The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-11
MAPLE CITYIS
NEXTOPPONENT
FOR ISLANDERS
Local Lads Aim to Avenge Unex.
pected Defeat Of Last Season
by Monmouth.
BY NAT GEISMAR.


If revenge is sweet, then if Rock
Island defeats Monmouth next Sat
urday, the victory ought to be hon
ey for the Crimson cripples. For
this Monmouth aggregation is the
same bunch that gave the Island
ers one of the incest trimmings Of
the year last season when the To-
calls journeyed to the Maple City on
the long end of the dope, only to
meet their Waterloo to the tune of
20 to IA.
The Monmouth game of last year
was real struggle, as the Island
ers, with the score 20 to against
them in the third quarter, made a
desperate effort to win the game,
only to fall short of the needed
touchdown on account of the lack
'of time. The locals put forth a
brand Of fighting football in the
last part of that game that is a
credit to any high school.
At all events the game next with
the boys from the Stove city will
be battle of two teams who have
more at stake than mere victory
For the Islanders it will be tC
avenge the defeat Of last year and
for the Monmouthers it will mean
| that the team will fight like demons
to keep up their good record or
foreign fields. The Maple City war.
riors are somewhat of an unknown
quantity as far as this years team
is concerned, but can be expected
to make life miserable for the 10.
Gals.
The condition of Captain Hall i:
much better today, as the higf
leader is improving rapidly ant
will leave the hospital in few
days. When the can again play i!
not known for certain, but it i.
expected that he can sbe in the Mo
line game on Oct. %. In the mean
time the squad will have to q
without him and make the best GU
of the accident.
Mayer played at tackle in a cred
table manner last Saturday. ant
along with Alyine can hold thu
tackle forts until Hall is ready t.
don the moleskins. March, the 9th
er tackle. is still in the hospital
but is again in shape to bid it good
bye. March may play again thi
year. but can not be relied upon.
Chambers is still limping aroun,
with a bad leg, but it is though
that he can play in the next game
If he can not, it will just abou
break up the team, as enough mel
are out now to- do for three years.
Davenport coaches are stormin,
around this week trying to correc
the faults found in the sQua'
against Columbus Junction. It no
only was setback for the Dav
exporters to lose to the small town
ers, but it also went hard on thei
pride to be defeated by team fron
la small place" Davenport las
year did not show up we'll at tn
first Of the season. but ended up il
fine shape by winning the tri-cit
championship with win over tn
strong Moline squad and tieing tn
islanders on field covered wit
snow.
4 Davenport with but small pros
poets for another strong basketball
: team has already started practic
for the cage game. Smaller town
!, who have no football teams hav
J tried early basketball practice an
. have found the system works al
. right If the men are not above
to become overturned.
Moline is putting in much tim
, perfecting their footballers in tn
, finer points Of the game as tn
. rudimental stuff is we'll known /
1.-THE Swede veterans. Moline has
! wonderful scoring team this yea
. with their defense as yet untrie,
} "A good offense is q good defense
, is an old axiom and the Moliner
/ may be working on this theor,
I However. in football both teams al
, given a try At at offense and a d.
. Tense is also needed.
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