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New-York tribune., 1922-01-22

put the pause vas 1oiio"eO Dy re-N
action in which many of the old-cstab
lIshed evils seemed TO be only aggra-
waited -proselytng, pampering of the
athletes, extravagant expenditures, high
priced coaching systems, intersectional
games for the benefit of the box office,
and the like
Among the quickest and surcst RENE
dies scholarship basis for eligibility
to extra curriculum activities accom-
plishes much toward keeping even 8
student manager from becoming top
sided in his interests. Another potent
reform agency would be an intercol-
lcglatc association made up Of faculty
representatives.. Why not seize upon
the present conference idea and apply
i, to the management of college ath-
letics.
Football is, as President Lowell says.
"a rough and strenuous SPORT but it
has its compensations in spite of this
fact: indeed, because of it the public
spcctsclcs which he deplores can hardly
be eliminated. To shut out the public
from the games would be snobbsh
besides, tho spectator who pays even
several dollars for seat in the
stadium is getting as much general
benefit for his time and money as he
might gain from the same expenditure
for seat at a musical comedy or an
average play
As to the suggestion Of one inter
collegiate game yearly. the plan would
appear impractical. The gradual build
ing up of team can be accomplished
best BY means of preliminary games
which emphasize the contest spirit.
And the contest spirit cannot be
markedly developed in intramural
games, regrettabe as this may be.
It is wholesome to remember that
cur public athletic activities are TAX
ing the place of odtime quarreIs be-
tween town and gown, the brutal hazing
which used 10 prevail, and the vulgar
tranks which students of long ago
aomotimes perpetrated on their in
ktructors.
Let us not "burn the barn to get rid
OF the rats" What we need most is the
leadership of some one college or
group of colleges in the East to work
for the elimination of football evils.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-22
Cobb May Equal Great Batting
Record OF Wagner Next Season
Detroit Star Has Chance
to Tie Mark of Hitting
800 for IL Years in Row

Ty Cobb the coming season will have
the opportunity to equal another has
oali record that was expected to stand
LOT all time. "Hans" Wagner, in 1918.
Set mark OF batting 300 or better for
seventeen consecutive seasons. Cobb.
speaker, Jackson, Collins and Baker
"no WAC were then attracting some atten,
t lloh as battcrs, were tauntingly deficd
oy thc 1ans Of that day to do Sometime
about it if they could. It d;dn,t :e,,a soo,s'
=, possibility then, but lust the sane
~ ~, no" appears as if Ty will ACCOMPLISH
John r. c"Hans") Wagner batted his
way INTO the charmed circle continu-
ous'S IRON his first year as a ,oaior
.eaguer, which was with Louisville in
1917; maintaining The pace all through
n's loh2 service with Pittsburgh until
IN 1914, when lie dropped below the
trea asured batting mark. In 1oI3 o bo
wound up with an even 800 and dnrinc
the seventeen stretch had led tho
Nallonal League in batting eight times
Even the records of the oldtimc
siuggers we're smashed down hv the
big club of tho Pirate warrior. Dan
nrouthers had batted better than 300
tor fourteen years; Willie kce|cr
thirteen; Adrian C. ("Pop0) Anson
twelve; Larry Lajoie and Ed Dele,
hantty, eleven; Hugh Duffy and Jesse
Burkett, ten.
Wagner Passes Lajoic
bajoic, who started in fast conpanv
one year earlier than Wagner, kept up
WIN Hans for eleven successive wears
But In 1907 Larry fell one point shv.
with .299, and in 1908 dropped to .2s9
From 1909 to 1915 inclusive he was
again a 800 hitter Sixteen ont of
eighteen years he battcd over 300 and
on iour occasions was crowned Amcri
can League batting king.
Speaker. Jackson, Collins and Baker
have slipped their chance to keen up
with Wagner. Iris started in 1909 and
Went along ten years, until 1919. when
ne Yell tour points short of the 500
eiass. "Shoeless Joe" of course, need
not be considered. Collins. the pride of
the Athletics and from 1909 to 1914
snacked the leather pill for healthy
900 and did likewise during 1916 and
1915 for the White Sox. Then came
two of years, so that his run was re-
duced to eight. Baker has gone up and
down the batting barometer and his
best 800 run is only four seasons.
Ruth, Sisler, Roush, Irish Meuscl
Young and other star clouters of the
present day, including Hornsby and
Helman 'the 1921 Nationa! and Amer
iican League batting kings), have manv
hard years to go before thev can catch
up with Cobb. The 300 runs for the
aforementioned, including the 1921 aver.
ages, follow:
olsier, SIX years; Ruth and RYush.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-22
Philadelphia Mermaids Will
Meet Local Stars This Week
Miss Eleanor Uhl Entered
in Dual Match With New
York Girls on Tuesday

The leading mermaids of Philadcl-
phia and New York will engage in an
lntercity dual meet at the local City
Athletic Club on Tuesday, and it prom
ises to be one of the most interesting
features of the indoor season. While
the home girls stand favorites on past
performances, the visiting team will
be strong and we'll balanced, so keen
competition should be witnessed.
Among the Quaker City lassics en-
tered are Miss Elizabeth Becker, swim
ming and fancy diving champion of the
Middle Atlantic A. A. U, who finished
close third in the titular pentathlon
New-York tribune., 1922-01-22
Columbia Cubs to oPlay
Six Football Contest,

Six games Vill be played by the Co.
lumbia freshmen football team mex.
fall, according to the 1922 schedule re.
leased by Manager Raymond Keensr
yesterday. Two games. Conroriis
Prep and Irving School. appear ior ta
first time on the schedule. Only to
games will be played on South fri
namely, those with Dean Academy ls
the Cornell freshmen eleven. The cre--
ing game of the season will bc with !.
Concordia Prep eleven on October L
The schedule follows:
October - Concordia Prep at Hzs'-
Vile: 20. Dean Academy at South Fsf
%, Irving School at Tsrrytown. NoTssss
4, Cornell freshmen a South Field. .
Kent School at Kent. Conn; IS, " IT,
freshmen at Ohio Field.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-22
st. Marks Handicap Cho..

H. Hirsch and V. Mattern were the
respective winners in the two section,
Of the st. Marks handicap tournament
at .: the Empire City Chess Club. The
i1se OF Prize winners and scores fol-
=, 1o~s: rirst section-H. Hirsch, g.: s.
sott n Nemp; Z; II: Tadden and j. A. Bas-
ses'' oacm .; Second scction-V. Mat
:. :, - ~ =. hanicIson, 6; S. Rosenbaum.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-22
Hiverda!e Five Wins Ao.;,

III ERpALE, N. y, Jan. 21-Thc
DasAetball team Of the Riverdale Coun-
try School defeated Massey School ~
ntamtord' ;. 27 to 4. here this afternoon.
iva ~ was the SIX straight victory for the
New-York tribune., 1922-01-22
Leja;gli Seniors Best Ne,-,,,en

6tTHLEHEM. Penn, Jan. 21.-In the
'nter-class swimming meet at Lehiph
University this afternoon the seniors
came through first with "a points fol-
loved by the freshmen with os. tho
with ?. 9oPhomores
New-York tribune., 1922-01-22
Cites Scholarship Eligibility
As Cure for Athletic Euils
Football Interest Is Not Overemphasized in Wcsl-
Conference Universities, Agree the Pres
idents Of Chicago University and Ohio State
By Albert K. Heckel
Dean of Lafayette College

2l.-Any scheme of
intercollegiate athletics that the has faults
difficult effect
society general that
athletics during the World War
would permanently purified athletic conditions
New-York tribune., 1922-01-22
Hockey Trip Not Approved

ST. JOHN. n. 3, Jan. 21.-The reg
i4tration committee of the Maritime
branch of the Amateur Athletic Union
OF Canada voted to-day not to permit
Hcreton promoters to take an all-New
brunswick hockey team to Boston.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-22
First Prize 10 Rubcnsteiu

Akiba Rubinstein, Russian chess
champion, was the winner Of first prize
in the international tournament re-
gently concluded at Triberg, in Austria
The Yictor'S final score was Sd
New-York tribune., 1922-01-22
Creb and Walker Matched

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Jan. 2l.-Huzhy
Walker, Kansas City heavyweight. has
been matched to meet Harry Greb,
Pittsburgh, in a ten-round bout at
Grand Rapids. Mich. January 81, it
WAS announced here last night.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-22
De LA Sale Wins Thirteen

De La Sale first team made it. thlr-
teen straight over the Webb Academy
at the winners court, score 32 to II.
The teamwork of De La Salle featured
New-York tribune., 1922-01-22


at Brighton Beach in September; Miss
Olympic swimming team at Antwerp;
Miss Marie Hillegas. breast stroke
swimmer Of national rating, and the
Misses Frances Clark, Emma Sautcr,
Helen Hilegas, Margaret Ravior and
Mary McGrory. SINNERS, plungers and
divers of the first water
New York will be rcrres ented by Mrs.
Charlotte Boyle Clune and the Misses
Helen Wainwright. Ailc-n Riggin, Ger
trude Ederle, Ethel Baker. Claire JUS
kow, Dorothy Wesley, Lonnie Critten-
den, Dorothy Delaney and Georgia Will
son.
The program will consist of SO, 100
and 22o yard free style swims: 100
yards, breast stroke; fancy diving,
plunge for distance and relay race.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-22
some Of the young stars of the East
IN the near future A1'''
Young Cleveland Plunge Star

The Cleveland Y. NJ. c. A. has deve1-
oped Young plungcr of exceptional
ability in Teddy Abrams, sixteen vears
old. Recently he has covered Is feet
IN % seconds in competition and in 20
seconds at practice, which places him
among the likely candidates for tho
national championships 0' ''o
New-York tribune., 1922-01-22

Virginia Torcom, five-y -ycar-old fancy
swimmer and diver, daughter of L, NJ.
Torcom, of Evanston, Ill.,, of the Iii
nois Athletic Club, holds the young
est championship Of the Middle West
Virginia is in New York for a short
visit, and wishes TO meet the Eastern
swimmers of about ncr age. and has
designs on the Eastern championship
She received her, championship medal
in December 1920 in the Illinois Ath-
!etic Clubs tank.y 1t is probable that
the little miss frPm Illinois will meet
New-York tribune., 1922-01-22

According 70 Joe Rudy. who can
tanned the New York Athlet;c Clrh
water polo six in the game against the
army at West Point last weak The 'e
Academy players will have to he rock ok.
oned with in collegiate competit;on
hereafter. individually. never havo 'aY,
seen better men," he said. Che . ~
huSky giants. who tackle Ike tiends
can take any amount Of drowninr and
khcW tSe game. We defeated then,
only because they failed to coyer
elosely and so gave us opportunities to
ger on combination plays. But With y
l!ttle more experience and better team
"ofk they viii be very hard +, heatv
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-25
She Il the Best.

The American housewife is one Of the best
|housSkeepsr in the world. declares Miss Bella
Jones Of Liverpool, as the result Of some Of
her observations while on visit to America
We knew II all the time.
Bht there is good deal Of satisfaction in
hearing 1t from the lips Of Briton, for we have
beam hearing lot Of unfavorabls things about
the various features Of the personality and
anatomy and mentality Of Americans. from
various sorts Of Europeans who have curious
idea that real culture and ability and all thst
sort Of thing are dependent upon a national
history extending back into the centuries. Yes.
we knew that the American housewife was the
best housekeeper in the world, and we're glad
- learn that someone outside the family knows
IL and 10 willing 10 acknowledge it.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-25
Terrible Jewels.

The Russian crown jewels. offered for sale
by the bolsheyiks,j are advertised as having
value OF $50 1000, 900. Such is the estimate
Of Farberger, the French jewel expert. This
stupendous sum, in rough figures, is equal to
all the money that will be earned this year by
all Americans combined. And yet the Russian
crown jewels are displayed on table about II
feet long and eight feet>wide, scattered rather
loosely on its surface, not piled up. Imagine
that-the work of all Americans for 4 year.
concentrated in a couple of pecks of glass"
and exhibited to international gem brokers a
single table! 1t is preposterously ridiculous
For practical purposes these jewels worth
less. Their value exists only in the magma
ton of man, form of self-hypnotism.
Many famous jewels are in this collection
of the late car and czarina. Each one, in un-
| cut form. probably existed millions of years
ago. And most Of them have romantic record.
Many, il they could talk and tell of the times
| they changed hands, would have an amazing
story Of crime, murder, overthrow of kingdoms,
theft and loss Of honor. Most remarkable in
the collection is the Orloff diamond, stolen from
an Indian temple. You have read that sort of
thing In fiction.
d, The soviet keeps these Russian crown
jewels in a room whose location is secret. A
handful Of peasants stands guard. You wonder
that they do not conspire to loot the treasure
and flee, each intellectually rich for life. The
temptation would occur to nine people out OF
ton. At least three of the ten would turn thief
But the peasant guards are fanatics and fan.
atics usually are honest-on the wrong side OF
the question.
Germany, stealing these Russian Jewels
through a gang OF spies. could wipe out hel
indemnity overnight The value, you say
$4,000 o0o. ooo--is exaggerated? That may be
But there are millions Of fools who would pay
that much If they had the money
And somewhere on earth at this very min
ute are unfortunates who, il they had the Rus
sian crown jewels, would trade them for loa
Of bread, a drink Of water or an armfuI O
hrsvood.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-25
Listen. Buddy.

The Argus wants to apologize to ron for
bufdsning you with printing 50 much about =
condition here In the city with which you pos
sibly are not familiar. However. Il ron don't
unAsrs&and. any Of your Rock island buddies
viii tall ycd all about it.
You IrS the SON OF some sweet and good
mothsr, Buddy. Well, here In Rock island We
have band Of vultures who have been insult
ing our good motherhood. and we are taking
steps to rid the community Of them. Perhaps
We ought to be ahsamed Of ourselves for having
stood up under the indignity as long as we have.
but We have become SO accustomed to it that We
don't rebel as you possibly would when you
aensed it's gravity at first blush
But we want to promise you that the next
time you come to Rock Island you and your
mother will be safe from such attack as our
mothers have been exposed to simply because
we have not been men enough to resent such
outrages Probably you will say that we are
getting just what we deserve because we have
been too cowardly to rise up and crush the
traducers Of our motherhood. Maybe you are
right Buddy, but we are still men, and we still
honor our mothers, and we want to tell you that
we have made up our minds to show the world
that we are not the weaklings that it has taken
us to be. Just keep in touch with little old
Rock Island, Buddy. One of the best towns in
the state, but has been just little too tolerant
of some things that wouldn't go among the red
blooded men of any other community OF Amer
leans.
We just felt that we owed you this little
word Of explanation, Buddy. We haven't men
1 II fnr
the enlightenment Of our regular readers. You,
| as a stranger, would probably like to know the
names of the men who have been insulting our
mothers. Just ask any Of your Rock Island
, buddies, They will tell you.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-25
The Poison Crew.

Poison gases, developed during the war,
eventually will exterminate the cotton boil
wsevil. This is predicted by Brigadier General
Ames A. Fries, chief of the army's chemical
warfare service. Extinction of the boil wee
vii would mean a money saving running into
hundreds Of millions of dollars year. This
insects ravages in 1921 cut the American cot
ton crop 6,277, 900 bales Of 500 pounds each, or
nearly i've times as much as in 1909 The boil
weevils damage averaged 109 pounds for each
acre devoted to cotton culture Nearly third
Of last years potential cotton crop was de-
stroyed BY the weevil.
General Fries says: THAT the boil weevil
will be extsrminated. am certain. The length
Of time it will take for such control will de-
pend In . large measure upon the funds avail
able for increasing our knowledge of poisoning
compounds and applying them to the solving
of the problems of the boil weevil"
Poiaon gas unquestionably has great fu-
ture as IN exterminator OF insects and animals.
1t is being used. with much success. in killing
rats, gophers and other rodents which are de-
structive ofS pastures and fields and which
carry dread dissases such as buhonic plague.
In the Philippine islands our army gas experts
are beginning poison gas campaign to destroy
the locusts which cause terrific damage to
crops. This is scientific progress, born az the
war" But when you take the peacetime use Of
poison gas. and compare It with lis evil work
n the var. ycu realize tina. humanity is getting
less than 10 cents II exchange for $40. There
y such thing = -Jeoensssing- backward,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-25
Daily Poem
SPORT ROYAL
BY BEkTON BRALEY.

OfUhI kUYALs
Tennis has SAVIOR, baseball has a thrill.
Golf possesses magic when it's played with
skill,
But all Of them seem pallid, and ali Of them
seem tame
When stacked against the glory of the truly
Royal Game;
tremble like jelly. and holler like kid
When twenty-five young. giants get out mon
the grid!
love to watch the pigskin when it's booted
with thud.
love the see the scrimmages 20 heapine in
the mud,
And there's no panorama that has ever been
unreeied
Like watching some young Lochinyar 70
through broken field;
MY ecstasy boils over, cannot keep it hid.
When twenty-five behemoths are battlinS IN
the grid,
The crowds that shrek and thunder. the PEN
nants all wave,
The youth that chants its slogans forever blitbe
and brave,
The strength and grit and spirit Of b.ckneld
That battle for their colleges with courage
high and me; ~
Oh. its the game triumphant ali other snort,
amid,
wns twenty-five isyiathaas are tearing mn IN.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-25
GRAIN.
TOn1Sif71SSuvS
There is a big prune crop. Heav,

There is big prune crop. Heaven help
the boarders.
Married life in fiat has tendency to be-
come that way. ~
Oh what is so rare as a quiet day in
Ireland?
The bonus bill rates anothe: wound chevron.
What makes cat madden than seeing the
dog catcher loafng!
The Shaker cult at South Union, KY, is
bankrupt That reminds US, Ford closed his
plant.
For the lands sake, pay the farmers for
their crops.
Our oil output is increasing And since
school opened the castor oil intake is in
creasing.
When you see man laughing he may be a
coal dealer who has just looked at the calendar
John J. Butler was killed while shaking a
rug. Show this to your wife next time
Clemenceau, the French Tiger, may come
over here fer an attack on American banquets
my Wild Irish Rose" is new movie,
Lloyd George thinks it is what the Irish did
Milkmen's association protests tramps steal
cream. Sounds like vanishing cream.
Having two-dollar bill may be bad luck
but not having one is often worse than that
The man who talks to himself wants to heal
! something he can believe.
Rickenbacker, famous aviator, is married
While he works his wife will look up to him
Harvard has good football prospects, blu,
! Yale plans to spill the Boston beans
Bread wasn't made with yeast until 1850
but some of it hasn't kept very WELL
Turkish atrocities are being committed IL
| Asia Minor and smoked in the United States!
man does not always say what he think.
| because 1t is nRt proper to cuss before ladies'
| Some wives think their duty is to pla,
bridge and work Bridget
| Ex-S Senator Cole is 100 years old. He ca,
remember years and years ago when congress
worked.
Cher up! Bicycle prices have been cut A
percent
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-25

lAhy feoo9 en- get The answer to an
tion Bureau. Frederic ]. Haskin. Director.
coniideptiai. the replies being sent d. 81
paid 10 annonynous letters.l
Q. Who was Joe Miller who
wrote the Joke Book? FL.
A. Joe Miller was an English
comedian who lived from 1854 uL-
til 1913. So illiterate that he was
unable to read, he married that he
might have someone to read his
parts to him. About this time it
became the vogue to publish books
Of Jokes. attributine them to some
one person. A year after Miller's
death John Motley compiled q
book OF 70 pages containing 247
jests and called it Joe Miller's
Jests. Only three were in any way
connected with the actor. Many
editions have been printed. In 1745
the number OF Jokes included had
risen to 5S7 and by the middle OF
the nineteenth century to 1886.
Q. Is grapefruit more akin to
oranges or to lemons? F. H.
A. ALI three belong to the citrus
family. but the grape fruit mora
nearly approaches the orange in
amount Of sugar and citric acid
than the lemon.
@. Is any method or plan fol-
! lowed in the International Sunday
| school lessons? G, B. H.
A. The lessons are arranged SO
that the bible will be reviewed each
six years. This period constitutes
| the time that the average child at
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-25
OUR USELESS APrENDAGRa

About twenty years ago
when appendicitis was the height
OF fashion group of American
SURGEONS courageously advocated
universal removal Of the appendix
In childhood NJ q measure of pre-
vention against that treacherous
and then very fatal disease. l say
they were courageous surgeons, for
lit does demand courage for a sur
geon to lay himself open - the
jibes Of humorists. A surgeon with
Just ordinary practice has to be
careful how much truth he tells.
Patients will not stand for more
than q reasonable amount of truth
from a doctor. II the doctor
grows careless and tells the whole
truth at all times he may as well
look about for some other means
of livelihood, for his patients will
soon select doctors who exercise
better judgment.
The appendix vermiformis Is
useless to civilized man. Mail Or
der healers will tell you the APP
pendix is a functionally important
organ serving as the oil can OF
| the alimentary canal, or some such
nonsense. As an oil can the hui
man appendix is the greatest fail
ure ever tried out II it was in
tended as a lubricating attachment
for the intestine it was placed in
the most disadvantageous possible
situation for the purpose. Nature
makes no such mistakes as that
Besides, as rule we civilized folks
enjoy greater functional efficiency
on the part of Che alimentary tract
after removal OF the useless ap-
pendix than we had when the ap-
pendix was in stu.
In some of the lower animals, al
least the herbiverous, the appendiz
is a large and functionally impor-
tant organ, still. In the rabbit
COW, horse, sheep, it is still an i'm
portant part of the intestine. Man
however, has long since cut his ca
nine teeth and learned to assimilate
flesh food fairly we'll. Therefore
we have no need of such a long in
testine, and the appendix is under
going evolution. 1t is nothing
more than a source of trauble tt
civilized man, at this writing. Like
the third molar {wisdom) teeth
the hairy covering of the body ant
the hind limbs. the appendix ha:
been superseded by the artificial
ties of civilization.l Our food il
premasticated by machinery; oul
clothing is worn for mahy reason:
other than protection; our digestion
is pampered.