Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 280, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 November 1914 — RENSSELAER AGAIN HOLIDAY VICTORS [ARTICLE]

RENSSELAER AGAIN HOLIDAY VICTORS

Thanksgiving Game Before Large Crowd With Bowen of Chicago Losers by Score of 21 to 0. The Rensselaer high school football team of 1914 finished a successful season Thanksgiving by defeating the Bowen high school heavyweights of Chicago 21 to 0. Capt. “Bill” Eigelsbach again proved the individual star but was very ably assisted by other members of the team.. Swaim, Price and Lakin broke up play play before the Bowen team could get started. Babcock at fullback played a splendid game. Hopkins not only opened up holes for line plunges but made several good gains on tackle plays. “Abe” Moore and “Booster” Eigelsbach both played well at half back, while English proved a forward pass fiend. He picked no less than seven passes out of -the air and made substantial gains. Loy is playing a great game at center and passes the ball well. Curnick, Crooks, Gant, Phillips and Rhoades were only in the game a little while, but th6y showed good fighting spirit and all will be of value on the 1915 team.

iSoderstrom, captain of the Bowen high school eleven, played a good game, but it was a chunky little fellow named Sugrue who made most of the gains for the visitors. Eight of the R. H. 8. men have played their last game of high school football. It is probable that several will attend college and some of them are sure to make a mark in college athletics. Those who will graduate with this year’s class are Captain Eigelsbadh, Babcock, Swaim, Hopkins, English, Simons, Price and Gant.

The game, play by play, was as follows: “Bill” won the toss and chose to defend the west goal. Soderstrom kicked to Rhoades-on our 20-yard line. Rhoades made 3 yards and Jim one and “Abe” lost two and Bill punted to Tillman, who was downed on his own 15 yard line. Tillman made one yard and Rensselaer was penalized 10 yards. Soderstrom lost a yard and Dooley failed to gain. Soderstrom gained only one yard and on the ball went to Rensselaer on downs. Bill lost 3 yards on an attempted long end rffn. Jim made 3 and Booster made 8. The ball was lost on downs on the next play. Soderstrom made one yard and after three fatal attempts at .forward passes it was our ball again. Bill made 5 yards and Booster made 2. Loy recovered a fumble and English made - first down; Jim made 5 and Bill skirted left end for 6 and our first touchdown. Booster missed a difficult goal. Bill kicked off to Tillman, who returned to Bowen’s 32 yard line. Soderstrom lost a yard. Price was breaking through the line on almost every play. English recovered a fumble. Jim lost 5 yards and Bjll failed to gain, but a forward pass Bill to English netted 18 yards. Booster made 2 and another pass Bill to Swaim was incomplete, On

a line shift Bill made 5 yards. A pass was incomplete and the ball went to Bowen. On the next play Rensselaer was penalized 15 yards for holding. Hyder made 4 yards, Dooley and Soderstrom failed to gain and on the next play Swaim tackled Soderstrom for tf’four yard loss and it was our ball. Bill and Abe made short gains as the quarter ended with the score 6 to 0. The ball was in our possession on Bowen’s 18 yard line and after Jim made 5 yards Abe tried a drop kick but a strong wind carried it astray. The ball was put in scrimmage on the 20 yard line. Sodorstom failed to gain and Sugrue

made 5 yards and Tillman made '4. It was our ball when Soderstrom was tackled for a loss of seven yards. Booster,' Jim; and Bill made a first down and a pass to English made 5. Abe made 3 and the ball was passed to Hopkins, to give him a chance to make a touchdown, but Bowen held. Bill also failed to gain when a confusion of signals occurred and Bowen got the ball on its own 7 yard line. Soderstrom punted out of bounds on the 2 yard line. Bill then went over

for the second touchdown. The angle was so bad that a punt-out was attempted but the ball was not caught. p / , ' There was some spirited playing the rest of the first half, Bowen really doing its best work. Landon made a 15 yard gain from the kick off and Sugrue made two or three gains and Tillman a run of 25 yards. Soderstrom made 6 yards and Sugrue tried to go around left end and was tackled for a 5 yard loss as the half ended. Bill kicked ci? at the beginning

of the secona half to Tillman, who returned 20 yards. Dooley made a short gain but Tillman and Soderstrom could not advance and the ball went to Rensselaer. A forward pass was incomplete and Bill failed at an attempt at a drop kick. The ball was put in play at the 2Oyard line and some short gains made by Tillman and Dooley and Rensselaer was penalized for an offside play. Tillman, Sugrue and Dooley made a first down and Carpenter made 20 yards. Rensselaer was again penalized, this time for 15 yards. Bowen was making some fine'gains but the ball was lost on a fumble and English recovered it. A gain of 4 yards on two line plunges Was made by Jim and Bill was tackled for a loss of 7 yards. Bill punted to Soderstrom, who was tackled in hrs tracks in midfield by Price. A fumble occurred and Hopkins recovered• it. Bowen gabbed a forward pass. Dooley and Soderstrom made 10 yards. Tillman failed to advance and Hopkins went through the line and tackled Soderstrom tor an 8-yard loss. After an incomplete pass Soderstrom punted out of bounds. Hopkins failed to gain, Booster made 6 yards. The third quarter ended with an incomplete forward pass.

It was Bowen’s ball on downs. Tillman and Sugrue made short gains and two forward passes failed and the ball went to R. H. 8. Abe made 6 yards. Phillips had replaced Booster at half. He made a short gain. A pass to English was incomplete and Bill made 15 yards and Phillips made 3. Bowen was penalized 15 yards for holding. Bill then made a pretty 35-yard run and planted the ball between the goal posts, making his third touchdown. Abe failed to kick goal. Bill kicked off to Sugrue, who fumbled and Phillips secured the ball. Another forward pass to English made ‘J yards. Simons made 10 with a batter-ram lunge through the line. Bowen made desperate effort's to get away with a forward pass in the hope of scoring but our watchful ends and backs broke them all up. On one of these attempts English tackled Soderstrom for a loss of 15 yards. Finally with the ball >n the 15 yard line English was called back for a drop kick and igent the ball between the goal posts for the last scon- of the game. still some lively playing and Bill intercepted one of Soderstrom’s forward passes and made 25 yards and Jimmie made one gain of 15 yards. The game ended with the ball in Rensselaer’s possession on Bowen’s 15-yard line. Score, R. H. S. 21; B. H. 8. 0.

Length of quarters 15 minutes; touchdowns, W. Eigelsbach 3; drop kick, English. Referee, Kirk; head linesman, Nowels; timekeeper, Titus. The lineup: Bowen Rensselaer Landon re Elglish, Curniek Carpenter rt Hop kina Hack rg Lakin, Crooks Blackwood c Loy, Gant Bums • M Schemeilen It Simona Landis le Bwaim Dooley, Soderstrom qb Eigelsbach Soderstrom rh Moore Tillman Hybor fb Babcock Sugrue ' ■ Ih Eigelsbach , Phillips, Rhoades ——————— • Christmas is only four weeks away. Do your shopping earlj while the selection is good. You can find Just What you want at oui store. ) ROWLES & PARKER.