Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-01
Anticipated Brilliance Of Ohioans
Doesn't Show Up In Sundays
Icy Battle.

In . game which kept the loo
fans present on their feet and yell
Ing themselves hoarse, the Rock
island Independents scored II
points fOver the far-famed Akron
Indians yesterday afternoon at
Douglas park, leaving them simply
. cipher. Excepting the initial
Touchdown, which was given q
chance through . hard-luck move
OF the Indians, all Of the counters
were won only after scrapping that
was great to see. By far the ma
Jortty Of the visiting players were
men OF long experience on college
teams. and composed one of the
best grid machines in the country.
The victory earned by Rock Is
land yesterday, puts the local team
OF equal footing with the Canton
Bulldogs, both runners-up for the
national title Of professional foot
ball. and both the highest squads
In the country. A game will be
demanded of the Bulldogs for this
title. and II the challenge is turned
down the Rock Island Independents
will 60 down in football records as
the champions Of the United States.
II the game is arranged for 1t will
be q bird.
BY far the coolest weather which
has greeted any game this season,
with ground surface like cob
hlestone highway spotted with &C.
casi0nal puddles Of freezing water
and mud, were the natural handi-
caps both teams found yesterday,
and formed q combination calcu-
lated to add greatly to physical dis
comfort Of the players. Many times
the ball changed hands ON fumbles
ocGasioned either by the hand-stift-
ening cold or slips on the treach-
erous surface. In fact 1t was Pol
lard's brody in grabbing punt
which enabled Fitzgerald to secure
his tumble, on the 6-yard line,
shortly resulting in the Independ-
ent's initial score, which was .
psychological score as we'll. For 81
such 4 mishap early in the game
diacouraging enough to amputate
tate considerable Of the search
from the visitors.
Noticeable throughout was the
face that while Akron put up bat
tie royal, they were outplayed in a
telling degree by the locals. This
can only be attributed to work OF
the Independent team as q whole
Akron played together, and NO
amount Of purely individual bril-
liancy could work against them,
Down in the line the local men
worked like the W. k. Troopers
displaying great headwork and an
ability to use every ounce OF their
force to the best advantage. The
performance Of Buland, playing op-
posite the all-American Copely, wa
especially noted. for he certainly
showed that star up. There's moi
Q man on the team who couldn't
! be patted ON the back and truth
fulluy complimented for the after.
Moons work he accomplished
Heavy Going Good.
Chicken was noticeable for his alb.
sence, but Henry filled his place
with no room for anything but
praise. making a stellar showing II
several long gains. Despite tn,
chill in the air, Ursella's footworl
Z was decidedly accurate, only on,
kick failing to succeed-it wa
headed right but fell short.
- ONLY One First Down.
Only once during the entire gam,
did Akron reach first down, AM
that was late in the last perio,
when Wells pounded through nearl.
ten yards Of mixed players. Mos
Of the time the ball was in Akron
4 territory, owing to various reasons
one Of which was the frequent tx
changing Of punts.
The Lineup.
Rock Island Independents-Fitz
gerald. c.; F. Smith, re-; Bulani
IT.; o. Smith, re-; Marshall, lie.
Lyle, It.; Wyland. lg.: Ursella, Oh.
Henry, rhb.; Novak, lhb.; Mans
flsld. 10.
Akron Indians: Waldsmith, c.
Nesser, re-; Maloney, lg.; Corle,
IT,; Cobb Captain. It,; Sweene!
Y be-: Seton, le.; Purdy. yb.; Brown
lhb.; Pollard, rhb.; Wells, fb.
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