Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-12
ISLANDERS BEAT
ALEDO So TO q.
Mercer County Team Puts Up Piucky
Fight and Seere at One Time
Stood Is to III.
DEMPSEY STARS IN VICTORY
Andcrson's Quintet to Tackle PloW
CITY Five on Moline Floor To-
night Minus Bob Ackley.
(BY BOB 0LMSTFD).

With Aledo outclassed, but putting
I'D a plucky fight, the local high school
last night ran up score OF SO to their
opponents' q in a hardfought battle
on the Aledo floor. The locals kept
I'D a small lead throughout the entire
game. but it was never enough to in
sure them victory until the close OF the
second half The first half ended with
the score IS to 10 in Rock Islands
favor, but in the latter half, the Aledo
bows braced and reduced the margin
for that half to four points, thus max
ing a score for the half of Is to II.
For the locals, Dempsey was by far
the leader, putting up a remarkable
game and making ten field baskets for
his team. AL Taber played good team
work and fed Dempsey continually.
For Aledo, Henderson at forward
and Bradford at center played the
best games, together being largely re-
sponsible for Aledo's excellent show
ing against their strong visitors.
Bradford especially proved himself a
decided nuisance to the Islanders.
The lineups of the two teams were
as follows:
Rock Island-Al Taber, IF; Demp-
sey, If: Baker, c.; Heimbeck, lg.; An
derson, rg.
Aledo-Henderson If; Lutrell, If;
Bradford, c.; Giebrech, re-; Chede, lg.
Meet Moline Tonight.
The most eagerly awaited game of
the entire season, the CLASH between
the twin-cities, will take place tonight
at s o'clock in the Moline high school
gymnasium. More interest than ever
is being felt in the game and more
anxiety for Rock Island, since the two
teams have been about equalized by
the loss of Ackley, the fighting guard
on the local squad. His elimination
has reduced the game tonight to a
''Nip-and- Tuck" fight, with the Is
landers perhaps still little to the
good
Until last Wednesday evening Rock
Island could well feel entirely safe.
Dope" in half dozen clashes was in
her favor. The locals had held DAY.
export to three points and Moline had
been defeated by ten in their game
with the Iowans. But Wednesday
night brought a crushed toe to Ackley
and the prospect of a stiff fight to
Rock Island. However, this loss does
not mean quite such a hard blow to
the locals as it would have meant
under most circumstances, for the
reason that Coach Anderson has three
more guards OF the first line to fill up
any gap in this end Of the floor, An
derson, Heimbeck and Huber. All of
these three are first line guards and
thus, this wealth of material in this
line will prevent any serious loss to
the locals by the elimination of Ack-
ley.
Look for Stiff Battle.
Moline is going to put up a mighty
stiff game tonight for the local boys,
as she has been improving right along
and is now at her best. Her recent
comeback at Kewanee, defeating the
team which at the first of the season
defeated her and by the score of 80 to
IS or margin Of II points, is in itself
proof Of this statement
The lineups for the two teams are
as follows:
Rock Island-Al Taber, IF; Ed
Taber, IT,; Barker, c.; Heimbeck, lg.;
Huber, re.
Moline-Welch, If: Lyon, If;
Wiederquist, c.: Ludwick, rg; Rob.
wer, liz.