The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-15

N n 3 great exhibition OF straight
"a fashioned football, the Rock -
land high school warriors complete
II outclassed Davenport high In
Dat city Saturday afternoon and
walked on with IA to victory.
True, It IL the hrst game In Is
years that the Islanders have TAX
a the honors from Davenport. but
fhsYe was q lapse Of eight years In
which there was NO game between
the schools that must be consad-
sFed. Then. again. since 1914 Day
export has twice won games IN
which all the luck was on tneir
side Of the fence.
Rock Island won Saturday on its
merits. The highly touted Iowa
aggregation failed To make even .
rood impression before the home
folks, Soon after Rock Island had
kicked on TO start the game It was
apparent that only bad luck could
cheat the team out of victory.
Davenport once got within about 30
yssds OF q touchdown. The story
of their offensive reads between the
lo-yard lines.
aes4a islanders Show Punch.
g On the other hand, the Islanders
dieplayed a startling offensive that
Kept the ball In their possession FOR
about three-quarters OF the playing
time. II was just case OF up and
down the field with the usual
breaks of the game entering against
Rock Island when within scoring
distance. The score does not indi-
cate the complete superiority OF
the local boys. not alone at advanc-
ing the ball, but in defensive play
a. we'll.
Duncan, Shelter and Masters
we're outstanding lights in ROCK
Island's defensive tactics. Harper
did some good work, but he was
marked by the opposition. Duncan
reeled of one dazzling run OF 80
yards from scrimmage formation
and besides that brought the
crowd to its feet time and again In
returning punts. Shelter ran the
team with a nice precision. He
also gained many yards in sliding
of tackle, frequently getting into
q broken field for gains OF 10 and
IL yards. Masters gave q splendid
exhibition OF line plunging.
sne Great Work by Line.
Rock Islands line deserves con-
siderable praise for its work II
opening holes for its own backfielt
and In stopping DavenpoTt's drives
Captain Henke was the star on de
fcrsc.
The punting of both teams wa
excellent, with Duncan having thu
edge over Vollmer. Duncan dis
played an ability to place his kick
that gave Davenport no chance II
: return the ball. Twice he deliber
ately punted the ball out Of bounds
on Davenrort's 2-yard line.
First Quarter.
Davenport was forced to kicl
soon after receiving the ball on tn
! initial kickoff. Rock Island opene,
Its offensive Immediately and short
ly had the ball on Davenport's Is
= yard line. Davenport rallied an
got possession OF the ball. Daven
port advanced about 10 yards be
y fore Vollmer punted. The bal
sailed high in the air and Dunca
lost sight OF it In the sun.
bounced away from him and a Da,
Importer recovered on his own A
yard line. Davenport failed to gal
distance and the ball was punte
behind Rock Islands goal line.
Second Quarter.
Rock Island was on its retur
up the field at the start Of the SCI
ond quarter. Line bucks by Dun
ban and Masters pushed Davenpol
steadily back. Davenport held an
3 Duncan punted to Kloppenberl
The little quarterback let the ba
slip through his arms and an Il
lander nestled II into his arms @
Davenport's 35-yard line. Fro
this point the Islander backfiel
pounded across for touchdown
Harper aided materially in this a!
sault with 12-yard advance o
tackle that carried the ball to will
In q couple of yards of goal. Q
the second attempt Shelter slid o
tackle and over the goal line. d.
main added . point with go'
kick.
For the rest OF the quarter II
Islanders worked fast, with Dul
can frequently threatening to brea
away on a long run for a touci
down. Ii became common Occur
renee for him to run punts bac
Is, 20 and - yards. He was ca.
lily the fastest man on the field an
Davenport's numbering men wer
lost unless they got In front
Duncan.
Second Hall.
In the second half Davenpol
perked up a bit and made it inter
esting for the home. folks for
brief spell. However, as soon a
they passed midfleld. Rock Islam
frightened and took the ball ava!
In the third quarter Rock Islam
got the ball on its own 1o-yard lin
and started an advance that wa
not halted until midfied was reach
ed.
In the last quarter Rock Islam
kept its 7-point lead out of DANCE
by simply keeping the ball in it
posse ssion most OF the time Il
this quarter a series OF smashe
trough. the bail to Davenport's Is
yard line, Davenport held 70
three downs. and on the fourtl
Rock Island tried its first and onl.
forward pass Of the game. A Dav
exporter intercepted the ball OF
his own l0-yard line when he coul,
have nocked It to the ground an,
Davenport would have receive,
possession on the last scrimmag'