Sunday, November 7 @ Rock Island - Douglas Park - 4,991

The Lineups:

Rock Island.......vs..............Decatur Gunderson.......... C...............Trafton Wyland.............. LG................Petty Denfield..............RG.................Jones Shaw...................LT..........Ingwerson Healey................RT...........Blacklock Webber................LE.......Chamberlain Marshall.............RE.......(C)......Halas Nichols...............QB...............Pearce Chicken..............RH................Barrett Novak.................LH.........Conzelman Smith..................FB...............Koehler

 

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STALEYS WIN WORLD'S DIRT TITLE

Four Independents were carried off the field yesterday. Quarterback Sid Nichols with a wrenched knee in the first quarter. Harry Gunderson was hit by George Traften a good 4 seconds after the whistle and had his face slid across while still on the ground after a tackle. Gunderson left the game and had to get 11 stiches over his left eye, 2 stiches on his upper lip and he had a broken hand. Fred Chicken had his knee twisted badlyon end run for a loss of 7 yards. In the final quarter Oke Smith also had his knee twisted in a pile.

Source - Rock Island Argus November, 8 1920

 

 

 
Fellow Researchers - Help solve a mystery from this game... Please see the two pictures below. Take a look and please let me know your thoughts and list the facts that support your opinion. Thanks!
The picture below comes from the Davenport Daily Times on November 8th 1920. As you can see below it says it is an action photo that was taken the day prior at the Independents/Stayleys game. The newspaper says that it is a photo of Geroge Trafton on the left about to hit the ball carrier.
This is the same photo, it was found on the Internet and is featured on the cover of a book "Old Leather" by Chris Willis. The book does not specify who is in the photo. The site on the Internet with the photo says that it is Jim Thorpe on the left about to hit the ball carrier.