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covered Eddie was in managerial
tangles and had slight chance II
fighting in that city and receiving
anything for his services
Moves to Moline.
He brought Eddie back to Casper
and the family recently moved to
Moline.
Anderson, by reason of two thump-
ings he handed to Midget Smith and
Jack Sharkey, jumped to the front
as one of the most dangerous young
sters in quest of Johnny Buff s
crown. In the battle with Midget
Smith, Anderson received the
Judges decision but he was unfor-
tunate in his affair with Sharkey
for, although he sent the Italian
down with right to the jaw in the
first round, he gave him beating
all t he way, he only received a
draw from the judges. This battle
was staged at Coney Island, and
5000 fans showed their disapprova!
of the official verdict by boolng the
award for Is minutes.
Deceptive Battler.
Anderson is the most deceptive
looking battler in the rig today. In
the roped arena he looks like a
string bean, but he is so compactly
built that there is not an ounce If
surplus flesh on him. He clearly
demonstrated in his fight with
Sharkey that he can take a punch
as well as hand them out, and, as
for his own wallop, both Midget
and Jack have found out, to their
sorrow, that Anderson is about the
sweetest puncher that the bantam
division has had since the days of
Terry McGovern and Kid Williams.
Eddie is ready for the best of
bantams, which includes Johnny
Buff and Pal Moore
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BOUTS PLANNED
AFTER REGULAR
LIBERTY SHOWS

Manager Jack Crawford of the
Liberty burlesque house in Dayen-
port announced today that begin
ming tonight, wrestling and fistic
bouts would be staged twice each
week at the theatre after the regu-
lar show concludes.
There viii! be no extra charge CT
admission, patrons being entitled
to remain over for the athletic
events after the burlesque offering
is completed. Tonight's event will
be a wrestling bout, the princi-
pals being Johnny Rex of Daven-
port, formerly of Chicago and Stan
os, the Greek demon. Rex claims
among recent victories, a decision
over Harry BrondeIl at the pro-
gram held two weeks ago at the
Palmer school. The men will go
six 10-minute rounds.
Wrestling will be programmed
for each Tuesday night and boxing
will be on the athletic end of the
emit each Friday night
Arrangements are being made to
bring two fast local boys together
for the initial boxing exhibition Fri
day night.
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new GOLF BALL
CLAIMED TOBE
PERMANENT ONE
Evolution of Sphere from Stone "a
Present Time Dug Up BY
Historian.

Chicago, March 81. - Follovj,-
announcement that an indestrne1;
bic golf ball had been perfected :
historian of the game today ding nv
and history of the evolution of !
golf ball from the time when Scotch
herdsmens batted a round stona
with almost no resiliency. to fbs
present day with its rubber cove
ball, which can be driven as Far ss
400 yards, or almost a quarter of !
mile
After the stone age of golf csno
the period in which the feathers
were compressed within a Leather
cover, probably preceded by yariors
experimental spheres including
wood. The feather ball prevailed
until 1856, when a pellet made of
solid gutta percha, hammered ont
by hand, was introduced. Next wear
grooves were nodded into the sur-
face of this type of ball and with
varying degrees of hardness and
numerous styles of cover imprinfq
the old duty" was used until 1906
1t was then that Harkell invented
a machine to wind tightly stretched
and highly elastic rubber thread
around a core of gutta percha over
which a semi-vulcanized cover of
rubber was nodded with a pebbled
surface. This ball was not readily
accepted in America, where it was
invented, but it was taken up in
Great Britain, and soon became sole
possessor of the links. Its solid
feel when hit soon drove the solid
gutta percha ball with its brick
like impact out of existence.
Since the rubber cored innoYa-
ton various attempts have been
made with success to increase the
length of flight and the trueness Of
roll by changing the core and the
hardness and toughness of q the
cover. In some cases the winding
was wrapped about a small bag Of
water, while in others the central
sack was filed with a heavy acid.
the latter plan proving disastrous
to the eyes of several inquisitiYe
boys who dissected the globule.
Another plan for increasing the
efficiency of the golf balls was the
of an everlasting paint.
made of some rubber composition,
which lasted well enough, but gath
cred up dust which could not be
washed off. Heretofore TesilienCy
and durability have proved some
what incompatible. But if the limo
walton of 1922 proves to be both
lively and lifelong the future golfer
will need nothing but a self-retrieY-
ing attachment to make one golf
hall last him forever.
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LUIS FERPO APPEARS IN SCENE
AS OPPONENT PERHAPS FOR ONE
j. DEMPSEY-KAYOS TRIAL HORSE

face, his back heaving convuIsive-
ly, those tombstones tangoed and
cut up in a fashion so loose as to
suggest a cemetery gone crazy.
But that is getting ahead of the
story.
Luis appeared in the ring first.
He weighs close to $50 pounds and
is big enough to carry his weight.
He wore a bathrobe that would
have driven Carpenter wild with
envy. and when he talked, which
was exclusively in Spanish, the
ringside section resounded with
his stentorian tones. Then out
swaggers Sailor Maxted with his
well known smile and his row of
tombstones. The Sailor knows he
is in for a pleasant evening and is
wondering whether to knock his
man out in the first or give the
crowd a run for its money. II
looked as through both he and
Ferpo had decided to settle the
thing right off the bat They rush
ed from their corners and came to-
gether like two locomotives, the
air filled with gloves and fying
arms and hurting bodies. Later.
the sailor saw he wasn't going to
stow his man away in a jiffy, so he
began poking the South American
with straight lefts. Ferpo didn't
seem to know how to avoid these.
Finally he elected to stop bother
ng about them, to take them and
wade in with better ones. The
scheme worked. Ferpo got cut up
some, but in the seventh, having
,een down for the count in the
fifth, Sailor Maxted fell TO earth
ike great oak and lay there.
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BY FAIR PLAY.
tCopyright. 1922. by The Argus.)

INSCRy lSAts 1851 ny ne SIts u.s.
New York, March 21-aieet Luis
Ferpo. In so doing you will get
ahead of the crowd. For Luis is
going to be popular. AS a matter
of fact, the heavy pugilisic situa-
ton is likely to take a great brace
in the near future just because of
this guy. Who is Ferpo? Why,
Ferpo is the Argentine scrapper
who has been dropping them one
by one down in South America
You may not recall it, but two
years ago Gunboat Smith went
down to Buenos Aires to hammer
Ferpo through 20 rounds. The
Gunboat's idea was that he was to
give the Argentine fighter a box
ing lesson. To his great surprise
at least he was surprised when he
could collect his senses sufficient
ly to think about it-he was put
away in the 18th round.
Now the scene shifts to the Lau-
rel A. c. in Newark, N j., where
FeFpo made his American debut
last night They gave him a real
obstacle to hurdle, the same being
no less than Sailor Maxted, the
cumbersome boy fighter, who re-
Gently sent TarZan Larkin back to
ape-land. Maxted isn't the great
est heavy in the world, but neither
is he the easiest man that could be
selected for debutante. You
know the Sailor. He is almost as
broad as Joe Dunkhorst and across
his back is tattooed row of beau
tiful tombstones. Last night in the
seventh round, as he lay on his
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PLAYER GIVES
HIS VIEWS OF
COLLEGE SPORT
Recruiting Athletes Is
Greatest EuiI, He
Says.
BY LAWRENCE PERRY.

Copyright, 1922, by The Argus.l
In an effort to get the viewpoint
Of the athletes on the present state
of intercollegiate athletics we have
had the views of almost everyone
else. The writer has requested a
man who stands high in his college
and is one of the best tackles in the
country to submit his own ideas for
publication. This he was found
glad to do.
'Of all suggestions have heard
he writes today, Il believe the one
that involves the placing of college
athletics upon a firm basis of honor
to be the best in theory. As to the
practical value l am not so sure.
Some or US, 1t is true, you claim to
be the kind of athletes who try to
maintain this standard, but many
of US are not. You know as well as
l do the number of men in college
who are playing ball of one kind or
another simply because they hap
pen to be big or rough or something
and not because of any interest n
craftsmanship. 1t is hard to pic
ture certain athletes 1 know as
interested in the honor of college
athletes.
Now, as to baseball. There is no
getting around the fact that a ma
jority of college ball players who
are any good use their skill to ad-
during the summer. There
are more ways to get around the
professional regulations for them
than in any other sport l have vet
to be convinced that there is any
tendency for college foot
ball players or track men to prac-
tice similar receptions. In those
sports at least they are generally
caught and public opinion is openly
a QainSf II
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-21
EXPECT OMAHA
WELTER TODAY;
OKEEFE LATER
.SchIaifer to Appear
Before Local Fans
Tomorrow.
By ]. L. HUGHES.

Morrie Schiaifer, Omaha welter-
weight, who is scheduled to mill
for 10 rounds with Dennis O'Keefe
OF Chicago Friday night in the Dav-
export Coliseum. will arrive late
this afternoon, but will not appear
for a workout before local fans
until tomorrow afternoon
Schlaifer will be seen in training
action at Smiths gymnasium, AS
Brady street. O'Keefe, who is not
expected before Thursday, will also
likely take his final workout before
the battle at Smiths.
According to reports from rival
camps, both maulers are fit and
ready for the first bell. Since his
battle with Dave Shade in Omaha
recently, which he lost by decision,
Schlaifer has been working for
more speed.
O'Keefe, fresh from his triumphs
in the east, has been keeping his
condition up by daily training
stunts at the Arcade gymnasium in
Chicago. He anticipates that he
will be able to give Schlaifer more
pointers in boxing than ever Dave
Shade dlQ.
Leo Higgins, who meets Harold
Plude of Des Moines in the six
round semi windup, has been giving
greater attention to his condition
than he did when preparing for
Eddie Anderson. Having heard
various reports about a hard wal
lop Plude is said to tote, Leo has
no intentions of being caught nap
ping.
Mickey Curran is glad of the
chance to meet Battling Check If
Milwaukee again, and has been
training faithfully at Smiths. Cur
ran was kayoed according to count
of the referee when he met Check
on the last card Fact of the mat
ter was, Mickey was counted out in
something like four or five seconds
Now he wishes to show the fans
that he can hold his own against
the hard-hitting Check.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-21
APRIL FOOLS
DAY DANCE is
PLAN OF FANS
Directors Accept PrOffer of Eagles
Club for Baseball Benefit
Affair.

The Rock Island Fans associa-
ton will sponsor an April Fools
dance the night of April /, in the
Eagles club, according to plans
formulated at a meeting of the
board Of directors last night.
This is in furtherance of the as
sociation's efforts to raise funds
for the benefit of the 1922 Island
ers. The Eagles have donated the
use of their dance floor for the
event and have promised to assist
in every way possible to make the
evening a big success, socially as
well as financially.
A program of special nature
calculated to make the event one
long to be remembered by all who
attend is to be arranged. This will
be the chance for all friends of the
baseball team to turn out with
their wives or lady friends, as the
case may be, and boost for the
cause.
President R. F. Wood spoke at
length on the plan of the associa-
ton to admit youngsters of II
years or under to the games at
Dauglas park free of charge. 1t is
proposed to give all eligible kids
a chance to acquire a ticket which
will pass him through the gate on
all days excepting Saturday, Sun
day and holidays for payment of
war tax. The plan has been fol-
lowed with success in other cities
The idea is to instill a love of the
game in the youngsters who some
day will be the fans who nav
Other matters Of a routine nature
were disposed of. The directors
considered the prospects of players
who have been signed for tryouts
and consensus was that a number
of these will prove first class base
ball material.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-21
BOYLE BOOKING
TRAINING GAMES
Ottumwa and Waterloo to Help
Test Observation-Disclosures
Couple of Vets.

Marshalltown, March 21.-A pre-
season schedule of four games for
the Marshalltown baseball club has
been arranged by Manager Frank
Boyle, two to be played on Sun
days, late in April. Manager Jim
Drohan will bring his Ottumwa
club here for games Saturday and
Sunday, April % and %, and local
fans will have the first peek at the
club with which the Ansons are
scheduled to open the season May
/.
The following Saturday and Sun
day, April 20 and 80, Waterloo will
play here. Manager Boyle may ar
range other games with travelling
semi-pro teams.
Wallace Laws Signed.
Wallace Laws, first baseman of
Kansas City, a big right-handed
hitter. has been signed by Boyle.
Laws worked out a month with the
Cincinnati Reds last fall, and was
recommended to Manager Moran
by Johnny King of Kansas City,
the old Cub backstop. Moran says
all Laws needs is more experience
Boyle also has signed Bill Lobetz,
a right-handed pitcher of Cincin-
natl. Lobetz has pitched semi-pro
ball at Cincinnati and is highly
recommended by Larry Kopf, last
years Cincinnati shortstop.
Forsyth of the Milwaukee Amer
lean association club, has been OBJ
tanned by Boyle but as yet has not
signed a contract. No difficulty
will be experienced, it is thought,
in securing the experienced play
ers for the club, but Boyle plans
TO develop his team almost en-
tirely from his rookie squad.
He now has "a rockies under
contract, but has signed only a few
experienced players.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-21
CITYS
END SUCCESSFUL
BOWLING YEAR

The Island Citys have completed
their 1922 Bowling season. The
clubs record shows 40 victories and
eight defeats. The Island Citys
won the pennant of the Twin-City
league, which disbanded some time
ago because of the runaway nature
of the race in favor of the Island
Citys. 1t was the third straight
bowling title for the Island Citys.
Bill Danielson. Andy Paulsen and
Hy Gibson displayed consistent
form all season, as did Roxy Long,
Moe Finkelstein and Ray Lohse.
Manager Mangelsdorf of the Island
Citys wishes to call attention to the
fact that his team is not entered in
the Tri-City Bowling league, the
team known as the Island City AL
leys being another organization.
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PARIS MAY NOT
HOLD OLYMPICS;
LACK OF MONEY
In This Event Games
Would Go to Los
Angeles.
BY WALTER CAMP.

Copyright, 1922, by The Argus.)
New York, March 21.-It seems
almost incredible that Paris, hav-
ing secured the Olympic games for
1924 will fail to make the necessary
financial arrangements. Yet dis
patches from Baron Pierre De Cou-
bertin indicate that the games can
not be held elsewhere in France
and speak of the possibility that
the games will revert to Los
Angeles.
OF course if this should happen
it would simplify many complicat-
ed problems so far as the United
States is concerned, such as the
problems of transportation and
quarters which gave rise to so
much criticism at the last
Olympics.
1t Is probable, however, that the
French will awaken to the situa-
ton and make necessary financial
provision.
The resignation of Allison Ar
mour of Chicago as American men,
Der of the Olympic games commit
tee marks the passing from this
sport of a most interesting mem
Der. He was probably the best
known of our sportsmen in the
European capitals and was on
terms of friendship with the kaiser
and with English royalty. A great
deal of his attention was devoted
to yachting in European waters
and he participated in both the
Kiel and Cowes regattas.
William A. Garland of Los An
geles succeeds him and with Prof.
William NJ Sloane of Princeton
will represent the United States on
the committee Mr.. Garland pre-
scented the claims of Los Angeles
for the 1924 games which were
finally awarded to Paris.
Net Matches Abroad.
The United States Lawn Tennis
association would seem to have
acted most wisely in arranging to
have the majority of the first and
second round matches for the Davis
cup this year played abroad. The
entry list is more extensive than
last year and these preliminary
matches will serve to give world
vide interest IN the cup cOmpeti-
ton.
0arSmen Celebrate.
The National Association of Anna
teur Oarsmen will hold its 5Oth an
niversary this year and the plans
are now being formulated to make
the regatta marking that event
one. 1t is possible that the
program may be extended 90 three
days with junior events on the first
day.
A school of athletics will be
opened on Lake ChampIain near the
old Plattsburg camp by Barry
Tommers, the Yale baseball coach.
Athletics of all kinds will be
taught and Tommers will be as
sisted by the majority of the Yale
coaches. including William T. Bull
of the football staff, Jim Corderry,
the coach of the crew; Paul Crane
of the baseball nine. Johnny Mack,
track coach. and Bob Kiptruter,
who has turned out such star
swimming teams at New Haven.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-21
STUDENTS MAP
OUT PLAN FOR
IMPROVEMENTS
Hope TO Build Bleachers With Seat
Ing Capacity Of $500 Start
Immediately.
BIZ KENNETH c0NREY.


A new football field, new base
track and 120-yard straightaway
and possibility of new bleachers
for the Augustana college athletic
field, Is the plan mapped out by
some real live students at the Lii-
theran Institution In addition to
this, the athletic field will be lev
eled of and adequate draining ia
cilities will be built TO keep the
field in good condition during in
clement weather.
This plan is the result of siren
nous efforts on the part of a few
individuals at Augustana, students
who have taken upon themselves
the responsibility OF seeing that
Augie has a presentable athletic
field. For the leyeling off and
building up of the field, the Littg
Construction company, now work
ing on Zion hill in the erection of
the new seminary site, has been
chartered to haul about seven hun
dred or eight hundred loads of dirt
to the field.
All labor will be furnished by the
student body of Augustana, and
every student has pledged to give
so cents each to help defray the
expenses of the materials needed in
the work. Should this not be
enough to cover the entire expense,
the treasury of the college will
cover the remaining expense.
A new baseball diamond will be
cut in the northeastern portion of
h. EaI1 Aaf al rs-f1
be laid out Immediately adjoining
the baseball diamond. These will
be encircled by quarter-mile, six
lane, cinder running track. The
bleachers are to be erected at the
north end of the field, and it is
planned to have the bleachers large
enough to accommodate $500 peo-
pie. Immediately in front of the
bleachers will be built the 120-yard
straightaway running track for the
sprfnts. Draining bitches will be
built on three sides of the field, so
that the field will be in shape al
most the year round.
Coach Art Swedberg, d. Beck
strom, treasurer of the college, and
the students in charge have agreed
on the above plans, and the sane
ton of the president of the school
/. is the only matter left undone. DR..
NAndreen will return to Rock Island
Ythis week and will undoubtedly en-
dorse the proposed plan.
Work of cutting down the trees
on the athletic field has already
begun, and will be completed with
in the next two or three days. The
posts encircling the athletic field
proper have also been removed, as
have the goal posts.
An appeal is being made to the
alumnae of Augustana to aid finan-
cially is the erection OF the bleach
ers. Whether or not the necessary
amount for the erection of entirely
new bleachers can be secured at
this time, is a question, all depend
ing on the response by former stu
dents. However, additions will be
in line from time to time. and
Augie will finally have suitable
seating capacity for its athletic
contests.
The work exclusive OF the erect
ing of the bleachers will take
about three weeks.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-21

Eddie Anderson of Moline Ripe
for Battle With Bantam Stars
In Opinion of a Chicago Critic

Harry Hochstadter, boxing critic
of the Chicago Post and manager
of Pal Moore, recently spilled a lot
of ink on the merits of Eddie An
derson, Moline's star bantamweight,
all of which was justly merited. The
following article appeared in an
issue of the Chicago Post last week.
BY HARRY HOCHSTADTER.
And who is this Eddie Anderson
of Moline, who has been so favor
ably mentioned as a promising ban
tamweight boxer?
Every once in while some box
ing fan drops into town and men
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-21
BOWLING

Toledo, Ohio, March 21-The
best bet in the five-men division of
the American Bowling Congress to-
night, in the opinion of tournament
officials. is the Clipper Five of Osh-
kosh, Wis. They are scheduled on
the morning shife.
Following are the leaders:
Vice-men: Lincoln. Life Insurance
company. Fort Wayne, 2,99S.
Two-1nen: C. Degen-F. Degen,
Buffalo, 1897.
individuals: W. Lundgren, Chi
cago, 729.
All-events: Fl. Stewart, Cincin-
natl, 1862.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-21

ed out some kid in the first round
of a scheduled six-round go at an
Elks' convention at Casper, Wyo.,
two years ago. A visiting Elk from
New York city became impressed
with the kids ability and secured
his fathers permission to take him
east and place him under a good
manager and get him started
Eddie began to climb the ladder,
but no money was being sent home,
as per agreement with the manager.
Finally Father Anderson hoped a
RATHER for New York city and dis
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-21
GALVA BOYS WIN
SWIMMING HONORs
Especial Correspondence

Galva, March 21.-Word has been
received here that Edward. son Of
Attorney and Mrs. L. c. Johnson, a
student at Exeter school, near Bos-
ton, has added new Iaurels to his
already long string of athletic hon
ors. He recently won the fancy
diving contest in a swimming meet
at the Boston Y. NJ G. A nata-
torium. He starred on Galva teams
when a student of the local high
school.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-21

lions Anderson as
a conner. Incl
dentally, An d Y
has been making
impressive show
ings in the bush
league, indicating
that he is a new
boy coming up,
but such is not
the case. True, he
is a youngster.
but he has had
siderable cx-
perience.
Anderson knock