The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-02
BY ART WILLIAMS.


The spotlight of attention centerS
on the schoolboy athletes for the
rest of the week. At o'clock to-
night at Augustana gymnasium the
referees whistle will send Reyn-
olds and Annawan high school
quintets into battle against each
other in the opening game of the
district high school basketball tour
nament. Two other games will fol-
low, one at o'clock and one at 8
o'clock. Sixteen teams are entered.
and it will require the playing of
as many games to determine the
champion by the process of elm
ination. 1t will be a case Of a sur
vival OF the fittest, for the steady
grind of tournament games has al
ways proved an exacting strain
upon high school players. The fol-
lowing teams are contestants:
Glass A3Savanna, Orion, Rock
Island, Geneseo, East Moline, Tis-
kilwa, Moline and Manlius.
Glass B = Reynolds, Annawan,
Sheffield. Port Byron, Hillsdale,
Tomson. Erie and Atkinson.
The Illinois High School Athletic
association adopted the plan this
year of dividing the teams accord
ing to enrolment into two classes.
with the idea in view of giving the
smaller schools more of a chance
10 gain a position in the final. The
winners of each division will be
determined by the semi-fnals and
these two will contest in the final
game for the championship.
Between Three Teams.
Rock Island, Geneseo and Moline
in class A appear to be the strong
est teams in the tournament. 1t is
generally conceded that one of this
trio will capture premier honors.
Geneseo and Moline have each beat
en- Rock Island twice this season.
The Islanders. however, point to
the fact that they lost by very low
scores each time and that with a
share of the luck should carry
through to the finish.
Big Game Friday Morning.
The first important tilt of the
tourney. therefore, will come Fri
day morning at o'clock, when
Rock Island and Geneseo meet. 1t
is certain both teams will put up
the battle of the season in order
to remain in the running. One or
the other of these favorites must
fall out at the very start, and this
is sufficient to goad the players on
to the limit of their powers.
The winner of the Rock Island
Geneseo game will meet the win
ner of the Savanna-Orion contest
Friday evening at Z o'clock. Moline
and Nanlius are billed for Friday
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, and the
winner, which very likely will be
Moline. will play the victor OF the
East Moline-Tiskilwa game at 8
O'Clock Friday night. The winners
of the Friday evening games will
fight it out Saturday morning for
the right to meet the champion of
class B Saturday night for the dis
trict title
Admission Prices.
Tickets covering every game of
the tournament are still to be had
at the College pharmacy on Sew
enth avenue and Thiray-eighth
street, and at Lethin's, in Moline.
for 81. These will be sold until
Friday night at this price. General
admission tickets at the door of the
gymnasium will cost so cents each
night and on Saturday morning
Prices Friday morning and after
noon will be So cents. No games
will be played Saturday afternoon !
Reserve seats will be sold at the
Office for Is cents at |
each session, but reserved chairs !
for the entire tournament can be |
bought now for so cents. |