Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 232, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 September 1916 — ALL IN READINESS FOR BIG GAME [ARTICLE]

ALL IN READINESS FOR BIG GAME

Preparations Going On For Great Football Contest Here Sunday— Teams Working Hard Now. i Valparaiso Vidette. All is progressing nicely in the. preparations for the great football game next Sunday at Rensselaer, between the Indiana champions, Pine Village, and the Apollo club team of Valparaiso. Manager Helvie now has his team picked and the members are working hard to get in trim for the contest. Only once in the last twelve years has the Pine Village team been scored upon, and that was in a game at Attica between Renssel.'jr and the Villagers. “Neither” said Attorney Frank Clifford today, “has our team been scored upon.” Pine Village has the football fever right, and the local boys will bump into a real bunch of football men at Rensseaer. Several old college stars will be in the lineup of the Pine Villagers. Last year “Jim” Thorpe was a member of this team, but it is understood that he will not play with them this year. Manager Helvie has molded into shape a great team to start the season, and the boya are going after Pine Village in groat style and show them that northwest Indiana is the home of some real football players.