Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-20
FAST GAMES IN
The TOURNEY
Rock Island Makes Good Showing in
Preliminary for the State
Championship.
FOUR MATCHES ARE PLAYED
Local Team Bests Mt. Carroll and OF
tawa-kewanee Springs Sur
prise, Though Defeated.

The first four games of the local
preliminary of the basketball tourna
ment for the state championship were
played yesterday afternoon and even
ing at the high school gymnasium.
The results of the games were as fol-
lows:
Rock Island So; Ottawa, 10.
Rock Island, 90; Mount Carroll, %.
Mount Carroll, As; Kewanee, 46.
Kewanee, ~; Ottawa, 40.
Rock Island is the only team now
in the race that has not lost game. |
of the tournament while the guarding
is superior to that of any other team
Play Fast Games.
The first game yesterday afternoon
| was between Kewanee and Mount Car
roll. The game was close and inter
esting and as the teams kept so close
! together in the score. when time was
| dDouI W Dt Cdittu INT NIuNu Was III q
frenzy of excitement The Mount
Carroll boys won by the narrowest
margin.
! When the Ottawa squad came upon
the floor, fear crept into the heart
of the Rock Island fans. The men
lwere older. heavier and stronger than
the local squad. They seemed to have
an assurance about them that was dis
heartening to the crowd After the
first few minutes of play the fears of
the crowd were allayed. however, for
the Rock Island boys had them out
classed in every department of the
game
Kewanec Springs Surprise.
| Kewanee sprang a surprise when they
defeated Ottawa in the first game of
the evening. Ottawa was over conf
dent and when Kewanee began to
make score after score, they hardly
could realize it, Kewanee's team
work was superb and won the game
for them. They had but little to
spare, for they won by the narrow
margin of two points. '-
Mount Carroll Easy.
Mount Carroll, in the words of one
of the men. was going to- walk all
over Rock Island in their game" To
their surprise. the first half they were
able TO throw but one field basket and
to make but five points.
! In the second half Rock Island had
a slump, while Mount Carroll took a
brace, the half ending "a to 20 in
favor of Rock Island.
The lineup for the four teams, was
as follows:
Rock Island-Brennan, center; Lift
and Streckfus, forwards; Young and
Steenburg, guards.
| Kewanee-Whiffin. center; Trecke'l
and Smith. forwards; Inslow and Law
son guards. Walsey substitute guard.
Ottawa-Smith, center; Fullerton
land Schramm, forwards; Leslie and
Miller, guards.
Mount Carroll-Hartman, center;
Kline and KeDtner forwards; Schrop-
pei and Ashby, guards.
Four More Games To-day.
T. This afternoon Rock Island and Ke
|.waBee, and Mount Carroll and Ottawa
are playing, and this evening the two
teams having the highest percentage
and the two teams having the lowest
percentage will play. 1t is practically
Icertain that Rock Island will go to Oak
| Park to play in the semi-finals
At Decatur.
Scores in the central Illinois tourna-
ment yesterday at Decatur were:
| Decatur so; Tuscola, S.
Bloomington, 80; Mount Sterling 10.
Lexington, A; Delavan, TO-
1 Washington, 30; Lexington, %.
Bloomington, 35; Colfax, ..
4 Pontiac, 81; Bellefower, IS.
The teams remaining in the race are
Decatur, Bloomington, Pontiac and
Washington
At Oak Park.
Three games were played yesterday
afternoon in the series at the Oak
Park Y. M. c. A. gymnasium. In the
first contest West Aurora defeated the
st. Charles five by 40 to IA. In the
second game Oak Park lost to Rock
ford by SO to 35 and in the closing
game Joliet beat DeKalb by % to 81.