Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-07
HUNDREDS WILL
PLAY IN LEAGUES
Y. M. G. A. Sports Arranged to
Benefit the Largest Pos
sible Number.
CONTESTS ON THIS WEEK
Four Basketball Circuits and One for
voIIey Ball viii Have Use of
the Gymnasium.

-Four basketball leagues and one
volley ball league have been organic
ed at the Y. NJ. c. A. NJ. \. Clevett.
physical director. today gave out the
following as the dates on which Shey
will start play:
Jan. s-Senior class basketball
league.
Jan. 1O-older boys basketball
league.
Jan. 1O-sunday school basketball
league.
Jan. 12-High school Basketball
league.
Jan. 12-Senior class volley ball
league.
These five leagues will involve be-
tween 200 and 500 men and boys as
members and players, and will result
in extending the recreational work OF
the Y NJ. c. A. All the games will be
played as part of the regular work,
except for the Sunday school league,
which is to be handled as a separate
proposition. The gymnasium gallery
Will be open to visitors for al tae
games.
practice that has been adopted by The
most progressive associations through
out the country, viii not put any rep.
resentative basketb team into the
1eid this year. The old custom of
using a team OF hair u dozen men TO
90 the Paying fCr the whole member
ship does. not appeal to the modern
Y. NJ. c. y. physical worker, whose
ambition is to nave every man and
boy get into the game ana derive the
beneIlt from the sport, regardless VI
winning or losing games. Therefore, !
the plan OF forming leagues OF various /
groups in the membership has been
adopted. and Instead OF having five |
men play while five hundred look on,
there wIll be hundreds OF the men ana |
boys actually playing the game for
themselves.
Last nights attendance at the
senior gymnasium class was the iarg
est en- record, there being just 6O |
men on the floor, and the same was
true OF the business mems class at
5:15. this session having the largest
OF the season Tor exercise
and volley ball.
Sunday School League Ready.
The Sunday school basketball
league is now fully organized. The
has been made out, and pay
viii start next Saturday. The boys
will play in the afternoon. and the
men IN the evening. each Saturday
until Feb. Is, when the present series
will be completed.
In order to play on these teams the
members must be bona fide members
Of their respective Sunday schools.
and must have al least = 20 per cent
record OF attendance Al Sunday
school They are admitted to the use
u the Y. VI. CA. gymnasium for their
scheduled game periods regardless of
in the association, this
being one OF the methods used by the
for extending The benefitsl
u its work.
The schedule IS as follows:
January 1O-South Park Presby-
erian VS.. Baptist. Central Presby-
crian vs.. First Methodist, Fifteenth
venue Christian VS.. Broadway, Swed-
SIN Lutheran VS.. Memorial Christian.
Junior division-South Park VS.. Bap-
list, Central Presbyterian VS.. First NJ.
:. Broadway VS.. Fifteenth avenue I
'hristian. South Park VS.. LentrG !
January 17-Fifteenth avenue Chris Z
sriant vs.. Swedish Lutheran. Bap- 4
ist VS.. First Methodist. Memorial d
VS.. Broadway. south Park q
S. Central Presbyterian. Junior di- q
ision. Broadway vs.. Baptist. First q
Iethodist VS.. Fifteenth avenue Chris "
AN. Central Presbyterian VS.. Broad b
'ay. Baptist VS.. Fifteenth avenue r
hristian q