Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-26
OLYMPICSD OWNED
BY INDEPENDENTS
Immense Crowd Cheers Wildly
as Rock Island Beats Mo
hne Team, 19 to o.
MAcMANUs FEATURES AGAIN
Dodses Through Olympic Line for 20
Yard Gain and Touchdown
Robb Knocked Out

The Rock Island Independents, state /
football champions. eliminated the Mo
line Olympics from a chance at the /
title this season BY winning a great /
game at Island city park yesterday af-
ternon before more than 5000 people,
who cheered wildly as the local boys /
showed three touchdowns over the Mo
line goal line and emerged victors, 19 /
TO o. Ernie MacManus, classy quarter
back. again proved the shining star
for the local aggregation. making gain +,
after gain after gain by clever dodg- 7
ing through the Olympic line. and push |
ing one touchdown over the goal line |
after a 2O-yard dash through the right /
tackle Walter Eckersall in his palm I
lest day never had anything on Mac /
Manus.
First Quarter.
The game began promptly at $500. !
Rock Island kicking of; Freeberg |
bringing the ball pack about one yard. |
where he was downed. Moline was
held for three downs and punted to
MacManus. who was downed in his
tracks Robb circled right end for
Is yards: Rock Island was held for
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penaliied Is yards for pushing: Mac
Manus punted 40 yards. on the next
play Loyal Robb received q bad cash !
in the head and was taken out Of the ,
game
The ball see-sawed back and forth |
for the next few moments. the hide .
pendents rushing It near the Moline J
goal twice. only 10 be held for downs .
each time while Moline punted TO safe
~ on the next play. Davenport. Art .
Salzmann. MacNanus and Bryant. all
proved good ground gamers. The
quarter ended with the score 0 TO 0.
Second Quarter.
In the second quarter the Iudepend-
ents made their first touchdown, Mac
Aanus blowing for 20 yards through
right tackle and crossing the goal line.
The ball was brought TO the 2O-yard
line by q series of straight plays in
which the Rock Island backs plOWed
through the Moline line as though it
we're tissue paper. Davenport and A.
Salsmann proved especially good as
ground gamers. MacManus made an
other 2Oyard gain in this quarter be
fore he made the touchdown. circling
right end
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SOderstrom kicked on for Moline to
Zebb. who carried the pigskin back 10
yards MacManus made another %
yard gain just as the quarter ended.
Score, Rock Island. D; Moline. o.
Third Quarter. /.
Rock Island scored its second touch
down in the first three minutes Of the
third quarter; Bryant blowing through I
on center smash for 10 yards. The .
ball was carried TO the IO-ylrd line by
direct line smashing. Rock Island 90
ing through the Moline line with ap-
parent ease Bryant proved a good
ground gamer, going - yards on one
play. 30 yards on a forward pass and
then 10 for a touchdown. Salzmann
again failed 10 kick goal and the score
stood Il 20 in favor OF the locals.
Moline kicked OF and Rock Island
took the ball. starting another march
down the field toward the Moline goal
line. Penalizations Tor pushing and
on side. we're frequent in this quarter.
Rock Island made three or four sue
cessful forward passes which carried
the ball 10 the fO-yard line where Mac
Manus circled left end for a 25-yard
gain. a forward pass was intercepted
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attempted forward pass by Moline was :
by Davenport on a clean
>atch. but he was forced out OF bonds
md lost the ball Moline punted 10 !
IacNanus who came back / ; yards \ =
tumble was recovered by II. Swanson :
md 10 yards made on the huke play.
The quarter ended with the ball near
he middle OF the field Score-Rock :
sIand. y; Moline. 0.
Fourth Quarter. 4,
Rock Island took the ball at the II
,eginning Of the last quarter. and u
lowed through the Moline line to the a
O-yard line. MacMauus then went I.
through left tackle for 30 yards and y
ouchdown in one Of the cIeverest Il
odzing acts seen on the local grid "A
ron this season. SaIzmann kicked II
GAL. making the score. Rock Island,
8; Moline. 0.
Moline kicked on and for the re- .
lainGer OF the game the pigskin see
awed back and forth. neither team ,
laking gains OF any note. MacManus =
'ss taken out in the last five minutes
Z play in a badly battered condition.
,ock Island came near scoring anoth-
r touchdown and brought the ball to
ioline's FIVE yard line. when they lost
n downs and Moline punted The
anne ended with the ball on the 20
ard line =
The two teams lined up as follows: :
Rock Island Moline J
shisler -----...-. re ----... Soderson :.
Swanson .....- q 600 Hendrickson. y
JOsnsOn =
able. MOTtier... Y go. .Grell. Fersch y
artdon ..-.-...-. -.-..... Nelson G
mith ...-........ lg ---.--... Foster y
SaIzmsnn ...... u ...... Lindquist G