The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-07
80-YARD RUN
BY N0RTONIS
BIG Feature
Angustana Star HaIfhack Shows
Pair OF Fleet Heels TO St 81
Ambrose.
BY Kenneth CONREY.

Curt Norton, Augustana college de-
feated ST. Ambrose Saturday aft
ernoon, IA to 0. The game will go
down in the annals of football his
tory at Augustana as one of the
greatest games ever played by any
Augie eleven Saturdays contest
was the first football game between
Augustana and the Saints, and first
blood is-oh, SO sweet to Swed
berg's men
Gilroy, feet-footed left half for
Princeton, who ran so yards for the
winning touchdown over Harvard
Saturday, Aubrey Devine, who made
four touchdowns for Iowa against
the Gophers, and Myers, who ran
for the winning touchdown for
Ohio State against Chicago u, have
nothing on Curt Norton of Angus
tana for sensational plays. Norton
brought every person at Douglas
park to his or her feet Saturday by
his brilliant 80-yard run for Angus
tana's second touchdown. 1t hap
pened in the last quaretr. DeClerk
was forced to punt after his team
had made three unsuccessful at
tempts to gain. Norton received
the kick on his own 20-yard mark
er. and. assisted by wonderful in
reference, raced the entire dis
lance of the field for the touch
down Both the Ambrosian ends
were down to nail Curt in has
tracks, but they were taken out of
the play by r. Peterson and Hol-
land Norton was off in. a second,
and the way every Augustana man
picked a man to make the way
clear for their runner shows that
Swedberg's efforts in practicing the
running of interference have not
been in vain. 1t was one of those
plays that you read about. but see
but once or twice in a lifetime
Norton was the outstanding star
in the contest. He made both the
markers for his team and played
an excellent game on the defense.
He was knocked hors de combat in
the first quarter, and was so com
pletely out of his head that he had
/ to be told the signals during the
! intermission. He was ably assist
ed in the backfeld by Rog Peter
SOL, and the work of Erhart Peter
son in the line deserves honorable
mention. For the Ambrosians, De
Clerk was everything He made
most of the Saints gains and his
work on the defense was spectacu-
| lar. Van Dale at end and Green at
guard also played in stellar fash
ion for their school.
! The score does not indicate the
/ relative strength of the two elev-
I ems Play was entirely in the
! Saints territory with the exception
, of a squirt in the second quarter.
when Brindley'S men succeeded in
! bringing tne pigskin to Augusta
mas three-yard line Ambrose re-
! ceived the ban on Augustana's 81
yard line on poor punt. A pass.
! DeClerk to Murphy, netted II, Bo-
quot added three. and DeClerk
! brought the ball to the 3-yard line
| Here Schoenfelder called for a
| pass. but the charging of the Au-
gle line was too terrific for the
! Saints wall. and three Augustana
men were on Schoenfelder before
he could get the pass away. The
| ball went to Swedberg's men on
the 20-yard line, and with it st,
Ambrose's only chance of scoring.
st. Ambrose made first downs but
FIVE times during the game, and
| two of these were on intercepted
passes
Score Early.
| Augustana's first touchdown came
after five minutes of play. Swan
son kicked to Nolan, who returned
the ball to the 35-yard line Line
smashes by DeClerk and GensteT
Melted first downs for the Saints
but they lost the ban on the next
play on a tumble, and after an ex-
change of punts Augie again re-
ceived the ball on the opponent
45-yard line. A line plunge by AL
sene made two, Rog Peterson rar
IS yards, Alsene added II more
and Norton brought the ball to the
15-yard line. Norton took the
leather over from here, going
around right end for the frs
touchdown. Swanson kicked goal
Score: Augustana Z, ST Ambrose 0
The second marker came at The
opening of the fourth quarter BY
the sensational run of Norton. re
turning a punt so yards. Rog Pc
terson kicked goal. Score: Angus
tana IA, st. Ambrose 0.
Three times during the f1na
quarter Augustana threatened t.
score, but lost the ball once on
tumble, time avoided the othel
marker, and a pass, Rog Peterson
10 Holland, took the ball over th'
line, only to be called back, fol
Rog was not five yards back of thu
line of scrimmage when passing thu
ball.
Fumbies were costly to boil
. eIeyens. Thirteen times the bal
slipped through the fingers of tn
players, five times on the part o
Swedberg's men and eight time
by the Saints. Augustana did no
recover one of its fumbles and ST
} Ambrose recovered but two of it
mistakes.
; Weight told its little story also
IAugustana line averages 172 pound
to the man, while the Saints mel
, tip the scale at 159- The continue
. hammering of the Augustana lin
at the weaker wall of the Ambos
: ians gradually slackened the re
: sistance and in the last quartz
holes were made at will by the Au
gustana PLAYERS.
The Lineups.
" Augustana. st. Ambrose.
Swanson, lie Van Dale. r
II y