The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-28
IsFAcILITIES
! DECATUR TO
Hold BIG GAME

= rRiJCg COPELAND.

1911 u
,p1,rp COPELAND.
Soo. .. -.
at4y feeie1 concou,ns no
eooitllity OF tho NOV. return
vith the Rock lsiano !noe-
5000 have invaded tho lsland-
IN anp within tho last severn
- "a there Is . strong posN-
1 that the game Will be played
Hneias park, not IN Decatur -
1921.
LIIIy ssog with championship
~ The 6taleys arc reported 70
turned their backs on their
- ,etronaga, owing to an utter
~ 81 facilities to accommodate
~ football crowds that attend
- came in Rock Island. The
~ held will seat only . scant
ifoo. which capacity Is not very
nl1araging to . team with titular
- ltipns. ~
1EAy Play All ABROAD.
~ Nations are that the StaleyS
IN toek only out OF town games IN
Pnfurs after having estaDilshed
ascoe drawing card reputation
~ thsif successive delea1s Of tne
h61Dsndents and the Cnicago II
IN, who VIII meet the lslancers
= Sunday alternoon u DUuSlas
mt THIS lsct was inoicateo
fteoday when inc StaIcnmakels
DSeduled . game WIN the ROCK
~ A. y. IN nockiolo' win lne
rivilese OF Playing Oh 'neiF own
Nd
SHOULD sucn game % scheuuleo
M. = IN ROCK isiano, q Fecoro
waking attenoAnco wouiu Dc qua.
1teed. II IL eeumateu mat iully
ts@. ana perhaps lo,oVo Ians
sould MI douglas park 10 Tue
afstins point 10 see Dotn teams
play tho return game. me atteno-
mo- would DO sumuialeo oy the
\IolaiG consensus tnat tne ooaiov
y no license to their ~ Victory
y ROCK Island Oct. ~.
Eha6 Decatuf or hOck lsland'
Manager Flanagan Is determined
hat the game shall be played eth
I'm Decatur, Is scheduled. or In
Rock Island; whenever the Staleys
aeAl decide. No game on neutral
poanos viii DO CONSIDERED, ne
Sows. Flanagan believes tri-city
nas are entitled to the game and,
. case the Staleys decide not to
pay on their home lot he Is pre-
rfn TO negotiate for the return
eass wltnout the slightest weaken
" 10 view OF the Peoria bid.
we are not In the game for our
n personal remuneration, but to
luuoe trl-clty rams with the high
class OF professional football"
IAnlean explained. I cannot see
% advantage OF providing such q
usst Tor Peoria when the weekly
import OF the tri-ciues entities
'Aem to all the consideration. You
an say definitely that tho return
game with the Staleys will either
~ played In Decatur, as scheduled
ID hock island.
T., NO OmcA WORD let.
manager Flanlgan has received az
~ no omclal advices from the Sta
10y management, but. judging from
reports all along the line. he is ex-
pecting them to arrive any day
nom authoritative source. Deca-
ur advices assert that the Starch
makers. while encouraged greatly
y their one touchdown advantage
Yer the Independents, are not sat
uned with 80 small and uncertain
: margin and will make every at
umpt 70 a1nass a more decisive
'cOre when the teams meet Nov. Z.
sundays scheduled game with
1e chicago Tigers should give tri-
Ivy ians an excellent opportunity
q Judging the merits Of the indie
M nuents ana staleys. The Staley-
:, nse y. game was virtually similar
inc Starchmakers' victory at
osusias park. save for the append
taree points from a field goal
. Inc TACT that the Tigers fumbled at
INCA. .u umes. because OF rain and
=. snppery ball, might have cast the
nported to have been evenly
@A'cned.
Tan Win q In q