The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-26
GENESEO TRIUMPHS OVER ALEDO
HIGH SCHOOL BY ~ TO o SCORE
IN FIRST GAME OF GRID SEASON
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be1eSSO, Ill. sept Z0--Ile llO
of the 1921 football season in this
city was lifted Saturday afternoon
when the Geneseo township high
school team met Aledo high school
in a hard fought. well contested
game The Geneseo rooters went
off the field with broad smiles on
their faces and cheers for the team
which won over Aledo by a score
OF 19 to o.
The Aledo aggregation played
good football and has several mem
bers who are exceptionally good
high school men. This holds true
Of the entire backfield. D. Rowe in
particular. The Aledo team was
in good physical condition and went
through the game with but one
substitution. Moorehead played a
strong game throughout N punt
ing ne showed far better than Wies-
jain. who failed to get anything
ike the distance which he has
shown in practice. Wiesiahn sell
dom kicked more than s. yards,
whereas he has previously booted
the ball from so to 60 yards.
New Men Look Good.
Considering the fact that Coach
Pruitt has three men in his lineup
who have never played high school
football. this victory in the first
game of the season is encouraging
A couple OF places in the line show
ed weak. and the work in handling
punts was decidedly CT color.
These faults Will be remedied as
better results have been shown in
the preliminary practice scrim-
IMAGES.
Wiesjahn. Bert Schultz. Porter
Shirley. Atwood. Hamann, Pea
nuts" Schultz and Combs showed
the benefit of previous experience.
OF the new men, EilingswOTth. a
freshman, proved that he has the
stuff of which good football players
are made. Laurel Smith, also a
freshman. will develop into another
star either at quarter or at a half
hack position. r, Smith is new TO
football. but displayed strength in
the line A number OF the scrubs
will keep the regulars on their toes
20 re.ain their positions if present
indications continue along the line
OF individual Improvement
Geneseo won the toss and chose
to defend the south goal.
Moorehead, for AIedO. kicked off
to Bert Schultz. who advanced the
ball 20 yards From this point Gen
eseo kept the ball until the first
touchdown was made Quarter
back Hamann called upon Nc
Broom for the first play and he
was good for eight yards. B.
made a first down, Nc
Broom gained FIVE yards and FL
Iingsworth hit the line for another
first down. He came back for five.
McBroom for three and then two
more.
EllingswoTth plugged the line for
six yards and 3. Schultz skirted
the left end for another first down.
On the next pass the ball hit a Gen
eseo man and was fumbled by Ha-
mann. He recovered it quickly and
ran 20 yards for the first touch
down of the game. Wiesjahn fail
cd to kick goal Fer the balance
OF the first quarter and throughout
the second quarter Geneseo. with
the wind behind them played a
kicking game, letting A!edo work
themselves out on offensive play
ing. Aledo made one successful
pass for Is yards IN this half. /
has 10 his credit sew
aral good gains on fake punk for
nation and d. Rowe also made
CONSTANT gains but lacked the
ecessary punch to score touch .
down.