The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-15
HENRY COUNT
TEAMS EleAeE
IN BIC GAMES
Canbri1ge Expected - SesEe Do
cisfve Victory Over Ke-
wanee Aesresptisa.
Especial Correspondence

/ Geneseo, ILL.,, Dec. 15.-For this
evening three county high school
basketball contests and one inter-
county game are scheduled to take
place in Henry county with an add
ed attraction TO complete the weeks
program on the following evening
at Atkinson.
BY far the most attractive dis
trict game on account Of its class
"A distinction, although 1t will no
doubt result in one-sided score.
is the conflict between the Cam
bridge and Kewanee hoopmen, to
be staged at the former city. This
is the first contest of wholly class
A caliber offered by the high
schools Of the county. Only anoth-
er such game between the superior
teams of the county will be played
this year. q return game at Ke-
vance, because Geneseo does not
meet either of tonight's opponents.
However, this does not mean that
teams of the highest caliber in this
section of Illinois and Iowa will
not be met in games in Henry
county for Geneseo meets Daven-
port, Rock Island, ST. Ambrose
Juniors, Galesburg, Spring Valley
and other fast quintets. Kewanee
meets LaSalle. Monmouth and Mem
dota, and Moline. St Ambrose Jun
iors, and Rock Island are played by
the team representing the county
seat. Cambridge high is doped to
win tonight's game by a heavy
margin. Having the advantage of
playing at home before friendly
, crowd would greatly aid them. but
inferring from reports issuing from
the Kewanee school. prospects are
not the best for a successful Or
ange and Black season. Only one
veteran, Joe Swain, a man well
known in athletic circles of this
community. has returned, although
the recent inter-class tourney
brought great deal Of material to-
light with which Coach Wykoff
hopes to pick a winning combina-
ton before the season is over.
Cambridge, with a long string OF
first class veterans. should have an
easy time with the visiting aggre-
CATION. This contest opens the
season for the Kewanee five.
4 Orion VS.. Wethersfield.
Orion and Wethersfield. two
strong teams. are expected to put
up a much more interesting con-
ltest for spectators to witness than
what the kewanee-Cambridge
game will offer. Both high schools
have exceptionally good teams this
year. have held practice many
weeks and are we'll drilled in all
phases of the popular indoor sport
Orion has met three teams this
season. winning from the Orion
Legion but losing to Atkinson
1910 and Geneseo. 20-1S. both hard
fought contests. The Wethersfield
; five has won two contests, from
!. their alumni and Annawan. bu,
, was defeated 1910 by Atkinson
: Since Atkinson has triumphed over
both teams by close margins, the
contest is certain to be a close at
: fair. The Orionites showed uI
5 much better against Geneseo thar
) they did with Atkinso1 and despite
E their disadvantage in comparative
5 scores. may win tonight's contest
Tentative lineups: Orion-For
wards, Swanson and Palmgreni
center. Erickson; guards. Wester
lund and Sheesley. Wethersfield-
Forwards. Green and Ferris: cen
tier. Marvin; guards, Tomlinson ant
Baker
Annawan and Atkinson. two o
t the most bitter rivals in the coun
! ty, clash at Annawan. Annawan
3 although defeating Atkinson thre'
T out of four games last year ant
winning first place in the Rock Is
I land district class B tourney, i!
4 much weaker than Atkinson thi:
4 season. Boyd, all district class I
: forward. is expected to be thu
e shining light against the invaders
BY dope this season. Atkinson
= should come out of the game by ,
a safe margin. WetherSfield defeat
! ed Annawan. 2S-12. while Atkinson
/. won from the outfit from the south
ern part of the county. 1910. At
kinson has an unblemished recort
so far this season. playing 81,
contests and winning all of them
Probable lineups tonight: Atkin
+ son-Forwards. S. Mowers and "
Mowers: center, McAfee: guards
Snyder and Brooks. Annawan-
Forwards, Marks and Boyd; cen
u ter. Mason; guards, johnson ant
; Browning.
II In the inter-county game. Eas
y Moline is met at Geneseo. TIL,
l. Green and White with steady drill
y ing since the Orion tilt a week ag,
is expected to show up much bet
:. ter in the first home game of tn,
season. East Moline, with sever
lettermen back, is expected to pu
Iup a bitter game, and it is believe,
that Geneseo will find Coach Helm
beck's lineup hard team to vi,
from. The Geneseo scrubs viii
furnish a curtain raiser at
Io'clock. Tentative lineups: Gene
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