Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 March 1914 — HAD A GOOD TIME [ARTICLE]

HAD A GOOD TIME

Rensselaer High School Quintette Enjoyed Hospitality of Frat At Bloomington. Principal Sharp and his basketball squad arrived home from Bloomington Sunday, all well pleased although they had met defeat and elimination in the first game played at the state tournament. The squad was cared for at the Sigma A 1 jr ha Epsilon fraternity house and tire hospitality was excellent and did not cost the young men a cent. Rensselaer believes that it should have won its first game, but Groom’s injury took .the “pep” out of the entire team and when he was removed from tiie game all lost heart. Brookville proved to be a strong team, however, and indulging in a little “dope”- the boys figure that they were a lot better than teams that, stayed in for two or three games. Brookville played a losing game to Clinton, 20 to 12, but Clinton gave Wingate, the title the hardest game they had, the score being 17 to 13. Rossviile, which had lost to Rensselaer a week before, defeated Culver and Thorntown, which had been considered contenders for the state championship. The boys were able to see most of the important games and witnessed the final contest between Wingate and Lebanon, in which Wingate again won the title of state champions, the score being 36 to 8. Stonebreaker, the powerful center for the Wingate team, Was the star of the meet and his playing was a big feature in the victories which his . team won. John Wingate, a prominent citizen of 'Wingate, went to Bloomington to witness the games. He personally financed the Wingate team. The town is a small one and there is no basketball hall but the team went to New Richmond, a distance of 6 miles, twice each week for practice, Under those conditions it made their victory aven more wonderful, for teams from the largest cities, where all manner of gymnasium apparatus is available, fell before the strong young men from the country, all of which goes to show that you can’t hold the country back in anything.