Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-09
CLINTON IS EASY
Rock Island High School victori.
GUS In Saturdays
Game.
ROCK ISLAND IS; CLINTON O
diuht Have Been More-Scrubs Are
Tried Out in Second
Half.

Football enthusiasts who had prophe-
lied that the Clinton high schools
,ridiron bunch would prove a
lard proposition for the team
If the local high school found
heir prediction entirely without back
ng within 5 minutes after the first
lickoff in Saturdays game. The much
aIked of light weight speed of the Wis
ting aggregation had little effect upon
he better team work of the Rock Is
and players who time and again in
the game made end runs and center
imashes for from 10 10 yards.
The score Of 80 to does not tell
what figures the contest might have
nded with had the first team played
through both halves. as good portion
If the touchdOwns were made by mem
ICrs of the second team. When it was
seen that the Rock Island boys were
'unning the game about as they pleas
ID, the second half was made matter
or experiment and put in several
members of the scrub eleven for a
rial and permitted some of the first
cam players TO try themselves at 9th
IT positions than their regular ones.
Even with the team materially weak
med by these changes, Clinton. on
whom the work in the heat was begin
1ing to tell. could do nothing.
score In Five Minutes.
Rock Island had the first kickog. send
ne the ball 10 Clinton's 5-yard line
Clinton had to resort TO a punt after
he first few minutes of play. The To-
al team thus secured the ball and
With ii once in possession. made a
steady advance 10 the goal line. over
which Collins carried the pigskin after
! minutes of scrimmange The goal
vas kicked by Ehrhorn. Rock Island
again kicked off and. after few kicks
BY each team. the home team put their
-eam work into use and Lift soon
scored another 5 points. The kick for
goal failed. Ehrhorn again kicked off.
sending the nigskin 10 Clinton's Is
yard line. AMI the visitors were sue
cessful in advancing it % yards back
coward the center of the field. Rock
Island then held them three downs and
in three plays had earned another 6
points with the goal kick. The first
half ended with a score of Il TO o.
Put I'm Scrubs.
The story of the second half is much
the same. Citation kicked off and in a
short time Collins had advanced Rock
Islands figures to % with the goal
kick. Members of the second team
were being placed in, and full of energy
from watching the contest, they pushed
their opponents about as good as the
regular team. Clinton held the home
squad for the necessary three downs
probably four times but when Rock
Island did secure the ball. it started
by jumps of 10 and Is yards for the
goal posts. Occasionally punt was
made but neither team showed much
skill in that sort of foot ball work Gin
ton, in one attempt at punting, sent the
ball backward. If It went either way, as ii
was sent nearly perpendicularly for 80
feet In another of theirpu O'Connor
the local schools substitute center
showed what he could do at his posi-.
ton by breaking through Clinton's line
and blocking the ball with his body
When the last half closed two more
touchdowns and goal kicks had been
scored by Rock Island, making the fin.
al score 80 TO 0.
summary.
Summary of the game: TOuchdowns
Collins 80. McManus. Lift and Ehr.
horn. Time of halves-2O minutes
Referee-John Hall. of Rock Island
Umpire-Percell of Clinton. Lines.
mem. X. Hart and c. Sheldon of
Rock Island. and Scott of Clinton. Tim.
ers-Hart of Rock Island, and Schuy-
Ter of Clinton.
Rock Islands lineup: Nicholas, lie;