The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-26
COUGHLIN WITH
GREEN BAY;CUT
BY TIGER TEAM
Former Independent Insists on
Following Islanders About the
Country.
BY ]. L. HUGHES.

CoughIin, erstwhile captain of the
Islanders and member of the De
toit Tigers for a day, in addition
to Grover Malone and Dave Hayes,
ex-Independents, according to tele-
graphic information from Manager
Walter Flanagan this morning.
First thing greeting US upon our
arrival in Manitowoc Tuesday
morning. writes Walter, "was
glazing story on the front page OF
the local paper, announcing the
acquisition of Coughlin, Hayes and
Malone. OF course our spirits were
properly subdued. The only thing
that burns is the fact of this bird
Coughlin insisting upon following
US around From best information
at hand, we learn Detroit gave him
the luscious raZzberry Sunday
night and little slip emitting him
to play anywhere he wants to, ex-
cept the Tigers. Coughlin prob
ably called Green Bay on long dis
lance Immediately and explained
he would be a valuable man fol
them against Rock Island, being as
how he is thoroughly familiar with
signals, plays, etc. l miss my
guess if this gazabo doesn't have
the toughest time of his life and
wish he had never seen a football
You know the boys were lenieni
with him at Detroit, even though
he called practically every signal
They even shook hands with him
he h m
best of luck They feel kindly
enough toward Grover and Dave
but, of course, neither is causing
them any worry.
This little summer resort OF
Manitowoc is simply wild about the
Independents. Ever since we
locked here yesterday morning, the
townspepole have been giving us
the up and down, and consensus is
Green Bay is due for a lacing- A
local business man says the Mime
apolis Marines should have won
last Sunday by a IA to score, sc
that makes us confident, to say the
least, but not overly SO.
Sign HashrOok.
Lest / overlook it in the rush
let me say right here that 'Ziggy
HaSbrook has arrived from the
Rochester club, and he looks great
'Ziggy," you know, is the Musca-
tine baseball, basketball and foot
ball star. / have been after him for
over a week and finally came tC
terms with the Rochester manage
ment. HaSbrook was glad to come
on to the Independents for the rea-
son it brings him next door to his
home town, so to speak, Hasbrook
is a backfeld man.
1--WE had a fine trip across the
lake, leaving Ludington, Mich. al
Midnight Monday. We locked at
Manitowoc Tuesday morning. Nc
one got sick-at least no one would
let on, although Walter Buland's
eyes were nearly out of their sock
cts. Dick Barker was the only one
who really looked nervous. Big
ODE Woenig looked as calm as Cap
tain Henderson on his ferry-boat
but some of the fellows declare he
was only feigning. Fats Smith
claims he saw ODE standing on the
deck at 2:05 a. m. practicing the
movements of the Australian crawl
stroke. We all have our doubts
about that, however, and are con-
WINGED Fats was pacing the deck
with a life preserver encircling his
rotund figure.
I'VE got settled Tuesday morning
with the possible exception of Blu
land. Constant attention has
brought his bad knee around to
presentable shape and by game
time Sunday he should be feeling
fit for anything.
I'VE got settled Tuesday morning
at a really first-class hotel, at
which the players have been given
free run. First thing on the pro-
gram was a workout Tuesday aft
ernoon. The boys were glad to
timber up again and before the aft
ernoon was far advanced they
were going through their PAGES at
a clip that made the eyes of the ma
tives pop in admiration. Just by
way of giving them something to
think about, Jimmie Councilman
booted several drops over the
cross bar from around the 40 and
50-yard lines
ManitOwoc for Them.
"Manitowoc is only about thirty
miles from Green Bay. Before we
pull up stakes Saturday for the
scene of combat, we expect to have
80 per cent of the populace roofing
for us, and about SO per cent ex-
pect to make the trip for the game,
which has been advertised as the
biggest on the schedule of the
Packers.
Green Bay undoubtedly is a
strong aggregation, as it has walk
ed through every team in this sec
ton of the country with compare
tive ease in the last few years. 1t
has bunch of young college stars
who are bound to make things in
tereSting for us.
The fact that the Minneapolis
Marines really outplayed Green
Bay, is a big feather in the cap of
Ursella and company, and it means
the contest with them at home a
week from Sunday should be as
hard a tussle as the Independents
will have this season. Councilman
states he will keep the team under
wraps as much as possible against
Green Bay and will make no effort
to score more than is absolutely
necessary to victory, for the rea-
son he wants every man in first
class shape for the Marines.
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