Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-28
DARK HORSE AGGREGATION GOES
. DOWN TO DEFEAT IN BATTLE ON
DOUGLAS FIELD, THANKSGIVING

neutral territory. From there Ur-
sella, Chicken and N0yak made good
the opposition. goal-bent, when the
ball was fumbled to Davenport. BY
this time the tide Of battle had turn
ed and Rock Island soon secured
the ball again, intercepting . for
ward pass to do 20. Shortly after
Ursella drop kicked goal again,
from about Is yards. Score 6 to 0.
Davenport kicked OF and Rock Is
land punted away from the end
line, stopping the ball on the Dav-
export 40-yard line. A free tumble
by Rock Island was missed by .
half dozen from both sides and
COPIED by Cook as the next move.
Several islanders got through with
sufficient speed to FLOCK . punt by
Davenport, and Lyle covered the
fleeing pigskin. A forward pass
and line play failed. Then the
local machine gathered speed and
covered ground down to the 10-yard
line, where the timekeeper's whistle
stopped the play, Chicken having
just made required five yards
and five to boot on fourth down.
The last period was the most ex-
citing Of the game. The men on
both sides were as thoroughly
warmed up as was possible for men
covered with . delicate coating of
wet snow and mud to be. Daven-
port was struggling to stage q
comeback, but lacked the precision
with which the Independent gang
executed all plays. With four
downs in which to cover q base 10
yards to the goal line the locals
slipped Chicken the pill and watch
ed him drop It within one foot Of
the goal. Ursella then plunged
over and the succeeding kick made
good.
Marshall carted the ball back to
the 40-yard line on getting Daven-
ports kick at the 20-yard line. The
teams exchanged punts. Rock Is
land ON the ball in center field sent
Chicken through the hold OF right
tackle. Finding little opposition
and protected by perfect interior
ence, the husky back chased on
down the field and over for the Sec
ond touchdown run of SO yards.
The puntout fell short. Score 10
to 0.
Mansfield made a happy grab
soon after and landed a tumble bv
the Davenport quarter, which
netted the Independents nearly 20
yards from the line Of play. Ur-
sella followed up with . 15-yard
advance. Henry made q short squirt
only to hit mass Of Davenport
jerseys, Ursella waltzed up to the
line and then took the ball over on
q line buck. In kicking for the goal
the phenomenal again favored the
lslanders-the ball struck the tor
OF the crossbar on the goal posts
wavered . moment, and fell over
on the other side. The visitors stole
q march and swept up the field to
within Is yards of the goal, the only
time during the game Davenport
was that close to their own posts
by the way. From . favorable angle
q drop kick was ATTEMPTED, but the
strong wind entered in to divert II
Just . needed foot or two and the
only chance to score failed. TAe
frozen mob began to leave the
field in squads. singing requiem.
for Davenport. and very shortly
after the Goth minute was noted by
the timekeeper. The fgurativt
polar expedition Of the enemy team:
halted with the scut-up pigskir
resting near the equator of thu
grid. Thus did the capable Rocl
Island professional footballers fol
the attempted comeback for thu
early season defeat. by the Daven
port athletic club boys.
Although the game was entirel,
successful from all points of view
as . contest Of athletic skill, ant
successful to the Independents a.
q repeater drubbing Of the neares
rivals, financially It was q fiivver
As mentioned before, only q small
part Of the grandstand was lille,
and the little standing room takel
was used by preference. The gen
eral estimate set the attendance q
In the neighborhood of $500.
High lights of the game would In
clude the observation that when
ever ON the defensive Rock Island
line was practically impregnable
Both sides played rough and tunl
BILE football, but still It was
Of that allowed in the rules beinl
o fthat allowed in the rules beinI
perpetrated by any of the mon. Thi
included the tackling, which va
unusually hard and effective. Sew
eral Of the flying tackles made yes