Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-12
HARD WORK
High School Football Players Have
Final Scrimmage Practice Be.
fore Moline Game.
CONTEST WITH THE SCRUBS
Latter Experiment with Trick Plays
and Passes Such as Opponents
of Saturday May Use.

The high school team INDUCED in
its last real hard scrimmage work last
evening and the rest Of the time be-
urday will be spent in perfecting the
plays which will be tried on the Mo-
line line. Coach Powell had a num-
Der of assistants in the work of get
ting the men into shape. rs there were
number of the alumni CT the school
out to watch the boys work Each
man received individual instruction on
what is considered his weakest points
and when they face the maroon war
riors they will not lack IN knowledge
of the fine points Of the game. Sew
eral of The former stars of the high
school took charge of thasecond team
and drilled them in number of trick
plays and forward passes such as Mo-
line is expected to spring and when
they lined up against the regular
squad the plays were Tried with vary
ing success. When the regulars were
given the ball they blowed through
the scrub line at will and were able
to go through for touchdown with
a single play nearly eva,y time
In one of the scrimmGges Frey, who
was running with the oau was tackled
hard at the knees and when he was
thrown bis right knee was severely
injured, making it seem probable that
he will be unable to play. This wit
seriously handicap the local team, as
the line is not any too strong with al
the regulars in, and there are few
capable substitutes.
Start Hard Luck Talk.
Moline appears to be in pretty bad
shape, although they :ave not the
least fear that they will lose the game
on account of it. The coaches report
that Woodyatt and Wyiand are both
cred by burns which came from the
lime used in lining off The field last
Saturday. and that there is a chance
that the quarter back Viii not be able
to play. Whiteside and Hart are also
reported on the list of injured will
meager hopes that they will be in trim
for the Zig game. The Moline paper.
say that not since 1903 has the team
been in such poor shape physically
and that it will be up slo the substi
| tute players to win the game. The
Rock Island players and followers d.
not take much stock in the beai
stories that come from the camp O
the enemy as the same thing has hap
pened before and yet VIXEN the da.
for the game came. TIE supposed,
half dead members of the team showed
up with more than their usual life
Moline can be depended Upon to hav,
their men in the finest KIND of shap,
when the signal for the start of tn,
game is sounded.
| DR.. Kohler, who has been attendin,
Woodyatt, gave out today the state
ment that. as Woodyatt's physician, h
had positively forbidden Woodyatt T.
lplay in the game Saturday. He state'
that he had not decided whether Il
tallow Wyland to play or not. In Nc
line the general opinion is that this j
mere dope" to conceal the real condi
ltion of the team.
| Seasons Scores Compared.
! A comparison of the records of tn,
two teams so far this year is interest
ing, through the fact that both hay,
suffered defeat twice aid from tn,
same organizations. Each of the team
'lost their initial games with tn