The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-20
QUINCY BOWS TO
DEFEAT AT kE0kUK
Heavy Team From Quincy is no
Match for Fast Work Of keokuk
Eleven and Is Not Allowed
to Score.
HEINEMAN STARS AGAIN
Elder Takes Ball Seventy Yards for a
Touchdown. Putting Finishing
Touch to ouincys Hopes
for Win.
keokuk, SO; Quincy, 0.

keokuk, 80; Quincy, O.
Out-played and out-generaled at ev-
cry stage of the game, the heavy ath-
letes comprising the Quincy high
school football team went down to
ignominous defeat before the fast
: heokuk students, by score OF thirty
six to nothing.
Quincy was powerless to stop the
keokuk offensive work, their line
weakening against the battering ram
blows, delivered from all angles by
Devero, Elder and Heineman. while
McGrath, Heineman and Elder and De
vero skirted their ends for long gains,
time after time. During the last quar-
ter, Elder smashed his way through
the opposition and leaped and pushed
his way for seventy yards for touch
down, carried three men on his back
for the last ten yards.
Quincy's offensive work was very
good with the exception OF the fumb-
ling. One never could tell when a
Quincy man had the ball whether or
not he would keep it until he was
doWned and many times the ball went
to Keokuk because the K. II. s. men
were on top of every play and were
there to fall on the ball, whenever it
hit the ground. The defense of the
visitors was pitiful and even McGrath.
the lightest man on the Keolsuk team
had no trouble in plunging through
Tor gains The interference Of the
illinois team was far inferior to that
OF the Keokuk men and time after
time the Quincy backs were downed
IN their tracks by Ackerson and the
backs.
Captain Devore's men showed great
Improvement over the last two games
they have played lining up and start
ing many plays before the opposing
line were on their feet. Heineman,
staying in the game on sheer nerve,
vas the biggest ground gamer for
keokuk, his terrific line smashes and
long runs around the end completely
demoralizing the visitors All the
keokuk backs showed great form and
were quick at detecting plays and
breaking them before they had good
start.
Quincy showed their greatest
strength through the third quarter
when by straight plunges through the
line they carried the ball to Keokuk' S
thirty-ffve yard line, only to lose ii
when kincaid dropped long forward
pass to Elder Keokuk took the ball
and carried it safely into the middle
of the field. This was the only time
that Quincy showed any of their
boosted strength. Outweighing the
local athletes by nearly fifteen pounds
TIC the man, their backfield was sc
slow that the speedy ends and backs
OF the Keokuk team had no trouble
In dlsposing of them and several times
holding them for downs.
Heineman was the bright particular
star for Keokuk, not only playing with
bad Injury to his side, but going over
Tor two of the touchdowns. Eide,
and Devero and McGrath followed
their manager closely for stellar hon
ors though and fought their way
through the heavy line for long gains
Almost every time Elder was sent al
the line, he made hole that a wager
could have been driven through. He
and Heineman were kept going into
the line almost all the time. Captain
Devero saving himself and MeGratl
for skirting the ends, good thing. Il
proved, for the two, on account O.
their size, easily eluding the big mer
and generally being downed by this
more speedy backs down the field.
For Quincy, Greaser, Sinnock ane
Emery filled the leading roles and hac
their support been of a class at al
equal, would have made the local team
much harder to beat them. Emery.
smashes at the Keokuk line were
nearly all productive of gains, al
though his fumbling married an other
wise excellent game
The teams lined up as follows.
heokuk, Quincy
Fechsteln, G. ......,....... Riggs, C