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Arizona republican., 1922-03-15
THEARIZONA REPUBLICAN
SPORTS

This is the era of swat in the the
sport world.
1t began in baseball in 1919 when
Babe Ruth broke the long standing
home run record by making 29.
The public enthused over the per-
formences of Ruth. 1t continued to
enthuse in 1920, when he did the
seemingly impossible by making 81
home runs.
The success of Ruth through his
ability to swat 'em q mile became
contagious. The players in both ma
ior leagues began to shoot at the
fences and stand.
An improved ball. inferior pitching
and a mad desire on the part of all
the good hitters to make home runs
caused the season of 1921 to develop
into an orgy of swat
It is doubtful il this era Of swat
has helped the game. am inclined
to think it has hurt ii. Base run
ming has almost become extinct, as
one run no longer means anything.
The thought in baseball nowadays
is to get runs in clusters.
Like baseball, golf is also going
through an era OF swat. The big
thing in golf now is to get the dis
tance to your drives.
Like baseball, the era OF swat in
golf began in 1919 when Dave Her
ron moved down the amateur field
at Pittsburg. Heron is known as
one OF the hardest hitters in the
amateur golf world.
Last year George Duncan and Abe
Mitchell, the two crack English
pros" toured the United States with
great success. Mitchell made a
great impression with his ability TO
get distance. In a number Of match
es the value of his long tee shots was
apparent.
At st. Louis. last year. Jesse Gill
ford one of the hardest hitters in the
game. won the national amateur
championship. Strangely enough,
Robert A. Gardner. who was the
runner up, Is almost as good as Gull
ford when it comes to long driY-
Ing.
Those opposed to the habit OF try
ing to get distance on the tee shots
will say that weather conditions in
St Louis were made 10 order for the
long driver. Many of the matches
were played in a driving rain on
very soggy course. 1t was a tour
nament made to order for the long
big husky fellows. the long drivers.
The desire for. extra base hits has
not improved the baseball standard.
The effort to get great distance on
the tee shots isn't going TO improve
golf
In baseball the desire TO get dis
tance results i'm a great many strike
outs. In golf the desire TO get dis
tance causes the golfer to press his
game. More shots are thus wasted
than in any other feature of the game
unless it is the habit of looking up
too quickly.
In sports like baseball and golf
where distance counts so much, 1t is
customary every so often to go
through an era Of swat. 1t is a pc
riod where accuracy is sacrlflced Tor
distance.
These conditions exist until the
inevitable period of readjustment sets
in and the players get back to nor
malcy.
o o o
Recently the Cleveland club acquired
Pitcher Dave Keefe, who last year
| nitched for the Philadelphia Athletics.
o D o
Mere mention of the fact that
Keefe last year pitched for the
Athletics may cause some people TO
| Immediately lose interest in Keefe,
also what 1 am going to say about
him.
Arizona republican., 1922-03-15

Persons uses 1S muscles TO smile
and 81 10 frown.
Arizona republican., 1922-03-15
FoIEy BEATS WIGeINs

NEW ORLEANS. La, Mar. s.
Harry Foley of Seattle won a ref
eree's decision over Chuck Virgins
OF indianapolis in a 20-round bout.
Virgins weighed 170 pounds and Fo-
ley 17S.
Arizona republican., 1922-03-15

With . runner on first base the
umpire calls balk of the pitcher
The pitcher disreaards the ruling and
delivers the ball to the batsmsn. who
hits safely. The runner on first tries
TO go to third on the hit and is
.hrown out at that base. What about
such a play?
The moment the umpire calls a
balk on the pitcher play is automa-
ticaly suspended. No further action
is possible. The runner who was on
first and was thrown out trying to
90 to third should merely be sent to
second. TO which he was entitled on
the called balk, and the batsman who
hit safely made to bat again.
Arizona republican., 1922-03-15
RATHER BEATS DELANEY

NEW YORK, March 9.---Augie
Rather, New York, middleweight, to-
night knocked out Jack Delaney OF
Bridgeport, Conn, in the first round
of their 12-round match in Brooklyn.
Arizona republican., 1922-03-15

The public enthused over the per-
formences of Ruth. 1t continued to
enthuse in 1920, when he did the
seemingly impossible by making 81
home runs.
Arizona republican., 1922-03-15
- -sT-1ss 74ssAz1s 7zzsss17al---
FIGHT Fans Pick Wills AS
BeStBet tOMeetDe
WILLS FIRST CHOICE IN FIGHT
FANS REFERENDUM

Here is the result OF the nation
wide vote taken by readers OF the
n. r. A. service client newspapers,
ln which the fans were asked to Sc
lect by popular vote the next oppo-
nent for Jack Dempsey in a heavy
weight title fight:
Arizona republican., 1922-03-15
HEAVY TENNIS SCHEDULE
BY Ripley

ternoon. Play will be called at i:So
o'clock sharp.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-20
LOCAL SHOWERS
ARE PREDICTED
Heavy White Clouds Sunday May
Result I'm Thunder and Rain,
Weather Man Says.

Local thunder showers may ruin
all plans for hikes, picnics and 9TH
er outdoor amusements planned for
tomorrow, Andrew NJ. Hamrick,
weather man, said today.
However, tomorrow will be warm
and there is a possibility that it
may not rain. But the indications
are that the warm weather Sunday
will result in local conduction
which will produce large white
cumulus clouds which may become
so heavy that local showers will
follow. 1t will not be stormy, the
condition being purely one of local
nature.
Increasing cloudiness is predict
ed for this evening. There will not
be much change in temperature to-
night or tomorrow. The highest
yesterday was 63 degrees, and the
lowest last night. So. Recent rains
have checked the fall in the Mis-
river, which has been go
ing down rapidly. This morning
the river was 7.3 feet, fall of / of
a foot in the last day. A similar
decline is expected today.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-20
THREE FINED FOR
BEING DRUNK; HIT
TRUCK WITH AUTO

Charged with being drunk and
disorderly to an extent that caused
an automobile accident last night,
Lawrence Duberg, Ethel Williams
and Jack Garfield were each fined
So and costs, which brought their
bills to s11.40, this morning in po-
lice court.
At about 10 o'clock last night
their car, driven by Duberg, crash
ed into the rear end of a truck
driven by Walter Nelson, 226 Forty
fifth street, for Robert Harrington
of Moline The accident occurred
on Fifth avenue between Forty
fifth and Forty-sixth streets. Evil
dence proved that the trucks rear
light was burning.
Thomas Moran, held with the
three who were fined, as being in
the car at the time, was dismissed.
1t was agreed by the prisoners that
the damage to Nelson's truck would
be settled.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-20
BRADLEY TEAM
DEFEATS AUCIE
Peoria Athletes Score 81 Points
Against R0ck Island
Schools 81.

Bradley Polytechnic Institute of
Peoria track and field team defeat
ed Augustana college in dual
meet at Erickson field this morn
ing by score of 81 to 34
Augustana scored firsts in only
two events, the mile and the 220-
yard dash. Parsons won the mile
run in 4 minutes "a seconds, while
Captain Liljedahl captured the 220
dash for Augustana in % minutes
2 seconds.
Allen and Manley of the visiting
team tied for individual honors
with Is points each. Allen won
the discus, javelin throw and plac-
ed second in the shotput. Manley
was first in the 100-yard dash,
first in the broad-jump and second
in the 900
Liljedahl scored nine points for
winning first in the
220, second in the 100 and third
in the broad jump.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-20
Personal Points

Miss Flora Stoddard. 73S Twenty
third street, has returned from a
visit in Pittsburgh. Pa, with her
sister, Mrs. Henry Pope, who with
her three children. accompanied
Miss Stoddard home for an extend
ed visit
Otto Ruder leaves the city to-
morrow and will sail next week for
Germany. He will see the passion
play at Oberammergau, and ex-
poets to return to Rock Island in
the fall.
Postmaster and Mrs. Harry P.
Simpson left last evening FOR
Springfield, where Mr.. Simpson, as
president of the Illinois Associa-
ton of Postma sters, serves on the
reception committee, which is to
greet Postmaster General Hubert
Work, who is today visiting the
capital city as the guest of postal
authorities and business men.
Mrs. e. E. Lawyer, formerly of
Rock Island, now living in Peoria,
arrived last night for a visit at
the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Ralph Dart, ia Twenty-second
street
william Pohlmann, president of
the Iowa Steam Laundry company,
returned yesterday from a ten days
trip to New York City, where he
a directors meeting of the
Noco Petroleum company.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Groth, who
motored here from Omaha, are
visiting at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
G. H. Groth, 4203 Eleventh street.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-20
REAR CHILDREN
FOR RELIGIOUS
SERVICE, PLEA
Mrs. Guy b. Williamson Is Chief
Speaker at Session Of Mis-
sionary Society.

Mrs. Guy B. Williamson of Rock
Island, who was the principal
speaker at the concluding session
of the convention of the northwest
district of the Illinois Christian
Missionary societies of the Chris
tan churches in Moline yesterday
afternoon, emphasized the import
ance of rearing children for re-
ligious service.
Gary L. Cook of Indianapolis,
regional director of religious edu-
cation for the Christian church,
predicted that not many years
would pass before churches would
be planned 20 include classrooms
and other distinctively educational
facilities. Mr.. Cooks address,
Building a Church for Religious
Education" was the closing feature
of the convention, which is consid-
cred to have been very successful.
At the afternoon session the Eu-
reka college endowment campaign
was also discussed by Ward Hall.
At the women's session Mrs. ". b.
Slater of Moline was reelected
woman's secretary of the north
west district, and reports from Ine
different societies represented were
read.
The Christian church is seeking
to raise $4,000 in the Eureka col
Iege campaign. To this amount the
general educational board will add
$150,000. Organiza-
ton for the campaign is being per-
fected and the driVs itself will be
started in October.
Resolutions endorsing the vari-
Gus movements in the church were
at the main business ses-
sion. Mrs. w. B. Oliver of East Mo-
line, was reelected county secre-
tary and Mrs. Harry Shiffer of
Rock Falls was named delegate to
the state convention, which will be
held at the Memorial Christian
church in Rock Island Oct. 8, 4
and 5.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-20
CAR Men SEEK
HIGHER WAGES
IN new PACTS
Also Want Contract to Last Five
Years; Settlement Thought
to Be Near.

Proposals to increase the ton
figure of the scale of street car
operators pay to 6S cents and TO
establish a five-year contract, are
part of the proposed agreement tri-
city union car men have presented
to the Tri-City Railway company.
After one of the meetings which
have been held almost daily. be-
tween the union Representatives
and the heads of the company. this
morning an official of the union
said that in his opinion the negotia-
lions are near an end. A settle
ment satisfactory on both sides will
be drawn up soon, he thinks.
The requested increase is basel
on the fact that all car men have
the work of two men to do under
the present one-man car system. t
is said. The present working
agreement expires June l.
1t is understood that the com
pany is taking the stand that a re
duction of wages is in order. The
men now receive 55 cents an hour.
and a figure in the neighborhood OF
this and the. retention of 91a hours
as the length of the working day,
are expected to be the terms of the
agreement to become effective
June 1.
The clause in the new working
agreement making it effective for
five years is causing little contro-
yersy it is said. The trainmen
wish to avoid the annual battle
over wages and to secure an ar
rangement to last a longer period
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-20
Lee FRACTURED
BY AUTO WHEEL
AIfons DeVOss. Aged ), Knocked
Down by Machine-Suffers
Internal Injuries.
Especial Moline serrice.l

The left leg of Alfons DeVoss, s.
year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs
Charles DeVoss, 1911 Thirteenth
street, East Moline, was fractured
between the knee and ankle and he
suffered internal injuries yesterday
afternoon when struck by an auto
mobile driven by Frank Peterson,
92S Railroad avenue, Moline.
DR.. E. A. Soule was called and
the injured child was removed to
the Moline city hospital.
The accident happened at Thir-
teenth avenue and Thirteenth street,
East Moline. Mr.. Peterson was
driving slowly. AS he turned the
corner the DeVoss lad ran from
behind another machine that was
parked at the curb and into the
path of the Peterson car. The
child was knocked down and the
front wheel passed over the left leg.
Mr. Peterson was able to stop the
car in time to save the child from
injury by the rear wheel.
Mr.. Peterson was questioned bv
the police and was permitted to go
to his home. He is not held re-
sponslble for the accident.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-20
WOULD ERECT
MONUMENT TO
CAPT. J. SMITH
Get a Nickel From,
the Sn1iths,' Is the
Fund Slogan.
BY EVERETT EWING.

Consolidated Press Correspondent.
Copyright, 1922, by The August
Norfolk, Va, May 20.-The latest
in "jltney" movements is to be
launched in the United States.
Get a nickel from the Smiths
will be the war cry raised in every
city, town and hamlet. 1t will be
sponsored by the Captain John
Smith Memorial association, whose
headquarters are in this city. Each
contribution will swell a fund for
the erection of a gigantic monu-
ment to the memory of Captain
Smith on the spot at Cape Henry
where, in 1907 he and his band
of colonists first set foot on Amer
lean soil
With millions of Smiths, Smyths,
Smythers and all of sim
liar cognomen contributing, it is
hoped that the total will be suffi-
cient to erect the tallest monument
in America. Standing at the en-
trance of Hampton Roads it will
be visible far out to sea, while a
concrete road will con-
meet it with the Virginia beach
Cape Henry highway.
Bring Bones From England.
The ambitions of the association
go beyond the erection of the mon
ument. They hope to initiate a.
to bring the bones of
Captain Smith from the old Skin
ner Street cemetery in London to
where they can be en-
shrined. Virginia feels that the Old
Dominion has given the founder of
he first English colony in Amer
ca greater recognition than has
England and that for this reason
lis ashes. lying almost forgotten |
n the old English church yard, |
'ught to be brought to these shores !
or final burial. And the great |
now being planned |
would mark that last resting place. !
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-20
ELKS To HOLD
STAC-T0NICHT
Entertainment Committee Has Ar
ranged Variety of Attrac-
lions for Affair.

"Galesburg night" will be observ-
ed by Rock Island Elks at the
Elis club this evening, when the
Bills will gather for one of their
famous stays. The program for
the evening has not been made pub
lie, but it is known that the enter
tainment committee has made
preparations to handle a record
gathering of the horned brethren.
1t is in the nature of a booster for
the state convention delegation
which will go from here to Gales
burg next month.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-20
DELEGATES TO
ENDEAvOR MEET
HEAR J.E. NYHAN
Secretary OF Moline Y. NJ. c. A.
Addresses Opening Session of
Convention.

BE ye doors of the word, and
not hearers only, deceiving your
selves. For If any be hearer of
the word, and not doer, he is like
unto a man beholding his natural
face in a glass: for be beholdeth
himself, and goeth his way, and
straightway forgetteth what man
ner of man he was"
This was the text, taken from the
general epistle of James, chapter
l, verses 22-24, chosen by j. E. Ny
Ian, secretary of the Moline Y. NJ
c. A, last evening, who delivered
the main address at the opening
session Of the seventh annual
Christian Endeavor convention of
the Northwestern district, now in
progress at the First Congregation
al church, Moline.
In material life,' Mr.. Nyhan
said, there are three different
types of men, the dreamer, the in
ventive genius and the practical
man, and in the religious world
men correspond to those in the ma
terial world.
Jesus is the most striking ex-
ample of the practical Christian
and the two most wonderful and
and which would make of everyone
who puts them in practice per-
feet, practical Christian, are: fol
low Me-. Indeed anybody follow
ing Christ would be sure to travel
the right path and to be a perfect
practical Christian.
Ed Lambert extended greetings
to the delegates present and said
that Christian Endeavor is the miss
ing link between the different
Christian denominations.
Rev. P. c. Ladd also welcomed
the delegates to Moline homes, and
them to the fun and
hard work of the convention, which
is "a convention of inspiration and
of power generating"
Miss Lois Rounds expressed the
thanks of the Tri-city members of
Christian Endeavor workers and
declared that the success of the
is sure if all the dele
gates present make up their minds
to respond to the suggestions of
the different speeches and if they
resolve to do their best.
Lester V. Anderson, president of
the district. introduced the speak
ars and declared that the Christian
Endeavor is one of the most &C
tive and potent branches of the
church.
A large number of delegates was
present at the opening session, |
which was followed by a social
hour in the basement of the church. |
Rock Island, Lee, Whiteside, Blu
-eau, Henry and Mercer counties
are represented. I
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-20
TARBOX HONORED
WITH PRESIDENCY
OF PLOW CITY Y
Especial Moline service.l

Especial Moline Serv1ce.l
Earl Tarbox was elected presi-
dent of the Moline Y. Nj. C. A, last
evening. He succeeds Wilson p.
Hunt. Other officers elected are:
Vice president-Ben Rough.
Recording secretary - Howard
Rogers.
treasurer E. Bodeen.
The following were elected to
the board of directors: A. T. Fos-
ter, P. NJ. Trevor, l.. W. Fuller,
Mr.. Rough and Harry Sward.
Trustees are Harry Ainsworth,
George Mixter and T. F. Wharton.
It was voted to borrow $4,000
for the replacement of the existing
mortgage and the financing of the
association.
Receipts for the year 192l-22
were $42,704. Expenses were $40,-
O19. The 1929 budget calls for
S42, 966. In other cities the size of
Moline. according to the report of
Mr.. Nyham AZ to 40 percent of the
expenditures are for administra-
ton, while in Moline the percent
age is 81 percent.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-20
OLD UNIVERSITIES
OF ENGLAND CALL
FOR AID OF PUBLIC

London.-Oxford and Cambridge
universities, for the first time in
their long histories, are unable to
support themselves, and have call
ed upon the public for assistance.
This was disclosed in a report
issued by the Royal commission ap-
pointed under the Craftsmanship of
ex-Premier AsQuith to investigate
the financial condition of the two
institutions, which two years ago
was admittedly so unsatisfactory
that the government granted each
OF them an emergency subsidy of
$4,000 annually, thus saving both
colleges from collapse.
Including these subsidies, Oxford
had an income of GS24,7lO in 1920.
while that of Cambridge totaled
H9 .554. The commissions report
recommends increasing the annual
grants to 100000 each, with ad-
ditional provisions for extending
educational facilities for women
and paying pension arrears.
The commission stresses the
point that today the universities
have largely returned to their orig,
inal function of ministering to the
non-wealthy student, and have. in
fact. become student democra-
cies."
In addition to recommending am
pie facilities for the education of
women, the report pleads for more
scholarships, cheaper living costs
and better PSy, with pension pros
poets. for professors.
Although the report regrets Hthe
comparative neglect of living Gan
guages" at both universitiesi il
notes that there is an increasing
tendency on the part of business
men to look to universities for
trained men as future assistants
and partners, 1t adds that "busi-
ness salaries now offered to first
class science men would make it
to keep enough of the
best men to do the teaching at Ok
ford and Cambridge were it not for
their devotion to academic. research
and teaching and their attachment
to the university
AS regards the cost of living for
undergraduates. the report finds
that it is too high In 1890 the
average total years cost for an
arts student, including food but not
washing. books, stationery
and personal expenses. was e156
Tor Oxford and 9145 for Cam
bridge. The cheapest college dur
ng that year was Oxford Ella.
e123. The dearest was
It Oxford. e202; Cambridge, s172.
Marquis CurZon is chancellor of
oxford, where the number of resi-
lent undergraduate students ac-
,ording to the latest statistics is
1851, while at Cambridge. where
Sir Arthur Balfour is chancellor,
here are 5.733 students.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-20
PROCHOWSKIIS
SHOT TO DEATH
~Chloroform Burglar Who Escap.
I ed From Joliet n Month Ago
Slain In Robbery Attempt

Chicago, May 20.-Adam Pro-
chowski, who escaped from Joliet
penitentiary a month ago, where he
was serving a sentence for burg
1aries committed in Chicago homes,
was shot to death today while at
tempting to rob the home of Henry
A. Blair. president of the Chicago
Surface Lines Charles Pfauss.
operative of private detective
agency. stationed in the home be-
cause of other attempted robberies,
shot the man as he attempted to
break in.
Prochowski was known as the
chloroform burglar" because he
told police the only tools he used
were > jimmie and a phial of eth
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