The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-20
MILLIKIN NOT
STRONG AS
1920 WINNERS
Willard sof Decatur Review Con-
cedes Advantage to the Local
College.
BY HOWARD V.MILLER
fSportfng Editor Decatur Review.


Decatur, ILL.,, Oct. 20.-How do
you think MiIIikin will come out
with Augustana Saturday? Are the
Swedes as strong as Knox? Those
are some of the questions asked by
football fans interested in the Wann
machines drive for another /. /. A.
G. title.
From a standpoint of comparative
scores. and it must be admitted
scores are worth little in getting at
the strength of teams, the Rock Is
land eleven has an edge, not only
on Knox, but MilIikin as well.
In the first place Swedburg tray
eled all the way to Charlottesville,
Ind. with about fifteen men in uni
form and held the strong Wabash
college team to a z to verdict.
Wesleyan put the skids under Knox
to a tune of u to z, while IMillikin
defeated the Galesburg eleven, z 20
0. Augustana gave the Methodisrs
14-to-0 setback in a contest in
which the score does not indicate
how badly the Bloomington team
was outclassed last Friday.
OF course. a team always looks
good when it is winning, or at least
that is generally the case.
Last Years Battle.
Going back to last season, it will
be recalled that Millikin, with a
team the writer feels was a strong
er aggregation than the one this
year. nosed out the Augies z to 0.
A glance over the lineup used by
Swedberg in that contest and the
one which started the game at Yves
leVQD E-rfI0Tr vii p
the men back on the job, five in the |
line and two in the backfield.
Angles Stronger Than Knox.
After watching the Augies per-
form against Wesleyan and then |
seeing the Knox-Millikin battle at |
Galesburg Saturday, it is the writ
er's opinion that Millikin will meet |
stronger machine than it faced |
at Galesburg Saturday. No one
knows how much difference the |
presence of Crabbe in the line and !
Ludwig in the backfield would have |
made in the Knox team but they I
did mot look as formidable, either !
in the backfeld or line. as the team
Swedberg started at Wesleyan, and
the former Augie athlete stated aft
er the game that he had five men |
unable TO make the trip and that ,
two and possibly three would be in |
the Millikin contest.
Should be Battle.
Augustana has talked of one /
thing since last seasons game here
and that is Defeat Millikin." The |
Blue and White team was all that !
stood between them and their first |
]. I. A. c. football title last season |
and they are out for revenge this |
season with the game in their own
city.
Despite the win over Knox, Coach
WanR saw some defects in the play
OF his men Saturday, especially in
the backfeld men when returning
punts and these will be ironed out
this week.
The Blue and White team, with a
win over Knox, will be out there to
battle to the last ditch, for il is
meeting what many of the team feel
is their last big obstacle in the path
to another !. /. A. G. title.
From the form shown by the two
elevens in the Augustana-W WESLEYAN
and knox-Millikin games, the writer
is of the opinion that one or two
touchdowns will decide the con-
test, with Augustana a slight favor
tie because of their veterans, heay-
Ter line and more versatile back
field. {