The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-04
OFFICIALS
BY Bruce Copeland.

hncie Flyers at Douglas park
bved beyond doubt the Rock Is
BID Independents superiority over
GALAXY Of some Of the best for
n college stars in the middle
BIT and five or six Pine Villagers
last year. In fact, judging from
J islanders scoring attack and
|lsudid defensive play. it would
hard today to find them a log
contender.
Especially brilliant was the all
|und play Of Arnold Wyman, the
Imer Minnesota Gophers' star
blfhack. Wyman, playing at left
llfback, celebrated his debut in
Aipondent green and white by
passtng the days best ground
iaing total, aggregating 142
|fds. Wyman proved a terror on
b bucks and a wizard running
the open field. Moreover, his
Fwsrd passing, while not Of
pund-gaining effect, gave prom
Of future thrills.
Breaks Muncie Spirit.
Wyman sisnalled Muncie's doom
sr the first three minutes of
~ after Shaw had broken
Dough the line and blocked Hut
10 punt on Muncie's 35-yard
\ Wyman scooped up the ball
lodged through a broken field
The first touchdown. Meantime,
llne-plulging netted short gains
ing u yards.
msns real thriller came in
1econd quarter when he caught
go hckoff on Rock Islands A.
q line and eluded the whole
ncie team for an 86-yard gal
for . touchdown. It was the
= spectacular run ever witness
q Douglas park, in which every
epsndent knocked off an oppos-
player to give Wyman q clear
Shaw Wins Home.
Cunning closely to Wyman, Ed
Shaw, left tackle, former star
ahusker. emphasized his debut
playing . miraculous defensive
~ It was he who blocked the
punt in the initial quarter
enabled Wyman to score the
touchdown. He kept sitting
nigh the Muncie line almost at
breaking up play after play
ID the line.
ae widely-heralded Muncie Fly
ehared the same fate with last
Cells, Panhandles, Akron
ny, etc. They were simply
= BY the independents con-
y attack with its deceptive
esota shift. After Buland
go Huffine's punt behind the
goal in the first quarter, when
aaa dropped on the oval for
season touchdown, Muncie
- to lose heart. They were
6ssl Team Outclassed.
shcie was not a dub team, by
mans. They were swept OF
iset by superior all-around
ns, making only two first
~, the first of which came
ID N ofside play on fourth
n Inc second first down came
Me thard quarter when Check
Ade the distance with a for
lass from Baldwin.
aeth Huffine, the big ex-
star. who seldom fails to
" distance against any op-
APPEARED tied to the ground,
\. very time he started he
Mefally smothered BY three
Rock Island linemen, who
taroush with marked regu-
~ humne. Helvie, Hathaway,
Ceeckaye. M. Hole and the
.sncie team were baffled by
~ championship punch.
0eeesl String Shines.
n ursella sent in the whole
otrtng backfield in the sec
~, and the lesser lights
INST ~ ambitious, added q
1ovn In the third and an
IN NJ fourth. Rock Island
throughout the game was
'erised by wonderful inter.
-. great Ncut-in runs outside
brilliant end-running, &C.
ol plays and passes and
M running in the broken
lney couldn't bs stopped,
.as various intervals, thu
asld displayed . weakness FOL
~aS signals. although such
sy Jailed to retard theiI
-. ~ % any great extent. But
~. iast team It might have
49, eisastrously. Greater need
~ Asi drills was apparent
aoctmore. ex-Iowa guard
sak Gardner. At end, botf
~ ~. stirred things up in th,
~ and made things inter,
the crowd. witch to
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