Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-19
MOLINE SCORES 10
Rock island High School Foot.
ball Team Outplayed by
PIow City Boys.
LINE THE WEAK DEPARTMENT
Touchdown Secured on a tumble and
a Drop Kick Over Goal Gave
Winners the Points.

! Rock Islands hopes of any tri-city
high school football championship hon
ors were shattered Saturday afternoon
when the local team went down in de-
feat before the Moline boys by a score
Of 10 TO 0. The Rock Island team was
far from the condition the boys Were
in when the Rock Island-Davenport
contest was played, and Moline's show
ing indicates that the DavenpOrt-MO-
line game will be an exciting one. In
less than five minutes of play, Moline,
through an accident in the way of Il
tumble. scored touchdown and Il
goal kick giving the Plow City team
points During the remainder of the
half Rock Island braced up and with
out question outplayed Moline, though
unable to cross the goal line. In the
second half the local team was thor
cughly outplayed. and Moline. by a
series of gains. made largely on line
plunging reached the 15-yard line and
the ball was sent over the bar from
the field.
Line Ghc Weak Department..
Rock Islands weakness was in the
line on the defense Moline early in
the game discovered this. and pounded
through for gain after gain, 4 play of
this nature nearly always netting re-
suits. On the offensive Rock Island,
was a closer match for the Plow City
boys. and the back field. with the ex-
ception of the costly fumbling worked
hard and successfully. Captain Nc
Manus and Lift did exceptionally
good work in returning punts, and no,
a punt was made by Moline that the
ball was not returned well. McManus
handled his own punting nicely, too,
and each kick Melted good gain.
The whole team. however. seemed
out of condition, and particularly in
the second half worked ineffectively.
The First Score.
Moline kicked off to Rock Islands
15-yard line to Fraser who advanced
il ) yards. The ball could not be adj
vanced in the required number IF
downs and went To- Moline Dewend
went through the line for yards AMI
repeated it for > more. but on the thirl
down Moline was held. and the ball
went TO Rock Island on their 25-yard
line. On the first down Rich of Rock
Island was off-side and a penalty of ,
yards was imposed This blunder was
repeated two times by others of tho
team. which placed the ball on Rock
Islands 5-yard line, Moline securing
the ball Moline could not make the
required distance. and the ball was re
turned to Rock Island on a punt II
Rock Islands 5-yard line An effort %
punt failed and McManus fell on the
ball two feet from the goal line Again
an attempt to kick failed. McManus
fumbled, and Hull fell on the ball just
back Of the goal posts. giving Moline
a touchdown. Dewend kicked the
goal, making the score 6 to 0, VITA
only a little over four minutes gone
In Moline Territory.
During the remainder of the half
Rock Island kept the ball well i'll Mo
lines territory, often only a compare
lively short distance from the goal
line. The local team made the greater
aggregate gains, but could not get the
ball in position for a goal kick. and
several times after big gains failed 70
go the required distance and lost the
ball The work of the team improved
as the half continued. and when the
half ended. with the ball on Moline's
10-yard line, a touchdown seemed 4
certainty II was expected that in the
second half the local team would be
able to even matters up at the least,
but instead the team was completely
throughout the half 1t was
not until late i'm the half when Mo
line. with but a few minutes left, man
aged TO carry the ball to the 15-yard
line. and but little to one side of the
POSTS. Woodyatt kicked the ball square
ly over the bar, adding four more to
Moline's score.
Large Crowd, But Orderly.