The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-05
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BY NAT GEISMAR
Nineteen gTidiron warriors. the
lsrgsst number who have ever won
1ettsrs In football It the Rock Is
land high school. will be awarded
Ithe coveted r. L" in the near fu-
tnrs. according TO announcement
made BY Coach Kimmel today.
Eight Of these men will be back in
tho fold again next year. as will be
March, star tackle, who was in
5ured In the first game Of the sea-
son and Is now In q Chicago hos
pftaL
The men who will be awarded
the honor are Captain Hall, Alvine,
Ash, Chambers. Collier, Crompton,
Clark. Ekholm, Greer, Houston,
HaIdick, Mayer, N. Kone, G. Kone,
Ramser. viner and Whitfield, An
Cerson, Reid. The men who are
gaining q letter for the first time
will receive a watch fob from the
Illinois State Athletic association.
Interest has turned to basketball
1t the Rock Island school with the
ending of football hostilities. At
the present time an interpreted
basketball tournament is being
played. At the close of this tour
nament, by the end Of this week.
the annual inter-class tourney will
be staged. This year these games
will be played in one afternoon.
This is being done to get things
clear for the first call for practice.
Now that the football season is a
matter for the history class, Rock
islanders are talking about the
chances for a successful cage
squad. The more they talk, the
more optimistic they get With
eight letter men back for at least
part Of the season, Hall and AL
vine becoming ineligible after the
frst term and ex-Captain Shelter
and Knanishu returning at that
time, there seems to be more than
an v chance for, a championship
squad.
Not only will these veterans. Ed
wards, Anderson, Writ, Woodward
and the above named be back to
help the team, but there + plenty
OF other experienced players who
can be depended upon to cause
somebody sleepness nights. Not
for many years have SO many val
ued performers been on hand to
start the season and there is no
reason for the fans not to be op-
timistic.
Another school has been added
to the Rock Island schedule, Orion
who will be played at that place on
Jan. 6. Orion has the reputation
of having a strong squad and the
locals do not expect anything like
. walkaway. Galesburg is the
appear ON the Rock Island floor on
Jan. 5. Galesburg always has a
strong team and is a real test for
any team.
The islanders will be captained
the first part Of the season by Hugo
Alvine, star guard OF last season
and an all-tournament man. AL
vine becomes ineligible after the
first term, Jan. q, and at that time
the squad will have to elect anoth-
er leader. 1t is still too early to
figure who will be elected at that
time. Alvine and Hall will be able
to play In one tri-city game against
Moline.
The principal objection in having
two men in the middle Of the sea-
son without a chance to work them
into the squad gradually. is that it
tends to break up the team play
just when things are getting start
ed. OF curse Shelter and Knani-
shu have spent one season with the
same group Of players, and this will
help a lot
Moline and Davenport cage
squads will get down to active
work within a few days. The teams
In these two schools will have to
be made up OF new men. as mighty
few old timers are back for anoth-
er season. Davenport, faced with
the serious problem of developing
practically a whole new squad, has
been practicing for the last two
months twice weekly. In Newton
Bornholt, Davenport has an efficient
coach who has not received credit
for much that he has done. Born
holt has been the whole cheese,
athletically. in the hilltop school
for many years. He has turned out
many good cage squads. especially
the one Of last year which went
through the season sweeping ev-
erythtng in its path out of the way.
At the start of last year basketball
prospects at Davenport were not
much brighter than they are this
season.
Senneff at Moline can be depend
ed upon to round out a fast squad
by the end Of the year. Although
material could be better. Moline
has not much Of a kick coming.
The Swedes WIN try to repeat in
coping the district title, which
they have won for the last two
years.