The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-28

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r Sfy contest remaining to be
1cVod during the year Of 1922. al
81 @Ukh that Is an important con-
lEt In determining the standing In
he class B division of the county,
4 {gme Is cpportune to dope the
~ 1T teams as to their respective
6Mings during 1922, which is In,
Il aorne cases only . trife more than
ssAs .fhi1d OF the seasons schedule.
1 ne following standings are based
cnly upon the number OF games
won and played by the high schccl
basketball teams vi tne county, as
: In many cases doping the leaps
y BY comparative scures is misieat.-
Ing. as already this season Inc
dope" is mixed.
- Two teams OF the county went
through the year 1922 OF the pres
4 eiif seasons chart indicated, botl
I playing the same number OF high
/ school contests, which are the ohiy
/ games that are reckoned IN the
/ standing. Cambridge and Gencseo
l ouintets are reckoned in the stand
1 fnna Cambridge and Geneseo quin-
i tets will top the list. At this point
i OF The season both have showed
! class on their own floor. but have
been unable to break away in con-
l tests on foreign floors. The for
4 mer school was expected to show
championship caliber through the
1 entire season, in considering the
i number Of veterans returning TO
school. However, they have come
j up to expectations In only one
L game, which was played Oil their
n floor, which was won. 43-12. over
Il Kewanee. In other games they
have been held to 1915 and Ellis
scores by Woodruff and Eas- Mo-
Il line, respectively. Both contests
/. were played away from home and
Il the Cambridge squad suffered
II greatly. The East Moline basket
II ball floor is unfit for inter-scholas-
/ tic contests, which accounts for
the county seat teams close vic
4 tory. which was accounted for in
the las: quarter of the game.
Geneseo, with only trio Of vet
Grams, is the other county team that
has remained undefeated through
n three contests. They could be CIV
s en- the decision over Cambridge for
first place by comparative scores
with East Moline, Cenessc having
81 won over the Moliners, "a 10. How
1, eyer. tie Gencseo- East Moline game
was played on the Geneseo floor, to
III which the quad-city team was NO
more used than the Cambridge
i; quintet on the East Moline floor
And judging from the appearance OF
II the losing team in both contests
II the East Moline five had greatly
Il improved in all departments of the
II game since the Geneseo combat and
showed the improvement. agains,
Cambridge. In all fairness to both
stundefeated teams. although Gene
SEQ has the edge in comparative
scores, 1t Is best to wait until fu
i ture contests will dope both squads
before picking quintet to Leaf
the county. Both Cambridge ant
A Geneseo, although not meeting this
season. play Orion. st. Ambrose ant
Rock Island. which contests will
II serve to dope . winner. Geneseo
by her victory, 42-15, over Sprins
Valley, the best that Bureau coun
III ty has to offer. has shown on hel
home floor that she will be con
II tender for honors.
n
4: Atkinson Strong.
Atkinson has a record of sever
Y victories and two defeats. Coacl
Rydholm's charges began the sea
son In excellent form, sending
Ii Orion and Wethersfield, in count.
games, down In defeat The wors
(. upset Of the present season wal
! the Annawau win over the Atkin
son school.
II Annawan high, although losin,
one-sided contest to Wethersfielt
early in the season, the team wht
J. later lost to Atkinson. defeated
|! Atkinson, "a to Z. which greatl,
raised Mentor Forsberg's men il
the county standing.
II Orion, despite an excellent team
II this year, has come through fol
only one county win, having lost tc
I Geneseo and Atkinson and wor
/; oveE Wethersfield.
I. Kewanee's Orange and Black
squad. which started the season
livery late, decisively lost to Cam.
bridge. but won over Wethersfield
but not by nearly as large score
as Orion. which accounts for IL
being placed after the "Swede" az.
gregation.
Wethersfield deserves much
better place than footing the
county standing as one-third of the
styear closes. but the Green and
White hoopsters have had an un-
fortunate season, although turning
IN win over Annawan, which
comes we'll up near the top of the
list. The Wethersfield squad has
lost battles to Atkinson, Kewanee
Stand Orion.
II Wnodhull high held the INST
Cambridge quint to 10 to Is VIC
;itory on the formers floor, but have
mot met other county teams. The
sfact that they were defeated by a
;sttght score places them as county
contenders Of high caliber. Weth-
:scrsheld and Woodruff will furnish
1.-THE only remaining county game in
/ hull.
With two months more of week-
ecd contests before the present
Ibasketball season is Completed
MANY SQUADS are expected to ehov
I much better form and close games
less Is CLUNSY.
i fWfllar. former heavvwo,-ht -ssss