Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-28
MOLINE SURPRISE
OF BASKET MEET
PIow Boys viii Represent yorthv.u
ern District in Illinois Stats
Tournament at Decatur.
CONE BACK IN GREAT sTyrp
Rock Island Eliminated In semi.pt,a.
in Afternoon and Monmouth
Loses In Evening.
FINAL RESULTS.
Moline, 30; Rock Island, %.
Monmouth. 81; Knoxville, q,
Moline, "a; Monmouth, 10.

The Moline high school basketbsH
team will represent the northweSs,,
district at the annual state baske.b.n
tournament at Decatur, March . "a
and II, by virtue Of victories over pnrs
Island and Monmouth in the sem,.
finals and finals at Galesburg last s..
urday. 1t was great day for Molir.
and the Plow quintet must be yiye,
due credit for its wonderful shoxInv
and stamina. Completely tagged m,
from the stiff grind, the Moline NAV.
ers were forced to go to bed to snatch
a bit of rest before tackling Rock IA.
land, touted as the fastest team in ths
district, and supporters of the maroo.
and gold looked for a victory for The
locals.
To the complete surprise Of every
one present the Plow FIVE came baek
stronger than ever, literally sweeping
the Rock Islanders off their feet at ths
start.
Before the local boys realized what
was going on Moline had piled up
commanding lead, and held it with ease
throughout. Local fans are of thu
opinion that Rock Island was over.
confident. Weiderquist was again the
individual star for Moline, and those
who watched his work throughout the
tourney are of the opinion that he il
the fastest man in the district. Can
tain AL Taber ran true to form and did
the heavy work for the Islanders. The
lineup:
Rock Island-A Taber, IF; Demn-
sey. If: Barker, C; Ackley, rg; Helm.
beck, lg.
Moline-Walsh. IF; Weiderquist II.
Lyons, C; Rohwer re-; Ludwig, LIZ.
Summary-Field baskets: A. Taber.
3; Barker, /; Ackley. /; E. Taber. /;
Walsh, 4; Weiderquist. 3; Lyons, 5,
Fouls: Weiderquist, out of 3; A. Ia.
Der, 10 out of Is.
Monmouth Loses Final.
Although both teams were tagged
from. the long grind of the day, Moline
| and Monmouth staged one of the fast
est tits of the tourney in the evening
Moline snatching the championship
with "a to 10 count. The first hall
ended "a to 13 in favor of the P.ow
boys and between halves, when the
boys were resting, reaction set in and
the players on both teams were on the
point of physical exhaustinn, but both
reentered the fray with a logged de-
termination. The lineup of the decid-
ing game follows:
Moline-Walsh, RI; Weiderquist, L;
Lyons. C: Ludwig. rg; Rohwer, lg.
onmouth-Graham, RI; Moore, III
Shipplet, C; Benson. rg; Peterson, lg.
Summary-Field baskets: Walsh. L;
Weiderquist, 4 Lyons, A. Graham, );
Moore, l Shipplet. l. Fouls: Weider-
quist, out of I; Walsh, out of 5;
Peterson, 5 out of 6.
Meeting Big Success.
According to statement made BY
the officials the tournament was one
of the most successful ever held IN
this district and that prospects for the
coming year were even better. TWEEN
ty-one schools entered, go athletes
participated and 1900 people saw the
deciding game Saturday night. Mo-
lines form revival was easily the fea-
ture. Starting the season in poor
form, the Pillow boys were beaten D!
nearly every team they met, oul
through consistent effort their coach
finally worked the squad into, shape
and their win over Davenport recently
showed that they would be dangerous
contenders at the tourney. The north
western district is assured that In MO-
line it will have one Of the strongest
teams that ever represented this sec
ton in the state tournament.