Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 February 1912 — COLLEGEVILLE. [ARTICLE]

COLLEGEVILLE.

Preparations for the organization of the Varsity base ball team are now. in progress. Every afternoon there are a number of twirlers unlimbering their muscles. Prospects look bright for .one of those old .time winning aggregations. A strong schedule, which will bring some of the best college material in this and neighboring states to Rensselaer, is also in the making. St. Joseph’s 13; St Cyril’s 21. To overcome a blizzard, live on a snail-paced train without a diner, win a basketball game from a well-house 1 team Is what the Varsity undertook last week when they journeyed to Chicago to Play the return game with Rt. Cyril’s College. The home team wen by the score of 21 to 13. But that does not tell how small the floor was, how fast the game proved to be, nor how hard the Varsity played to overcome the many stringent odds. Every sub on the team was in the The loss of Moran from the team with a badly torn ankle was worse than the loss of the game itself. The big guard cannot play again tbis season. St. Joseph’s 43; SL Stanislaus Sfcgs On Feb. 25, the husky five of St. Stanislaus College, Chicago, essayed to make their first appearance in Rensselaer on the college gymnasium floor. The visitors were far heavier than the locals, but on the big floor their weight did not help them against the speedy boys who always hold the ball in some odd corner of the hall. The victory was decisive as the score shows. But the home team paid dearly for this victory for Captain McArdle, the most consistent worker on the teajn, will be out of the game with a broken finger the rest of this season. There is but one more game to -toe played, that wttftthus strong ftt= dianapolis Independents, on the home floor next Saturday or Sunday afternoon. In spite of the loss of the two best players the subs will go into the game determined to keep the home record clear of defeats, which would be a new' record for a St. Joseph’s basket ball team.