The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-10-09
Local White and Blue Scores De
cisive Victory Over Team of
Same Colors.
ROGERS LEFT LEG BROKEN.
Victors Have Advantage in
Weight, but Visitors Put Up
Plucky Game-ScOre
Is 26 to O.

sIty ~triumphea over the blue and white
Of Illinois College of Jacksonville. at
Sportsman's Park. yesterday afternoon by
a score of q to 0.
1t was a costly victory for the local
eleven, as Henry Rogier, left half back.
and one Of the star finds" OF the season,
sustained a fracture OF the left leg dur
ing the latter part of the second half.
Even the one-sided score was hardly n
true comparison OF the two teams. a fast
developing machine of stalwart beef,
pItted against inferior weight, ragged
team work and inexperience. But to the
Illinois team goes the honor of having
made a hard. plucky fight against every
odd. and making a better showing during
the first half han even the enthusiasts
had hoped.
Repeated fumbling kept down st. Louis's
score, the ragged work in holding the ball
being very marked even for this early in
the season. Six times during the game,
three in Zach half. Illinois got the ball
on a fumble and almost as many more
times st. Louis recovered the pigskin after
a bobble.
st. Louis also showed a characteristic
for this stage OF the season of-side play
ing, and sixty yards were lost during the
game by Overanx!ousness In getting the
charge. Illinois was forced TO put re-
peatedly. and only twice made its gains,
while St. Louis had to resort TO kicking
only three times. and then when losing
ground on circling behind the line and
being thrown back.
Howe, the ST. Louis quarter back. was
a star, although being the worst offender
in fumbling. He evened up On this score.
however, by ~drop-kicking a goal from
the thirty-fve-yard line. ST. Louis, as a
team. had little opportunity to test its
real strength. as, when the game would
get in full swing. there would be q de-
lay. Coach Delaney was very anxious
that the eleven should get a good work
out before the Warrensburg game next
Saturday. but 1t proved far from a gruei-
ing test for the local team. although the
earliness OF the season had a telling eff
feet even in the short tw~enty-minute
halves.
The game. which was far from free in
Illinois. a claim being made that time
was up before the last touchdown by
Kinney. The head linesman asserted also
that there was an off side play, and thai
al AA pNkSt NAC
ball could be put into play again.
ST. LOUIS'S FIRST PLAY.
St Louis mad its first and only touch
down of the first half during the first five
minutes OF play Howe Of ST. Louis
kicked Off TO Mcdonald on I%llinols's five
yard line with a return of only two yards.
Illinois was held n Brown punted on
the third down to Howe on the colleges
t tGrned ,wsata r lnej s The bell ball was re-
recovered.
down for a two-yard loss. and 1t was ILL
Rois ball on its own se~ven-yar line. st.
Louis drew two penalties of five yards
each for on-side plays. The local line then
to Illinois's fo~rry-ive-yard line. the ball
being returned to the twenty-fye-yard
line. On the second down. Pechmann cir
cled the right end and went over for a
touchdown on Harmon's miss at a flying
tackle. Howe kicked goal, and the score
was st. Louis s. Illinois 0.
st. Louis suffered greatly by penalties
and fumbles. and Illinois. while not being
able to rush the ball far into the locals
territory. saved their own goal line from
danger. and the half ended Wit the bali
In st. Louis's possession on Illinois's fifty
three-yard line.
AT the beginning of the second half
Brown kicked of for Illinois to St. Lou.s's
, ten-yard line. Pechmann returning TWEEN
- 1.eSs AAoih NhAS ii5N IL was ~ "
that st. Louis was gaining strength with
play. while Illinois's game effort in the
first half had weakened the team greatly
After two downs Howe fumbled and Iii.
nois got the ball on st. Louis's forty-hye-
yard line.
Illinois could advance none. and punted
to St. Louis's ~twenty,yard line with q
the ball by end bucks and runs to the
center of the field. and. being held for two
downs. punted to 1llinois's thirty-yard
line with no return. Here Howe dropped
back five yards and kicked a pretty field
goal at a difficult angle.
ST. LOUIS SCORES AGAIN.
Following IIlinois's kickoff there was
an exchange of three punts in which st
Louis gained ground. The scrimmage re.
sumed on Illinois's fo~rty-ffve-yard line
and Rogier on an end play got away
after being practically stopped once ant
held by Mckinney and went to a touch
down. Howe kicked goal, and the score
was: ST. Louis is. Illinois o.
on the second play after llinois's kick
off, Roger circled right end for a Ions
run, but being ovid near the side lin,
he attempted to turn In short and fell
He was downed In an instant. and whel
the whistle was blown two players re
manned on the ground. Rogier and Stub
blefeld Of Illinois; 1t was soon Learned
the mike, and he was carried to the sid
lines. Stubblefield was not seriously in
iured. but was forced 10 guilt the game
After the resumption of play Pechmanl
went around right end for twenty yard
and Kinney took the ball within one var,
of a touchdown on a straight buck. H
went over on the next play through cen
ter. Howe failed at goal, and the scor
was: ST. Louis 81. Illinois 0.
Illinois kicked off to st. Louis's twenty
ward line. Howe returning ten yards
Pechmann, Campbell and Howe carrie
the ball to the thirty-eight-yard line. ]
tumble stopped q touchdown on the ten
ward line. and Illinois punted to Howe o.
the thirty-hve-yard line Howe made
dashing return to Illinois's fve-yard lin
and Kennev carried the ball over on tn
next play. Howe again failed to kick goa
end the final score was: st. Louis rs, ILL
nois O.
The lineup:
st. Louis u. Position. Illinois;
Dineeman.......Ieft tackle.....stubblefeid-
Conove
A. camDbep.....Lef. guard ........McKinne
Lindsey (Capt.). Center .....-.-.-....Sco'
peber Right guard ........-.William
Right end.........Conover-
Angerstei
lowe Quarter
S campbell....L-ft half .Harmo
Right half .".-......o'Rea
Summary: OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES l. Roxis
, Goals from feld-Howe L R~eferee-vickerv c
unad ~man-Har Of Illinois. Assistant
HTontz anil Smith, Time Of halves..Fwent