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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-31
ISLAND CITYS
HAD BIG YEAR
Local Athletic Organization Enjoys
Success in Baseball and
Bowling.

The Island Citys, one Of Rock
Islands well known athletic or
CARNATIONS. established enviabIe
records in baseball and bowling in
1921.
Fifteen games of baseball were
played, the team winning 10 and
losing five. A number of games
were played out of town with ina
fast teams of the smaller communi-
ties. The two most important games
were won. Milan Independents
were beaten 1 to 0 in ten inninqs
after having defeated the Island
Citys in an earlier season game :
to ,. The Rock Island lines team
lell victims to the Island Citys. II
to 3.
In bowling, the Island Citys an
nexed their second straight pennant
IN the Commercial league. This
year they are leading the teams lin
the Twin-Cfty league
This season the club has re-
sumed basketball, which was dis
continued in 1917 when the major
ny OF the players joined the United
States service.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-31
LEWIS PRAISES
YOUNG hUkLERS
ON TIGER STAFF

Duffy Lewis, former big league
star, who W-l4 manage Salt L-.Ae
City in Tie PacIIc coast ieuaua
neat season, believes Detroit Las
picket up two promising pitchers
IN lIlleJs and JOHNSON.
Tine Two p.tcuers secured BY De.
troit nave great promise. sail
Lewis IN discussing the Purchase,
put hardy think they viii show
major IeagLe class right on the
reel.
We play fast ball on the coast.
A lot u pepoIe say It is as fast as
played i'll lne American ana Na-
uonaL l always like TO be loval.
but wouldn't be exactly telling &c
truth if l maze that assertion.
They Inquired / vas through in
the American league, yet | went
out to the coast and batted better
than 400. lears ago it seems al
the major league cubs waved On
sam Crawford. Sam went out n
the coast and is still enc OF tha
best hitters in the Organization.
You can draw your own conclU-
sions.
"Pillete and Johnson are both
great pitchers in the coast laaeUe.
Poss- bay they will keep right on ae.
livering in the American, but /.
nave my doubts. | think both OF
them Will find the class of batters
a trifie different and discover a liz
tie more experience necessary.
Both Detroit recruits are big
fellows with plenty of stuff. They
both sidearm most of the time
which makes their delivery dificul.
to hit. Pillete is much like Faber
Of Chicago in his style and any one
who has ever seen Faber pitch
knows that means something"
1T may not be any boost for
them to say that | found both OF
them mighty hard to hit. l think
Pillete right now is the more ad
of the two. Johnson. how
ever. was the tough baby for me to
nit safely. He had me constanti-
hitting those pop flies TO the infield
hat make the fans yell for your
scalp.
MIR. Navin of Detroit paid
fancy price, took big gamble. but
my opinion of the two pitchers is
that it will prove worth while"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-31

College football has made rapid
strides in the last five years.
1t is no longer a game that ap-
peals merely to the undergraduates
and alumni of the colleges involved.
The game still retains the old
college favor and spirit. but it has
become a national institution.
During the fall II takes the same
place with the sport loving public
months
Two things have tended to make
football far more interesting to the
masses. The forward pass opened
up the game. so that the spectators
now have some idea what the game
is all about.
The other feature that has stimu-
lated interest in the sport is the
fact that three or four big colleges
no longer hog the spotlight.
Once Harvard. Princeton, Yale
and Pennsylvania were supreme in
football The class of the game
conferred around those institutions.
In other sections the football en-
thusiasts were treated to bush"
league stuff.
Added to the fact that in the mod
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-31
TOdoy's Angle In
Sports
!Ean,e in basehall is fleeing.

Fame in baseball is fleeing
III Johnny Rawlings was a star in
the 1921 world series.
His brilliant work around second
base featured the infield play of the
Giants
4 DefensiveIy Rawlings was a won
iier. While he didn shine as muC h
Ibn attack. his hits were of a timely
nature
K The play made by Rawlings in
ending the game of the world
series between the Yankees and
Giants will long live in the mem
DRY OF those who attended the game
/. With Ward on first. one man out
and Baker. Of home run fame. at
the bat. Rawlings came into his
own as a fielding hero. Baker hit a
terrific drive between first and sec
ond. 1t looked like a real base hit.
The crowd. thrilled with the
thought that the Yankees might
win the game, watched only the
ball. No one paid any attention to
Raw lings, for it seemed he hadn't a
chance 10 make play on the ball.
With a last superhuman effort. he
made a headlong dive at the ball
and stopped it. He followed up with
a perfect throw to first. while in a
bad position. Baker was an easy
out.
Ward, who was on first. figured
the ball had gone through for a hit
and raced madly to third. Another
perfect throw by Kelly to Frisch
cut him down at that base, ending
the game and tn eseries.
Johnny Rawlings was the hero
OF the series. He was in the head
lines OF every paper the next day.
II seemed he had won enough fame
to last him through next year.
Rawlings hero reign was short
lived. Manager McGraw of the
Giants says he will play utility
roles next year. The coming of
Groh will crowd Rawlings OFF the
Giants infeld.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-31
WINTER LEAGUE
BEATS MAGNATE
OUT OF A SALE

President Lane of the Salt Lake
team is one individual who !.
mighty sorry the coast league help
ed to promote the winter league.
The California Winter league
kept me from disposing one of NV
, players TO the majors remarked
Mr.. Lane at the recent major league
meeting in New York.
"One of my players by the name
of Slglin had mighty big year and
looked ripe for d chance in the ma
jorS. His uniformly good WORK
throughout the season had attract
ed the attention Of the scouts and
a deal had practically been closed.
Just when I was about ready 10
finish the deal the winter league
was launched and Siglin was an
nounced as one of the players who
would perform.
The club that was after him &c
cided to hold up the deal pending
chance to look him over during the
coast league season One Of the
players from that club was booked
to play on the same club as Siglin
unfortunately for Siglin. also
he suffered a reversal Of
form. His work in the winter
league in no way compared with
his regular seasons play. He made
anything but an impression on the
big league player The deal which
| had all but closed was declared
off.
That isn't the only kick I have
on the winter league stuff. l never
liked the idea and didn't play any
part in the movement MY thought
is to give the fans the best branl
of ball possible during the season.
Our aim on the coast should be
to make our league a third major
league. This can only be done bv
raising the standard 81
play At the present time a ION
parisOn Of the majors with our
league rather hurts US.
The importance that also was
placed on the coming of the biz
league stars had 4 tendency to ere
ate the impression that the style
of ball played in the majors is vast
ly superior to that of the coast.
Such is far from being the case.
Unquestionably there is a slight
difference at present. but this can
soon be overcome by proper meth
DDS of development in several
places.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-31
BROWNS TRIM
LOST NATION
Islander Basketball Quintet Proves
Too Speedy for I0waas in
2S-s3 Game.

Browns Business college basket
ball quintet of Rock Island defeat
ed the Lost Nation. Iowa. team last
evening, 1928. before a large
crowd The locals Outplayed Their
opponents in every department of
the game. The score at the end of
the nrst half was 1913 in favor of
Browns. The Lost Nation team
put up a stubborn fight toward the
end of the game, out was unable to
overcome the lead the Islanders
had acquired. All of the local play
ers played good, but the ones who
were the shining lights were An
derson, Greene and LindQuist. This
trio formed the offensive strength.
They worked the bail time after
time down the floor and made field
goals. Andersons pivoting and
dribbling was the outstanding feat
ure OF the con est.
For Lost Nation, Scott and Villa
muck were the stars The former
made more than half of his teams
points and displayed clever floor
work. The latter showed excellent
form as standing guard. The line
ms
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-31
PLAYERS ARE
NOT ALONE IN
GAMES DEALS
President HeydIer Of National Plan
ming Extensive Revision
OF staff.

Il chicago. Dec. 31.-Basebal1 deals
INVOLVING players are no more ex-
2entiye THIS winter than the SHAKE
40 OF umpires in the National
zeaguc which involves Bill Brennan.
Hank O'Day and Bob Emslie and
perhaps others, according TO re-
borts current here. 1t is under
Stood President Heydler plans an
extensive revision of his staff.
Brennan already has been trans
rerred to the Southern association,
D'Day is pressing for his release so
he can sign up with the Pacihc
Coast league. and Emslie. 1t IS I'M
ierstood, is about to be retired on
d pension after nearly % years
service.
"Ducky" Holmes of the Western
league, Paul Santelle of the Texas
league, and Pfirman of the Southern
association have been added to the
National league roster.
8 Considerable opposition TO -Bren-
nan had developed around the Ma
ional circuit O'Day's retirement
rom the majors is due to his desire
q live in the west Emslie is to be
replaced by a younger man and re-
varded for his long service, accord
ng to the stories here.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-31

by taking first place in the 1921
Rock Island Arsenal Golf club
tournament, John d. Cady of Mo-
Line became seven times winner of
the annual event. He won the title
first in 1899 and annexed il in
1S0I-02-G40S-I2 and 81 Mr.. Cady
has been a national figure in golf
Tor years, having been president Of
the Trans Mississippi Golf associa-
ton, presiden, of the Western Golf
association. and a director of the
National Golf association. He has
competed in 10 ornaments all over
the country and has always stood
high.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-31

Art Salzmann, owing to a bal
start, lost the individual average
championship of the Tri-City
league. generally conceded the
highest bowling honor in the tri-
cities, in 1921. By wonderful
squirt in the latter part of the sea
son, Art pulled up to within a few
points of first place. He finished
third, Peaches" Graham and Bill
Asmus taking first and second.
Salzmann won the individual title
10 years straight before Graham
stepped into the position. His
grand average has been about 1873
in that time
Art was the most brilliant per-
former on the drives at Peoria in
1919. during the Central States
tournament. He established a
worlds record Of 727 in the singles
but 1t was never officially credited
because the tournament was not
one sanctioned BY the American
Bowling congress.
Among other brilliant achieve
ments on the alleys, was the mark
OF 53S for a single game made bv
Salzmann and Hamlet. champion
endurance bowler of the world, at
Iowa City in 1917. 1t was in a
match series between these two
and pair of crack Iowa City bowl
erS. for a side bet Salzmann
knocked down 267 pins and Hamlet
was only one behind.
At Des Moines in 1919. Salzmann
won the all-events honors of the
Iowa State tournament with
score of 1905. In 1918 he toppled
1915 pins for all-events title at the
midwest tournament in Omaha.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-31
DEATH CLAIMS
SPORTSMEN OF
OF PROMINENCE

Many prom aent figures in the
POrt world have taken the count
IN Death in 1921. More than 10
2 included in the total list. Those
won particular distinction are:
JAMES H. STERRETT, 81. Ph.la-
slphia. authority on aquatics.
WILLIAM GUM. Nottingham.
England, member of All-England
CT cket teams
CARL NJ. HIESCH, 50, Pittsburgh.
champion of Western Pennsylvania
TrGpshcOting league.
WILLIAM II. COURTNEY. Brook
Ign, once champion handball play
err Created courts with stone front
wall and SIDE wall of wood.
MAJOR STUART NJ. WISE. Bos-
ton, holder of many rife shooting
records. including 103 consecutive
bullseyes at 500 yards.
ROBERT REDID FRIER, so. AL
&meda, Calf, once champion
swordsman.
LEONARD TRACY. IS. Brooklyn.
sparcirg partner of John L. Sulli-
van.
WILLIAM HOGARTY. 70. Brook
Line, Mass, former hacker of John
L. Sullivan.
FRANK c. BANCROFT, "A. Gin
c'nnati, oldest man in baseball and
former player manager, promoter
and official in major league.
JOSEPH F. DONOGHUE. so,
Brooklyn, former worlds champion
ice skater and holder OF records
still standing from 80 to 100 miles.
CALEB MCPHERSON. Halifax. n.
A, member of Halifax fshermen's
fouT-oar rowing crew. winners of
international three-mile champion
ship in 1876
DR., LLIAM ALLEN
BROOkES, 81. Brooklinc, Mass.
Harvard varsity football and row
ing star in the sos Later football
coach and Official.
GILBERT HATFIELD, Hoboken.
\. j.. once holder of worlds record
for throwing baseball for distance.
SAMUEL DARLING, Beekhamp-
ton. Wiltshire. England, trainer of
two English Derby winners.
JOHN G. MORGAN. 50. San
Francisco, former worlds champ
ion pocket and three-cushion bill
lldIu prayer.
HUGH NICOl. 55. Lafayette. Ind
originator of head-hrst slide IN
baseball
JAMES S. MITCHELL, 81, New
York, former national champion
hammer and weight thrower.
JOHN CHADWICK, holder of
llght-heavyweight wrestling cham
plonShlp of A. z. F. Shot and kill
ed at Merkel. Tex.
: EARL SHENO, "a, Johnstown.
Pa, junior tennis champion of
Pennsylvania.
SHADOW MABER. SO. once con-
tender for lightweight boxing cham
plonship. Killed self in Detroit. /
WILLIAM b. (BAT) MASTER
son. Sc, New York, veteran snort
writer.
HARRY MCMILLAN. so. Atlantic
1lty. first president of Amateur
Union and former swim /
ner and rover.
WALTER GOYNE, winner of 1920
.anadian dog derby. Drowned ii
Moose lake. Manitoba. while driving
log team
ALFRED DeBLANC, Paris. IA
nous balloon racer and aviator
EUGENE HILDEBRAND. Oak
and. Calf, former star jockey
PETER KEMP. Sydney, n. S. W
nee worlds champion scuIIer.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-31
SPORT BRIEFS

Flint ch.--Mike Menosky re-
questei lis release from President
Harry Frazee, OF the Boston Red
Sox.'
Bloomington. In-IilinOis Wes-
leyan defeated Colgate at basket
ball, - to 16.
New York.-Johnny Dundee and
Willie Jackson went Is ro1nds to
a draw.
Duluth. Minn.-Duluth defeated
Evelcth at hockey, ) to ,.
Urbana, Ill.-The University of
Illinois won from Millikin univer-
-ity at basketball. So to 20.
Indianapolis, Ind-Butler college
d afeated Yale al basketball, 81 10
Is.
Philadelphia University of
Toronto hockey team defeated st.
Nicholas se1tet. 8 to 4.
Boston, Mass.-McGill university
defeated Boston college at hockey,
3 to 0.
Washington. Clark Griffith. of
the Washington American league
baseball club, stated he was en-
to obtain Roger Peckin-
paugh from Boston.
Dallas, Texas.-Centre college
arrived and prscticed for its game
with Texas A & NJ.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-31
KNOX SQUAD TO
BATTLE IOWANS
AT GALESBURG

Galesburg. Ill, Dec. 31.-Coach
Sam Barry's Knox college five.
which defeated the University of
Chicago team here Thursday night.
meets the University OF Iowa ouin-
tet here tonight. The local team is
lin the best of condition and expects
% make a good showing against the
sHawkeyes.
Following the game tonight.
Knox will meet Coe college here
Jan. :. this being the last contest
for the Siwash team before il starts
on ITS Today eastern tour when
Games with Dartmouth, Yale.
'Br9wn, Army and others will be
played.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-31

ious debut by licking Joe yelling.
Then Benjamin was taken i'll. He
tried to take on Mickey Donley be-
fore he had fully recovered and
Donley beat him. Then Joe started
back to the coast. He heard the
call of the dollars when he stopped
OF at Milwaukee and, against Glib
sons advice, tackled Richie
Mitchell. ice hit the canvas in the
seventh round.
Benjamin remained in the west
several months and then returned
east, celebrating his arrival by
whipping the oyer-touted Benny
Valger. Then came Benjamin's
bout with Hartley.
Benjamin's main asset is re-
markedly long reach. which is
doubly effective because of his
speed. He is also hard
hitter and has a goodly share of
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-31
SPORT a Ia
|zSSzAR1E.
IKmeA b.
N 90 - r o Y
G r . " e.
THE CHARGE OF THE FIGHT
BRIGADE IS TOO HIGH.

/ An average of Alas basebllls was
used by each ball club last year
/ They should have given Philadel-
. phia a couple.
, The Jersey Boxing Cornish has
paid Johnny Wilson his $4,000 We
! hope it was OF interest TO them.
Hey, diddle. dinnis, Sam Jones
and McInnis.
The money bags popping for
But Jim Dunn laughed TO see such
sport
The dopesters are at it again!
= We asked Ty Cobb about the ball
players he bought and he said. Il
haven't seen them yet" Maybe
picked en- from catalog, we take
it.
We no sooner get through with
the college footballers than they
bust out with dope on the stadiums
they are building for next season.
He never read a sport page,
He never saw 4 game.
He picked an All-America
And got by Just the same.
Killinger, this years all-America
star, turns pro. Which shows that
even love and football have TO eat
once in a while.
NOW J. WILSON IS GOING TO
BOX FOR RICHARD. he OUGHT
TO TRY TO BOX FOR THE REST
OF Us ONCE IN a WHILE.
Now is the time of year when the
janitor comes in and asks you if
everything is all righI.
The forward pass has thrown
many a football team into reverse.
Lies one thing after another;
Now it's Johnny Buff.
Who is defending his title
Where does he get that stuff!
Harvard is going a long way by
inviting the California team to a
game next year.
Miller Higgins has finally signed
a contract to manage the Yanks
next year. He thought he'd wait
til Lands got through SOS he could
see if he had anything left to man
age.
We see the Navy is going to have
rowing team.
The Browns traded II ball play
erS tor Dave Danforth. Quinn says:
I'D a-give them an unp and some
bats bat they didn't ask anything
nOre.'t
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-31
MILAN DEFEATS
BROWNS OF IOWA

Milan basketball team defeated
Browns Business college of Daven-
port at Milan last night, 81 to 80.
The teams were tied at the end of
the, regulation time and five min
utes extra had TO be played to de-
termine the winner. In the over
time period Milan collected three
field goals to two for the losers
thompson and Alexander starred
Tor Milan. Nearaiius. center for
davenport, was the star of the
visitors.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-31
BY NORMAN f. BROWN.

BY NORMAN l.. BhU wv.
Lew Tender having fought him
self out of a match with Benjamin
Leonard, nifty lightweight cham
pion, and Sailor Friedman having
failed to upset the champs crown.
we now turn to Joseph Benjamin
as the next championship posi-
bility" For right now Joseph is
the talk of the east, where Leonard
is making two of his dollars grow
where one grew before while wait
ing for more lucrative purses.
Benjamin climbed into the lead
ing aspirant class the other night
when he polished off one Pete Hart
ley in fancy style Hartley's class
is indicated by the fact that he
gave the aforementioned Sailor
Friedman a boxing lesson last sum
mer.
An interesting point about Ben
jamin's career is that Billy Gibson,
the wizard who has steered Leon
ards footsteps. discovered Benja-
min when Leonard was on the Pa
cific coast some months ago dab
bling in the movies. Benjamin
boxed Leonard in an exhibition
bout. Gibson brought the youngs-
ter east and Joe made an auspic-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-31
BOOSTERS LOSE
TO CAMBRIDGE
BY 5l-26 COUNT

The Cambridge American Legion
team added another victory to its
string Thursday when it took the
fast Rock Island Boosters into
camp by the score OF 81 to IS. Tile
game was interesting and hard
Fought but the Rock Island play
ers could not break through the
sun legion defense, while the entire
legion team was shooting baskets
from all angles OF the floor and
its teamwork and passing was
good In the second ha.f the le-
gion put in Johnson and the Jen-
lings boys.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-31

SCISSOR of the junior lightweight
title and a diamond-studded belt.
This, it viii be remembered. was
won by Johnny Dundee. Fran
chetti made a good showing against
Dundee.
Although Tony has been in the
east more than year now, he is
still billed as a Rock Island boy
According to reports he is no long
er the dancing. freak performer
he was when showing his wares
around this section OF the coun-
try. Instead he stands up and slugs
with the best OF them. Flynn is
grooming him for a titular COM
bat with Johnny Kilbane for the
featherweight title.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-31
EASTERN CAGE
TEAMS WILL BE
SEEN TONIGHT

Chicago. Dec. 31.-Two famous
eastern basketball Quintets, Yale
and Colgate. will be seen in action
tonight. the former meeting the
Northwestern university's team al
Evanston. while the Hamilton, New
York. collegians will play the Uni
versity of Chicago five. Both teams
will return home Immediately after
the contests here.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-31
ALL READY FOR
BIG GRID CAME
california and Washington & JET
fersOn Indulge in Final
4 Workouts.

Pasadena, Calf. Dec. 31.-Final
workouts were scheduled for today
Tor the football machines of Wash
ington & jefferson college. and the
University of California, which Will
Flash here on Monday in the an
.nual east versus west gridiron con-
Test Both coaches asserted all
HEIR men were in good condition.
Il Tomorrow neither team will in
dulge in any physical exercise 9TH
Ter than u long walk