The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-22
SWEDES BRING
CURTAIN DOWN
ON HOME FLOOR
Maple City Quintet Bewildered by
Speed and Class Of Is
lander Cagers.
BIZ KENNETH CONREY.

NO4N
Augustana college basketball
quintet closed the home season with
a sweeping victory over Monmouth,
AZ to ~, last night The game was
fast and at times rough, and at no
time during the 40 minutes of play
did Monmouth have a chance of
winning. The Swedes completely
outclassed the Maple City aggre-
CATION in every phase OF the game.
Monmouth was bewiIdered by the
way in which Augie worked the
ball down the floor and under the
basket for short shots. while Siege
mans men were compelled to
shoot from long distances most of
the time. Monmouths scoring came
principally as u result OF fouls on
the Augustana tlve. captain Smiley
counted II points VA the foul
route in as many chances. the
close guarding or the Lutherans
held the visitors to tve goaIs from
the field.
Again Gus Andreen, pivot man
for Augie, was the high individual
scorer of the evening, collecting a
total of Is points Tor his team, 10
field goals and eight free throws.
In the last two games played by
the AuguStana five An0reen has
scored 90 points. Sucn basket
shooting is rarely seen. Although
apparently covered by an opposing
player, Andreen gets by his oppo-
nent with his clever tootwOrk and
sinks in the counters from difficult
angles. His moor work has I'M
proved considerably over Lnat of
last year.
Captain Swanson was next in
points for the Augustana five, max
ing five field BASKETS. Rosenkranz
added four points with his two
markers. the guarding or Ryo-
holm and Johnson was of adyan
tage to the Lutherans.
Smiley, right forward and cap
tain for the Monmouth team, was
everything for the Maple CITY hve,
scoring IA OF the ~ points made
by Stegeman's men.
Took Time Out.
The game was slowed up con-
siderabiy by MonmouIh's taking
time out Seven times the Mon
mouth five called time during the
40 minutes OF play. The game
started off in wnirlwind tasnlon,
Augustana scoring tirst wnen Swan
son counted for Augle. Smiley re-
taliated with a free throw and
Swanson repeated with another
field goal. AT the end of the nrst
six minutes OF play the score stood
2 to Z. The Augie players soon
found their bearings, and by the
end of the first haH had piled up
a 14-point lead. the score standing
at the end of the period, % to s.
Monmouth scored only one field
goal in this time. The second half
was repetition of the first The
two teams fought on even terms
for the FIRST few minutes, but again
the Augie scoring machine began
working and the Monmouth pay
ers seemed lost.
Referee Giles was forced to ex-l
pei two players from the contest
on account of unnecessary rough
ness. L. Wallace and Swanson got
into a heated contest over a tie
ball, and Wallace got little too
rough to suit the referee. Exit Mr.. |
wallace In the second half John !
son and Mckee got into the same
kind OF miXup. Exit Mr.. John |
SON Bear, left guard for Mon
mouth, was also forced out of the !
contest when he crashed into the
radiator on the west side of the !
gym, wrenching his knee The alb
sence of Wallace and Bear, two of |
Stegeman's regulars, seemed to !
slow the Monmouth five's playing,
but even with these two men in
the contest the result of the game
would not have been altered mate
rally.