Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-24
AUGUsTANA WINNER
Repays Monmouth for Defeat
Earlier in the 6 ca
son.
NICE GAME OF FOOTBALL PLAYED
Contest Between Rock Island and
Davenport High Schools
Thanksgiving.


ed on the Augustana college campus
this season took place Saturday af-
ternoon when the local college met
and defeated Monmouth college by a
score of 10 to 6. The victory was
earned and served to heighten the en-
| thusiasm in athletic matters that has
| characterized the students of late.
In the evening the victory was cele-
brated with bonfire on the campus
and street car ride about Rock ISL
and and Moline.
The game was a fine exhibition of
straight football. The visitors were
several pounds the heavier per man
and having beaten Augustana at Mon
mouth earlier in the season by the
decisive score of 35 to they went in
to Saturdays game with a supreme
| confidence which, however, was
destined to be badly shaken.
All the scoring was done in the
first hah. Augustana made the first
touchdown a few minutes after the
beginning of play, working the ball
from their own 10-yard line back to
the middle of the field, where, being
compelled to punt, the sphere went
to the visitors on their 10-yard line.
Here tumble returned it to the To-
cal team and few line punges put
1T over, Bergren making the touch
down. Monmouth scored Is minutes
after the beginning of the game and
Augustana made the second touch
down with only few minutes to
play in the half. Monmouth got the
goal, but Augustana did not in either
case.
The showing made by Augustana in
beating a heavier and more expert
enced team speaks volumes for the
work of Coach Coldron, who, when he
came here early in the season, found
but one experienced man in the squad.
He set industriously to work and
Saturdays game tells the result.
Following was the lineup in the game:
Augustana. Monmouth.
Udden .......-. center go. McMurdy
Hanson right guard go. Barnes
Larson right tackle McFadden
Lindgren -. right end ...... Nichols
FOsberg ..... left guard ....... Clark
Aim ........ left tackle go. LeClaire
Anderson $50. left end ...... Pringle
Lindeblad :. quarterback ..Tredick
\. Johnson right half ....... Lyle
NJ. johnson ..leTt half 800. Owen
Bergren 49,. full back =. .Carothers
Officials Umpire, Bell; referee,
Kohler; linesman, Yates; timers, Ben
son and Mathews.
Thanksgiving Event.
Thanksgiving day the Rock Island
high school will play its last game of
the season in Davenport with the high
school of that city. The local team
scarcely expects to win in view of the
odds with which it will have to con-
tend, but a low score is expected and
the boys hope to score against their
beefy opponents.
Rock Island has not been in better
condition this season than at the
present time, having had no great
game for which supreme effort was
put forth. as most of the other teams
have had during the season. There
fore there has been no occasion for
slump such as teams always take
after their big games. Although Dav-
export will have the advantage in
weight and experience, the defeat of
the team at the hands of Grinnell and
the practical victory of Rock Island
over Moline are expected to have
their weight in determining the out
come of the Thanksgiving day game.
The team abandoned scrimmage prac-
tice last week and from now until
Thursday viii do nothing but light
work
The prospects for a good team in
this city next year are excellent.
There are but two of the present
team, Clark. and Morrison, who will
graduate from school, and nearly all
the others are expected to return in
the fall. With those who hold over
and the material now in the second
team it is believed an aggregation
averaging $50 pounds per man can be
put in the field next year, all the
members having had some experience
at the game. When the fact that six
of the members of this years team
never played the game before this
fall is taken into consideration the
record made must be conceded to
have been remarkably good, regard
less of the outcome with Davenport.
Independents Win Again.
e(The game that was to have been
played yesterday afternoon at the
Moline Athletiofield. between the Rock
Island Independents and the Moline
East End Athletics was called off.
The Independents played the Ben
netts, of this city, at the Twelfth
street park. The match was one
sided, the BENEFITS being something
like 80 pounds per man the lighter
and the final score was AZ to in ia
vor of the Independents.