Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-07
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Illinois.

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Urbana, Ill. Oct. Illinois
chestiness over its engagement
with Purdue next Saturday as a re-
suit of the Franklin-Purdue tie
was dispelled to some extent yes
terday when Ralph Jones reported
on the game at Lafayette. Frank
lin had whale of a good team, =
said the scout Purdue was caught
mapping" After listening to Jones,
Zuppke set to work to remove over
confidence. Potsy Clark came back
from Iowa with disquieting reports
OF the Hawkeyes. With the spur of
game next Saturday practice was
renewed tonight on Illinois field.
Zuppke's mind is far from being
made up, and there will be a warm
fight for positions.
Wisconsin.
Madison, Wis, Oct THE Bad
gers started on their first lap OF
training yesterday in preparation
for their contest against the highly
toUted Marquette eleven on Satur-
day. Coach Richards men came out
Of the Ripon game unscathed, ready
to be put through a hard grind TO
prime them for the Catholics. The
biggest problem now confronting
the Badger coach is the choice of
candidates for line positions. Wis
cousin showed its greatest weak
II1oo IA It's forward wall, and some
thing must be done to strengthen
it 1t is very probable that there
will be a general shakeup in the
attempt to find a combination that
will work satisfactorily.
Purdue
Lafayette, Ind, Oct. 7.-Realiz-
ing their weakness as it was dis
closed in the game with Franklin
Saturday. tie-the Boilermakers
set about yesterday to correct som
of the glazing faults in their team
play The Illinois game next Sat
urday will not find them at their
best for several of the injured reg
ulars will still be crippled, but they
hope to improve teamwork and Dol
ster up their defense, which fell to
pieces before the Franklin attack
Captain Hoffine, who went into
the game Saturday as a last resort
to save Purdue from defeat, was i'll
no condition to play. In fact he
wore on one foot instead Of a foot
ball shoe a felt boot, his injured
foot being too sore to permit him
TO wear the regulation shoe.
NOtre Dame.
Notre Dame, Ind. Oct. RE
turned a victor in the first game Of
the season, the Notre Dame squad
opened a series of rehearsals yes
terday in preparation for the tussle
with Mount Union here on Satur-
day. Coach Mechon will attempt
in this weeks drill to increase the
aggressiveness of linesmen and to
develop precision in back field
shifts. The squad came through
the Kalamazoo conflict in good
condition and is expected to show
decided improvement when 1t
tangIes with the Ohio aggregation.
Minnesota.
Minneapolis, Mimi, Oct Al
though two of the Gophers were
rot in form following Minnesota
decisive victory over North Dakota
Saturday, DIR. Williams sent his
candidates through an hour of stiff
scrimmage yesterday afternoon.
Neal Arnston and Joe Kennedy,
Quarterback and fullback respec-
lively, were badly injured Saturday
and may not play for a couple of
weeks. Ed Ruben Saturday showed
that he will be one of the main cogs
in the Gopher offensive this season.
His line plunSing against the Da'
kotans stamps him as real star
for the big games to come.
Indiana.
Bloomington, In, Oct. TN
daunted by their tough luck in los
ing to Centre college of Kentucky
in the last two minutes of play Sat
urday, Indiana set doggedly to
work yesterday to get in shape for
Kentucky State. Babe" Pierce,
tackle. and Right Halfback Kyle
are in the hospital with injuries
that will keep them out of the prac-
tice. Only a light signal drill and
scrimmage with the freshmen were
on the program yesterday.
Iowa.
Iowa City, Iowa, Oct AFTER
Saturdays hard game with Ne
braska the Hawkeyes showed up in
practice yesterday in good shape,
outside of a few bruises and minor
injuries. The men needed timber
ing up, and practiced forward
passes and kicking. Bedding and
A. Devine booted for good dis
tances. ~HaIford Rich reported, but
did not scrimmage. Jacks Shout
der is improving, but he is not al
lowed to scrimmage. Charlton,
end. who was injured Saturday, re-
ported. Black, tackle on the sec