Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-25
ROCK ISLAND OFF
. FOR BIG TOURNEY
Two Squads Of the Local High s...,
Tossers Invade District Meet
This Afternoon.
ANDERSON REMAINS AT H0Np
Coach Is Sucering From Boil on See.
and Achtenhagen and Robb WIN
Handle Quintet.
REMAINS AT Hoxp
(BY BOB 0LMSTFDA

Two full squads Of basketball MA,
ers in the pink Of condition left ~.
morning to represent the Rock Is,.rs
high school in the district tournamer,
at Galesburg. 0. F. Achtenhagen ana
W. c. Robb are in charge of the tea,,
owing to the illness Of Coach Anaa-
son, who is confined to his home with
an exceedingly painful boil on h,
neck. The absence of the REGINA,
coach will undoubtedly have its enac.
upon the direction of the team ana
perhaps, to some extent, on the men,
spirits, but Achtenhagen and Robb ar.
both men in whom the team has rre.,
confidence and It is expected that thew
will do their part we'll.
The first team that will contest Rock
Islands squad at the tournament win
be Geneseo and that game will h.
played this afternoon II Rock Island
is victorious in this clash it will next
have the job of defeating the winner
of the Macomb-Annawan match. II ia
thought that Macomb will be the mora
likely of the contestants, but what.
ever one it is, it is safe to saw tina,
the battle will not be a serious ono
perhaps not even so much so as III.
one just preceding, for Geneseo al
ready has succeeded in defeating both
of these towns by wholesome margins
The next battle, the semi-inals, will
be the real clash of the tournament.
for if victorious in the preceding
games Rock Island now will have the
task of defeating the winner of an
other series, which will undoubtedly
be either Galesburg, Kewanee or Mo-
line, and will very probably be Mo-
line Moline seems to be growing
stronger every game and the locals
are to have battle royal to defeat its
team. The odds are about even, with
one exception. That is that Moline
| will have to defeat two such scrap
ping teams as Galesburg and Ke-
vance before this clash, while Rock
Island will have only Geneseo and
Macomb or Annawan. Moline will
also have three games to play by this
time, as she will have Colusa on her
hands, while Rock Island will play
only the two above mentioned.
, Look to State HOnOrs.
II the Islanders succeed in getting
through the semi-fnals all right theirs
can be little doubt about the finals, as.
| the most promising opponents in this
clash are such towns as Dallas City.
Knoxville and Monmouth. If Rock Is
land gets this prize the next step will
be to Springfield for the state cham
pionship.
The 10 men who left this morning
are as follows: Captain Al Taber, Ed
Taber, Dempsey, Wilson, Barker,
! Thomas, Ackley, Heimbeck, Anderson,
Robb.
Moline Beats Galesburg. &
The Moline high school basketball
team won its opening game in the dis
trict basketball tourney last night de-
| feating Galesburg by score of % to
| 10. Kewanee defeated Sheffield Is to
Is and Avon defeated Abingdon II
| to 8.
D0wnstate Tourney On.
Duquoin, ILL.,, Feb. 25-The annual
southern Illinois sectional basketball
tournament opens at Carbonate today
and will continue two days. The cham
pionship is thought to rest between
Duquoin, Carbonate and Benton. Du-
| quoin has won Is OF IS games and has
defeated all of the strong teams IN
southern Illinois.
Central Illinois Basket Scores.
Bloomington, H., Feb. 25.-Scores
in opening games here last night OF
central Illinois high school basketball
tournament were as follows; Atlanta,
"a; Mount Pulaski, 20 Saybrook, ~;
Heyworth, II; Decatur, ~; Onarga, 10.
Rockford Basket Tourney.
Rockford, H., Feb. 25-Results IN
the northwestern district basketoali
| tournament last night were; Bef'l-
dere, AZ; Huntley, 16; Byron, 81; Eil1-
abeth, %.