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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-28
ILLINI PLANS
FIFTH ANNUAL
RACE CARNIVAL
Clasesd as Greatest Indoor Meet
in the Nation for College
Athletes.

Urbana, ILL.,, Dec. 27.-Prepara
lions for the fifth annual University
of Illinois relay carnival, to be he'd
in the huge armory. March 4, are
rapidly getting under way and in.
vitations have been sent to $50 col
leges and universities in the coun-
try.
The meet is one of the greatest
indoor events in the nation for
colleges, for it brings together all
of the best track athletes from all
sections. Last year 396 athletes
representing Al schools competed
and some excellent marks were es-
tablished.
Southern colleges and universi-
ties are taking to the track more
than ever before, and it is expected
that many of the Texas teams and
other good aggregations will send
crack relay teams to the Illinois
event. Letters have been received
from many sections asking for the
list of events on the program.
Coach Harry Gill, who originated
this carnival six years ago, has
written to the Al coaches who were
here with their teams last season,
asking them for suggestions con-
corning changes for the betterment
of the meet, such as the addition of
more special races. All of the re-
lay races will be again staged and
many more special races are being
considered.
The profits Of the meet, as is the
custom at the Him indoor event,
will be pro-rated among the com
peting teams in proportion to the
number of men actually competing
and the distance travelled by the
teams. This plan worked very sue
cessfully at the fourth annual car
nival and the visiting coaches were
pleased with the large sums they
received, for in many cases it PAID
most of the travelling expenses OF
the athletes.
The contest will again be held in
the armory, which is a huge struc-
ture and amply large for a meet of
this type. 1t has a cinder path ca
laps 10 the mile, 10 feet wide and
inside of this straightaway rs
yards long. 1t has an area of 107,-
900 square feet of floor space.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-28

best pair of ends in the country
hlley could take pass on the ruI
IN much the same manner as an
outhelder catching a fly ball.
Some idea of the deceptive svs.
TEN which Rockne used in startina
ms open play IS CLEANED from the
following facts, obtained from the
seasons record:
Mohardt, who was the man h..
hind the ball, passed successfully
more than 1,150 yards to his backs
and ends.
Notre Dame in each of the II
games played, averaged more than
null fields length from passes In
losing TO Iowa 10 to Z. Rockne's II
covered the field twice by masses
for total gain of 235 Yards.
Roger Kiley's proficiency in
handling forward passes is demon
strated by the fact that he did not
tumble pass throughout the wear
Eddie Anderson. the other end and
captain Of the team, fumbled oniy
two passes.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-28
FRED" MULLER
is GREATEST,
SMITH THINKS
Coach of California
Team Lauds His
Huge End.

"Red" Muller, end on this years
All-America eleven by Walter
| Camp, is the superman of western
football He is the first player pro-
! duced on the coast for whom foot
ball adherents out there claim SUI
| preme honors.
Andy Smith is coach of the Cali
! fornia eleven. Smith knows foot
| ball Used to play it at Pennsyl-
vania. Knows eastern and western
styles.
Smith says Muller is the great
est end the game has produced. He
has never seen one near his equal.
Smith has seen quite a few great
eastern ends.
Many people say Frank Hinkey,
Yale's shadowy end, who never
scaled more than $50 pounds dur
ing his playing career in the days
of guards and tackles back, flying
wedges and mass plays, was the
greatest player of all time, all posi-
tons considered. Smith says Null
Ter is better.
Muller stands feet 1 inch and
weighs 100. At the intercollegiate
games in the Harvard Stadium last
June, Muller tied with Dick Landon
of Yale, intercollegiate high jump
champion, and then won the play
off
Smith says that if one would
throw a football into a crowd of
10 football players, Muller among
them. it would be 1 to 3 shot that
Muller would get the ball Muller
would make the catch once out OF
every three times, at least.
Muller leaps high for a ball or
he dives for them. He plucks them
out of the air or catches them just
off the ground. He has never
muffed a punt that he got his hands
on.
Muller consistently can throw a |
football 60 yards forward passing.
There are many players who can
not catch his forward passes, while
there are few forward passes that !
Muller cannot catch. He is more
valuable, therefore, on the receiv- /
ing end and that is why he plays /
end instead of back.
Muller broke a small bone in his /
foot early in the season. He re-
covered sufficiently to play in the
last three games of the season. He
did not play much in any of the
three, but he was not needed. He
has fully recovered and will be !
CALIFORNIA; hope in the coming
game.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-28
Sun Seems to be Setting on Career of
Jim Thorpe, Greatest of Grid Players
BY NORMAN z. BROWN.

Few athletes receive a unanimous
vote when fans or experts vote on
-the greatest man" in any branch
OF sport Jim Thorpe is one OF
these men who at some time or 9TH
er have stood out so prominently
in their profession that there is no
doubt as to their greatness. Con-
sequently the passing of the Indian
wonder from athletics draws at
tention and regret.
Thorpe announced when his pro-
fessional football team played its
final game of the season a short
time ago that he had ended his days
on the gridiron. And it is a good
bet that he will not return TO base
ball. Time has taken its toll.
Football experts are agreed to a
man that Jim Thorpe was the great
est halfback that ever played the
game. And this was never intend
ed to belittle the wonderful playing
or Ned Mahan, Ted Coy, Willie
Heston and other stars.
Thorpe simply lived for football.
Starred for Years.
Jim was a product of the Car
isle Indian school, which produced
Frank Mount Pleasant and other
great red men stars. He first at
tracted attention in 1901 at the age
or l6, starring in track and field !
events and at football. But it was
not until several years later that
his wonderful playing under Glenn :
warmers tutelage won him world ,
wide fame. Fleet as d deer, brainy
in his handling of the ball and his
running, superbly built for speed
and endurance, and possessing the
colorful setting aided by the flow .
ing OF Indian blood in his veins. he .
was the most talked of athlete OF !
ais Day. -Four years ago at the In Fl,
nan school he played the calibre of
.ootball against college teams that
;aused him TO be placed on the All !
american teams each year.
In 1912 he added to his fame by
going to Stockholm with the Amer
can Olympic team and there this
'eally native American startled the
athletic world by winning both the
and location titles. In
he events in which Thorpe was en-
cred the judges work consisted
mainly in figuring out who finished
econd, third and fourth.
And then occurred the onIv bIem-
sh in Thorpe's career. The Anna ;
eur Athletic Union investigated
harges that Thorpe had performed .
S professional. The charges
nded in Thorpe returning his
olympic medals. The charges, {
evertheless, did not dim the great 7
ess of his prowess as an athlete, ( ]
lie had played baseball during his
chool days, and John McGraw, with 6
n eye to the drawing powers of s
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-28
SCHISSLER TO
COACH LOMBARD
COLLEGE AGAIN

GaIes6urg. Dec. 2S.-Dr. s. G. Win.
ter chairman of the Lombard " WI ~
Iege athletic committee, has inl.
announced that Lombard has 70
engaged Paul ]. SchissIer of Ne
oraska On two-year agreame1 o
bard. d' Lom-
Coach Schissler and his COLA
en- Tornado, as the Lombard to
mas been named on account of tI 'e.
soIu sweaters and their vigornns
playing, not only won the i1IinoiS
intercollegiate championship tbis
year but hung up an American
record by scoring the largest nm
per or points Of any college in tbo
country" Dr.. Winter said "The
Ioldl score Of Lombard Golden Tor
hauos was AL against Il points for
an the-r opponents.
Ihe college and its aIumni
very happy over the renewed con
u act and Mr.. Schissler has aIready
completed most of his schednIe ~,
next year as we'll as having maSa
arrangements for early spring foot
Dali practice at the college"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-28
HOSFORD, THREE
YEARS GRID SUB.
AWARDED LETTER

Galesburg, Dec 2S.-Persistence
won ITS reward here with announce
ment that Knox college had award
ed a football letter to Truman C.
Hosford of Hamilton, ILL.,, sub end
on the varsity.
Hosford had played on the
scrubs" for three seasons. His
work was commendable but he
was light. This year was his last
His chance came in the big home
coming game with Carleton. Know
mad failed to score. When a reg
ular was laid out, Coach Barry sent
In Hosford at left end. In five min
utes he was over the line for n
touchdown, the first score, against
carleton by any college In three
years
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-28
TO
HORSE WINNERS
Big Stakes and Purses Paid Daily
on Three Kentucky Race
Courses.

Louisville, KY. Dec. 27.-More
| than million and a quarter dol
lars We're distributed in stakes and
purses on the three Kentucky race
tracks at Louisville, Latonia and
Lexington, by the Kentucky Jockey
club this year, according to the of
fetal figures to date.
There were 108 racing days dur
ing the year and the average daily
amount Of money paid to winners
was S11,867. Each of the seven
races daily was for an average
purse OF $1,695. The Kentucky
derby run at Lexington downs,
Louisville, with $4,000 added mon
ey, was the richest purse. while
the smallest was $1,000. The great
er part Of this amount was paid to
Kentuckians who owned and bred
the horses.
Before the creation of the state
racing commission by an act of the
general assembly in 1906, official
figures show that in 155 DAYS of
racing in 1905. S420350 was paid
in purses and stakes. The highest
stake was $3.50 and the smallest
was $500.
In 1909 the purses and stakes
dropped to s249, 800, and since then
have increased steadily, with the
exception of 1918. when thew were
$l,10O lower than 1917, although
there were FIVE racing DAYS less
that year than in 1917. The 81 600
200 mark was barely missed in
1919, the year the Kentucky Jockey
club was organized, when S997.19O
was paid to racers. The next wear
it jumped to $1,20O,S0O.
In the three years OF its exist
ence the Kentucky Jockey club has
distributed to turfmen $S.479, 665.
the official figures show. In the
last 10 years purses and stakes
nave reached the grand total of 81
'75.375. ~
With increasing value of the |
purses may be noticed the higher
prices being paid for racing horses |
iorsemen consider the public sales |
It Saratoga, n. Y. the best barom- |
ser. Last years sales showed
~ 900 paid for one horse. SO ono /
md up for several others. while
1000 was not an uncommon nrice
or likely-looking colts and fillies
The market was considered steady
nd unspotted, which is to saw it
Tas stable.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-28
HIGH TEAM At REST OVER VACATION
John B. Foster, Famous Baseball
Writer, Joins Argus Sports Staff

There is no greater authority on
professional baseball today than
John B. Foster, who has just Joined
| the staff of The Argus, rounding
out the big Four" of special writ
ers engaged in producing the best
! all year round sporting service
ever offered to newspaper readers.
Mr.. Foster knows baseball from
every angle. He has studied and
criticized the game as a newspaper
! writer of distinguished attachments.
He has been q part of the very
! fabric of baseball as secretary to
the Giants in New York for seven
years, and he has helped to build
up the game to its present emf
nence as maker and interpreter of
the official rules. 1t was he, in col
Elaboration with John T. Brush, who
drew up the rules of the famous
series which each year hold all Of
fandom at attention
Mr.. Foster not only knows the ms
and outs of the game itself, but he
knows the men who play and the
men who direct and manage.
Mr.. Foster will not only cover
the world series this year for The
Argus, but he will attend all of the
important baseball conferences,
where his intimate acquaintance
ship with every important figure in
the game will place him in a spe-
cial position of advantage for OBJ
tanning exclusive news of every de-.
velopment.
John B. Foster had his baseball
beginnings as a very young man
under Henry Chadwick, known to
every fan as the father of base
ball" and under Uncle Nick"
Young, who for so long was presi-
dent of the National league. Be-
cause of the part he had taken in
rule changes and codification. and
IN advising about scoring methods. |
President Young named Mr.. Foster |
as an official scorer for life. MIR. |
Foster accepted the position as an
honorary one, his many other
duties having prevented him from i
acting in an active capacity.
Mr.. Fosters close association
with the game is shown from the
fact that for Is years he has been
The editor of Spald;ngs official
baseball guide, having succeeded
Henry Chadwick, and being one of
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-28

the great athlete, signed him to
play with the Giants.
AS a drawing card Thorpe was
a success for while. His general
playing. too. was satisfactory. But
he could not master big league
pitching. Long hours of coaching
by McGraw and his lieutenants
failed to remedy Thorpe's weak
ness as batter against curved ball
pitching. Eventually he was sent
to the minors He has been back
and forth several times since, play
ing with the Reds, Milwaukee and
Akron
Football His FavOrite.
Neither track athletics nor base
ball could make Thorpe forget his
first love, football, however. He
was sought by the leading profess
slonal teams every fall. For sew
eral years he led and was the star
OF the Canton, Ohio. team, which
claimed the worlds title repeated
~. Thorpe's ability to maintain
ms wonderful speed and endurance
and ability through years of Cruel
ing contests against the picked
graduates of American colleges was
phenominal. But age finally told.
The last season found him handi-
capped with Notwithstanding
new to the elusive Thorpe. And
his speed was missing.
So it looks like goodbye to the
red man that ever wore a
spiked shoe.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-28
NSIDER SAYS

"Some one probably playing a
practical joke on Tearney," is the
way Davenport men who would
have anything to do with bringing
organized baseball back to that city
characterize report from Chicago
to the effect that the Three-Eye
! president had received an apDlica-
ton from Davenport for fran
ehiSe. Efforts to trace the source
OF the application failed.
The Rock Island Fans associa,
ton was awarded money due from
the Columbus club OF the American
association in the case of Pitcher
Elmer Ambrose By the national
board at Buffalo recently. Column
bus agreed to pay a portion of Am
broSe'S salary, but was in arrears.
Wichita won claim against
Rock Island for 500, involving the
services OF ShOrtstOp Frank MUIR
ply and Pitcher Brooks. Brooks
Was released before the start of the
1921 season.
Moline's claim for title to Pitcher
Gerstner, who was with it during
the spring training, was disallowed.
Ben Jones, who it viii be remem-
bered began the 1920 season with
the Islanders IS a pitcher, bat de-
serted the club after hurting two or
three games, has failed in his Ell
forts to be r2instated. Jones, who |
was regarded as a brilliant pros.
pect, quit the club cold for outlaw
baseball.
Umpire Mike Jacobs, who was !
suspended last season by President |
Tearney of the Three-Eye for fail
ure to report for duty in Rock Is
land, was reinstated. He will be
permitted to umpire again after
June l, 1922. Jacobs got into trou-
BILE here when he failed to doff his
cap to the stands preparatory to
the batteries of the
game.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-28

the only three editors the guide
has ever had. Mr.. Foster also has
been editor of Spalding's official
baseball record for all the years of
its publication except one.
Mr.. Foster has reported not less
than 1000 big league games. He
was sporting editor of the Cleve-
land Leader when it was a morning
newspaper; and then for Is years
was head of the sporting depart
ment Of the New York Evening Tel
egram. For two years he was base
ball writer on the New York Her
aid. In addition to his long expert
ence as a graphic newspaper writ
er, Mr.. Foster has contributed ar
ticles on sports generally, and
baseball in particular, to all of the
leading magazines
With remarkable ability as a
writer, and with background of
baseball experience second to none
in the country, Mr.. Fosters articles
in The Argus will stand alone in
their particular field.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-28
IOWA GETTING
! SET FOR MEET
Big Ten Athletes TO Find Everv,
thing Arranged to Their
Liking In June.

Iowa City, Iowa, Dec. 2S.-When
lhe annual track and field meet
OF the Dig ten is held on Iowa field
June ., 1t will be the second time
IN seven years that the event has
not taken place in Chicago. Michi-
gan entertained the conference in
~ S1O Untll Iowa was awarded the
iszz meet the Hawkeyes had never
peen most 10 the track teams of the
western conference
rams and preparations for enter
edihlhg more than 200 athletes and
a,OOO spectators are already well
under way, since Iowa has for soma
months looked forward to inviting
the conference to come to Iowa
city next spring.
me Hawkeyes' field has a quar-
ter-mlle running track. 22O-yard
stralghtaWay. regulation pits for
jumping and yaulting, and a large
open space for the weight-throw-
ing events. The entire running
track was Rebuilt last spring. Aft.
or the cinders have settled in place
over the winter and the track has
once more been leyeled and rolled
II is believed that the runners com
petlng will perform on a fast path
mat viii encourage record time.
Inc program of preparation like
wise includes some improvements
on the jumping and vaulting nifs
SO that the beds in which the mar
tlclpants alight will be in better
shape. Iowa athletic authorities
anticipate having all ARRANGEMENTS
nrst class, especially since this il
lle nrst time Iowa has entertained
the meet and the Hawkeyes want !
To make good on their contract.
Special interest in the meet nh. !
talns at Iowa because of the re-
heWed strength in track shown nv
the Hawkeyes since the advent nj /
George T. Bresnahan as track /
coach. Last year Iowa placed third
IN the national intercollegiate meef
at Chicago and fifth in the confer.
ence meet. totaIing more points
than have bean scored bv the Old /,
Gold IN meets OF such standing for
years.
The best performers from the
ly2l track squad will be back next
spring, not to mention a few stars /
discovered among last seasons ,
freshman, and it is expected that {
.owa will again make a good show {
hS IN competition with the best ]
performers in the country. :
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-28
new DATESFOR
GOLF JOURNEYS
Schedules of Texas-Eississippi Cir
cult to Be RearTanged, 1t
Is Announced.

Chicago, Dec. 2S.-Golf schedules
| OF the Texas mississippi circui. and
the Atlantic coast resorts are to be
rearranged, according to word re-
ceived here today. so that other
southern states in addition to
southeastern Atlantic coast states
will have a share of the golf spot
light during the winter months.
Golf enthusiasts Of Mississippi
and Texas are making every effort
to have their commonwealth
among the leading Ravens for the
professional golfers. and the civic
and commercial organizations are
behind the movement, and they are
certain that the matter Of sChed
uleS will be adjusted shortly
Present plans provide for two
complete circuits over which the
pros will travel. The tournament
play in the Texas Mississippi cir
cult will start Jan. Is and end Feb.
Is. with San Antonio, Dallas. Hous-
ton, Fort Worth and New Orleans
being the centers of activities. The
golfers will then have sufficient
time to reach Florida for the tour
naments. which start at Jackson
Vile Miami, Palm Beach, BelAir,
Asheville, \. c, and Pinehurst fol-
low, where the season reaches an
end with the hold of the north and
south open.
The efforts Of the southern Mis-
sissippi valley boosters in promot-
ing the new circuit has stimulated
winter golf, especially among the
professionals. to a point higher
than ever has been attained before
And, for their efforts. the Gulf
states enthusiasts expect perma-
nent redistribution Of winter golf
ing honors.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-28
Jim VAUGHN
PLAY SEMI-PR0
Lands Says He Does Not Recall
an Application for Rein
statement.

Chicago. Dec. 28.-Jim Vaughn,
former star southpaw of the Chi
cago National league team, will
again be a member of the Beloit
Fairies, semi-professionaI club,
next season, according to promi-
nent baseball men.
Vaughn was suspended last sum
mer by Johnny Evers, then man
ager of the Cubs, and during his
suspension he pitched a game I'M
der an assumed name at Kenosha.
When he reported back to Evers,
he was referred to Commissioner
Lands and was put on the ineli-
gible list as a contract jumper.
Officials of the Cubs declare they
have had no dealings with Vaughn
since that time, and a few days ago
Commissioner Lands said he did
not recall an application for rein
statement from the pitcher.
Semi-pro men, however, claim
Faughn's case was taken before
Lands and was turned down.
Hippo" then went back to Be
lott and signed a contract for 1922.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-28
PRO FOOTBALL
is CONDEMNED
Coaches Favor Taking Letters
Away from Players Who Par
ticipate in 1t.

New York, Dec. 2S-United
Press. )-Opposltion to professional
football as menace to the col
leglate sport was the first moYa
taken last night after the organiza-
lon of the American football
coaches association.
1t was recommended that college
PAYERS playing professional foot
ball have their letters taken awav
and officials who worked in pro
games be removed from the eligible
list for collegiate games.
Officers elected were:
President-Major Charles DAILY
of West Point.
Vice president-John Heisman
Pennsylvania
Secretary traasurer-J. w. Wilca
Ohio State.
Board Of rrustees-Robert l.
Fisher. Harvard, and Fielding n
Yost, Michigan.
Changes in rules governing tho
shift. clipping and interference with
defending players on the forward
pass were discussed but no action
was taken.