Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-07
DISPLAY GREAT
FORM SATURDAY
Rock Island High School Grid Play
ers Down Galesburg by
Score of 80 to D.

Displaying the best form they
have shown for many years the
Rock Island high school football
team won over the Galesburg high
! school football team Saturday aft
( ernoon at Douglas park by the
score of 43 to 0.
At no time were the Galesburg
/ boys in danger of scoring. The 10.
Gals walked through their oppo,
nents' line almost at will When
/ it came to forward passing. the
| crimson and gold team made great
gains. The Galesburg line was like
sieve at places The Islanders
also Outpunted their opponents on
all occasions. Paul Anderson, Rock
Islands captain, did the kicking
for the Islanders. Mishey for the
Knox county lads. The Galesburs
boys did not show the pep and
/ punch that the teams from thai
city displayed in former years.
Rock Islands team showed more
punch than it has for years. Cap
tain Anderson and ex-Captain Nc
Carly proved the Islanders chief
ground gamers. AIbro. the Gales
territory for his team.
The game started with Galesburg
/ kicking off to the Islanders. The
Galesburg line held like a stone
wall and forced the Islanders to
punt Rock Island downed Abba
| before he got started. Galesburg
| tried a series of line bucks and for
ward passes, but was not success
/ full in gaining any ground. At this
point the Rock Island team tried
! its new shifts and they worked to
! perfection. The Islanders line.
men made big holes for their back
! field men and nearly every down
netted 10 yards. Finally McCarty
made an open field run and took
! the oval across the line. Dopp
I kicked goal, making the score I
/ to 0.
/ Rock Island kicked to Galesburg.
/ That team fumbled the ball and
/ lost 80 yards and it was forced to
punt Rock Island received the ball
and on the next play also fumbled
| Galesburg again punted out of dan
ger and McCarty brought the ball
/ back to the 40 yard line.
A forward pass Melted 20 yards
and Dopp made an end run which
| added 10 more yards for the Is
! landers. McCarty called fake for
ward and ran over the line for the
second touchdown. Dopp failed to
! kick goal and the score stood Is
/ to 0.
! Rock Island kicked the oval 20
| the Galesburg lads and they tried
| to make gains by forward passes,
/ but they were blocked. Galesburg
| punted to the locals and the half
ended with the ball in the Island
ers' possession.
The second half started with
Rock Island kicking off to the Knox
county lads Holcombe replaced
! Erbstein at end and the local team
started a march down the field
when the Galesburg boys caught
enc of the Islanders forward
passes. In the third quarter the
Galesburg team put up the best
fight. Galesburgers at this time
gained more ground than they had
in all the game. They were stopped
by the local line when they tried 10
make line smashes and were forced
to punt.
The third quarter ended with
Rock Island having control Of the
ball. Paul Anderson netted u
yards. Rock Island was penalized
for Is yards and Dopp made it up
by catching a forward pass which
netted 90 yards. Rock Island could
not make it's downs and was forced
to punt. Galesburg did not try to
make any ground, but returned the
punt.
At this time both teams replaced
their tired men by subs. McCarty
made a spectacular run for 40
yards and Dopp went over the line