The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-22

ners from last seasons squad.
Walter Malls, haayy duty mound
man fer the Cleveland Indians, is
temporarily out of the game at the
traiAins CAMP with . sore arm.
Manager Speaker reports tho re-
maiDler Of his championship ag.
gregst3on in flrstclass condition.
The, Clevelanders play their first
game with the Columbus Associa-
ton team today.
c. B. Kiger, stellar center of the
West Virginia university's basket
ball team, has been elected captain
of the 1922 quintet.
Walter Schmidt, star catcher Of
the Pittsburgh Nationals, who has
been unaccOunted for since. the
opening Of the training season, has
reported ut the Pirate camp I'm Hot
Springs. He was detained by bust.
ness on the Pacific coast
Home runs featured the practice
OF the Pittsburgh Pirates yester-
day. Nine circuit hits were regis
tered in q game between the regu-
lars and the Yannigans. The for
mer won. IA to Z. Barnhart, Whit
ted and Tierney each gathered a
pair of the four-base hits. Tier
ney's two brings his total since the
training season opened to seven.
| Ralph Schaefer, q recruit Of the
Cincinnati Reds, will be transferred
10 the Toledo association team.
Manager Bresnahan will use him
In the iniield and Manager Meram,
Of the Reds, wants the youth in
regular play this season. q
! Catcher Eddie Ainsmith, veteran
'of the Detroit Tigers, has report
ed for training. He has been con-
ditioning in California since he re-
turned recently from the Orient,
where he worked with an exhibition
team.
| Manager Cobb OF the Detroit
Americans has secured authority 10
carry Is men on his 1921 roster.
! Heretofore only y men have been
carried. Cobb was reluctant TO re-
lease some Of his more promising
recruits.
! Fred Beebe, veteran twirler OF
the Louisville association club. has
been released to the Wichita club.
He has not played with the Colo
nels since 1918, but was recently
reinstated.
! The Union Boat club Of Boston
will enter crews in the American
Henley regatta at Philadelphia,
May g, and the amateur oarsmen
competition ut Buffalo in July
Veterans Of Yale, Harvard, Cornell
and Pennsylvania crews have plodg.
ed their support TO the Bay State
representation.
The New York Giants open 2.
game series with the Houston
Texas leaguers today. Galveston
:. appears next on the Giants pro
gram.
Tommy Gibbons. St Paul. broth
er of Mike and an aspirant to tn
heavyweight championship, viii
q meet Paul sampson, New York, II
: . l5-round bout tonight in Gotham
1t will b the first appearance O
the heavyweight member Of tn
Gibbons family In q New York ring
Charles c. Rumsey, member o
the American polo team, entered TO
competition with Egnlish teams TO
!, the worlds championship in June
. sailed today on the Asquitania
: / Other members will leave mex
r month. Fifty ponies are now il
training in English stables for tn
IAmerican team.
Plans are under way for q BIZ
regatta on Chesapeake bay mex
under the auspices Of tn
baltimore Export and Import Boar
Of Trade. A tentative list Of event
lincludcs races 81 sailing, motor an
= cruiser types. and swimming con
i tests.
g The Chicago Cubs complete thei
|, training today and leave Pasaden
q for Los Angeles, where they wi
. rest between play in a series Z
= iexhibition games. Manager Ever
reports his men in top-notch COZ
dition.
k Spectators ct the worlds chan
4 pionship chess tournament betwee
q Or. Emanuel Lasker AID jose CaE
n ablanes ut Havana. Cuba, declaI
q the play offers the most ovenl
N matched contestants exhibition, tn
Il most remarkable skill displayed ]
4 any modern competition.
The st. Louis Americans hay
released Pitcher Steve Terrell I
d 1.-The Terre lIaute club Of the Three
ID Eye league.
"a Emerson N. Diokerson Of Gran
a Rapids, Mich. has been elece
pres3dont Of the reofgaAi1cd Gel
tral league, comprising six westez
-lMlchlgan teams.
sti Joe Norris, who entered II
Of white Sox training camp at Wax
hachie Is ''the Tulsa Ironman
II pitched against the second tea
r Yesterday, allowing only four hit
n Professor sorgensen. the Kimbel
n. ton, Iowa. ex-superfntendent
= echcnls allowed tia REGULARS