The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-31
AUGIE EXCELS
OPPONENTS IN
SPORT EVENTS
RuierD of Year Shows
Win Column, IS in
the Lead.
BY KENNETH CeNREV.

| tana college SHOWS that the major
ity of games played by the Luth
Grams during 1921 appear in tn,
win column. Augustana met SOM
of the best teams in the middle
west and held her own with all op
ponents. The record the Rock Is
land school has made during the
past two years has brought Augie
to the front in the athletic world
and assurance is given that teams
of higher caliber will continue tC
be included on her schedules
Much of this success is due tC
the Augustana coach, Art Swed-
| berg. With the exception of foot
ball, practically all of the mater
! ial with which the Augustana
mentor has had to work, and from
whom he has picked his teams, has
been new at the game, but out of
these men Swedberg produced!
| teams which made an enviable
| record.
BASKETBALL.
The years activities began with
| the basketball season. Two vet
Grams were all that were held over
from the previous season; namely,
Captain Ralph Bengston and WAlly
Swanson. A wealth of material,
however, greeted Swedberg upon
his first call for recruits, and with
such men as Rydholm, Lundeen,
Andreen, Dahlquist and Rylander,
he produced a team which won Il
of the 10 games played that sea-
son, scoring $50 points as against
ATS made by the opposition.
BY virtue of his eagle eye in
shooting baskets, his floor work,
and all around ability as a basket
ball player, Captain Bengston was
awarded a forward position on the
Nineteen" Wally Swanson and
Gust Andreen received honorable
mention.
BASEBALL.
Augustana suffered several re-
verses in baseball Owing to the
shortness of the season, only eight
games were on the Lutherans' (
schedule, and out of these Swed- |
berg's men won two, lost four, and |
tied one. The last game of the sea-
son, scheduled to have been play /
ed with st. Viator, was cancelled /
weakness was her lack |
OF pitchers. The same trouble
faces Swedberg again this coming
season. Seven men will be back
in the spring for this years games,
but the one pitcher which the Rock
school did have last year
was lost by graduation Out of the
new students at Augustana, how
aver he
Velop a reliable pitcher, and that
he coming baseball season will
meet with better success.
The first game of the season, Au-
5ustana journeyed to Chicago to /
meet the Armour Institute nine. {
Three home runs by Swanson, +:
3engston and Wickkstrom, respec- s
lively, helped the Swedes to hold :
Armour to a 8 to 8 tie, the game S
'eing called on account of dark i
less. Lombard was met on the {
ome field, Augie suffering an IL I
o defeat, but reversed the tables |
he next game with Monmouth, de- j
eating Stegeman's men , to Z.
-rmour then came to Rock Island l
nd walloped Augustana 10 to l. z
he next game was a victory over d
lombard to 6, but in the next \
"o games Arts hopefuls went v
own to defeat before Monmouth 7
nd Bradley, 6 to 0 and to l. If
TRACK.
A1guStana was weak in the
'ack meets, that is, weak in com p
arson with the other schools. al
Tough the Lutherans were repre- Il
,nted by as strong a team as has n
cen developed at the school for I
'me years Although losing every Il
eet in which they participated e
e SWedes forced their opponents ~
the limit to win. d.
Augle went down to defeat at the -,
Lnds of Bradley in the first dual III
eet of the season, 63 to 40; North n
estern also took the Lutherans' "
lmber to the tune of II to 54: and -
0nmouth followed with a II to 80 ~ 80
Glory over Swedberg's hopefuls. ~
the state meet held at Decatur. p s
ny u and 20, Augustana sue
eded in placing in one event, !.
plain Ryiander getting fourth re
ace in the half male. toe
TENNIS. ha
Augustana won one CHAMPION d.
p during the year of 1921 in the We
l. A. c. The Swedes produced dill
mis- representatives both in sin
IS and doubles who won all of in.
'ir matches. Conrey represented ste
gustana in singles, and Conrey inc
Carlson were the doubles team. pr
o dual meets with Bradley were tag
d during the season and the of
Representatives took IA
h events, Conrey defeating Ralph ira
eker in singles, and Conrey and mi!
'lson beating Tucker and Tucker !
doubles. At the state tourna- the
at held at Decatur, May 81 and of
the Augie team went through Bro
entire tournament without the car
of a single set, and brought
Augustana her first tennis \
abb
FOOTBALL. -
18th the coming of the football COO
son, followers of athletics at An Dr.
tana looked forward to coming 80
place honors in the l. l. A. Co.,
the old traditional MiIIiL;p 80