OF men OF German
birth or parentage. AS the situation
grew more tense and Americas par
ticipatiOn in the mighty struggle be-
came more and more Of probability
those German sympathizers lei
no opportunity pass without pushing
forward their propaganda. The con-
servatives found themselves trapped
on several occasions because through
the disgust engendered by the tactics
of the propagandists the meetings
were not as fully attended as they
ordinarily would be.
When war on Germany was de-
clared by Congress the. pro- Germans
hooked up with the Reds" who are
numerous in several Of the trades
and open hostility was shown to
Gompers and the Federation OF Labor
who were squarely on record for the
war and all It meant. The. power OF
the malcontents grew to BE a positive
menace to the standing of the. labor
movement and last nights crushing
action was the result.
A resolution was unanimously
adopted lending moral and financial
support to the strikers of the B. r. T
The evening world., 1920-09-11
DRY AGENTS SEIZE
L. l. HOTEL MAN
Declare They Got In by Signal and
Had Choice of Gin or
Whiskey.

Archibald Haddon. who has a little
hotel at Ocean Avenue and MerrIck
Road. Rosedale, L. l., was held IN
$1,000 bail by United States Commits .
sioner McCabe in Brooklyn to-day on
a charge Of violating the Volstead Act.
Prohibition Agents Thomas Connolly,
Thomas Hayden and John Collins said
they were tired from a hard days work
when they got to Rosedale about 8
o'clock in the evening and looked iptui-
lively at Haddon's hotel. They hid in
some bushes and saw a number OF men
enter the back door. Then the agents
crept closer and learned the signal. they
said. II was two raps, one SOFT the
other hard. and the two spaced about
three seconds apart.
They tried II and were admitted by
a man, who. they said, offered the
choice OF whiskey or gin, The agents
took whiskey at ATTY cents a drink
they declare. and then plnched the
place.