Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 118, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 May 1912 — HIGH SCHOOL PLAYS FT. WAYNE AT LAFAYETTE. [ARTICLE]

HIGH SCHOOL PLAYS FT. WAYNE AT LAFAYETTE.

Great High School Tournament Begins Friday; State Field Meet to Be Held Saturday. The local high school baseball club is scheduled to meet Ft Wayne at Stuart Field, Purdue, tomorrow. There are twenty-four teams entered from over the state and the twelve games will played Friday. The winning club will be proclaimed state champions. trophy will be a silver cup and each member is to receive a gold medal. The big tournament will begin at 9 o’clock tomorrow and will be the first time in history that the high school baseball championship has been settled.

The local team is composed of Hammond, Padgitt, Moore, Robinson, Mil:#r Putts, Price, Babcock, Norman Wilcox and Homiltop. Rensselaer will also be represented in the field' day events Saturday’ by Fred Putts and Fred Hamilton, who are entered in the half-mile and the mile .respectively. In practicing Putts has covered the half-mile in less than state record time, so he has hopes of placing for the finals. The visiting athletes from over the state will be guests of the fraternities and clubs of Purdue. Wm. J. Bryan, who is to make a speech in Lafayette Saturday night, has signified his intention of getting there early enough to witness the athletic congests. No doubt his presence will add much interest to the contest.