The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-18
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= Dsnsstes Tan TsbleA +
sSsuafaas basketball quintet
n Coach Devlin's St Ambrose |
: ~ second defeat Of the season
\ s sisht, humbling the Ambr0s-
r to II. After being on the
~ md Of the fracas q the and
~ 1rst half, Augis staged one
/ "a best comebacks seen on the
VI noor this season.
n - evedes' attack completely
;Seafed the Ambrose I'VE, and
~. seven minutes Of play were
~ With Z comfortable margin |
~ ~ points. From that time on
\ - NM men played defensive bail |
ssrshout and did mot threaten I
y Angle team.
& ne zane was, perhaps, the fast |
~ 4 the season, with the excep-
- q . few minutes play during
Sc initial period. Neither team
"a ret under way. and 1t was
isefai minutes-hourS to some Of |
- spectstors before either team
n n Ambrose was the FIRST to score
sssa Fottral dropped In . free
nreV. This seemed 10 give Dew
M men start, and in the next
r. minutes they annexed four
30 points before the Augustana
~ could locate themselves.
Bsngsten Loops One.
!, psnsston was the first to get =
snsnter for his team. sinking .
~ throw, and Dunn followed
.Vith 1 field goal, receiving the ball
under the opponents basket and
1ribbling down to the center Of the
foor for one of the PROTEST has
iefs Of the contest. The remainder
Il this period was . neck-to-neck
nee.
Although neither team displayed
sensational ball, the half was fast
end exciting. The superior guard
ing Of each FIVE was the feature OF
nav. each team smashing its op-
ponents' hopes Of getting under the
basket for short shots. Augie sue
ceeded in annexing four more points
and Devlin's men added q like num-
Der. The half ended with the Am
brosisus leading, 8 TOT.
Swanson Cuts Loose.
AZ the onenin1 Of the second per-
iod Swanson opened up and drop
psd in two field counters in sue
eession. putting the Swedes in the
LEAD for the first time during the
nsslc. =
Swedberg's men set a pace much
b. fast for its opponents, and ran
d a score of ~ to II. st. Am
nose called time in an effort to
stop this terrific onslaught. and al
though Augie's scoring did slacken
sitter this. the Ambrosians appar-
entity could not come out OF their
gtupor. and there was never q
question as to the outcome OF the
game.
The half ended with Augie lead
Ink the Ambrosians by IL points
he score standing "a to Is. g.
Sensational Comeback.
The outstanding feature OF thu
contest was the wonderful come
hack which Swedberg's men staged
In the second period. Coming from
behind in true form. the Swede'
took the offensive at the first vhis
tie Of this half. They worked thu
bali down the floor in . fashion
which baffled the opponents. sink
INK counter after counter.
TO Wallie Swanson goes mucl
credit for the remarkable showing
which the Augustana quintet mad
Ia this period. Wallie started tn
fireworks for his team, dropping Il
tWo field goals in as many minutes
and he sank four additional count
IN In the remainder Of the game
wallie seemed to have trouble Il
getting started at the opening Q
Dc contest, but found his eye Il
he second half and dropped In
total Of six baskets. He was easfl,
Ne Individual star Of the game.
Bsnsston was also q big fActe
b the Swedes' scoring machine
making q total Of Is points, drop
phs In four field goals and scorin
I've points via the free throw route
Praise for Dahlquist
Dahlquist deserves mention 10
b work at stationary guard. Al
though playing with IN injure
had. Ocke played q scrappy gam'
tad not once was his man able I
ct BY him for q short shot.
For the Ambrosians, Fottral wa
~ chief scorer, getting 10 out .
u points made by his team. Nc
hn, Devlin's star forward. wa
forced to retire from the contes
early in the second half, when D
Arsw his knee out Of place. q n
nit Of . collision with Dunn.
b. Ambrose enthusiasts declai
0at II this man had been able
ny In the fracas the outcome
u game would have been dihel
NJ However. with Andresn. Al
ssstana star pivot man. ont OF U
contest things were about SOB
Nd Il 10 doubtful whether the An
eose quintet could have defeate
swedberg's men.
Tomorrow Augustana will jou
- to Monmouth. where they vi