The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-17
.CENESEO BEATS
SILvIS, is TOO,
IN FIRST GAME
Independents Put Up Good Front in
First Appearance Of Season;
SilTis Fights Hard.
Especial Correspondence.)

tSpeclaI correspondence
Geneseo, Ill. Oct 1.-THE Gen
eseo Independent football team
opened its 1921 season here yes
terday afternoon in a game with
the SilVis Athletic club, winning l6
to o. The attendance was very
good considering that the team
which is to represent the hide
! pendentS was an unknown PROPOSE
| ton to the football fans of the city.
Captain Pruitt won the toss and
chose to defend the south goal.
thereby taking advantage of a
| strong wind which swept across ths
| field Silvfs kicked off and it be
I came Geneseo's ball on their 80
yard line. Wiegand went through
! the line for IL yards. He repeated
| for more. Armstrong added 2
| yards Reed could gain only one
off tackle, forcing Pruitt to punt
Silvis took the ball on their 10 yard
line. A tumble cost them a loss OF
yards. Thomberg tackled behind
his line for another loss and SiIVis
punted from behind their goal line
to Geneseo on SiIvis 25-yard line.
Armstrong went through the line
for II yards. Wiegand went around
end for yards. Pruitt went into
the line for six yards. With three
yards to gain Armstrong smashed
the ball over for the first touch.
down, within four minutes of play.
Bolte kicked goal Score, GeneseO,
Z; SI1vis, 0.
The remainder OF the game was
hard fought, both teams resorting
to punt on their fourth downs
SIlTfs Holds.
At the opening of the second
quarter after two scrimmages
Whistler Intercepted a forward
pass from Geneseo only to lose it
to Geneseo on the next play by a
tumble on Silvis 8-yard line. Here
Silvis bYaced and held Geaeseo to a
fourth down on their vineyard line.
This was very fine display OF de
fensive play, and set the SilVis
roOters into paroxysms of joy,
which was short lived SilYis
punted to Geneseo on Sf1Vis' So
yard line. Pruitt failed to gain as
did Reed also. On the next play
Geneseo completed a forward pass.
Pruitt to Burgeson, who ran Is
yards for the second touchdown.
Bolte failed to kick goal. Score.
Geneseo, 10; SilVis. O.
Geneseo, toward the close - ire
first half, obtained possession Of
the ball on SIVis' 6-ydEd line. when
Erdman and RilIs broke through
the line on Hannamon's punt, the
ball being blocked by Erdman. Pru-
lit gained two yards and the half
ended with the ball ia GeneseO's
possession on the four yard line.
PTuitt Registers Drop.
The third and fourth quarters
were evenly contested. In the
third quarter Pruitt added three
points by a beautifully executed
drop kick from the 35-yard line.
making Geneseo's score Is, which
it continued to be for the remain
der of the game Miller. full-back
for SilVis, who was taken. out in
the fourth quarter on account = =
wrenched knee. many times tack
led runners behind the SilEis line
for material losses. Much was eY-
pected of Whistler, quarterback
for Silvis, but he lost more yards
than he gained, during the game.
Pruitt gained on an exchange Q!
punts with Hannemon.
The Silvis team plays an agrees
sive brand of football which at
times yesterday bordered upon IN
necessary roughnesS. They have
a good team in the making Their
forward passes were poorly exc
cuted, as only one was good for
any gain of value, that being for
net gain of II yards.
The Geneseo team displayed IN
expected strength, which was
pleasing to the bugs who folloR
the team. The entire team mem
bership showed well. The players
of last years team delivered cred
itably as usual The new NEIL
Reed at halfback and "Chet" Burg
son at end, mare than met eXpecta-
lions Of their supporters. Weiss al
tackle, also a new player, IS gooa
enough to help in the lineup LOT
all time BurgesOn is the popular
catcher of the GeneseO American
Legion baseball team, and this was
his first football game with the
Independents. Captain PTuitL Tan
the team from the quarterback po-
sition with skill and judgment. he
was good in advancing catches
made from punts, at one time Car
rying the ball 80 yards.
The game ended with the pan IL
SiIvis' possession. The last quar-
ter was featured with numDerouS
at forward passing u
which few were successful
The Lineup.
Silvis A. c. Geneseo'
Hunt re- BurgesOn, re
RntIer IT Bennett, It