The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-13
BY ]. l.. HUGHES.

Hell, umpire, MOTTlS> hOCh
BY ]. L. HUGHES.
The Dayton Triangles took the
worst defeat in the history Of their
organization as pro football team,
at Douglas park yesterday after
noon, the Independents scoring a
43 to 0 triumph in a contest that
produced all the thrills in the cate
CORY of the gridiron, revenging by
a double dose that u to 0 victory
of the Ohionans on the same field
two years ago.
Literally, the game was mud
battle. The Islanders captured the
breast stroke and Australian crawl
championships, while honors for
the dog paddle went to the visitors.
Nearly half of the gridiron was
covered with mud and water ankle
deep, and the other half was only a
step or two better. Added to this,
the entire second half of the game
was played in drizzling rain. The
size of the score was the more re-
markable when the condition of
the playing surface is considered.
The game was in many respects a
duplication of the Islanders sensa-
tional victory over the Rochester
team here three weeks ago, with
every last man fighting like fool
for everything he could get.
Out.Pass Triangles.
Putting it simply. the Independ-
ents outplayed the Triangles in
their own particular hobby@the
forward pass. The comparatively
small crowd of fans that braved the
disheartening weather, went away
rejoicing that they were privileged
to witness as great an exhibition of
the aerial game as will ever be
their lot. and forgot TO cuss the
rain, the mud and the breezy atmos-
phere. With Jim Councilman doing
the hurting. and ODE Wenig, Til
lie" Voss and Jerry Johnson, the
receiving, only three passes out of
nine attempts failed of their inten-
tons. On the other hand, the Day
ton team, although celebrated for
the quality Of its passing game,
failed miserably at least nine times
and succeeded in completing only
two tries, the effects of which were
negligible. Nevertheless, the ma
jority of Dayton's failures were
by inches only, showing not
! inability, but the acme of unlucki-
ness.
Casteel Runs IS Yards.
|. The Islanders passed, smashed
or circled the ends almost at will.
The most dazzling piece Of foot
work of the day was displayed by
little Mike Casteel shortly after
the opening of the second half
when he went around end, eluded
a tackler by floating in tie ozone,
and raced IS yards for touch
down. But the thrill Of this sensa-
tional run on a muddy field was
hardly greater than two 40-yard
passes by Councilman that landed
the ball each time within foot of
goal, nor of Utilize" Voss' brilliant
40-yard dash for a touchdown after
the big end had scooped up fun
bled punt. The long passes were
received by Voss and Wenig, and
both resulted in touchdOwns.
Never Lose Ball.
The effectiveness of the Island
ers' steamroller under the most
trying conditions apparently took
the heart out of the Daytonians
right at the start. The visitors
won the toss and decided to kick,
giving Rock Island the muddiest
portion of the field Starting their
drive at the 35-yard line the indie
pendents' backfield slushed its way
into more secure footing by pile
driving smashes at the center and
tackles. Once on firmer ground, a
pass or two and a continuation Of
the line attack speedily took the
ball to the shadow of the Dayton
goal where Dutch" Lauer circled
end for five yards and the first
touchdown. Sixty-five yards with
out a break! The Islanders receiv-
ed the kickoff again and were
forced to punt. The ball rolled to
Dayton's 5-yard line. Huffine
punted on the first play to mid
field. 1t was the only time before
Rock Island had scored 10 points
that Dayton had possession of the
ball. The ball was rushed to Day.
toms 5-yard line. The mud was too
thick for the. Islanders to negoti-
ate q touchdown. and johnson
dropped back to the 15-yard line
and booted perfect field goal
from placement. After that Day.
ton decided to take the ball, but
aside from q few times failed to
get past midfield and the game
soon resolved itself into a rout for
the Islanders. The first half ended
II to o.
Didn't Have Chance.
! The Rock Island team as a unit
played sayagely. Dayton didn't ev-
en- have q chance to score, although
it might have come close II its
passing game had been in working
order. So far as getting anywhere
by hitting the line, the Triangles
might NJ we'll have spared them
selves tho attempts. Quarterback
Al Mahft speedily recognized the
futility Of penetrating the forward
wan. and for the greater part Of
the gamc resorted to attempts to
forward pass, almost exclusively.
On two or three occasions, Dayton