The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-21
BY KENNETH CONREY.

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BY KENNETH CONREY.
The feature event OF the second
annual Homecoming of Augustana
college, which is being held Friday
and Saturday of this week, will
lake place tomorrow afternoon at
Douglas park in Rock Island when
the Augie football eleven locks
horns with the strong Milikin uni
versity team of Decatur.
The game will without a doubt
be the best home game of the sea-
son for the Lutheran school, and is
classed as the fight for champion
ship honors of the Little Nineteen
conference Neither Augustana nor
MiIlikin Esye lost q conference
game this season, and both are
equally confident that tomorrow's
game will be another victory. Last
year the Millikin eleven nosed
Augie out of a championship by
defeating Swedberg's men in a hot
~ contested battle at Decatur, z to
0. The only touchdown of the game
was male by Millikin on a play
which had all the earmarks of a
fiuke. However, the writer is not
Offering any alibis for the Angie
team, for none are needed. The
Swedes put up game against
Coach Wann'S men of which any
team could be proud, but the breaks
OF the game were against them
Tomorrow Augustana is confident
that it will reverse the previous
years story and hand Millikin its
first defeat OF the season.
A crowd, such as has never be-
fore been present at an Augustana
athletic contest, promises to fill the
stands at Douglas park Besides
the usual Augustana college stud
ent spectators, there will be an ad-
ditional 200 or 300 graduates wit
Messing the contest Replies from
inquiries sent out by the homecom-
ing committee at Augie assure
there will be at least $50 visitors
in Rock Island. There also prom
ises to be large crowd drawn from
the tri-cities. Augie has a large
number of followers in the three |
towns, and all of these will no
doubt fork out the necessary dol
lar for tomorrow's tilt.
Regular Lineup.
Art Swedberg, Augie mentor, will |
send his regular lineup against
Milikin, with the exception of one
change in the backfield. Oren Lit
dg viii not participate in tomor-
rows game on account of injuries
incurred in the fracas with Illinois
Wesleyan last Friday. Willard Lar
son will replace him at fullback-
Although inexperienced, Larson
plays the game like veteran, and
is equally good on defensive and
offensive play. He hits the line
with force, and stops opposing run
ners in their tracks. Swedberg says
that his men are in fit shape to
meet the Millikin aggregation. We'd
neSday he sent his huSkies through
a long Scrimmage, in addition to
running signals, breaking inter
ference, and tackling the dummy.
Last nights practice consisted
wholly in the breaking of interior
ence, with a little drill on signals.
A two mile jog in the country will
constitute this afternoons workout.
Art wants to be absolutely sure
that his men are in tip-top form
when they go into the scrap tomor-
row and is taking no chances on
bunging up any of his players.
Everything and everybody at Aug
ustana is ready for the big tilt.
One dollar will admit anyone to
any seat in the park tomorrow.
There will be no reservation of
seats, first come, first served.
REFUSING Sendoff. /
Decatur. Ill, Oct 21--Coacn
Wann and his MiIlikin university
football squad of 20 players were
given rousing send-off Friday
as they left for Rock Is
land to meet Augustana college in
their most important l. I. A C. con- .
test of the season Practically the j,
entire student body was at the sta =.
hon to give the squad bon voyage.
Fullback Hartman was unable to =
make the trip on account of injur-
les, while Wilson at end is also in =
had Chann Spik~