Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-01
AKRON FAILS TO SCORE Of MAKE
Il MORE Than ONE FIRST DOWN
WHILE ISLANDERS PILE UP II
STORY OF GAME
PLAY BY PLAY

Akron kicked OF to Marshall.
who lost the ball on . tumble.
Purdy gave It to the touted Pollard
for the opening play. Q LETT end
run which failed to gain. A line
plunge was smothered in infancy
and Brown completed the flrst leg
of a fake play by receiving tho ball
and passing It to Pollard. winning
the Indians five yards. A drop
kick failed and the ball went to
Rock Island on downs. It was
promptly lost again on q tumble
first down. Again Akron lost on
downs, Henry breaking up the last
gasp, a drop kick. The Independ-
ents were backed for . three-yard
loss on q line play and punted
from their 30-yard line. Three
plays gained 81 yards through the
line and they punted, Marshall TAX
ing it on Rock Islands 35-yard line
and fumbling to Mahoney Of Akron.
Again the visitors met 0verwhelm-
ing opposition to their advances.
and punted from mid-field to the
20-yard line. Coming back up the
field with well-timed plays, Ur-
sella dropped Z long punt at q crit
ical time over to Pollard. The col
ored warrior broke ice in q minia-
ture lake, skidded helplessly. and
ping-ponged the ball to Fitzgerald.
just coming up to tackle him. Fitz
covered It five yards from goal.
Ursella made three yards on q
long run and Novak took It over
on another end run of the Mime
sofa shift. Ursella punted out to
Marshall and then booted the oval
over the crossbar, the distance Of
. coolies eyelash from the center
line between the two posts. Score
z to 0, Independents. After the fol-
lowing kickoff by the Independents
Akron tried one no gain play, and
the quarter ended, Akron's ball on
their own 18-yard line.
Second Quarter.
Pollard gloriously opened the
play by roller skating for q FIVE
yard loss. Visitors punted to Ur-
sella on their 40-yard line. One
play by Novak, three yards. and
two by Henry, four yards, called
for q punt, which was fluked. sky
ing only about Is yards and ove}
the side. A free-for-all mix oveI
q ball fumbled by Pollard on thu
next play ended with Akron agar
covering the leather. Brown failet
to gain on . straight play and Ak
ron paid ., penalty Of Is yards FOL
illegal use of the hands. Ursells
took'a punt from the 50-yard mark
Henry failed to make ground on ,
long end run, and Mansfield plung
ed through q wide hole for eigh
yards. Rock Island penalized fol
being offside. Tom Henry cam,
back with q gain of IA yards. I
was q wonderful run and succeed
ed in making the downs on tn
fourth attempt. Ursella did fiv'
yards around end and was done VI
for q few minutes. Novak wen
through for three, q pass ground
ed, another went Just over Mar
shall's reach. and q fourth unsuc
cessful play lost the ball to Akron
Pollard went through Just insid
end and made nearly eight yards
but fumbled to Rock Island. Hen
ry started things of with FIVE yard
straight through the line, Jerr
Mansfield was stopped at the lin
and Tom again covered tire
yards, fumbling to Akron. Purd
lined the men up for q pass, wa
rushed by Islanders. and slamme
the pill at one Of his linemel
Copely, the Missourian, who grail
bed it and started to run. The Of
ficials interceded and gave the II
Gals the pigskin. penalty for q line
man taking q forward pass. On
play by the Independents finishe
the half.
| Second Halt.
Ursella kicked to Akron on the
30-yard line. Pollard circled Il
right wing for five yards. Wei
failed to gain and they punte
Ursella pushed them over for mir
yards before he was stopped. ca
rying back the kick. A four-yal
gain by Henry and ten more
Mansfield was annulled by the in
position Of a 15-yardf penalty
the locals for roughness. Hem
failed to gain. Then came one
J tho spectacular bits Of the whole til
when Novak make a twisting RI
Of 20 yards, shaking OF at least 8
Ienemy tacklers. This made flr