Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-13
JUNIORS COP The
INTERCLASS MEET
Third Year Men Earn Title by Beating
Seniors in Finals at the High
School.
SOPHS WALL0P THE fREsHiES
Rock Island Regulars to Meet west
Liberty Tomorrow and Galesburg
Quintet Saturday.
soPHs WALLOP THE FREsHIES
Standing of Teams.

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Freshmen .......,..,...''V w"
The juniors are the champions Oh
the Rock Island high school inter |
class boys basketball tournament
This unexpected victory was gained
nv them last night from the senior
team. last years champions, by the |
score of IS to 10. The sophs trimmed !
the freshies in a fast battle by the
score of % to 10.
The basketball tournament mis-
wear has been the champion dope
upsetter of any one for long while
The seniors, by dope, had the champ
ionship cinched. They had an all
star five, three of last years men and
one man who had played on the sopho-
more team the year before, Baker.
Moreover, in the contest with The
freshies, the seniors had a walkaWay
with a score of 81 to 10, while the
juniors had hard work to roll up a
score Of 35 to 20. The juniors, never
.reless. trimmed the upperclassmen
by a safe score However, it must be
said in Justice TO the seniors that they
played a hard game all the way
through, working as hard at the end
as at the beginning. Luck for one
thing, was missing. In the last half.
the ball was down in the seniors end
OF the field quite as much, perhaps, as
in that of the juniors. but the fingers
of the forwards seemed creased. the
ball rolling through the sphere but
three times in the last half, Including
both field baskets and foul goals. On
tue ether hand the juniors fought the
best that they have done in the whole
tournament and realized the reward
OF their efforts continually.
Sophs Show Poor.
Tie poor showing of the sophoTcore
tenn was enother unexpected feature
of the meet. Last year thu team Of
the class of Is took second place in
the entire tournament. beating even
the seniors. This year, with n team
of varsity players all tier Old stars
back except McMullen and the addi-
ton of Ellinwood to their ranks, they
went down to defeat before the very
team that lay in the cellar 0sltion
last year. The freshman team this
year is a conner and, from present IN
dications, seems quite likely 10 dispute
the championship with any team neXc
year.
For the seniors. Thomas and Willis
played the best game yesterday. Will
son and Robb starred for the juniors
In the soph game, the star for the
former team was Taber, while on the
freshman team, Dopp and Huber did
the big work.
Meet West Liberty.
1t is with the brightest prospects
that the local high school team is
greeting the game with the West Lib
erty five tomorrow night at o'clock
in the 7. NJ. c. A. gymnasium The
team Is, as whole In ship-shape con-
dition and, as to training, the inter
class basket ball tournament which
took place the first three days of this
week, was the best thing possible for
the boys All of them have been en-
gagged for some class or another with
the exception of Captain Al Taber
who is disqualified by reason of his
being a 'R. /" player. Four of the
men, at least, have been shown in
their best playing in the tournament
Durling. Huber, Anderson and Barker
while Ed Taber has not come up to
his customary standards. His playing
against the Alumni last Saturday
however, will long be remembered and
IL he plays with anything like his
speed in that game, no worry need
be had for him. Dempsey" says the
coach, is on a slump" Be that as il
may, he will be held in readiness tc
enter the forward position as soon as
there is vacancy and, If he plays as
hard there as he has done in the
tournament, he Will do credit to him
self.
No news is yet available as to the
squads of the other cities When ask.
ed if he knew anything about theil
ineups. the coach shook his head, but
added, They are inferior to ours
His confidence in his own men is sure
The lineups for the local team, Coacf
Anderson announced, will be as fol
lows:
Al Taber, right forward: Ed Taber
left forward: Barker, center; Ander
son, right guard; Huber, left guard
Substitutes, Dempsey for forward
During for center; Fotch for guard
Ahearn Stalled in Snow storm.