The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-18
HIGH SCHOOL
GIvESCRADs
REAL BATH
Coach Kimmers Team Plav.sA
pcncats to a Scoreless
Tie.
BY NAT GEISMAR

Battling desperately with off,,
sive operations, with one excenna.
always in their own territorv ~
Rock Island high school gridd.,.
and their alumni fought a noth,s.
to nothing tie at Douglas park =,
urday afternoon 'on the opesh.
game Of the local football -
son. The exception cana T.
the last few minutes Of MA,
when the high schoolers rusl.s
the ball down into the enemyfts,
ritory only to lack the punch =
put over q winning touchdou
The score was 0 to 0.
The absence of drop-kicker NJ
the lineup was also to blame. a, !
successful boot at this time vouI
have won the game for the unde,.
graduates.
The high school line was IA.
savior OF the Crimson and Gon
The alumni's backfield ran into ,
stone line at all times. the Kradp.
ates being lucky to obtain five frr
downs.
The Kimmel backfeld was NIT
much ON the offensive. either. Al.
though at spasmodic intervals thev
ripped through the enemy for lon,
gains. On the defense the bsei.
fielders were not hard put a. the
line stopped almost everything TIT
came along.
First Quarter.
The alumni kicked off to Ash, vho
fumbled on his own 4O-yard line
The alumni couldn't pierce the hish
I, schools defense and lost the hsll
on downs when they failed to Id
on the fourth down with eish,
yards to go. The Undergraduate
were one yard short On four downs
and surrendered the ball In mid.
field. The alumni again could nd
gain and Morrison kicked 30 yard
to Reid, who returned the ball N
yards. The high school failed t
gain and Anderson punted 40 yard
to Morris as the quarter ended.
Second Quarter.
Duncan entered the game 70
the grads at this point and ate
gaining a quintet of. yards he punt
ed offside on the schools 40-yaf
line. The high school made h
first required distance Of the gam
and advanced Is yards before the
we're stopped. Anderson punted
Duncan, who gave the fans thri
by running the ball back 20 yard
The alumni Immediately lost th
on a bad pass from center. n
alumni tried a forward pass. Dul
can to Morris, but failed. and ca
kins kicked to Whitfield, nov 1
quarter for Rock Island, who n
turned 81 yards as the half ends
0 to 0.
Third Quarter.
Meyers returned the high kicko
about five yards. The alumni 10
the ball on downs when they fe
two yards short OF the distane
Rock Island made two first dow
and then failed to gain. Anderst
punted and the alumni woke
and made a first down. They thu
failed to gain and Morris punt
badly. At this point Coach &H
mel began to send in his subs.
Fourth Quarter.
| Rock Island found a stone Va
and punted. Morris made 20 var
and the crowd began to get ex-'te
The undergraduate line held al
the alumni surrendered the ball
downs. At this time the Crims'
waged a mighty offense, but fail
to put the ball across the line.
drop-kicker would have won I
game for the school boys.
The lineups:
Rock Island - Chambers, :
Marsh, TT; Mayer, re-: Clark,
Ash, Ig; Alvine, 1t: Hall, lie; Rel
OBJ, Anderson, lib; Viner. m
Renek, fb.
Alumni - ScheuermaH, re; Ha
der, If; Meyers, lg; DOMAIN. c; M
Collister, rg; Lofgren. TT Schml'
re; Morris, OBJ; Herbert, rhb' Ma
tiers, lib; harrison, fb.
Substitutions: Rock Island
, Whitfield, Collier, Haddick, n. NO.
, Crompton, Ekholm. 6. kone. fa
} ser, Houston. Ryerson, Turn
Doxey, Pfenneger. Alumni -Du
can, CalkinS.