The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-18
MAJORITY OF
VICTIMS ARE
overwhelmed
Rock Island Faces Hard Job In At
tempting TO Check Advance
of Denfeld Crew.
BY j. L. HUGHES.

wear with the West Duluth club on
81 ne short end End extended through
id Oct % without a break. On Oct
3s occurs a blank for the reason
no team could be found willing To
give the Kaysees q game, according
to Manager e. J. Blanchard. The
victory march was resumed NOV
and was given momentum Arm
istice day by the downfall Of the
Minneapolis M-r.nes.
The Duluthers are coming to-
Rock Island Sunday to meet the
Independents at Douglas park,
boasting a slate without the slight
est faint. No opponent this year
has been able to register a crop or
place kick against the Kaysees,
let alone a touchdown Ihat
III speaks volumes for any team, no
&. matter what the class of the oppo-
sftion, for in these days of the
forward pass the dubbicst dub team
s. is apt TO score against the best
a in the country. 1t takes an ex-
u traordinary powerful and alert de-
3 Tense TO prevent this
81 How will Rock Island measure
81 MP with this kind of Class2 VIII
she be tao first 10 cross the Duluth
81 line and win, OF will she, too, talI
a like the Marines did? =
I'll These are but few of the queS-
Il lions Rock Island fans are turning
over in their minds in consider
II ing the reported strength OF the
northerners. The players are coz
Il WINGED they are in for tougher
battle than the Marines gave them,
and everyone knows that was quite
some contest. They are confident,
of course, that by hard playing
they will be able TO pat crimp
81 in the aspirations OF the invaders,
I'll but then Duluth is equally conf
81 dent and the result is certain to be
worth watching.
LED Duluth began its season tamely
E enough by beating the West Dn-
luth team, IA 10 q. rhe latter makes
4 no serious pEatensions TO big
e league class, it being merely a
E practice game which Denield was
satisfied TO win by a small margin.
"a Then came the Ashland A. e.,
d and a victory sOr Duluth, 2S to 0.
Ashland was conceded vastly supe-
= ricr 10 the West DulutherS, so il
can BE- seen Denfeld's crew was
beginning to HI: the scoring stride
which produced a 63 TO 0 victory
a over the Saltwater, Mimi, team on
E the following Sunday. Duluth
struck a slump on oct > and it was
with some difficulty that the Vlr-
ginia A. A. was subduCd. TO 0.
IL Second string players were used
in ha Tlp ~
u however, as Duluth was scheduled
to play Superior its btterest en-
envy. on Oct. .. Everybody was
keyed up for = tight battle, and
imagine the surprise when Duluth
ripped its way to q 10 10 0 vic
tory. This rout was so unexpected
that every football fan in the north
west sat up and took notice For
e the first time in many years I
f seemed Duluth had a team Of
champions. 1t was the second
game in 20 years won from Supe-
rior.
Speed Lasts.
Disgruntled critics declared the
team was a flash that would soon
be mere flicker. They predicted
E Bob Marshall, former Independent
ana Minneapolis Marine. would up
set them with his Minneapolis Lin
critics on Oct l6. Bob went 10
Duluth full of confidence but re-
turned to Minneapolis convinced
his days of football are numbered
Despite all he could do. the Kay
{ sees romped off with a So to 0
E contest.
+ On Oct % the Oakland team in
vaded Duluth and left on the short
s end of a SO TO 0 game. This was
another team Shat was always look
ed upon with respect in the north
f ern country and the lopsided score
was as surprising as it was large
Manager Blanchard cast about
in desperation for a contest on
Oct. 80. No end of inducements
could entice any team into meeting
4 the Duluth clue, so it had to re-
main idle The players realized
I THE mistake they were making in
4 so soundly trOuncing every oppo-
! tnent, so when the St Paul A. A.
Z appeared on thu scene Nov 6, the
final count read Is TO for Du-
luth- Here again precautions were
taken to keep The men in physical
condition for the Minneapolis Mar
ines on the following Friday II
tDS Cp4AN III
flavor of DRluth getting a game
with Rock Island
While the Marines are the only
team in the record of Duluth known
to tri-cities fans. the record itself
is imposing enough to convince the
most Skeptical of the worthiness
of the kaysees' claims to recogni-
ton.
Work Interference. :
Captain Jimplie Councilman is
we'll satisfied with the quality OF
the Independents defense but the
oftense is not exactly what he
would like to have it, At no time
this year has the Interference BEEN
what it should be and this has had
tendency to check the scoring
powers TO no mail degree. With a
view OF correcting these rough
edges before Sunday. Councilman
Is giving most of his attention this
week TO getting enough men in /
front OF the ball. Yesterday he ran
the team through an hour of in
reference drill.
you have not already bous,,,
Sour seat for Sunday, you had hest !,
GO SO now. Boost, don't knoeL - /
you want football to remain.