The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-09
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SIS IN 4 HARD
FOUGHT BATTLE
TN County Invaders Nearly
wreck Prospects In Last Few
Minutes.
BIT NAT GEISMAR

BIZ NAT GEISMAR.
IN as even battle of football
aAat is possible to be play, Rock
I,land and Galesburg fought out
In 6 tie at Douglas park, Satur-
~. The game was one Of the
i.fdest fought affairs ever seen on
he local lot and the winner was
slways in doubt. The Galesburg
bunch had the hearts Of the Is
sIanders in their mouths in the las:
few minutes of play when the. ST.
wash boys. deep in Rock Island
territory. opened up with toward
passes, any of which IL successful
might have won the game.
The demon i'll luck seemed to be
camping still on the Crimson ami
Cold trail as Captain Hail went on
the injured list with a sprained
neck received at the start of the
>fourth quarter. The Rock Island
leader was removed to the. hosp;-
tai where examination showed that
his skull was not injured as first
thought.
The invaders scored first when
Kost, left end on the Siwash ma
chine, recovered tumble of Viner
and raced As yards>to tteN Locals
l3-yard line. Alvine. nursing bum
wrist. was sent into the ARRAY, bu.
8 the visitors with the aid of a five
yard penalty crossed the goal after
the islanders had held three times
on their one-yard line. They failed
to make the extra point when a
place kick failed.
The islanders came back after
this and went after the Galesburg-
srs relentlessly. Viner plunged
through the line time and time
again and finally went over for a
touchdown. The Islanders also
fsiled to get the extra point when
sdrop kick failed.
Whole Line Stars.
As usual, the local line was the
outstanding feature Of the game.
The Galesburg team found the
Rock Island front wall almost in
vulnerable. Captain Hall led the
linemen by playing a great game,
He made tackle after tackle and
no man was safe within 10 yards
Of him. Alvine, who played, al
though injured, when the Islander
goal was in danger in the frs,
, quarter, and when Hall was in
jured, was a tower of strength and
veritable tank on offense.
Chambers and Houston both per
formed we'll at ends and Mayer
played as well as the best in an un-
familiar tackle position. Collier
went into the game with a bad
: arm and displayed plenty of fight
However, all of the linemen were
good.
viner, with his great plunging
was the star of the backfieid
Rinck at his best was no better
than Viner was Saturday and il
Rock Island had another ground
gamer like him it would have all
games on ice.
Frakes and Kost were big guns
for Galesburg and gave the ROCK
islanders plenty to think about
Watson also played a pretty game
at quarter for the college city
boys.
First Quarter.
Galesburg won the toss anl
elected to receive. 1t took the
vest goal with a strong wind in it.
favor. Reid kicked off and Rocf
Island stopped the receiver in his
Tracks. Galesburg made a frs
DOWN on three plays but could no
gain on the next trio~and kicked
49 yards to Rock Island. Ramser
Surfing the game at fullback, wen
through center for FIVE yards
Rock Island found the Galesbur,
line soft and made their frs
Gowns with ease. Galesburg stiff
iened and Whitfield was forced t,
Kick The. Siwashers' could no
gain and booted the pigskin A
yards on fourth down. Viner, nov
at full for Rock Island, fumbled ;
bad pass from center and Kost 0
Galesburg recovered, going to tn
ISLANDERS 13-yard line. Alvin
vas offside and the locals wer
penalized five yards. Halter wen
over for the touchdown. Viner tool
the kickoff back Is yards and mad
seven more on a plunge. He mad
: score more after Reid and Kon
tad made eight yards.
Second Quarter.
Rock Island was mad and play
ing desperately. Kone .recovere
Wnat seemed to be an onside kici
On the Galesburg 20-yard line. bu
Ms referee penalized the Island
a1 Is yards instead. Galesbur
iound nothing but a wall. an
licked. The Crimson lost the bal
On downs and then blocked
ssissburg punt. Rock Island re
overed and marched down tn
aeid for touchdown, Viner max
ing the final gain. They missed
alop-kick for goal as the hal
closed.
II Third Quarter.
lhe second half was a battl
With things about even. Bot
eams tried the forward pass gam
WEN 1t seemed that they could d
notning through each others lin,
mock Island got within scoring dit
unce when they recovered Q Gale.
Sars tumble on the Siwash 13-yar
Me. The Islanders could NJ
make the gain and Anderson wi.
Sis bum ankle. went in to drol
Ick. The boot was just littl
/ vide.
I In the fourth quarter Galesbur
vent into Island territory on tw
long passes and tried the aeri;
zane to the general discomfort
lie fans.
The lineups:'
Rock Island-Houston, Re; M
eer. TT; Ash. re-: Clark. c: Hat