Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 228, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 September 1916 — Pine Village Will Play Valparaiso October First. [ARTICLE]

Pine Village Will Play Valparaiso October First.

A letter from Claire Rhoades, manager of the Pine Village football eleven, states that he has decided on October Ist as the date to play the Valparaiso eleven in this city. The Pine Village eleven will open their season next Sunday when they play the Kirklin team at Pine Village. Jim Thorpe, so the letter states, will be with the Villagers immediately after the baseball season closes, but it is not known whether the Indian will be here on that date or not, as the American Association, the league in which he plays baseball will not close for a week or two yet. Many other topnotch pigskinners will he in the lineup, however, and Rensselaer fans will have a chance of seeing a team that will take them back to the olden days. Providing that the crowd is large enough, Rhoades states that some more games will be scheduled for this city and then Rensselaer will sure have the opportunity of seeing Thorpe. The game will be well advertised in all the neighboring towns and should prove a great drawing card.