Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 273, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 November 1911 — Kentland Still Complaining Because They Lost Game Here. [ARTICLE]

Kentland Still Complaining Because They Lost Game Here.

... . . . f t win be remembered, played at Hoopeston Nov., 4, and the referee to & toT - A J to Coach Sta« of the Chicago Unlversity and he ruled ini favor of Kentland, reversing the score. The Rensselaer Republican wfll please note that a kick is somestimes justifiable. game lost by Kentland during the season was lost to Rensselaer, and this on account of heavy penalising.”-' Coach Stagg would be competent to rule on any technical decision and may have been entirely right and we hope he w.as, for we would certainly be glad to know that Kentland put it over Hoopeston. It seemed a z little funny at the time, however, that Kentland returned from Hoopeston with a complaint about the official. It. seemed especially humorous here, in view of the fact that after being defeated here by the score of 11 to 0, tkey went home and blamed it on the referee. r ■ '® The Enterprise, always entirely fair, did not take much stock in .the complaint made by the football team after their return there, and it seems a little odd at this time to put up- a kick that the only reason the game was lost here wlas on account of penalties. We make these two claims for our.official: A perfect familiarity wijh the rules of the game and perfect fairness in their enforcement What penalties were given to Kentland here followed several warnings that Kentland line players did not line up according to the rules of the game, one end especially advancing too* far in about every, formation. But the penalties as shown by the note book of the reporter were about equal in ground distance and did not materially effect the result either way. Kentland played a good game but Rensselaer held at every critical stage- of their advancement. On the other hand, we made one touchdown by a well directed forward pass, in which a gain of 35 yards was made. The other touchdown was made by st'raight football, in which Rensselaer ploughed through Kentland’s line for gain after gain and during which time no penalty was inflicted against KenFland. On still another occasion Rensselaer got to the Kentland 20-yard line and losl the ball by a failed drop kick. One time Kentland’s advance was halted'by their own fumbling. In view of these conditions, it is very weak ftfr our Kentland opponents to tell that they lost the game because of tbe official’s decisions. It is poor sportsmanship and in the minds of most people will not be taken seriously. It is certain that it can not be offered as a reasonable cause for an 11 to 0 defeat. >»