Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-10
TRIMMED MOLINE
Rock Island Y. M. G. A. Basket
ball Team Wins by Over
wheImino Score.
GOOD RECORD FOR SEASON
Boys Have Won Nine of "A Games
Played - Pirates Play a Close
Contest at Muscatine.

The Rock Island Y. NJ. c. A. basket
ball team secured another victory Sat
urday evening by defeating the Moline
| Y. NJ. C. A. five by the score of ca
| to s. The features of the game were
the basket throwing of Jensen and
Jahns of the local team. Quite a rec
ord was made by the locals. At the
end of the first half the score stood
~ to 0, Moline being unable to cage
the ball. The Moline boys braced up
in the second half, and good team
work was witnessed.
| Tomorrow evening the Y. NJ. c. A.
second team will play the Augustana
academy team at the college gymna
sum, and Manager Kelly is now nego-
tiating for a game with the Morrison
second team for curtain raiser to
the game between the first teams a
Morrison Feb. 20.
The lineup of Saturdays game was
as follows:
Rock Island-Driggs, IF; Jahns, If;
Jensen. c; Lienhard, re-; w. Robb, lg
Moline - Anderson, RI; Norman, If;
! Carlson, c; McKeever. re-; MenSel, lg
Roferee-SOlomon; umpire, Smith.
| Field baskets-Driggs 6; Jahns, 10
Jensen. Is; Robb. l; Anderson, !;
Carlson, l. Foul baskcts-Jensen, 2;
Norman, 4.
4 Record of Season.
i The Y. NJ. c. a. team has won nine
out of IA games played this season,
and the scores show a total of G43
points made by the Y. NJ. C. A. as
!. compared to 474 tailed by their op.
ponents. The record of the season is
a very creditable one. 1t. is as follows:
Nov. 27-Wilton Crescents at VIII
ton, won, 81 to 81.
Nov. 2S-Wilton high school at Will
ton, won, 80 to 1G
Dec. Wilton high school at Y. NJ.
c. A.. won, 81 to 81.
Dec. 12-Peoria Y NJ. c. A. at Pc
oria, lost, 40 to 2S.
Dec. 14-Rock Island high school at
Y. NJ. C. A, won. IS to %
Dec. 21-Central Y. NJ. C. A. of Chi
cago at Rock Island. lost, 81 to %.
Dec. 27-Mount Carroll high school
at Mount Carroll, lost, "a to 80.
Jan company c of Muscatine at
Rock Island, lost. AZ to 49,
Jan. 9-Kewanee Y. NJ. c. A. at Ke
vance, won, Sc to "a.
Jan. 1O-Dixon Y. NJ C. A. at Dixon
won, "A to 80.
Jan. 25-Momt Carroll Y. NJ. C. A
i at Rock Island. won, SO to 81.
Feb. 1-Ottumwa Y. NJ. c. A. a
Rock Island. lost, Sc to "a
Feb. Rock Island high school a
y Rock Island, won. 45 to %.
D Feb. S-Moline Y. NJ. c. A. at Rocl
y Island won, GA to s.
X Pirates Win.
q The Pirates won from the Musca
y tine Y. NJ c. A. Juniors Saturda
4 night when they played the latter i
" their own gymnasium. 1t was a hotl
81 contested game and ended a tie afte
K a foul was thrown by the Rock Islam
" team just as the whistle blew. Thi
X situation resulted in squabble whic
" was decided by the agreement to pla
X off the tie The final score was 80 t
" %. The Pirates lined up as follows
rs Knox, A. Voss and Young, forwards
" Streckfus, Young and L. Robb, guards
~ r. Lift, center. Clarence Ficken re
n creed the game.
w Davenport Again Defeated.
SSH The Davenport high school team wa
n defeated by the team of the Wilto
" high school Saturday night by tn
M score of Sc to 10. 1t is claimed Da-
W exports defeat was due to unfair of
'B Gals, II fouls being called on them t
W one called on Wilton.