Rock Island Argus., 1911-02-27
MOUNT CARROLL
TOURNEY WINNER
Defeats Abingdon, Sterling and
Monmouth in Successive
Games.
LATTER IN SECOND PLACE
Each Team VIII Receive Enough Ouf
Of Receipts to Meet TransPOr-
t&tfon Expenses
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

Centralia, So; Du Quoin, %.
Cairo, 26; Edorado, %.
Granite City, "A; Benton, o.
Mount Vernon, 62; Sumner, 8.
Granite City. ~: Centralia, 81.
Benton, 35; Du Quoin, 21,
Mount Vernon, 43; Cairo, IA.
Benton, so; Centralia, IA.
Granite City, 30; Mount Vernon, 20.
Granite City, "a; Benton, "a.
Granite City, champion. Benton and
Mount Vernon, tied for second.
AT DECATUR
Lexington, Al; Dwight, %.
Streator, 7S; Mansfield, 3.
bloomington 30; Decatur, 27-
Gibson City, 49; Tayiorville, 28-
Clinton, IS; Arcola, I.
Washington, 10; Champaign, Il.
Peoria, As; Lexington, 2S.
AT SHELBYvn4LE.
Paris 81: Nokomis, 29.
Shelbyville. &c; Charleston, 20.
Paris, Sc; Shelbyville, 20.
AT ROCK ISLAND
Monmouth, "A: Moline, 29.
Sterling. 43; Clinton, IS.
Abingdon, AZ; Mount Carroll, 45.
Monmouth, A; Rock Island. 81.
Mount Carroll High, sc; Sterling. 81
Mount Carroll winner, with Mon
mouth second. and Sterling third.
Sterling, 81; Rock Island, 80.
Mount Carroll, 4S; Monmouth, 35.
AT ROCKFORD.
Rockford, "a; Freeport. "a
Rockford, Sc; Batavia. 25.
Freeport, A; Joliet, IS.
AT JACKSONVILLE.
Jacksonville won the western distric:
two days tournament by defeating
Pittsfeld % to Is. Other games played
were:
Jacksonville. &c; Ipava. II.
Pittsfeld. Is; Bunker Hill, %
The western preliminary state bas-
ketbar championship tournament
ended Saturday night with dark
horse as victor. The dope on the
tournament was that Sterling should
be an easy victor with Abingdon sec.
ond. The Mount Carroll team sprung
surprise and in successive games
defeated Abingdon, Sterling and Mon
mouth, the three strongest teams on
the floor. Accordingly there could be
no doubt as to the ability OF the team
and for that time at least the elimin-
alton system Of games resulted in the
best team winning. AS a result of it's
victory over Moline and Rock Island
Friday, Monmouth was runner up in
the tournament and gets second place
Sterling, which by a comparison of
scores in the Mount Carroll games.
looks better than Monmouth on paper,
gets third place by defeating Rock
Island Saturday night by a score of
81 to 35.
The Mount Carroll team that won
the tournament was an aggregation
of big men. They were in the best
of training condition and kept their
wind till the final gun was fired in
each game. In the games with Abing-
don and Sterling, they showed unus-
ual ability to come back. At the end
of the first half Friday night they led
Abingdon by one point and Sterling
had a two point lead at the same
stage OF the game Saturday afternoon.
EVENLY MATCHED.
There was but one game played Sat
urday afternoon. but those who saw At.
felt that they were paid for attendH
ing. The Mount Carroll team had the
best OF the Sterling five, but it was a
fight from start to finish. The final
count was SO TO 81 in favor OF Mount
Carroll. These two teams were prob
ably the best on the floor and ii was
a foregone conclusion that the vic
tor in the afternoon game would win
the tournament. The first half was an
even fight. Mount Carroll getting the
lead al first on four pretty field bas-
kets- by Smith. the big star center.
Wilger and Wynn, the Sterling for
wards, played star games. getting
three and four baskets respectively
during the first hZ4r. When the gun
for the half was fred IT was found
that Sterling was leading 21 TO le.
The Mount Carroll team came back
however. and played Sterling OF its