Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-15
old RIVALS IN
TIE GAME 5 To 5
Rock Island and Moline High
School Teams Each Score
Touchdown.
BOTH FAIL AT GOAL KICK
Evenly Matched and Neither Had Any
Real Advantage - Similar
Story Last Year.


schools battled to tie in their annual
game of football played Saturday af
ternoon at Exposition park in this
city. The final score of the game was
to 8, each side having scored a
| touchdown in the first few minutes OF
play and having failed thereafter to
do anything more than threaten to
cross their opponents goal line. 1t
was hard to tell which team was really
the better, as Rock Island apparently
had all the edge in the first half, and 1t
was all in Moline's favor the second
half. The game was good, clean ex-
hibition of football, however, and
everyone was well satisfied with it.
Rock Island Scores First.
Within a very few minutes after the
start of the game, Rock Island made
its touchdown, and the supporters of
the crimson and gold were wild with
delight They did not keep the advan-
tage long, for Moline came back strong
and in another short space of time
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Rock Island opened the game by
kicking off to Moline, who brought it
back to the 30-yard line. The maroon
and white players failed to make any
ground on two plays and Wyland
dropped back and punted the ball past
the center of the field. Rock Island
tried an onside kick and recovered the
ball in nice shape on the line marking
the center of the field. On the very
next play, Canty, the Rock Island left
halfback, went down the side lines on
beautiful run which took him clear
over the goal line. Excellent interfer-
ence by Captain Lift and Canty's oHn
clever work enabled the runner to pass
at least five men before the line was
crossed.
Lift failed in the attempt at kicking
goal, although he came within an ace
of making it. Had he done so the
game would have been victory for
the local boys. The ball sailed little
too far to the right and struck the
upright and bounded back into the
field instead of over the bar. That
made the score to in favor of the
crimson and gold players.
Moline Comes Back Strong.
Not discouraged by the score against
them which was made in such short
order, the Moline team came back
strong when they kicked off to Rock
Island, and the play started again.
Salzmann, Rock Islands right half
back, fumbled on the second play and
a Moline player fell on the ball. That
gave the visitors the ball within strik-
ing distance of the Rock Island goal,
and they made the most of their op-
portunity by pushing their backs off
tackle and through the line until they
had carried it to the 10-yard line Then
Parkhurst, playing quarter for the Mo
line aggregation, fooled the locals with
a team shift play and succeeded in
circling the Rock Island right end for
a touchdown. The ball was out near
the side lines, and the attempt at max
ing fair catch for try at goal failed,
and the score was tied. to s.
Rest of Game Even.
The two teams battled on for the re-
mainder Of the half without either side
being able to score. Rock Island was
on the aggressive for the most part,
and two attempts at a place kick were
made, but each time they failed. Lift
had one chance for a free kick from
the 40-yard line, after Richie had made
a fair catch of one of Wyland's punts,
but he missed, though only by a mat
ter of inches. The kick was a long
one and had plenty of distance to it,
but it went little to one side OF the
goal and did not count for anything.
Moline failed to even threaten Rock
Islands goal during the remainder of
the first half, and it appeared to the
supporters of the home team that it
was merely a matter of time before
Rock Island would get away with an
other touchdown or field goal and win
the game.
Moline Strong In Second.
The second half was surprise for
the locals, as Moline more than held
her own. Wyland's punting and the
same players line smashing and Off
tackle plunges brought the ball well
into the Rock Island territory several
times and defeat was STAYED off only
by strong defensive work in the line.
About the middle of the half Captain
Lift of the locals was injured and
forced to retire from the game. Richie
went from right end to quarter in the
captains place and Dooley went in at
end. The Rock Island boys apparently
lost their offensive ability with the re-
tirement OF the captain, and after he
went out several long quarterback runs
by Richie on kick formations were the
only real gains that the locals made.
These runs by Richie came at frequent
intervals towards the close of the
game and resulted in the ball being
carried into the territory of the Wis