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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-31
BILLY EVANS SAYS

Boston is figuring on using Joe
Dugan, acquired from the Athlet-
les, at short stop.
Manager Duffy of the Red Sox
figures he has a mighty good in
field with Foster at third, Dugan at
Burns at first.
On paper it is a mighty good look
ing field. Shortstop. however, is
the questionable position.
Joe Dugan is a great third base
man. He has a brighter future
than any other recruit infielder in
the American league.
Dugan likes to play third base.
That fact, coupled with his remark
able ability, has made him the most
talked about youngster in the Amer
lean league.
Joe Dugan doesn't like to play
shortstop. Connie Mack has need
ed a shortstop ever since the de
parture of Jack Barry. Mack tried
his very best to develop Dugan
into a shortstop.
At times the youngster gave
flashes of his remarkable ability
as an infielder. However, Joe
never liked the position. He has
often remarked to me when I was
umpiring on the bases: 81 am a
third baseman, not a shortstop. A
fellow has too many things to do
at this position to suit me-"
Joe is rather temperamental. IA
he doesn't like thing well. he
doesn't like it. Joe is a willing
young man. If Hughey Duffy de-
cides to use him at short, he will
give him his very best. However,
it will be spelling a great third
Easemdn for an ordinary short
stop.
If Jos should acceptabIy fill the
bill at short, Duffy will have
mighty good infield. 1t is an in
field that combines a pretty good
defense with much offensive power.
However, Duffy is protected,
should he decide that Joe Dugan
should be played at third rather
than short, he has Frank O'Rourke
secured from Washington, to fall
back on.
O'Rourke is mighty intelligent
ball player. If nature had only en-
dowed him with a stronger throw
ing arm, he would easily win a
berth as a big league regular. A
rather weak arm has held him back
The quickness with which he gets
the ball away helps his weak arm
Only on double
plays requiring a speedy throw he
IS greatly handicapped. He is a
mighty good ball player to have
around, and Duffy is sure to find
him very useful
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-31
BY BILLY EVANS.

Golf was once purely summer
sport, unless you were able to go
south or out to the coast during
the winter.
Those days are over The indoor
golf school has made the game an
all-year pastime. II took indoor
golf some time to win the place it
deserved, but it has finally arrived.
When indoor golf was first orig
mated, it failed to Immediately be-
come popular because most players
simply regarded it as a make-be-
lieve golf
The first impression was that in
door golf would have a tendency to
throw a player off his game, be-
cause of the conditions under which
it was played OF course that be-
lief was most erroneous.
Indoor golf had to live down those
two handicaps and it required a
number OF years to bring about a
change in the belief of most golf
ers. However, it has arrived with
a vengeance.
Contrary to a belief that exists,
the indoor school is not merely
place for beginners The advan-
tages to be gained through the me-
dunn of indoor golf are as import
ant to the seasoned veteran as to
the person who has never played
the game.
The other day I discussed indoor
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-31
ACTION URGED
BY NOTRE DAME
SIX Weeks AGO
Middle Western Colleges at That
Time Indicated Lack OF
Interest.

South Bend, Ind, Jan. Shy
the Associated Press.) - Notre
Dame university officials today
made public copies of letter sent
six weeks ago to 20 middle western
colleges calling attention to the
threat of professionalism in COL
leges, and asking cooperation in
conVered movement to clean it out.
The letter was mailed Dec. 16.
six weeks before there was any
public hint of the football scandal.
which has resulted in DISQUALIFIED
ton of nine University of Illinois
and eight NOtre Dame men, and to-
days announcement of it followed
on the heels of an announcement
in Chicago yesterday that the west
ern conference planned a whole
sale investigation.
While the letter was sent to 20
schools, only nine replied. it was
announced, and two of these were
western conference schools. The
letters said that while Notre Dame
had almost conclusive evidence
that professionalism was making
serious inroads into our great COL
lege sport" it might be difficult to
prove the charges in court, but that
an investigation would separate the
wheat from the chaff.
The letter explained that Notre
Dame of its own accord investigat-
ed the reports that three of its men
played professional ball in Milwau-
kee, Wis, and that the men-Gar-
yer, Anderson and Larsen - con-
fessed and were disqualified. The
letter then said:
I'm concluding this investigation
the members of the faculty board
have been confronted with a situa-
ton that merits the serious atten-
ton of the faculty of every col
lege and university in the middle
west We have reason to believe
that number of other players from
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golf and its advantages with one OF
the Country's most widely known
professionals.
Starting to learn the golf game
indoors is a distinct advantage TO
the beginner" said the pro star.
In learning to play in the open,
the first thing a player does after
hitting the ball, providing he is
fortunate to do so, is to watch its
flight
Wants to Watch the Ball.
The desire to watch the flight of
a golf ball by the novice is a most
difficult thing for the instructor to
overcome.
THE player. in his anxiety to
see where the ball is going. is in
clined to take his eye off the ball
too quickly. In golf such a proceed
ure is fatal
There is no such desire on the
part Of the player in indoor golf.
He knows from the start that the
ball is only going to travel so far
into the canvas net. 1t is a waste
OF time to look up.
Indoor golf, therefore, immedi-
ately removes the bane of all golf
instructors, the desire on the part
OF the player to look up, in order
to follow the fight of the ball. He
becomes satisfied with the crack of
the ball into the canvas. He gets
so that he can tell pretty we'll by
the sound just how good he hit the
ball.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-31
Toddy's Angle In
Sports

Brute strength is not essential to
success in athletics.
Dick Kerr, enc of the most val
liable pitchers in the American
league, is the smallest pitcher in
the organization.
For years big league managers re-
fused to consfer him because of his
size, despite the remarkable sue
cess he had in the minors.
He got his chance to\show in the
majors only after giving his ulti-
matum to his minor league employ
er that he would have to be sold
to a big league team or he would
retire
Kerr was sincere in his intention.
His club owner knew it. Kerr was
sent to Chicago on the approval
basis. 1t was felt that he would
"flivver" and soon be back in dear
old Milwaukee,.
Kerr knew his own worth better
than all the scouts and big league
experts. He made good from the
very start. It would take a lot of
money to pry him loose from the
Chicago club.
Glenn KiIlinger, the sensation of
the football world last season, is an
other example of the theory that
size doesn't mean a great deal.
Killinger had the hardest time
imaginable getting his high school
coach to even let him don a foot
ball suit He was regarded as far
too light for likely football timber.
In his final year at Harrisburg
high school, his persistence more
than any thing else won a place for
him on the varsity team.
Knowing he was off size KILN
ger constantly worked to develop
the strength that nature had given
him to its highest degree.
He went to Penn State. His size
at first caused him to receive only
ordinary consideration. 1t didn't
take him long, however, to convince
Coach BeZdek of his remarkable
ability.
In his final year at Penn State.
he won the goal of every college
football star, place on the ALL
eleventh. E
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Don't Get Cbesty FarIv.

In playing outdoors, golfer,
after taking a couple of lessons, is
sometimes unfortunate enough to
go over the course in pretty good
style. Often that makes him to de-
eide there is nothing more for him
to learn about golf. That is also
fatal. There is no chance for that
to happen in indoor golf.
when golfers are able to play
around 100 they begin to think they
know something about the game. I
know a certain player who, after
taking series of indoor lessons,
went out and played a difficult
course in IS. OF course, that is the
exception.
Easy TO Correct Faults.
1T is also far easier to correct a
players faults indoors than on the
course. Competition being impossi-
Bile indoors, you can keep a player
constantly at work correcting his
faults.
When outdoor golf is possible,
the desire to play is far greater
than the desire to practice. That
has been the great trouble with
many Of the American players.
They start the game before they
get the proper swing.
Ten years ago 1 rather scoffed
at the idea of indoor golf. Today I
am convinced that it is as essen
tial for the success and proper
development of the game as out
courses"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-31
PORKERS help
PAY Golf COST

Chicago, Jan. 31-HOgs versus
dancing as adjuncts of golf clubs
came into the discussion at the re-
cent meeting of the green's COM
ratttee of the United States Golf
association. and the hogs won ia
vor among the delegates.
j. T. Ling of Skokie club, Chi
cago. where the national open
championship will be held next
summer, declared that only $4,000
of that sum was awarded to him
for upkeep of the course, while
dancing and other social activities
would take much of the rest.
Another delegate then asserted
that his club had gone in for econ
omy. although not parsimony. and
was scavenging what had hitherto
gone to waste. The club had not
only utilized spare ground to raise
all needed vegetables for the club
house table, but had bought a pack
of2hogs, which fattened on the table
refuse.
The golf bred porkers grew from
squealing pigs in the spring to fat,
grunting porkers in the fall, and
the harvest home was celebrated
at slaughter time. This credited
the club with a neat sum, which
helped keep up the greens without
drawing on the dance fund.
The discussion that followed
showed that the delegates favored
keeping Gown social funds and
spending mere on the golf links,
even if the greens budget had to be
helped by hogs. One man remark
ed that perhaps such n selfish pre-
objection had forced women in New
York recently to organize a club
of their own.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-31
MOLINE HIGH TO
STAGE DISTRICT
BASKET MEETING

DeKalb, ILL.,, Jan. 31.-District
high school basketball tournaments
for 1922 have been slated for IL
central cities in districts that have
gymnasiums suitable for handling
tournament crowds, c. W. Written.
manager of the state meets, an
nounced here
Points at which the district high
school fives will battle for repre-
sentation in the state championship
tourney follow: East high school of
Aurora, Canton, Bloomington, De-
catur. Elgin, Galesburg, Jackson
vile, Joliet, Moline, Urbana, Rock
ford and Quincy.
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and scores of other headliners and
near headliners in the realm of bas-
ketball, football and baseball.
Spaulding has the gift of getting
the limit out of every man under
his direction.
His uncanny magnetism soon
wins his men over. He has the fac
ulty of discovering in each individ-
ual his proper place in the game
winning machine.
Success has in no way changed
Spaulding. He has never lost his
extreme modesty. He has that sim
pie direct frankness that is more
effective than all the bluff and
buster in the world.
Those who know Spaulding pre-
dict he will do big things in a foot
ball way at Minnesota
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-31
HENRY COUNTY
SQUAD STRONG,
RECORD SHOWS
One Of the Hardest Cage Battles
of Season Anticipated By
~ the Locals.
BY ART WILLIAMS.

The Crimson and Gold quintet Is
anticipating a hard battle Friday
might when the Geneseo squad in
vades Rock Island. Geneseo is go
ing strong and is particularly in
fine shape after winning the Henry
county tournament.
The Henry county boys were de-
feated by Davenport but they have
improved to a large extent since
then. They took the honors at the
tournament by defeating Cam
bridge 25 to 16 and the Moline dele
cation, which took Rock Island
down the line last Friday, had to
go into extra sessions with Cam
bridge to grab a victory. Geneseo
is reported to be well trained now
and the Islanders will have a JOB
on their hands to beat the husky
farmer boys.
This year the Rock Island dele
cation seems to be "hoodooed" when
playing against Moline. The Is
landers were doped to win the last
contest after Davenport admins
tered a lacing to the Swedes, IS to
q, DuL lHGI the lONS VIM lSA
around and put up a hot game for
Rock Island. The game was hard
fought but Moline walked around
the home lads in the extra session.
Every player has his off night
and last Friday was certainly Ed
wards. Most of the locals hopes
are pinned on this forward and his
long accurate basket shooting. He
was only able to cage one shot
against Moline and missed time
after time by the ball striking on
the rim of the basket and falling
off the edge. 1t was thought that
before the conclusion of the game
he would get the range but failed
to do so. Edwards and A1vine
played whirlwind games at the
guard posts and Knanishu annexed
two of the baskets for Rock Is
land. He was the only man that
seemed able to hit the loop with
accuracy.
The Islanders are planning on
redeeming themselves in the next
contest Practices will be hard this
week to cover up some of the weak
points that cropped out in the last
contest. The defeat will no doubt
prove of benefit to the squad
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BOWLING

Three Rock Island teams and t"3
Davenport clubs cleaned up the
coin at the Capitol clubs ive-maA
tournament, which closed SUNDAY
night at Lau's alleys, Davenport
The five WITCH brothers with
score of 2,844, captured first money
while Miller Hotel company, wiz
2,731, finished in second place. ne
Rock Island Elks took third coin
Drifin Printing company OF hosA
Island, fourth, and the Blackla"E7
of Davenport, fifth.
Art Salzmann of Rock Islabl
captured the prize for the higaes'
three-game total, while Joe Nle4'
also of Rock Island had hig1es.
single game score, with 235. sax.
mann's score for the three games
was ga.
Committee Meets.
Champaign, Ill, Jan. 3l.-IHs
eligibility committee, composed o.
faculty members of the UniyeFsi5!
of Illinois, was called TO meet l14s
morning to pass on the nine men
accused of having violated western
conference rule 13, which prohlOl.-9
college athletes from engaging ~
outside athletics during the scAooI
year. There is a disposition al t-5
school to have the final status VI
TIE men determined at once IN OF -.[
der that coaches may go on VIZ
their work. No intimation has PEE"
given of the probable ruling OF lHe
committee.
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EAST AND WEST
TO CLASH FOR
SOCCER TITLE

st. Louis, Jan. 31-The Scullin
team of St Louis, champion of the
west, is to meet the winner of the
east for the national professional
soccer title in March. The eastern
representative in the contest and
the place have not yet been decided.
George Healy, president of the
United States Football association,
the ruling body, announced today
that four teams remained in the
running for the eastern champion
ship. The Scullins won the west
ern championship by defeating the
Caledonians of Detroit. 1t is prob
able that the championship game
will be played here.
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SPORT BRIEFS

Boston. Mass.-Stanislaus Zbysz-
ko defeated Dick Daviscourt of
Texas in a wrestling match in two
straight falls.
Chicago.-Charles .Heddon, ma
tional 1872 balk-line billiard champ
ion. lost his first match in the Ma
tfonal title tournament to Edward
Gardner of Montcair, N j., 800 to
1913.
Philadelphia.-George CLANCY of
Baltimore, knocked out Harry Carl
son of Boston, in the fifth round
of an S-round match.
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leading colleges and universities of
the mddlewest have participated in
similar games. Indeed, We have al
most conclusive evidence that pro-
fesiSonaliSm is making serious in
roads into our great college sport
and that it will require close super
vision and very watchful care to
prevent our college football players
from competing as members of pro-
fessional teams on Sundays during
the football season.
This communication is being
sent to every college and university
of athletic note in the middlewest.
We are of the opinion that you will
be glad to receive it, so that you
may exercise whatever preventive
precautiOn you think necessary.
From our experience in Milwau-
kee ION the Carney, Larsen and
Anderson cases) we know that wit
nesses are unwilling to give testi-
mony that may be used to convict
a college player of professionalism
1t would, therefore, be difficult to
prove before a court what we be-
lieVe to be true: that the promoters
of professional football are rapidly
professionalizing our college play
ers. The situation, however, mer-
its our very serious attention.
1T is hoped this communication
will arouse the middle western col
leges and universities to concerted
action against the promoters of pro-
fessional football. Our cooperation
with any such effort may be relied
upon.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-31
JOE BENJAMIN
EAGER TO Get
EARLY CHANCE
Disdains Wading Through Setups-
Chooses Formidable Dundee
Instead.
BY FAIR PLAY.
Copyright, 1922, by The Argus-)

Copyright, 1922, by The Argus-)
New York, Jan. 31.-Joe Benja-
min said today after a workout In
an uptown gymnasium that there
was more method than madness in
taking on Johnny Dundee for his
first big. New York bout. OF course
the west coast stripping could stall
along meeting second raters and
picking up coin until the fans got
tired of seeing him beat setups. but
Joe is in a hurry. He thinks he
is all set now to win the light
weight championship and he has
no time for fooling. If he can beat,
or even shade Johnny Dundee, he
knows that a match with Benny
Leonard, or whoever happens to be
champion after the Leonard-Kan-
sas bout on Feb. 10, will be more
than possibility.
"If 1 can't beat Dundee" said
Joe, then / have no business chas-
ing the lightweight title. l ex-
pect to win, of course. That's the
reason l made the match. If I
don't come through to the title in
my class then I'm going to COL
lege. 1 have graduated from high
school and so the matter of a GER
tificate is all right. Movies? Well,
no. 1 think I'll go after some more
learning. l was good student in
school.
With Dundee and Benjamin on
Feb. 3 and Leonard and Kansas a
week later it looks as though the
fans of Gotham would have no kick
coming on the score of uninter
esting dates at the Garden next
month. There is q report about the
city that Benny Leonard has taken
Richard at his word with regard to
the publishers. Richard stated that
if Leonard would appear at the
Garden at the lightweight limit,
against a strong contender, he
would agree to let the champion
take so per cent? of the gross re-
ceipts. Whether this arrangement
has gone through or not, it is re-
ported he is going to get a large
hunk of the gross receipts. Out
of his share it is said he has agreed
to pay Richards price for Is or
less rounds of activity. Richards
price, by the way, is said to be
something in excess of $4,000 iron
men.
Harry Wills and Kid Norfolk
IAN sho' gwine" to meet, Tex Rick
ard says. But it won't be in Feb
ruary Early March is now as
signed as the time upon which the
two black clouds will collide, with
the usual thunder clap. The date in
late February scheduled for this
meeting will be filled, according to
gossip, by Gene Tunney and jim
Darcy, the latest middle-light heavy
sensation.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-31
TROOP IL WINS
FROM TROOP %

Troop No. IL of Boy Scouts de-
feated troop % at basketball last
night, 20 to 16. An early lead piled
up by the losers threatened to keep
the tide in their favor. Two hun
dred fans packed the Legion armory
to see the game. Alexenburg and
Katz starred for the winners, while
Mccarthy and Cavanaugh showed
best for the losers.
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DTSBARRING OF
PLAYERS GOOD
FORGAME: CAMP
Prompt A ION by
Universities Is Ap-
proved.
By. WALTER CAMP.
Copyright, 1922, by The August

copyright, 1927 by The Argus.)
At time when football is being
attacked from many sides, the uni
versities OF Illinois and Notre
Dame have struck a forceful blow
for clean sports. The action of the
authorities in U5bana in barring
nine players, followed by similar
action by Notre Dame in disqualify-
ing eight athletes from competi-
ton, promises to be most Statutory
1t required some courage for the
college authorities to wreck the
football teams and virtually to de-
clare themselves out of the race for
the conference and western cham
pionship during the coming fall.
When they throw out such football
stars as Jack Crangle, Larry Wal
quist, Joe Sternaman, Eddie Ander-
son, Chester Wynn and Roger XII
ley, it certainly shows they are in
deadly earnest.
Unless, of course, the men re-
ceived money preceding the weird
game at Taylorville, Ill, they are
still amateurs. The disclosures as
to this game are both disagreeable
and discouraging.
1t all goes to show that profess
sional football in the future may
havesthe same corrupting influence
upon college athletics that summer
baseball has had in the past. 1t is
small wonder, however, that with
the enormous crowds which flock
to the big college games, and the
big financial income from these
contests, that professional promot-
ers should be attracted to the
sport. But to have the game in
volVed in charges of college pro-
fessionalism and even ringing" OF
players, is a sad blow. That nine
star players out of one college
eleven could be induced to partici-
pate in a contest which evidently
was just a gigantic gambling plot,
seems we'll nigh incredible.
Meantime, the attack on football
by DR.. Lowell of Harvard still is
being discussed throughout the col
lege and university world. The
Yale alumni weekly, the authorita-
tive organ of graduate opinion at
the New Haven university, speaks
of DR.. Lowell's attack" upon inter
collegiate football, and after an
swering it with the well known
point that after all it is football
which supports all other sports,
says:
Furthermore. Intercollegiate com
petition, the meeting of all corners.
seems to be more typical of the
Yale spirit than the seclusiOn which
DR.. Lowell's plan would necessitate.
1t would be like twisting the well
known words Yale in China to
China in Yale"
Already there has been much ex-
perimenting with steel shafted golf
clubs, at first for the various irons,
but later for the drivers and bras
sizes, and the tests seem to be work
ing out satisfactorily. Now comes
the old champion of our tennis
courts, William Larned, with an in
vention in the shane of steel
framed tennis racquet. Should this
also prove a success, We shall be
spared the old difficulty of warp
ing, which has been the bane Of
the wooden racquets. Steel, indeed,
is king. and wherever he can be
made Of use his advantages are
enormous.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-31
JUNIOR Ri CLUB,

tSIHcIaI laO,lne SeTVlce.I
Freshmen and sophomore boys at
the Moline high school have organ
lied a junior Hi Y club, with Off
GERS as follows:
President-Robert Petersen.
Vice Robert Sand
strom.
Secretary-treasurer-Gordoa As
pengren.
Leader-Julian Ducray