Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-03
LOSE To 0TTUMWA.
Local Y. NJ. c. A. Basketball
Team Defeated by lowans by
Score of SO to "a.
VISITORS ON SHORT TOUR
Have Won All Games So Far Played
by Decisive Scores-Program Civ
en- in the Auditorium.

The Rock Island Y. NJ. c. A. basket
ball team went against one Of the
strongest teams it has met this season
Saturday night when it played the
Ottumwa, Iowa, association five. The
game ended in favor Of the Ottumwa
BOYS. Sc to "a. The visitors obtained
their lead in the first half, which clos
ed Is to 2G in their favor, the home
team making only two field baskets,
and Ficken making the remaining nine
points, which he secured out of y
foul throws.
Jahns, when the game had proceed
ed not more than two minutes, fell and
wrenched his ankle, and though he
played the remainder of the half, he
was handicapped by the injury, and
this gave the visitors an advantage
He was replaced by McManus in the
second half
Won the Half.
The local team won the second half
by one point, it ending i to TO- The
points of the home team were again
largely made on free throws, the visi-
tors frequently having fouls called on
them for holding
The teams played as follows:
Rock Island - First half: Jensen,
center; Ficken and Jahns, forwards;
Robb and briggs, guards. Second half:
McManus, center; Ficken and Jensen,
forwards; Robb and briggs, guards.
Ottumwa - Dingman, captain, AMI
SHUTS. forwards; Nelson, center; Mier
and Tharp, guards
Officials-E. j. Eigemann, Ottumwa,
referee; AL Bergston, Rock Island, UNI
pire.
Are ON Tour.
The Ottumwa team left the home
town the middle of last week for
shoYt tour in the central states. and
has won its first games The boys
played Cedar Rapids Thursday night.
winning 46 10 %: Muscatine Y NJ c.
a. Friday night, winning so to 80. and
then Rock Island. The team remain
ed in Rock Island over Sunday and
left today for Muscatine to meet the
Company team of that city after
which it will continue through Illinois.
One substitute, A. Nelson, accompanies
| them.
Followed Program.
The game followed a program given
in the Y. NJ. c. A. auditorium, which
was open to the public. On account
of the inclement weather the attend
| ance was small. The numbers con-
sisted OF two readings from Dunbar by
Rev r. E. Henry of Moline; a solo.
abide With Me-" by r. H. Roper; a
reading, when Ignorance Was Bliss,
by Miss Viola Larrison and vocal
solos by Miss Florence Andrews, ac-
companied by Miss Agnes SchilIinger
and by John Hazard. The program
closed with stereopticon pictures. in
GLIDING moving views of Yellowstone
Park
i Davenport Is Overwhelmed.
Peoria high school, which defeated
Rock Island Friday night in a Gloss
contest, found Davenport high schoo
easy across the river Saturday night
The score was 81 to Is Captain Con
way of Peoria made ii field baskets.
Muscatine Easily Best.
Muscatine high school played the
Moline high school team in Davenport
Saturday evening and won SO to II
The MOliners made never a field bask
ct during the game. The Pillow city
boys owe part of their weakness tt
the fact that the regular men have
, lbeen taken off the team for defyine
the new rule of the board of educa
ton barring fraternities.