Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-19
FIGHT FOR AUCIE
TITLE TOMORROW
4ugustana Independents To- Take ou
Freshman Eleven at Campus
for School H0n0rS.
ONLY GAMES IN THE TH- CITES
Contest Il 10 Start Promptly At 2:3ti-
Both Squads in Fine fettle FOR
Crucial Battle.

With both teams in tie 2in.., the
Freshmen auI Independents await The
first whistle of the battle for the
championship Of Aagustaas college
The game. which is to BE- staged on
the college campus at 2:20 tomorrow,
premises 10 he one Of tte fastest
games PLAYED in the tri-cites during
the past season and witl all other
teams in the tTi-cities taking a iay-oG.
Davenport and Moline resfiae for the
last game in the tri-citv series Thurs
day, and the schedule uC the locals
being completed. big crowd Is an
ticipated Carl Anderson, sponsor of
the high school team. is to referee the
game and all preparations to make
Augie's big game a success have been
made
Football has been the Interest Of tie
entire student body of the scho1l for
the past week and the promise of A
new gymnasium has oven increased
this enthusiasm. for the game tomor-
row means not only decision IN lie
class scrap, hut a boost fol football at
Augustana. Ii is in this spirit that
the game viii be wase'l. AugHstana
first, Freshmen or Independents next.
Uppers Have 1ai,.
The Independents. composed of ~
perclassmen, have the Cd Is, cttvoign-
ing their younger opp ,Lents &ooGt ~
pounds to man. II experience also
they have the dope. opt IF the eleven
seven were membe,s If The champion
freshmen of last season. AMI the four
remaining were stars Of Tie sopho-
more aggregation. %ho los he utie
to the freshies by a s ID Q score, me
1919 freshmen, EoWcyet. are 'itile
daunted by the fact that the INDIE
pendents have the edge in the dope
and their prowess was shown in the
II TO 0 trouncing which they admin
istered to Rock Island highs hopes
The Independents were once defeated
by and once won from the Prep
Braves. From these comparative
scores, the teams appear we'll matched
and something above the average in
football is to be presented to the fans
when the two rivals clash tomorrow
The Figures.
The three and one-half pounds adj
vantage of the Independents is nol
going to mean much to that team.
/ glance at the figures will show where
/ in the strength of the yearlings lay
! the line. 0utweighed over thirteen
pounds to a man in the backfeld the
! freshmen however have the advantage
+! of the sophs in the forward wall. They
have their beef here, carrying five
/ pounds per man more than the hide.
! pendents. The lineup:
| Freshmen-E. Nelson lie; T. Pal
mer, It; r. Palmer. lg Berg. c: A
Anderson. rg; Forsberg. TT: DahIen
re, P. Johnson. Oh: Eckstrom. Captain
/ lib, K. Johnson, RIB; A. Nelson, fb.
| Independents - Johnson. re:
lSwedberg, TT, f. Johnson. re-. Erick-
son, c; Nelson, *. Holmgren. Ii:
Cords. LEI Forsling. Captain. OBJ. Sam
| nelson, RIB, G. ". Anderson, lib:
Valentine. fb
! The Freshmen prepared to support
their men al meeting last evening
Members of the team we're called upon
Tor speeches and yelis were memorized
and practiced. l. + Jones gave To-
the minute speech and freshmen
orchestra entertained. Plans were
made for gala entertainment by ths