Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 266, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 November 1916 — RENSSELAER IN FIRST UPSET AT HAMMOND [ARTICLE]

RENSSELAER IN FIRST UPSET AT HAMMOND

Hammond High School Trounces Locals in Saturday Game by 13-0 Score—Watseka Next. , Renssealer high school received her first setback in football of the 1916 seasonal the hands of the Hammond high school team Saturday by a/Score of 13 to 0. The Lake county lads pushed over a score” in the second quarter and duplicated the feat again the third quarter. Thecontest was bitterly fought throughout. Hammond did not display any more football ability than the locals, but got the breaks at the right time. Several times the red and black were within scoring distance, when something would go wrong with their machine and their work went or naught. Prior to this game Rensselaer had not met with *!I single defeat.; The dope bucket for the northern school is in a tangle now and the team that will play at Purdue will be hard to decide. Rensselaer, however, stjll has the better record, on comparative scores and dope and probably will be given the honor. Rensselaer kicked off at the beginning of the game, defending the east goal. Hammond made downs, failed on a forward pass and kicked to the .thirty yard line. Rensselaer was forced to kick a few plays later. With the ball on the sixty yard line in the second quarter Hammond tore through the Rensselaer line for five and fen yard gains, i Hudson made a touchdown for the purple and white by going through left tackle for ten yards. Hickman kicked goal from a difficult angle. Hammond scored again the third quarter, with Schillo making the touchdown, after a steady march down the field by Hammond. Hickman missed the goal, leaving the score 13to 0 in favor of Hammond. Rensselaer was able to make steady gains through the Hammond line, but apparently lacked the punch when nearing the coveted goal line. Dunlap made the longest gain of vhe day for Rensselaer when he recovered a fumble and raced fifty yards down the field, only to be stopped by the Hammond safety man. Rensselaer was outweighed by Hammond. The crowd was the largest that has seen a high school football game in Hammond in years, six hundred people being along the sidelines. Daniels, of Kentland, acted as referree and Talbot of Hammond as umpire. Gofirley, of the locals, was injured during the third quarter, but the rest of the squad came through in fine shape, and will be in the lineup against Watseka here next Saturday. Halleck, Kight, Gourley and Beam showed the best for Rensselaer Saturday.