Rock Island Argus., 1917-09-24
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AlS $50
4 F.T,.

kSAftIk AE42Ha niue
s8 to In the initial
- season YESTERDAY after
Bouglas PARK. Some 2501
HrHed Out 10 see the lid litter
~sa@her WAS much TOO warm for
1& grid players. being better suited
S5x baAabaFI and the humid osphere
t4a<tad ID slow the play throughout
4NHf h0W the Rock Island Inde-
6eudeffs will stack arp in strength
<sH xsasoR would be hard to Judge
knm IfE Showing made Sunday, be
eaueE Gf TIE great number If substi-
tee senE into the game nearly everv
fewsQg play and the disorgan-
BE Of the visitors
ring players fought gameIy
whistle and surprised the
On one Aoccasfon. II Geb-
was thea shining light Of
Inferceptad forward pass
got away fer-a touchdown
yards before he was
ew star halfback was un
e person of one Fat"
ts widely known as an
an. but yesterday he
eyeral times and bat
b line with his bulky
d effect
eu Mlg nSr'@f star game
1t7ie york Of Freeberg and
featured al the ends. The
We're without the services Of
star tackle. Harty, who il visit
W h8H folks In Des Moines One thing
eased the fans yesterday and that
4E the speed shown by Ted Daven-
nft "a the baekfpld Davenport wa
4anaped last season by ar injured
pfaf is feeling fit this year Brind-
1kAs MURPHY put up their star ar
Of football without exerting
9zeIva greatly. Murphy favored
sgnt leg which was injured in a
riaay
Mansfield ard Paddy Quinn
Ned considerable speed in the
sldzard Rohh was there with his
time line smashing ability. How
l1e Independents need more sig +
practice to resemble the finished !.
aifle Of last season
BrIndIey scores First.
Tayenpo1y wen the toss and
IAse 70 defend Nthe south goal II
kicked bff to Murphy vino
SatFned the ball e yards before he
fapfTned BrindAey lost two yards
! 1. An tempted end iun Robb smash
q rfugh for s andS Brindley added
Murphy man 4 more A
pass. Murphy TO Ffeeberg.
yards. placing the oval on
IS Iozyard line BrJndley made
arotlgh the line and fen fun mbled on
ae next play. STERLING recovering
aekgo the goal linef Sterling made
svfss6wice affd then was forced
plaaaf trfplex pass netted $ for
aes independents. Brindley tried q
Eep and nlisseaS Sterling lost the
al on downs <on their own 25-yard
lzsas d3asenp pkfort rinped off 20 yards ;
s9A11d end Murphy was held with a
an tAs6a BTindley went through &
IDS AZ I'd on the next play smashed
rough tackle for the first touchdown
the sea son. Rrindley also booted
. Eore z to O.
the second quarter telling smash
q mr. : fiaa yenport and Brindlev z
ma bied the Iocafssto get within strik- ;
aK distance again aad Davenport
h akIIefi Il over on a line smash Brind-
ssf nlAsEed goal by narrow margin 1
&e hAN ended with the score I3 to 0.
- second half Brihdley kicked I
fn yshl who fun4bled and koIls re-
0EeredF the ball an Sterling 5 3o-yard 9
Rrtndley sssaashed through for
and Quinn added 10 more Robb
lived through center and over for I
4lfd touchdown Brindley kicked
Sal Score 20 10 q
@Mifh Mansf1eld and Morris carrying
ae hall the locals worked the pigskin =
70 within striking distance again -
the start OF the fourth quarter and =
ar sTfeld carried it over KoIls boot =
4 p goal Score p TO 0.
Securing Ehe ball on Sterling's 40 {
Era line the Independents carried
skin up TO the 3o-yard line by
Ezxs 81 short snashes. Here Smith
led back and he pIowed =,
for 20 yards before being =
On another smash he added y
Paddy Quinn was given the =,
carried il over on the next -
koIIs missed goal Final score -,
unmary and line-ups: ~ -
Epck Island -Freeherg and Fryer.
NoTgenson and F. Nelson. IT,: .e
l1nbie and Smith. lg.; koIls. e. Otzen oe
81 Ga bic re-, Moore and p Nelson 81
y aTrllng. Brown and Mansfield. re. "a
Nrphy ard Brindley. OBJ. BrfndIey aa
4slzTas MSRoaerts and Cardwefl. lii Is
sasAeld and Rohb. fb: Morris and
xssnport. RI -
&tsrling Duhnl lie. Port and s.
IzExaas IT. Meyers. lg: Williams. a.:
lTg Gebhart and Hahn, rt. pF
hnarf, re. H. Gebhart. Drew. ~
pea. III. Diehl rh
Brintley. Davenport III
a1l Quinn. Goals
'>'''@ ch (
T5mekeeper and de-
|hnson,, Sterling
and Frank Leith- u
Is, TO- 10. 10.