Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-14
AUCUSTAnA Grid
PLAYERSJOYOUS
Completely Battles Gridders From
Monmouth In Sweeping Bat
tie Saturday in City.

Completely battling the opposing
eleven with a -dazzling overhead al
tack, skirtng the ends for long
and repeated gains, and smashing
through the line almost at will,
Augustana college wiped the grid
iron with the Monmouth college
team in the opening game of the
season Saturday afternoon played
at Ericsson field. The Lutheran lads
showed across a total of SO points,
and applied a liberal dose Of lime
and water to the Maple City grid
ders' end Of the score.
Augustana's performance in the
lid fitting ceremonies speaks we'll
for a successful season. In every
department of the game, the locals
had the better of the argument.
While.the exhibition Of the Augie
backfeId was brilliant, little less
can be said OF both the offensive
and defensive play OF the line.
Comparatively few gains were
made around the ends and bucks at
the Swede bulwark yielded virtual
" nil.
The Rock Islanders started of
with a dash and punch that fairly
upset the Monmouth outfit. In less
than two minutes of play, pass,
BeDgston to Swanson, netting 50
yards, brought the ball to the five
yard line. and on the succeed
ing maneuveT, Captain BengstOn
ploughed over. He failed to kick
goal
Two more markers were garner
ed in the first chapter. BlOomberg.
right halfback, slipped around the
end on a 15-yard run and again
shortly before the quarter was up
went over on an of-tGckle shoot
Augie missed both goals.
All through the conflict. Angus
tana worked the forward pass with
success. however, not as success
fully as was possible. In the sec
ond quarter. Nogal. quarterback,
reeIed off 80 yards, but was pushed
out of bounds on the twO-yard line
For three times the Monmouth line
held. but was out-tricked on the
fourth. A short pass. BengstOn TO
Almer. brought the ball over the
line. Eogal booted the oval square
/ " be. ween the uprights for an ad-
ditional point.
Monmouth came back IN the third
quarter loaded with all kinds OF en-
thusiasm and fight, and hence
| Augie failed to score. The ball zig
Jagged back and forth, with the ad-
vantage in favor of neither team.
Littig, substituting for Almer,
who was taken out of the fray be
cause OF an injury. crossed tile
chalked line in the fourth chapter
on an abbreviated end run. 4 pass.
BeDgstOn TO Ceilings, netting about
thirty Yards. completed Augfs's
scoring. Captain BengstOn follow
/ ed each with a perfect goal kick.
To single out the individual star
of the fracas is impossible. The
entire back6eld was fashy AMI
equally cons eteut and impenCtra-
bile was the line Captain EengstOn
shattered the Monmouth line for
big and effective advances cCHttu-
ualIv and he showed himself a wiz
ard on secondary defense pla-. No
( gal was the surprise Of the day.
Unknown in these parts, he Unques-
tfonably established reputation
for himself He used keen and
sound judgment at the pilo- station,
ripped off long stretches around the
/ ends and returned punts in great
] style. Both BlOOmbe-g, Amer and
( L.itti< responded with gains when
I ever they were called upon to carry
/ the bail.
/ Not satisfied with playing \
whirl of game on defense. the
liuemeu also had a hand in the ad-
! vaucemeut Of the ball. Randolph
and Palmer, as well as Swanson
and Collins toeG The mark in this
/ department. With Peterson ar cen
( ter and Fckstrom and Wickstron
. at guards. MonmOuth's smashes
/ were Of 10 avail All the reserve
/ men who were given Z chance
/ showed real metal
For Monmouth. Peterson at full
/ back was the outstanding perform
/ err
Augustana's touchdOwns in prac-
| ticaIIy every instance were the re
/ suit of passes. Time and again the
/ blue and yellow athletes clipped of
/ 20 and 80 yard gains with aerial
/ tactics. Yet. had all Of the passes
! panued out as they should have,
I Augie would have piled an even
/ greater score.
/ While it was the first melee Of
( the season, it was also the first
/ game played under federal regula-
tons. With lads in khaki patroling
/ the field. keeping the side line free
/ the battle was given a tinge Of mar
/ tial air
In fairness to the goods, it must
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.