Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-06
R. |. HOLDS iowa
CITY TEAM TO TIE
Visitors Push Ball Over for q
Touchdown in Last Three
Minutes of Play.
LOBBY STARS FOR LOCALS
Recruit Quarterback Shows Up Old
Tlmers-Whisler Scores for
Red and Gold.

With the score to o in favor of
Rock Island and but three minutes OF
play remaining, Iowa City crumbled
the local defense Saturday afternoon,
skirting the right end for long and
disastrous run which brought them
within 20 yards of the goal. Line
plunges and mass formations brought
the pigskin to the three-yard mark,
and Captain Hot5, whose work was
/ the sensation of the game. plunged
through for an alleged touchdown.
Kinney kicked goal and the game
ended a tie at TT.
1t will be hard to convince the aver
age rooter who say that particular
play that the touchdown was bona
fide. When the whistle blew Hotz was
hugging the ball which was barely
touching the chalk line. The officials
were slow in getting to the pile-up,
and in a few intervening seconds,
Hots sneaked the pigskin over the
line, according to those who were close
enough TO the play to know what was
what. Hotz got by with 1t, however,
and the score was allowed. That
little caper married Rock Islands 1918
record and snatched victory from its
grasp.
HOTZ STARS.
Rock Islands lone touchdown came
: at the beginning of the third quarter
: within five minutes after the whistle
? had blown. The rest between halves
seemed to put fresh pep" into the
Gold warriors and tho hall
. was carried to a vantage point by
steady gains. Criswell ploughed
through for a substantial distance,
and on the next play Whistler tore a
hole through the Iowa line and
: rammed through for a touchdown.
4 Glass kicked goal.
3 Captain Hotz, the fullback Of the
5 Iowa aggregation, was easily the star
8 performer of the afternoon. He gave
6 an exhibition of line plunging, the
6 like of which has not been witnessed
s hereabouts for many moons. Once
0 given the ball, 1t seemed as though
nothing could stop him. On both of
Tense and defense he was everywhere
t at once, and the ginger which he
z injected into his men during the clos
6 responsible for that lone score. In
z ground gained, the visitors held the
3 bulge over the locals, and red and gold
i supporters may be exceedingly thank
z full that the game ended a tie. Twice
g at the close of the first half, Iowa
City was almost over the line and
when the whistle blew but a scant
t. two yards interviewed between Iowa
z City and a touchdown. All due credit
z must be given Rock Island for the
% way the lowans were repulsed. The
20 line stiffened and the men blocked
70 everything.
Is TACKLING POOR.
I6 On open field tackling Rock Island
II was poor. The new men outplayed
the veterans in this respect. LOBBY.
the Milan boy, went in at quarter
the second half, and covered himself
with glory. The boy, although green
and inexperienced, is an instructive
football player and has the necessary
head. His tackling was superb. He
was everywhere. Kipp may be good
quarterback but he hasn't a thing on
LOBBY. The Milan lad should have
a place on the team at all hazards,
and if he Is not given a regular berth,
- great mistake will be made, accord
ing to the opinion of the old heads.
Dahlen at left end was into 1t every
minute. He followed the ball and
made lot of swell tackles. In get
% ting down on punts, he did not show
exceptionally well, but this, it is be-
lieved, is due to lack of coaching. more
than anything else On one occasion,
the right end of the Iowa squad de-
u liberately tackled Dahlen, while the
Ia latter was getting down on a kick.
AZ The officials we're slumbering how
,s ever, and no penalty was attached.
no One great fault of the Rock Island
or ends seems to be cutting in too soon
- instead of going around the man com
ing with the ball. The center portions
OF the Rock Island line looked bad
e. although the boys took real brace
". in the last half. The lineup:
ls Rock Island % Iowa City q
Hinkley, Dahlen >. lie ..... Kenne,
an Andrews ........ 1t ANN. Kline,
a. Chalk. Clarke -. lg 49,. Zithamme
R. Philbrook 80. .... Luscomb
Bleuer
G. Philbrook -. re ...... Campbell
eA 6laSS ........... TT ...-.... Got
GaetjeT ......... re ....... HaTriso
M kipp, LOBBY 80. qb ....... Baldwi