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over MILLION
IN HORSE FLESH
AT LOUISVILLE

Louisville. Ky, Jan. 17.-ThoT-
oughbreds, valued by their owners
at more than 100000, are in win
ter quarters at Douglas park and
Churchill Downs here.
Included among them are the
highly-bred youngsters in the
stables of John L. Madden, the
racers trained by Alex Gordon for
Bud" Fisher, the cartoonist, the
two-year-olds OF the Jones brothers
and many other well known thor
oughbreds.
Because of the open winter in
Louisville, the youngsters which be-
came two-year-olds in January al
ready have begun their first racing
lessons
The Madden string contains sew
eral likely youngsters, which as yet
are unnamed, but which are by
such sires as Friar Rock, Ormon-
dale, Hessian, The Finn and Sir
Martin. Mr. Madden, it is said,
considers his great colt, Surf Rid
er, as a likely contestant for the
kentucky derby. Last season this
colt showed up well and had a way
of sticking to his task the entire
distance.
Surf Rider started only eight
times, won six times, finished sec
ond once and third once, winning
$16,430. Because of being d gelding
he will be barred from several OF
the richest three-year-old races,
but will be eligible for the derby.
Sporting Blood, which last sea-
son won four races and S43,610, is
at the Fisher stable and, according
to race track followers, he never
looked better. Included in his
victories last year was the rich
Latonia championship 3-year-old
stakes
The Dick Finnel colt, Violinist. is
regarded as Fishers entry in the
derby Violinist has filled out well
this winter and his trainer believes
he will have a good chance to win
the blue ribbon" of the American
turf
Included in Fishers string of .
year-olds are five FLIES and seven
colts. Trainer Gordon particularly
likes Brocade, the Broomstick- En-
broidery FLY, while the Dick-Fin-
nell Diamond Grain colt looks
promising. Diamond Dick is an
other that is considered to have a
good chance this season. Hyprion,
bay colt by Sunster- Melrique by
Meddler is another colt that has re-
ceived favorable attention.
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Dave Danforth, the pitcher for
whom the St. Louis American
league club gave eleven men, finds
himself in a peculiar predicament
When Danforth signed with the
Columbus team of the American
association, his one ambition was
to win back a berth in the major
leagues.
Danforth felt that he was good
enough to pitch in either the Amer
lean or National league. However
it was up to him to convince some
major league manager.
Dave realized it meant work and
effort to get back into the big show.
In order to protect himself in case
some major league club desired his
services, he signed a contract with
the Columbus club that was a bit
different.
1t seems the contract was drawn
up by Joe Tinker, VINO has since
severed his interest in the Column
bus team According to Danforth,
there was a clause in the contract
which said he was to receive one
tenth the purchase price in case he
was sold to major league club.
At the New York meeting of the
two major leagues it was rumored
that several clubs were willing to
go as high as $4,000 for Danforth
Such sale would have netted Dan
forth $500.
The st. Louis club secured Dam
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YALE DEFEATS
PRINCETON AT
HOCKEY, f TO 3
Blue in Good SholU-
ing, Despite Loss
of O'Hear7e.
BY WALTER CAMP.

NSopsI lSAI, 4S-E- bS Tue Al gus
Yale made a fine showing in her
hockey match against Princeton in
spite of the loss of O'Hern, upset
ting all forecasts by defeating the
Tigers, 4 to 8, in an overtime con-
test. The Nassau boys ran into a
2 to 0 lead in the first two periods
only to be tied by the blue play
ers. In the third period each team
scored a goal and it required over
time sessions to settle the issue,
Reid of Yale finally scoring the
winning goal.
Harvard defeated Dalhous!e. to
1. and looked strong against the
Canadians. Cornell shut out Am
herst, 4 to 0. Williams beat Spring
field. to l and the Army white
washed Colgate. TO 0.
Tom Towards Columbia pupils
will have a change Wednesday to
show Princeton whether they have
improved since their defeat by
Yale, 10 to =.
The International Sports Club
corporation now goes into the
hands of a receiver in a friendly
suit to separate its affairs finally
from those of the International
Sporting club and allow the latter
under the direction of Gutzen Borg
lum to enGeavor to find its way out
to smoother sailing as a patron of
boxing.
Booming Lacrosse as a college
sport is to be the sport of a ma
tional association formed by the in
tercOllegiate league of Lacrosse
One attempt along this line is TO
be the bringing over of an Oxford
team in the spring. Lacrosse is a
fine game but il has always had
hard shedding in intercollegiate
ranks when competing against 9TH
er sports. 1t was once sponsored
by the Athletic association of Yale
many years ago. but faded out then.
But now it is staging a comeback
and with the greater interest shown
in the so-called minor SDOrts, it has
a great opportunity for it is a real
mans game.
Yale is leading at this point in
the intercollegiate sw i'm N n g
league through victory by the fair
margin of 50 to q over Penn This
gives the Ellis two won and none
lost with Columbia and Princeton
tied for second place
There will be two fine testin z
games next Saturday evening in
the intercollegiate basketball series
when Penn journeys to New York
to meet Columbia and Dartmouth
goes out TO Ithaca to play Cornell
So far Penn has a large monopoly
of class in the race. Outside the
league the Navy team is going
great guns"
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Today's Angle In
Sports

Achieve greatneS in any line OF
enCeavor, sport in particular, and
Immediately you become pet tar
get for criticism.
Last year the east heard much
about Brick" Muller, the famous
end of the University Of California
eleven. He was touted as an All
American certainty. Walter Camp
didn't select him for his team.
Although Muller played very lit
tie football in the season just closed
not over a few hours OF actual play,
Camp selected him for his team OF
this year. Possibly the criticism for
:, failure to pick him last year, was
the real reason.
In addition to Muller. Camp Sc
lected Mcmillan as one of the tack
les. From the west We have heen
reading tales about Muller's passes
for 40 and so yards. Also how Nc
MILAN would open up holes in the
opposing line. through which his
backs could walk for big gains.
Evidently those plays were not
made against teams having defens-
i've line play as strong as that of
w
scheduled to play California. much
interest conferred around the two
All-American stars of the California
eleven. Muller and Mcmillan.
Stein, the Washington and JEFF
feTson captain. also an All-Ameri-
can selection, came up to expecta-
lions. He did commit fault when
he was off-sida on a play II which
a w. & J. back ran 40 yards for a
touchdown. Such things however
are a part of football.
1t is rather interesting 10 read
what Joe Fitzgerald. former Harv-
ard quarterback, now a coach at
Sanford, has to say about the play
of two All-American stars.
Mcmillan and Muller were dis
appointing" says Fitzgerald. The
former was not only taken out of
many plays. but committed himself
too fast, and allowed the opposing
team TO gain many yards through
his position.
Muller. however. was the prize
disa ppointment. Erickson and
BrenkeTt ran around his end as
though they had never heard of him.
On kicks he was also spilled several
times and failed to get away with a
single forward pass"
Possibly Mcmillan and Muller
realized the football world was
watching their efforts, and for that
reason they pressed themselves,
and failed to SHOW their real form.
B. E.
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new YORK FANS
CLAD BAKERS
GOING TOS STAY
His Hitting WOuld b. Missed
Least While Ruth is Held
on Bench.
BY JOHN B. F0STFs,
Copyright. 1922, by The Arprs


: New York, Jan. 17.-Denial nv 7
Franklin Baker that he has ref-rs,
: was good news today for he ~
York baseball fans. But il mn.
be admitted that the reD9r; NJ Is1
retirement did not cause the So r,s
q CONSERVATION similar rumors 60
ted in years gone by.
I The GankS are not v-or-,-i.
about their intield. YET if kr-s
, stays on the ground. IS he ie -,
Pected to stay until May. It will no,
be a bad thing to nave Bsto,
around to pinch hit once in a VIII
because The stalwart arms Of fh,,
Maryland farmer still have bealtb,
slnews for batting the ball and bis
eyes do not seem to have gone bacs
on him. o"
Bakers trouble is that OF tb;-5
basemen ever since the begfnriDg
of baseball time. His legs borLas
him. AiliHg legs will handicaD a
player in any position on a hail
/ field, but in the particular case NJ
/ Baker il is but a repetition of VIVA
befell DeVlin, Jerry Denny ana
Jimmy Collins, and they were three
or the best third basemen Loo
trouble on the part Of third hasa
men IS attributed 10 the dash and
quick stop that they have to mako
| TO come in on bUnt hits. Ever since
the bunt has been a regular part NJ
the game third baSemen have baar
going out Of il after d few saasoDs
with underpinning which prevented
, them from doing ANYTHING fgfba-
on the ball field.
Clark Griffith'S selection of MI
Ian for manager is characteristic NJ
Grif. He is not one of the kind
who fOrgetS those who have dons
their best for him. in sharp contra
distinction to three or four mana
gers who have had some success
but who have fattened on the Of
forts of others and then permitted
them to shift for themselves as bpst
they could when they could use
them no longer.
M7lan's success with Washington
in 1921 when Mcbride was tempo--
artly out Of the game proved that
IL NDAIA AA4G Liu wills Win Other
managers. and that is one-half the
battle. The manager doesn't plsv
himself and half the time he Goes
no. have any idea as 10 how mis-
players are going to act for him
when they get on the field. He
spends his time trying to guess
ahead Of the man who IS also trv-
ing to guess ahead Of him, and then
luck cps in and hands out the
decision tWO-thirds of the time
Louisville isn't leaving ANYTHING
untuTned to try to put together a
championship team for 1922. Otto
knabe says he will have a better
team at Kansas City than be had
last year. and Jack Hendrix VITA
his indianapolis club expects 70
get enough from the New York Ma
t!onals to put him in the running
The owEe-s Of all these clubs. who
are three of the most powerful in
the American association. are ed
to have announced at The minor
league meeting in private that they
didn't care 4 WhiSker whether the
American association accepted the
draft again as long as they hal
anything to % with the organlza-
ton.
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ards. While admitting his bril-
liancy. the opinion has been ex-
pressed that some of the veterans
rated below him were entitled to
more consideration because of their
consistency.
If Richards is selected on the
Davis cup team, he will be one of
the youngest players. if not the
youngest player. who has ever COM
peted on any American Davis cup
team
Richards will not be 10 until next
March His rating as number three
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SPRING VALLEY
AND TWIN-CITY
TEAMS BILLED
Kimme:'s Squad TO Meet Strong
Opposition Friday and
Saturday.
BY ART WILLIAMS.

Rock Island high school will try
and shake off the effects of the de-
feat from Davenport by playing out
of town Friday and Saturday.
Friday night, the Crimson and
Gold will meet the Spring Valley
aggregation at Spring Valley and
the following night it will appear
against the LaSalle-Peru quintet
which handed out defeat TO the
local boys in a hard fought game,
IS II Is. earlier in the season
Beth weekend games should be
hard fought and the locals will
have to show an extra squirt of
speed to come out on the heavy end
of the scores. Spring Valley has
fighting team. The home lads are
well acquainted with the strength
of the PERI boys. The latter
game will be played on one of the
finest floors that the boys will be
in action on this year and they will
have good opportunity to get
away with fast floor work.
Shelters ankle should be in bet
ter shape from the injury of last
week but the team will be decidedly
weakened by the loss of Floyd
Hall. Who has retired from the
squad and will not be seen again
in high school athletics until the
football season opens next fall.
With Hall out of the lineup Shet-
ter Will be shifted to center and
probably Woodward will fill the va
cancy at running guard. knani-
shu is also playing a fair game and
there are chances of alternating be-
tween these two men at running
guard Another man that Coach
Kimmel is planning to take on the
trip is Writ. He has shown signs
of speed and fight. but is an extra
light man. He works good with the
squad in team play. Edwards per-
formed in good shape and with his
style of basket shooting. a long
arch shot, he should have plenty of
opportunity 10 put his ability into
play at L2Salle. Spring Valley also
has a good gym. comparing about
in size to the local Y floor. Alvine,
Rock Islands dependable guard, is
expected to hold the opponents to
a close score.
In the coming games the Island
ers will appear for the first time in
their new outfits. The new jerseys
were received the first of the sea-
son and the trunks will arrive this
week. The new trunks are gold.
trimmed with crimson down the
sides and at the bottoms. The
sweaters are crimson, with a gold
stripe diagonally across the breast
with Rock Island" written on the
gold part. With this outfit Rock
Island will have one of the neatesI
clad teams in the state
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ST. vIATOR IN
1922 VICTORY
Especial to The Argus. }

=.
kankakee, ILL.,, Jan. 17.-Workiug
the reserves frequently. ST Viator
Dasketmen, beat out Charleston
Normal here, SO to %, last. night.
Passing was erratic and the guard
play OF both crews close, holding
the cage tries to distance. L. Win
terhalter, Lyons and Donnelly led
the locals scoring. w. Barrett and
Galllyan showed up strong in the
reserve ranks. Lynch and Black
starred for Normal. Summary:
st. Viator-Field goals: L. Win
terhalter (3l. Lyons (5), DonneIIv
90. Connors ~. Free throws:
Clancy "a. Donnelly %.
Charleston = Field goals: Black
a. Wilson. Fawley (3). Free
throws: Lynch a..
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Not satisfied with having secured
Heinie GrOh, John McGraw is ang-
ling for Pitcher Lee Meadows of
tho Phillies.
Despite the fine showing of the
New York pitchers in the world
series, McGraw isn't satisfied with
the staff
The leader of the Giants feels that
the addition of another high class
pitcher will insure the pennant. He
has always been very strong for
Lee Meadows.
Meadows is the only bespectacled
pitcher in the majors. Despite the
fact that he is compelled to wear
glasses on the field, he is a very re-
markable pitcher.
Without the pair of heavy lenses
which Meadows uses while on the
field, it is said to be impossible for
him to see the plat from the pitch
ing rubber with any degree of &C
curaCy.
That would cause one to infer
that Meadows is poor on control.
Such, however, is far from being the
truth. Bad eyesight doesn't seem
to affect his pitching in any way,
as long as he has his specs" as
Meadows calls them.
Branch Hickey of the st. Louis
Cardinals is authority for the state
ment that Meadows will wear "a
New York uniform next year.
President Baker of the Phillies
says that, while negotiations for
Meadows have come from the New
York management, there is no
chance of McGraw getting him.
President Baker ought to know
where Meadows will play, yet last
season Cincinnati officials said
there was no chance of Gcoh be-
coming a Giant.
Groh will be with New York this
summer. In all probability Mead
OMS will
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forth by giving II players to the
! Columbus club. No money figured
in the transaction Danforth's con-
tract called for One-tenth of the
cash purchase. The question is,
where does Danforth get eff?
Danforth is pretty wise fellow.
He says that $40 900 would be q
conservative estimate of the value
of the II players turned over for
him. That would make Danforth
$4,000 to the good Dave says he
must get that amount before he
signs.
Possibly Dave is only kidding. and
that he will sign as soon as the St.
Louis club sends him a contract
The desire to get back into the big
show, at a salary much in excess of
what he received in the minors,
may overcome his demands for part
of the purchase price.
Business Manager Bobby Quinn
of the st. Louis club is quoted as
saying, it is ! question that DAN
forth must settle with the Columbus
club. as St. Louis is in no way in
volved.
1t is a peculiar situation. Teehni-
cally Danforth hasn't a cent coming
to him, since his contract called for
a part of the cash involved. and no
actual cash was passed between the
two clubs. A fair Interpretation OF
his case, however, would entitle him
to tenth of what the players really
were worth. 1t may prove to be a
case for Judge Lands TO arhitrate
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U. OF DUBUQUE
BEATS AMBROSE

The University of Dubuque bas-
ketban team. captained by Ed
"Pinkey" Taber of Rock Island. de-
feated the st. Ambrose team last
night in the st. Ambrose gymna-
SUM, % to II. The Dubuquers
were bigger and faster than the
Davenporters. About six hundred
saw the contest. Captain Taber and
Armstrong were the stars for the
winners.
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BY BILLY EYA"S.

Vincent Richards stands an ex-
cellent chance of being chosen as a
member of this years defending
Davis cup team.
Richards was rated as third
among the tennis players of the
United States. Such u position of
honor almost assures his selection
as member of the Davis cup
team.
There are many of the lead ng
experts on tennis who rather dis
agree with the ranking given Rich
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-17
MURPHYSBORO is
LOOKING AHEAD
TO NEXT SEASON

MurphysbOro. ILL.,, Jan. 17.-Soph-
ignores and juniors who compose
this years basketball team at Muir
physboro Township high school are
out for the 1928 championship with
which to christen their new gym
nasium, which it is declared Will De
the best and largest high school
gymnasium in southern Illinois.
They have played four games al
ready this season and have won
three.
Old men on the team include
Robert Minton. guard: Henry An
derson. forward, and Ebert IsonI,
center. who have played two years.
Others include Paul Dunn, floor
guard. and Wendell Steele, forward.
Among the new men is Blair
French, a promising man for for
ward.
Robert Mintou is this years cap
tain, and Floyd Lewis is coach.
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SHEFFIELD HIGH
CAGE TEAM WINS
FROM MANLIUS

Sheffield high school defeated
Manlius high quintet Saturday
night. Is to 9, at Sheffield The vic
tory broke a tie for second place
in the Little Six" league, which
had existed between these two
schools
The game was one of the best
played by the Sheffield team this
season. Manlius put up a hard fight,
however, and the game was not won
until the last whistle, although
Sheffield had a lead of to >
points all during the game. Sum
mary
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SOUTHERN STATE
BASKET TITLE Is
FRANKFORT GOAL

West Frankfort. ILL.,, Jan. II
Proving their mettle by winning
seven of the first eight games of
the season, the Frankfort commun-
ity high school basketball team has
it's eye on the championship. Coach
E. W, Ebbler and Principal F.. A.
Wilson declare their team to be the
best in southern Illinois.
Last year the team won Is out of
the is games played. Captain Arty
Martin and Noble Rains, members
of the 1921 team. are putting in
their last year at high school bas-
ketball. They have played four
years each. Other old men in the
team are Tom Blake, years: Paul
Lawson, 8 years, and Claire Lee. ,
years. Promising new material in
cludes Frank Jacobs. guard: Luke
Gladders, guard; Clyde Smith. for
ward; Burt Darnell. forward, and
Erwin Sullivan, center.
Thus far Marion high school has
the only team this year that has
defeated West Frankfort Teams de-
feated by the Frankfort commun-
ity high school this season were
from Christopher, Sesser, Carter
vile, Nashville, Johnston City.
Pinckneyville, Marissa and Herrin.
lincoln. ILL.,, in. 17.-With a
good team this season Lincoln COL
lege expects to win the balance of
its games. 1t was just nosed out by
Illinois college 80 to 81 and dropped
its first to the Illinois State nor
NAL university, but came back and
beat the normal school and ran up
three other victories. Remaining
games are these:
Hedding. there, Jan. IL; Garth
age, there. Jan. "a; Eastern Nor
NAL, here. Jan. 20: McKendree.
there, Jan. 81: Shurtleff. there.
Jan. %: Macomb, here, Feb. 3:
Shurtleff, here, Feb. 8: Carthage,
here. Feb. 16; Illinois college here,
Feb. %; Hedding here, March ),
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become one Of the fistic stars Of Inc
country
Young Mahoney, as he is known
TO fistic fans of the east. believes
the Adams apple viii in tine get
back to lis normal position and
that he will recover his tenor voice
Maho1Ey. however. has given up
his ambition 10 rival John McC0r-
mack. Instead he has his eye on
the lightweight title held by Benny
Leonard.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-17

Leonard MahOGey Of Baltimore a
the age of II years was called the
boy nightingale -
Eight years later he possessed q
tenor that drew an offer from Ffske
OHara to tour the country with
him.
In tie meantime Mahoney's tickle
nature got him into the boxiTg ring.
And besides a tenor voice he pos
sessed an Adams apple.
a few days after the offer from
O'Hara came, Mahoney stepped into
the arena 10 do battle with a tough
Baltimore rival This. uncOuth per
son hit Mahoney on the Adams ap-
pie ard knocked it little further
down his throat.
That punch caused Nahoney to
lose his voice However, he has
found . new profession in the ring
He's leaping forward rapidly in the
lightweight class and bids fair to
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New Orleans.-Johnny Wilson
was suspended by the national
boxing commission until Septem-
Der, 1922
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Chicago-Open decision on rules
Will be permitted at the meeting
OF the western Golf association.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-17
WESTERLY

At the Rebekah assembly of Rhode Isl and Independent Order of Odd Fellows
 Thurs sday. Mrs. Mary c. Bamford of Westerly was elected vice president for heres
 In the third district court here three units were entered Friday as follows ::
 Empire Cream Separator Go. vs. c. Pal mer Chapman; Barber and Reynolds vs,
 Catherine B. Bates and Calvin Davis ys. Wilbert A. Clarke. The case of William
 E. Quinn vs Barber and Reynolds was defaulted and passed for proof of claim.
 By agreement of counsel the case of the state vs. Frank Jackson was continued one week for trial.
 The several churches Of Westerly ob- served Easter Day in a fitting manner, ] the chorus in many of them being assist ed by musicians of note. The special
 services and music brought out large crowds Tho missions and gospel meet 1 ings also did their share to make the pro
 grams for the day impressive and fit.
 ting.
 l The baseball season has opened and l bids fair to see some fast twirling. The 1 Westerly High school team does not in 1 tend to remain the background and tho fans will have to have a. good team tt
 beat 1t. The employees of the American Velve
 company Of Stonington are starting
 team this season. There is sure to b'
 some good games and each team is try ing for the goal.