Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-23
PROSPECTS VERY
BRIGHT FOR TEAM
Eight Letter Men to Return to Help
Coach Anderson Build Up High
School GridirOn Squad.
BY GEORGE b. ADAMS.

| With only two weeks vacation re-
naming and the prospect of a busy
and somewhat longer schedule ahead
Island high school football team is
busy lining up his men preparatory
to a rigorous workout. There will be
eight letter men returning to school,
as follows: Captain Dempsey, Noble
Kuehl. Claude Mercer, Jack Durling,
Harold Heimbeck, Reuben Anderson,
Morris and Taylor. There is a posi-
: bility that Louis Saulpaugh may re-
turn in time for football, but Coach
, Carl Anderson does not expect him
back.
Captain Dempsey is exceptionally
well fitted to pilot the local eleven to
chang iOnship. For three years he
has been a member of nearly all of
the high school teams and last year
he accomplished what very few others
have done, that of winning a letter in
each Of the three major sports-foot-
ball, basketball and track. Last fall
he played a star game at right end,
but had the misfortune to break his
wrist in the Monmouth game. AL
though this kept him out of all but one
OF the remaining games, the football
men recognized his worth and be-
slowed upon him the finest honor that
reaches football player.
Noble Kuehl, letter man of last
fall, played a stellar game at guard
all season. His return will be a big
factor in the building of a new line.
Claude Mercer, the giant center of
last season, played a consistent and
heady game, and his prospects for the
all-state team are bright. Harold
Helm heck will "a for ba
ability he displayed at the Davenport
game. Captain Dempsey had a hard
time persuading him to return, but it
is now practically certain that he will
be back for football. Reuben Ander-
son played strong game at guard
during all the season. Steady and
consistent, unmarked by erratic work
Taylor, right guard, was one of the
phenomena Of the season Although
only freshman and apparently as
green as grass" he won his way to
the first team with a fighting spirit
that Rock Island people like to see
Jack During played a stellar game at
end all season and his brain work in
tight places was a warning to all op-
posing teams. He was expected to
return, but being a member of Com
pany A, it was thought likely he would
be sent to the border. This being i'm
probable now, Captain Dempsey has
succeeded in convincing him that he
Is needed on the team and he proba-
bly, will return to school. Meyer Nor
rls, right halfback, played a brilliant
game throughout the season.
Although the return of letter men
is source of worry to the coach and
captain, it probably does not affect
them as much as the development of
the new men. There are always new
places to fill and new men to be de-
Veloped into fast material for the first
team. Among the most likely of the
candidates this year are Ellinwood,
Hendren, Bregendorf, Dopp and Mar
tin
Football coaches are unanimous in
saying that good quarterback is
born, not made. Orvil Ellinwood is
evidently one of these fortunate per-
sons. For Ellinwood seems to have
been born that way. Trouble with
studies made him ineligible and pre-
vented him from playing with the team
last season, but this year he will take
his place on the eleven without
doubt. His return removes a great
load from the mind of captain and
coach. for good quarterbacks are al |
ways a source of trouble and hard to
ma. Hendren also suffered from in !
caused by trouble with |
studies, which kept him out of the |
game last fall but he will again take |
ms place on the squad this year.
HergendoTf is a fast quarterback |
from Dekalb. Although not a mem |
Der OF the team last year. he will I'M |
ioubtedly prove a big factor in the