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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1922-01-13
BRAND Demands British Pact

London-On the eve of his depar-
ture for Cannes to take part in the
meeting of the Supreme Council, Pre-
mier BRAND gave statement to the
Daily Mails correspondent in Paris.
the gist of which follows:
The key to the whole European sit
uation is Frances safety. Let there
first of all be pact or alliance be-
tween Great Britain and France, 4
pact which we offered and asked for,
but have not obtained.
Such a pact would be the platform
on which the reconstruction Of Europe
could best be based. 1t would also be
the best proof that our naval building
program is not, and never can be, di-
rected against our English friends.
To such a pact other alliances, en-
bracing our other allies, might be at
tached, perhaps in the form of the Pa
cific pact. But a Franco-British pact
must be the kernel basis of them all.
The correspondent says NJ. BRAND
spoke with marked feeling, almost dis
tress, of the comment evoked in Great
Britain and America concerning the at
titude of the French delegation at the
Washington conference.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1922-01-13
URGES ON HARVEY
NEED OF OUR AID
British War Minister Outlines
Lloyd Georges Plan for Eu-
ropes Economic Recovery.
AMBASSADOR is RETICENT
Expected to Sit in Supreme Council
EnaIand's Premier Hopes to Reach
Agreement on Submarines to
Meet Washington's Aims.

Cannes.-The plan of David Lloyd
George, the British Prime Minister, 1or
an economic regeneration of Europe
and the results of the meetings in
Paris by bankers and business men
of the allied countries, were outlined
to George Harvey, the American AM
bassador, by Sir Laming Worthington-
Evans, the British Secretary for war.
The press is informed from rell-
able source that Sir Laming made 1t
clear that Great Britain regarded the
participation by the United States as
one of the essentials if the consortlum
proposed in Paris is to succeed. ME-
Harvey is understood to have replied
that the United States will not make
known it's position until the plan IS
formally brought up before the Su-
preme Council.
In British circles the expectation Is
that Mr.. Harvey will actively partlci-
pate in the economic discussion at the
Supreme Council. Mr.. Harvey ana
Myron T. Herrick, the American am
bassador to France, had luncheon TO-
gether and afterward were In lengthy
conversation, at which the economic
conference and other questions coming
I'D before the conference were conslh-
cred. 1t is considered probable both
the ambassadors are reporting on the
situation to Washington, Mr.. Harvey
particularly referring to his interview
with Sir Laming Neutrality-suspicious.
Mr.. Herrick put Mr.. Harvey in touch
with the problems which have been be-
fore the Council of Ambassadors.
Later Mr.. Herrick returned to Beau
lieu, where he is spending his holiday.
Sir Lamington had just previously
reported the results of the Paris eco
nomic meeting to Mr.. Lloyd George,
who was greatly pleased over the out
come. He is reported to be eager to
whip the consortium plan into shape,
and this probably will be one OF the
first things to be discussed at the pre-
liminary meeting between him and NJ
BRAND.
Mr.. Lloyd George hopes to convince
NJ. BRAND of the necessity for making
the scheme operative as soon as pos
sible and, if NJ. BRAND and Mr.. Lloyd
George agree on definite proposals, 1t
is probable the United States will be
asked to participate in the plan, MAX
ing possible Mr.. Harvey being included
In the discussions at the Council.
The coming here of Marquis Curzon,
the British Foreign Secretary, makes
it increasingly clear, according to the
British, that the meeting of the allied
foreign ministers on the question of
the near eastern settlement will be
held at Cannes, instead Of Paris, imme-
diately after the Supreme Council,
which is expected to sit for ten days.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-29
WATERLOO SEES
DREAM OF FANS
MATERIALIZING

CONTINUED from Preceding Page)
c. and invitations were extended
to 4 number of the leading bust
ness men of the city. The men who
arranged the dinner were some
what skeptical as to the outcome,
but on the evening OF the dinner
more than so were in attendance.
Several speakers expressed their
doubts as to whether it was advis-
able to start this year, but all were
of the opinion that if the other cit
les were to form league Waterloo
should be in line.
After Mr.. Sexton had addressed
the meeting and outlined his plans
for the circuit, there was notice
able change in sentiment. Mr.. Sex
ton told of the baseball war carried
on by Waterloo and how he had ad-
mired the spirit of the baseball en-
thusiasts here and expressed the
wish that Waterloo would become
member of the circuit. Almost
Immediately a motion was unani-
mously adopted recommending that
steps be taken to arrange for Wa
terloo's entrance into the circuit
Greater Waterloo association Off
cials pledged their support to the
movement, and Waterloo will re-
turn to organized baseball under
the most favorable circumstances.
Build New Park.
The new baseball park. now in
course of construction, will be COM
pIeted for the opening game in this
city on May 8. The grandstand and
bleachers will have seating ca
pacity of approximately 300. while
the grounds will be the largest in
the league. The ball park is locat-
ed on the local street car line and
on the Cedar Falls interurban line.
while the Rainbow trail, one of the
principal paved roads in this sec
ton, runs alongside the park.
Manager Pat Ragan has assem-
bled a squad OF young ball players
who promise to develop into a win
ming combination A majority OF
the players are semi-pro players,
with a few veterans on the list
The Waterloo lineup for the open
ing game will probably be as fol-
lows:
Simmons, shortstop; Holdbrock,
left field; Mcdowell, first base;
Thomason, center field; Pezdirtz.
third base; Echtemer, second base;
Fergeman, right field; Leuben,
Skupa, Maxwell or Slim
son, pitcher.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-29
CHICAGO CUBS
ARE SURPRISE
0FTHE SPRING
Good Pitching Has Accounted i'm No
Small Measure for Their
Success.
BIZ JOHN B. ROSTER
Copyright. 1922 d The Argus }

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New York, April 2s. The Chi
cago Nationals have been the big
surprise of baseball this spring
The New York Americans are a
mild surprise because they never
were expected to do as well as they
have with both Ruth and Neusel
out of their batting order. The Cubs
are a more sensational surprise.
They have been playing as success
fully as both champion teams.
Perhaps It can't last That's what
the other managers say. and most
OF the experts, but while it is go
ing on, the Cubs are having the
time of their ambitious lives and
are vindica.ing what young blood"
can do for the vets" that were
canned.
Good pitching has been part of
the reason for their success. In
only four of the games played by
them have their pitchers been hit
for double figures. Once st. Louis
batted them for IL hits in one game
and in the same series made Is
hits in one game. A third time the
Cards made Is. The Pittsburghs,
on a batting spree, hit the Chicago
pitchers for % hits, and that is the
worst drubbing that Chicago has
received. In the spring Of the year
it is splendid work to keep the bat
ting inside double figures, as the
Cub pitchers have kept it.
In the games pitched by Alezan-
der, the opposing teams have aver
aged eight and one-third hits. That
doesn't show that Aleck has a COM
pletely dead crm. In those pitched
by Aldridge the average has been
seven and one-half hits and he has
looked like a pitcher with conf
dence enough in himself never to
worry about his game.
Grimes Delivery.
There's something else about the
Cubs that scintillates. Grimes, their
big and rather awkward first base
man, won Monday by driving in all
the runs that the Cubs scored and
won the contest the next day by
tying the score with a home run in
one inning and driving home the
winning runs in the. next. 1t isn't
very often that a batter can do as
well as that Pitchers will begin
to give Grimes a wide berth if he
continues to hit that way.
Williams Hits Seventh.
First triple play of the season
was made by the Boston Sox, and
Williams, St. Louis, hit his seventh
homer in six days.
Comparisons in baseball are not
odious; they're obvious, and fire.
quently queer. The April games
are nearly ended and the two New
York clubs. champions of their re-
spective leagues, stand exactly
alike, each having won and lost the
same number of games and both
Of the clubs have been without the
services of stars.
The st. Louis Browns have fore
ed Cleveland behind the brush pile
and the St. Louis Cards glow in
termittently like the Aref1ies that
shine in midsummer. All of the
teams of the National league ex-
cept the Giants and Chicago are
clustered about the 500 mark.
which stands for mediocrity, and
every manager before the season
began except the manager of the
Chicago Nationals said the Cubs
would be gnawing the bones in the
trail of the campers before the sea-
son was a week old.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-29
ANDERSON ILL;
POSTPONEMENT
OF BOUT ASKED

CurIey Anderson, manager of Ed
die Anderson, was awaiting word
from Chicago this morning concern
ing a postponement of Eddie's sche-
duled clash with Pal Moore for a
week or ten days. Eddie has con-
tracted a cold which is centered in
the muscles of his back. Curley is
demanding time in which to give
Eddie a chance to round into per-
feet condition, and will insist that
the postponement be granted.
The bantoms have been schedul-
ed for appearance abord the U. S.
S. Commodore next Friday night.
Harry Gilmore, once manager of
Packy Mcfarland, now has Gene
Watson of the Pacific coast under
his wing. His first step is an eff
fort to match Gene and Mike Dun
dee for the championship of the
west among junior lightweights.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-29

All set for the big opening. Mr..
Fan, make 1t q point to be one or
those present at Douglas park Mon
day afternoon at o'clock. when
the Mississippi Valley league is
launched in Rock Island. Dubuque
will be opponents of the islanders.
Admission is rs cents.
And while about it don't overlook
the fact that Rock Island plays Mo-
line at Browning field tomorrow
afternoon at O'Clock. Admission
is SO cents.
Dewey Lyle, Rock Island football
star, pitched for Sigourney. Iowa,
team Wednesday in an exhibition
game with the Ottumwa Cardinals.
Dewey BANKED Ottumwa by a score
of 8 to 0. holding the Drohan crew
to four hits. SigoUrney secured
nine hits According to Charles D.
White. manager of Sigourney, that
town is planning to place one of
the strongest semi-pro clubs in
Iowa in the field this season.
Dewey Lyle is counted upon as the
mainstay of the pitching staff.
Manager JiIa Councilman dropped
in this morning to say that Paul
Wilson of Milan will start on the
mound for the Islanders tomorrow
afternoon at Browning field. Also
to stay that lie expected an infield-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-29

Patrick Raglan, manager of the
Waterloo club, is a veteran major
league pitcher, but this is his first
season as a club manager. Ragan's
first experience as baseball pitch
er was gained at Cornell college,
Mount Vernon, Iowa. He was a
member of the college team in 1905.
The next two years he was engag-
ed in playing semi-pro baseball. In
1907 he came to the Omaha club in
the Western league. He remained
with Omaha for two years, being
sold to Cincinnati late in the sea-
son. He was turned over to the
Chicago Cubs in 1909, but the fol-
lowing year was back in the minors,
being with Rochester in the East
ern league.
In 1910 he returned to the ma
iors. being signed by Brooklyn. He
remained with the Dodgers until
1914, when he was traded to the
Boston Braves. He remained with
the latter club until late in 1919,
when he figured in a trade with
New York, in which Jim Thorpe
was traded by the New York Giants
to Boston The next season Raglan
was with Oakland in the Pacific
Coast league The last year he
acted as scout for the Boston
Braves.
Ragan expects to assist in the
mound work on the Waterloo club.
He will act as relief pitcher and
take an occasional turn on the FIR
ing line.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-29

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expect to retain their clubs. Rock
Island has in the past, as far back
as 1908. 1909 and 1910, drawn as
nlgh as $4,000 people during a sea-
~n- That was in the days when
ear clubs furnished the same class
y baseball that | expect the clubs
VI THIS league to furnish this sea-
sou This IS an entirely new deal,
new cities, new players, new man
asenent and new league l am
conndently looking forward to a
se'iVaI OF the old spirit, everybody
soostlng for the Islanders" every
pody attending the games as FREE
suently as possible, everybody
aeiplng to pick the personnel of
ne team until May 10, but from
mat Time forth one and all must
submit to the good sense and judg-
Ient of Manager Councilman and
et hlm alone run the club until
tne close of the season.
Spirit Is Fine.
During % years of active interest
professional baseball in this city
never saw better interest and
sehtiment prevailing than there is
tnls moment. Throughout the
Srcuit this condition seems to be
sue same A fine bunch of promis-
rs aggressive. capable and will
~ players, contesting for places
"a each club, big turnout of fans
sach day to watch the progress of
1e work and everybody predicting
more satisfactory brand of base
al IMAM has been seen in these
49es in recent years.
reasonably, I subscribe most
seartily to the seues that our
s@Hes will be attractive and satis-
s.ctory to the people. I take this
Ncasion to assure all, patrons,
layers and club officials, thist sal
~ agreements, playgv limitations,
ssslty OF umpiring. etc, will be
s,diy ans impartialIy enforced
Fs IN the best that can be procured.
- mat ask in return is the lib
al support of the public with
cheerful cooperation of club
rseials, and ] feel sure OF pros
.s.oas and satisfactory season from
l'efy point OF view.
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that they can hold the fastest of
the steam artists and Ottumwa
fans are anxious to see these two
men in action. They are both ex-
perienced men with a lot of pep
and hustle, and these are wonder
full qualifications to the trained
eye of Jimmy Drohan, for he knows
that these are characteristics Of
real ball players.
The Card mound performers are
coming along in great shape and
when the Ansons come here for the
opening day they will be confront
ed with ball that goes through
all kinds of antics before either
Schuster or Sindel even think of
getting the thing safely stopped.
The flve-hour workouts that have
characterized Manager Drohan's
tactics since April Is. have deveI-
oped the hurlers into mid-season
condition. Gardner, Gregory,
Thompson, Neisser and Warwick
are some of the pitchers that are
showing up well.
Fav0rs Young Players
81 want the members of the
league to know that clean, fast
young players are my favorftes,
and I have club from which I
am expecting great performance
this season." said Manager Drohan,
who was formerly a pitcher with
the Kewanee. ILL.,, club. These
boys are good sluggers and I ex-
pect to see some of the best hitters
in the league come from the Car
dinals. The more I see of these
chaps the better 1 like them. They
like the city of Ottumwa mighty
well and every man on the team is
anxious to show what they can do
when the season opens here Mon
day"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-29
EIGHTH GRADERS
WIN TRACK MEET
AT CAMBRIDGE
fSnecial to The Argusl

Cambridge, ILL.,, April 29.-With a
total of So points the eighth grade
athletes of the Cambridge school
defeated the seventh graders in a
track meet yesterday afternoon, the
latter team winning by Is points.
Some sensational marks were set
by Gustafson, the 13-year-old eighth
grader, in the so and 100-yard
dashes. Following are the events
and victorS:
SO yard dash. Gustafson, time
:06 rs; Eaton, Mahaffey; 100 yard
dash, GustafSon, time, IL 2-5;
Eaton, Mahaffey. Broad jump, Gus
tafson. Is feet. 2 inches; Mahaf-
fey, johnson. Pole vault, Mahaffey,
feet. inches; Gustafson, John
son. High jump-Eaton. first; Ma
haffey, second; Anderson, third.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-29

AROUND the elRCUIT
Il "a JAMES L. HUGHES Il

er by name of McEwan to report
this afternoon McEwan was at
Bloomington Councilman saw him
in action and declares he is a COM
ing star. Fields with the finish of
a major Lacquer already" to quote
Boss Jim.
Councilman plans TO shift Jelinek
10 second base and place McEwan
at short.
Starting Monday, Dubuque will
play four-game series with the
Islanders. After Mullen will come
Frank Boyle and his Marshalltown
Ansons for quartet of contests.
Then Rock Island will journey TO
Dubuque to open the season there,
after which Marshalltown will en-
terrain the loccIs. Returning home,
the Islanders will meet Ottumwa,
Waterloo and Cedar Rapids, in or
der, thus bringing all members of
the league to Rock Island in the
first month of play. After the first
round the clubs will engage in ser
les of three games.
Ottumwa apparently has the
wkole-hearted support and sympa-
thy of its fans. The Cardinal club
being a sum voluntarily subscribed
by the employees of the Milwaukee
road in Ottumwa
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-29
BOWLING SCORES
TRI-CITY LEAGUE.

The Tri-City Bowling league
closed its season Thursday evening
with a smoker held at the Black
hawk hotel A large attendance
was present, and after a few inter
esting talks regarding bowling as
being the best Of winter indoor
sports, the prizes were distributed.
The Blackhawk team, composed OF
some of the best bowlers in the
miGdlewest, carried of most of the
prize money. The election of Off
GERS for the season 1922-1923 re-
suited in the following:
President-Art Salzmann.
Vice president-W. l.. Mueller.
Secretary-L. o. Swanson.
Treasurer-Roy Krabbenhoeft-
A vote of thanks was given to
the newspapers for their support.
The averages for the season follow:
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-29
BOOSTERS BILLED
TO MEET WOODHTEN

The Rock Island Boosters and
the WoOdmen will hook up in a
practice game at Reservoir park
tomorrow morning. The game is
scheduled to start at 1 o'clock
The Boosters are dickering for
game with the Galesburg Independ-
ents in Galesburg a week from to-
morrow.
Edgington will riay Boden at
Edgington tomorrow afternoon.
Hawks and Eckhardt Will form the
battery for Edgington-
At a recent meeting OF the Edg
ington players, Miller was elected
captain and Kelly was made mana
ger.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-29
CAUSE
SECOND UPSET
OF AUCUSTANA
Eureka College Humbles Island
City Aggregation by Score
OF Is TO ).
Especial to The Argus.)

Peoria, April 2s.-Errors proved
costly to the Augustana baseball
team here yesterday. Eureka de-
feating the Swedes in the second
game of the season. IL to s. Five
mistakes by Swedberg's proteges
paved the way for Eureka and only
once-in the eighth-did Augie
threaten, collecting three runs in
that inning. Augustana made its
initial marker in the third when
Peterson walked, Erickson hit and
Johnson brought Rog in on 4 long
sacrifice fly. Again, in the fifth,
Augie scored on hits by Schaefer,
Erickson and Conrey. Hits by Oh
son, Schaefer, Erickson and John
son brought three in the eighth
The game was featured by triple
play by Augie in the last OF the
eighth. With the bases loaded. Ca
ley hit 4 hot liner to Swanson, who
made a pretty catch, touched sec
ond and threw to Conrey. retir-
ing the side Summary:
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-29
jim TRACEY OF
AUSTRALIA TO
MEET BRENNAN
Thinks He Viii Fight
Way TO Crack al
Champ.
BY FAIR PLAY.

Copyright, 1922, by The Argus.)
New York, April 29.-Jim Tracey,
the big Australian heavyweight,
thinks that the fight with Bill
Brennan in Madison Square Gar
den on May 10 will set him up as
the principal contender for Demp-
sey-s title. Both heavyweights
have begun light work in local gym
nasiums. The winner. it is now
known, will get the July 4 Michi-
gan City bout with Dempsey.
II Tuney's manager follows the
example of Greb's manager in sign
ing for a battle at the Garden on
May 26, what will become of GER
tain dates Harry Greb has already
arranged? He is due to fight Al
Roberts in Boston on May IL and
Hughey Walker in Pittsburgh, May
IA This would bring Greb pretty
close to his projected battle for the
light heavyweight championship.
Watching Brennan, Tracey mad
other fighters doing their work in
local gymnasiums one is inclined
to agree with Patsy Haley, the old
time fighter and present referee,
that modern scrappers don't train
properly. In the old days fighters
lived out of town in road houses
and did real work on the road,
walking and dog-trotting from eight
to ten miles. You don't see that any
more They think that an hour Of
boxing and kidding in gymnasium
is all they need.
Maybe it is, in view Of the condi-
lions today. Bouts run from six
to twelve rounds as a rule, whereas
in former times the important
fights went 20 and rs. Just the
same a little more real work would
do a lot for any one of the modern
fighters. Jess Willard might have
been in a different position if he
had realized the value of the open
country.
1t is pretty difficult to follow the
angles of Phil Glassman, Lew
Tenders manager. But If the
position he now holds is worth even
so cents on the dollar then there
would seem to be no way in which
Leonard can keep from fighting
Lefty Lou without losing public re-
spect.