Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-08
SURE OF CRACK
ARMY TEAM FOR
SUNDAYS CAME
Assurance j. Received by Manager
Flanagan That Grant VIII
Present Best Lineup.
SOLDIER SQUAD NUMBERS %
Eleven OF Collegiate Stars OF Ma
tiOnal Fame Independents
Opponents on Sabbath.

Strengthened by the addition Of
one more new star and the return
ro the fold OF another who was a
member OF the team earlier in the
year, the stock Of the Independents
rose p per cent last night and
prospects Tor a victory over the
amp Grant eleven az Douglas
park, Rock Island, Sunday are OF
ne best. Red Walters, tor several
years star ljneman for the Old Mo
line Red Men and Olympics and
later with the Davenport A C., has
Joined the team and Waddy kuehl,
star bachReId man, has also signi-
ned his intention OF getting back IN
uniform.
Red" viii be out for practice
tonight and VIII in all probability
get into the game against Camp
Grant Sunday. He l. III good con
d4tIon ana his acquisition VIII
mean much toward bOlsteTing the
Independents line. kueLl 5 return
TO the backueld viii MAKE the In
dependents outer detenses as
stroEg II not stronger than they
were last year. w addy" IS d
member Of the students army
training corps and Is now a ser
geant. Fort and Dempsey, who are
also a. Dubuque. Will be Aere sun
day tor the game.
Although the Camp Grant foot
ball eleven is to meet the team rep
reseuting Camp Taylor Saturday at
the Cubs ball park IL Chicago def
mite assurance was received by
the Rock Island Independents
management last night thal % men
from The camps first team squad
will positively appear in this city
Tor the game against the Independ-
ents Sunday at Douglas park.
Lieutenant Charles S. BabcOck, in
charge OF the team, communicated
this to Manager Flanagan OF the In
dependents last night and it dis
peIs all doubt that the soldier team
would not appear here.
OF the > men TO come to this
city Lieutenant BabCOck writes, one
Will be a medical officer, another a
commissioned officer and the third
an enlisted man, who has charge
Of the teams business affairs. The
other p Will be ready to partici-
pate in the game. The squad is
scheduled to arrive IN Rock Island
Saturday night and Jay Mansfield
and Bill Gable. both former indie
pendents' stars. will be with the
! visitors. and Will start the game
7 against their former teammates.
The - football players to come
10 this city are part of the regular
players who represent the first
team OF Camp Grant on the grid
iron These players are the pick
OF the 5000 soldiers stationed
there and it is certain that from
this vast field a fast and speedy
team can be gathered. Here's the
visiting lineup, as it is TO start
against the Independents. accord
ing TO Lieutenant BabcOck's letter:
Graham. De Paw. left end; Stamp
er, Kansas L, left tackle: Burns,
Notre Dame, left guard; Walton,
Loyola, center; Gable. Rock Island,
right guard; Brolander, West Point,
right tackle; Mansfield, Rock Is
land, right end: Dali, Fort Wayne
FTiars, quarterback Abel, Chicago
ThOrns. lib; Mark. Cornell Ham
burgs, RIB, and BeIzer, Chicago
Hamlins, fb.
Locals Drill Hard.
One glance at the above lineup is
sufh 10 tell the average fan
that the Independents will have
their hands full when they run up
against the soldiers Coach Free
borg realizes that the service men
have a strong combination. and
with this in mind he drove his men
through one of the stiffest drills of
The year at Douglas park last night
Dave Miller, newly acquired back
field man and former Spring Val
ley Moose star, was out and went
through the drill Every one of the
Independents now in the tri-cities
was out for last nights drill
Dempsey and Fort. who are now at
Dubuque. Will come TO this city
Saturday for the Camp Grant
game.
No Extra Charge.
There Will be no extra admis-
sion charge for the Grant game,
lespjfe the increase in rransporta-
ion prices this year and the fact
hat the visiting squad is bringing
such d large list of men to this
.ity Lieutenant Babcock writes
-le local management that Camp
5raut's proceeds of the game viii
20 toward The benefit stadium and
athletic equipment fund. 10 which
he money from Saturdays Grant
Taylor game VIII also go. Because
Of this fact and the prospects Of
}ne OF the best grid games OF the
rear are promised. a large crowd
should turn out TO see the local tilt .
In order to make their stay in
his city pleasure and to show
hem the trl-cities, Manager Flani- .
gan OF the Independents through F.
hese columns kindly requests FIVE F..
y six patriotic citizens TO donate I.
heir cars for the purpose OF show /
NJ the soldiers about the tri -ciues [
Sunday morning.
Anyone wishing TO donate his ma
u ne for these services. which viii
lrectIy benefit the boys in khaki. .
asked 10 call R. !. 1891. after .
o'clock in the evening.