Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-08
GLASS MEET WILL
BEGIN NEXT WEEK
Considerable Interest Shown In Animal
Basketball Tourney at Rock
Island High School.
SENIORS LOOK THE STROygEsr
Various Squads Have Held Workout,
During Past Week and Lineup
Of Teams Is Fixed.

At last the long-looked for event,
of the year, the interclass basketbau
tournaments, first the boys and after.
wards the girls, are at hand. All IL
ready, the final practices made, and,
next week they will be the sole tonic
of conversation among the students a.
Rock Island high school. Rivalinp i.
not even surprising, the varsity games
in the interest with which the students
regard them, they are certainly sure
to bring forth some Of the largest
crowds ever seen in the high school
gymnasium.
The boys tournament will start at
o'clock Monday afternoon with two
contests, one between the seniors and
freshmen and the other between the
juniors and sophomores. The final
games will be played Wednesday after
noon Although, of course, the final
games, deciding the inter-class cham.
pionship, will be those Of the most in
tense interest, the enthusiasm will
start at the very start and constantly.
increase until the end.
All of the classes promise excep-
| tional material this year. The senior
/ team is back in all its glory, promis-
ing to grab the championship this year
as it did last. 1t is true that Stubs
McMullen and Al Taber will not be
with the team, the former being out OF
school and the latter being disquali-
fed as Rock Island" player, but ii
is also true that the man who this year
holds the captaincy of the team, was
not among their number last year, as
well as a man who is this year making
one of the strong players Of the varsity
team, Red" Ackley and 'Lank" Bark
er, respectively. Both of last years
star guards, James and Anderson, will
be back, as well as Thomas, who will
hold the position of center. Ackley
and Barker will play forward and Ben
son, a husky player, will also share
the honors of that position.
| The junior team has improved
good bit since last year. Dempsey, the
captain, having won position on the
varsity squad and Wilson, light
weight, having improved on his accu-
rate basket throwing These men vii
hold down the forward positions
Fotch will play center and Bassett and
Robb, guards. The team will greatly
feel the loss of Barker and Whistler,
however, both of whom were on the
team last year.
SOphs Dark Horse.
The sophomore team promises to be
the nightmare of the other classes, as
it was the surprise team last year,
taking second place while still in the
disorganization of a freshman team.
Ed Taber. brother of the varsity cap
tain, heads this team and will play the
position of forward, being ably sec
onded in this part of the field by FL
linwood, new addition to team al
ready of well known strength. Durl-
ing will play center and Heimbeck snd
Tucker, both last years guards, will
play in that capacity once more. The
fearful thing about this team Is that
every member on it is varsity play
er. The senior team will have big
contract on its hands when it under
takes to play them.
The freshman team, of course, Is still
in its infancy and little can yet be
said about it, but the captain, Huber
is man of varsity material and is
getting together plucky, though
light weight, team. Dopp will play
center, Burns and Norton, forwards,
and Huber and Ludwick. guards.
The schedule for the games is as
follows: Monday. Seniors VS.. Fresh
men and Juniors VS.. Sophomores'
Tuesday, Sophomores VS.. Seniors ana
Juniors VS.. Sophomores; "Wednesday
Sophomores VS.. Freshmen and Seniors
VS.. Juniors.
School Teams Play.
Two hard fought basketball games
were played yesterday in the high
, school gymnasium at the close Oh
school between the boys OF Lincoln
and Longfellow and the girls OF Horace
Mann and Hawthorne. The former
game was won by Lincoln by the score
of "A to 4 and the latter was won oy
Horace Mann by the score OF 10 10 :.
The games were attended with tue
usual amount of cheering and enthus-
iasm.