Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-16
END BASKETBALL
SEASON AT HIGH.
Last Game of Local School Is
Taken by Wilton Through
Rough Tactics.
FINAL SCORE IS 81 TO 80
-Four of Rock Island Players Were in
Their Last Game as They Will
Graduate This Year.

Pushing, pulling, holding, tackling. |
tripping and using nearly every other !
tactic seen in football game. the Will
ton, Iowa, high school basketball five
handed the high school quintet a de-
cisive defeat last evening in the clos
ing game of the season, the final score
being 81 to 80. 1t is the last time that
four of the eight that played for the
locals will don high school suits. as
Behnaman, Kittilsen. Neussili and
Pratt all graduate this year and al
though they had hoped to end the sea-
son with a victory they were disap-
pointed. The refree, Mr.. Ringeenber-
ry, from Wilton, handled the game very
poorly, seemingly unable to see the
many fouls that were made. Through
out the entire game he called but two
fouls on the Wilton team and though
Richard Lift, acting as umpire, did his
best TO keep the play within bounds,
the battle was by far the toughest
seen on the local floor this season.
VISITORS START ROUGHLY.
At the sound of the first whistle the
Wilton boys started to rough it and
though the locals played their usual
game for time. they soon began to
give as well as take. By the end of the
first half 1t was hard to tell whether
it was really a basketball game. The
session closed with the score 81 to 8,
and though the locals fought stubborn
ly in the next period and ran IN more
points they were unable to overcome
the big lead of the visitors. Bannick,
playing forward, was the individual
star for the Wilton five, having a to-
tai of II field baskets credited TO him,
while Ticktin, at guard, registered eight
and Abbott, playing the other forward,
rolled in FIVE
BEHNAMAN PLAYS FAST.
Captain Behnamann closed his ca
reer on the high school team by play
ing wonderfully fast game, though
he was injured in the early part of
/ the battle. He was a little off in the
first half.e but found his gait later on
and near the close of the game rolled
| in five field baskets. In all. Coach
Corneal used eight men as a number
were injured in the first half. Kittil
sen, Pratt and Neussili played good
games. though the first and last nam
ed were only in for a short time
Reeves was a little off in throwinE
foul throws but made two field has
kets. The lineups and summary fol
low:
Rock Island - Forwards, Reeves
Hinkley, Behnamann; center, Chalk ant
Behnaman; guards, Pratt, Neussili
Kittilsen and Coulter.
Wilton-Forwards Bannick and All
bolt; center, Atwill: guards, Ticktil
and Reid.
-Ringgenberry, Wilton. I'm
pire-Liitt Rock Island. Timekeepe
I-Voss.
CURTAIN RAISER TO C. o. ID.
The Junior class basketball team los
the curtain raiser last evening to tn
c. o. -. five by the score of 30 to IS
The juniors never had a chanc
. though they fought hard. Harry BuC
elier was the shining light for the
o. ID. team, getting five field basket
and seven foul throws while Reid wa
the heaviest scorer for the juniors. TIL
lineups follow:
Juniors-Forwards Wore, Huntoo
and Smith; center, Kock; guards, NJ,
Neil and Reid
c. o. D.-Forwards, Franck and BuC
elier; center, Stuhr; guards, Ward an
TOwnsan.