Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 287, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 December 1914 — Not a Cent Bet on Football Game With Pine Village. [ARTICLE]

Not a Cent Bet on Football Game With Pine Village.

The Democrat stated that it was repoi ted that Rensselaer sports lost heavily on the football game with Pin p Village at Morocco Tuesday, that there was a side bet of sl% and a lot of wagers besides. The Republican is reliably informed that the backers of the team did not bet a cent on the contest. It was purely a contest between athletes and was free from any gambling. It is probable that there was here and there a dollar waged by some of the followers of the team, but »so far as the managers and backers were concerned there was not a cent bet.

This statement is made in justice to tiie men who are backing the football team, for they are not in it h r »«#.<eolation, but timply because the} I'kr. the giine and wanted to ■nrrajgi.* a number of contests with tli best teams ol the state. It is an eniirely fao’e chaige Hat the team was backed w ui any wage or that Rensselaer sports lost heavily on the gam a