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COLLEGES TO PUT
ON RING TOURNEY
LATE NEXT MONTH

Minneapolis, Mimi, Feb. 2l.--An
aN-university elimination boxing
tournament to determine the cham
pions OF the various divisions will
be staged at the University Of Min
nesota the last week in March, Il
was announced here today. The
survivors Of the sesai-seeA. SiM
meet in a four-round E,skCa IN
April.
Boxing has become . popular
sport at the university and more
than 800 students are learning the
science of self-defense from Q box
ing instructor. 49,
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'MA1TY WEEPS
FOR OLD DAYS

m NEyRY Z, PARRRIde

BX HENRY L. kA8wB1d0
UNITED Press stan CorrespcadsAt).
SaranAc Lake. N. T., Feb H.
Christy Mathewson wept today -
he read Of the teams going south
him.
Through with his baseball eur-
ever, fighting for his life aSninsk
the rayages Of tuberculosis. sBtg
Six" was found today sitting ban-;
died to the ears in heavy blanksea. !:
1t was the first time In oevoa
months that his homo had been
opened to a newspaper man.
Through Vita Cana
HE has been extremely nervous
and impatient lately" said hia
faithful nurse-his wife--wh0 had
to talk for Mathewson oecAaDe the
exertion OF speaking was too much
for his strength.
"Matty will get we'll, but I don't
want him ever to 90 back to base
ball. I want him to spend the rest
of his life doing the things he has
always loved to do-ilShing. hunt
ing and tramping in the great oat-
doors. He doesn't talk baseball
much. For . long time he was too
sick to think or care about any
thing. He did talk lot. however,
about the 1919 world series"
/ Loses 10 Pounds.
Mathewson looks surprisingly
we'll for one who has had deaths
grip at his throat for almost . year.
He has lost about forty pounds and
his cheeks are pale with . pallor
that is intensified by the scarlet
spots that burn when the dreaded
fever takes hold. His voice 10 -
strong, however, a. 1t used to b
when he yelled instructions from
the coaching lines. ..
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-21

Philadelphia Pa, Feb. 21.-Jim-
my Ryan, prominent middleweight
IN the days Of bare knuckle night
en. is seriously i'll at a hospital
mere. A call has been made Tor
volunteers 10 submit to blood trans
fusion in an effort to save his LIE.
Nan's last appearance in the
SMS here was with Dominick NC
CAnrey, about sixteen yeAfS ago.
he fought a 7-round draw here
with Jack Dempsey. the Non
pafeil." in 1884, and two years later
9as Knocked out by the same man
u the fourth round.
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DEFEATED FRENCH
RUNNER SEEKS TO
GET RUN WITH RAY

New York. Feb. 31.-(United
ftess).-Josef 0uillemot, Olympic
hampton at 5000 meters. today
Spsoed Q campaign to bring about
: match race between himself and
zoe Ray. Ray and three other
American runners defeated the
fench runner here Saturday night
yer . 5000 meter route.
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l0NM0UTH cRUSHES AUGIE LOOPER<<


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American association club. Is his
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HOPPE, HOREMANS
STILL OBDURATE
OVER CUE TITLE

Philadelphia, Feb. 81. Another
effort to bring William F. Hoppe,
the American : billiard champian.
and Edouard H9remans. the Bel
gian. champion Of Europe, togeth-
er in this city next fall for the
iworld's championship has failed.
followif3a conference that contin-
ued until late last night.
Hoppe, it, is said, is willing to
meet Horemans in a one-day match
for about 1000 points, while the
Belgian is said to be holding out
for . 5000 point contest At 1872
balk line. and 2,400 points at ISL
one match to follow the other
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no l5-ROUND BOUTS
| IN HOOHIER STATE

Indianapolis, Ind Feb. 1.-THE
sefvood boxing bill. designed to
s!mit l5-round boxing contests IN
,.oiana, was killed in the lover
20 Of the general assembly
{ssesrday.
he bill was prepsrsd b the
.efican legion legislative com
uee under instructions adopted
NE legion's state convention.
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Genese6, =; Davenport, II.
Geneseo's Championship basket
I've added another scalp to its
string when Davenport was defeat
ed Saturday ON the Geneseo home
floor by the count Of 22-l7. This is
the second time that the Geneseoans
have beaten Davenport, the first
game resulting 20-16.
From all reports the game was
one Of the most spectacular ever
played in these parts. Although
Davenport was defeated by FIVE
points, the game WAS close through
out and it was not until the last
minutes that Geneseo was able to
raise its lead to FIVE.
Set Fast Pace.
The Dayenporters started out in
whirlwind fashion, but the Geneseo
loopers were right on their heels
and when half time was called the
score of 81. The Iowans seemed
to be bothered by the low Orders
which prevented arched shots.
Soon after the second period,
Geneseo started a strong offensive
and piled up a comfortable lead. In
the last period Davenport staged a
comeback and at one time was in
the lead. With but few moments
left the Geneseo tosssrs again found
the loop and put the game out Of
danger. J..
Layden, in spite of his injuries,
played In the last part Of the con-
test
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ATHLETICS BEGIN
TRAINING STUNTS
AT LAKE CHARLES

Lake Charles, La. Feb. IL
United Press).-Reports Of big
cards in tie far north were not
disturbinb 20 the Philadelphia Ath-
letics. who expected to crack open
the 1891 baseball season today.
With their bats ground down, to
slugging weight and their gloves
oiled the Athletics expected to be-
gin training operations this after
noon.
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iiis Seeningiy Lest % Linlltsl
~ Spsss. Whes S1sssnaa's
euistet Shows IT. Class.

GoncA StegemanS wonmouth
ad1n1tb6ll quintet handed the An
1166a i've its third defeat of.ths
1aopa Saturday night on the Mon
iii door in . rough-and-tumbis
~, rs to "a. swedbers's man
sa1d not open up. Tho Mll
lIIped from their hands and none
eJul6 locate the hoop.
4 i Csgston, Augie captain and
III forward, who generally an
ms 6 or field baskets every
nne, was held to . sinEI6 basket;
1veuson was also unable to locate
nv more than a Ike number.
Il The game was 9 rough exhibi@
| Ion, . total OF IS fouls being called.
! ne referee, although absolutely
iii. was very lenient, and had he
! adhered strictly to the rules, the
| majority of players would have
| been ruled out via the foul route.
Augie ON Short End.
Augie was never in the lead
| throughout the entire contest. In
ttAs first few minutes Of play T,
wallace, standing guard for Mons
mouth, although he was the swift
| sst standing guard ever seen. broke
bose and shot three successive
field baskets. Smiley added anoth-
III point. making a total Of seven
lsiore Swedberg's men could col
III themselves.
Irthe remainder Of the half, both
teams set a fast pace, although
| nsither did much scoring, Mon
mouth collecting five additional
points and Augustana locating the
hoop for two field baskets. The
half ended with Stegeman's men
leading by s points; score, II to 4.
In the second period things failed
TO turn for the Rock Island school.
In comparison with the wonderful
comeback which they made against
the st. Ambrose-Ave In Fridays
tilt, the Swedes' game slowed up
rather than improved, scoxing 10
points, while Monmouth added IL
more to its score, the game endine
u to IA.
Small Court Handicap.
!, The size Of the floor upon which
ISsturday's game was played was q
iNg factor in the defeat OF Swed-
lterg's five, It being a 50 by Is floor
IHAying on a floor Of that size in
leomparison with one as large as
that Of the Augustana gym, the
iSwedes were completely lost. Upon
receiving a pass. the player was
Immediately covered. and IL he
should miss the pass the ball would
90 out of bounds at once, due to
the narrow gym. However, such
conditions necessarily have to be
scontended with when playing away
from home and Augie was doomed
to defeat.
Gus Andreen, pivot-man for Au-
gustana. will be eligible for next
weeks games, and his prowesa
gives assurance of q different out
tonne in the remaining games Of
the season. Coach Swedberg has
no fear of the Monmouth aggrega-
ltion at the !. I. A. c. to b. held at
Decatur next month, as the floor Ii
10 little larger than a cracker box
and referees will not be. SO lenient
INV cNnnE
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Moline, IL; GAlesburg, 30.
Moline pulled the second surprise
Of the week by defeating Ga1esburg,
1920, in the Moline high school
gym Saturday. The first upset came
Friday night when Moline beat
Davenport.
The work of the Moline team for
the last few days has been supreme
compared with the first showing.
After being under-d to the other
Quad-city teams for more than
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lNumerals Indicate Alleys.)
Doubles, 4 p. n.

Numerals Indicate Alleys.)
Doubles, 4 p. n.
l.. Brookhart Shields, Washing
on.
2. McCall-Wells, Washington.
3. Crooks-Hull, Washington.
4. Gaylord-Ament, Davenport.
Singles, 5 p. n.
1. Brookhart Shields, Washing
on.
2. McCall-Wells, Washington
3. Crooks-Hull, Washington.
1. Gaylord-Ament, Davenport.
Dpuhles. 8 p. n.
l. acknowledgement, Davenport.
2. PaaRman-Schultz. Davenport.
3. Hanssen-Seelman, Davenport.
Singles, Z r. n.
/. Acknowledgement, Davenport.
2. Paarman-Schultz, Davenport.
3. Hanssen-Seelman, Davenport.
,Fiye.MaA Teams, 8 p. II.
/. Washington, Iowa.
2. Drimll Printing company,
Rock Island.
5. Kohrs Packing company, Dav-
export.
1. Starks. Davenport.
s. Tri City Lithographing 4
Printing company, Davenport.
6. Mueller Lumber company,
Davenport.
Doubles, 10 T. II.
/. Graham-D anielson, Rock Is
land.
:. Cavanaugh- strayer. Rock Is
land.
3. C. WAch-J. witch. Rock Island.
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENT Dav-
export.
3. k-Clauesen, Davenport.
[, 6. Berg-Hendle, Davenport.
/. Graham aniels0n, Rock Is
land.
! !. Cavanaugh- Strayer. Rock Is
land.
8. C. wich-J. WITCH. Rock Island.
e. Lagomarcino Ogden. Daven-
port
s. Buck-C lausssn. Davenport.
s. Berg-Hendle. Davenport.
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sNxHR. "a IN DRMAND.

Syracuse. Feb. 1S.-"Nixer"
Mitchell, cadet boxer who = earn
ing his way through school With
his flsts. Is getting many chal-
ienges. Among the challengers are
Harlem Eddy Kelly. Cal Delaney
md Rocky Kansas.
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CHICAGO LOSES
TO OHIO STATE
). IN LOOP CLASH
Buckeyes Win BY Single Point
mihi Trim Badgers and Held
Tie for Lead With Heesiefs.
CANES TONIGHT.

GAMES TONIGHT.
Indiana vs.. Iowa.
Illinois vs.. Purdue. "a
Wisconsin vs.. Ohio State
CANES TOMORROW. :.
Chicago W. Minnesota
GAMES SATURDAY.
Illinois vs.. Michigan.
Chicago vs.. Wisconsin.
Purdue vs.. Northwestern.
Iowa vs.. Indiana,
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TOWAs sVs 4
Iowa City, Iowa, Feb. s21.-Be-
cause of a great brace in the sec
ond half, Iowa downed Purdue Sat
urday night, 20 to IS. Captain
Kauffman's defensive play was
stellar. Miller's defensive :. play
broke IN Iowa's attack frequent
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ILLINOIS. Il: BADGERS, 8.

Urbana, ILL.,, Feb. 21.-Illinois
maintained its tie for first place in
the conference Saturday night
when Coach Winters squad defeat
ed Wisconsin, II to 8, in a game
featured by close and masterful
Iruardinp IF both fiyes. Lineup:
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This years open golf champion.
ship tourney will be played on the
links Of the Columbia Country club,
near Washington, d. C., July 1871.
The United States Golf association
has received assurances from the
Royal and Ancient association Of
Great Britain that the United King.
dom's leading professionals plan to
play in the event. Ted Ray Of Ok.
hey, England, who won the Amer
lean open title last year At Toledo,
will some back to defend. Other
stars viii be George Duncan and
Abe Mitchell. Americas big three
will be Walter Hagen, Jim Barnes
and Jock Hutchinson.
Duey Lyle, one of the maihstays
of the Independents great line, is
planning to return to the wilds Of
Minnesota a little later for another
good season of Independent base
ball. Duey has been pitching with
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Uc1sscss ~ UoveaDeHe il.
By RRl1A ECOLLIOfER
The Islahde1 were nossd ont In
the last few minutes by the Cems
bridge looD tossers Saturday hight
.at Cambridge and lost the game
~ the close count OF 17-1s. The
locals were ahead until the final
minutes when . basket and 1 free
throw won the game for Cambridge.
There are no alibis to otter for
the locals defeat. Both teams
plAyed about the same brand of
ball, eight baskets being made on
each side The breaks Of the game
wsre with Cambridge, however, and
After' they got 3 one-point lead, the,
Islander tossers had no chance to
tie the count.
HAkeshift Team.
A changed lineup played almost
all Of the game. Edwards~kept the
position he played Friday against
Galesburg. AlGine was pat in for
Hall at the ell Of the first quar-
ter. Whether these>changes are to
be permanent 10 not known, but
some hard fighting for the five
regular positions Is expected this
week.
One Of the reasons Why the
locals lost the game was that they
failed to get started in the first
quarter. During this pertod. the
Crimson and Gold squad seemed to
be unable p hit the loop with any
degree Of success. Cambridge on
the other hand got started in fine
style and when the quarter ended
the score stood 7-3 against the
local loopers.
islanders Show Flash.
Rock Island played the best
game in the second quarter. Ed
wards and RosenlrauS at last found
the loop toward the end of the per-
iod and threw several baskets in
rapid order, At half time the
! score was: Rock Island, II; Cam
bridge, III.
In the third period, Rock Island
'orged ahead and the score was
10 at the close Of that period.
e islanders kept their two-point
lead until the last few moments
when a basket by Anderson tied
the count. Just before the game
ended, Brown threw a free throw
for the victory.
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INDIANA, %; PURPLE, 81.

Chicago, Feb. 81. = DeHority's
basket in the last two minutes OF
play enabled Indiana to defeat
basketball team at
Patten gym Saturday. Four thou
sand, including Indiana fans, wit
po.cad tho ctru0pIo Iinn1n.
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pypUQvEALLEY
TARFEATuRES
OPENING GAMES

BIZ sPkACHRs, GRAHAH.

Lorenzo, crack Dubuque bowler,
pFied OF the NTH annual tOurnA-
mont Of the Davenport Bowling as
ISOLATION on the Black Hawk Al
legs yesterday BY slipping into
flrst place In the all-events. Lor-
enze rolled true to formal the way
in the singles, doubles and fve-
man contests. His scores were:
Singles, 5s3; doubles, 50; five
man, 500; total, 1,7S0.
i Keating, also Of Dubuqu1. trailed
Lorenzo in the all-events with 1,s69.
Locker of Des Moines, finished
third with 1851.
Todd and Locker Of Des Moines,
went into FIRST place in the doubles
event, registering 1850. This COM
bination displayed rare bowling
skill and should have finished with
more than 1900 had they not been
retarded by several tantslizing
splits.
Noted Five IN Lead.
The crack Utica Clothiers Of Des
Moines, assumed nrst place in
team play, scoring 2,732 pins. The
Clothiers are one of the best known
bowling quintets in the country,
being regular competitors 1t every
important national tourney. Later
on they will bowl q match game
with the Black Hawks.
Aside from the above, yesterday
feature event proved the defeat
of the Des Moines rollers by the
Black Hawks. The Davenporters
were extended to the limit ut times,
but breezed through with . 75-pin
lead.
Yesterdays complete scores fol-
lows: ....
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He Was Servant to
a Certain Centurion
THE VALIANT HEART. BY r. NJ.

THE VALIANT HEART. BY r.. NJ.
Tension. Edwin S. Gorham.
"The Valiant Heart by f. NJ. Teni-
son. is a story of the time Of Christ,
which is above the average both as a
story and as a picture OF the inner
conflict between the old creeds and
the new. II has none OF the thrills
which are found In Ben Hur" or
Quo vadis," but this absence of
sensationalism makes 1t more effective.
Its hero. Brittle a King of West Alba
had dreamed of a God OF mercy and
he defied the cruel Druids. They drove
him into exile. and Phoenician mer-
chants captured him and sold him into
captivity. He became the servant OF
the Centurion of Capernaum and was
cured of fatal illness by the Inter-
cession Of Jesus Of Nazareth. This
romance is told in a rhythmic prose,
which gives 1t something of the ring
of an ancient saga. The symbolism
of the story is illustrated by cover
design Ny william Horatio Day.
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a diamond digger; of Theophilus Grant
and his two wives and his three
daughters-Alma and Hester and
Ruth; of George Buckle and Rene Van
Reede; of Annie the Kaffir girl: of life
in the diamond diggings and in Cape
Town and johannesburg. There is no
use in giving the summary of the plot
of such novel, for it is not the plot
that stays in the mind of the reader
but the portraits of Hester, the "un-
wanted" girl, or of Alma, her sister, or
of John Oliver that subtly presented
man who shapes up at the last as
neither very bad nor very good, but
human, all-too- human.
It is no little achievement to pro-
duce the illusion of momentary reality
Mrs. Millin goes further than that and
gives the conviction of growth in her
characters. The book is heavy with
the sense OF the passage of time, the
slow, inexorable progress from youth
to middle age. marked in us ain by
those moments of doubt and panic and
retrospection that come to Alma. There
Is revelation by growth as there is
revelation by presentation: 1t is
through both these revelations that
the people Of "The Dark River" are
made clear. They stand before our
eyes, and time passes. and a little
more time. and another year or two
and We have seen these people grow
tired and make mistakes and have
good times and poor times and grow
little older just as people do in your
own village at just this moment. THE
Dark River" is a notably good novel;
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But 1t was all right now. Apollonia
had accepted Gheco and Tona had
withdrawn from the field, vanquished.
But it still remained to be seen what
Apollonia's relatives would say about
it,"
Miss Cyriax has drawn the real
italian peasant very well. She has
shown that he is saved from monot-
ony by an ability to be interested in
trifies. She has so many revealing
incidents that her book is vibrant with
life. The priest of the parish had
much in common with Fielding's Par
son Trulliber She describes him thus:
AT sundown l often watched him
cross the piazza on his way home
sometimes carrying a load of wood
He cut rather an odd figure. He wore
his clerical knee breeches and long
black stockings and a white shirt
Round his neck was a gaudy coloreJ
scarf, tied in loose, untidy knot. On
his head was a remarkable old straw
hat with a wide brim. The more
pious villagers ground their teeth with
rage at the sight of such spectacle,
whilst the more humorous exchanged
glances.
"One day the priest took it into his
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head to drive pig TO market in the
town. He did not trouble to put on
his coat. but went as he was in the
gay scarf and the straw hat. The
local papers put in a paragraph and
ridiculed him.
How that hurt the village PRIDE
Pilots were again Matched to get
rid of him. The elders sent a petition
to the bishop, and even had an au.
dience with that great parsonage. The
bishop gave assurances, but nothing
was done except another reprimand
for the priest. The bishop did not re-
move him for the simple reason that
he did not know where else to sena
him. He didn't wish such depravity
to be introduced into another COM
munity. Campia was already spoiled
by his bad example-it had had twenty
two years of it-so it did not matter
so much If he stayed there or not; be-
sides. no one influential lived there.
$50 the priest remained and the
villagers grew more and more dissatis-
fed, except perhaps a few. These
We're mostly women who were accus-
toned to consider a priest too holy to
be criticised"
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Bought and Sold. w. n. BENJAMIN, fl7G
Broadway. N. y. Pub The Collector" 81
yssr. Sample Free.
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Reviewed by
EDWIN H. BLANCHARD.

1t is time-honored custom to greet
first novel illuminate with intelli-
gence and restraint with the phrase, "a
work Of promise" This Is a simple
escape for the reviewer; he has full
filled his duty to the author and the
public, and he has carefully guarded
himself against any accusation OF hav-
ing reached an independent opinion.
If the author will return year by yean
and put novels as good beside the first
one the critic will at length reward
him by saying that he has fulfilled
the promise" of the first novel.
Because of this nearly universal
cowardice II Is probable that the SEN
tence which stands on the cover of
'The Dark River" will inspire the tribe
of reviewers to sarcastic laughter.
This first novel at once places Mrs.
Millin among the great English novel;
lists OF her day." Says the profess
sional faster of fiction, II don't think
/ A. and B. and c. will swallow that
blurb," and his first impulse usually
Is to open fire at fifty yards on this
new great novelist" Yet that SEN
tence on the cover Is as near the truth
as any expression of opinion can be.
Perhaps II is overhasty to assess
greatness on the basis of one volume;
few books stand in the position of
''The Way of All Flesh" unreinforced
by companion volumes; public opinion
calls great those authors whom it can
gather into sets, with gold tops.
But "The Dark River" will admit
Mrs. Millin to the company of Wal
pole and Galsworthy and the like, con
temporary writer's accepted gratefully
now. later to be assessed at their true
value. For she writes with insight and
accuracy Of veritable human beings;
she produces In the reader the con.
viction of reality; what is much more
she has the reserve of the true artist.
Aside from a lack of connection be-
tween Incidents. which is inevitable
from the themes chosen, the story
moves with the finesse of the prac-
tised writer.
1t Is the story Of John Oliver, who
had come to South Africa as a soldier
In the Boer War and who stayed on as