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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-18
INTERNATIONAL
BATTERS GAUGE
is FRED MERKLE
Fans Try to Figure What Young
sters Would Hit In Major
Leagues.
BY JOHN B. FOSTER

Copyright, 1922, by The Argus.)
New York, May 1S.-Fred Merkle
is the weather gauge in the Inter
national league. "If you want to
make comparisons OF batters in
that circuit" said a man who has
secuted all over it, note what Mer-
kle is doing with the bat and esti-
mate the other fellow accordingly.
He is the best standard from Tor
onto to Baltimore. He was what
might be called a steady .290 hitter
in the National, His eye hasn't
dimmed nor his muscles stiffened.
If he hit 300 in the International,
and there are batters who do bet
ter, make your own theory as to
what those batters could accom-
plsh if they moved up, but do SO
on the strength displayed by Mer-
kle."
The scouts all go by that. too.
If players cannot hit as well as
Merkle, they mark them off the list
unless they show a flash, and move
on to the next camping ground
There is not much to see just yet
and the men who are going good
mostly belong to some other major
league club.
Baltimore isn't running away
from the International field as it
did last year. Too early to figure
highly on that race. While Tor
onto and Rochester have shown ag-
gressiveness, the Baltimores are
likely TO get on their own ground
with a good melting sun and slide
right into their habits. The dou-
Bile headers in the International tax
their pitchers severely and when
the league gets rid of them it will
have helped its baseball so far as
the playing standard goes.
ShOcker Leads Majors.
The leading pitcher in the major
leagues at this moment is, Shocker
of St. Louis. He is the big boy on
whom Missouri folks have pinned
their hopes for championship.
He began with zeal and determina-
ton, and although he was knocked
down once or twice he kept at it.
He never started away better for
the season and the New York club
must look at him once in a while
and wish that he was still under
their thatch They let him go be-
cause they thought he wasn't built
on championship specifications.
But baseball is just as full OF mis-
takes s birthstone borough.
The Athletics are no longer play
ed for the goat in the American
league. They have shown ability
to take care of themselves against
the western half of the circuit
Connie Mack has taken on Brug-
ey. who was permitted to escape
the lair of the Phillies Bruggy can
hit. He may be persona non grata
to a club owner, but any owner
who is swayed by persona" never
will fit himself to swallow-tailed
pennant. Mack has made his 1922
cocktail of young talent with dash
Of old. stirred with ice and served
hot, and the "A's" are treading on
clouds at which they have only
looked upon in the past.
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VAN GOETHEM
TOO MUCH FOR
BOYLE'S TEAM
New Players In Rock Island Line
up Help Down Ansons in ABB
brevhted Tilt
Especial to The Argus.)

Marshalltown, Iowa, May 18.-
Joe Van Goethem was in superb
form here yesterday afternoon. and
in seven innings of pastiming he
let the Ansons down with two hits
. and nary a run, while his mates
backed up his great exhibition OF
hurting by scoring seven runs. The
game was halted at the end OF the
seventh inning when the clouds
which had threatened all day, fin
ally opened up with the weeps-
Was Il an expression of sorrow for
the sad plight of Marshalltown, or
simply a humane desire OF Old
Jup Pluv to spare the loyal fans
further punishment?
The Islanders were fortified By
two new faces in the persons OF
Johnny Belz at first base and Nc
Donough in left field. Belz Joined
the team two days ago at Water
loo but yesterday was his first
chance to break into Mississippi
Valley league company. Two hits,
one of them a double, out OF three
times at bat, is quite some break
ing in performance.
Now, as to McDonough. He is the
outfelder who was with the Moline
Plowboys during the spring train
ing in North Carolina, and who re-
NAMED with the Three-Eye
leaguers until the start of the sea-
son. McDonough takes the place OF
Fillingham, who received his re-
lease yesterday. dillingham; dila-
tory methods in the outfield were
not to the liking of Manager Jimmy
Councilman, and therefore his re-
lease
McDonough's contribution to the
afternoon pastiming was double
in three times at bat
Van Goethem was the master of
the situation throughout. The An
sons at no time threatened serious
ly to score, while Rock Island
counted a tally in the first and re-
peated the stunt in the third. IN
the fifth inning. Mr.. Fried hurt his
own cause by mussing up ground
ball. His example was followed by
Gessner Then came two baggers
by Bewell and Belz and a single by
McEwan to score five runs.
Friedl had a slight edge on Van
in the matter of strikeouts, he
sending seven back TO the water
bucket against four by the Islander
twirler. However. Friedl was lit
tie wild, compared to Van, the diff
ference being four bases on balls
to one
The Islanders stirred things up on
the bases in spite of the soggy
field, McDonough and Swenson be-
ing credited with stolen bases.
Jelinek. Islander shortstop, who
has his safely in every game since he
broke into the lineup regularly at
Dubuque. bagged a brace of sin
giles in the course of the afternoon.
Gessner and FTiedl were the only
Ansons to connect safely from the
offerings of Van Goethem.
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BOYS WHO TAKE
GET LITTLE IN
THEIR POCKETS
Joe Lynch Billed to
Meet Bad NeUs'
EUer.
By FAIR PLAY.

Copyright, 1922, by The August
New York, May 1S.-It depends
whether you're a champion when
it comes to big money. Jack Her
man received 1924 for being knock
ed out by Luis Firpo at Ebbets
field and Al Roberts of New York
drew down 1882 for doing the
fade-away before Harry Greb's
lightning fists in Boston.
The next opponent of Joe Lynch.
former bantam weight champion, is
a lad named Bad News" Ever. He
is a Canadian and the fight will
take place in Canada on May 10.
Ever certainly picked a real name.
Maybe after the Lynch battle he
will change it to Good News"
Jack Sager endS Jim Mullen are
hurrying work on their new fight
arena at Aurora. Ill. Here on Nav
20, Sammy Mandell will knock ont
Joe Burman. At least Mandelrs
manager, Eddie Long, says he will.
II Joe makes his correct weight of
1z2 pounds. And managers never
dope fights wrong, you know.
There was no betting on the Riu
Brennan-Jim. Tracy fight Leo
lynn, Brennan's manager. is keep
ing Bill in cotton wool, looking for
a chance at Dempsey and the done
was he would let his big meal ticker
meet no fighter over whom victory
was not moral certainty.
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MOORE AGREES
TO MEET eddie
Pal Signs for June 6 Engagement
in Davenport With Flashy
Moline Bantam.

Davenport legion officials today
announced that Pal Moore has
agreed to terms for a return match
in Davenport with Eddie Anderson
of Moline. Negotiations were op-
ened with Anderson this morning.
1t is planned to stage the bout the
night of June 6 in the Coliseum as
the feature in connection with the
convention of Iowa bankers in
Davenport
Reports to the contrary. the
match so far as Moore is concern
ed was not closed until yesterday
afternoon. Harry Hochstadter.
Moore's manager, has been holding
out for big guarantee.
When these two classy bantams
met here in April they drew a rec
ord crowd to the Coliseum The
problem confronting the legion
now, is how to take care of a Iarg-
er crowd
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IS
MAINTAINED BY
JACK SCHAEFEB
WeIker Cochran is Fighting DOG,
gedly to Wrest Cue Cham.
piOnship.

Chicago. May 1S.-(By the Asso-
ciated Press Jake Schaefer
champion 1872 balk-line billiards.
will start tonight on the final block
Of his 800 point match with Vel
ker Cochran. Iowa star cueist, with
only an is ptint lead, as the result
of the challenger's brilliant fash
displayed in last nights block
when he made a run of 159 count
ers.
Early in last nights play it ap-
peared that the champion had
cinched the match. but the brilliant
display of billiards made by Coch-
ran in the last frames forced
Schaefer to the limit, and the hard
est fight Of the match is predicted
for tonight.
Schaefer has an advantage in the
fact that when the final play is
started he will have the balls in a
position where he can continue on
the run which gave him the score
of 500 in the second block This
should be the critical point in the
match for the champion. The score
now stands 1000 to 919. but if the
champion misses early in his first
frame Cochran will have a good oD-
portunity to overcome this small
lead.
Early in last nights match the
fans continued their Indifferent at
titude. expecting the champion to
win, but later when Cochran chalk
ed I'D his score of 159 in one frame
their interest was aroused and the
Iowan's chance to nose out the
champion in the final block has put
them on edge.
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S2M g
Gi@z3@Ss x FOR TIE
MjGAMES SAKEl
S..NsY LANRENcE eERRY

A project looking toward the es-
Enlistment of rowing among uni
versities of the western conference
is now being seriously discussed.
Wisconsin already has rowing
system, revived this season after a
long period of inactivity. Two
questions are chiefly under discus
sion in the Big Ten. First, the
cost and second a place wherein to
row.
Wisconsin, of course, has beau
tiful Lake Mendoza. Michigan
could row on the Huron river, two
miles distant The Wabash river
flows through Lafayette, Ind, the
seat of Purdue. So that is all right.
Ohio State, Iowa and Illinois, how
ever, have no available courses.
Northwestern probably could find a
not too remote river course and
Chicago, too Minnesota would not
be bothered by lack of navigable
water. 1t would thus appear that
equatics would not be feasible for
all conference members.
A1NCA6AA Tue duuudl
cost of rowing a Pough-
keepsie trip-at about $1,000. All
eastern rowing universities would
do well to consult Tom Jones, di-
rector of athletics at Madison and
find out how they do it up there. 1t
is about a fifth of the sum the
fasteners pay.
Talking of long distance driving
at an uptown club today a man who
played the Florida courses last
winter says that Miss Glenna Col
lett, the youthful golfiing prodigy.
thought nothing of pushing the ball
from 265 to $50 yards at Belleair
and that, counting the roll, she one
day sent il 307 yards from the tee.
If Tilden defeats Richards in the
semi-finals of the forthcoming
Pacific coast tourney. then he
should face Bill Johnston, in the
lower half of the draw. who will
probably reach the finals in his di-
vision. 1ilden in a sportsma Mike
letter says the asphalt courts didn't
bother him in his east VS.. west
match against Johnston. Johnston,
he says, won because he played bet
ter tennis.
Illinois, which turns in each year
! grist of notable athletic victories
n the various sports, has said moth
ng to date about the golf beating
her team sustained at the hands OF
he Drake college outfit In a match
1t Champaign at SO holes Drake won
Is points to l.
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kid" Lewis having been dispos-
ed of with small ceremony, as a re-
suit of his London meeting with
Georges Carpenter on the night of
May II, it now remains to be seen
whom Georges next opponent will
be-Gene Tunney or Harry Greb.
Tunney and Greb are to have it
out at Madison Square garden on
May %. The Frenchman has al
ready announced he will be glad to
fight the victor in defense of his
title as light-heavyweight cham
pion of the world.
or course, according to all the
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CIRCUIT CLOUT
WITH Three ON
DEFEATS CARDS
Michaels, Bunny Shortstop. DcIiY-
ers at Right Time, TO Win,
6 to ).
Especial to The Argus.)

OttumWa, Iowa, May Ia home
run by Micnaels, visiting shortstop,
in the fifth wi h the bases full paw
ed the way for Cedar Rapids to
3 victory over Ottumwa mere yes
terday afternoon. Elliott, catcher,
had already scored Church put
over the winning run in the ninth.
The locals threatened to lie in the
last frame with two runs and Cor
coran on second, but Rye grabbed
Nolan's foul fly.
Cedar Rapids 900 $50 OO1-6 II l
Ottumwa ...... 100 100 1923 IL l
Delman and Elliott; kiel and
Schuster.
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stiff enough to end things. It's a
matter of extreme difficulty to find
the opening. however. And if Greb
stays the limit he's almost sure to
outpoint his antagonist. But he
lacks reputation as a knockout
artist.
The encounter between Tunney
and Greb promises to be exception
ally good The meeting between the
winner and Carpenter. by all
signs. will be still better After
that there's the prospect of a match
between one of the three-Carpen-
tier, Tunney or Greb-and Jack
Dempsey.
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dope, Georges ought to have beaten
Lewis, though perhaps not quite as
quickly as he did. Nevertheless, as
good a judge as Dempsey himself
says the Frenchman was in much
better form for his latest fight than
at the time he met the worlds
champion.
AS between Tunney and Greb, the
former is the puncher.
Seemingly the only way a fighter
can deal successfully with Greb is
to take his medicine, watch his
chance and then-if he ever does
find an opening-to crash in a blow
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RUN OF THREE
FOR PLOWB0YS
Danville is Trimmed in Final of
Series BY Score of 6 TO 4
Yesterday.

Moline made it three in row
from Danville at Browning field
yesterday by coping the final game
of the series, 6 to 4. The game was
featured by long distance driving
of Frank McCue, the Plows' sweet
looking third sacker, who contrib
uted a homer and a double. Dan
willie went on a batting spree in the
seventh, scoring four runs and
sending Curran to the bench. III
rich took up the burden for Moline
and finished by holding Danville in
check the remainder of the game,
while the Plows registered the
winning runs in the eighth. De-
catur is showing at Moline today.
Score.
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vIATOR SCORES
SHUTOUT, 100
Monmouth College Proves Easy
Prey for Fast Stepping Con.
ference Champs
CSpeciaI to The Argus.)

Galesburg, Ill, May 1S.-St
Viator defeated Monmouth college
at Monmouth yesterday. 10 to 0, in
a fast game The Little Nineteen
champs started early with two
runs in the first inning on a walk.
sacrifice. Clancy's triple and Win
terhalter's single Dickson, Mon
mouth hurler, was hit hard, the
Viator hitters getting Il blows,
Farrell pitched shutout ball for ST
Viator, allowing but six scattered
hits.
ST. Viator .2OOO2O051-1O i >
Monmouth 10000 90 6 /
Batteries Farrell and Staadaert;
Dickson and Dickson.
The dark neriod. the long might
of the far north, is reserved b. the
Eskimo for his holiday.
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COLLEGE SPORT
nv NEW LIGHT
RESULT OF WAR
Opinions Wonderful
Iy Changed in
Four Years.
BY WALTER CAMP.

copyright, 1877, by The Argus. J
Four years ago BENJAMIN Ide
Wheeler, president of the Univers-
ity of California, in his report 10
the state authorities said: I'm
these later years intercollegiate
athletics have come to be no more
than q saving remnant of the stu
dent body, a group of highly train
ed specialists who go down like
gladiators into the dust of the arena
while Rome looks on and howls."
Dean Briggs in the Atlantic
monthly the latter part of the war
said:
These pampered boys who in
sisted on special training tables.
who craved special or limited
trains, were to be kept good ma
tured and happy before the games
by automobile rides and musical
comedies and who, if victorious,
would have felt sighted without
complimentary dinners bows
coached by men who scorn street
cars and scarcely used their legs
except on the field-these boys
when the war test came, gave I'M
mistakable proof they were not
spirited. This war came nearer to
justifying our methods in intercol-
legiate athletics than we had
thought possible
All OF which is interesting TO
bear in mind in these days when
athletic systems are under fire.
Perhaps some one can explain
why in the meets between Yale and
Harvard in the past 80 years Har-
ward should have won the quarter
mile event three times as often as
Yale while the Ellis have won the
pole-vault six times as frequently
as Harvard.
A curious thing about the fur
long in the Yale-Harvard meet was
that each college had won it II /
times and in the final at Cambridge |
last Saturday the go resulted in
a dead heat between Harvard and
Yale. !
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STEEL SHAFT ALLnNEn-

Chicago.-The executive commit
tee of the Western Golf association
announced that the use of steel
shafted golf clubs would be per
mitted in the associations tourna-
men.s.
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Boomers. 4: Tots, ;.
PASTORS FAVOR
SUNDAY BAN ON
BASEBALL GAME
Especial Correspondence.l

VSpeNIaI spUHueuCe.I
Sterling; ILL.,. May 1S.-Pastors
and representatives of Is churches
of Sterling and Rock Falls adopted
a resolution last evening against
Sunday basebau here, Under the
name of the board of religious edu-
cation of the twin-cities, the act
was done. Sterling is opening her
fine new ball park with Davenport
Overlands this afternoon. On Sun
day the Rockford Orioles will be
here. The act of the board is not
worrying the American Legion.
sponsors of the baseball team.
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TO Run SPECIAL MILE

Chicago.-Joie Ray, distance run
ner OF the Illinois Athletic club,
accepted the invitation of Coach
Stage Of the University of Chicago
TO meet Ray Watson of Kansas
City in a special mile race in con-
necuon with the interscholastic
track meet, May 81.
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Two base hits = FriedI- McDOn-
Ough, Newell, Belz. Sacrifice hit
Anderson. Stolen bases - McDOn-
ough, MeEwan, SWensen. Ford. An
ders0n. Struck Out-By Van GOe-
them. A.; by Fried, z. Bases on
balIs-0ff Van Goethem. 1; off
Friedl, 8. Hit by pitched ball
Lenahan, Anderson. Umpire-John-
son. Time-1:30
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AROUND ,ss 'IRCUIT
A q JAMES L. HUGHES Z

quaintcd with. Ii is, well 10 bear
in mind also that beginning
next Monday, games at Douglas
park will start at $3.50 o'clock
instead of 3 O'Clock.
Jimmy Drohan, manager OF OF
tumwa, is anything but pleased with
the showing of his club. Four
games won out of Is played is not
calculated to strike joy in the heart
of any pilot. Consequently, Drohan
proposes to assume his regular
turn on the firing line. He also has
lines out for another pitcher who is
expected to join the club next week
in Rock Island.
With the exception Of two men,
Drohan has team of inexperi enced
players. He has confidence in the
youngsters to deliver when they be-
come accustomed to the require
ments OF league baseball and does
not intend TO make any changes.
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= National League.
URGE ABANDONING
CREMATORIES TO
CONSERVE COAL

Berlin-G ermans are talking of
abolishing crematories in order to
save coal. Letter writers have
been carrying on a campaign in the
Berlin newspapers protesting this
method of disposing of the dead as
a waste of fuel In the Berlin dis
trict last year 4,762 bodies were
cremated.
A defender of cremation advo-
Gates doing away with cemeteries
as a menace to the health of the
people. He suggests that as Ger
many is short of farming land all
these plots should he utilized fer
agricultural purposes.
In coal mines where blasting is
dangerous. the hydraulic cartridge
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To comply with the player
limit, Frank Boyle had to cut
four from the roster at Mar
Shalltown; namely, HibbinS,
Bliss, Laws and Clemens
Frank seems to do pretty well
against the opposition except
when said opposition is Rock
Island. The Islanders have
three out of four to their credit
in games played with the
AnSOns.
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ILLINOIS. IL: CHICACO. &

Chlcago.-The University of IL
hnois baseball team defeated the
University of Chicago, II to 6.
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home runJ-McCue. Inree-DaSe
hit-Lord. Two-base hits-McCue-
McMenimen. Sacrifice hit-Thomp-
son. Stolen bases - Branigan,
Thompson. Struck out-By Smith
3, by Curran 2, by Ulrich .. Bases
on balls-Off Smith 3, off Curran 4.
Wild pitches-Smith. Curran. Hits
of Curren, 5'in Is innings.
Time-1:40. Umpires and
Fisher.
Peoria, 8; Evans, ..
Peoria, Ill, May 1S.-Despite a
ninth inning rally in which Evans
Vile filled the bases and scored one
run. Peoria made it two out of three
in the series with the Evas yester-
day. coping the final, 5 to ?.
Score by innings: R. H. E.
Evansville O0OO10001-2 10 l
Peoria ....0O01 0020x-3 s 1
Hutton and Patterson; Jacoby,
Rein and Yore.
Rocks, 4; COmmies, 9.
Rockford, H., May 1s.-Home
runs by Anderson and Brant, a
double by Bubser, and singles by
Rigsby and Command gave Rock
ford four runs, while Strains
home. Runser's single, and a triple
by Cole yielded two tallies for De-
catur.
Score by innings: r. H. E.
Decatur 0l00OO1O0-2 9 o
Rockford ..0O0O12O14-4 s 0
Hale and Novak; Wehrli and
Rigsby.
Boomers. 4: Tots, >.
Bloomington, Ill, May 1S.-Aft-
er bad start, Young of Blooming
ton pitched great ball and held
Terre Haute safely, winning 4 to 5.
home run in the
seventh scored the winning run.
Score by innings: R. H. Z.
Terre Haute2 00O1000O-3 Z .
Bloom'ton .00012 O10x-4 5 l
Macdonald and Coleman; Young
and Harkins.
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Three games have been postponed
in Waterloo within three days. All
of which means that the rabid fans
of that city will be treated to a
siege of double-headers later in the
season. This is the time of year
when baseball clubs feel lucky if
they get to play majority of games
in each series.
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GAMES TOMORROW.
Rock Island at MarshaIltOwn.
Dubuque at Waterloo.
Cedar Rapids at 0ttumwa-

Wires were crossed up yes
terday. Report received in
Rock Island last evening gave
Rock Island the victory over
Marshalltown by a score of
to 0. As a matter of fact, the
Islanders converted nine hits
into seven runs,
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AMERICAN LEAGUE.
YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
Mississippi Valley.

Rock Island, Z; Marshalltown, 0.
Cedar Rapids. 6: Ottumwa, 5.
DubuGue-W Waterloo; rain.
Three-Eye League.
Bloomington, 4 Terre Haute, 3.
Rockford, 4 Decatur, 2.
Peoria, 8; Evansville, 2.
Moline, 6; DanVille, 4.
National League.
Chicago, s; Boston. 5.
Cincinnati, l; Philadelphia, 0.
St. Louis, IL; Brooklyn, 0.
New York at Pittsburgh, rain.
American League.
Philadelphia, 3; Chicago, l.
New York, 6; Cleveland, 4.
Boston, 4: st. Louis, 5.
Detroit at Washington, rain
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The Islanders are now back at the
top of the heap. In matter. of
games played, they are tied with
MaIshalltown, but the percentage
runs higher on account of the lesser
number of games played by the
locals