THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1913. 3 Braves and ths Boston Americans as Solon and Mattern, the new backs, SCRIMMAGE FOR was canceled yesterday by agreement ana otner "nnas1 tne uopner leaaer WEAVER'S BOUT of the officials of the clubs. Demarest Now Covets Hoppe's Billiard Titles may have in hiding. Indiana usually rolls up a respect- able., tally on DePauw to start the UP LHTT'S SQUAD MASON ATHLETES season right,' and there is no "sign that BREAKS GAME this -- habit will be reversed this year. Coach Sheldon is out for a big year Bock Island Independents to CLASHING TODAY and bulletins from Bloomington are of Timely Blow in Tenth Inning Mix First Time Tomorrow the hopeful variety. The coach will be able to put in the field one of the Bumps St. Louis Browns Morning at Expo. strongest elevens the Hoosiers have by 3-- 2 Count. Ball Game Staged at Watch had for the last:three years, and the chances look easy 'for the Blooming-ton- , Tower Opposition Leaders Ll-K- - 1 M'GINNIS DESERTS TEAM ski ,ii Jri i side, j .;. PIRATES MUTILATE CUBS Make Statements. Neither Williams nor Sheldon is ex- pected - " , to show anything sensational First Game With Muscatine-8unday- : Trojans Defeated, 6 -- Masonic athletes are fighting tooth : in the way of tricks. The competition to Evers Sends Oct. 5 Schedue Is Almost . VM promises to be too one-side- d to and nail for the long end of the score It I rather Warriors Into the fc call out the 1913 thrillers which have Complete. Fray. at the Watch Tower diamond this af- been developed to date, but there will ternoon, the momentous occasion be- be plenty of .food for college argu- The Rock Island Independents will ing a baseball game between the Rock ment in the general performance of Chicago, Sept. 27. "Buck" Weaver the teams. hold their first scrimmage of the sea- Ibland lodge, piloted by Egg Buyer is a kindly soul. To avoid the burden In spite of the top-heav- y aspect of son tomorrow mornlrg at Exposition Bruner, and Trio lodge, chaperoned double-heade- r the games, the fans will have an op- of a yesterday this park, and all candidates for positions by "Shorty" Canedy, the insurance portunity to get a fair line on the young athlete unloaded a timely blow On the team are requested to turn out expert. Both teams will be composed prospects at the two camps. i Indiana in the tenth round of yesterday's home promptly at 9 o'clock. The squad-worke- will meet Chicago at field ' ;of the cream of the city, insofar as Marshall coming battle or. the South Side lot. out Tuesday and Thursday, next Saturday may try j horsehide ability is concerned, and and out some evenings Long View park, 20 The wallop enabled Joe Bens and his at about both predict success. A representative of Coach Sheldon's latest devices as men trying out for various' posi- the i.of The Argus was iuter-- j a preliminary test . Minnesota has an- white hosed mates to trim St. Louis' ! reper- detailed to tions. Coach Witt has a classy view other, minor contest scheduled with Browns by 3 to 2, Walter Leverena up both captains on the eve of the 4,; toire of new plays his 'sleeve and .battle, and the following reports were a Ames; Oct. 4, and is in no hurry to being among those humiliated after signal practice hag been lightning' fa.it. .received: s uncork scores at wholesale. his friends had presented him with The Independents have lost a valuable ! several tons of jewelry - Statement by Bruner: "My foemen Calvin Demarest (insert) and Willie Hoppe, Should the Gophers fail to roll up and Kimberly , man in Charles McGinnis, who has de- South-Dakota- rock. Score: " j are attempting to discredit my team a. fair count against cided to return to St. Ambrose col-- ' in Chicago. AB. R. 'and . myself as well by saying that 111., Dem-- ; - ven- -. thus!tIie"" Ending the vest will be as H. PO. A. E. lege. Wagner, Wright, Bron-dell- , Chicago. Sept. 27. Calvin Demarest's first title seeking brilliant in his accomplishments, Paridon. anyone who roped in Weaver, ss 5 0 1 2 8 0 among is by a farmer ireet of this city, formerly amateur ture will be for the 18.2 emblem. to Ilock and Sage are the egg wrecking an old thecry that attain a "eHm" Breton, 2b 3 0 1 1 3 0 in 'ah buying escapade cannot or im-- ! ' T new candidates who are 'trying for milliard Whether victorious not he will one ?L, 1' have the necessary discretion and , tL ,LL.Hi,t.ir ohaii,n for ,h ib'i rha m. success iu billiards must begin; only to sprint up the homestretch at Collins, rf 3 0 0 3 0 0 positions on 1913 eleven. - KZ'J " - the. stages. 3 1 judgment .to pilot a winning baseball biohhK has nnnniinriwi that he will DionshiD. which HoDDe won from Ora w'hen very young. Another pupil of the critical . Fournier, lb 0 14 1 0 The first game of the season will be I aggregation. This is false. Canedy i The few changes in the rules this Bodie, cf 3 0 0 1 0 0 staged Sunday. 5, seek the 18.1 and 18.2 balkline titles Morningstar last spring. During the 50, who took up billiards very sua next Oct. at Island Chappell, If 4 1 2 1 0 thinks he can stop up with that new fal--j' . ' 0 City park, opposition being'- the ' now held by Willie Hoppe. Demarest summer Demarest has not neglected denly, proves the old contention is the fangled string ball of his. but my men Schalk, c 4 0 0 5 2 0 South club. Mus- figures that Hoppe has reached the . billiards. His stroke is now smoother Muscatine Athletic will hit it. I .have given , lacious mitting kicks from any distance back Berger, 2b 4 0 0 3 0 0 a lighter team usual them orders top of his game, whereas the Chica-- than at any time since he turned pro-- catine has than jto make a running leap towards the ' Billlardists who have seen Demarest of the. line, of scrimmage may open Benz, p 4 1 1 0 6 0 this year, but It is also much faster gcan in daily exhibitions has gained fessional in 1908, after he had won pitcher's box the minute the bail - in practice matches insist that the "P th P'a but no other modifications than past teams, and the Independents the neceSary confidence in himself i the national and international balk- j leaves "Shorty's" hands, when are "e loonea ior. Simple football Total 33 3 5 30 20 0 will be forced to extend and to warrant challenges to the cham- - nne titles in the amateur ranks Chicagoan has acquired steadiness themselves ithey lace it. either the string will near ls t0 be expected. St. Louis. to the limit to win. pion. During his recent term as instruc-tS- r that is sure to bring him to or AB R. H. PO. A. E. break or Canedy's remains w ill be the top. He has long been noted as Shotton, cf 5 1 2 4 0 0 OI'POM-'IV-I Demarest's last appearance in a at the University club in Chicago, TIIK S j collected outside the fence." one of the quickest men in action who Austin, 3b .'4 0 1 0 1 0 The for the season has championship match against Hoppe Demarest has done much to upset schedule Statement by Canedy: "I feel safe ever handled a cue. His rapid fire WALTERS BEATEN Pratt, lb 4 0 0 8 3 0 been completed is fol- was a year ago, when he was forced old theories. One of the most strik- nearly and as in asserting that if we do not w In the upset more Walker, If 4 0 2 0 0 ' to Hoppe, George ing instances is in his work as teach- work around the table 0 lows: game we will I trail the veteran ' at least lose it. am one aspiring amateur who care- Williams, rf 2 1 2 Q n 0 Oct. 5 Muscatine at Rock Island. Slosson and the brilliant Japanese ex- er of players have advanced be- than in the pink of condition. So much fully before taking up Bisland, ss 4 0 0 1 2 0 Oct. 12 Illinois club of Moline pert, Koji Yamada. Demarest defeat- yond 50 years of age. One of the most studied shots IN KENOSHA BOUT at so, in fact, that many have accused Wares, 2b 4 0 1 2 2 ' ed Yamada in a match and the adept pupils is a Chicago lawyer who his cue. One of the most difficult 0 Mollne. me of using flesh colored pow- latter Agnew, 4 talcum vic- tasks befell the Chicagoan was c 0 0 12 0 1 Oct. 19 I'eoria Socials at Hock der of late. However, was the only player who gained a is 55 years old. Until last winter this that ' it is naueht a to overcome this tendency toward too Leverena, p 4 0 1 2 3 0 island. ' but my ruddy complexion ' tory over Hoppe during the tourna- pupil had never handled cue. City Wild Cat Proves and it is all " is positively great haste. '. Kansas , 20 Olympic club of Moline my ment.