Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-14
HAROLD HE|MBECK
ELECTED CAPTAIN
OF ISLANDER FIVE
Husky Guard Is Favorite at l,,
Election Of High School Bask.t.
ball Squad.
AL IAbLh ID IVST To THE Tplv
Prospects for Winning Combi..,,..
in 1917 Are Very Bright-Clor
Successful Season.
(By BOB OLMSTFDA

ball team, will boss the team for =.
1917 season. That was the dscis,o.
Of the "R. l." men OF the baske,hsr
squad in the annual election held =.
terday afternoon at the high schoo,
The other possible candidates for =.
position, the "R. l." men who will :
turn to school next year. were ner.
sey, Ed Taber and possibly Huber VI.
is at present living in North Dato..
but who may return next year. Demn
sey is the football captain for nov,
season.
Heimbeck is already a well-knox,
man in basketball circles. hav;n,
played all season at left guard for ths
local high school and having had soma.
thing of a reputation In this line ha
fore. His high school reputation star,
ed year ago in the inter-class tourn..
ments, when he appeared as ruard
upon freshman team which conned
second place among all classes d..
feating even the seniors and threaten.
ing the supremacy of the Junior class
Of '16, which took the championshin
last year. His playing in this posi.
ton was a never to be forgotten fea.
ture and consequently it was with M
surprise that local fans saw him taks
his place as left guard on the varsity
team this year. At this position hs
has done excellent work and by rea-
son of his weight, has been able IN
buck up against the toughest and
heaviest of his opponents. In all, it's
thought that he will be worthy sue.
| cessor to the captain of this years
team, Al Taber, the star forward.
Look to Track Work.
With the election Of basketball
captain, the season and its interest ia
finally over and it must give place to
track, which is already claiming the
attention OF high school athletes. The
season Of this year, however, will long
hold a place in the memories Of school
fans and it is doubtful that there will
very soon again be as uniformly
successful year for basketball as the
present one has been.
The team this year has enjoyed a
grand total Of 16 victories to defeats
and has piled up total score Of ga
points to its opponents 440, thus max
| ing almost exactly go per cent Of all
the points made. In its list Of vic.
tories, the team is able to include one
over the whirlwind Pillow City five,
which afterwards overcame the Island
| ers and took part in the district and
state tournaments. In its hairbreadth
defeats, the team may point to two at
the hands of the Davenport five, both
of which were by the narrow margin
of three points. Also, the team pos.
sessed clean Illinois slate up to tts
time of the district tournament and
the only Illinois team so far that has
defeated it is that from Moline.
The record Of the past season is as
follows:
Alumni, 81; Rock Island. IS.
West Liberty, Is; Rock Island, n.
Galesburg, 80; Rock Island, IS.
Davenport, 80; Rock Island, %.
Cambridge, %; Rock Island, 81.
Davenport, %; Rock Island, Is.
Kewanee, "a; Rock Island, 40.
Faculty, %; Rock Island, Y.
Aledo, 81; Rock Island, 49,
Moline, 80; Rock Island, "a.
Clinton, %; Rock Island, 80.
kewanee, 16; Rock Island, Il.
TOURNAMENT GAMES.
Geneseo, %; Rock Island, 80.
Macomb, 10; Rock Island, 50.
Moline, 80; Rock Island, q.
SCHEDULE GAMES.
Moline, 40; Rock Island, 80.
Aledo, 81; Rock Island, IS.
Total for opponents. 44O; for RoeK
Island, 634.
Prospects for 1911 Bright.
In spite of the loss Of Al Taber, ons
of the brightest stars at the forwafu
position that the school has ever seen,
of Barker and Thomas at center anu
of Ackley and Anderson, two OF 'as
gamest and scrappiest little gualus
that have ever been registered IN
score book, the wealth OF matern
brought out by the season just passs
seems to promise a remarkably gov
year. Dempsey, the forward. VIII
at his best next year and that WIZ
mean an effective scoring machine y
Taber will probably be his par.h',
land, as he has been used a great us'1
of the time this year and Is loiio"'I ~
in the footsteps of his brother, ne W.
undoubtedly pair off with Dempsey =
a way that will make the forward p0s
itions next year as strong as they Wv
this year. At center, there is possi'
bility of securing Durling, man VIZ
dropped out of the season tnis ''1.
on account of his studies. IL nc -,
not be secured, Fotch, another hia" -.
some experience, will undouoee'..
down this position. At guard, Nap'a4s
Heimbeck Will hold one position a4e
for the other, there are seYerai '' -.
stars who will be eager to lana On -
team. According to dope the p'os
poets sf next year are even or.sn u.sa
than for this, for this season s'a1 -.
out with but one "R, |. man on =. -
team, he being Al Taber, ana al. =,
rest green material picked Up Nv
the class tournament stars
The season this year may be 'e'ia -.
one of the greatest successes IN :,
history Of the school and has aiso ~ -,
vided the experience for the men -. ~
will carry on the work next year. va -
the chances that they VIII DC - 8,
more successful than any OIL 49,