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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-03-17
BIG SEIZURE ALCOHOL

Four Hundred Gallons Taken BY Dry
Agents In Minneapolis
UNITED Press Dispatch
Minneapolis, March IA. - Four
hundred gallons of grain alcohol shin
ped to this city from Chicago, was
seized at the Milwaukee freight sta
ton hofe The shipment was val
ued at $4,000. Cans containing
gallon of alcohol were concealed in
side cases or nails.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-03-17
M'COY KILLED SELF
Convict Who Escaped From MINES
ota Penitentiary Ends Life
TASSociated Press ISpatchl

ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch.1
Salem, Ore. March 14.-Archie Nc
Coy thirty, prisoner at the state pen
ftentiary committed suicide in his
cell last night by hanging himself
with a bed sheet Mccoy once es-
capped from the Minnesota peniten-
tiary at Saltwater, according to pris-
on records and later in 1914 was sent
to the Oregon prison from Multno
nah county for larceny. He was
twice paroled His latest offense
was the attempted blowing of a safe
at Troutdale. Oregon last summer.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-01
ISLAND CITYS
SCORE VICTORY
Davenport Auto School Defeated %
to 500 Play Boosters
Next

Another win has been added to
the Island Citys' list, the Daven-
port Automotive school team being
the locals victim in a close, hard
fought game Monday evening in the
high school gym. The final count
read, Island Citys, %; Davenport
Automotives, 20.
The Iowans outweighed the To-
calls and made them step to gain
the victory. Gaylord of Moline.
the latest addition to the Island
Citys' squad, was the star perform
err of Mondays conflict. He Topped
four baskets and played a dandy
floor game. Sherrer, who has been
out of the game three weeks, re-
turned to the Island Citys' lineup
and put up a creditbale game.
The Island Citys are now point
ing toward the titular struggle with
the Boosters This game will prob
ably be played Feb. 10 and Man
gelsdorf of the Island Citys and
Iglehart of the Boosters will make
arrangements this week in regards
to the date, floor and officials. The
Island Citys with five former col
lege stars on their squad of II men,
are confident of trimming the
Twelfth street club. Monday nights
CaOra fnlInyuc
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-01
3-HEkT RACE
PLAN OPPOSED
Grand Circuit Tracks Adopt New
Conditions for 1922 Turf
Events.

Cleveland. O., Feb. Harness
horse racing on the grand circuit
tracks this year will be conducted
under vastly different conditions
than in 1921, despite the fact that
the joint rules committee Of the
American and National trotting as
sociations failed to make any ma
terial changes in the racing rules.
Probably the most important
change is the discarding of the
three-heat plan of racing by the
grand circuit and also the Lake
Erie and Ohio Short Ship circuits.
The latter two circuits held their
annual meetings here following the
grand circuit.
The three-heat plan, primarily
arranged to prevent laying up of
heats and similar unfair practices,
finally developed unpopularity
through being used as the means of
carrying on just what it was intend
ed to eliminate. Frequently a race
was won before the final heat was
even started and then the race win
ner would take things easy in the
final heat, giving the entire contest
a bad aspect The plan of not hav-
ing the winner of the first two heats
contest the third heat did not prove
satisfactory to the race goers in
general, many not being able to
understand the plan.
The grand circuit stewards at
their annual meeting here went on
record as being against the three
heat plan of racing and all the
members pledged themselves to
pass up the system in favor of the
two in three heat plan and also
adopted a recommendation to the
rules committee of the parent rae
ing association that the three heat
plan be abolished.
That action means that the grand
circuit classics will this year be
raced on the two in three heat
plan and that many of the half-mile
tracks will follow this plan
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-01
LEAGUE TO ARRANGE ALL SCHEDULES
ROWING COACH
PAYS TRIBUTE
TO MANLY ART
BY HIM RICE.

Coach Columbia University Crew.
Boxing is the sport most ad-
vantageous in teaching control OF
temper, coordination of mind and
muscle, fearlessness, courtesy and
poise.
Boxing is one OF the greatest
games in the world to teach manli-
ness and control OF temper.
A lot OF people think because q
man is q boxer he is therefore a
bruiser But this is not so. Box
ing in fact teaches courtesy.
1t is governed by rules which
foster the principle of give-an6-
take-a principle which certainly
every young American should
know if he is to be self-reliant
Boxing in my opinion should be
made compulsory in our schools
No other sport can give a, boy quite
so much.
Good boxers control, their tenn
per. This is essential becaure the
minute a boxer loses his temper
his opponent is sure to slip some
thing over. Even when hurt a
boxer keeps his temper. And he
must, unless he wishes to take the
count.
Boxing cultivates poise, for
without poise no fight can be won
Boxing promotes fearlessness and
gives a man that capacity for self
defense which in turn gives rise tC
calm confidence that means sc
much in every walk of life.
To those who think that boxing
is a tough game, let me say that
rowing is the toughest game in the
world.
In boxing, the other fellow pun
ishes you, but in rowing you have
got to punish yourself. I have
been rowing all my life and have
been coaching oarsmen for sc
years. l have also done much box
ing. l can appreciate the differ
ence
Every American should know
how to use his hands both to pro
tect himself and to protect others
Good boxers make good citizens il
time of peace and good soldiers in
time of war. The public must dis
distinguish between a boxer and
thug. No two types can be more
dissimilar.
Yes, boxing is a great game and
l highly recommend it to the youth
and young manhood of the land.
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PENN CLASSIC
NO ATTRACTION
FOR MIDWEST
East Loses FAVOR in
This Part of the
Country.
BYLAWRENCE PERRY.

Copyright, 1922, by The August
New York, Feb. Western track
men in New York for the Mill Rose
athletic games expressed doubt to-
day that there would be any extern
sive western representation at the
classic Pennsylvania relays next
April Iowa States champion re-
lay team will make the journey.
Aside from the Iowa men, the feel
ing seems to be that such repre-
sentation from the middle western
section as appears at Franklin
field will consist of a few indiyid-
uals This reflects a feeling of in
dignation on the part of the west
ern intercollegiate track men over
the failure of eastern institutions
adequately to patronize western
meetings.
1t was pointed out today that the
only eastern college that sent 4
team to the National Collegiate
Athletic association games at Stage
field last June was Pennsylvania
state. Dartmouth sent two or three
stars after western alumni of the
Hanover institution had made
strong representation to their
Alma Mater A couple of Yale men,
bound to their western homes, also
stopped over in Chicago and took
part in the meet. Such prominent
track colleges as Princeton, Har-
ward, Cornell and Syracuse were not
represented at all.
PENNSYLVANIA sent Earl Eby to
run in the 440 and the half but he
was the only delegate from the Red
and Blue institution. The fact that
the Pennsylvania college was not
extensively represented at the meet
stands prominently in the minds of
track men beyond the Alleghenies.
The meet was a high light event OF
the west, and was instituted chief
ly to demonstrate that the west
could organize games that would
stand on equal footing with the an
nual l. c. A. A. A. A. games.
The intended effect was pro-
duced beyond question and IL
seems to have been salutary. Yale,
Harvard and Princeton, if, reports
are not misleading. will be we'll
represented at the next n. c. A. A.
meeting. However, since a strong
feeling exists in the east that the
westerners are standing forth in a
righteous cause this seems a poor
time indeed for such talk as has
been heard of reprisals at the ex-
pense of the Pennsylvania relays.
The event at Franklin field is a
great meeting. 1t stands second in
Importance to the Olympic games.
The writer is certain that western
track men, if they display mag
nanimity with regard to representa-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-01
BY BILLY EVANS.

University of Minnesota wanted
Hugo Bezdek to coach its football
team.
Bezdek was willing, but he in
sisted on a ffve-year contract call
ing for $4,000 per year.
That was considerably more
than Minnesota wanted to pay
Bezdek said he was getting almos;
that much at Penn State.
Leland Stanford, in order to be
able to offer real competition for
University of California, sought
Glenn Warner as coach.
Warner was willing to give his
efforts to place Stanford on the
football map, but his salary de-
mandS couldn't be met.
In these days of frenzied finance
in the sport world, the case OF
Coach George Foster Sanford OF
Rutgers is most interesting as well
as unusual.
For the last eight years Sanford
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-01

has been head coach at Rutgers and
has turned out a number OF great
teams. During that time he has
never received a cent for compen-
sation.
Sanford is in the brokerage
business in New York Rutgers is
located at New Brunswick, N J.
about a 20-mile ride from the city
Every afternoon during the sea-
sou he leaves his Office and Journeys
to New Brunswick He is assisted
from time to time by former Rut-
gers players who return to aid il
the work
Sanford is unalterably opposed
to professionalism in football, even
to professional coaching, and re
peatedly urges Rutgers men not &c
take up coaching as a profession
after graduation.
Sanford, like a number of others
high up in football, believes the
game is getting away from the col
lege, and becoming merely a com
mercialiZed amusement.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-01
PREEMPTION

An election will be held Feb. in
connection with the Presumption
community high school. The school
is being conducted temporarily in
the rooms above ID. NJ. Connelly'S
store, and the work of both instruc-
tors and students is very much han
dicapped because of lack of space
The election Saturday is to decide
as to whether a community high
school building shall be built, and
where such a building shall be 10
Gated. The voting is to be done in
the Connolly school house one mile
west of Presumption.
DR.. G. C. Upton and wife of
Viola, drove over to Presumption
Sunday, where they spent the after
noon and evening at the home of
Dr. Lipton's brother, ]. ]. Upton.
Albert Johnson of Milan was in
Presumption over Sunday, visiting
with Jerome Johnson and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph DeBlack, &C
companied by their three children,
spent Sunday with Mr.. DeBlack' 5
mother, Mrs DeBlack, and his
brother Henry.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Gill. and
their small son. spent a very pleas
ant day Sunday visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Harbert and family.
Mrs. q. ]. Otto went to Sherrard
between trains Monday, on bust
ness.
Mrs. J. ]. Upton and Rosalund
McEwen drove to the tri-cities Mon
day and spent the day shopping.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-01

preston of the activities of pro-
1essional football promoters is be-
ing conveyed to the public by paint
ing them as smooth takers with
fat bank rolls tempting the unwary
college youth. The convention held
that the contrary is more fitting
that it is the college player who is
begging for the chance to pick up
extra money and who persuades the
promoter to play him.
The league, however, will not
countenance the use of college men
and will condemn the manager who
hires them under any circum-
stances. AS in the case of Green
Bay, no excuse, however good, will
be considered when the clause is
violated.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-01
PRO GAME TO
Be STRONGER
THAN BEFORE
More Safeguards Thrown About
81 Amateur Standing in New
'li~s Constitution.
BY III. HUGHES.


Professional football will be on
a stronger basis than ever next fall.
despite the hne and cry that col
lege coaches and authorities Of the
middlewest are raising against this
alleged menace" of amateur
sport.
Walter Flanagan, manager OF the
Rock Island Independents, who re-
turned last night after his trip to
Canton, where he attended the an
nual meeting of the American Foot
ball league, is enthusiastic over the
plans for 1922. He reports that the
matter of schedules is to be han
died by the league this year, thus
correcting a cause of complaint
among the members last fall. In
this manner it is believed that an
equitable distribution of big games
can be worked out to the SatiSfac-
ton of each city.
The 81 900 which all clubs must
have on deposit by July l as guar
antees of their good faith in carry
ing out all agreements with each
other, is believed will do much to
prevent a repetition of the Green
Bay case that resulted in the ex-
pulsiOn of that team from the
league membership. This not only
will be forfeit in case contracts
are disregarded but will be col
lected whenever any instance of
violation of bylaws or constitu-
ton comes to the attention of the
leagues officers.
The constitution and bylaws are
to be rewritten. The clause relat-
ing to playing of college men will
be worded in such manner as to
make it Illegal for any team to
play college men who have not been
graduated or who did not quit
school the preceding year. No club
will be permitted to hire a player
at the end of the college season re-
CARELESS of whether or not he has
completed his eligibility for COL
lege teams, nor will any club be
allowed to play an undergraduate
who represents that he has quit
college unless he did so the pre-
ceding year.
J. E. Clair, manager of the Green
Bay team, made a clean breast of
his activities IN connection with the
playing of Notre Dame men last
Thanksgiving and then accepted
his expulsion gracefully. He said
he was unaware he was violating
the spirit of the rules by playing
men who had finished their college
careers. Larson, the one man who
was still eligible at that time for
further college competition, was not
used at the express request of
Coach Rockne of Notre Dame, Clair
declared. He said Rockne came to
him personally and asked him to
use his influence to induce Larson
to return to school. Larson had
come to Clair, baggage and all, and
informed him he had quit his stud
les. He asked for the chance to
play and was taken on but not per-
mitted to play in the game when
Rockne interviewed. The following
Monday Larson returned to school
and the exposures followed soon
after
1t was the consensus of the mem
bers present that a wrong i'm
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-01
ROckne Bowed Down.


Knute Rockne, coach at Notre
Dame, is low in mind The blow
which deprived him of star foot
ball players and crack track ath-
letes in charges of professionalism
fell harder upon him than upon any
one. His attitude is that of man
who has been betrayed, as indeed
he has been. He holds little hope of
doing a great deal in football next
year but those who know of his
ability as a developer and his re-
sourcefulness as a coach will hard
~ share with him his extreme pes
simism
Illinois and Notre Dame may not
be the only western institutions to
suffer through loss of athletes con-
victed OF PROFESSIONALISM. That is
indicated by the ETimness with
which western conference officials
are setting about a general in
vestigation of the activities of stu
dent athletes on gridirons not as
sociated with educational institu-
tons. Eastern faculty athletic di-
rectors have their problems, many
OF them, but they are fortunate
enough to be placed in a section
where professional football is not
rampant and where town football
is not a vogue.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-01
RURAL.

Mr.. and Mrs. Perrin Metzler and
daughter, Marion spent Sunday at
J. w. BeckS.
Otto Anderson's family were
guests at Bert Anderson's, near
Orion Sunday.
Miss Jessie Simmon was amons
those present at Irene Cronpton' S
birthday party Saturday evening,
near Taylor Ridge
Mrs. Isaac Bailey and daughter
of Moline visited over Sunday at
Tom Bedford's.
Chas. Linn, Jr., of Rock Island
visited with home folks Sunday
Mrs. Herb Morgan. who has been
very i'll during the winter, is able
to be down stairs now.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-01
BOWLING

Rock Islands latest bowling loop.
the City league, was organized last
night at a meeting held at the
Harms alleys. Opening games will
be rolled next Tuesday, the Harms
and Regulars pairing off on the Is
land City drives and the NJ 6 S and
Island Citys on the Harms alleys.
A 36-game schedule has been
adopted and a red hot pennant
chase is anticipated. Teams and
their captains follow:
NJ & SC. ]. Starofski.
Regulars-Robert Kohl.
Island Citys-J. F. Mangelsdorf.
Harms-Art Salzmann.
The league officers are: Presi-
dent, c. j. Starofski; secretary, Ed
Danielson; Treasurer, Robert
Kohl.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-01
BENNY Going South.

Benny Leonard says he is going
south after the Kansas bout and
hopes to fight in New Orleans be-
fore the present month is over
Captain Bob Roper, who has a
mighty sad-looking hand, the result
of contact with Paul SamsOn's head,
has gone to his Virginia home to
result until the mauler is better.
He may be there a month or so.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-01
DISTRICT CAGE
TOURNEY TO Be
AT AUCUSTANl
Moline win Be in Charge Of "a.
Rock Island Prepares for
GeneSeO.
BY ART WILLIAMS

Plans are being made to nI,r oil
district high school has, .
tournament this year at the 4pc--
tana gymnasium The tourns-.
will be held under the ausnjc--
the Moline high school tbis ~.J
and a new method will be i5,.
duced by dividing the TOURNEY 4,
two equal divisions. With Ia to,-
entered eight schools will conn
each division and the winps-s 1
each will battle in the finals j,
the district title. Second NJ
teams will compete for third al
fourth places.
The tourney this year win NJ
held Thursday, Friday and Sat-.
day, March 2, and 4. FoDovis.
the district meet, sectional AL
state tournaments will be hal
The winners of the district nj
compete in a sectional meet. Mr.
10 and IL and the winner in M
sectional meet will 90 to the st,s
tournament, March It and M
Places for the various tournana-.I
have not yet been definitely dsrF
ed and will not be until ali eDtrs
are in to the Illinois State BIr
School Athletic association. on
district meets will be held \
Aurora, Canton, Bloomington, Ds
catur, Galesburg, JacksonvlkI
Joliet, Urbana, Rockford uI
Quincy.
GeneseO Next.
Not much change has taken pls-I
in the practices Of the Crimson all
Gold this week. The lads are sill
working hard for the Genes
game Friday night, in hopes Of Dr.
venting the farmer boys from con
ing to Rock Island and shown
them up. Geneseo las been gOr
strong in the last few weeks az
the locals will have to show s0rI
real speed to finish the game viii
a victory. 1t is probable that I'd
/ lineup will be Captain Shelter &
center, AIvine and Woodward I
guards and Knanishu and EdEafaI
at forwards.
Moline and Davenport
Davenport and Moline are Dr
/ pairing for a grand battle Saturdg!
night. The MOliners feel they n
/ deemed themselves by wall0ghl
! Rock Island last Friday and are a
! termined to knock of the bg9
across the river in return for ID
lacing they received in the fis
game. These two teams are abgG
evenly matched. according 4
weight and height and should TI
up a scrap.
All the News-Au me Tine
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new RING Men
TAKE NAMES0 OF
FORMER GREATS
Tommy Ryan, Who Is to Meet Pal
Moore, Stirs Interest of Box
ing Fans.
BY FAIR PLAY.
Downright. 1922, by The Argus.)

New York, Feb. lit is not
strange that the good OLD fighting
names of the prize ring continually
reappear when it is realized what
strong approval they have for the
ring fan Announcement from Har-
ry Hochstader, who is managing the
Chicago bantam, Pal Moore, that he
had matched his boy to meet Tom
my Ryan in Louisville, Feb. Is, was
widely discussed in boxing circles
here today. Everyone knows all
about Pal, the open-handed fighter
who slaps champions in the face
and gets away just as easily as he
slaps the moist dub. But who is
Tommy Ryan? That question was
prompted by memories of the orig
inal Tommy Ryan, one of the great
est fighters of his day.
Well. unless Pal Moore knows a
lot about this new Ryan he is apt
to get into trouble For Tommy,
who halls from McKeesport, Pa, is
a snappy youngster with a lot OF
ambition He is only 20 years of
age, and when he put on the span
giles two years ago he told his man
ager. Charley Jones, he didn't want
to waste time as preliminary
fighter. So Jones took him at his
word and got him fight with Ray
Gardner and another with Reed
Brown. In both of these bouts,
which were held in McKeesport or
vicinity. Ryan did mighty well.
Since that time he has been fight
ing mainly in the south, and his
manager believes he is groomed for
an appearance in the big fight
towns.
In the way of giving folks a line
on Ryan. whose real name is Tony
Merino, be it said that last Deem
Der he beat Roy Moore in 10 rounds.
He has never been knocked out,
and in all of his 50 encounters he
has been in at the finish. fighting
like a wildcat Ryan was not the
real name of The original Tommy,
either He was born Joseph Youngs.
BrittOn ut Work.
Jack BrittOn has started working
for his championship bout with
Dave Shade. Feb. Is. His toe and
ankle are q bit swollen and he will
have to proceed carefully for day
or two. But by the end OF the week
he will be sparring on regular
schedule. Asked what he thought
of the proposed Carpenter = Ted
Lewis bout, Jack smiled. Ted is
no sucker for anyone" he said.
Some of the boys at Grupp's are
talking of Philadelphia fighter
who dropped in the other day for
some practice bouts. He was Tom
my Loughran, a middleweight. who
said he was hopeful Of getting a
match against Harry Greb. Mike
McTigue and Panama Joe Cans
with whom Loughran boxed. say
that he is a boy who will bear
F.; watching. He is fast as q fash and
certainly can hand out wallops with
either hand.
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st. Paul-Everett MCGOWAN, st.
Paul. won two out of three profess
sional ice skating races from Bob
by Mclean of Chicago. -
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ton at Franklin field, can bring
about a new era of cordial and en-
couraging International coopera-
ton.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-01

Grain elevator at Locust point,
near Baltimore, handles 1000 900
bushels a week and has a capacity
for 100000 bushels.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-01

Los Angeles, Calif-Garty Far
rell, New York middleweight. re-
ceived decision over Bert CoIima,
California boxer, at the end of
their four-r0und bout.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-01
Moline and DaYenport

All the News-AH ne Tin.
The Argus
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-01
SPORT BRIEFS

Cleveland, Ohio. - Pat McNultv,
captain-elect of the Ohio State uni
Versity baseball team, has signed a
contract witn the Cleveland Indians
for the coming season.