Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-05
KEWANEE COMING
TO PLAY LOCALS
Dope Has it That High School Tossers
Should Wall0p Visitors, But
You Can Never Tell.
TILT TO BE STAGED TONIGHT
Faculty Organizes Strong Quintet to
Play Regulars at the School
Gym Monday Evening.
(BY BOB OLMSTED1


land basketball season will take place
tonight in the local Y. NJ. c. A. gym
nasium at o'clock with the fast Ke-
vance team. According to dope" the
Islanders of course have the game
easily, for kewanee has been defeated
by the GaIesbuTg five that was taken
into camp by the locals. In spite of
this, however, Kewanee does not have
any such poor record behind it as one
might expect, having already over
come the Moline team. Monmouth has
also fallen a prey to its ability, but
this fact Is, OF course, of no such in
terest to local fans as the fact of the
defeat of the Pillow City squad.
Perhaps the thing of most interest
about the game tonight is that it will
furnished further dope" for conjec-
ture as to the outcome of the Rock
lsland-Moline game. So far the high
school has already outclassed Gales
burg. one of Moline's conquerers. by
the score of So to 80 and according to
this, ought TO defeat Kewanee tonight
by somewhat larger score. If Rock
Island comes up to this record in to-
nights game, her superiority over Mo-
line will be well established Accord
ing to the showing which the twin
cities made against Davenport, Rock
Island is seven points ahead of its
nelghbor, the locals being defeated by
three points in each of the Daven-
port games, the score in the first
game being 80 to 90 and in the second
70 to IS, and the Pillow City in its single
game with the Iowans being taken ov-
er at the short end Of the score. 90 to
~. However, the Islanders feel that
they will be able to make this margin
even greater by the score in tOnight's
game and are starting out with that
end in view.
One loss that Rock Island will feel
will be the absence of Jack Durling
who has alternated with Barker at
center and has been disqualified for
over week. Thomas, however. prom
lses to be a good substitute and the
locals are expecting TO roll up a large
score in any case.
The hewanee lineup is not available
but the Islanders will start the game
with the following squad: Al Taber
RI; Dempsey, If; Barker, c; Acklev.
rg; Heimbeck, lg.
Faculty to Play.
One of the most spirited games of
the season is going TO be the clash
with the faculty, which is scheduled
to take place in the high school GYM /
nasium Monday afternoon. The fac
ulty is putting up a rather weak
boast of its own prowess. but is
being fairly drowned out by the stud
ent body, which is looking forward |
to the prospects of seeing its sedate
instructors quite humbled at its
own hands. 1t is also noted that the
faculty has a traitor within its
ranks, for Carl Anderson is attemnt-
ing to play on the faculty team and
direct the high school team at the
same time. Thus, whichever side wins.
the blame will be sure to fall upon /,
him. +
The faculty Is also reported to
nave had quite time to get a team
together, the inclinations of the mem /
pers being rather more intellectual
than athletic. Be that as it may, Can
-aln Achtenhagen has now modified {
a rather formidable band of physical :
specimens. Besides himself, he boasts L
/ present coach of the school basket |,
ball team, last years coach, a GYM i
laslum Instructor and a fifth man.
VINO like himself, has no officially ath- Il
etc position, is nevertheless we'll I
Known IN the world of sports. Rv E
lame these men are respectively {
arr Anderson, VIII Robb, E. r. Mus 8
'elman and E. NJ. Starr. t
Anderson, the tall man, will NAV II
enter, Robb, the heavy man. and /
starr the skillful man, will hold down c
ne guard positions and leave the v
racker5ack basketball shooting in the
ther end OF the field to Musselman I
M Achtenhagen. The faculty is not
'lVlng out any statement as to the
mount OF training it has gone
through.
The teams will line up as follows. |
Faculty-Achtenhagen, If: MusseI- Y
nan, RI; Anderson, C: Robb. rg
tarr, lg. y
high school-Al Taber, RI: Ed Tab- b
r, II; Barker, C; Ackley, rg; Helm v
eek, lg. -