The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-08
H TEAM BEATS
STERLING WITH
ANCIENT PLAYS
BY ~AIBr AZ

up the eighth straight victory Sat-
urday BY defeating Startling. 14-s.
in one Of the hardest games this
season. Sterling would never have
scored but for . long pass in the
third quarter. which the Islander
backs failed to get under.
The final count fails to indicate
the superiority Of the Islanders
over their opponents. Besides their
two scores the locals in the second
period took the ball down the field
and were going for . touchdown
only to lose the egg on the 10-yard
line as the result of . tumble.
Again in the last quarter the Grim
son and Gold machine pushed the
bali down the 2-yard line but failed
to make first down by inches.
Sterling Not Outweighed
Tho impression made by an arti-
Gle In a Chicago paper yesterday
that the Sterling team was greatly
outWei9hsd was erroneous. 1t Is
true that the islander line out
weighed the Sterling forward wall
to some extent. but the Sterling
men were by no means midgets.
Tho Sterlingites had a pair Of
guards that weighed over $50
pounds apiece and their hack6sl,l
outweighed the locals.
A basketball battle was ached-
uled with Sterling al a result Of
the fine treatment given the Island
ers by the Sterling men before and
after the game. According to all
the players. Sterling treated them
better than any other town that
they had ever been in.
Line Plays Supefbly.
The Islander line played its best
game Of the season Saturday. Both
Of the islanders touchdownS were
made as a result Of smashes and
almost all Of the locals gains were
through, the line. The Rock Island
forwards had little trouble In open
ing great holes in the Sterling wall
and all Of the backs went for big
gains. End runs, although they
were not attempted very much. also
were successful, Duncan going for
a 40-yard gain twice.
The one feature that the Island
ers fell down on was the blocking
of passes. The Sterling men failed
to make a gain around end. while
their smashes through he line net
ted only a small percentage in COM
parison with the islanders. In the
aerial line. however, they were su'
preme. Too many times they got
away with easy passes that should
have been blocked by the local
backs.
Long Pass Brings Score.
The Sterling squad never came
close to a score and it was only by
a long pass from the center OF the
field that caused their counter. In
the last few minutes Of play they
opened up again and the way the
Islander backs failed to block the
passes was awful. A great deal OF
work will have to be put on this
part of the game before the team
meets Davenport next week.
Rock Island kicked OF and held
Sterling to downs. On the frs,
play Harper went through on a
criss-cross for 10 yards, but fun
hled the ball. Neither team did
anything exciting in the flrst pc
Rod. The Islanders were playing
without fight and the Sterling tea,r
was not strong enough to put ovel
a touchdown.
In the second quarter the Rocl
Islanders took the ball down tGs
field, Harper, Duncan, Masters auG
Shelter running through the biz
holes in the line. On tho 10-yart
line Duncan fumbled the egg ant
Sterling recovered. They puntet
to the middle of the field and tn
half ended. 90.
islanders Fight Rack.
Rock Island came back in tn
final half with renewed vigor AMI
had the ball most OF the time IL
Sterling territory. Tho Sterling
squad started . passing game. ont
of which was completed. and Keefel
romped over for the frst touch
down Of the battle. The Islander,
received the KICKOFF. made frs
down. but failed to gain the mex
yards. Rosenkranz punted q lonI
high one and the Startling Quafte'
signaled for q fair catch. He rum
bled the punt and Schmidt picka'
up the ball and ran to the 20-yar,
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