Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 55, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 March 1914 — ROSSVILLE TO PLAY OUR H. S. SATURDAY [ARTICLE]

ROSSVILLE TO PLAY OUR H. S. SATURDAY

Team With a “Rep” Coming to Town—Last Home Game—Team Goes to Bloomington Next. Rossville is coming. Rensselaer is making preparations for the big boys with a “rep” for basketball and every lover of that sport will want to witness the contest at the high school gumnasium Saturday evening. The price has been advanced to 25 cents for every one. The net proceeds will be .used in helping to send the Rensselaer team to the state tourney at Bloomington next week Rossville has lost only two games this year and the following record includes most of ther games. Delphi, however, lost two games to Rossville, the score being 53 £o 0 at Rossville and about 27 to 16 at Delphi. Coach Kirk realizes that his guards are'to have a hard task and he is giving them hard work in the* art of defense, also training them for endurance and for aggressive play. It will be a game that will be filled with thrills and as it is to be the last of the season and comes only a few days before the state meet an idea can be formed of Rensselaer’s chance in the big tourney by the result of this game. The following is,Rossville’s record: Rossville 13, Michigantown 5; Rossville 42, Burlington 37; Rossville 104, Michigantown 9; Rossville 46, Colfax 43; Rossville 53, Monitor 10: Rossville 50, Frankfort 9; Rossville 45, Frankfort 17; Rossville 99, Weidner Inst. 6; Rossville 65, Sheridan 6; Rossville 38, Colfax 19; Rossville 53, Delphi 0; Rossville 51, Monitor 7; Rossville 25, Monticello 10. The game Saturday night will be played in the high school gumnasium at 8 p. m. The famous “Midget team” will play a preliminary. Tickets are now on sale for what will probably be the biggest event in the basketball history of Rensselaer. Previous to this time the local high school has never qualified to play a team with the record that the Rossville team has back of them.