Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-17
CALESBURC TEAM
LOSES TO LOCALS
Quintet Which Conquered MOLINE !.
Outplayed on Rock Island Floor
by Count Of 80 to 30.
DEMPSEY AND AL TABER ST..
Maroon and Gold Five Shows Improves
Form-iIumni Girls Win Con.
test OF Regulars.
DEMPSEY AND AL TABER ST.,

Local speed and teamwork provsa
too much for the Galesburg lads whsn
they met the Islanders in the sym.
nasium Of the local high school a,
o'clock Saturday evening and thew mo,
defeat by the score of 80 to 30. tn.
game was certainly the fastest ulavea
thus far this season and the speed 4,
both teams kept the fans on the aida
lines shouting all the time.
The local team braced up wonder.
fully after its slump of the preceding
night, when it allowed the West Lin.
erty five to roll up score more than
half its own, and adapted itself to tho
changed conditions Of meeting really
stiff contender in most admirable
fashion. The Islanders got the start.
off and never lost it, never letting nm
minute. The Galesburg men PLAYED
a mighty fast game and kept the 10.
calls awake all the time, but they wera
absolutely bewildered by the speed
showed by the locals.
For the Islanders, Captain Al Taber
and Dempsey at forwards played won.
derful games. Taber was in eyery
play, breaking up the teamwork 0,
the Galesburg guards at one minute
and rolling in baskets at his own end
of the field the next. Dempsey sur.
prised everybody, making the largest
number of baskets of anyone on the
floor and was always ready to roll
one in whenever Taber could feed him.
The guards also were not far behind.
"Curley" Anderson sticking to his man
like a leech and Ackley playing his
usual style of play.
For the visitors Captain Smith,
Briggs and Holmes played the best
game, although the latter was rem
dered almost useless during the last
half by Anderson's guarding. The
lineups:
Rock Island. Position. Galesburg
Dempsey .......L F......... Briggs
Taber ..........R F........ Holmes
Dul y. ClSl oUu
Ackley .........L Co.,. Newberg
Heimbeck ......R G......... Smith
Substitutions-For Rock Island: HUI
Der for Ackley, Anderson for Helm
beck. For Galesburg: Anderson for
Newberg, Nelson for Smith, Smith for
Briggs.
Summary.
Field baskets-For Rock Island:
.. Taber, 6; Dempsey, s; Durling, 3; Ack-
ley, l. For Galesburg: Smith, 5;
Briggs, 5; Holmes, 2; Newberg, l.
! Foul goals-For Rock Island: Al
Taber, q For Galesburg: Briggs, .;
Holmes, 2.
Referee-M ". briggs. H st
Scorekeeper-C. Mercer. / VI
Timer-C. Whistler.
Girls Provide Curtain Raiser.
At 7:30 a team made up of alumni
girls Of the high school played team
from the school and defeated the lat
/ ter by the score of II to 4. The first
! half was complete victory lot tAe
older girls, netting them seven points
and the school girls none. During the
latter half, however, the school team
took brace and held them to tie,
, the score for the latter half being 4
to A. For the alumni, the Misses Rutn
and Clara Blakemore and Blanche Car
penter did the stellar work and Tor
| the school team the stars were Norma
Wiggers and Frieda Nuessli.
Friday afternoon at the close oil
school the Lincoln school boys defeat
ed the Horace Mann boys in hard
thought game by the score of 81 TO ..
In the girls contest, which came I'M
mediately afterwards, the Longfellow
school representatives defeated tne
Lincoln five by the score OF II 10 :.
The latter game was particularly nara
fought and was greeted with great
amount of cheering.