Rock Island Argus., 1902-11-08
GAME OF SEASON ON
Knox and Notre Dame Struggling
for Supremacy at Twelfth
Street Park.
CONTEST ATTRACTS MANY VISITORS
Three Hundred Students Accompany
Team From Gales
burg.

The most noteworthy football game
of the season in the tri-cities is being
played at the Twelfth street park
this afternoon between the teams OF
Knox college, Galesburg, and Notre
Dame, Indiana, the stake being the
college championship of the west.
At l o'clock the stream of specta-
tors gaily decked out with school col
ors began to board the Watch Tower
ears at Seventeenth street for the
park. The majority wore the purple
and old gold of Knox, but a few were
in evidence with the national blue
and old gold of Notre Dame. When
the game began every available seat
was taken, Moline and Davenport
contributing largely to the attend
ance.
Arrival of Players.
The Notre Dame team arrived in the
city over the Rock Island last evening
and took lodgings at the Hotel
Harms. There are 20 players. The
great size of several of them was cal
culated to give the impression that
Knox would have to go some to beat
them.
The Galesburg team arrived shortly
before noon on special train that
was run from Galesburg. With the
players came some 300 students and
about as many enthusiasts outside,
together with the Knox college band.
Headquarters were established at the
Hotel Harms and the hostelry
was the center of much activity up
till the time of leaving for the park.
Knox the Favorite.
Members of both teams expressed
themselves as confident of winning.
but neither expected a large score.
The average weight of the Hoosiers is
about los. while Knox is trifie light
er, with an average of 165. The Knox
players were generally considered to
be in the better condition and the
general impression appeared to be
that they would win. This was prob
ably in measure due to the prepon-
derance of Knox rooters.
Hall and Burklund, of Illinois uni
versity, have been selected to otficiate
and the teams went into the fray
lined up as follows:
KnoN-Centcr. Howell: right guard,
Martin; right tackle, Ewing; right
end. Whitmore; left guard. France;
left tackle, Slattery; left end, Aker-
son; quarterback. Grogan; right half,
Hopkins; left half, Zalusky and
Prince; full back, Wilson.
Notrc Dame Center. O'Mallcv;
right guard, u. Desmond; right tack
le, Steiner: right end, Lonergan; left
guard, Gillen; left tackle, Cullinan;
left end, McDcrmott; quarterback.
McGlew; right half, Nyrie; left half,
Doar; full back, Salmon.
Results of Morning Games
The Galesburg high school team
played in Davenport this morning
with the high school team of that
city and was defeated, 80 to 0.
The Clinton gh school played the
Moline high school and the Moline
team won, 16 to 6.
The football game between Bradley
Polytechnic Institute of Peoria and
Augustana college scheduled for to-
lay. mas been postponed until next
Tuesday, when very interesting
game is promised. The Augustana
boys are very anxious to build up
football team of the highest order
and with the hearty support of the
citizens of Rock Island and Moline,
this can undoubtedly be done.
The seminarians and the senior
college class of Augustana college
contested for supremacy on the grid
iron this morning and the former
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