Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-11
WEST ENDS BEST
Defeat Independents in a Close
Contest at Island City
Park 8 to o.
NEITHER MAKE TOUCHDOWN
Moline Scores on Drop Kick by Hall
and Safety-LocaIs Play
New Lineup.

The Independents of this city los;
to the Moline West Ends in one of
the hardest football fights of the sea
son yesterday afternoon at Island City
! park, for the tri-city independent
championship. The score was G to 0.
Neither side was able to secure
touchdown, the visiting team scoring
on drop kick and on safety re
| sulting from 4 bad pass, the latter,
counting for two points being an
error on the part of the home team
and not an earned score for the visit
Tors
The contest was mainly straight old
style football, the Independents follow.
ing line bucking the greater part of
the time. The West Ends resorted 10
a more open game in end runs and
forward passes, but their main style
of play also was line smashing. II
was a close contest throughout, tn
teams fighting desperately to hold the
championship, and the one carmel
score of the visitors was due to their
ability at line holding and Halls judg-
ment in kicking the drop.
Scoring in First Half.
The scoring was done in the first
half. After playing for some time in
the center portion of the gridiron the
West Ends fought their way to the
independents 80 yard line Here
they formed for drop kick John
Hall kicked the ball, and allowing for
the strong north wind which was
blowing, passed the ball squarely be-
tween the South poles The West
Ends line held desperately and the
Rock Island players were unable to
block the ball.
Following the next kick off the
West Ends in the latter part of the
half forced the Rock Island eleven "a
most to their goal line. The Indepeu-
dents braced up at the critical mo
ment and held their opponents for
downs. They resOrted to a punt inl,
mediately to get the ball a safe dis
lance from their goal line. F'itzsinl-
mons at center passed to Coleman
but the pass was bad and the bail
!, ! L
fullback tried hard for the ball bui
could not get it over the line in the
field, the failure scoring a safety TO.
, Moline.
Play Tie Second Half.
, In the second half each team was
able to hold the other from scoring
f The Independents made hard effort
, | IN no int
, but were held in every instance from
reaching goal after a good progress
, down the field. The Moline players
f in turn were held at critical moments
. The game ended with honors about
even for the half
About 700 people saw the game
There was keen interest in the con
= test but the weather which prevaile
, was too chilly from the spectators
, point of view, and all were kept busy
: trying to keep warm.
, The players on both teams put up {
f good fight. Sennett, quarterback FL
=, the Moline eleven, was good at punt
ing. The back fields of each sid,
played an excellent game. Coleman
was put out in the second half Will.
, playing at tackle. Behrens at enc
f took his place and Davis went in a
: Behrcns' end for the remainder of tn
game. The Independents entered tn
, contest with several new men on tn;
team which fact they believe prove
r a weakness instead of strength, the
, new players not having sufiicier
, training in the game.
| The Lineup.
: The lineup of the teams was as fol
0 lows:
/ ents-Fitzsimmons, C; Pei
l. mer, lg; Messenger. 1t; Roantree, lie
e Downing. re-; Mellow. TT; Behrens, re
J. Carse, OBJ; Weidman, RIB; Salzmaln
lib; Coleman, fb.
West Ends-McGinley c; Carlson
d lg; Cox. 1t; Shaub. lie; Carlberg. re-
y Carlmark, TT; Johnson re; Sonnet;
d OBJ; Hefferman lib; G. Hall, RIB; j
# Hall, fb
n Officials-G. Stromberg. Moline; rel
! cree; e. Don, Rock Island. umpire
+ Malcolm, Rock Island, field Judge
a Griffin, Moline, head linesman; Matl
Rock Island, and Hammerquist, Nc
8 line, timers.
: Time of halves, % minutes.