Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-08-01
CRIDIRON DAYS
DRAWING NEAR
Football Players Of City Get
ting Anxious to Don the
Moleskins.
HIGH SCHOOL SQUAD MEETS
At Call of Captain John Kitttlsen
They Gather and Decide to
Have Training Camp.

Just in the midst Of the baseball
season. little attention Is being paid
to anything that might detract from
the national pastime. However, the
boys who have followed the gridiron
game for years and have donned the
moleskin in the fall, are getting q lit
tie bit anxious to start things agoing
for the fall season. Several OF the
ellis of war and are preparing to cor
raj the fastest and hesdiest players
in the vicinity. The chances are that
there will be three or four amateur
aggregations in the field this fall and
all of them will be likely contenders
for honors.
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS READY.
Then, too, the high school boys are
beginning to look back over their
credits just to see whether or not
there will be any chance OF difficulty
in making the team because of funks.
All of them have found that they are
up in their studies and as a result are
anxious for the opening of the school
term in less than a month. Then they
will begin the daily grind and the fight
for place on the team. Captain
"Jawny'->K ittilsen. who was kept out
of the game year ago because OF i'll
ness, will be back on the team and
that is the first point for the Islanders.
In the preceding year. he was one OF
the leading lights in the field for the
locals and 1t is a safe bet that he will
be there better than ever next fall.
WILL HAVE TRAINING CAN'T.
He has called together the squad
which was out last year and which
will be out again this year. They have
decided to go into camp Aug. 20 and
remain there till day or two before
the term opens. While there. they
will have practice each day and will
round into fairly good shape before the
season opens. The camp site will be
near Cordova. Twelve or more play
ers expect to be on hand for the out.
ing. Just who will coach the team,
has not yet been learned, but the boys
await that announcement with anx-
iety. They have the proper material
on hand for a crackerjack team and
with a first class coach will be strong
contenders for the honors next season.
HAVE FINE MATERIAL.
A perusal of the list of players who
are coming back this year. is pleasing
to the high school rooters. To begin
with, there is the captain. John Kittil
sen. He will make "A good man foi
the back field. probably halfback. His
mate will probably be Earnest Mac
Manus who starred last season. Then
there will be Big VIII Hughes who
had no equal as center last year on a
high school team In this vicinity. He
will be back and probably will stay on
TO the back field, where he is equally
strong. Willard Larkin who played a
heady, steady game at quarterback
last season. will probably have the
same position this season. Arno Ire
mann, who capably filled the tackle po-
sition last year, will be back. Then
there is Red" Wright who played a
hard and classy game at half last year.
He will keep the other boys hustling
for honors.
Bert Benson and Harry Behnamann.
both plucky players, will be back and
L remains to be seen just where they
will play. Benson is a backfeld man.
while Behnamann is an end man.
Ehmke will be back and will proba-
bly, make the line this year. Whistler
will be back and so will Keith Dooley
Both of them are rather light but are
'ast and may make the end positions.
PLENTY OF MEN.
The two weeks at camp and the
coming Of a coach will probably decide
he position that each player will try
or. Then there is a possibility that
some new material may crop out and
larry away a place on the first team.
At any rate, there will be enough ma
erial for a crackerjack team and the
'egulars will all have TO hustle TO hold
heir own.