Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-23
ISLANDERS READY
FOR BASKET MEET
Tossers From This Section TO compete
i'm District Tournament On the
Galesburg Floor.
HJTRER LOST TO THE LOCALS
Latter Have Yet to Re Defeated By
An Illinois Team Moline Loom
ing Up Very Strong.
HUBER LOST TO THE LOCALS
Try ROR OLMSTED.l

With a team undefeated by any
SQUAD in the state, the Rock Island
high school basketball quintet Will
leave Friday to compete in the DIS
trict tournament at Galesburg. Sell
reliance. not confidence. however, is to
be the keynote of the policy OF the
team at the meet, as the clashes there
very probably will be the fastest that
have been witnessed in years.
Moline has doomed up big menace
TO the Island squad and, since Its de-
feat of the Pretzelites Monday night
by the score of "a to %, the rivalry
between the two teams is expected to
exceed anything heretofore developed.
The local boys have not yet forgotten.
either the brace which the Pillow City
lads took in the second half of the
game with Rock Island, when the
former made a tally of 10 points be-
fore Coach Anderson's team was able
recover itself However, the defeat
given to Moline was just as fair as
could be desired the Plow City lads
playing on their home floor and Rock
Island being crippled by the loss Of
Ackley at guard.
Another stiff contender will undoubt-
edly be Galesburg itself, as that towns
squad will be on its own floor and
besides, is we'll equipped to give any
team a good run. 1t will be remem-
bered that during the early part of
the season Galesburg succeeded in
putting Moline in the share and, at
tempting to do the same at Rock Is
land the night following, was de-
feated only by the narrow margin of
eight points, the score being SO to 80.
Thus, when found at home, this team
will undoubtedly prove strong con-
tender against any corners.
Nevertheless dope" may be upset
and however successful these cities
may be in making good their alibis,
Rock Islands clean Illinois slate
seems to be about the best evidence
that can be found yet and there will
undoubtedly be some hard luck mixed
up with it if it does not prove its
claim to the state championship. Rock
Islands record this season is as fol
lows:
Alumni OF, Rock Island IS; West
Liberty At; Galesburg 80, Rock Island
IS: Davenport 80, Rock Island %
Cambridge %, Rock Island SO; Dav
export 20, Rock Island 26; Kewane'
"a. Rock Island 40; faculty %, Rocl
Island 70; Aledo q, Rock Island SO
Moline .. Rock Island "a; Kewanee 16
Rock Island 81.
Huber Out of Tournament.
One loss that Rock Island will un
doubtedly feel before the close of thu
meet is the loss of At Huber, thu
plucky freshman guard. Huber lief
yesterday for South Dakota, where h
expects TO take up his residence, al
though he stated that he thought tina
he would be back to help out the team
next year Huber is no SLOUGH of ;
guard and many time his plays hav'
reliable man and it is though
that next year he and Heimbeck will
shine forth as two of the hest guard
that the local school has ever beef
able to develop.
The tournament at Galesburg is tn
regular annual meet held at that tow
end includes towns Of the Illinois Ath
letic association. Rock Islands frs
game will be played with Geneseo and
If victorious in this encounter, tn
next clash will be with the winner O
the Macomb-Annawan battle. Victor
In this clash would place Rock Islam
IN the semi-fnals and its competitor
In this case would be the winner c
several other series, prominent anon
whose contestants will be Moline
Galesburg and keWanee. If Yictoriou
in this clash Rock Island will contes
the finals with the winner of the othe
set of semi-fnals, for which positio
such cities as Aledo, Knoxville. Gil
son, Monmouth, Dallas City and other
viii contend. The winner of this con
test is the champion of the distriC
and all attention will then be directe
to the state tournament at Spring
field.