Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 January 1913 — DELPHI WILL PLAY COMPANY M TONIGHT [ARTICLE]

DELPHI WILL PLAY COMPANY M TONIGHT

Carroll CdUnty Team That Aspires to Blate , Championship Will Meet Soldier Quintette. The Delphi basketball team will be here tonight for a game with the soldier five and a splendid game is expected. Delphi has had a fine independent team for several years and this year the slogan has been “Beat Monticello,” the team that was pronounced the state champions last year. So far Delphi and Monticello have not met but they expect to come together within the next month. The Delphi team is managed by J. J. O’Connor, who says his team is fast and plays with lots of ginger.

“We have been called rough,” said Manager O’Connor, "but we are not. We play the game for all there is in it and we play to win,’ but no man on the team is an unfair player. We hope to win from Rensselaer and believe we can do it, although we know that we have a big job on our hands.”

Rensselaer is scheduled to play a return game at Delphi on January 21st. Ed Duvall, who received an injury to one foot in the Goodland •game, is now confined,in bed at his home, with a severe cold that borders on pneumonia. Today he is somewhat better. He will be missed from the game tonight, as he has been playing a star game at guard? The team is fortunate, however, to have three other good guards. The Delphi team claims to be especially strong in the guard positions and to be able to hold all competitive teams to low scores. Rensselaer’s forwards have been shooting baskets with such cleverness that the visiting guards will have a great workout tonight.