Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 283, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 November 1913 — GRIDIRON BATTLE THANKSGIVING DAT [ARTICLE]

GRIDIRON BATTLE THANKSGIVING DAT

Coach Parker Expects Stiff Contest and Selects Line-Up For ' Season’s Close. . The annual Thanksgiving contest will be waged at Riverside Field tomorrow, and Coach Parker expects a stiff game with Bowen high school, of Chicago. While in the city the first of the week Mr. Parker visited the Bowen school and saw the squad at practice and he is convinced that Captain Worth McCarthy and his men have a real team to beat. During the week the finishing touches have been put to the red and black defenders and they are in prime condition for contest. Sam Duvall, who was injured at practice before the schedule of games was begun and who has been out of the game except ff>r short intervals since that time, will be back in the game and will play right half back, which will put Hanley back at end. This is expected to strengthen the team considerably, as Duvall was showing great speed and a good head when his accident occurred. The game is set for 2:30 o’clock, which will let all have time to eat their dinners and rest up a little before going to the game. ,Unfortunately the weatherman is not at all rosy in his twenty-four hour forecast and his prophesy is for unsettled weather with local showers. The scholars have been busy “selling tickets, however, and the indications are for a record crowd, which is saying a good deal, for Rensselaer makes a big event of Thanksgiving football. The college had expected to play a game on that day, but have decided not to do so, and it is probable that there will be a great many college students at the game. _ Coach Parker has furnished the following line-up for the Rensselaer boys: HGnan, center; Babeoek, right guard; Swain, left guards Hopkins, fight tackle; Lakln, left tackle; Hanley, right end; Groom, left end; Will Eigelsbach, quarterback; Duvall, right half; McCarthy, (Capt.i left half; Miller, fullback; Wilcox, Phillips, Carl Eigelsbach and Moore, substitutes.