The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-27

a q last struck it, stride and cli-
naxed the 1914 griddron football
season In glorious fashion. winning
- first and Last encounter from
Illinois college Of Jacksonville, z
% 8. 1t Ericsson field. Saturday
afternoon.
Saturdayss struggle was one Of
The hardest and most. stubbornly
1nught battles ever staged ON the
local lot. Both teams fought with
determined dOggedness during the
entire so minutes Of play. and 30
close and hard fought was the game
that . single point, coming from
tho trained toe Of Captain Wilson,
after having pounded the Illinois
line for the coveted touchdown. was
the deciding factor and brought Joy
into Augustana circles. Augie's
marker came at the opening of the
third quarter. The visitors score
was made in the last period, Platt-
ner failing In q place-kick attempt.
Never in all the history Of the
Lutheran institution has a victory
been sweeter and meant SO much
to the players and student body.
In the eyes Of Augustana students,
Saturdays victory more than atones
for the seven consecutive defeats
which the Augie eleven has been
forced to accept
= Augustana players covered them
selves with glory. They deserved
to win. Outweighed Is pounds to
the man, Swedberg's faithfuls out
played their opponents throughout
the contest. Coach Harmon used
II men in q vain attempt to check
the onslaught of the terrible
Swedes but they were not to be
denied. Fighting to avoid going
down in history as losing every
game on the schedule, the Morse
man played the game of their lives,
and their efforts were beautifully
rewarded.
Gully Wilson, captain Of this
years team, took the leather over
in the third quarter for Angles
marker. and then drop-kicked for
that coveted point which won the
contest.
Naturally, Wilson is the idol of
Augustana fans, and he deserves
all the credit which Is being accord
ed him. His line plunges and off,
tackle Rants were a large factor in
markinSaup the victory, and he was
q world of defense for his team on
defensive play.
But it was II men and not a
single individual who made Augie's
victory possible. Every man in
jected into the ARRAY played with
out doubt the best game of the
season. The terrific charging of
the linemen and the ability of the
backfield runners to pick holes
quickly had the Illinois aggregation
on the defense at all times.
Both teams were slow in getting
started, but Illinois had a little
edge during the initial quarter
play being centered in Augustana's
territory. Augustana seemed to
take new life at the opening Of the
second quarter and swept the
heavy opponents of their feet
Twice during that period the
Swedes advanced the leather tc
within 10 yards of scoring, but ar
intercepted pass on the first at.
tempt and a determined defense on
the second try, gave the ball tc
Illinois.
Encouraged BY the showing made
In the previous period and rested
during the 10 minute lull between
halves the Augustana warriors
came back at the opening of the
eecond half stronger than ever
Augustana. unable to gain the nee.
essary yardage. was forced to punt
Rogers, receiving the kick, evident.
" took a sudden attack of stage
fright He let the leather sir
through his hands. and Ole john
son, center for the Norsemen, fell
on 1t on Illinois 22-yard line,
Elated by this break, the Augie line
men made holes in the opposing
wall big enough for seven men to
80 through and seven plays, line
Olunges and tackle smashes by
Wilson and Bendle. brought the
ball to the 1-foot marker. Wilson
carried the ball over and made a
perfect drOp-kick for the additional
point.
Illinois made its marker also as
result of tumble. Bendle mis-
Judging Plattner's boot and the Wis
itors recovered on Augie's 33-yard
line. In q march similar to that Of
the Lutherans in the previous quar-
ter, characterized by line smashes
by Plattner. and Rogers, Illinois
hammered Augie's defense for
downs and Plattner scored in nine
plays. Plattner missed q place
kick by . foot.
The game ended With johnson
intercepting an attempted pass by
Illinois on the 60-yard line. IlN-
nois opened up with an aerial at
tack IN the last few minutes OF
play but their efforts were fruit
less. !.
Augustana (7). Illinois fs,
Q. Larson. re. Mellon
Bengston. It. TT. Rihler
AnoFeen' iE..............rg. Gum
Johnson. c...........c, w. Roberts
Gefison. rg.............lg. Weber
6eansang, rt..............k. Gard
0netman. lie, Tale
Erickson. qb.....-.....qb, Hopper
Anderson, lib. ......... .rhb. Vogr
Bendle, RIB. .lhb. Rossrs