Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-07

world, and, in consequence. Rugby
football came west with the rise of
the country.
Catches the Fever.
Knox caught the fever. lightly at
first, as is always the case with fe-
vers. The men chasing to and fro in
overalls, or any other old thing. dis
carded the hap-hazard dress for reg
ulation Rugby uniform, and. as there
| is no medical or surgical department
connected with the purple and gold
institution, and a break or sprain
would be of no earthly advantage,
clean cut athletics has been its pol
icy from the time it was born in 1890
something.
But, to return to my story, it was
about 1892 when Knox took ON Rug
by rules. At the same time she cut
down the trees and built fence with
them, moved the grass, and persuad-
ed one of the instructors in mathe-
matics to sell tickets to their games.
This was indeed a more business-like
attitude; showed progression. War,
you have heard. is a great civilizer.
'Since then, however, the college
has climbed from comparat tive OBJ
security to unlimited recognition; not
merely by improved and up-to-date
| athletic teams, but, still. in that de-
partment as much as in anything
else. 1t is undoubtedly now one of
the leading educational institutions
in the west.
"Confining myself to athletics, how
ever, and i'll athletics, particularly to
football-it took the college and
town several years to get set in the
new way of playing the game. In this
time Knox played nip and tuck games
with the other institutions, often los
ing. often winning, until 1897, when
she took decided brace. outelassed
completely the adjacent sister seats
of learning, and climbed rapidly to
the front.
Moline Trimmed Up.
Il think it was Moline high school
that ought to remember one of
KnoX's first steps into rapid football,
being sent home with huge. Juicy
goose-egg after so points had been
made around, over, under and
straight through their IL heavv-hair-
ed mass. There were no other cas-
ualties. Along about the same time.
maybe little later, Beloit came down
and were tuned is to 0. Not anything
could stop the tide of victory now. so
on she 1eaped, year after year, from
1897 to Nov. s, 1902. Chicago univer-
sftytS victory of 40 to o has been re-
duced to barely one touchdown with
the admission in the metropolitan pa
hnf las, 4 Il
Northwestern's victory of II to has
been completely reversed, and that
poor school stands defeated Is 10 o.
Nebraska. who defeated Minnesota.
is frightened out of her wits over the
oncoming game with 'plucky Knox
Notre Dame, the champions for years
of Indiana, cannot predict the out
come of the game. Belpit refuses to
play.
This is the team Knox sends to
Rock Island Saturday to engage in,
with one exception, the greatest foot
ball combat of the middle west. The
exception | mention was the Michi-
gan W.. Wisconsin game. Knox and
Notre Dame have never met before
and have not played the same teams,
so as to allow in any way of compar-
ative scores. The outcome of the
game is altogether matter of CON
lecture. But if Notre Dame defeats
Knox college tomorrow afternoon,
Notre Dame is not only champion of
Indiana, but outclasses every team in
Illinois. If Knox college defeats
Notre Dame, it develops the fact that
it is one-third from the top of the
football ladder in the west Come
out, and if you don't see the best
game ever played in Rock Island you
can get your money back midway be-
tween Davenport and Rock Island
Sunday night at ~.