Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-04
OLDER TEAMS IN
EASY VICTORIES
Hfor SCHOOL SENIOR GIRLS
TRIA rREsHIEs AND sOPHs
LOST TO JUNIORS
Winners Left 20 Play for Honors -
In.erCIss. Series and Losers
Fi9n- for Bottom
sTANofNo e. TEAMs.


Freshnen .-.-.....2 o ? 600
II ths second two games % ths Local
hiEh school girls iztsr-elass basket
ball togrnameut. which we're played II
the hiEh school Eym yesterday after
noon after school the Junior and
senior teams. expected winners. val
Ioped their opponents. the sophomore
and freshmen respectively. The iu-
ni0rs handed &. 90 the soph1mores By
a fraI grand total % 80 % 9. while
the aeuiors sympathizet with the first
year girls % such an extent that the
latter were let or with a % % lick
Ing
The seaior-freshman game was the
arst 90 come on The senior squad
started with a rush. scoring basket
after basket with great regularity and
by ths time the whistle announced the
end OF the first period they had scored
a total % - points 20 the one lone
tally o. their adversaries. During the
first half neither 90 the senior for
wards had difficulty iu cagluE the
sphere but luck seemed against them
in the second period when shot after
shot would roll around the hoop and
drop of-fIc wrong way. Practically
an 90 the time the ball was .u the
hands % the seniors forwards. the
freshmen getting only three tries dur
ing the entire contest
June Nelson played o great game
for the sario- team at guard. while
EI rabeth Bryan and Dorothy Schoce-
sci ~ the forward positions featured
ygith excellent teamwork Hazel VIII
Dis clearly showed her superiority an
the center position and is hailed by
many az the best center iu school
The work oG the piucsy little fresh .
man guard. Marguerite Morrison. .
brought forth much applause. as again .
and azaln she broke up senior plays .
The seniors eased up a little In the 4
second period. being content with II .
points.
In the second game the sophomore .
started out strong. hoIdiug the iuriors .
scorcicss for four minutes iu the first .
period. when the Junior scoring ua- Z
chine finally started 90 was found that I
baskets we're not a. easily t1 be- had
as fu the first half OF the lul.or-frcsli-
man contest. instead the best tnc Y
third year girls could do was - taliIes
drriue this period. The sof'1F mean
while occurred ttrcs po.utl Oh free
throw
The juniors came back hard Oh the F.
second half. the sophs at tnc same
time seemed 90 weaken and 30 was 90
this polnt that the slaughter started
Alberta GIaar1 established a record
bv rrakfn- n reid goal Tn three sec
8uds while T. others came 90 REGULAR
intervals. She for the second time
araassed a total % 10 field goals dur
.nE the contest while her cu-Eor<er.
Evelyn Eckha-t. contributed 10
For the sophomores Edna Diaro-t
vas the Individual point maker. scor-
~ the sophomore total % seven on :
res throws. Elizabeth Saisher also {
played a good game for the sOphs az d
guard. Is
Get over Stage Fright 10
Roth OF last nlght's clashes uerr .
pore iuferestiuE than those % last 4
uouday uieht. 90 that the freshman @
~ s1nhnmorc Guirtets seemed 90 "
ave gotten over their stage fright or s
he previous nieht. while they made 8
more determined stand against the a
.nr~- ,-fasarneu. Yesterday BATTLES I q
~-iaed Ous thing decisivciy and that I
! that the championship Hes between q
be senior and junior fves- with the q
xrsptiou % the basketball skin shown
~ these two teams on the foor there
! practically no dope on which 20 q
ass a prcdiction % the winner The .
4utors have amassed the greatest n
urnber OF points on their opponents q
sus far. having 4 total Of 100 TO the G
I ehaiked mp against them On the "
sh~r hand. while the senior sr1na q
,tal Il only 50 the fact remains that p
My one pCtut has been registered II
zaiust them a. yet IN the tourney
The leading teams are about evenly q
,aschsd and one % the greatest nEnts q
, Years should be witnessed IN I'll N
.v rixht's battle The enthusiasm n OF
- local school Is running high with n
xeeedfaxiy strained relations exist "
x between the senior and junior FAC q;
Ms. Besides the senior-1unior game n
-tday night the sophomores viii bat bt
= With the freshmen 20 see Who VII m
. houo-ed with the cellar position