The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-02
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DEFENSE POOR
AGAINST PASS
BY ]. l. HUGHES.

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.tAme mighty close TO turning de-
teat into victory at Douglas park
yesterday afternoon before a large
Inaugural crowd, but thanks to the
lead piled up in the first half, the
Independents delivered by a score
Of - TO IA. Captain Jimmy Con-
gelman's two dropkicks from the
1lcld provided the margin that saw
ed the day for the locals.
The Bays resorted almost entire
II to aerial attack in the last quar-
ter, when they had their backs to
the wall. 1t was an attack such as
q team dares to try when it has
everything to gain and nothing to
lose. It was one OF those attacks
perpetrated with the deadliness that
causes many a palpitating heart
AMI makes everyone anxiously in
quire how many minutes left TO
play.
q Lambeau Great Passer.
With Curley Lambeau. former
Notre Dame star and now Green
! Bays brilliant halfback, in the role
of passer extraordinary the Bays
put over both touchdowns. and it
{ was Lambeau who twice scored
extra points by perfect kicks from
placement. After the Independents
got away In beautiful style to a g.
point lead and the game was we'll
into the second quarter, Lambeau
opened up, and by q series of long
passes the visitors swept their way
70 yards to the goal line, for the
score that gave them fighting
chance. But the Islanders rallied,
and due to the terrific line plung-
ing and spectacular play of Dutch"
Lauer, scored their second touch
down.
. Reserve Strength to Last
But Green Bay apparently was
reserving its strength for the final
stand. and after Jimmy Councilman
had scored a perfect drop from the
3S-yard line shortly after the start
T. Of the final quarter, the excitement
began. Following the kickoff, Lam
beau passed to Cronin for 20 yards.
A series of smashes brought the
ball to Rock Islands 40-yard line.
Two lightning passes carried the
pigskin to the 14-yard line. Here,
after three downs. Lambeau shot a
beautiful pass to Cronine, who was
downed q fraction Of yard from
goal. Mathys slipped over on the
first play, putting Green Bay back
among the contenders. At this
iuncture Rock Island injected more
speed into a fading backfield, and
for the remainder Of the game eff
fectively stopped Green Bays only
chance for victory.
Lauer Is Star.
~ Harold Dutch" Lauer, the
Ayoungster from Detroit university
}was the scintillating performer for
Rock Island, while Lambeau and
Cronine hogged the spotlight for
Green Bay. Lauer's great running
ability was unquestionably the big.
gest factor in the success of the
Islanders and Buck Gavin was a
close second. 'Tillie" Voss was a
tower of strength in placing Rock
Islands own aerial game nearly or
a par with the excellent work OF
the visitors. He completed numer.
Gus passes, all of which went fol
substantial gains. True to expec
tati0ns, Rock Islands line present
ed q veritable stone wall anG
/ Opened holes in the most approved
/ fashion, all hands showing bril-
liantly in this respect, but it wa.
I lack Of speed in the backield dur.
ing the execution Of passes tina
/ nearly resulted in disaster. 1t wa.
not until this very essential elemen
Twas inserted that the Islander.
sswere able to pull themselves to
sagether.
e Rock Island showed a brillian
smashing game, with mixture O
passes, practically all during tn,
j first three quarters and were cas-
lily superior in advancing the bal
during this portion, exceptin,
Green Bays display OF firework
Tin the second session. In fact Rocl
Island advanced the ball 20 yard
from the kickoff without losing pos
asession to count its first touch
sdown, but the intense heat cause,
the team to slow up considerable,
thereafter. Green Bay had mo-.