Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 241, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 1910 — High School Lost First Football Game to Watseka. [ARTICLE]

High School Lost First Football Game to Watseka.

Watseka proved too much for Rensselaer high school Saturday and the Illinois visitors went home with a very nice victory, the score being 14 to 0. The local team was not in the best physical condition. This was the first game played under the new rules and they averaged less in weight and years than the visitors. Coupled with this was the very plain fact that the Watseka boys were well on to the new rules jfhd had been in practice longer than the local lads, and also played two previous games. The Rensselaer boys played gamely, however, but confined themselves too much to tactics that had proven successful before the change in rules, and these were not consequental of good results. Watseka made a drop kick a few minutes after the ball was put into play, thus scoring 3 points. Before the naif was concluded they had scored two touchdowns and kicked one goal and thus making a total of 14 points. In the second half the Rensselaer boys avoided danger several times by punting the ball into their opponents’ territory, Hemphill being especially strong with his punts. By this means the visitors were prevented from increasing their score. A good sized crowd witnessed the game and Rensselaer enthusiasm was high, but the visitors were too strong for us.