The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-08
~ BRuCE COPELAND.

kO1D OF t00 WUbut bpeCtoCics Va ""
uftSmanliks conduct TO the grand
n Tri,o Of football, enabled Rock Is
Iands badly crippled independents
~ light the smuggling Staley A Z.
% better than . standstill yester-
a16Ay afternoon at Douglas park and
hold the self-appoinetd Midwest
assumptions to q scoreless tie before
s6siaid sttendance Of 1891 outraged
pyxf5city fans.
~ Before the Arse quarter had got
I'd under way It was apparent that
!. .eho tSaleys were out to eliminate as
Y many Independents as they could
\ By foul means. Rock Island start
.se6 the game without the services OF
Captain Ursella. Tackle Buland and
Tullback Wyman, who had been
sdjudged unit to tackle the Staley
ttalwarts on even terms. But. in
1 the face of gross violations Of the
rules In the shape Of unnecessary
youghness, the cripples virtually
\ won the game, although the score
yemained blank tie.
~ Sid Nicholas was put out by the
!. etsjeys in the first quarter with a
! Wrenched knee. Captain Ursella
went in for the first time since the
ryeevious Staley game and urged his
gpiayers to greater pluck against
I, swinging fists, vicious piling and
Wanton kickink under the piles. The
Gfaleys packed everything in the
\ nttey-nghting line but brass
inuckles. Still. they succeeded just
4 - well with their cleats.
N All Point to Grand Game.
"a sDeleting the Staleys' prehistoric
Sherbarism. the game was one Of the
sgreatest thrillers known to profess
\ 0ional football. The day dawned
smisty and cheerless. threatening
krain at any moment; but when
Seametime arrived, no moisture had
*fsllen. The overnight dry spell
shad partly cleared the field Of mud
spools, guaranteeing fair degree OF
fast play. However. it is estimated
THAT the threatening weather i'm
PEELED at least $500 fans to remain
sunder shelter.
The Independents proved Their
utter superiority, man for man. by
keeping their tempers despite vi
Scipus punishment. and literally
{rushing the offensive Staleys of
stheri feet with q great burst of sec.
lohd wind in the second half. The
stSaleys, with great poen-aeld run
ming by Sternaman, outrushed thu
Independents by $50 to IS yards II
the first half The Islanders came
back In the second half, minus Gun
'dsrson. Chicken and Smith. most o
the time. and outrushed their slug
ging opponents by 116 to Ga yards
Adding to the thrills of the game
The northeast bleachers crashed t
the ground In tle middle of the frs
quarter when its overtaxed capacit.
ewayed with one accord when Ur
sella was running hack one o
Jimmy Conselman's long punts II
that section OF the gridiron. For
&unately, no serious injuries wer
reported, although several were in
5ufed' by splinters and bruise
1. Alightly by the short backward fal
10 tho ground.
Righteous Thrills Abound.
The game was also as colOrful a
II big college struggle. packe
Stands and bleachsrs emitting vol
I luminous cheers for both teams. How
Y ever, these we're changed to cal
\ calls and Kisses TO rthe benefit {
Referee williams and the Who'll
I tSaley team after gross unsport:
N manship began to be obviously ar
> parent Everything had been keye
II mp by tho indications of what wa
A 20 be the biggest classic In the pre-
fessional field. and while the score
1eos tic was d memorable mark {
merit for tho Independents In the
almost hopeless crippled condition
< Is served to disgust the fans frol
\ the standpoint Of tSaley effectiv,
ness.
The clean-minded sportsman an
Y eportswoman knows that an all
\ lete who resorts to foul tactics
\ gain unfair advantage over his OF
II ponents, Is q coward at heart. Gre.
Z sporting hearts must have cracke
from sheer pity that Staleys chos
( b Play dirty football when the
could have played strictly on the
merits 10 decide beyond iispu,
( which Ii the best football. not sluf
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