Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-01
VETERANS FACE
REDMAN SUNDAY
Independents Take Field for the
First Game With Almost
Unchanged Lineup.
AFTER THE ILLINOIS TITLE
Art SaIzma1n, Captain This Year,
Again at Fuifback-Red Men
Have Strong Eleven

| Rain or shine, hail or snow, hot or
cold, the Rock Island Independents,
| football champions of Illinois, will
open the 1914 season at Island City
park Sunday afternoon with the Mo-
line Red Men, and the local eleven of
| last year will face the Pillow City lads
on the gridiron. For the Independent
lineup this year is practically I'M
changed. Here it is:
Sexton or Behnamann, left end.
r. Salzmann, left tackle.
Smith or Goble, left guard.
Pardon or Philbrook, center.
Duncan or Book, right guard.
Mortier or Leyda, right tackle.
Murphy, right end.
Davenport or Whistler, right half
back.
Robb or MacManus, left halfback.
McGinnis, quarterback.
A. Salzmann (captain), fullback.
Officials of the afternoons pastiming
will be Lee Lift, referee; w. Reeves.
umpire, and VIII Griftiths, head lines
man. The game will be called prompt
mitted free.
Some New Faces.
AS previously stated the Independ-
emit lineup this season is almost un-
changed. Both Leyda and Mortier are
new men and so are Philbrook. Whis-
Ter and Duncan. The three latter NAM
ed are former high school stars, while
Leyda and Mortier have played college
football.
The new men on the team are fast
and there is every prospect this year
of another championship team. Man
ager Jack Roche states that the
eleven willtry again for the state title
and will seek games with the best
teams in the state with this end in
view. Rock Island fans will see the
best football they have ever witnessed
here this season.
Schedule Is Completed.
The schedule for the Independents
has now been almost completed, and
is announced as follows, there being
but few slight changes to the schedule
published some time ago in The
Argus:
Oct. Moline Red Men at Rock Is
land
Oct. 11-Columbus Junction at Rock
Island.
Oct. 1s-Rockford Badges at Rock
Island.
Oct. 25-Moline Olympics at Rock
Island.
Nov. l (open). Probably Peoria So
Gals or Davenport Maroons at Rock
Island.
Nov S-Kewanee at Rock Island.
Nov 15-Moline Red Men or Olymp-
les at Moline.
Nov 22-Joliet at Rock Island.
Nov 29-Evanston North Ends at
Rock Island.
Red Men Fast.
In the Red Men team lineup there
are six men with whom the local fans
are familiar: VOTERS, Hauser, Sizes.
Nuehl, Versluis and Meersman. Red
VOTERS is a fast tackle and good.
man in the line. He was
With the Olympics last season. Haus-
.r, left guard, was also with the
1lympics last year and is one of the
,est men in his position in the trl-
titles. Sizes at right end and Kuehl at
light half both played stellar game
WIN the last 4Sdl anu al
veil known to tri-city fandom. Both
we're also stars on the Davenport high
chool eleven. Versluis at left half
nd Meersman at full are two men to
.e feared by any team. Both played
With the fast Illini eleven of Moline
asst season and were stars of the first
aliber Meersman is especially
nown for his line plunging qualities.
he Red Mems lineup:
Left nd-WiIendorf. TO.
Left tackle-Eed VOTERS. 100.
Left guard-5erry, 1S5. or Hufford,
90.
Center-HaE-- $50.
Right guz-d-Alaiorkurt 100, or
,readt, 200.
Right tackle-Wrisht, 165.
Right end-Sies. 1872.
Right haIfback-Kuehi, 155, or q.
VOTERS. $50.
Left halfback-versluis, 1s5, or
rown. $50
Fulback-Meersm 10.
Quarterback-Br Brown, $50, Hammer.
20. or Kolls, 165.
Substitutes-Walt Reeves, Lee
iitt and Billy Grifiths.
ne fine day business began to pick
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