Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-27
CINCY TEAM is OUTCLASSED BY
ISLANDERS GREAT MACHINE
IN ALL DEPARTMENTS OF GAME
Visitors Declare They Had Not
Anticipated Such a Smooth
Working Aggregation.

COmpIetely OuLCltASSlnR tnelr OPP
ponents in all departments of the
game. Rock Island Independents
smothered the Cincinnati Celts 80
to 0, at Douglas park yesterday
afternoon before a crowd of 5000
fans. Threatening weather condi-
tons held the attendance down, but
those who braved the drizzle con
siderably enjoyed the humiliation
suffered by the eastern aggrega-
ton
The CeIts were up against an
entirely different brand of football
than they have had to face in Ohio.
And they admitted this after the
game. The visiting players declar-
ed the Minnesota shift worked with
such machine-like precision was
more than they had anticipated
il is their own statement that
the Independents rank equal with
the best in the country.
The same consistent t-ttaCk that
has characterized the play OF the
Independents since the season was
started was displayed for the edi-
ficatiou of the bugs Receiving the
ball on the kickoff, it required only
seven downs to carry the oval 20
yards for a touchdown Rube Ur-
sella aided things considerably
when he dashed around the end
for y yards.
Not Looked For.
It vas this unexpected exhibition
of offensive work that upset the
calculations OF the famous Ohio
team and made it comparatively
easy for the Islanders for the rest
Of the way The Celts displayed
few flashes Of form with the for
ward pass, but as has been the case
in every game, were stopped when
within threatening distance OF
score. AS far as gaining ground on
smashes or end runs, there was
not even a fighting chance for the
visitors Once and only once did
they succeed in making a first down
In this manner
The Independents worked as one,
and had the quarters been longer,
a much larger score would have
been run up. The quarters were
shortened to 10 minutes to allow
Cincinnati opportunity to catch an
earIv afternoon train for home.
The backfeId men alternated in
advancing the oval along by steady
smashes. And then to make things
more interesting, Ursella would
take the ball and circle end, al
ways for a substantial gain as the
play by play indicates. An I'M
usual occurrence was the one time
Chicken was stopped without a
gain. This happened because Fred
slipped up on the soft turf. But
l., rP do TO a
Gets line during his three quar-
tiers of mixing. Novak and Mans !
field were always good for gains. |
Henry was rearin' to go when he |
started the second half Of the melee |
The play by play shows number |
of big advances. Quinn was there |
in the last quarter to keep things |
moving.
Line Works Good. /
Rock Islands line was well nigh /
impregnable- Celts learned this /
when they first secured possession !,
of the ball Two runners were |
thrown for big losses and the at |
tempt to punt was blocked. The |
result was a touchdown for Rock l
Island. In this work Lyle and Blu |
land showed particularly well. |
Marshall enjoyed his pastiming at |
end as much as if 1t had been a |
barbecue. Also he added TO the |
total count by catching his usual
forward over the goal line Fftz-
gerald was into every mixup. He !
has a faculty of being able to size |
up a play before it has fairly start
ed and doing considerably in keep |
ing it from getting any further. /
He intercepted two passes when the !
Celts got to throwing them about
carelessIy. Fats Smiths catch of !
a KICKOFF was really one of the fea
lures of the game A Smith play
ed his usual hard defensive game |
at end. and Dempsey. who relieved /
him. got a chance to snag a long |
pass in his celebrated manner.
It should be mentioned that some
tri-city sport writer's were Off-color
in guessing that a few of the Rock
Island players would be seen in
Chicago yesterday. Marshall al
ways leaves his 15-year old shoes
in Rock Island between Sundays
and he simply couldn't play with
out wearing EN-. Novak is making
his home here now. l