The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-21
take Nineteen
TO MEET TIGER
IN own JUNGLE
Independents Face Hard Struggle
at Detroit-Walter Brindley
is Cat Loose.
BY J. L. HUGHES.

Accompanied by Manager Walter
Flanagan and attaches of the In.
dependents, 10 players hoped q
Rock Island train at 4:40 O'Clock
this afternoon for Chicago on the
first lap of the journey to Detroit
where Sunday afternoon they are
scheduled to meet the Tigers al
Navin field in grid contest extra
ordinary This is the third inva-
sion of foreign fields within the
month by the team.
! The players will have a special
car on the Wabash at Chicago
which should land them in Detroit
at s o'clock Saturday morning. Re
servations have been arranged AT
the Statler hotel in the automobile
city. The men will have a chance
to rest during the morning but will
| be carted to Detroit university field
| in the afternoon for a few hours
of limbering up exercises.
| The personnel of the squad in
cluded: ODE Woenig, Oke Smith and
Vic Menefee, ends; Brick Travis,
| tackles; Duey Lyle, Emmett Keefe
and Dick Barker, guards; Harold
Hanson and jug" Earps, centers;
Captain Jimmie Councilman and Sid
Nichols, quarterbacks; Eddie No
yak, Lane Bridgeford and Paddy
Quinn, halfbacks; Pat Gavin and
George Vanderloo, fuIIbacks, and
Duggan, utility. With capable
substitutes for every position,
Councilman plans TO urge his
men to top speed from the first
whistle in hopes of wearing down
the defensive powers of the Tigers.
Brindley Released.
In selecting the men to make the
trip, Manager Flanagan decided to
cut one more player from the pay
roll in the person of Walter Brind-
ley, making five who have felt the
penetrating qualities of the big axe
within two weeks. Brindley was
notified of his release yesterday aft
ernoon before practice.
In the case of BrindIey, it was
considered that he has small chance
of rounding into such condition as
would enable him to Withstand the
heavy knocks of the game.
Flanagan is dickering with two
more players but chances are they
will not be with the squad until
next week, if terms are accepted
Councilman had his men out for
short drill this morning to main
tain the edge on their condition.
Lyle and Buland, the only two on
the team feeling the effects of past
conflicts, indicated they are round
ing into frstclass shape rapidly
and are expected to be fit by the
time the game is called Sunday
afternoon
This marks the second time with
in the present month that the In
dependents will have bucked
against the Detroit Tigers. The
Jungaleers helped the local aggre-
cation to blast open the season at
home on Oct, 2. At that time the
offense of the Independents lacked
in many essential qualities, and
although the visitors were out
played so far as advancing the ball
was considered, the contest result
ed in a scoreleSs tie.
Since then the Independents have
worked out a deadly forward pass
attack that proved effective against
the Staleys and Chicago Cardinals.
Just what success it will have
against the strong Tiger team IS
predetermined but local fans are
confident Conzelman's deadly
throwing arm will find it's mark
often in the arms of eligible men.
Defeat Triangles.
The Tigers showed a burst of
power two weeks ago by defeating