The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-09
BRADLEY TILT
is TOUGH ONE
FOR SWEDBERC
Augie Mentor and Players Realize
Task Facing Them at Peoria
Saturday.
BY KENNETH CONRRY.

Another tough game is ahead of
! the Augustana college football
! team this week. Swedbergs war
riors will journey to Peoria Fri
day to meet the strong Bradley
! eleven on its home field.
| All of the Rock Island players
came out of the tussle with St. Am
| brose in good condition with the
exception of Wally Swanson and
| Captain Chuck Larson. Wally was
! clipped from the rear by one of the
! Saints and incurred twisted knee.
His condition is not serious enough
to keep him out of the Bradley fra
cas-, although it will be necessary
for him to take a couple of days
rest. Larson's neck was hurt Sat
urday, but Chuck has been letting
d chiro pound away at the tender
spot and expects TO be in condition
before the weekend. All other
members of the Augustana squad
are physically fit with the excep-
ton of few minor bruises. These
were practically done away with at
yesterdays practice, and barring
mishaps in practice this week ev-
cry player should be in the pink of
condition Saturday.
Bradley SSs been making Il name
for itself in football circles this
season. The Red and White got
away to a bad start, losing it's first
two games, but Coach Robertson
has made some changes in his line
up which seem to have remedied
the faults. The Indians took He'd
ding'S number to the tune of IS to
0, and triumphed over Illinois Nor
NAL, IA to 0, but Bradley's sweet
est victory was it's decisive victory
over Illinois Wesleyan last Satur-
day. RObertson's men walloped
Zinser and company 81 to Z. The
rivalry between, Bradley and Wes-
leyan is as tense as that between
Moline and Rock Island high
schools, and this maltreatment on
the part of the Peoria aggregation
was a hard pill for the Blooming
ton team to swallow. Every week /
sees additional improvement in the /
Bradley eleven, and they are going
TO hand Augustana a similar beat /
ing if they possibly can. Augie de /
feated Illinois Wesleyan II to o. .
Considering that Wesleyan did not /
score on the Swedes, but did make I
a touchdown against Bradley. the ,
teams, according to dope, are on a /
$3.50 basis.
Coach Robertson has five veter-
ans back from last year. First in
Importance comes Babcock, full
back for the Peoria school. Had /
Bradley been in the l. l. A. confer
ence last year, critics would IN
dOubtedly have given this smashing
fullback a position on the mythical
eleven. Mcmahon, Meinen. Barrett
and Ettinger are the four others
who have played with Bradley
Robertson has had a wealth of ma
terial with which to work, and has
developed great team.
The game Saturday is another
tilt and the ser
vices of Norton, in the backfieId
add to Augustana's hope of vic
tory. This is the last game this
season Curt can play for the Blue
and Gold, and it can be said that
he Will make things miserable for
RObertson's proteges. !,
Swedberg sent his men through
a light workout yesterday after
noon, getting sore muscles Timber
ed up. Signal practice took half
an hour, some time was spent on :
receiving forward passes, and run
ming interference took up the re-
mainder of the afternoon. Scrim-
mage is in line for tOday's work
out. probably the only scrimmage {
which Swedberg will send his men {
through this week. Tomorrow's {
practice will be the last before the {
iracas with Bradley and Art is {
,aking no chances of Gripping any +
more of his players.