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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-26
SHELTER, DUNCN
NAMED CAPTAINS
FOR HIGH TEAMS
Shelter to Lead Loop
ers, Duncan for
Truckers.
BY FRIER NGOLLISTER.

Floyd Shelter was elected cap
tain Of the 1922 Rock Island high
school basketball team last night.
Joe Duncan was appointed track
captain at the same time.
Shelter played running guard the
latter part of the season after
Henke's ineligihility, and was one
of the mainstays Of the defense.
The other men nominated for the
captaincy were Floyd Hall, back
guard, and Barton, Edwards, sub
stitute forward.
Shelter should lead strong
team next year. Several veterans
are left from this season. Shelter,
Hall, Edwards and Alvine, letter
men, will all be back to don suits
next year, besides 4 goodly number
OF second team men. Max Alexen-
burg, although only q freshman.
showed up well this year. as did
Marion Vernon. another "frosh."
These boys should hecome shark
basketball players in the next three
years.
Unaaimeus for HaAeaa.
Joseph Duncan, Rock Islands
football nash, Was appointed to
lead the track men this spring. Al
though Duncan has only been here
one year. there vas not q letter
man on the squad for captain and
an appointment was necessary.
Duncan was chosen because OF his
general athletic work this year.
Rock Islands champion football
team of last fall attracted mora
than local interest. Several menths
ago the champions Of Texas invited
the islanders to play next year.
and now comes another OFFER for q
game from the ehampionshil Hin
biug squad In Minnesota.
Proposes CentIa1k
Hihbing. reported to have one Of
the finest high eehaals In the eoun-
try and With . te4n that has lost
but one same in tBe yeeFs. wrote,
inviting the 1slAAders to sign .
two-yesr contract. Al most Of this
years stars graduate and O. nroa-
poets are not % bright for The COM
ing fall. It Is not expected that
such . zane will b. Avenged.
Manager Clark offered to play
HihhirT at HihhiRg next year. but
would not sign for . aecond game
because q team Of last yeaF's cali
Der is not expected. The oifer Of
one game ne1t yeaT probably vii!
b rejected.
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BIG TENNIS PLAY
is MINUS TusDR

New York, March 26.-The ma
tional singles tennis tournament
opened here today with IS entries.
Illness prevented William T. Til
den II, indoor and outdoor cham
pion, from defending his title in
the singles.
s. Howard Voshel, former IL
tie holder, who was injured in an
automobile accident last winter.
has recovered sufficiently to par
ticipate.
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BIZ HENRY /. FARRELI>

UNITED Press star Correspondent
New York, March 2s. - Since
Johnny Wilson came out Of no.
where up in Boston one night about
. year ago. he has been more or
less in pript continually. He hasn't
e swelled head because the things
being said about him aren't the kind
that produce vanity.
Johnny won the middieweigh. til
tie from Mike O'Dowd that night
in Boston because he had chummy
refsfee. twas said.
Then Johnny discovered a sore
nose and wouldn't give O'Dowd a
return bout with q neutral referee,
twas said.
Then Johnny gave O'Dowd re-
turn bout and won by fouling the
challenger. it's said.
Victim Of Hernia.
O'DOwd is in the hospital recov-
ering from an operation for hernia.
Paddy Mullins and the Irish colony
show physicians certificate that
Mixes disability was caused by low
blows from the champion. Wilson
and the Italian colony produce
signed articles from another physi-
clan claiming that blows above the
belt cause a hernia.
Some scribes, vino were on the
wrong end of the picking, claim
that the boxing commission should
!, reverse the decision and suspend
the referee and the judge who gave
the champion the decision.
Then there are other things said
about the champion.
Amateur fakes Hope.
Sam Lagonia, the amateur mid
dleweight champion, got away from
the fire house where he works, long
enough to see the recent champions
ship affair and he went back tc
work with the idea that he will not
have to ride hook and ladders
very much longer.
! He says he can whip either one
Of them and is going to start train.
ing after the next national cham.
piOnship tournament.
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|. Il. GOVERNOR BARS BIG RING BOUT


The Boston American league
club has closed . Ave-year lease ON
Wilmington park. Hot Springs.
Ark, which will be the spring
training ground Of the Braves.
A subcommittee Of the Illinois
house Appointed to draft q boxing
bill has invited women Of the state
Known to favor the sport to give
their testimony as to the advantage
Of Proposed measures Opponents
Of the action also will be heard.
The 8. Louis Nationals will
break camp at Orange, Texas. We'd
Resday. returning directly to the
home town where they will have a
short rest. The American league
Club. which left training quarters
at Bogaluss, La, Friday, is due at
st. Louis Wednesday.
Willy Lorenz, the German rider,
will make his Rrst appearance in
Chicago in the six-day bicycle race,
which opens at the stockyards pa
vilion on April S. His partner has
not yet been selected. Walter Rutt,
with whom he was paired in the
recent New York races, is confined
to his bed as result of that race.
Finals in the double divisions OF
the national handball divisions and
single and doubles matches for
third positions, will be played at
Detroit, Mich. Single wons were
won yesterday DR.. Carl Haedge OF
st. Paul.
Helen Wainwright, New York;
Charlotte Boyle, Brooklyn, and
Margaret Woodbridge, Detroit, are
the leading contestants entered fol
the 5O0-yard swim for the women's
national championship at the De-
trOit Athletic club tonight. Ethelda
Bleibtrey, present titleholder, will
not compete.
The Detroit Tigers broke camI
at San Antonio, and today open ar
exhibition series by facing the For1
Worth Texas league team on tht
Lone Star field.
The champion Spark Plug bowl
ing team OF Toledo, 1921 Ohio
champions, go to Buffalo today tt
compete in. the American Bowling
Congress tournament. L. J. Gaz
zole, who for 10 years has held thu
Toledo record for individual three
game average with sos, is captain
of the squad.
Finals in the senior boxing tour
! nament Of the Allegheny division
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BY HENRY .. FARRELL.

Omitted Press STAT Correspondent
New York. March 2e.-Hope Of
holding the Dempsey Carpenter
fight in New York has vaniahed,
Governor Miller a few days ago
turned down the trump offer By
which Tek Richard hoped to over
come his objection to the big bout,
it was learned today from Q souxca
close to the governor.
Richard, thnaugh friends, let i
be known to the governor that he
would give so per cent q his net
profits to the state fund for dis
abled soldiers if the fight could be
held in New York.
Dempsey. the champion, would
also give a percentage Of his
purse to defend his title in this
state.
/ Prize Fight the Rub.
Governor Miller turned down
both offers on the grounds that It
was to be prize fight and would
be for the interests of only few
and not the public.
He suggested il boxing was so
interested in doing things for the
disable soldiers that a big carnival
be held this summer at the Polo
grounds and that the entire re-
: ceipts and not a percentage of the
profits be given to the wounded
soldiers.
Richard says he has not seen tho
governor and Jack Kearns, man
ager of the champion, denies
knowledge of his part In the offer.
Thinks Well Of Cause
II knew Richard was negotiating
upstate but | wasn't aware that
offers were made to cut Dempsey's
purse with the state, although I
think it is very good cause" he
said.
Members Of the state boxing
commission claim that Richard has
never mentioned the big bout to
them in any way and they have
thought it peculiar that. with so
much talk about holding the bout
in this state, he hadn't even at
tempted to feel them out ON their
attitude.
Cumberland, Md, 10 the latest
bidder for the bout.
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81 eRl|DulIES
KEEPING UP 70
BIG SHOW PACE


Peoria, March 1s.-Rsports from
the Detroit training CAM at San
Antonio. Texas, state that Pitcher
Red" ConkWright, star of the
Rlopmer hurting corpa last season
and leading pitcher N the Tri-O Optic
league. is going 70 good that he
will probably BE assigned . regu-
lar herth on the Tiger pitching stat
unless he develops . sore arm or
some other hard luck oyertakes
him.
Conkwright made . very favor
able showing in the majors last
fall and as . result, has been Civ
en- a substantial increase in sal
airy in his 1921 contract. Mana
g.r Ty Cobb is very much pleased
with the showing Of Cartwright
and expects him to develop into a
star before the close Of the sea
son.
Richmond With Browns.
Ray Richmond, former Bleom-
ington "wild-man" pitcher, Who
started last season with Tulsa, Of
the Western league, and finished
with the St. Louis Browns, is heav-
ing them over at . merry clip in the
training camp at Bogalusa, La.
Sport writer's with the st. Louis
club are of the opinion that the
Fillmore wizard stands an excellent
chance of landing a regular as
signment ON the Browns pitching
staff. Richmond never was very
successful with the Boomers due
to his lack of control. He was
noted around the Three-Eye circuit
for his ability to smoke large num-
bers of big black cigars.
Before joining the Tulsa club last
spring, he had most Of his teeth
pulled, which he claimed was the
cause of most of his trouble.
Elan Van Gildner, Bloomington'S
"cave-man" hurler from Cape Cir
ardeau, Mo-, who performed under
Manager Howard Darringer in 1871
and 1918 and who pitched SONS
good ball for the Browns last sea
son, is not showing SO much in tbs
spring training camp, and accord,
ing to the st. Louis scribes, may
experience much difficulty in max.
ing the regular pitching staff this
season.
Tots Get Farrell
Pitcher "Hick" Farrell, whit
tried out with the Peoria club 9
few seasons back and who showed
much promise in the early practice
sessions in the Browns camp, has
I bean released by Manager Lee Fob
| to the Terre Haute Three-Eye club
Goldie Rapp, who got his star
with Peoria several seasons agt
and was later run out Of the League
for strike-breaking, has proven II
be a sensation with the New Yorl
Giants. Rapp was purchased from
Mike kelly's st. Paul club for SIS,
600 by Manager Muggsy McGrav
and according to McGraw, he il
worth every cent Of the none,
spent. He has practically cinches
the third base assignment and &C
cording to McGraw, will be a BIZ
help in landing the 1921 Nationa
league peRnant for the Giants.
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SAYS HE
IS WORLDS BEST
13O-POUND BOXER

New York, March 26.-(United
ess).-Benny Falger, former
featherweight, laid claim today to
the junior lightweight champion
ship division recognized by the
New York rules at 1870 pounds.
Through his manager, Billy Glib
son, he announced his willingness
to meet any one for the title.
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II PROMISES
FRA 6oUI 70
CROWD


notsr Tommy Ryan Of the
,pock Island American legion
80 club, closed for al his pre-
1t6sy bouts last night for next
lays initial show 1t the II
theatre, and went to, his home
~ Moines for Easter.
4snmy has arranged for %
nds Of boxing. Rostan and
"a will box TO- three-mi4uts
-, Melichar and McCue six
vs-ninute sessions, while Wal
Newdy and Ernie Strait, and
- Powell and Larry Lloyd, will
= ia six two-minute rounds in
y bout.
u - preliminaries will introduce
i ~ new faces to the tri-city boxing
nlernity. Both Ernie Strait and
~. Lloyd are Des Moipes scrap
- who won their spurs ct the
kgan A. c. in that city. Lloyd Is
lssmer Davenport newsboy and
r. many local friends.
Might Add Extra peut
nan announced before leaving
E ~ Des Moines that II a substan-
~ turnout of fans should be ON
"a to greet his initial tri-city ven
ID be will be prepared to append
!; y schedule card with another
lively six-round encounter.
He will have two pairs Of fistic
hvorites in leash for such an emer-
iency. They will be George Reed
"a George Wicker. and Benny
terris and Slugger Jeffries. There
3 . strong possibility that the pro-
meter might use Reed and Wicker
III . double semi-windup bout with
tlelichar and McCue. !
Interest in bout between Benny
Berris and Slugger Jeffries Is en-
byened by the lafter's belief that
ia can lick the Mansfield entry.
berris is the Young bantam whose
services are In great demand in
6alesburg, Clinton and other, out
eide centers.
Expect Record Crowd.
Fosters and cards heralding the
syent have been broadcast through
ut the tri-cities in view Of attract
,hg a record attendance. Ticket
slsencies have been installed at the
Illinois theatre, Rock Island; Mur-
fay's cafe. Davenport, and Martins
cigar store, Moline.
Promoter Ryan and the legion
'haires expect q record turnout and
sDlans have been made along the
Ines of Ryan's established boxing
yolicy to make things comfortable
md interesting for packed house.
As to the capabilities of RosNn
md Quinn, windup principals. it is
Explained that they fought March
& in Des MOines, one newspaper
awarding Rostan a shade. one CIV
~ Quinn q shade, while two call
i their slam hang affair a draw,
Ryan has a gripsack full OF Gre
] lntials which prove that tri-city
hns can't go wrong by expecting
tostan and Quinn to box one OF
he most thrilling battles in tri-
ny boxing history.
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New York. March 3e.-MdoaAfd
aeremans, Belgian billtaSd cham
sliba had = leaa Of 80 points oseF
Walker Cochran lof Chicago - they
egan the fipal blocks today 10 their
A1oo point match ct 1S-3 oalk line.
g Cochran took the lea1 yesterday
at the Belgian Immediately re-
aimed it with . run d 35l. fhe
and totals are: Hofemans, 1909;
Oochran. 3,73l
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YALE NET SCHEDULE.

New Haven, March 26.-The Yale
tennis team will invade many
points in the south this season,
preceding the regular schedule.
Columbia, Pennsylvania, SYRIA
cuse, Cornell. Michigan, Prince
ton, Dartmouth, Harvard, Massa
chusetts Tech, West Side Tennis
club of New York and the Inter-
collegiates at Germantown, are on
the regular lineup.
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May Be YEARS
TILL S0x GAN
REGAIN PUNCH
How Long viii Be Determined
Largely by Success Of New In
field and Pitching Hopes.

Starting today, the United =
Press will give q daily short :
story on the major league base
ball clubs, written by a base.
ball writer Of repute, giving an
expert opinion ON the chances
of the teams in the 1921 pen.
Liant race. These stories will
cover each club in the National
and American league and will
run until April Il, the day be-
fore the season opeHS.)
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BIZ MALC0M MLEAN.

Baseball Editor, Chicago P0St.)
written for the United Press)
Chicago, March 26.-From the
dizzy perch Of champions to a fight
to top the second division this sea-
son is the sudden and discourage
ing position Of the shattered White
Sox. The recent exposure result
ing in the release of eight players
of the team transformed one of the
greatest clubs Of all time into a
question mark
What is the outlook for 1921?
It's none too encouraging, but ii
three likely looking recruits from
Salt Lake City deliver, the Sox
have a fair chance to climb upward
in the next two or three years.
Up to New In6eld.
Earl Shelley, coast batting slug
ger. who hit 81 last year, is the
first base prospect. Ernie Johnston,
former Hose. who managed the
Mormons and hit 1888, is the third
base possibility. and Mulfgan, an
ex-Cub who hit .229, is the short
stop chance. If they can make
geed-and they have played excep-
tionally well together-the Sox will
be fortified in the infield.
Since the trade with the Red Sox
the outfield will ha built OF Harry
Hooper, Amos Strunk and Eddie
Murphy, rather fair.
Battery Prospects.
Ray Schalk again will be the
power behind the hat and for pitch
ers there will be Dick Kerr. Red
Faber, Wilkinson and Hodge Of
last years team. Manager Glea-
son looks for lot from Hodge, the
straight bean right-hander. and
Wilkinson showed enough last year
to make him an excellent prospect.
The Hox have gathered in . whole
raft Of youngsters from colleges
and elsewhere. but right now 1t
looks As II the players above will
carry the bod. II Johnston or Mul-
ligan fall down, Mcclellan is fast
enough ,to hold down either short
or third.
lEHAIf-
So Il sums up something like
|this-if the three new inAelders
from Salt Lake City come through
and Gleason can pick up > likely
pitcher or two from the sgrist OF
youngsters. the Eok have . fair
chance to land In the first division
this season.
But It Is likely to take years be-
fore the team can show the strength
Of that outflt which won notable
triupphs for Chicago In recent sea-
soaA
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4 4 e. viii be bald q Pittsburgh
Fhe Cleveland and NveIeth
(Ainn.) hockey teams viii meat in
the OHIO city April ! and I, II the
hnala for the ckanpion4hip Of the
United Staes Hockey league. Addi-
tional gamesswil Be played on a
neutral rink not yet decided upon
Play at Eveleth was avoided Ne
cause Of unfavorahle Weather con-
ditions there, which leaves the ice
in poor shape for Championship
Brazil, the Philadelphia Amer
leans first baseman, starred in the
Athletics victory over the New
York Nationals at Lake Charles
(La.) yesterday with a homer, q
double and two singles out Of i've
times up.
The national singles tennis
tournament opens at New York to-
day with IS entries. Illinois pse-
vented William T. Tilden, ii, ma
tiOnal titleholder, from defending
his title. He expects 10 pair with
Vincent Richards in the doubles
competition. next week.
Manager Moran, who pulled
stakes for the Cincinnati Reds at
the Cisco (Texas) training camp
last night, declares he will never
again go to that point foI the train
ing if he can help it. The season
was a bad one, financially, reports
say.
The Boston Nationals are at San
Antonio today to open a two game
series with the Texas league club
of that city. They defeated Hous-
ton on the home field yesterday, 8
to.3. The Boston Americans break
camp at Hot Springs (Ark.) next
Monday.
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FROM COURT TO RING.

New York, March 26.-Walter
Kinsella. worlds squash tennis and
American professional court tennis
champion, has been licensed as
manager and trainer of boxers. His
first fighter is Joe Cox, who won
heavyweight honors in the navy
during the war.
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he Spo rtscope
MAlion-pollar Mai.el.
~ Bfuce Copeland

plsy 1as resumed WIN tle aswl-
'Deur ceased.
The teams skidded around the
field for q couple, Of innings Fin
ally one Of the Salt City batters
hit one on ! dead line toward cen-
ter1eid. Maisel had been playing
deep and lost additional time BY
slipping on the vet grass.
He reached the ball with almost
superhuman effort, but caught it
SO low that, running at full tilt, he
turned a complete sommersault
and landed nat on his back. But
he didn't drop the bali.
The other day he made three such
catches in one game and became
famous.
Rock Island fans will he inteF.
ested 10 learn that The Scranton
first basonaA that year Vas Joe
Slattery, former IslAndeT Of q dog
en- or 50 years age. Big, playful
pigeon.toed Joe; how he could
snite the old apple!
Slattery went to Scranton after
playing two years with Bill ely
mer's Wilkesbarre Coal Barons.
How time flies! Last summer
Condo Meenan ran across Joe out
in Idaho playing Independent ball.
Tommy "Finners" Quinlan was
the sensation of the Scranton team
that same year. The little south
paw outfieher was sold to the
White Sox at the end of the season
and sent to the Pacific Coast league
for a year.
"Finners' played with the Sox
in 1916 and part of 1917. being sold
to Columbus shortly after Amer
lea entered the war. He was play
ing regularly with Columbus when
drafted for the army. He went to
France and lost his left arm in
battle.
George Maisel will be seen In
Rock Island April ii with the Cubs.
lit will be good to renew cid 40
quances. The writer SAW him start
twice In the big show: with the
Athletics In 1919 and tho Detroit
Tigers in 1885, This year will be
|, the third time, when he shows here
with the Cubs.
But Million dollar Maisel" seems
too funny for words.
But any clean-minded and ambi-
tious youngster is worth zone mil
lion dollars" if he perseveres for
seven years before the big clubs
tumble to him. That's George Mai
sci, whom you read about the 9th
{ er day.
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FIGHTER MINUS ONE EYE.

Paris, March 26.-Raymond Vitte,
French welterweight boxer. has
been fighting since 1917. despite the
loss Of sight in one eye, and the
loss of three fingers of his left
hand. Both are results of the war.
Ne has had 40 battles since he was
discharged, most of which he won.
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- 41eF ~ sp0Kt lAgea nj
syes.tte saantzE pFiHtsd u stssy
~ Geesge MainelsA uanassful
setehes p ~ q " CAieoyo Cuba'
exhlhiusa Ganss On IT, coast.
The very nsxt, day William
Spearmint WFisley vas asked how
much 10 would take for Naiael ON
the strength Or those diving catches.
"A million dollars" replied the
chevtug Sup king without . mo-
Ment's hesitation.
Hence, We have with NJ nov
Million dollar Maissl.'
Seven years ago this coming
summer the selfsame Maisel ca
vorted in centerfield with Johnny
Kelly's Scranton, Pa, club in the
New York State league.
Then he wasn't worth q dime as
a big league prospect.
George wsa then a big, awkward,
but energetic and ambitious kid.
His brother Fritz was going great
guns for the Yankees at that time.
The Maisels stand with the Clark
sons, ONeills,. Delehantys Cove
leskies, Bergehs and Kellys as a
famous baseball family.
But the scouts could see nothing
exceptional then about the posi-
bilities Of George Naisel.
To-day Owner WHeley Of the
Cubs has intimated that ho wouldn't
part With Maisel for . good deal Of
naNey. He wasn't serious when
hs alluded 10 that sone million dol
.lATs.S Still, il denotes his faith
In NalsePs WeFth to the Cabs.
/, So it took George Maisel seven
years to come into his own and be
alluded to in awed tones as we're
all the great baseball heroes past
and present.
I, Maisel was literally made over
night by his 3-ply. tumble-bue
catches Of line drives. But seven
years ago Bobby Lowe, the old
Boston star, who was then coach
ing for the Detroit Tigers. sat in
the grandstand one day in Scran-
ton and saw Maisel pull the same
trick.
| Lowe actually scotfed Maisel fol-
making one Of those long dive
stabs after rolling over on the turf
"Bonehead play" was his only
comment. .s
Maisel turned the trick In q
game between Scranton and SyFa-
cusc. Rain interrupted the game
along about the fifth inning, but
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UInu STADIUM
TO EXCEED YALE
BOWLS CAPACITY

Urbana ILL.,. March 26.-The pro-
leasd new athletic stadium at the
University Of Illinois Will be DIG.
or than the famous Yale howl and
sulll have a seating capacity oil ID
80 persons. according to announces
sment today by George HpR, direc-
Tor Of athletics. It will coss
1,s00, 900.
Funds TO build the stadium vii
b raised by popular SUBSCRIPTION
among students, alumni and pa
irons Of the institution.
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W ia HARyARl IDOL,

Boston, Mass, March z6,-Percy
Jenkins . Harvard freshman. <as
the athletic Idol Of that class. He
has made good In football, ON the
track, and In avery otEr- line OF
sport. He ID slated to play on the
freshman bali crew this year.