Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-13
CLOSE GAME IS WON
Score OF Rock IsIand-Geneseo
p High School Football Con-
test and o.
LONG DISPUTE OVER A PLAY
Visitors Claiming a Touchdown the
Umpire Refuses to
- Allow.

Rock Island high school won from
Geneseo. high school Saturday after
noon in close and exciting game of
football, the score being ) to o. The
local aggregation Was considerably
the lighter, but showed speed that
kept the visitors on the defensive
during the first half. Line PLAYS were
used with good effect and Lift was
soon pushed over for a touchdown
The rest of the half was a repetition
of the opening play and the visitors
were put TO it desperately to prevent
another touchdown being made be-
fore the call of time.
In the second half the Geneseo
boys came up fresh and although
Rock Island gave them the worst of
it for a time, they began to gain
ground near the end ami Quarterback
Warmer eventually got the ball bacI,
Of Rock Islands goal Umpire Kent
refused to allow touchdown on the
ground that the ball had not been
handled by three of the visitors in
making the play, as the rules require.
There was prolonged dispute ovec
the matter and il was finally settled
by allowing the score to stand as
above and give Geneseo an opportuni-
IL to play here again as soon as pos
sible. The lineup follows:
Rock Island--Cameron and Strecll
fus. center: Ehrhorn, right guard.
Fry. right tackle; Griffith, right end:
Graves and Folsom, left guard: Nor
rison, left tackle; Mosenfelder. left
end; Clark, quarterback: Souders
right half; Lift, left half; Schroc-
der. full back.
GeneSeo - Orr. center; Swaney
right guard; Witherow, right tackle;
Luther, right end; Wheaton. left
guard; Stevenson, left tackle; Peters.
left end; Warner, quarterback: o.
Jeffrey, right half; Kiner, left half;
II. Jeffrey, full back.
OilicialS-W. G.. Kent, umpire: j. T..
Crawford, referee; Paul Yates and
Earl Martin, timekeepers; David Lor-
gren and Jesse Weymer. linesmen.
independents Def, at Davenport.
The Rock Island independents went
to- Davenport yesterday afternoons
and played at the ball park in thar
city with the Standards, defeating
them by Il score of To O. The teams
were evenly matched in weight ana
the contest was a very pretty one.
Following is the lineup of the Rock
Island team: NJ. Ohlweiler, center;
j. Wright, left guard; NJ. Harder, left
tackle; +. Colligan. left end; T.
Bloomquist, right guard; l.. Swanson.
right tackle; w. Fowler. right end.
W. Stremmel, quarterback; W. Carse.
left half; o. ODerg, right half: ii.
Battles. full back.
Have Practice Game.
Pfoh's eleven won yesterday from
BENEFITS in practice game
The winners lined up as fol-
lows Bromley, center; Gregg. right
guard; Smith, left guard: Kinner.
right tackle; Ohlweiler. left tackle;
Golf, right end: Miller. left end: Lar
son, quarterback: Williams. right
half; Fitzsimmons, left half; Nc
Quinn, full back.
Tower Lights Win at Moline.
The Tower Lights, an aggregation
from the upper part of the city, play
ed in Moline yesterday and won FROM
the Boulevard team, of that city, by
a score of p to 0. The Rock Island
team lined up as follows: Gobel,
center; Nyquist, right guard; Wright,
left guard; Lindstrom, right tackle;
kirkover, left tackle; Mooney, right
end; Larson, left end: Allen, quarter
back; Epson, right half; Raines, left
half; Wright, full back.