Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-16
OPENER LOST BY
LOCAL HIGH FIVE
Rock Island School Basketball
Team Defeated by Clinton,
Iowa Champions.
NEITHER SIDE SHOWS FORM
Size of Gymnasium Interferes With
Work of Players-Dixon Trim
med by Augustana.

In the first game of the 1911
schedule Coach Merle Harmon's
Rock Island high school quintet was
defeated by the Clinton high school
basketball team by a score of % to
10. The game was played Saturday
night in the gymnasium of the Y.
NJ. c. A. at Clinton and as can be
seen from the result it was close and
hotly contested. However, either
team should have piled up a much
larger score, as there were dozens
of attempts at field baskets by the
players that were far from the mark.
Inability OF players on both sides to
display much effective team work.
because of the size of the gymnasium.
took some of the snap out of the
contest.
1t was the first game for most OF
the local boys and they did remark
ably well considering all handicaps.
Behnamann had the most points for
the locals, securing five field baskets.
Barker at guard held his man down
fairly well and at the same time sue
ceeded in throwing three field bas-
kets. The other boys were unable
to secure field goal. Wilcher made
the other three points for his team
on foul throws.
For Clinton Stuart at forward and
center and Donelly at forward, star
red. The latter secured five field
baskets The Clinton guards held
their men down fairly well.
In return game in this city it is
almost a certainty that the local boys
will carry away the honors and even
up matters IN basketball.
HOW TEAMS LINED UP.
The lineup and score:
Rock Island-Hughes, center; Nc
Intyre and Behnamann, forwards;
Wilcher and Barker. guards.
Clinton-Camp, center; Stuart,
center and forward; Donnelly and
Lake, forwards; Delaney, Wills and
Burlingarne, guards.
Referee and umpire-Harmon OF
Rock Island and Day of Clinton. |
Timekeepers-Hart Of Rock Island !
and SchHfeldt OF Clinton. Scorers /
Benson of Rock Island and Jacobson +
of Clinton.
Field ts-Behnamann, ;
Barker. 3; Stuart. 2; Donnelly, :;
Lake, 2.
Foul baskets-Wilcher, 3; Stu
art. 5.
AS a curtain raiser there was a
game between the girls team of Gin !
ton high and a girls team from I.
Lyons. The game ended 4 to 4 and !
Referee Jay MacManus of Rock Is
land declared that the tie would not +
be played off.
PRESENTED WATCH FOBS-
ID
IsIand-Clinton game, members of /
Clinton high school football team /
for the season 1910. the coach of the 4
team and Principal Mitchell OF the |
high school were each presented /
with a beautiful watch fob. The fobs /
were gifts of citizens in appreciation /
of the work OF the team during the /
season. There is a small gold foot /
ball on each of the fobs and the in !
scription Clinton. Championship Of (
Iowa, 1910" is engraved on each .
one. In presenting the fobs to the /
men of the team. the speaker said /
that the people were glad of the one
defeat of the season-that Of Rock .
Island where the Clinton team was .
beaten to 0. He said that that IS
what put the ginger into the team .
and won for Clinton the Iowa state
championship.
AUGUS TANA BESTS DIXON.
Augustana college basketball FIVE
started the season auspiciously by
defeating Dixon college by a score
OF - to SO in a fast and exciting
contest at the Dixon college gymnas
ium Saturday night. This was the
frsl game of the season and also
the first game for the Augustana de-
tenders with another college team
in years Paul AndTeen. center of