Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-26
MOLINE DEFEATED
BY AZ TO 0 SCORE
Davenport Shows Superiority In Tur-
key Day Football Contest but
Piow Boys Battle Hard.
5000 PEOPLE WITNESS TILT
Captain Fort, sbuier, Nelly and King
Star 10 Final Game of Year Tor
the Iowa Champions.

FfgnftnE desperately anu contrasting
every inch of ground. the Moline high
school eleven was administered It's
severest beating this year at the hands
OF Davenport yesterday afternoon,
Nixon's men winning By a score OF
40 to 0. In spite OF the threatening
skies nearly 5000 tri-city grid bugs
turned out and the spacious stands at
the Davenport baseball park were fill
ed 10 capacity and auto space al pre-
MUM. Two bands, one from each
city. enlivened the crowd during the
game.
Although McGough's men fought
desperately they were entirely out
ciassed from the start. Dayenport's
heavy backfeld did heroic work in ad-
vancing the ball, manipulating some
Of the greatest open field running and
open style OF play TO be seen here ~
season. The principal scoring comb
nation proved TO be the forward passes,
Shuler to Fort. Captain Fort, Shuler
and Kelly played their farewell game
and all three we're starred in the
crushing defeat administered to No
line. Fort booted six goals. The game
started promptly at 30.
Score In Eight Minutes.
Fort kicked off to WEIGH. who FUN
bled the ball only to have Fort re-
cover IT, Davenport rushed the ball
down to within two yards Of goal, but
Moline held and Davenport lost the
ball on downs and Welch punted out
of danger. Kelly returned the ball
% yards A few minutes later Shuler
wiggled Is yards through a broken
field for the first touchdown Fort
kicked goal Fort kicked OFF and Mo
line started on a steady march down
the field on forward passes and pen
alizations on the part Of Davenport to
the 35-yard line Here Weleh tried
drop but missed.
Right at the start of the second quar-
ter Shuler tossed a pass of 80 yards
over the line TO MacKeever for the
second touchdown, Fort kicked goal
Again in this quarter Moline fumbled
a punt Abramson. Davenport's speedy
tackle, scooped up the oval and raced
40 yards for the third marker. Fort
kicked goal Just as the half ended
with the count q to in favor of the
Iowa prep champions.
Moline Near Score.
In, the second half Mousley kicked
off ia Fort Davenport was held and
forced to punt Moline was held and
forced to punt to Davenport and the
Iowans lost the ball on downs Here
Moline sprang the surprise of the day
and accomplished something that no
other team has been able to do this
year, that of advancing the ball to
Davenport's one and one-half yard line
Heretofore no team had come closer
than 20 yards to Davenports uncrossed
goal line. A pass, WEIGH TO Ludwick
Melted 20 yards and another pass
Welch TO Fromme, netted 20 more
yards, advancing the ball to within
one and one-haif feet OF goal. Daven-
port braced and Moline was unable
10 make an inch and Fort punted out
Moline ran the ball back to the 20
yard line. where WEIGH tossed a pass
over the line. Ludwick, Fort and King
fought for the ball In mldair, Fort
finally squeezing his arms about the
oval for touchhack The bali was
put in play again on the 20-yard line.
Score q in Fourth Period.
In the fourth quarter Davenport
again took the offensive and complete
~ battered down Moline's line, scor-
ing Fl points. Shuler ran Is yards
for the first touchdown and after a
brilliant run OF 20 yards by Fort, King
carried the ball for 10 yards and the
second marker. Kelly ran so yards
by clever lodging TO the five-yard line
where he carried the ball over for the
third touchdown. Fort kicked al
three goals, swelling the total TO 4:
TO 0.
Captain Fort, shuler Kelley. King
Abramson and Lewis played a stellar
game for the Iowa state champs, while
Welch, Ludwick. Wilson. Lamhertsor
I and Fromme showed up best for No
{ line. Yesterdays game ended the
football season as far as local high
schools are concerned. For Davenport
it was brilliant windup Nixon's
crew has the best claim on the lows
tiFie, and the red and blue has scored
i'll points this season to their oppo-
nents' 0.
The Lineup.
Moline Fromme. lie: Mouslev ant
Rohwer. 1t Weatherhead, liz. Wilson
fcapt9, G. Seymour, re: Baelow. TT;
Axene. re; welch. Oh: Ludwick. III.
Hokinson and Lambertson. rh. Eff
landt. 10.
Davenport MacKee.er. lie. Lewis
It: kell and Braun, lg: Block. {. Lang
with and claypool, rg; Abramson, RI;
yogel, re- Shuler. OBJ King and Mac
Kenzie. III: Kelly and NJ. MacKeever
4 RI. Fort ecanta. fb.
Summary Referee. Kellogg, Iowa
Umpire. Gardner. Chicago. Headlines
man. Robb. Rock Island Touchdowns
Shuier, .: c. MaeKeever. Ahramson
King and Kelly. Goals FROM touch
down. Fort, S.
Taylorvillc Easy Winner.