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DETROIT STARS FORWARD CON tracts
GRID GROUP IN
EAST REGARDED
AS ON THE WAY
May Be Patterned
After Big Ten
Grouping.
RI WALTER CAMP.

Copyright. 1922, by The Argus.)
New York. Sept. 12.-Having al
ready commented at length upon
the progress that Major Griffith 10
making as commissioner OF the
western conference group Of col
leges 1t would not be surprising.
the way things look today, If We
could chronicle before long some
z ming, or grouping of eastern COL
leges. The fasteners are more
conservative than the west but the
west has now made the plunge and
at any time it would not be aston
fishing a group such as Dartmouth.
Columbia, Pennsylvania and Cor
nell make some such move.
The chief reason against eastern
groupings seems to be that while
such a group may be linked togeth-
er for a few years there are
changes in schedules that might
drop out important relations at any
time. Eastern schedule making ia
a fearful and wonderful thing.
Few persons realize how much
good football has been played in
Indiana in recent years and how
high grade many of the colleges out
there are. They do not belong IL
the Big Ten, but nevertheless they
keep their sports clean. This sea-
son there will be two or three op.
portunities for comparing these In
diana colleges with these that are
better known.
For instance. Washington & JET
ferson meets Bethany Oct. Z, Wa
bash meets Michigan aggies on Oct
/! and Butte. meets Notre Dam.
Nov Is. In their meetings we shall
have something of a line on tEt
'Hoosier group.
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about the game at all, some of the
candidates builds would substan-
tlate saying that Augustana will be
well fortified in the line. Coach
Swedberg is confident that he can
build up a good line with the ma
terlal now on hand with such men
as Chuck" Larson, Oliver Peter
son and Cornell, but his chief Diff
fcrlty again lies in the backfield.
Tho quarterback position is we'll
taken care Of by young Eph Erick-
son. Eph played substitute general
last year, and showed remarkable
ability in directing his teammates
whenever given the opportunity,
His punting is also as good as the
average. With last years exper-
fence behind him, he should make
a valuable man to the Augustana
team this year. Willard Larson
also OF Moline, can be counted upon
! to make consistent gains at full
back. Larson also has one years
experience, making his letter last
year. With Lincke and Wilson a,
the wing positions, Augie will be
we'll taken care Of in this depart.
ment. The chief Sore spot is AGAR
the backfield, but Coach Sw edbere
is confident that before many days
OF practice are over that he will
have unearthed some promisins
material.
! The Augie coach will begin issu
Ing suits tomorrow afternoon
Practice will be held every after
noon this week, although no scrim
mage will be held until a week OF
10 days. Running down punts ant
forward passes. falling on the pig
skin and hitting the dummy occa
sionally will make up this week,
practices.
Il Il is probable that some practic,
games-with the tri-city high schoo
teams will be played before the frs
scheduled game. which will b
. istaged against the Palmer Schoo
,iof Chiropractic Sept. 30.
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Fight Betueen Two Boston Clubs
to Get Out of Last Place Funny;
They Look DoDn on PInlly Teams

Copyright, 1922. by The Argus.)
New York, Sept. 1.-THE funni-
est fight that is going on in base
ball today is that of the two Boston
clubs to get out of last place and
force both of the Philadelphia
teams to the bottom where Phila-
delphia has been the sole of the
baseball shoe for SO long. 1t is a
dead earnest fight, too. Neither
Boston team can get any financial
reward for mauling the Philadel-
phia teams but both of the Boston
mines feel that they are superior to
the Mack and Baker combinations
and begin to look upon themselves
as ridiculous if they finish last.
Then, too, a team which finishes
last never has any salary appeal
for the next year.
On the record up to today, the
Boston Nationals seem to have the
easier task of the two. They are
home now and they figure that they
have a better outfit than Philadel-
phia, particularly so far as their
pitchers are concerned. AS both
teams have the prime losers of the
National league there doesn't seem
to be much advantage for either.
The Boston Americans and the
Athletics are taking the road and
the Athletics are more apt to finish
with a good road record than their
rivals. The Athletics really take
the matter Of keeping out of eighth
place as much to heart as if they
were to be rewarded with gold med
ais and gilded harps. if they finish
above the bottom. They have been
there SO long that some of them
have callous spots on their crani-
ums where they have held up the
remainder of the johnson outfit.
No team cares to finish eighth in
the major leagues but it is often
the case that when a team gets
headed that way, their players lose
their ambition and play like stone
bottles. The Athletics, in the
early part Of the year, were up in
the fight and astonishing theil
neighbors. Ultimately they gravi
tated like lead sinkers on a trout
line, but that doesn't cause them tt
banker for the cellar. For sever
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REAL WORKOUT
GIVEN NAvAj0S

The Rock Island Navajos held
their first real workout last eve
ming at the Reservoir park About
Is men reported for practice and
went through about two hours of
passing, charging and signals. The
Indians have about ten more men
Of ability lined up who will
strengthen the team in every de-
partment. All candidates are urg-
ed % show up at the next practice,
which will be held Thursday eve
ming at the same place. Coach Ted
Davenport will be there to direct
the coaching. Many players are
asking to try out. All such men
should report Thursday evening.
Manager Calkins has number of
fast out-oftown games already
lined up. so the locals must get
down to practice in earnest.
The Navajos are sponsoring a
benefit dance Sept. &c and the play
ers will have tickets issued to them
Thursday evening after practice.
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unit
IN APPROVING
RULE ON KICK
Kick From Placement or Drop
Likely Most Popular Form OF
Adding a Point.
BY LAWRENCE PERRY.

No,,. vorl- Govt 10 A. tho ro
sui Vi ques 'ioii''aiie iessi uiiis
their attitude toward the change IN
the rule governing the scoring OF
point following touchdown the
ieadlng coaches To-Day present prac-
tlcally solid front IN approving
the action OF the rule committee.
And they are also practically a
unit IN their belief that by long
odds the most popular method OF
attempting to attach that extra
point to the SIX points made by a
touch down Will be KICK from
placement or, assuming the pres
ence on the team OF an accurate
dropkicker, by a kick Of that sort.
1t will be noted that team scor-
ing touchdown has four methods
OF trial Tor the extra polnt-drop-
KICK, piacehlck tirom scrlmmage'
OF course) forward pass ana run
! ming play, the ball 10 De placed any
where on or outside the Vineyard
mark.
OF all coaches DR.. Wllce OF ONO
State is the one who believes that
a forward pass can, through AIDE
! Quate study OF conditions and stra-
tegy, be made as certain producer
of the one point as the kick. He
does not say that Ohio State viii
resort to the aerial heave in pref,
erence to kicking. His observation
was mainly theoretical. None thu
less it would be surprising were tht
Buckeyes to contribute something
interesting to our store of know
ledge on the new rule before thu
season is ended.
Practice starts Soon.
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SHOE TOURNEY
TO Be STAGED

The Mushill Horseshoe club VIII
stage tournament next SUNDAY
afternoon in Brooks grove, Forty
fifth street and Fourteenth avenue
The question of tri-city supremacy
in the sport will be up for solution,
it is said. All pitchers are invited
to enter for this purpose. Entry
can be made by notifying the ioi.
lowing: Ben Horn. president, 4oo1
Fourteenth avenue: H. W. Miller
vice president, 442S Fourteenth ave
nue.. or Henry De Smet, secretary
Horseshoe pitching has develop
ed into one of the most popular
sports in recent years and As rapid,
ly branching out along natlonai
lines. The Mushill club isl well Or
ganized. Its plans call y r foster,
ing the game in Rock IL land ana
the tri-cities.
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INDIANA PLANS
A TEST OF LAW
COVERING BOUTS

indianapolis, Ind, Sept. 12.--
Through action against one set of
principals in the ring bouts at
Michigan City, Ind, Labor day, an
attempt will be made to determine
when pugilistic encounter is a
prize fight and when it is merely
boxing contest.
Prize fights are prohibited by the
Indiana law, but boxing matches
are permitted. Earl Rowley. prose-
cutting attorney OF Laporte county,
will bring action against one pair
Of combatants in the Labor day
card and will be assisted by the
state legal department., it was said
at the Office of Attorney General
U. S. Lesh. Prosecutor Rowley
conferred with Governor McCray
and the attorney-general last week
after the governor had expressed
the belief that Michigan City bouts
had the earmarks of being prize
! fights.
The attorney general said he die
not know against whom the pro
ceedings would be brought.
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DEMPSEY-WILLS
BOUT ISFEARED
BY THE POWERS
Recorded as q Haz-
ard to Boxing u,
Nesu York.
RY PAIR PLAY.

Copyright. 1922, by The Argus
New York, Sept. Eff you want
the up and up on the situation as
it stands today in New York as
regards a fight between Jack Demp-
sey and Harry Wills just grab this
tin as firmly as you can-the pow
ers that be are afraid ofthe fight
They are afraid 1t will be attended
by incidents that will kill boxing
in the empire state and may be in
lot of other commonwealth.
There is more than good chance
that the prohibitive conditions
which the New York Athletic COM
mission attached to a fight between
Wills and the champion were de-
signed to make it impossible,
There are strong political influ-
ences upstate which are just stand
ing in leash today and every day,
waiting for something which will
give them a slogan to end fighting
in New York and the past has
shown that il they wait long
enough something always arises to
give them the necessary battle cry.
The athletic commissioners have
the reason and the chances are they
are not any too anxious to have the
reason for existence of their COM
mission taken away from them.
All right, take the fight to Jer-
sey That is not so simple as it
sounds. Hudson county, wherein
lies Tex Richards big arena, is not
the whole of Jersey by long shot
In many ways New Jersey is more
southern than not. South Jersey
particularly has many of the geo
graphical and human characters
tics of Dixie land and all over the
state the negro element in the pop
ulation is amazingly large. There
is little doubt that race problem,
dormant though it now may be,
exists there
An undercurrent of rumbling in
dicates that citizens of New Jer-
sey might not be as complacent
over a mixed battle of world wide
interest as certain promoters seem
to think. All in all, Jack Dempsey
statement that he is shortly going
to Europe to take on Beckett ana
Carpenter suggests that he and his
manager can see through ladder
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correspond TO
COLLEGE CALL
Coach Swedberg Confronted With
Problem of Routing Out
BackfieN Material

Thirty football candidates donned
their old clothes, overalls, sweaters,
or anything in which to play, in
answer to Coach Swedberg's first
call for recruits at Augustana COL
lege yesterday afternoon. Out Of
this material the Augie mentor
thinks that he can develop form
liable eleven. Ii is more than prob
able that this number will increase
during the week.
Coach Swedberg told his men
just what was expected Of them
relative to reporting for practice
and training rules. Ten minutes in
setting up exercises was melted out
to the football hopefuls, getting
their muscles and joints loosened.
Forward passing and punting took
up most the afternoons practice,
and Art also gave his men some
practice in running down punts and
forward passes.
| AS yet, little less than nothins
can be told of the new mems abil-
itY, although II they know anything
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| vIOSs and CLAGO
hFFIx NAMES TO
FOOTBALL ROLL
Gives Assurance That the Wing
Positions on Team VIII Be
Handled Well.
by ]. L. HUGHES.

Contracts from "Tillie" Voss and
Walter Clago, star ends with the
Detroit Tigers of last season. ar
rived In yesterdays mail. assuring
the Independents Of two powerful
wing men for the 1922 squad.
The work of both voss and Clago
was the feature of the Tigers
game against the Independents at
the opening of last season in ROCK
Island. More than any other fac
tor in the visiting lineups these two
stalwart performers were respon-
sible for the scoreless tie.
voss and Clago are sproducts OF
Detroit university, a college which
for years has turned out winning
football teams. Voss, finishing in
1920. was regarded as one OF the
greatest college stars OF the year.
He was given the tackle pos ton
on practically all all-western
teams, and was recognized by
many critics selecting all-American
aggregations. He is giant in
physique and gifted with speed
making him ideal as an end.
The Detroit Tigers dropped out
Of the football arena shortly before
the close of last season. and made
no effort to come back this season
Consequently all of the stars OF
that team are free to sign else
where. The Independents are bid
ding for steamer" Horning, bril-
liant tackle and center. There is
every reason to expect he Will bt
here providing he can make the
necessary arrangements to take w
Ills residence in Rock Island.
More than week ago, Manager
Jim Councilman directed letter tt
ODE Wenig, telling the big fellow
that he must arrange to remain
here if he wishes to be on'the ros
ter of players again. ODE has no
replied, so it is believed that h
intends to stick to his coaching
Job, at least for one season. OBJ
has always had hankering 70
coaching, and took up the pr
game only as means of gainin
experience in the game.
The time for reporting is draw
ing nigh rapidly. In few NOR
days the first arrival will be her
and 1t is expected that the tear
will take un its abode in the train
ing csmp by Sunday or Monday.
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PAIR Defend
TRAPS TITLE

Atlantic City. n. j., Sept. "a
Frank Hughes of South Dakota and
f. F. Woodward Of Houston, Texas,
today defended their title as cham
pion double-trap shooters in the
feature event on the program Of
the Grand American handicap tour
nament.
In the feature amateur event yes
terday at 200 single targets, Is
yards rise, Phil r. Miller of Dallas
Texas, won after a tie at 1914 with
Mark Arie Of Champaign, H., who
won the event at Cleveland in 1920
with score of 1913. Four strings
of % targets each were shot to de-
eide the tie.
The professional title under the
same conditions was won by Ray
r. Graham of Long Lake, ILL.,. after
tie with Fred S. Tomlin of Glass
toro. n. J.. at 1874. The first shoot
IN at % targets settled the dispute,
Graham hitting the whole of his IS,
while Tomlin broke "a.
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Mike GIBBONS
HOPES TO SEE
CLAbbY UPSE|
There's m Old Grudge Between q,
Hammond Fighter and TIE
st. Paul MAN.

Mike Gibbons, the "phantom.
who really started st. Paul thtpt.
ing in terms of box fighting, is par,
ticularly interested in the comipr
engagement at Rock Island b.
tween Tommy Comiskey and Jim.
my Clabby. In the the first pls,
Tommy is Mikes nephew, and IN |
the second place. Jimmy Clabbv
was, what might be termed, Miksi
nemesis
Anyone who has followed Tn
trend of things pugilistic can n.
member the hard fought battles b..
tween Mike Gibbons and Clabby
The records show that Clabby Bet
Mike in a 15-round decision con.
test. and the other two bouts wer|
no-decision affairs, both men claim.
ing to have won. Il
The feeling engendered by these
contests is still carried on, but
Mike, apparently, is no longer able
to do what he would like to do
and therefore it rests with Tommy
to fight for the name of Gibbons
Eddie Kane. who managed Mike +
all of his scraps has Tommy und.,
his charge All of which carrie.
the setting back a number of years
Mike will do his utmost IN ha !,
tho r;nes;de IN coach Tommv ~
ola hbv's stvle IT should he a ,.ls
night
But Clabbv's fighting and achieva.
| ments did not end with his famon.
| bouts with Gibbons He has secnr.
| cd referees decisions over Geor,.
Chin Dave Smith George CooI
who was recently defeated in Ems
land nv Carnentier Sailor Petros.
KEY Eddie McGoorty and a hundred
or two others Having fonvht in
everv art NJ tho would whers ho,'
;ne ia octahl;shod Jimmy ia v;th.
ont donht the most nicturesnu.
character in the ranks of nresent.
dav horers or course Jimmy i,
mo longer snrinr chicken in m,
game hut in the LIGHT ~ b;s "A
markable showing against lin
| Darcey a light heavyweight. A
Michigan CITY Labor day. it is rea
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-12
BUFF TO MEET
PANCHO VILLA
Winner Likely to Be Matched With
Jimmy Wilde Before Close
Of Season.

New York, Sept. 12.-Johnny
Buff. fyweight champion of Amer
lea. and Pancho Villa, fly and ban
tamweight champion OF the Orient,
Will meet In a 15-round bout to
decision at Ebbett's field tonight.
Dave Driscoll. matchmaker for
the, Ebbetts-Mckeever company,
plans to have tonight's winner meet
Jimmy Wilde before the close of
the outdoor season.
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heSPORT-O-GRAPH
By JAMES L. HUGHES.

Grid fans are wondering what
kind of an attack the Independ-
ents will follow this fall. Man.
ager Jimmy Councilman says he
is busy mapping out q varia-
ton OF the Minnesota shift,
the system which has proved
SO reliable for the last several
seasons. This years attack
will be similar in vital respects
but will be changed enough to
permit tile introduction Of =
number OF new plays.
Steamer" Horning, former Col.
gate university captain and last
season a member of the Detroit
Tigers, is making stringent efforts
to free himself from duties for a
few months in order to join the
Independents Horning is an in
structor in a Detroit school.
Johnny Mohardt. Notre Danes
brilliant quarterback OF last sea-
son, is understood to have lined up
with the Chicago Bears. The In
dependents offered Mohardt con-
tract. He appeared in a receptive
mood for some time, but recently
advised, in a long distance CON-
munication, that he was joining the
Bears. He characterized reports
that he would play with the Gary
Ind, Elks as untrue.
1t is learned from Dubuque that
Mohardt is to assist Eddie Ander-
son, Notre Dame end, in coaching
Columbia college this fall. Chance
to do this and still play pro foot
ball is probably what prompted
Johnny to accept the Chicago offer
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few GAMES IN
MAJORS TODAY
Babe Ruth's Two HOmers Yester-
day Help Yanks Triumph
Over Athletics.

Chicago, Sept. 12.-(By the Asso-
ciated ess.)-Only four games
were scheduled for today in the
major leagues, the Tigers clashing
with the Browns in ST. Louis and
the Indians with the White Sox in
Chicago in the American league,
while Pittsburgh plays Boston and
the Cardinals meet the Phillies in
the two National league contests.
With Babe" Ruth hitting two
homers and two doubles yesterday,
the Yankees had no difficulty in de-
feating the Athletics, to 4, the
Bambino's clouts accounting for six
of the tallies. The Browns main
taired their position of one and
one-half games in the rear Of the
Yankees by winning from Detroit,
S to 4.
The Giants increased their lead
over Pittsburgh for the National
league pennant to five and one-half
games by taking a double header
yesterday from Boston The score
in each game was to 6. These
were the only contests in the Ma
tional league.
w shington defeated Boston, Il
to 3, IN the only other major league
contest the game between the Chi.
cago Americans and Cleveland be.
ing postponed because of rain.
Ruth's two homers brought hi
total for the season to 81, Just sia
behind Ken Williams, the 1872:
leader for home run honors.
George Kelly did some heavy
hitting, for the Giants in theil
double-header with the Braves. H,
collected a homer, a double. ant
three singles In seven times at bat
Powell made half Of Boston,
eight hits in the second game will
New York. He poled a triple. doubl,
and two singles in i've times at bat.
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FOUR TEAMS IN
BASEBALL FEST
Andalusia TO Be Host to Buffalo
Prairie, Illinois City and
Edgingt0n.

Andalusia has plans laid for the
staging of a baseball tournament
next Saturday and Sunday. Buffa-
10 Prairie. Edgington. Illinois City
and Andalusia will be the conf
peting teams. Two games will be
played Saturday afternoon and the
winners OF these will clash Sunday.
The losers will play for third place.
The first game each day VIII be
called al / o'clock.
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NEARS COBB'S RECORD

st. Louis, Sept. 12.-George
Sisler Of the st. Louis Ameri-
cans singled in the eighth inning
OF yesterdays game with Detroit,
making 80 consecutive games in
which he has hit safely. Ehmke
was pitching. He now is only
one game behind the modern
major league record of 40 made
made by Ty Cobb of Detroit in
1911.
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full Providence player. W. W. Ingra-
ham. The latter put up a good
fight, but Patterson utilized his su-
perior court strategy to win. In
the third set 'Ingraham managed to
bring the score to sail, until the
Anzac captain speeded up some
what and ran out the match.
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RESULTS YESTERDAY,
National League.
New York, TT; Boston, &c.
Others not scheduled.
American League.
New York. 9; Philadelphia, 4.
Washington, IL; Boston, 3.
st. Louis, 5; Detroit. 4.
Only three games scheduled.
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He was. not wanted here for week
end service.

With a nucleus of 7.letter
men, Coach Art Swedberg, OF
the Augustana team, has started
work of building up another
championship contender among
the colleges OF the Little Nine
teen. .Augie has come for
ward rapidly in the last couple
Of years on the gridirOn. The
showing is remarkable when it
is considered the college re-
NAMED out Of football for so
many years. The liens share
Of the credit belongs to Coach
Swedberg, who by dint of hard
work is surely building up
bright prospects for the Rock
Island Institution on the grid
iron. His team is deserving
of the whose-hearted support
and interest Of Rock Island
fans.
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Philadelphia, Sept. 1a-It was
Australians day in the national ten
mis- singles championship at the
Germantown Cricket club at Man
helm yesterday afternoon, as the
three representatives OF the Anti
podes successfully occupied the
center courts and swept over their
antagonists in straight sets.
Gerald L. Patterson was first Il
score. his opponent being the youth,
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ALI this talk about Mike Dun
dee getting a crack at Joe
Lynch in the East Chicago
arena, seems to have been
dream stuff OF Dick Curley, his
manager. The claim is made
that the bout never was on.
Joe is understood to be going
back east.