Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-09
DEFEAT is THE
LOT OF MOLINE
Rockford Tramples Maroon and White
in Dust, Winning Football
Game, Is to 6.
HOPES FOR TITLE GONE
Rock Islands Stock Goes Up with a
Jump as Result of Match
Davenport, too. Loses.

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! All the state championship aspira-
tons which the Moline nigh school
mad before the game with Rockford
went glimmering when the two teams
met Saturday. for the maroon and
white was trampled into the dust by
the visitors. Rockford crossed Mo-
lines goal line three separate and dis
tinct times while through the courtesy
OF the yictors Moline was allowed to
score one touchdown while the eleven
crimson warriors stood ana looked Oh
and waited to be thanked. which, how
ever. was forgotten by the recipients
Of the favor. The game ended Is to 6
in Rockford's favor. While they put
Up 4 game fight, Moline was really
outclassed at every department of the
game and il was seen whiting few
minutes after the first kick off that the
beautiful banner which the Moline
ladies had made for the yictors would
not be allowed to float in this imme-
diate vicinity. Rockford won the
game on merit and with a wonderful
exhibition of straight football. They
were able at all stages of the game
o tear huge holes in the Moline line
md time after time they smashed
through for from five to ten yards.
lad they found it advisable to resort
few of the tricks and fancy plays
which they had been practicing on for
he last week there is no telling what
he score would have been. The Mo-
inc backs ON the other hand were
owerless and with the exception of
Noodyatt hardly ever succeeded in
raining any ground. Wyland whose
line plunging has been relied upon to
urnish big gains on other teams
Thich were played. was unable to
nd any weak spots in the line of the
fisitors and he never figured in any
successful plays at all. Woodyatts
riaying was the one redeeming fea-
ture of the game as far as Moline was
concerned. He alone was able to gain
on the crimson warriors and it was up
TO him great part of the time to stop
the long runs made by Rockford after
they had broken away from his team
mates
Visitors on with Rush.
The game started with Moline kick
ing off to the Rockford boys. who
marched steadily down the field and
scored the first touchdown within four
minutes after the start of the game
Moline then took a brace or the visit
ors slowed up for at any rate the
rest of the first half was pretty evenly
contested. Moline scored a touchdown
on the simplest kind of fluke,
through failure of the officials to
comply with the rules OF the game,
which require the referee to have a
whistle and the umpire to have a
horn or bell with which to signal fouls.
When the whistle blows the ball is
dead according TO the rules but when
the umpire signals the ball continues
in play until downed and then the
penalty is inflicted. The umpire in
this game however had the same kind
of & whistle as did the referee and
; that is what allowed the Moline team
to score their only points. Rockford
punted and while the ball was in the
air whistle sounded. The Rockford
players knowing the rules and think
! ing that the whistle was from the ref
cree stepped in their tracks and
| laughed at Woodyatt while he walked
| past them and went to the goal line
with the ball Rockford expected
that the ball would be brought back
| hiJt xuara dicooraaohJx- c,rn,;caJ ,rI,a,,
they were informed that it was the
umpire who had signaled a foul and
! that the ball was Still in play, which
allowed the fluke touchdown to count
That made the score a tie and it re.
manned so until the next half
In the second half the superiority OF
Rockford began to tell and twice they
I crossed the goal line of the Moliners
who were however making game but
unavailing fight. The final score was
is to 6.
oh, What a Bump!
The $1,000 pool which the Moline
sports raised to wager on the game
was all covered by the fans from ur
the state and before the first half was
well under way there was no more
Moline in sight, even to cover odds OF
to 1. The outlook for the game be
tween Moline and Rock Island which
will take place next Saturday wa:
considerably changed by the game
and where Moline money at odds o.
3 to or score of IS to 0 was plenty
before the game there was little of i
floating around after the contest.
The Rock Island team played Rock
ford under several disadvantages
which included a rather raw deal from
the officials who were both from Rock
ford. Rock Island made three of tn,
same kind of touchdowns which Nc
line made. but as Rockford was thel