Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-14
ISLANDERS TAKE
OPENER Of YEAR
nm 4thellic Club aggregation No
Match For Heavy Rock Island
independents.
SOW SNAP AND GAMENESS
Cad Crowd Witnesses Form Show
ed By FlauiEan'S Men That May j..
Beat Marines.
81 -MAC~

sn+s al Douglas park yesterday aft
! .-roon by a score OF ca to 0.
( good crowd witnessed the ex-
,ibition when the Independents
--;,h a stronger lineup than when
nov played the Rock Island Tigers
~ weeks ago. simply moved down
,se;- lighter. but fast and game
@7rorents. The Peru players aver
.rs 1873 pounds, while The local
e-;ddars we5ehl I76 On an aver
srs The Peru team is snappy and
ra1e throughout, though many reg
rJsrs were missing from the line
The game was played in u min
rife Quarters and gave the crowd
s,-s idea Of what the Independ-
ms vii. hs able TO DO against some
\ The stronger teams that have
sen booked Tor future games.
6esssy- formerly Of the Cornell
! .s1burGs. q new addition 10 the
Sack islanders. showed up in good
ssaDe a -0Et laltback during the
erst hall He was replaced at the
| tzrirning Of the second half by
Quinn.
strong. formerly University of
rrfrr=z m. Bradley POivteChniC
| Institute star with three years col
r=za experience as quarterback,
vss put in during the second quar-
-sr 10 take Swansou's place at
quarterback. Swanson played
goof game while in the melee. but
! 2 previous injury gave trouble. and
| with ? bump on the right spot, he
vas II 10 shape 10 give further
good account Of himself Strong
+ shows I'D well. but whether he is
! better than ether material on the
team for the same position remains
| 70 be seen
| Tie local warriors kicked of to
| Peru as an opener OF the game, and
| rom that moment on rushed the
| tall through the line of the oppos-
| ur team as they wilIed
! Three r0UcHd0wns came in the
4 first quarter. but with only one
| goal being kicked. Three touch
Gowns were made n the second
ruarte- with one goal kicked,
| three II the third quarter with one
goal kicked and one in the last
/ quarter with one goal being made.
DemDsaF's work in catching for
/ ward passes was exceptionally
/ good as was that of some other
/ members Of the team who had less
chances,
Murray pulled stunt when he
caught forward pass from
! Strong in the middle of the field,
/ and dashed over the line for the
/ sixth touchdown.
Hause- gave the Peru bunch a
IN before ne was d1Wned one
| yard from the goal line after a
I long run made possible by his cop
Ping onto a blocked punt.
Freebo-g went in at fullback in
the place Of Meersman at the be
/ ginning Of the second half and
| played ct his best He went over
garter. and two of the four goal
kicks Of the game were made by
hin.
IN the first quarter touchdowns
we're made by HIeeTsman. but he
! failed At goal. swanson with
! AeeTsnau failing al goal and Muir
ray with Dempsey kicking goal.
Score - 70 g.
In the second quarter Meers-
nan went over with Dempsey kick
ing goal Murray with Dempsey
\ Filling al goal and Meersman with
| tie third touchdown of this quar-
Ter with Dempsey missing goal.
Score s. 20 0.
In the third quarter Freeborg
vent over f0- another six pOint3e
but failure Ct d fair catch on q
THnt1#- G. minated the chance to
ktck goal Murray went over for
ne second touchdown Of this quar-
Ter with Dempsey failing to kick
he oval over the cToss-bar. Denp-
sey went over next with F'reeborg
Kicking goal Score 81 to 0.
l In the fourth quarter Strong
carried the ball over for the only
touchdown in this period Free
borg kicked goal. Score Ga to 0.
The Old heads on the Independ
eAts showed up as good as in past
Eeasons, and trouble is ahead for
he Hammond. Ind. crew as well
as the Minneapolis Marines, who
rave been signed 70 play in this
CITY a the near future.
The Peril lads went through the
game with but two substitutions.
AapanoWski went in in the second
g-arter in place Of Narki vice., but
was removed in the second half for
SelozlanEk Some say that the
lanes Of the Peru warriors could
rave been well used as signals.
such would he a good idea.
The Lineups.