Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-07
SOCIALSLOSE TO
WEST ENDS TEAM
Moline Aggregation Plays Per
feet Game at Peoria-Claim
Victory by 6 to o Score.
WOLFE MAKES TOUCHDOWN
And Follows With Goal Kick-Aided
in Scoring by Some Excellent
Interference.

After the most perfectly played
game ever seen in Peoria, the Moline
West End football team was pronounc-
ed victor over the Social Athletic club
by a score of to 0 yesterday. 1t was
the first time in years that the SOcials
had lost on their home grounds and it
was generally admitted that the Mo-
line team had outplayed and defeated
the heavier opponents at every stage
of the game. The West Ends, smart
ing under the defeat of a week ago by
a rival Moline aggregation, played
with a vim and power that was sim
ply irresistible. The offense was good,
far better than ordinarily, and the de-
Tense was something marvellous. In
the second half, when the desperate
Peoria team called into the game
Scranton. a hero of many a former bat
tie, and one of the best players in the
state. he could do absolutely nothing
with the West End line, despite his
$50 pounds of bone and muscle. The
big fellow played half back and on
nearly every run that he attempted
he was thrown for loss.
Beautiful Interference.
The touchdown made by the West
Ends came in the second quarter, fol-
lowing some excellent playing. \ ser
les of end runs, forward passes and
exchanges of punts had brought the
ball TO the Socials' 25-yard line, and
thousand voices were eXhorting the
Socials to hold EN-" 1t could not be
done. however. Wolfe, left half for
the West Ends, was called upon for an
end run and he circled the Peorians
with the aid of some Of the prettiest
interference by his teammates that
was ever seen Five of the blue and
white striped jerseys of the Moliners
were between Wolfe and the nearest of
the Socials when the star Moliner car
ried the ball over the goal line for
Great Defensive Playing.
From then on the West Ends played
defensive game. aiming to keep the
Socials from tying up the count, and
although they received a good scare
near the close of the game. their Won
derful defense was too much for Pc
oria and the goal line could not be
crossed. For the West Ends, Wolfe,
Anderson. johnson and Kipp starred,
while every man on the team played in
unusual form. Anderson at quarter
demonstrated that he is a good field
general and that he is also able to
carry the ball. Twice he broke
through the Peoria line and each time
he was hauled down only after he had
passed every one of the Socials ex-
cepting the defensive quarter. The
game was a beautiful exhibition, free
from everything that might have mar
red it. The lineups of the two teams
were as follows:
West Ends-Carlson, c; Swanson,
1t; Teats. lg; Hefferman, lie; Foster.
rig: Williamson, TT; Pierce, re; Ander-
son, OBJ; Wolfe, lib; Kip and Rains,
RIB; Johnson, fb.
Socfals-Benson, c; Davis, 1t; Boy
ser, lg; Auer. lie: Stout, rg; Kennedy,
TT; Bennett. re; McCluggage, OBJ;
Chapman and Scranton, lib; Doebler,
RIB; Helfle, fb.
nIini Win Easily.
At Moline yesterday, the Moline IL
Iini club easily defeated a team which
was picked I'D in Chicago by Turner,
former Northwestern star, and one
of the men who played with the Chi
cago First Regiment team last year
when it was defeated by the West
Ends. Turner's team played under the
name of the Hurons, although that
team was scheduled in the Chicago
papers to play the Sycamore Athletic
club yesterday afternoon. Turner was
the star of the aggregation, but except
for him, the Chicagoans did not show
up very we'll against the Illini, who
scored % points on them. The Mo-
line boys realized it was an easy game
and did not exert themselves as much
as they might. For the Illini, Roche,
Wyland and Freeberg starred.