The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-21
GENESEO Wins
AMBROSE TILT
BY SCORE 1875
Third Quarter of Game Marks Fir,,
ScOreless Period Ever Played
on Local Floor.
Especial Correspondence

| Geneseo. ILL.,, Jan. 2l.-Tba
dope bucket" was upset last nipb,
when the st. Ambrose Junior has.
ketball team met defeat here from
| the Geneseo high, losing by a score
of IS to 5. Geneseo lost a eano
against Cambridge High school 81
Ambrose defeated the boys from
! Cambridge by a score Of % to Il
The result of last nights game was
generally forecast as a victory for
| Davenport. Few of the partisans
of the Geneseo team realized The
marked improvement which tba
local players have made the past
two weeks. Father AdrlaD's
charges had not anticipated the
stubborn opposition which thev mer
last night and expressed their sur
prise at the result,
The teams lined up for the start
ing whistle with determination
/ stamped upon the features Of every
! player. The play was very fast
and team work good on each side
The guarding was very aggressive
| and close. After about five min
utes Peanuts Schultz broke
| through the bunch and tossed a
| basket. Soon his brother, Captain
A. Schultz, followed with another.
Both teams battled on TO the end
of the first quarter with a rapiditv
of play which prep players do not
often show. The period ended Gen.
eseo 4, st. Ambrose 0.
The second quarter was all pea.
nuts" He tolled three field goals
as a result of team BOrk Ehici
recognized the fact that he had his
| basket eye working in good order
and he was fed the ball by his fel-
| low players at every opportunity.
Within the last five seconds Of play
| of the second period HippleT sue
ceeded in freeing himself from the
opposing players and counted St
| Ambrose only field goal and score
of the entire first half of the game.
The ball had hardly touched the
floor when the timekeeper's pistol
ended play with tie score GeneseO
10, st. Ambrose 2.
The third quarter was more az
gressively played. Fast floor work
and passing with extremely close
guarding compelled both teams to
fight through the quarter without
scoring. This is the first quarter
ever played on the local floor with
such a record of scoreless play. s.
Ambrose had several good chances
for baskets in this period. They
hit the loop many times but were
unfortunate in not getting the
breaks to obtain counts on really
good throws.
Realizing that the worst defeat Of
their careers doomed before them
the boys from the Catholic Acad-
envy put forth every effort in the
final quarter to run up a score
which would win. The Fighting
Irish" spirit was there but the
speed of the earlier part OF the
game had worn down couple Of
their team and they were unable 10
successfully cope with the physical
endurance of the farmer boys" St.
Ambrose made a free throw by
Besten in this period which with
field goal by Powers totaled their
five points for the game. Geneseo
also obtained the same number Of
points in this period, the final count
being Is to 5.
The St. Ambrose team was out
played by the bigger and stronger
lads from this Maple City. Their
team work at times broke from the
smOothness of action which was
anticipated. 1t may be said that
they did not show at their best
last night for these reasons.
Every member of tie home team
acquitted himself creditab'y.
Wiesjahn, early in the game re-
ceiVed a bump on the forehead
which dazed him for nearly the en-
tire duration of the first half But
he continued in the play with az
gressiveness Of action. Hamann
battled for every advantage
throughout the game guarding MS
man very closely Captain Schulz
played his best game of the year
Peanuts" Schultz was always
there with his accustomed smile
but still making baskets which
brought smiles to every supporter
of the team. Nothing much can pc
said for Combs except that MS
equal as a standing guard has not
been seen in any local game TINS
season.
Tonight the Streater high schooI
team comes to Geneseo for a game
which will be played at the Wei
mer theatre at 500 O'Clock kauh-