Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-17
FAST IOWA TEAM
Is HERE SUNDAY
Davenport Independents Clash
With Illinois State Champs
at the Local Park.
HELD SPRING VALLEY 1876
Miners Had Hard Time Winning From
Pretzeltown Lads-Wlth Wealth
er Good Crowd Expected.

One OF the best gridiron games Of
the season IS scheduled for Island City
park Sunday afternoon when the Rock |
Island Independents, twice champions
OF Illinois, meet the Davenport hide
pendents. at Island City park. Many
local fans are laboring under the mis-
taken idea that the Davenport aggre
CATION TO play here Sunday is the
same bunch which met the Rock Is
land Maroons at Island City park last
Sunday, but such is not the case That
team is much lighter and not nearly /
as fast as the Davenport Independents.
The game last Sunday was played as
a substitution of the scheduled Rock |
Island Muscatine game, the opposition |
for the Independents failing 10 put in |
an appearance
There is no doubling the fact that |
the Rock Island Independents this |
year are better than ever before and |
the local fans will be surprised II their |
goal is crossed for a single counter this 1
season. With MacManus at quarter, |
A. Salzmann, Robb and Davenport in |
the backfield, and such men as Swan.
son, r. Salzmann, Behnaman ana 1
Pardon in the line, the eleven pre-
sents a formidable front and IT is not
20 be wondered at that other teams are
afraid TO come here for games. The
local lads play a good, clean battle.
but the calibre Of the men is the point
that counts; there is not a man on the
team who is not game and the old
fighting spirit is prevalent at all times.
Il is a well remembered fact how the
old bull dog, never-give-up spirit last
year won the state championship for
the locals over the Olympics at Mo-
line, and how, fighting against odds,
on a strange field and with the score
against them, the Independents went q,
in determined to win; how they plow-
ed through for a touchdown and tied
the score and how the wonderful right
toe Of Ernie MacManus booted the win
ming drop kick over the bar and
brought the state title home TO Rock
Island, before a crowd of 5000 enthus-
astic lovers OF the gridiron game.
Davenport Is Fast.
Davenport boasts the fastest coIlec-
ion OF football players this season
oretzeltown has ever known. Last
Sunday the eleven journeyed to Spring
Valley, where they met the team OF
hat village, one of the best in the
state. The Spring Valley eleven is
composed almost entirely of sturdy
,oal miners Davenport lost TO Spring
Valley by the count of 13 TO 6. The
lads managed TO take their
opponents by surprise and before ;
Spring Valley realized that they were d,
Ip against a real team. the lads from ,
Gross the river had pushed a touch !
lown over the goal line and the count >
Itood, Davenport, s; Spring Valley, 0. :
1t this etage OF the game the miners J
ook a brace and the remainder OF the
,attIe was even, neither side making
ny gains OF giving any ground, until ,
he final quarter. Spring Valley found 4
he Davenport line Ike a stone wall
u the last quarter, however, the
lads weakened slightly
wing TO the fact that this was their
rst game OF the season, and the col |
cry village managed 20 score a couple I
and won the game
Davenport will have some of the
primer St Ambrose college men IN its
neup, and II is a well known fact
nat the school across the river has
ways developed a good eleven in
ears gone by. Another man In the
davenport lineup is a former Iowa uni ,
ersfty star. who tips the beam at ESQ =
ounds and performs at center. =
In the person OF Buck Mccain, !
alfback. formerly with the Outlaws =
, Buffalo, y. Y, champions OF that =
ate, and Bryant, another good back. =
10 independents have two new men =
oth of whom promise to be fast Red" %
wanson viii also be back in the lineup
morrow.
The two elevens VIII line up against =
.ch other as follows:
Rock Islaud-Sexton C160). le.; r y
llzmann C2O5), 1t; Smith (2OO). lg.; =
arfdon (1s2) C.: Mortier G79), rg.; u
ganson Gs3). TT; Zeb C15O), re-; AZ
avenport 155), RIB; Robb G72), a,
b.; MacManus (14O), quarterback; =,
slzmann C2OO). 10 -
Davenport-Steamer (155), le.;
.Oo). II; Rogers G9O), 1g.; MacDon- n
-esch C2OO). II; Rogers GeO). lg.; o
acDonald (2s0), c; r. Crowley (21O),
:; W. Crawley (1sO), IT; Celonia
50). re-; Marshall (1sO). rhb.;
dimes (1sO), lhb.; Moore G4O), OBJ; ~
urphy (21o). 10. o.
The total weight OF the Rock Island %
am is 1926 pounds and the total IN
eight OF Davenport IS 2.1O5 pounds. ~
Substitutes for Rock Island are: Nc IN
innis. Behnaman, Leyda. Aud. Bran. No
hilbrOOk. Utzen. Gable. Duncan, IN
Hofer and McCann. For 81
ayenport: SteacIzel. E Holmes. Swim In
ct and Naegel.
RefeTee-Lee Lift u
mpire--DayenpoTt. "
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