Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-08
NAME new MAN
FOR ATHLETICS
At LOCAL HIGH
". L. kimmel. Science Teacher at
the Manual Arts Building, Hired
As Coach.
SUCCEEDS CARL ANDERSON
Home School Makes Strong Bids
for Basketball HO- ors Under
Retiring Mentor.
BY KEITH NELSON.

At a meeting OF the Rock Island
high school athletic board of con-
troll. W. L. kimmel. science teacher
of the Manual Arts building, was
hired as coach for the Rock Is
land high school for the year of
191S-19l9 Mr. kimmel will sue
coed Carl L. Anderson, who for the
past three years has been coach at
the local institution. Mr.. Anderson
is undecided as TO what his future
plans are but he is liable to be call
ed in the draft if he does not get
in the service before that time.
Considering MIR Rnderson's work
as a coach he has proven one of
the ablest coaches that the local
high school ever had Mr. Anderson
has had two championship basket
ball teams during his regime, one
team competing in the state finals
at Decater and the other made a
strong bid for honors in the finals
in the district tournament last fall.
Considering the material that he
has had on hand for football, Mr.
Anderson has done commendable
work. In track work Mr.. Anderson
has also excelled, while his team
won the twin-city championship
meet twice and ran second in the
tri-city meets. In baseball he has
also put forth a good team for the
past three years.
New Man Has Record.
Mr.. kimmel, who will succeed
Mr.. Anderson, has a good record in
the athletic world He is a gradu-
ate of the Wabash college, where he
won medals and letters in football
basketball and track. He is an ex-
ceptiOnally fast man on the cinder
path and with his experience he
should build up a wonderful track
team. Mr.. Kimmel after gradual
ing from Wabash went to IllinC.s
college and was coach there for
three years. From there Mr.. Kim
mel went to Union college where he
built up a championship team in
every line of athletics and his bas-
ketball team commended for the title
and defeated all teams in southern
Illinois. southern Missouri and
northern Kentucky. With this rec
ord Mr. Kimmel should build up the
strongest teams that the local in
stitutiOn has yet put into the field.
To Award Medals.
The Illinois high school athletic
association at a meeting held last
fall decided upon a medal. universal
throughout the state. TO be award
ed. together with the felt mono
gram, to students winning athletic
honors. The medal adopted is
round in shape, with illinois High
School Athletic Association" run
ming around the outer edge. The
center is reserved for the high
school letters. while on the back will
be engraved the events for which
the award has been given.
Thus II a man wins his letter In
football, besides a felt monogram
to be worn on his sweater, he will
be presented with a medal as above
described with the sport and year
in which it was earned engraved
on the back. If he is awarded a
letter In basketball in the same
year. the medal already given will
be engraved again with this sport
and year won. Hence It is possible
for a man to be awarded a medal IN
football, the same medal represent
Ing letters in basketball, track and
baseball. The fundamental design
Of the honor Is the same among all
the state high schools. In this way
high school athletes may be rec
OgntZed throughout the state by
this insignia. All will be members
Of the state high school athletic
club. who win this emblem,