Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-06
is MUCH FEELING
Lovers Of Football Look Forward
to Great Games Between
Rock Island and Moline.
SCHOOLS PLAY SATURDAY
Contest at Island City Park Is the
the Most Important of Entire
Season for Both Teams.

Athletic rivalry between Rock Is
land and Moline is at high pitch, due
to the fact that Saturday the two cities
will decide the high school football
supremacy, and Sunday the two inde.
pendent teams, the Rock Island hide
pendents and the Moline West Ends
are to settle the Independent cham
pionship of the three cities. The high
school game Saturday, while it can
not be said to be conclusive as to the
high school championship, is sure to
indicate the winner of tri-city honors
for Davenport, from it's showing so far.
does not compare with the teams OF
the other two cities. Moline plays
Davenport later in the season. but
Rock Island and Davenport have had
no athletic relations In the last year.
VIII BE Hard Game.
Rock Island has, in the eyes of fol-
lowers of the game, made a poorer
showing in the season than that OF
| the Moline high school boys, but those
who are in position to know of the
real strength of the team this week
are convinced that the game will be
one of the hardest fought and most
closely contested of the season for
either school. Moline has recently
suffered because of the absence of its
coach, Harvey Mckinley. who was en-
gagged in the trial of a case in the cir
cult court all last week. Rock Island
on the other hand has had the advan-
tage of an increased and improves
coaching staff, with the best availl-
BILE coaches to direct the practice of
the team. The boys have improved
wonderfully in the last two weeks, as
was indicated in a large measure in
the game with Iowa City last week
! No wnIknway for Either.
Those in charge of both teams are
putting the boys through the most
rigorous training, and saying little as
to the possible outcome Of the game.
Coach Mckinley of the Moline team
states that while he expects Moline
to win, he anticipates a bitter contest
Saturday, and one in which the victor
will earn every score The dope of
lpaSt records, Mr.. Mckinley says, is
/ not a fair indication of strength, 70:
it shows nothing of Rock Islands big
Improvements, and besides this il
should be taken into account that
Rock Island never fails to put up the
best fight of the year when Moline is
the teams opponent.
VIII Fight for Title.
Principal Brown of the Rock Islanf
thigh school. who has been assisting in
the coaching of the team the last tvs
: weeks, says that Rock Island has
made a wonderful improvement re
Gently, and will give Moline a hare
fight Mr.. Brown says the dope" t:
the contrary. Rock Island has a GOO
fighting chance against Moline ant
that the boys will go after the game
with all the skill and energy in them
There is every Indication that th>
: attendance at the game, which is tC
be played at Island City park, will b.
new record for Rock Island and Mo
line Never has there been keener in
terest in the game, and as it is tbs
most important contest of the loca
school this season, it will attract mo :,
than the usual number of spectators.
Among people not connected will
either school there have been severa
wagers placed, and three for large
amounts are that Rock Island viii
either defeat Moline, or tie the score
Even money was placed by Moline
men on this proposition.