The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-05
LINES OUT FOR
new PROSPECTS
FOR BACKFIELD
Flanagan Hopes to Land Players
Expected to Bolster Up
Teams Drive.

in need or greater OIiNluS po"SAS
Manager Flanagan of the 1ndepend-
ents is hot on the trail of new tai
emit in hopes of bolstering up the
weakness before next Mondays
game with the Staleys at Decatur.
Negotiations have been opened
with four players and it Is expect
ed that one or two will be landed
in the Rock Island net. These are
George Van Derloo of Iowa State
college at Ames, Leon johnson OF
Morningside, Marshall Jones, for
mer Davenport A. c. player, and
Fred Gusshurst of Notre Dame.
Van Derloo is reputed to be a
great line plunger, and he is par
ticularly sought. Johnson estab-
lished himself in Iowa grid circles
by great playing at Morn1ngside
college. the alma mater of ODE
Woenig. while Jones used to come
I'D from Camp Grant to play with
Davenport Gusshurst is recon-
mended by Captain Coughlin as a
terrific plunger.
Scrimmage Work.
While the Independents INDUCED
only in perfunctory signal drill
yesterday afternoon, today was to
mark the beginning of the siren
nous work of the week
Manager Flanagan announced
this morning that he had arranged
to have the Independents scrim-
mage against the husky and fast
Augustana college team at the col
lege field this afternoon. The
scrimmage was set for 4 80 o'clock
and was expected to last about 30
minutes.
This is just the kind of practice
| that the Independents need 1t
| serves to perfect teamwork and in
reference and above all hardens
the athletes for the gruelling work
of the regular game. Both teams
should benefit greatly
Sid Nichols was absent from yes
terday's rehearsal. The peppery
quarterback was sent home to Des
MoineS TO rest for a day or two.
After Sundays game, Sid was on
the verge of a nervous breakdown,
due to the excitement of the con-
test for one of his spirits. AL
| though he came through the game
without so much as d bruise. it was
considered best to get football off
his mind for awhile.
The squad concentrated on new
plays mapped out by Captain
Coughlin before his departure Sun
day night. Over two hours were
consumed in the drill. Walter
Brindley was in at quarterback
during the early part of the after
| noon, and upon his leaving for the
St Ambrose college field, where he
is coach, Jimmie Councilman stepped
In at the directing point NoVak,
Duggan and Bridgeford were used
most of the time at the halfback
berths. The duties of center were
handled alternately by Harold Han
son and jug" Earps, the huge
pivot man from Monmouth college.
In addition to scrimmage work,
the team will devote considerable
time this week to tackling. 1t is
planned to erect a dummy at Doug
las park for this purpose. Tack
ling in Sundays game was ragged,
to say the least.
Many to Decatur.
Indications are that a great num-
Der OF tri-city fans will make the
trip to Decatur to see the indie
pendents against the StaIeys. The
reduced fare for legion men is
proving an attractive inducement
for the trip. Credentials emitting
legionnaires for fare and one-half
on round trip tickets can be Sc
cured from Commander D. K,
Brennan.
By leaving at 4:40 O'Clock Sun
day afternoon, Decatur can be
reached in time for nights sleep.
Returning by way of Peoria and
Bureau, Rock Island can be reach
ed at $50 Tuesday morning.
StaleyS Work Hard.
Decatur, Ill, Oct. 5.-StaIeys
STARTED hard work yesterday for the
Dig game with the Rock Island In
dependents to be played next Mon
DAY afternoon on Staley field.
George Halas will work his men at
Top speed all week and two sessions
OF practice will be held daily. The
otarcn workers will work out every
III III mug and afternoon until Sun
ICY ana VIII scrimmage with the
| the week. uUi inS
me game with Waukegan SUNDAY
as Dig aid to the StaIey team in
o1e framing grind and the men null
81 up aIter the contest vithont a
" use or sprain. The game show
Gu tnat the Decatur ath1etas naad
great deal of work before thay az
eauy Ior hard battle. but thav
80 get enough training this weeL
~ puI lnem IN top shape for The
Two New Men.
A new tackle will ro,.
Ieys today. Manager Hale - oIa,
hut sa ai0 S the players name
or Pa+o ne S.i IS an All-Western NAV,
81 G.e te oInchcomb will rennr, -
me rne S oa Workers today. Tba fo 10
t nn mo state star and AlI-Amr;
on a naiLoack has been workinr Ell
ana is IN shape. 1t is~prohs hi . OUT
quarterback, well known te t n
catur fans and a star of tba ~ De
week. "oieyS this
Staleys, Rock Island and g.
tsolt I1gers are rated by critics e
the three strongest teams in as
professional game. Rock IsIand me
Detroit played to a scoreIar ana
Sunday and if Staleys defea Tie
: Islanders here Monday tbet, tne
/ make a big advance toward ~ WllI
fessional championship. pro-
Chicago.-Both the PLAYERS o,s
the public must be considere5 ~
professional baseball arrange