Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 275, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1916 — Says We Were Defeated By Crown Point. [ARTICLE]

Says We Were Defeated By Crown Point.

The sporting editor of the Hammond Times in answer to the question in The Republican as to whether or not the old Rensselaer city team was ever defeated, hastens to inform us that they were. The following is his answer in The Times: “Whatja mean, never defeated in the old days? The Crown Point Athletics defeated, Rensselaer in 1899 at Crown Point hi a whale of a game, for the writer captained the team that turned the trick.” This may all be true and perhaps we were not explicit enough. The team to which we referred and which brought so much glory to Rensselaer was not organised until 1900, hence it could not have been defeated in the year named by the Hammond However, it was our mistake in mentioning the team to which we referred.