Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 59, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 March 1914 — STATE BASKETBALL TOURNEY AT BLOOMINGTON [ARTICLE]

STATE BASKETBALL TOURNEY AT BLOOMINGTON

Rensselaer Will Leave for State University Town Thursday at 11:43 —Play Brookville. The Rensselaer basketball team, accompanied by Principal Sfiarp ■and- Coach Kirk will leave for Bloomington Thursday at 11:43 o’clock to take part in the state tourney of basketball teams. Sev-enty-five high schools will compete for the championship. The teams have been matched to play the preliminary games and Rensselaer meets Brookville a city about the size of this place and said to have a good team. The game is scheduled for 2 o’clock Friday afternoon. Rossville plays its first game with LaCrosse. The defeated teams are eliminated. There are four basketball courts and games start in the mornings at 8 o’clock. The winning teams are matched to play other winning teams and when the final contest comes two teams will finish and it will be the seventh game each has played. This will be a hard grind. The injury to Captain Groom in last Saturday night’s game is almost certain to keep him out of the game and thus lessen Rensselaer’s chance of success. The team to go ■from here is composed of Groom, Eigelsbach, Healey, Babcock, Hanley, McCarthy, Swaim and Miller, The lebanon high school is .considered one of the formidable contenders.