Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-14
Pettigrew, Official in Satur-
days Game, Declared to
Have Been Unfair.
FOULS ARE OVERL OOKED
Pillow City Fans Further Handicap
Local Players by Crowding
Upon Field.

3 to 0. However, the showing made
by the Rock Island team in the game
was very satisfactory to the coaches
and supporters of the team, who say
that the boys put up a splendid eXhi-
bition all the way through, and at least
deserved a tie score, if not a victory
The success of Molines victory-the
first in three years-is attributed to
the referee of the contest and to the
crowd. Moline's first score came on a
safety and netted the team two points
enough to win the game. It was Sc
cured in the third quarter after Rock
Island had held the Moline team for
downs two yards from the goal, which
they were defending. MaCManus, half
back for Rock Island. attempted TO
punt from the danger zone, but was
handicapped by the large crowd which
had gathered about the team, and be-
fore he could kick the ball Moline men
had broken through the line and so
were able 10 block the punt Rock Is
land recovered, but the ball was be-
hind the line and Moline hade : safe
". At many other times both teams
were hindered in their play by the
crowd. which could not be controlled
by the Moline police, detailed to keep
them within the proper bounds.
Moline Fouls Ignored.
The work of Referee Pettigrew was
about as raw as ever witnessed by To-
cal football fans. Joseph Doe of Dav-
export Y. NJ. c. A acted in the Capac-
ity of head lnesman at the game. Last
evening he stated that upon at least
three occasions he called the referees
attention to fouls by Moline men and
by the Moline crowd, which continual
" coached their team from the side
lines, but Pettigrew, in spite of all Of
fetal rule books, refused to heed the
head linesmans protests and the re-
suit was that many fouls were passed |
by without penalty.
Upon one occasion" said Mr. Doe, I
''One of the Moline men slugged a
Rock Island man. I saw it and called
the attention of the referee to it and .
he refused to do more than penalize
Moline Is yards, when the man should
have been disqualified and Moline pen
allied for half of the distance to the
goal At another time a Rock Island
man was out near the side line ready
20 pull off a forward pass. when the
Moline contingency called attention to
him and so broke up the play. For
this there should have been a penalty
of 3 Yards. but Pettigrew refused to
recognize my ruling. At another time,
when a Rock Island halfback got into
the open field with the ball, the last
man to tackle him made a flying tackle
and brought him down. OF course this
was out of my jurisdiction, but never
theless it spoiled Rock Islands chance
for a score"
So you may see by this that the
Rock Islanders were the victims of
unfair rulings, and although it is not
their policy to kick when they have
been defeated, they are doing so now,
and have a legitimate right to do so.
1000 See Contest.
The game was called at 3 o'clock
and was played before a crowd of more
than 1000 football enthusiasts and
rooters. Moline won the toss and
chose to defend the west goal. Hughes,
Sensational center for Rock Island,
kicked off, and after Moline had re-
turned the ball to the middle of the l
field and was forced to punt, Rock Is
land secured the ball. With a series
of line pIunges, forward passes and :
end runs. Rock Island carried the ball
back to the 25-yard line Rock Island /
was unable to make third down and I
Moline again secured the ball The
entire first quarter was a series of
punts, in which Rock Island had the :
best of the argument At the end Of
the period. the ball was in Moline's v
possession on the 40-ya.7 line.
In the second period Rock ISLAND, by !,
holding Moline on downs, secure DOS
session OF the ball on its own 20-yafd
line \ punt by Mac7Ianus brought q,
the ball back into the center Of the -
field. where Moline again recovered it. i,
An attempted forward PASS lost
ground for the Moline boys and they $
again purted. Larkin recovered and =
Rock Island punted again. From the d,
45-yard line, CLAIR made a spectacular :
run through tackle for IS yards and -
Ainsworth advanced it to the 12-yard :.
line, but { tumble gave the ball TO =,
Rock Island, and the ball was punted :.
from danger by MacManus, Grove =
q forward pass and after -
series OF gains carried the ball past
the center of the field. Here It was
On a tumble. After a series
Of puHt5 Rock Island recovered the C
ball On the 45-yard line. After Il gain 7
Rock Island was penaIized Is yards for W
aiding man over the line and Mac II
AIc1us punted The ball was recover T
ed by Hughes on the 1o-yard line NJ
Rcck Island made no gain on the first D
Two GoTyns and an attempted drop kick Ii
b. .EacM anus was blocked NJ
Time Limit Interferes. W
~; exchange of kicks was again 81
made, and one by MacManus got away
rem me Moline team and he recov-
-rc1 the bail on the five-yard line. ki
! iT17 wsa eeiied foe tha frs, half be- OF
o-o zce,- Island could take advantage Il
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