The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-18
HIGH LADS TO
FINISH THEIR
AT HOME CHART
Record of Not Having Been
Defeated.
BY PIGSKIN PETE.

Tomorrow afternoon at Douglas
park the Rock Island high football
eleven will meet the Sterling ag-
gregation, which has not been de-
feated this year, in the last home
game of the season. This will be
the last time local fans will have
an opportunity of seeing the
Crimson and Gold in action and a
good crowd is expected.
Rock Island will start the same
lineup as a week ago. All the reg
ulars are in good condition. Coach
kimmel has been working the boys
hard this week by scrimmages and
signal practice. Special attention
has been given 70 the punting per-
Torrance and the aerial attack.
The Crimson and Gold backfield
showed better work in the last
game than they have for some time
and their last practice is expected
to fix them up to show some real
speed. Shelter, quarterback,
played a much better game against
Davenport than he did against Mo-
line. as did Hunter and Olson.
Rinck is always there at smashing
the line. The line also proved its
worth in much better fashion. New
plays and improvement in the exc
cution of signals have also been
stressed. The Islanders will go into
game with blood in their eyes for
the purpose of ending up the sea-
son in a grand style.
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slate this year it has not met teams
of much consequence. 1t has not
competed with any teams the Is
landers have and an estimate of the
relative strength of the aggregation
is puzzling. They were scheduled
to meet Geneseo on Armistice dav
but the game was called of because
of the weather. However, they put
up a hard fight with the Islanders
last year in their own city. The
game ended IA to but Rock Island
had to fight every inch of the way.
Their team is not heavy bat they
are reported to have plenty of
speed. The record Of their games
for the year is:
Sterling, 20; Byron, 0.
Sterling, 27; Savanna, 0.
Sterling, 81; Sycamore, G.
Sterling %; Dixon, 6.
Sterling, 81; Prophctstown, Il.
Have Experience.
Most of its II IN are experienced
players, who played against the
home boys last year. This means a
| whole lot in estimating their
chances in the, contest. The
captain, Frank Keefer, will not
be in thu game He has
not played since the first contest
because of broken leg. He was a
valuable man in the backfield and
the team has been materially weak
cned by his loss. The fact that it
has been indicated this year will
tend to urge it into putting up a
! hard scrap so that the record will
not be blemished.
Rockford Thanksgiving.
Word was received from Rock
: ford yesterday that the Islanders
will be its opponents Turkey day
ct Rockford. The Camp Grant city
has enc of the best squads in the
state and is anxious to get revenge
on the Crimson and Gold for hold
ing them to tie last year, IA to IA.
That game was hard fought by
both teams. Both teams have played
close games for the past several
years and the Islander lads want to
win this game badly 1t would mean
much to them to conclude the sea-
son with a victory from a team of
this calibre. Training for this
game will be strenuous in the local
camp next week as the boys are
anxious to uphold the reputation of
their representatives of last year.
The Crimson and Gold is expected
to be great drawing card in Rock
ford.