The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-10
The Sportscope
By Bruce Copeland.
Rout of the Staleys
By Bruce Copeland.

- "v~A0 VIC NAMAN0As W SVASS
star players from among the Inde.
pendents.. They were all in the
game determined to win and they
all made it q $3.50 proposition i'm
teamlike precision. With the ex.
ception Of Sternaman, the Staleys
were outplayed position for posi-
ton. The outcome of the game re.
manned in doubt until the last
whistle, but nothing in the shape
Of professional football could nave
w!thstoOd the islanders and over.
come their seven.point margin.
Every tri-city football fan should
have seen that game. 1t would have
healed all the old sores Of prevf-
Gus encounters to see the way the
Independents called every bluff
and beat the Staleys at their own
game. Starchmen fell out Of al
most every scrimmage putting like
porpoises, or else stunned conf
pletely by the viciousness Of the
islanders attack. Before the game
the Independents were regarded
as only a ham-and-egg outfit Aft
er the first half they looked like
strawberry shortcakes hanging on
Christmas trees.
Kuehl's touchdown resulted from
one of the heftiest line DlungeS We
have ever seen. When he smote the
line the last timA he was travelling
80 fast that the impact threw two
Staley players into the air; and
Wsddy didn't stop until he crash.
cd against the wooden enclosure
behind the staley goalposts. With
uDbroken harmony among the In.
dependents, Kuehl was at his best
throughout the game and de-
serves his full share Of the vic
tory.
Dutch" Sherman tried to pnt
Waddy out Of the game in the last
quarter. 1t was obvious. He had
TO business tackling Kuehl out OF
bounds; no excuse for throwing
him Intentionally against the ell
closure. But Umpire Brown must
have been watching a happer in
one Of the private boxes because
he could see nothing out of the
way. The breach was after one OF
Ievlin's punts had struck a col
umn supporting the roof. Kuehl
went down and recovered the ball.
Then Sherman lost his head aud
rcsorted to foul.
We have never seen q more
crushed and humiliated bunch OF
athletes than the Staleys were aft.
er the game. Both clubs dressed
in Stock Yards Inn, Immediately
adjacent to the pavilion. More
ever, both occupied adjoining
suites. Long after the Independ.
ents had dressed. the Staleys were
reclining DECIDEDLY around thelr
quarters with little spirit fOr
facing the world after being drub.
hid BY what they nisoalc1latod q
an inferior team.
Managers Grit Williams and
George Halas couldn't file pleas
for = return game fast enough aft
er the game. There was q call
awaiting Manager Joe Prendergast
when We returned to the Hotel
Planters. 1t was Halas. The indie
pendents had sprung into instan,
favor a. = drawing card. Halaa
pleaded for . return game mex,
Sunday. but Manager Prendergas,
augured wisely to await develop
ments within the next several days
But Rock Island may be assured
that Chicago will not rest in peace
until the independents and Staley's
meet again in the same arena.
Business Manager Prendergast
md FiolA Manager Captain Duey
lyle are to be eoneSatalated fol
their efficiency N conducting the
"trip from beginning to end. Every
Islander was paid 9ss AID fall ex.
lenseA The clHb was paid tn