The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-24
MERGERS GRID
MEN Defeated
BY BATTERY B
u.xeuperters Take Mercer Inde-
,e,dents In GO Tnt-kimbal
Stars With Mouth.
(SneciaI to The Argus.)

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"a the last second, the Mercer coun-
- Tnseoendents were defeated by
n,itery B OF Davenport by one
.o,chdovu at the william and
Tsshti college gridiron at Aledo
csturday afternoon. While at times
!, vas one of the fastest and most
svenIy matched games that have
Saen played on the local field for
mauy years, and it was the most
SIsgusting. Rocky" Kimball, the
ssTly acquired captain and full
baek OF the Battery B eleven, ap-
sninted himself chairman of the
scrabbers' union" and as the ref
srpe was from Aledo and the UNI
nlre from Davenport, disputes were
frequent
The game started at 8 O'Clock.
The Mercer squad won the toss and
chose to receive and defend the
vast goal. In the first quarter Bat
tery B got away for several large
gains BY forward passes. but from
This time on gains were very few
BY this method of attack on either
side. Both teams played so well
defensiveIy in the first three quar-
ters that neither goal was ever SER
iously threatened. During the start
On the fourth quarter the visitors
intercepted a forward pass which
resulted in a 40-yard run for the
onIv touchdown of the game. KIM
hall failed to kick the ball between
the bars and the touchdown netted
them six.
Battery B kicked off to Biff
Smith, who returned the ball to the
center of the field and almost made
q clean getaway. A series of line
bucks were put in motion and gains
Of FIVE, eight and ten yards were
made with every play. With only
II yards to go for a touchdown,
Frank Mack, left tackle for the To-
Gals, made an around-tackle play
Tor 10-vard gain, and then a As
minute dispute took place. The
umpire stated that there were only
SIX men on the line of scrimmage
when the ball was snapped. The
referee said there were seven on
the line when the ball was passed.
The umpire then stated that the
tackle was running in tbs wrong
direction. but couldn't produce
rules to that effect.
The umpire and referee vera
then left out of the argument, it
being taken up by Kimball and the
other players on both teams. After
about 81 minutes of squabbling the
Independents were penalized from
the place where they started. but
the spirit of the game was lost.
With only a few seconds to play the
Mercer eleven tried a couple of
passes but failed; tumble came
next, and Battery p obtained pos
session of the ball which they
punted. The Independents return
cd It far good gain, but the whis-
tie blew before any material ad-
vance was made.
Another Game Thanksgiving.
Battery B will come to Aledo on
Thanksgiving day for another tilt
with the Mercer county Independ-
ents. Kimball will not be with the
eleven Of Battery B when this game
is played, according to Captain
Harry Ward. commander of the
battery. KimbaH's reputation is
fuIly established in Mercer county.
Several weeks ago, as a result of a
near riot, precipitated while Kim
AH was playing for the Mather-
vile baseball team at Seaton. Math-
erTlle Was ruled from playing on
ne Seaton diamond, which is the
oest baseball field in Mercer coun-
|E.
Davenport Plays Clean.
Several men of the Mercer coun-
y independents stated that they
mao never played with a cleaner
Aad better spirited squad of play
ers, with the exception of KimbaIl,
nan the members OF the Battery
eleven. Both teams were so
efenly matched that a very close
game is expected Thanksgiving.
Saturday Lineup.
The lineup for Saturdays game
| loiiows: Mercer county Independ-
| eaS-Smith, OBJ; Marquis. RIB:
Hephens. lib; Black, fb; Mckee,
~ F. Mack. It; Johnson. lg; Gil
more. c; Taylor, rg; kramm. TT;
Mack, re. Battery B-Swanson,
70; Mills, lib; Rack. RIB; Kimball.
0' Thomas. re: Ludwig. TT; Gard
s, rg; Schrader. c; Brown. lg;
iscCarthy. IT.: Shore. lie. Thomas.
fnpire. Moorhead, referee.