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BEReER'S TEAM
DROPS ANOTHER
TOWERS CUBS


wichita, Kan, April 8.-Rotarians
from Kansas, Missouri and Oklaho-
ma comprised the majority Of the
crowd that saw the Cubs defeat
Frank Isbell's team here yesterday.
4 to 2.
There are more than 1000 Rotar-
ians in town attending the annual
convention and ABOUT one-sixth of
them stayed away from the big
meeting to see Johnny Evers' tribe
in action. Their presence added to
the occasion, Is they brought their
bands and furnished entertainment
in the stands, while the Cubs sup
piled same on the field.
The Cubs put up good exhibi-
ton. getting nine hits off Fred
Beebe and Bill Maun. Zeb Terry
returned to second base after an
absence of more than week and
celebrated his return by getting
three hits, one of them a three-bag-
ger to left field. His work with the
willow was the feature of the con-
test, as he drove home two runs
and scored one OF the four credited
to the major leaguers. Bob OFar-
rell and Max ,Flack also walloped
the pellet we'll, each getting pair
of base knocks.
York Surprises Evers.
Jim York pitched in his first ex-
hibition game with the Cub regu-
lars and held Wichita to two hits
in four innings. He was so fast
and had so sharp snap to his
curve ball that Manager Evers SAID
after the game that he did MOI
know whether to turn him back t
the minors or retain him. Ear
Hanson finished and allowed thu
minor leaguers to tie the score il
the fifth on pass, double and ;
single. They made no more hit!
off him after that.
The Cubs got one run off oil
Fred Beebe. who was with the Cub
10 or Is years ago. They produc
ed the tally in the fourth innin,
on a single by Grimes and dOubl
down the first base line by Warner
at third base in place of Charli
Deal, who was compelled to remain
IN the hotel by stomach trouble.
/ Cubs Keep on Counting.
| The Cubs second run was CLEAN
ed. off Maun in the fifth on Flack'
single and Terry's three-bagger t
left, while two more were added i
the seventh On singles by Flack an
Terry combined with two error
and wild pitch.
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SPORT BRIEFS

Los Angeles.-Preliminary bouts
Of the National A. A. U. wrestling
championship were held here last
night. the outstanding event being
the throwing Of Lieutenant H. H.
Anderson. U. S. S. New Mexico, by
C. C. Patten, L. A. A. c., in SIS sec
onds. in the opening round of the
lis pound class.
Portland. Ore-Three navy car.
rier pigeons and three from the ma
rfne corps will race IN army Air.
plane from Portland to San Fran.
cisco, starting tomorrow, It was IN.
nouncod today. Major H. II, Ar.
nela, cOmnandAnt Of Nather field,
Saefameato, and Sergeant Data. hIs
mechaniciaa. win ay the plane.
Toledo, Ohio.-Joe Burman, New
York, and Roy Moore, Memphis are
here ready for their 12-round no.
decision bout tonight. They are to
weigh l19 pounds at 2 O'Clock this
afternoon.
Philadelphia, Px-The Univer.
sity Of Minnesota, rrnner.rn r.
PennsylvaAia for the On. nina n.
lay championship 1t the relay ear.
ntval last year. has entered 8 fear
IN this event again this season.
/ mAMAXAI-AS-
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SURPLUS YANkS
PUZZLE TO 'HUG'
Higgins Like Old Woman in Shoe
Has So Many Players He
Doesn't Know What to Do.
BIZ HENRY L. FARRELL,

1bl LIE hhIhL
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent
New York, April S.-lf ever q
ball club was, like the old woman
in the shoe it is the New York
Yankees.
Miller Higgins has so many play
ers he doesn't know what to do.
The American league representa-
tives Of the metropolis will start
the season with two high class
teams-one on the field and the
other on the bench.
While other clubs are in desper-
ate straits for one good player in
; every position, the Yanks have q
pair.
For first base, Higgins has Pipp
Ruth or Meusel.
For second base, Fewster, Ward
or McNally.
For shortstop. Ward. Peckin-
paugh or Mitchell.
For third base, Ward or Baker.
In the outfield, Ruth. Roth, Meu.
sci or Bodie.
In addition, there are lot Of
! high class rockies.
No matter what combination
Higgins selects, he will have 8
couple of 800 hitters doing bench
duty all season. who might pu1
some other clubs in the pennanl
| race.
But Higgins has the market cor
nered on reserves first class" anG
it's cinch he's not going to gel
liberal with his fellow managers
when their pennant stock might IN.
crease by a donation.
The Yanks have the greatest re.
serve power in the major leagues.
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BUSTER MAILS LEARNS CONTROL SECRET BY
MEANS or OVERLAND DELIVERY AND BOOSTS
CLEVELAND PENNANT STOcK BEYOND OTHERS

Cleveland, April s.-Wslter "Dus-
ter Nails u shooting them down
the alley with IN overland deliv-
cry this spring.
+ It's tho secret Of his southpaw
control.
Mails discovered he wasn't .
side-arm pitcher shortly before he
came up to the Cleveland Indians
last fall and made American league
batters dizzy with his controlled
smoke balls.
Forest Cady, old Red eox catch
er, who was working with me at
Sacramento. gave me the tip on
myself that started me up.
When l got wild Cady made ma
pitch from over my head.
II could put the ball where
wanted it then.
I'm Cleveland steve O'Neill no
ticci the same flaw IN my delivery,
O'Nelll's Help.
''OrNeill advised me to pitch
0verLanded all the time.
Occasionally I'd get wild.
didn't know what was the trouble
''Tffcn O,Neill would remind me
that l was slipping back into my
old side-arm delivery.
I'D watch myself
MY control came back with the
overland pitch.
II would never have won sever
games for Cleveland and one from
Brooklyn in tho world series Il
O'Neill. had made me correct
my fault
i've wasted several years o.
my pitching career already be
cause l didn't know what was thu
matter with me.
Same Old Stuff.
II haven't any more stun nov
than l had several years ago.
How'll l pitch to Babe Rutl
this year?
Just like l would to any 9TH
batter.
"All these big leaguers can bel
the ball. Ruth don't worry me.
1T takes CUTS to pitch in tn
big show.
1.-THE kind OF CUTS I mean IL tn
the nerve to pitch yourself out of
tight hole when the game is a
stake.
I've always had confidence i
myself when in the box. -.
Now that I've learned the sc
ere OF controlled specific over
hand delivery ought to &c
. some place."
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carried the session with crushing
lefts to the body at swinging range.

carried the session with crushing
lefts to the body at swinging range.
Van Ryan got away fast in the
ninth and had things his own way
until WEIGH caught him in the air
with right to the stomach. WEIGH
strove desperately for a knockout,
but his timing was poor. frankie
scored two more effective body
blows, but AL countered effectively
with rights and lefts to the head
and the bell found the boys fighting
on even terms.
WEIGH could only win by a
knockout, going into the 10th and
last round. The Chicagoan set q
furious pace, but Van was content
to remain on the defensive with a
comfortable lead in his favor.
WEIGH carried the round and both
boys finished fresh as daisies.
Boost for Melichar.
The biggest surprise of the eve
ming, next to the failure OF either
Van Ryan or WEIGH to knock the
other out, was the fact that George
Melichar, fighting AL Shug in the
second semi-windup, made his op-
ponent quit cold at the beginning
Of the fifth round. ~. 49,.
Melichar's many tri-city admir-.
ers feared that Shug would put
him away before the Ground limit
could be reached, but the Cedar
Rapids grocer not only stayed, but
was leading on points in every
round until Shug answered the bel
in the fifth by saying he was IN
able to continue.
Melichar won chiefly because hi
outgamed the gorilla-like Shug in
almost every exchange. Shut
stopped dozens Of singing left jabs
hooks and uppercuts and left the
ring in a sickened condition. 1t ap
peared as If Shug had at least 1:
pounds advantage.
Ross Bests Sheehan.
Whitley Ross Of Chicago. stable
mate Of WEIGH, vas in much bette
physical condition that Emmett
Sheehan Of Rock Island, and emery
ed in the lead after six of the mos
sensational rounds Of fighting evel
witnessed in tri-city ring.
The boys stood and slugged toe
to-toe in the first round ant
whipped the crowd into an uproal
by the punishment they gave ant
took. The second round. withou
doubt, was the most furious melet
Of them all. Sheehan seemed Il
have shot his bolt in swapping al
those punches because he appeare,
weak and hanging on Throughout
the rest Of the mill.
In justice to Emmett, it nigh
be said that had he been traine,
properly. he would have given Ros
q bad beating. Emmett took a 10
Of punishment in the last fou
rounds, but 1t was his clevernes
and fighting instinct that enable
him to weather the storm.
Little Don. Dixon was too cleve
for the novice. Dick Keller, an
won the curtain-raiser with . goo
lead.
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BY BRUCE COPELAND.

Superior 1nfghting and agrees
siveness won last nights 10-round
windup to the Davenport legion
fight card for AL Van Ryan. the
great little scrapper from St. Paul.
and deprecated the knockout stock
OF Frankie WEIGH OF Chicago, in
the climax to one Of the most thrill
ing ring shows in tri-city records.
The whole card teemed with fu-
rious action from the moment the
curtain was raised by little Don
Dixon and Dick Keller to the last
exchange Of the two windup bat
tiers. In the end the card was &C
claimed tho best Of the year.
Tho packed arena sweltered again
In the poorly ventilated hall, which
il much too small for boxing con-
tests Of such high quality, but none
seemed to mind the humidity in
the excitement which attended
every bout. Coats and collars
were removed. but still the per-
SEPARATION flowed literally in tor
rents.
WEIGH Starts Strong.
WEIGH got away to a good start
by rocking Van with rights and
lefts. Van was disinclined to mix
staying away to test Welch's
Wanted hooks. frankie accommo.
dated his rival, his speed counting
largely in every exchange after his
long left and fancy footwork car
ried him out Of the way of Vans
swings.
After the first round, WEIGH kept
waiting for Van to carry the fight
to him. Van carried the SECOND
with right hooks to the stomach
and a singing left which knocked
out one Of Welch's upper from,
teeth. WEIGH had to be cautioned
by Referee Diets in this round fol
hitting in the breaks.
Van Ryan got in several goot
right-handers to the heart in thu
third which made Welch more re
spectful. The .Chicagoan dancet
around har1nlessly until Just be
fore the bell when he evened thu
round by superior mixing il
which he rocked Van with right
and let's to the head.
Vans lnfghtfng Tells.
WEIGH started in whirlwind styl,
again In the fourth and was lead
Ing In the mixes until the middle o
the round when Vans clever in
hghting began to have telling ef
feet. Van boxed himself ava.
from Welch's menacing right, jab
Ding effectively with his left an,
slipping right-handers through
Ffankie's guard to the stomach.
Van Ryan seemed to have solve,
Welch's right hand beginning witt
the nth, for he sidestepped an,
scored repeatedly with a straigh
left. AL fought the one-two styl
in this round almost intermittant
ly, beating WEIGH to almost ever,
punch. AL INDUCED in some kid
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ding. AGAINST Tho rono- h,,t u1.l.,
was too smar 70 W ;nvo U. i ;ntn
,aad;nv ~
Weich ,ost morv e-o.n.;on,,
chances in The .;~th +hnoush bic
aversion to LEADING Van anna, I'd
not IN faor ErerL;a,s n.h;nI;So
hooL. and Lort ho-;nr ;,.o nar;.a
Nc ahowors ~ r;rht. "a ~. lei
mt hreak;n. b;s nrourd A, ms
eiuog;n, WITH .r.atar aTa.t Of the
heii and earned an oven sbs-o ~
nc round ~ -
Wv
van onocAs Cso"o'
van gave the crowo ano. Incl
uenlaily weich' SHOCK a. tae pc
ginning Vi tne seventh py Jamplne
ou' VI his cnai, anu rushtns across
lhe ring dt welch IS me SnicAsoan
was Using rom ms STOOL. II was
trich W oiscohcert WEIGH ana II
was luiiy one minute pelore
rrankle GOuiI sain MS poise
van nao Meicl IN uistlees m !nls
Iounu ~nen nc . DaeAeu n.n Exams
tne iopes anu my neutiaa coi nei
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STILL DEADLOCKED.

Havana. April S.-(United Press)
The 10th game in the interna-
toinal chess match between DR.
Emanuel Lasker and Jose Capa-
blanaca was postponed last night
at the request Of Capablanca, who
said his eyes were troubling him
Play will be resumed tonight al
Mariana.
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HERNAN MINIS.

Worcester, Mass. April Shy
United Press.)-Pete Herman. for
mer bantam champion. made it six
in . row here last night when he
stopped Barney Snyder. Boston, in
the NTH round OF. a scheduled s.
round bout Snyder's seconds
threw In = towel
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Baltimore, Nd, April S.-(United
Press. Johnny Mitchell. short
stop find from the Pacific coast
may beat out Roger Peckinpaugh
for a regular job with the New
York Yanks. Manager Higgins
said here today he was undecid-
ed on his selection. Peckinpausf
has been laid up with cold ant
stiff back.
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New York.-Ge0rges Carpenters
$50 900 forfeit money. guaranteeing
mis- appearance in a ring with Jack
Dempsey on July 2. has been de-
posted in a local trust company
vault, it was announced here today
by Tex Richard. promoter.
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Three base hit-Terry. TWO base
Warner, Griffin. Struck out
/ By York, 3; by Beebe, ?; by Maun.
8. Stolen base-Flack. Time-l:SO.
Umpire-Morris.
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sHARKEY LOSES.

New York. April S.-(United
Press.)-Midget Smith. New York
bantam. won the referees decision
over Jack Sharkey in a 15-round
bout here last night The judges
disagreed.
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PRATT SIGNS.

Boston, April S.-Derrill Pratt,
University Of Michigan baseball
coach. signed . contract to play
with the Boston Americans.
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Cleveland, Ohio. = Joe Lynch.
champion bantamweight boxer. and
Young Montreal of Providence. R.
l., will meet tonight in a 10-round
no-decision bout. Under the agree
ment Montreal is required to weigh
in at 11S pounds or less ringside.
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WHITE SOX IDLE.

Memphis, Tenn, April S.-(Unit
ed Press. Rain prevented the
White Sox regulars and Memphis
from playing yesterday. The Sox
play Louisville today.
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Three base h1f-LenahAn.
Two base hit-Cummings, Ander'
son.
Struck out-Frohwein ~. Beck
er' (s). Anderson ~, Westphal (5)'
McCaffery (3).
Passed balls - Locke, Smith
Youngblood.,
Hit by pitcher-Leighton.
Stolen bases -Crary. Draper
Wick.
Umpire McIlree, Iowa.
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WATER CLASSIC.

Chicago, April S.-The Illinois
Athletic club of Chicago won the
national water pold championship
from the Chicago Athletic associa-
ton,
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PAL MOORE VICTOR.

Kenosha, Wis. April S.-(United
Press. Pal Moore, the Memphis
fash, defeated Jimmy Kelly of Chi
cago in a 10-round bout here last
night.
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HOCKEY CHAMPS.

Pittsburgh, April S.-Ths Cleve-
land hockey club won the United
States Amateur Hockey association
championship by defeating the
Eveleth (Minn) team.
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All the News-All the Time-The
Argus.
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EvERllESSllI
NEAR RlBeE.lS
WEIGH uND|OINe
DECISIONS,

ARGUS DECISIONS.
uAN G0-Al van Ryn, st.
k1aL sufpsintsl Frankie welch.
Ch1eags, h 10 rounds ct lss
RIRST EMI-Whitey Ross,
CAi0ge. eatYointed Emmett
6hseAal, Reck Island, In six
rounds q LIS pounds.
SECOND SEM-George Mel.
iohar, Cedar Rapidh scored
technical knockeut over AL
Sing, Kewanee, when latter
quit a& beginning Of hfth
found.
PRRLH-Don Dlxen, Daven.
pert, eutpointed Dick keeler,
bavenpoft, In four rounds 1t
ia psuads.
REFEREE-Pat Dlotx.
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nam BOUT-BY ROUNDS.
I. Welch.
2. Even.
3. Weleh.
4. Van Ryan.
5. Van Ryan.
4 Even.
Z. Van Ryan.
I. Van Ryan.
& .. Even.
10. Welch.
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Welch Slows Down.

WEIGH slowed down in the eighth
while Van Ryan did all the lead
ing. WEIGH did lot Of jabbing in
this round, but his efforts were all
without noticeable steam and Van
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-07-26
SHIPPING TO BE PRIVATELY OWNED ANll
 OPERATED.

That the present Administration is "unalterably opposed to Government ownership and means to place the operation of Shipping Board ships in the hands of stable operators who will become their owners" is a declaration recently made by Js Bars ton Smul, head of operations for the Shipping Board at New York and the statement concurred in by William Love, his associate in the work at the metropolis They also denied that the Shipping Board was the hopeless wreck" it had been reported and declared that means would be found to 'unscrambe the eggs
 It would seem that if the American merchant marine is be operated basis that will make it strong and profitable and of the best use to the country this is the policy that get of the shipping business it should into it, and if it should go into it it would have to be on the basis of competition for business with privately owner ships. If the country is enter the shipping business proprietor should go out after all the business it get. It has been demonstrated that the policy that has been followed is not profitable or satisfactory. The Governments place in the shipping world has been neither thing the other. It is engaged in the shipping traffic in bus ness-like way the hand is it leaving the field free the private companies the other.
 It should be said in justice the old Shipping Board that it realized that the procedure that has been followed but temporary eXpedient, and it's purpose to withdraw from the business at the earliest possible time without sustaining a loss garded great. The present Board willing take whatever loss that may be necessary to get of the business soon.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-07-26
Those Helpful News Items

'Women in the factories of China work 10 hours a day for a few cop pcrs in pay" Huh. That's nothing We know some women over here who work for poor stick (of hus- banD II hours a day and get no pay.
 "A mans brain contains 500,000 cells Alas, and how few of them are occupied?
 White camels are about as rare as black sheep" Of course this does not mean human black sheep, for that would mean white camels would be as common as English sparrows.
 Athens, the Greek capital, enjoys bright sunshjne on an average of 300 days in the year" We suppose the other 65, when it isn't sunshiny, are the days that Constantine spends there.
 "Euripides began to write trage- dies at the age of 18" Gee! He must have been married awfully young.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-07-26
Pebbles on the Shore.
Cincinnati Enquirer.)


 Humanity for untold centuries has been playing with the pebbles the hther shore of the illimt- able of knowledge. Successive phiosophes have risen influence the lives of mortals since first man began think. The science of yesterday has left us little of value to the science of today and the science of today must give place to the revelations of to- 
 Even principles which have been regarded as fixed, mmutable give before the ceaseess labors of the investigator. Comes Einstein with his startling discovery. It is too early yet to determine its value or it's influence upon accepted principles.
 Now more amazing discovery is announced. pr. Charles Russ eminent British bacteriologist claims the discovery of active principle in the ray of the human eye operative in the act of vision. The in terest of the scientific world in this latest penetra tion into the mysteries of organic being naturally is intense
 The reaction of this radical force of the eye, it is said, has been demonstrated through the em- ployment of instrument of almost incalculabe deli cacy the result of years of experimentation.
 What about it? Well, if the doctor proves his there is much about it that it will revolu- tionize the formulae of the physicists in many re- specs, set beacon lights before the vision of the ipathoogists and render natural much of the phen- omena claimed by the psychologists to evidence the truth of the supernatural
 In this connection it is interesting also to note that a San Francisco surgeon claims have proved through the of the all-seeing camera that the human body has it's counterpart in ether. The claim of persons who had lost limb that they could feel Haley insists that the missing member exists in eheric entity And yet there is nothing spiritualistc about the matter. It merely is bologic experiment based on the theory of etheric doubles.
 Verify we long have been playing with pebbles on the shore of the of knowledge
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-07-26

though not all. of tine freight diferential in favor of Europe.
 Probably next in importance Is codhsh, which has been meeting with ruinous com petition from the Orient for several years This is not specifically mentioned, but green salted codfsh in bulk which has consti- tuted most of the imports on he Pacific side, would come under a general clause establish ing duty of 14c per lb., while dry-cured codfsh and stockfsh would take a duty of l&c per h. Pacific codhsh operators have asked for a duty ot 3c per b. and some have declared that the industry could not survive unless given this protection; but others believe that though still seriously handicapped they will be able to hold thelr own fairly well under the rates mentioned
 Salmon is given special mention, and canned salmon, formerly lncIuded under canned fish" with 15 per cent duty, would now be covered as salmon, otherwise prepared or preserved along with pckled or smoked salmon, under common rate of 25 per cent This is per cent less than was asked canned salmon.
 The new but promising Alaska crab in- dustry, which has just commenced a struggle to gain a foothold beside the Oriental pro- duet in American markets, is given the en- couragement of 26 per cent duty, which in normal times should enable it to stand fairly well on its merits
 Producers of fish oils will find some slight cause for satisfaction in the oil schedule all items in which they are in terested being either removed from the free to the dutiable list advanced over the previous rates; although the rate of Pc per lb. on numerous competing vegetable oils gives comparatively little protection.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-07-26
CONSULAR SERVICE IN ALASKA CROWS

The appointmen of G. H. Miller of Skagway British Vice-Consul for Alaska gives this Territory consular representatives from three foreign countries William Britt of Juneau, Nice-Consul for Norway is dean of the foreign consuls in Alaska. He has served in that capacity for good many years. He followed by the recent assignment to Alaska ot Consul Rodolfo Ramirez from the Republic of Mexico So have representatives here from Norway Mexico and Great Britain.
 The British Vice-Consul is Auditor of the White Pass and Yukon Route and has been resident of Alaska for many years.