Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-23
|EsIEF ILLNESS
| OF PNEUMONIA
| PROVES FATAL
oar l.. SalzmaGn, Wen Known
Rock Islander. Called by
Grim Reaper.
yRoxINENT As AN ATHLETE
r.rmerIy With Furniture Firm and
1ster in Automobile Business
for Himself.

n.ath called one Of Rock Is
.,r5ss most popular and best
- Young men when hoy LOUIS
Salzmann, son OF MT. and Mrs
roris H. Salzmann. 25o7 Seventh
-venue. passed away at the home
= his parents at 5 O'Clock last
o-snine The end came after a
s,r- DAYS illness OF pneumonia.
Fov Louis Salzmann was born in
80 Island Dec. %. 1892 He was
-sa-ad here and received his early
.srcstipn in the grammar schools
a this CITY. lie attended the Rock
stand high school and Augustana
r,Ileee. completing twO-year's
hssiness course al the latter insti-
ntion.
He was united IN marriage to
rss ENERGY Shattuck OF Ma
srokata- Iowa. June 10, 1913. After
leaving college he was for some
sne employed by his father, Z
,eulber Of the furniture house OF
Clenaan * Salzuann. Some time
later he accepted q position with
ne Universal Tractor branch of
he Moline PIow company, being
ssrf to California by that concern
as tractor demonstration He later
rerurned 70 this city where for the
last six months he had been en-
rsged n business for himself as
a member Of the firm OF Salzmann
( Bussard. conducting al auto ga
rage and repair shop located on
Txenty-Eourth street and Third
avenue.
Deceased was q Mason and a
member of the Fraterual Order of
Eagles,
Ill Only Four Days
He became seriously IL on Fri
dsy o. last week. pneumonia de-
7eIoping from a cold with which
be had been suffering for several
DAYS. Improvement had been not
Cd in his condition. however, and
yesterday morning he appeared IN
usually bright Last evening he
suddenly grew worse and the end
cane rapidly. Nalvular heart trou-
bic with which he had been both
cred for some years caused him
to be especially susceptible to the
disease 10 which he succumbed.
Was Star Athlete.
Mr. SaIzmann's sudden death
comes as q shock to his many
friends in this vicinity Through
out his life he was especially prom
inent in athletic circles. He per
formed for many years on the grid
iron, being recognized by all as a
football man par excellence. He
loved the sport and while in high
school gained statewide fame as
s-ar linesman on the famous Rock
Island high school football machine
q 1911 Practically alone that
year he scored the touchdown
which defeated Moline l. the an
NAL clash Of these rival aggrega-
tons
It will be recalled that the game.
staged al the Three-Eye park, was
practically lost TO the Islanders,
the score standing II TO S. With
o1ly q few minutes 10 play, Roy,
Efectionately termed Bones" by
his teammates, by repeated line
Emashes carried the ball from the
middle Of the field over the goal
line for the winning counter.
Since that time he has perform
Cd with the best football teams or
sanized in this city. being for a
humber Of years one of the main
hays on the Rock Island indie
Pendents. He played with this
ham through several seasons.
In Game Week Ago.
This season his love of the game
brought him once more upon the
led. Only a week ago last Sun
lay he performed with his team
mates against the Peru Athletic
rub OF Peru, III. at Douglas park.
HIS good nature and considera-
aoa for others gained for him a
lost Of friends. His unfailIng good
lamor stood him in good stead on
re football field and he was rec
'gnized Is one OF the cleanest OF
Iportsmen.
Surviving besides his parents
lad widow. is a baby girl, Frances
Marie, aged 3, and one brother,
arthur ". SalZmann OF this city.