Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-24
TOURNEY is BEGUN
Preliminaries in High School
State Basketball Cham
pionship on Here.
TO CONTINUE TWO DAYS
Team Captains Draw for Position
Great Enthusiasm Among
Local Students.

The first game in the western pre-
liminary tournament for the state
championship of the high school bas-
Getban teams began this afternoon at
$40 at Rock Island high school gym
rasium. The captains CT the teams
drew numbers for the games to be
played. The teams drawing numbers
enc and two and five and six, respect
-vciy. will meet this Afternoon and
this evening teams three and four VIII
play and the seventh team viii play
the winner Of one OF thu afternoon
games. There VIII be one game Sat
Crday afternoon between the winner
Of the Grst game Friday evening and
the other afternoon game Of Fridays
vlsy. The winners OF the second game
Friday evening and the game Satur-
uay afternoon will meet Saturday eve
ming 20 decide the winner Of he tour
rane1t. and the losers of those con
tests will play for a third place ban
rer which will be offered by the To-
cal association.
There have been arrangements
made for the girls of the various class
es to conduct a booth during the
games and sell candy. Sandwiches
VIII also be sold to accommodate
those who care to stay at the school
rather than 20 home between the aft
ernOon ana evening games. The girls
CT the freshmen and senior classes
VIII have charge Of The sale today
while the Saturday booth VIII be in
the hands of the juniors and sophie
uOres.
STU DENTS HOLD MASS MEETING.
a monster mass meeting was held
last night, almost every student Of the
school attending The orchestra play
ed several numbers including a
march written and conducted by John
W. Casio, the recently appointed in
structor in English and history.
Speeches We're made by the various
members of the team in which they
assured their followers that they
would do their best and that the team
that won from them would get a hard
fight. The cheers were led by VIII
Woodin and if the same spirit is
shown in the games as was shown at
the mass meeting last night the 10
Gals wiz have no reason TO com
plain of the suppoRt they are receiv-
ing
The sale Of tickets for the touna-
ment has been more than satisfactory.
Before the mass meeting last night
the hundred mark had been passed
and il seems likely that the full two
hundred season tickets will be sold. !
in the two previous tournaments when I.
the tickets sold for IS cents. the ag-
gregate sale for the two years was
less than one hundred tickets. Ush- /
ers have been appointed to see that
the students occupy the least possible I
space and arrangements have been
made to accommodate outsiders com |
fortably.
COMPETENT OFFICIALS.
The games will be in the hands Of
competent officials selected by Vice
President Ehrman Of the state assOci-
alton. They are LeOnhardt and Jeff
ries of the Chicago institute aud train
ing school OF the Chicago Y. NJ. c. A.
The men have just finished officiating
in the games Of the tournament held |
under the auspices of the Chicago Tri-
bune. The minor officials have been
appointed by Principal 4. J. Burton
and Captain Frank Wilcher. They
are Leo Stevens, official timer. and Ed
ward Reticker, official scorer.
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