Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-06
PLOWS OUTSHINE
ISLANDERS five
Moline Takes Final Tri.City Basket.
ball Tilt in Speed Exhibition on
Local "Y- Floor.
(By BOB OLMSTED.)

In a game by far the speediest ever
fought between tri-city squads, the
whirlwind baseball quintet from Mo-
line defeated the Rock Island high
school five Saturday evening by the
score of 40 to 80, before crowd Of $50
enthusiastic rOoters in the local Y. NJ
c. A. gymnasium. Speed was the whole
story of the clash and the swift mo-
ton of the bail throughout the game
proved sufficient to bewilder the peo-
pie on the side lines, who seemed
I hardly to have time to cheer one bril-
/ liant play before it was counterfeit
/ by a like achievement on the part of
the opposing team. The game was in
fact the equal to college game In its
rapidity OF motion and the highly de-
veloped skill OF the players.
In spite of the wonderful showing
made by the locals, it was clear that
the Moline boys had been completely
Outclassed in point of speed. The
/ lightning passes and the fast
( dribbles had to be watched all the
time, for once started, it seemed that
nothing could check them. However,
the annoyance given them in some OF
their plays by the Rock Island lads
was something that 1t Is safe to say
has been more telling than any which
they have encountered thus far this
/ season.
The individual star for the crimson
and gold was Ackley. the fighting
guard. He had a big contract on his
hands in the game in keeping Wieder-
quist, the star Swede, from tearing
loose with some of his usual style play
but the way in which he fulfilled the
job was a surprise alike to friends and
foes. He hung constantly on Wieder-
quist wherever he went and succeeded
that he was glad to get little wind
during the lulls in the play. Also
Ackley succeeded in developing a pre-
viously unknown proclivity for shoot
ing baskets and succeeded in locating
the hoop three times during the course
Of the game, doing as much in this line
as Wiederquist himself.
Two other men who played wonder
full games for Rock Island were Cap
tain Al Taber at forward and Thomas
the wild Irishman center. These two
were bulwarks in team work and
broke up plays in most discomfort
ing way to their opponents.
For Moline, Wiederquist and Welsh
were the big men, although the former
\ was rendered about rs per cent inef-
fiCient by Ackley's remarkable guard.
ing. Welsh proved one of the swiftest
men on the team and got away with
some wonderfully swift passes and
dribbles He proved the big score
maker for Moline and was a constant
menace to his foes.
The game was a fast one from start
TO finish, neither team slumping at any
time Rock Island started the scoring
in both halves, making two baskets in
the first half and one in the second
| before Moline started to score. The
first half ended with the score of 20 TO
l3 and the latter half, 20 to II. The
! lineups follow:
Rock Island-Al Taber, IF; Demp-
sey, If; Thomas, c; Heimbeck, lg;
Ackley, rg.
Moline-Welsh. ri; Wiederquist. If;
Lyons, c; Ludwick. If; Rohwer, re.
Substituti0ns For Rock Island,
Barker for Thomas. Thomas for Helm
beck. Ed Taber for Dempsey For Mo
Z line. Axene for Welsh.
Summary: Field baskets-For Rock
Island, Dempsey 5: Al Taber, 3; Ack-
ley. 3; Thomas, 2 For Moline. Welsh
6; WiedeIquist. 3; Lyons, 5; Ludwick
3: ROhwer 9 Foul goals-For Rock
! Island, Al Taber, 4 For Moline, Vie
I derquist, 6.
! Referee-W. II. Gum.
! peT-C. Mercer.
Time Fay Reeves
Time Of halyes-20 mjnutaa