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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-02
QUINTET
TO PLAY eureka
And Tech team
Both Games to Have Bearing on
Championship of the Little
Nineteen.
BY KENNETH CONREY.

o. Two hard games are in line for
the Augustana college basketball
quintet this weekend. Friday night
the Lutherans are pitted against
the Eureka college five at Eureka,
and Saturday they will meet Brad
ley Tech at Peoria in a return
game. Both games are conference
tits and the outcome of each will
bear on the championship of the
l. I. A. c.
The game with Eureka Friday
night will be the first time this
season that Augustana has gone up
against McKenzie's outfit Three
letter men from last year form the
nucleus around which the Eureka
coach is building up his team.
Whittier covers the left forward po-
siuon, Dennis plays at the other
forward wing, and Reid is a vet,
eran guard Out of the five con-
tests which they have played this
year, Eureka has won three and
dropped two. The first game of the
season was played at Eureka with
Bradley Tech furnishing the oppo-
sition, in which Eureka defeated
Coach Robertson's men. II to -.
The game was exceptionally fast
and well played for the initial con-
test of the season, and the Eureka
team showed that it had the max
ings of real basketball five. The
next two games were added to their
win column. the Eureka five top
ping DeKalb Normal and Illinois
Normal. Illinois Wesleyan handed
Eureka drubbing, 25 to 7, and the
other defeat came at the hands of
Illinois college.
Of these games played by the
Eureka five, the first one with
Bradley is of interest to Augie fol,
lowers. McKenzie's quintet defeat
ed Bradley II to II, a margin of
five points. Augustana also down
ed Robertson's team "a to IT. a
margin of seven points. Both games
were played on the home floors of
the winners. Comparative dope
would put the two teams on an
equal basis. Eureka will again
have the advantage of playing on
its home floor, which is a big fac
tor when two teams are as evenly
matched as are Augustana and Eu-
reka- Swedberg, coach of Angus
tana. expects one of the hardest
games of the year when his team
meets Mckenzie's crew.
From Eureka the Augie team will
Journey to Peoria to tussIe with
Bradley Tech The Lutherans met
and defeated Bradley two weeks
ago, but the outcome ofrthe tilt was
never certain until the final whis-
tie. Bradley is represented by one
of the strongest fiyes which has
been produced at the Peoria insti-
tuition for several years. Although
losing the majority of its games so
FAR this Season Bradley has gone
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-02
MEET CENESEO
HERE; JOURNEY
TO CAMBRIDGE
Eimmers Basketeers Anticipate
Keen Struggles Friday and
Saturday.
BY ART WILLIAMS.

The Rock Island high school
basketball squad will face two
strong aggregations this week
Geneseo and Cambridge. The locals
meet the Geneseo FIVE in Rock Is
land Y gym Friday night. and Sat
urday night the crimson and Gold
will journey 10 Cambridge. This
will be the first game of the season
for Rock Island against either OF
these teams, and from their pre-
vious records the games should be
hard fought
1t has been some time since Cam
bridge met Moline. and it is proba-
BILE that it has improved to quite
an extent since then. Moline had
to go into extra session to come
out with victory. The margin OF
points in the Rock Island-Geneseo
and Rock Island-Cambridge games
should be low.
Alexenburg will be ineligible to
play Friday, and it is likely that
he will be out for some time. Al
though he is not brilliant on the
basket shooting end of the game,
he is a fast floor man and figured
in much of the teamwork of the
local squad He and Edwards made
a good combination at the forward
posts and his loss will be felt. The
same lineup which started in the
game with Moline will start Fri
day nights contest. Writ is also
showing up in good shape and
Coach Kimmel has hopes of using
T.. IN nf tho
later contests. The lad is very
light in weight, but is flash when
il comes to floor work and fight.
Anderson is also another man to
fill a guard post in an emergency.
Rock Islands only hope this year
is to best its opponents by speed.
Geneseo in Shape.
Coach Pruitt of Geneseo sends
word that all of his players are in
good shape. He says this is large
" due to the fact that every one of
his eight first string men played
football last fall and have retained
the physical edge acquired at that
time. Pruitt will come to Rock Is
land fortified by 10 players. all of
whom are primed to cop the vic
tory.
The game Friday night will start
at Sis O'Clock. Koch of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin has been en-
gagged to referee the scrap.
Davenport Busy.
Davenport high school will be I'M
usually busy this weekend. Friday
night ii will meet East Moline and
West Liberty at Davenport. and
Saturday night will engage in the
big tussle with Moline at Moline
The game in the Pillow city is ex-
pected to be a hot one. and the
Swedes. after winning from Rock
island last Friday and owing Dav-
export a trouncing for the wallop-
ing they received over the river
several weeks ago. will walk out
on the floor with blood in their eye.
With the improvement that has
been noted in the Moline squad
since it met Davenport last. it is
almost a certainty that the men
over the river will not run away
with the scrap like they did in the
first game. The Red and Blue
might be weakened after playing
two games the night before and
Etand a good chance of being
knocked off by the husky Swedes.
On the other hand, should Daven-
port take the Saturday night con-
test, it will have the tri-city cham
pionship tucked away
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-02

of Stranger Lewis. When all 9TH
er holds have failed him, Lewis has
always been able to bring bout
to an end through the medium of
the deadlock
In order to clamp the deadlock
on an opponent it is necessary that
he have a neck and the ordinary
style head In that respect Zbysz-
ko differs from almost any other
wrestler in the world.
In the parlance of the wrestling
game, Zbyszko has what is known
as natural turtle draw" or disap-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-02
COAST PLAYER
Is PRICED HIGH
From 100000 to S150.OOO Asked by
San Francisco for Third
Baseman.

New York. Feb. 1.-TWO major
league clubs have felt out the Pa
cific Coast league club in San Fran
cisco as to the price which it sets
on kamm. a third baseman. who
never has been up in the big show
but who is said to be the best of
the players left to the San Fran
cisco outfit. To one of the clubs,
kamm was priced at 100000 and
ten players, if the story be true.
Some reports had the cash end of
the demand as high as $500
Experienced men who have seen
Kamm at work, say that he should
bring $1,000 as players were going
before the yeast of speculation be-
gan TO ferment so explosively.
Neither of the clubs which sought
Kamm did any further seeking aft
er the price was named. The sum
of $15O,000 represents the interest
on $2,500,000 at six per cent. Thir-
ty years ago it would have pur-
chased at least four major league
franchises.
The combination of Peckinpaugh
and Harris on the Washington
Americans in 1922. possesses posi-
bilities which are not eXcelled by
those of any other pair of infield-.
ers in the major league. Between
them they are likely to undertake
more infield chances than any 9TH
er shortstop and second baseman
and start and finish more double
plays. With this team working in
harmony, the question which arises
next is whether the pitchers of the
Washington club will not show bet
ter results than they have in the
past. A strong infield on the Bos-
ton Americans always has been
factor in the success of the teams
pitchers and the Washington club
should benefit from the same cause.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-02
BY BILLY EVANS.

Using my head won me the
wrestling championship and is
helping me retain it," is the way
Stanislaus ZbysZko explains his
victory over Stranger Lewis
On the surface one would take
that statement to mean that Zbysz-
ko outsmarted Lewis. In a measure
he did, but ZbySzko when he made
assertion that his head did the bus
mess was speaking from an en-
tirely different angle.
The deadlock is the favorite hold
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-02
BILLY EVANS SAYS

Is the public interested in a
match between Jack Dempsey and
Harry Wills?
William A Brady has come for
ward with an offer of. $500 900 for
a meeting between the two men.
Dempsey is the champion heavy
weight of the world. Wills is con-
coded to be the greatest negro
fighter at the heavyweight limit.
Is there a demand for a meeting
between the two men? Certainly no
other fighter in the game today has
a better chance to win from Demp-
sey than Wills.
Talk of another meeting between
Dempsey and Carpenter is ridicu-
lous. OF course, no one can blame
Dempsey for looking on such a
bout with favor as it would be soft
picking
bunk the fight fans on the other
side into enthusing over such a
match. However, l have my
doubts about it
I saw the Dempse Carpenter
fight. Carpenter showed a danger
Gus right hand He had Dempsey
in trouble once but only for few
moments. Carpenter is simply
physically untitled to cope with
the champion.
Jack Kearns, who is managing
Dempsey, is quoted in a news item.
saying he didn't look on the pro-
posed match with favor.
kearns is reported to have sad
that Dempsey hasn't drawn the
color line, that he has no fear of
meeting Lewis, but that both he and
Dempsey believe it is a risky bust
ness proposition. kearns says he
doesn't believe the public would
support the match.
That is a rather funny statement.
Wnen one considers the proposition
made by William A. Brady. Tie
New York promoter guarantees
Dempsey $4,000 and Wills $50
600. Why should Kearns worry as
to whether or not the bout would
draw, just SO long as he gets his
money.
At Toledo Dempsey punched Bill
Tate in sparring bouts as he
pleased. Tate, it seems, makes
things interesting for Wills. Demp-
sey shouldn't fear Wills. In all
probability he doesn't. All of
which makes the statement of Jack
kearns rather hard to understand.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-02
CARS GALORE

Lansing, Michigan, the au-
tomobile state, has 4S5,367 automo-
biles and trailers in operation with
in its borders, according to the an
nual report of the secretary of
state. OF the number 426,984 are
pleasure cars, 54.053 commercial
cars. and 1880 trailers.
The increase in motor cars regis
tered during 1921 was approx
mately $1,000 over the number in
1920 More than $6,750.000 was col
lected in automobile license fees in
Michigan last year.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-02
Mack Has Trouble.

Connie Mack seems to be the
only manager who is having trouble
in signing his young players. On
the New York teams the youngsters
are coming in first of all, evidently
figuring that they will get trip to
New York out of the spring show
if they get nothing else. That al
ways has been a factor in bringing
Youngsters to the Giants and the
Yankees The boys who are far
away from the bright lights and
never have seen them will take a
chance on any old contract which
happens to come from New York
because they are looking forward
to visit to the big city for the first
time in their lives. 1t is also true,
that as they expect to be sent away
TO a minor league to improve, they
prefer to be sent by New York on
the chance of getting back again to
New York. So the metropolis has
it on the Is other clubs of the
leagues in other ways than mere
size and show. Brooklyn comes next
TO New York in more ways than
one. There are old players who
prefer Brooklyn to any city in the
United States, and its proximity to
Coney Island is the reason.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-02

pearing neck. When Lewis sought
he merely initiated the turtle and
gave Lewis little to work on.
Two other conditions enter into
the scheme. Zbyszko is bald-head-
ed. He boasts a few more hairs
than pictured in some of the hair
tonic ads, but these he keeps close
ly cropped. His head closely re-
sembles the ivory ball, except as
its contents. Zbyszko has brains.
The exertion of wrestling natur-
ally exeites perspiration. Once
Zbyszko starts to perspire that
bald head of his needs an applica-
ton of resin for his opponent to
make any Roadway. With his dis
appearing neck and his polished
bald head, Zbyszko is a tough baby
for the deadlock.
That explains why zbyszko says
his head won him the title and is
helping him retain it.
In the first meeting Lewis ap-
piled the deadlock. He held it for
"a few moments. Zbyszko drew in
the neck, writhed out of the hold
and Lewis slipped to the floor.
ZzysZko was after him in a Sec
ond. hooked his legs in a scissor
around Lewis and with neck hold
won the fall.
In his second meeting with Lewis.
Zbyszko time and again thWarted
the deadlock by pulling in the old
neck q la turtle.
Zbyszko often wrestles minus the
regular shoes. This fact has often
caued much comment. He says it
is much easier to break a toe hold
minus the shoes than with them on.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-02
neeatnr Wants Game.

Decatur is again taking steps
for a fans association since 'u'
announcement yesterday OF tae ~
f. Staley company that IL wiz ~ ~.
longer concern itself with pTOl5e
sional sports, with a view to app.
ing for a franchise in the lnist
Eve league. StaIey has offered III
finely equipped part at a hQ nc, a-5
rental for organized baseDali aI ~,
Decatur boosters. rather than ~
left without the game TINS coi Ian3
summer, are making haste 70 I'--
q berth in Al Tearney's circuit
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-02
PUBLIC NOTICE.

Sealed proposals in tripliTss ~
will be received until II a. m !.
10, 1922. and then opened loL i.
building approximately 100 sql1- 1,
of roof on warehouse damage
fire. Information on appiical-OJl, u.
Constructing QuartermasteF' t..
Island Arsenal, Illinois.-(Au'"
tisement-)
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-02
SALH.NTS LACE
AUGH ACADEMY

The Rock Island Salients defeat
ed the Augustana college team at
Augustana gymnasium last night,
% to IL. The playing of Meinze
and Mikesell featured for the win
ners. while Kempe performed best
for the losers.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-02
Admire Rockne.

All true sportsmen are compelled
to admire the spirit of coach Knute
Rockne of Notre Dame, who says
that he is not disheartened by the
disqualification of eight of his foot
ball players for taking part in that
game at Carlinville, H., and that he
will start at once to build a new
team around Desch and Mohardt.
One very interesting phase of the
situation is the action just taken by
the professional association in for
bidding its members to tamper with
college players and in placing a
81 900 penalty on violations.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-02

Suggestion has been made that
automobiles of traffic violators be
locked up" in municipal garages
as penalty.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-02

Chicago-Johnny Evers signed a
contract to become assistant to
William Gleason, manager of the
Chicago White Sox.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-02

down to defeat by few points each
time. Robertson, coach at the-Tech
institution, claims that his men did
not have their usual basket eve
when they played against the
Swedes, and that the outcome of
Saturdays tilt will be a different
story
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-02

Grand Rapids, Mich. = Harry
Greb of Pittsburgh, Pa. won the
newspaper, decision over Hugh
Walker of Kansas City, in a To-
round bout.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-02
BASEBALL men
To KEEP AWAY
FROM SCHOOLS
Recent Football Scandal Has De-
terring Effect Upon Club
Officials.
BY JOHN b. FOSTER

Copyright, 1922, by The Argus.)
New York, Feb. professional
baseball authorities expressed the
opinion today that the recent col
lege football scandal in the mid
dlewest would put an end this year
to much recruiting OF college play
ers for the major leagues. The trend
OF sentiment is so strong in con-
nection with the football matter
that it will have a tendency to de-
ter college men from entering into
any professional sport OF course,
professional baseball is openly in
the market for players wherever
they are obtainable and has inv1t-
ed college men to join its teams
whenever they showed promise OF
ability. There has never been any
thing but frank and straight out
willingness on the part of profess
sional baseball to accept its players
from any source that is honorable.
College men have been welcomed
and have been featured as coming
from college teams.
Instances have occurred in pro
fessional baseball, however, where
players were secretly signed to con-
tracts before they were through
their college terms and actually
played baseball for their colleges
when they were under contract to
play with a professional baseball
nine following the expiration or
their college year.
Technically they were profes
SIGNALS while playing with their
college teams Whenever a player
has been forced to acknowledge that
he had a professional agreement
while playing for his Alma Mater.
there has been bitter criticism of
player and sometimes of the profess
sional team, although the latter
merely followed its ayowed pur-
pose of getting talent wherever it
might be found.
The disclosures at Illinois and
Notre Dame will make baseball
scouts very chary for awhile about
holding out inducements to college
men and will also make the college
players unwilling to talk baseball
until they are through with their
student life.
Statements have been made that
both Conlon of Harvard and Aldrich
of Yale have been approached by
professional baseball but that both
men declined to discuss the sub
ject II is also asserted that play
ers of Holy Cross have been inform
ed that places could be found for
them in the professional teams if
they decided that they would like
to follow the diamond for awhile
after they are through with COL
lege.
Certain college coaches have CO.
operated with professional base
ball clubs in finding places for men
who have been under their charge
and in New England there are men
who have followed a policy for
years of trying to tie up college
men to contracts by which they
agree to place the students with
professional teams after gradua-
ton or after the student has given
up college for good.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-02

New York.-Two American in
door records were broken in the
annual winter track and field meet
At the Miilroae Athletic. association
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-02
Invites Evidence.

Chicago. Feb. 2 - Alonzo A.
Stage, athletic director at the Uni
versity of Chicago. today made pub
lie the following statement, invit-
ing the offering of evidence in the
possession of any professor or stu
dent to show that the athletes at
the university are guilty of profess
sinoalism:
''If any professor or student at
any university has evidence of pro-
fessionalism against an athlete at
the University of Chicago, he will
receive my personal gratitude as
we'll as that OF the faculty of the
university of Chicago, if he will
send it to me.
This is the time for united and
cooperative action and the Univer-
sity of Chicago will not hold back
from doing her full duty if any evil
dence is offered or any informa-
ton which may lead to evidence
against any of our athletes"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-02
REPORT DEVINE
AND LOCKE ARE
PROS IS FALSE
TayIoruiLIe Coach De-
nies He Made
Charges.

Decatur, ILL.,. Feb. 2.-Grover
Hoover, coach of the Taylorville
Independents, absolutely denies in
a statement to the Decatur Review
this morning that he had given any
interview to Chicago paper, in
which he charged Aubrey Devine
and Gordon Locke of Iowa, or any
other Big Ten athlete with being
professionals.
81 am tired of the whole mess"
said Hoover, land many of the
statements charged to me during
the past few days, have been abso-
lutely without foundation"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-02
MAY PREVENT
REPORTING BY
TENNIS STARS
Would Amend ANA
teur Rule IN the
Net Sport.
BY WALTER CAMP.

Copyright, 1922, by The Argus.)
Tennis stars may be prevented
from writing signed reports of
tournaments under an amendment
to the amateur rule that will be
given serious consideration at the
annual meeting of the United States
Lawn Tennis association, to be held
in New York next Saturday. There
is no disposition to interfere with
the writing of general articles on
the games by men recognized as
authorities by reason of their prom
inence as players but quite an ele-
ment favors curtailing the writings
of the players.
A great deal is to be said on both
sides and it probably will take
some time to say it. But if the pro-
posed amendment should be
adopted, the action undoubtedly will
retard development and improve
ment of the sport. 1t is conceded
that there are writer's who are not
expert tennis players themselves,
yet who thoroughly understand the
strategy and strokes. But on the
other hand there is a very decided
desire on the part of the ordinary
average player to read the views of
a high class player on an import
ant match. He learns the fine
points of the game. not merely by
reading descriptions of the gen
eral strategy and technique of ten
mis- by the practical application of
them to. contests.
When Harvard rowing men meet
in New York Feb 10 to outline
plans for the coming season, based
on lessons learned from the defeat
at the hands of Yale last season,
they are likely to hear some
straight from the shoulder talk from
DR.. Heber Howe, the coach, and
Captain McCagg. If one might only
have a resume of the meetings of
this kind that have been held by for
mer oarsmen during the periods of
defeat it would make a most inter
esting subject.
The writer remembers once hav-I
ing asked Rudolph Lehman, the
great English coach, in a club in
London, what would happen if all
the old rowing men of Oxford and
Cambridge crews were assembled
and asked to describe the correct
English stroke.
There would be a fight" Leh-
mann replied dryly.
1t is easy to describe. theoretical
ly, what might be a perfect row.
ing stroke, but when one gets old
oarsmen together, there are as
many varieties of opinions on the
subject as there are on taxation.
Rowing is a mystery and that is
part of its fascination.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-02

More than 100000 flashlights
are sold annnallx.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-02
Giants Get Pitcher.

One of the young pitchers who
has been signed by the Giants with
out much preliminary publicity has
name that sounds like a watch
mans rattle-rachac. He pitched up
in Vancouver last year. The fans
who live on this side of the Cam
adam Rockies know precious little
about him but up where he comes
from there are confident men who
think he will be an iron man for
New York one of these days.
Occasionally in the games in
which he took part in 1921 he pitch
ed baseball so out of the ordinary
that old timers in that. part of the
world believe he has it in him 10
become great If you find it i'm
possible to pronounce his name sat
isfactorily. drop dish on the kitch-
en- floor and let that stand for it.
But if he is as good as the Can
adams think he is, watch him when
he gets going about 1928