Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-02
ROCK ISLAND and
MOLINE IN final
BASKETBALL TILT
Teams Are Eyened Up In Victories for
the Season and Hot Battle Is
Looked For.
ANDERSON SPEEDING UP TEAM
Local Coach Back on the Job, Hope
full of Getting Boys in Shape to
Phil Over Game.
(BY BOB OLMSTED).


where dope" is really against them
lust ahead, the Rock Island high
school basketball players are sparing
no efforts to defeat the fast Pillow City
bunch which they will meet next Sat
urday night at o'clock on the floor
Of the local Y. NJ. c, A. building. 1t
will be Rock Islands final chance at
an old enemy and the team feels that
it must make good in this game at all
costs.
The team at present seems to be on
g slump" declared Coach Carl Ander-
son, who is now able to direct the
squad once more. 81 am giving them
pretty stiff workout, however, and l
expect the boys to recover their abil-
ity in team work by the time of the
game"
The workout last night was indeed
one which was stiff enough to suit the
squad. Team work was the main idea
throughout The coach thinks that if
once the boys can recover their old
time team play that Moline will fall
before Rock Island again. Although
Moline has won the tournament from
this city, 1t has also been defeated by
the local five in one game and, if de-
feated in the clash Saturday, will
nave lost two out of three games
Team Must Improve.
The presence of Coach Anderson
once more with the boys viii I'M
doubtedly liven up matters to quite
an extent and the team may expect to
get the slump idea all out Of its mind.
However, the team will have to turn
completely around if it does so, as it
has been going the downward path
for several weeks At the tourna-
ment, Captain Al Taber was practic-
ally the only man who was up to the
usual standard, the rest Of the team
sinking below expectation. Thus, it
will be largely a question Of who
picks up the fastest when 1t comes to
choosing the squad that will represent
the SCHOOL SATURDAY.
Moline meanwhile is expecting an
other complete victory over the Grim
son and gold The team, with its
characteristic quality Of getting con.
siderably better toward the end of the
season rather than experiencing
6lumps. appears to be at this time il
the best Of condition. The boys have
developed quite a brand of team work
and besides have several strong in
dividual stars. Wiederquist at for
ward has had habit for several years
nOS of doing considerably over a fifth
of The work and at the tournament
succeeded in capturing a forward pc.
sition on the district team with his
bitter enemy, Al Taber, as his col
league. MOline's center, Lyons. anG
Guard Ludwick also have a habit OF
making considerable disturbance anC
are nightmares to all prospective Cd
ponents.
Look for Reaction,
However, 1t is hardly to be sup
posed that the Pillow City quintet vii
be able to put up quite as brilliant G
game as most Of those which it work
ed In the tourney Moline was un
doubtedly at the summit of its power
during the meet and seemed to b.
whipped into the best kind of shape
by the competition which it had Il
meet. There will undoubtedly b.
some reaction and still more certain
", there will be great improvement
in the game put up by the locals. Thu!
the outcome of the game is by N
means certain and victory undoubted
ly will be gained at a small margin.
The game with Moline next Satur
day will be the next to the last gam,
on the Rock Island schedule, Aledc
being the only remaining contestant
The summary of the games to date i
as follows:
Alumni, 81; Rock Island, SO.
West Liberty, 49, Rock Island. Al.
Galesburg, 80; Rock Island SO.
Davenport, 80; Rock Island, %.
Cambridge, %; Rock Island SO.
Davenport, %; Rock Island, 26.
kewanee, "a; Rock Island, 40.
Faculty, %; Rock Island. 50.
Aledo, p; Rock Island, 80.
Moline, 80; Rock Island, "a.
kewanee, l6; Rock Island, q.
Tournament Games.
Geneseo, %; Rock Island, 80.
Macomb, 10; Rock Island, 35.
Moline, 80; Rock Island, 90.
Total score, opponents, 346. Tota
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