Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-10-01
ALTON Defeated
BYINOEPENDENTS
SUNDAY; SO TO 3
DOWNSTAIRS Are DaEzIed Big the 0s-
borne SHIFT Formation, bat
Score an f1r0pkicks
crown Of $500 WITNESS GAM
Morris Registers Only Sensational
Run Of the Game Harry Is
Lost 20 Team.
BY @G00K


tory 10 their string Sunday afternoon
- Douglas park before $500 people
where they defeated the highly re-
pute5 alton Tigers by the score Of BE-
to The contest lacked the usual
sensational playing o3 the islanders
due 10 tae many changes wb1ch we're
made by Coach Guyer.
The Independents displayed poor
form ia defense and In handling the
ball as several costly fUmhles kept
The locals from adding up larger
score During the coming week the
green and white defenders VIII be
put through stiff grind threa nights
H order that their forward wall Ril.
be drilled To q better pitch At times
the Alton forward line would break
through the locals and down the play
ar before he started running 5ut
SITTER the shift formation was put In
NAV the downataters were dazzled
and unable t0 stop the Osborne shift.
which was used to ain advantage.
The only sensational run OF the
game was pulled or by Meyer Jew
Morris who I'm She last quarter
scooped up punt ON the loc8ls. 90
ward line and raced SO Yards for
touchdown Credit viii have to be
given Brindlev for the excellent in
reference he gave Morris Mike
on several other occasions made long
runs.
Captain Murphy won the toss and
ebose to defend the south goal with
Alton licking off Henry Kicked to
F'reeberg who picked up the ball on
the 20-yard line and returned the
oval 10 yards. being down by Tom
Henry, the sensational Alton half
back At this potaf of the game the
Alton eleven showed considerable re-
s{stauce aud the locals found o. inn
possible TO make any gains through
the line Here Captain "&ips' Muir
ply realized that the thing 70 do was
70 use the Osborne formation, which
proved good with the bail In the
middle IN the field the locals back
field consisting of Mansfield BTindley
ana Davenport. advanced the ball 20
The six-yard line where Davenport
carried the bali over the line for tbs
FIRST score Of the game after four min
utcs hat elapsed BriudIey kicked
Goal With ease making the count
fr TNe Hr=3 quarter ended with
the baiI ID Rock Island s possession
on Alton 40 yard line
At 5ur start Of the second quarter
fine Islanders showed more pep and
began tn play more steady game,
R0cb island rushed the bali 10 Al
toms {0-vard line where a tumble lost
H. Henry attempted to punt but was
blocked by Jorseusen. who recovered
She ball On Atoms eight-yard line.
Captain Murphy carried the ball over
for the second touchdown and Brind-
lev kicked the goal AT this point
several changes were made in the To-
Gals lineup The second string men
E--
fashion After the ball was in play
for several minutes the first half end
ed with The ball in Rock Islands pos
session on Atoms 55-yard line Score,
13 70 o.
KoIls kicked 70 Henry at the be
ginning OF the second half He re-
turned the ball to their own 15-yard
Tine The bali was carried to the
middle Of the heId By several short
forward passes and line smashes.
With the bali tn the middle Of the
field Rock Island was penaIized %
yards fer unnecessary rough playing.
placing the BAH on the locals 35-yard
line The ball was carried TO the In
dependents 15-yard line when Cole
man dropped back and dropkiclEed the
oval over the goal post, which gave
the visitors three points. This was
the FIRST time the locals were scored
On this season. IN the fourth quarter
Morris went over the goal for two
t0uchdowns. He raced 60 yards with
a punt al the start and near the end
Of the game crossed the goal with the
final score Of the game. Quinn is que
credit for carrying the bail 40 yards
ON FIVE plays placing the oval in q
position for Morris to carry Il over.
Henry Shows Up Well.
rs.,-g--5 s.g-- 4s,-. s,--4 ~ 49,. a
ton team was Tom Henry. haIfback,
Who played q star game for his team.
Henry showed form al all times Of
the contest and It was his work that
kept the locals from pjllng I'D q Iarg-
er count, Henry Jedliska. the big 22o
pound tackle PLAYED = good game as
did NiukIer. the one-arm wonder, At
all times these two tackles we're ia
play
With much regret It was stated to
day chat in all probabilities John
Harry. tackle for the Independents.
PLAYED his LAST game with the locals,
@as he is unable 70 play here again
~ipg 20 bis federal position, which
ne nolds in Des M0iRes. The locals
viii miss Iarty very much as he was
3 headv and steady player at all times
The Summary.
independents Freeberg. Ie. Robb.
Nelson and Moore. lts JoFgensen- Ca
hle and himhle lg; kolls- c. SMITH
and 0tzen. rg: Lockhardt and Fryer.
rt Dempsey. H0ar and During. re-
Murphy ana Brin6ley, OBJ Brindiey
and Quinn. Ih- Davenport and Morris,
III Mansfield ana Jorgensen. I'll.
Alton Parker g. Jeihske. lg
strunee. lt. NJ Henry, le Ruski, rg
Wlnklee. IT, Bub Einkler, re. Hart
ford. qb Tom Henry. Ia Crum. m.
aud Coleman, III.
Referee strauss Umpire Bredi-
mus. Head llnesmau- c. y.
Mueller Time of auarters-I5, 10. Is,
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