Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-16
TO Be BATTLE ROYAL
Meeting of the Local High School
and Alumni Football
EleVens.
TWELFTH STREET PARK
Both Sides Well Trained and
Prepared for a Hard
Struggle.

ia Rock Island and many from abroad
are anAiously inquiring for informa-
ton concerning the annual high
school-alumni football match which is
to come off next Saturday afternoon
at the Twelfth street paak Many are
the speculations rife concerning the
historic individual proves of the
alumni players on the one hand aud
the mysteries in formation being
worked out on the field by the high
school on the other, and many a one
is trying hard to get tip from some
one on the inside that will enable him
to accurately pr guosticate the out
come of the game.
There is reason for all this. In the
first place it is always one of the
hardest fought games of the season.
Not a player on either side but would
rather wear crutches for six months
than see his side lose. In the second
place it furnishes one of the supreme
tests of progression. 1t is a contest
between the past and the present, the
has beens" and the ''comers In
the third place it affords an opportu-
nifty for q reunion of the old ones aud
in this re|pecs 1t is proving even
more popular than the annual post
commencement alumni meeting
The confidence manifested on both
sides is superb. and there is no gain
saying that much is t. be said on
both sides. The teams are s differ
emit and yet each so rquesti9nably
excels in it's class The alumni play
ers all have distinguished them selves
in times past, while the high school
players are IL out of $40.
Have Been p actici.g Hard.
The alumni team has been prac-
ticIDg AFTER dark behind locked doors
at tue Q freight house. There they
have all sorts of furniture TO 20
against from marble slabs to the
strong and persistent odor OF various
consignments of old hides. Passers
on Twentieth street may have noticed
that one of the bumpers at the end of
a switch track south of the depot is
broken. 1t suffered injury in tan
dem play headed by Dack the other
evening, but the boys have kept it
secret till now. Dack is one of the
standbys. Tintypes of the alumni
players are on sale at his studio.
Dudley MsrShall's work in practice
is coming up to his usual standard
His strong point appears to lie in
the team for practice.
Roy Barnhart is one of the most valu-
able men behind the line. He has
reputation all over town for deliver
ing the goods. Will Adams is de-
~; -. l., g. -.
showing the same heady persever-
ance that used to character
ize his ancestors of revolution
any days. Will Collins and
Harry Campbell excel in box forma-
tions They also engage to-give the
high school line the hardest hammer
ing it ever saw and to nail all end
runs. Chauncey Tuttle finds chem
istry an aid to him now. He I'M
doubtt dly will be able to at once see
any test solution the high
school may be able to put together
and on the other hand he is fixing uD
a few hard cnes himself Since Fom
Totten has gone into training for the
game he has done away with the
piano delivery wagon and uses iu-
stead a wheel barrow. Bob Boggess
has agreed to bring his paint and
decorate the alumni players in keep
ing with their prowess. He feels that
thus will be sign of success. Ben
Payne will lead in the defense. 1t is
no uncomm mon thing for him unaided
to block scores of freight trains every
day, and he feels amply capable to do
as much for anything the high school
can send against him The above
are of course only part of the ma
ter a. the older team will have, but
the sample is q fair one.
From the other Side.
II. L. Brown, the coach for the
high school team. when interviewed
last evening by an ARGUS reporter.
was sanguine He said: I'VE rely
upon superior training and faster
team work to win q victory. The
high school team has shown marked
mt during the past few
days and the alumni players are very
likely to find SURF rise when they
meet as Saturday. We have a num-
Der OF trick plays that we have been
working out on the blackboard, some
of which have never been tried in
the west. aud they are bound to de-
ceive the opposing team. Channon is
astonishing skill in max
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