Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-18

ment, and of the previous nine
events Illinois Wesleyan Of Bloom
ington has the honor OF winning
three. During all these years Fred
Muhl has been at the head Of the
| athletic department of the Method
| list school and has never missed
tournament.
Not being satisfied with winning
three of the tournaments. the crafty
Muhl has had his team in the finals
on two other occasions, where he
lost the championship by a one
point margin.
James Millikin Of Decatur is sec
ond with two championships, and
from the form its team has shown
this season the Decatur school has
a very good chance OF evening up
with Wesleyan in the number OF
wins.
The other four championships
have been divided among as many
schools, Bradley. William and Wash
ii, Augustana and Eureka. When
EACH OF these teams won the title
they had the greatest in the his
tory of their institution. One OF
the queer things that will be found
this season is the fact that Mill
kin and Augustana are the only
two of the previous winners that
have a chance to win the cham
| pionship.
William and Vashti, as stated
above, will not be entered, Brad
ley, Wesleyan and Eureka are but
shadows of the teams they have
turned out in past seasons. They
will have enough strength to give
the others a fight, but cannot be
doped as possible winners for the
frst time in good many years.
Millikin has not been defeated
this year, having won IL games
with their varsity and 10 with their
second team. They are sure to be
listed as the strong favorite for
1920 honors.
! AugustAna Strong.
I Augustana is in the running and
strong. From what the writer has
seen OF Swedberg's team this sea-
son they are team as formidable
as the one that won the title in
1917. There are perhaps a couple
Of spots where the 1917 team was
stronger individually, but not as a
unit. .
With the Islanders having good
chance for the title it will add i'm
petus to the tournament, thing
that has always been the case in
other years. When staged at Mil
likin, Wesleyan or Bradley, these
schools have always had strong
fives which kept in the running
long enough to hold up local in
terest, and at Bloomington they
were doubly protected by State
Normal being two miles distant.
! Every Part of State.
Colleges in every part of the
state will come to Rock Island for
the tournament. as the Little Nine
teen" includes nearly all the minor
colleges in Illinois. Monmouth,
Knox, Lake Forest, Northwestern
! Of Naperville and the Chicago
schools are about the only ones of
importance that are not in the Or
ganization, and even 'at this time
plans are being made for a confer
ence to include all.
Here is list Of the colleges OF
the Little Nineteen" that will send
teams to Rock Island to compete in
the greatest college basketball
tournament in the world: James
tMillikin university, Decatur; Illi-
nois Wesleyan university, Bloom
ington: State Normal university
Normal; Bradley institute, Peoria
Illinois college, Jacksonville; Lom-
bard college, Galesburg; Eureka
college, Eureka; St. Viators college
Bourbonnais; Hedding college. Alb
ingdon; State Normal, Charleston
Shurtliff college, Upper Alton; Car
thage college, Carthage; Blackburn
college, Carlinville; Southern State
Normal, Carbondale; Mckendree
college. Lebanon; Lincoln college
and Augustana college, Rock Is
land.