Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-31
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! J SUCCESS
! FOR the III YEAR

NJ FRAZIER VANCE

Inc at1ieuc teams at Augustans
~ this past year have had widely
varied degrees of. success. The
basketball season was started on
last January with two defeats. los
Ing first 70 Illinois Wesleyan .nd
then to Knox. However on the
evening following the Knox game,
the Swedes struck their mace de-
feating Monmouth by 4 wide mar
gin. Big Samuelson then returned
to the game filling ont the only
weak spot on the team, the pivot
position. The remainder Of the
season was featured by easy victor
les on all sides until the tourna-
ment in March. Here the boys lost
again to the Illinois Wesleyan out
at putting them in the second d.
vision, and on the second day fol-
lowing lost another game, exclud-
ing them from the tournament.
Nothing much can be said Of the
track season as this division OF
athletics was very poorly promoted
Throughout the conference last sea-
son. However, one meet was held
at Monmouth where the locals lost
by very narrow margin.
The baseball schedule was also
late In being arranged, but the
Swedes had good team and de-
feated most of the factory teams
with comparative ease, and also led
the Palmer Chiropractors q merry
chase one May afternoon on Eric
son field. The school term ended
early and SO in the last Of the inter-
scholastic games Augie made a
poor showing on account Of lack
of men.
At the opening of the school
term this fall spirits were high, Cor
the prospects for a winning team in
football were never better. With
the return Of Bergh, Holmgren.
Nelson. Carlson. johnson from the
army. and Wallie Swanson, Beng
ston, Almer, Robinson, Wfckstrom
and others from last year, and
Chuck Larson Of, Rockford's state
championship high school team
everyone saw visions Of the confer
ence pennant handing in Coach
Swedburg's sanctum in the gym.
A glance at the scores, however,
would tend to discredit the idea OF
q championship team, the locals
winning but one game while they
lost two and tied three. In spite of
the scores, however. it was gen.
orally conceded that the warriors
of the blue and gold outplayed
every team which they went up
against with the possible exception
OF Knox. The Galesburg outfit,
however. had the locals outweighed
a great deal.
The new basketball season looks
more promising, however, the boys
having won the first game which
was with Wartburg, by a score of
40 to 10. "A long season is sched-
uled, opening after the holidays on
Jan. 10. A trip is scheduled for the
following week to last four days.
In spite OF the reverses MET on
all sides during the past year, col
lege spirit was never higher, and
more pep than ever. before has
been evidenced at the games. An
example of this is the crowd OF 225
rooters in addition to the college
band of Is pieces which made the
trip to Galesburg. New yells have
boon hoard and now eouw hue
written which it is hoped will carry
the spirit at the same high tide to
the end Of the year.
A resume Of the football season
follows:
Augustana 6, Illinois Wesleyan 6.
Augustana 81, Monmouth o.
Augustana 0, American college of
Physical Education 0.
Augusta4a ., Knox q.
Augustaha 0, Cornell 10.
Augustana Z, st. Viator Z.