The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-12
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BY BuUCE CORTLAND.

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~ ~ D1UCE CvkBLAND.
ssesJ ell, foIkas 90 en- .enaex your
leeY D1eneees atlve o. go, SAet
~ M0y1l '1sAneos. Reuben Horafio
ueee)ls, . Tie master mind" BE-
hind The fortunes q the profession
4 football aspirations In this mans !
town! e
Daek 30-o66 years ago, when
~Pudge" HeRlenngsv. Bill Hinkey
sA16 Les McClung were cutting pow
.4Fful didoss for Yale on the old
!, gytdlron. McClung was regarded ~
4 o. best offensive halfback Of that
sera, Tovurd the end Of his collego
career. McClung was saved from
possible injury in biz games until
: fnch . time whsn he would be need
81 to put the game on Ice or pull II
ont OF the Are. ~
gTEyvhen svSr the sons Of Old Eli
YAls accented danger in those by
I gone days, they used to get up. all
around the field and sing famous
old Yale battle song entitled. Hold
the Fort: McCIung isComing!" The
old master would then siip into the
game and in i few moments Yale
would triumph Just as easily as IL
! they hadn't been threatened or rest
iAg On the lcsing end OF the con-
{ te8k.
N n FeeP Shape TO Play.
h Yesterday. those Independents
I joufneyed down to, Monmouth to
INST the Thorn ornadOes Of Chi
cSeps After Sundays travesty on
Mn mart OF Staley's butchers. Man
I sgSr Nsnisan was sorry he had
.axreed 70 the Armistice day date
with the Thorns IN Monmouth. He
would have called II OF. were II not
Tor the fact that binding contracts
! had been sealed and that the game
would have o be played a sched-
iuled.
Il Still, the Independents were in
clined to underrate the Thorns a
little. This fallacy. together with
THE fact that the home talent was
playing its f,fst out-of.tovn game
on the coldasf dav AZ the season
Earainst : cuttfne northvest wind
and upon neviy frosen ground
might have Accounted cons,dersbly
IN The scnreIess fie that nrevaiIed
for the flrst three quarters yester-
day on the Monmouth college ield
Thes1s Plreiy Tea1.
The Thorns proved the uluckiest
Kind Of = second-rats team In
Fulhack Chsrrier R,,ht T.crIs
Bush. Ri9ht End Hsmmerstrom
and Right Halfbeck Mooney. the
Th0rus displayed unusual talent ia
the way OF ancient football: and
for those first three quarters, al
though the independents ran cir
\ cles around the Chicagoans m point
Of ground gained. the islander.
= lacked the wallop to drive the ball
across the opposing roal linz
In justice 10 the Independents !,
might be appended that thew had
been told TO 70 in ana play . STEADY.
careful game and not over-exert
themselves BY attempting to amass
= super-abundance OF touchdovns
They didn't The Thorns showed 4
ilne defense. lfke the best of all the
sscond-ratsfs. Dsfsnsively, such
football teams are ali that II re-
gmred. Their defense, loaded with
beef and Drawn. 10 frequently q
serious obstacle. However, Of
fensively; thsy tail to display the
vtrile drive Of topnotehers.
Y TheE1s Lack O2eAsivA
Had the Thorns had any kind Of
tyStematic oRenss they could have
slipped over defeat ON the indie.
psndents yesterday. The fact 10
they were scared to death al
throueh the game. installing The
maseshit Independents for the real
article. They seemed bswiid red
~ their ability to hold the Island.
ess ecoreleos IN the nrst period
and dased thereafter. even after
x oOHey nsc 1sscned Up hnenis
.Is. =" ,ne sv-yaIa une IN inc
uu,e ot me tourtn quarter and
1850 .c'uss me nne tnrousn an
uu.aIoeo neld'
49, ~ sn,n, And tnen alone. that
.ss .olu. urse!ia relieved tho Ill
i1teo Aaeni Win only three min
uses 20 pay. The Thorns kicked
on 70 francis JORDAN. the new Mn
neapoiis recruit, Who caught the
esll on the 2-yard line and ran back
- yards through the whole Thorn
AGGREGATION. Then the master
mlnd OF urseila began To func-
ton fts decisive determination. and,
v3h Eddie Novak. Jerry Mansfield
and Francis Jordan running at their
hsat. the eQualising touchdown was
scored In one minute and . half on
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