Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-03
DAVENPORT Gets
DRUbBED BY The
URSELLA Route
Chicken, Too, Is Big Help in 2s TO Z
Win Independents Score over
Athletics.
FIVE SoRrHMEN WITH LOCALS
Line Plays Brilliant Games, Visitors
Making Their Only Count Through
Fluke.


football season at Douglas park yes
terday afternoon. with a decisive VIC
tory over the Davenport Athletics.
The score was 30 to Z.
The famous Ursells-Chicken combi-
nation which has spelled havoc TO
football aspirations to two tri-city
teams on three previous occasions,
yesterday again brought nome the |
bacon and proved the undoing OF the
visitors, despite the fact that the lat !
ter had made an endeavor to load up |
suitably TO Offset the advantage the
presence of the mortimer gave TO the
locals.
The Urselia-Chicken combination
got in rapid working order. No sooner
had Davenport been held to downs
after Rock Island had kicked of, than
the two backs began their brilliant
work, and marched the Rock Island
team down the field for the first touch
down of the game. Rock Island re-
ceived the punt on its 25yard line.
Ursella tore off 80 yards. and then It
was a series Of runs by Chicken and
Ursella until the first touchdown was
netted for the locals by Chicken after
but a few minutes OF play. Ursella
kicked goal, making the score Z to 0.
: Davenport tied the score IN the sec
Aond quarter on a fuke Rock Island
had the ball on Davenport 5 8-yard
4 line. Ursella fumbled the ball on re-
ceivlng II and IL bounded back 10
yards A Rock Island and a Davenport
man fell on q, and II rolled back fur
III Of n HHEH
tors halves, scUoped Il up and ran the
distance Of the field for a touchdown,
there being no Rock Island men to
stop him as they were all on the line
OF scrimmaEe. Donovan kicked goal
The score then stood 7 and Z.
UrseIla Scores.
As II angered, the Independents
came right back with another touch
down. On the kickoff Ursella return
cd the ball 10 Rock Islands 40-yard
line. Davenport was penalized 10
Yards for unnecessary rOughness in
the play that followed A forward
pass to Dempsey netted is yards.
Chicken went through the line for a
long gam and Ursella scored from
j, the l5-yard mark, but failed to kick
goal The score was then IL to 7.
III the third quarter Mansfield in
tercepted a forward pass on the 80
yard line and went over the goal for a
touchdown, Ursella kicking goal and
making the tally 20 10 7.
In the last quarter after Rock Is
land was close to Davenport's goal
the locals we're penalized. On the
fourth down, Ursella drop kicked from
the 2S-yard line. the last marker OF
the game. netting points and bring
ing the score up TO % to T.
1t was not by any means entirely
due TO the Minneapolis players that
Rock Island made the splendid show.
ing against Davenport. Mansfield who
replaced Robb at fullback when Loya,
was rejected from the game because
II is charged, he slugged Davenport
player in the first quarter, Mansfield
played good game. Inasmuch as the
Minnesota shift was being used anG
Novak and Chicken, Minneapolis men
were playing halves, Ursella uset
them In carrying the ball more Otter
than he did Mansfield. Mansfield
however, whenever given an oppor
tunty showed his worth and he made
test on intercepting the forward pas
and scoring In the third quarter.
With the exception OF GtndersoI
Minneapolis Marine. and Bueland o
the same team, the Rock Island linz
was the same as in the past season
The line did very effective work, Dav
export continually found it ston'
4 wall OF beef through which there wa
no opening. Gunderson performed a
center and Bueland ct left tackle. TIL
Rock Island line came in for higl
praise from the fans, too, because o
u the very effective offensive work. l
broke holes often In the Davenport
line, making possible brilliant run
for Ursella and Chicken. Novak 0
I the Marines, was used with good sue
cess but Of course did not make tn
brilliant showing that Ursella ant
Chicken did
Marshall OF the Marines was at lef
end for Davenport. He played grea
~ defensive game, but as he was famil
" lar with the Minnesota shift, play
N were not often run around his part O
Davenport's forward wall. He did moi
however. make the showing he di
when playing with the Marines
Mccormick In.
Mccormick Of the Camp Dodg
team, who performed with the Is
landers in the first Marine game unde
the name Of OLeary, played an en-
for the visitors during the last hal
His work was not quite as effectiy
as when he played with the Islander:
this partly being due to injuries h
received previously and to the fac
that only on Saturday he played wit
the Camp Dodge team against Cam
Funston.
The game dragged somewhat durin
the last half There were repeate
waits Of long duration, over whic
there were arguments between Of
flcials and players and between play
NJ ers of opposing teams. Little time wa
n required TO be taken out for the play
n crs' hurts, but the game was MARIE
n BY the arguments. The fans often bs
came impatient. Many penalties wer
inflicted.
Some of the fans censured the locs
management for importing SO niue
outside material for the game, sayin
that the victory seems more or les
empty as result of four Minneapoli