Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 281, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 November 1914 — REAL CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL CONTEST [ARTICLE]

REAL CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL CONTEST

Rensselaer Athletics and Pine Village Team to Meet on Morocco Gridiron December 2nd. *. * 4. ' Some football game. A real old time contest with the gladiators of two football towns lined up face to face on neutral ground. of the Abilities, has completed arrangements for a game with the Pine Village team to be played at Morocco Wednesday of next week, Dec. 2nd. Peculiarly it falls on the anniversary of the game Rensselaer played with South Bend thirteen years ago on Dec.. 2nd. It became necessary to play this game on neutral ground because Pine Village refused point blank to come to Rensselaer. Morocco then offered to stage the game, taking out for advertising and playing 60-40. Pine Village defeated the Athletics at Attica 32 to 7 on Sunday, Nov. 22nd, but the Athletics were weak on that occasion, having only eleven men and several of the regulars being out of the line-up. They wanted Pine Village to come here, but several members of the team, one particularly, interposed objectfons, saying "that there was no chance of the c,ube deal here. The parleying was about to cease when Morocco hoye to the front with a scheme to handle the game. The date arranged in the midweek will give jnany a chance to attend who will not attend the Sunday games. ■«

The Pine .Village team is said to have several college players in the line-up and our husky Athletics will have to go it strong if they wfn. Pine Village don’t sound so big, but you ought to see the size of the- “ginks” that get inside football clothes over there. Manager K-iplinger has set tomorrow morning at 9:30 o’clock tor football practice and wants every' member of the team on hand v