The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-08
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aged. Wont be anybody there;
why are you going" and 80 on and
SO forth. It hurt, all right.
1t does seem funny that Akron,
Cleveland, Canton and such teams
can bring a VIGOROUSLY weak outfit
like the Columbus Panhandies into
their own backyard and go through
the fOrmality of beating them, while
Rock Island has to take plenty OF
abuse for suggesting anything less
than the Staleys, Buffalo and the
Ike. Those teams have big pay
rolls to meet II must be the home
fans turn out I'm large numbers, no
matter what the class Of the OppO-
siti0n Is.
Rock Island fans would like to
See Buffalo. Manager Walter Flant-
gan would like to give them the
chance. Here's the latest dope.
Walter wired Manager Mcneil of
the All-Americans Friday. asking
for his terms to come to Rock Is
land Thanksgiving day, as suggest
ed in McNeil's letter, given pubIica-
ton recently. Walter asked for an
answer not later than Saturday, as
he let it be known he was dickering
with another club for the same date
and had to know quickly where he
stood. He waited all day Saturday
for the reply that didn't come. At
midnight, Flanagan put in a long
distance call TO Buffalo. Mcneil
couldn't escape it, but his alibi was,
Il have been confined to bed and
N nf fn no al I,
fee" No messengers in Buffalo,
you know. Well, he would have to
take it, up with the players and
learn if they would be willing to
make the long jump to Rock Is
land. Pressed for some Information
about probable terms. he said he
might break even on $3.50 guaran-
tee. He promised to let Flanagan
know definitely Sunday. At the time
of this writing, nothing more has
been heard from Mcneil.
At the August meeting of the
American Professional Football as
sOciatiOn, in Chicago. Manager
Flanagan preached Mcneil on the
subject Of a game this season, stat
ing he WAS willing to guarantee any
SUM providing Mcneil would match
1t for a return game at Buffalo.
Mcneil couldn't savVy the idea Of
playing away from home and said
he wouldn't cone TO Rock Island for
5000. MagnanimOus like. he offer
ed Manager Flanagan $3.50 to come
10 Buffalo but turned up his nose
when the Islander boss topped that
figure by $1,000 10 play the game in
Rock Island. That settled if. Me-
Neil said he could see no percentage
in giving Rock Island enough to
meet its expenses when he could
get games with MckeespOrt, iona
wanda, Rochester and such miner
teams of the east for Il whole lot
less than $3.50. Mcneil virtually
admitted il was money. and not
firstelaSs football, that interested
him.
Eastern professional football
teams feel toward the west, much
the same as eastern colleges Go
when thinking of football in this
section. With the exception of
Princeton. which has finally been
induced to come west in 1922 to
meet Chicago, big eastern colleges
will play western school on their
own lot but steadily refuse TO re-
turn the favor by coming west.
The only difference in the profes-
sional situation develops when the
eastern team finds itself suddenly
in need of n game. due to an IN
expected cancellation Then it is
apt to jump at good-sized guaran-
tee, rather than be caught idle.