Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 March 1914 — Quintette Working Hard For Saturday Game With Rossville. [ARTICLE]

Quintette Working Hard For Saturday Game With Rossville.

Rensselaer high school is making big preparation for the basketball game with Rossville Saturday night. Coach Kirk realizes that his five are up'against a stiff proposition and he is driving them to the hardest kind of work and there can be no doubt that it will be the most energetically contested gam,e ever played between two high school teams in this city For the first time sinCfe the team began practice dieting is being advised and candy and other sweets are tabooed. Kirk expects that every man will be in shape for the hardest kind of a drive and that there will scarcely be a breathing spell from the time the whistle bloWs until the half is finished. Rensselaer is in good condition for this contest and are not at all frightened by the reputation which the lads from Ross Hufford’s town are bringing with them. They will put all they have in them and if they lose it will be only after the visitors have demonstrated superior condition and a better knowledge of the game.