Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 253, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 October 1915 — ST. JOE BEATS HOLY CROSS 26-0 [ARTICLE]

ST. JOE BEATS HOLY CROSS 26-0

Coach Parker’s Team Playe<f Good Game and Held Chicago Visitors , At All Stages. Sunday afternoon was get-away day for Coach Parker’s new St. Joe team and they responded brilliantly by downing the Holy Cross college team of Chicago 26 to 0. A big crowd of Rensselaer people attended the game and the St. Joe management wishes to thank them for the patronage. This is the first time that St. Joe has ever gone into football on a regular basis and it is to be hoped that in a year or so they may develop to a point where they may be able to meet many of the strong college teams of the state. Football at this institution now is only in the preliminary stages and if the interest shown at Sunday’s game continues it is certain that St. Joe will enter into football just as ardently as they have baseball and basketball in the past. Coach Parker has welded together a great machine in the short time he has been coaching them and they showed a versatile attack considering the fact that five of the members of the team had never played football before. The St. Joe backs are sure ground gainers, and will make it hard for all opposing teams in the future to stop them. The only criticism we have to offer is the defense work of the collegians, which has not reached the highesLpoint of efficiency yet. Silverstein was forced out of the game after the visitors had punted for the first time at the opening of the game, when he returned it. Smith, however, who took his place, ran the team in a very creditable manner. The game was not as one-sided as the score might indicate and it was only after a great deal of gruelling work that the ’ball was forced over the Holy Cross goal line. The first quarter ended without either side having scored and it was only toward the finish of the second quarter that St. Joe was able to score. After receiving a punt on their own ten yard line the Chicago aggregation attempted to scrimmage instead of booting the ball out of danger and as a result lost it on downs and McLoughlin went over after a few line bucks for the -first score of the game. Bruin kicked goal, making the score 7 to 0, where it remained until the close of the half. iSt. Joe scored twice more in the third quarter and again in the last quarter. The visitors were a plucky bunch and while they did not have the teamwork and organization that St. Joe had, they showed flashes of brilliancy which won the plaudits of the crowd. In the third quarter, after receiving the kickoff, the Chicagoans ran the ball far into St. Joe territory and two well executed forward passes put the ball behind the St. Joe goal line, tying up the score. An illegal formation, however, had been used and the touchdown did not count. Next Sunday the Chicago Excelsiors will play at the college grounds. By request, we will again present the famous musical comedy “The Wizard of Oz,” a five reel extravaganza. Watch for the date.—Rex Theatre.