The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-26
Coach Sc,1neff Drills
His FOOfbQllcrs Well
In Every Kind of Way
By MolineE.

Rock Island has its cripples. its
hard luck yarns and its bear
stories, but q bugaboo Of no little
concern has materialized in the
camp Of the Maroon and White. 1t
is not anything particularly ap-
palling, something which may
cause palpitation Of the heart
among the faithful or cause the
Haunting of a sign Of distress, but
nevertheless SO important factor
that Coach Senneff took first pre-
caution to guard against its inter-
ference with the choice plum Of the
season at Douglas park Saturday
afternoon.
That is staleness.
During the first six weeks Of the
training season members Of the
squad are expected to reduce in
poundage, according to George Sen
neff, the Maroon and White men
! tor. 1t takes about that length of
time for the men to rid themselves
of their surplus flesh. After this
period, claims the grid tutor, the
muscles harden and the boys are
| expected to start increase in weight
just a wee bit. Senneff's boys have
showed 10 signs of this increase.
Perhaps the warm weather Of the
last few days has had something to
| do with this condition, and perhaps
! not. Nevertheless, Senneff is TAX
ing every precaution to ward OF
this malady, which occurs at var
| ious times insthe life of most every
athlete and every team.
Instead of the usual long We'd
nesday night scrimmage, Senneff
cut his drill short last night. In
/ stead of the usual hot showers fol-
lowing the workout, which, it is
! believed, sap esome vitality from
the body, Senneff's. charges were
permitted to indulge in only the
cold sprinkle. In passing. it might
be mentioned that the boys did not
spend much time under the show
ers, and some thirty or more moth
ers were probably agreeably sur
prised at the early hour at which
their SONS reported at the table.
Cut Practices.
! To further guard against stale
ness and more insure victory over
the Islanders, it is probable that
Coach Senneff will cut the remain
ing two practices before the impor-
tant tilt short by half hour or
more.
Scrimmages of last night and the
night before consisted of the break
ing up and solving of some of Rock
Islands pet plays as manipulated
by the Maroon and White reserves
Coach Senneff paid particular at
tention to his wing men and to the
defense Of forward passes. The
. Moline ends are not as fast as they
might be and the mentor is work.
: ing to speed them up. The rest OF
, the team is working quite satisfac'
| torily in practice.
Officials of Rock Island high
, school are making preparations te
> accommodate between 5000 anG
, 1000 people Saturday. In spite Of
the feeling in Rock Island that Mo;
line has an edge in this battle, en-
thusiasm among Crimson and Colo
| fans is at high ebb. They are float
ing along on the sea of hope, trust
. ing that fate will cast the PloW
, City ship onto a rock Of destruc.
| ton so that their own tattered anC
, shattered mast may hoist the flag
of victory when the game is his,
tory.
The bleachers, located on thu
: north side of the playing field, have
| been reserved for Moline fans
t Only the front gate will be open
The easiest way to the Moline sec
ton is to pass back of the frs
, base bleachers and then. turn tt
| the left.
r Competent officials have been Sc
cured for this struggle. Howard
: Willard, we'll known in this section
/ will be the referee. Schissler, for
mer star at Nebraska universit,
/ and now coach of the crack Lom
= bard college eleven, will umpire
!. and Mitterling, an eastern product
r who is attending the Palmer Chiro
= practic school, will be head lines
man.