Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 January 1915 — LAFAYETTE DEFEATS RENSSELAER FIVE [ARTICLE]

LAFAYETTE DEFEATS RENSSELAER FIVE

Local Basketball Team at Short End of 25 to 21 Score Friday Night. The local high school basketball team suffered their third straight defeat Friday night at the hands of the West Side high school of Lafayette in a hard fought content, The Rensselaer five showed a remarkable reversal of form from that displayed earlier in the week when they were defeated by Delphi. Coach Parker has his charge? playing fast, snappy basketball, and their teamwork Friday night was a revelation to the fans. Lafayette was completely baffled by the Rensselaer style of play and had a hard time penetrating the Rensselaer defense. For the entire first half and most of the second half the local crew seemed to know where the Lafayette goat was pastured and at the end of the first period the Lafayette team was on the short end of a 15 to 11 score. English, Babcock and Hemphill put up a great game for the locals. The game was clean and hut few fouls were called. Rensselaer maintained their lead for some time in the second half, hut finally the count was knotted at 17 all. Lafayette then forged to the front by reason of a field goal. Rensselaer knotted the count and the game remained a tie for a few minutes. Lafayette went hack into the lead by scoring a foul and were never headed after ’hat. The Rensselaer. team seemed to be weakening and were unable to stand the 40 minute grind. Rhoades replaced Hemphill, and scored just before the final whistle blew. Coach Parker attributes the defeat to lack of condition and not inability to play the game. He is well pleased over their showing but thinks victory would have gone to Rensselaer if they had been in condition. Coach Parker is going to put his proteges on a strict training diet and try and instill a littel pep and ginger into them in an effort to secure some victories. The talent at hand should make up a winning combination, but the spirit seems- to he lacking, which is the fault of the players and not of the coach. Give Parker a little help and he’ll turn out a winner for us. Lineup: Lafayette, Moore, Walters, Wisnew, Fleetwood, Hurley and W. Moore; Rensselaer, Eigelsbach, English, Rhoades, Hemphill, C. Eigelsbach and Babcock. Referee Wakely. Williams, Purdue, umpire. Scorer,'Curnick. Summary, field baskets, Eigelsbach 4, English 4, Hemphill, Rhoades, Moore 7, Walters 3, Wifiner. Free throws, English t out of 4; Wisner 2, Moore 1.