Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 280, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1916 — GRIDIRON GOSSIP. [ARTICLE]

GRIDIRON GOSSIP.

Austin high school football team of Chicago will be the opponents of the local high school team here on Thanksgiving day. Austin is one of the four teams left in the running for the high school championship of Chicago and if they win on next Saturday they will be one of two teams left." Austin has appeared on several previous occasions, generally on Thanksgiving, and each time they gave a good account of themselves here, and the fact that them have proven themselves one of the best teams in the Windy City this year means that the red and black will not have any romp on Turkey Day. A win for the locals w’ill stamp them as good as anything that Chicago can produce in the high school line. It is too bad that Morocco or Gary could not be induced to meet Rensselaer here in the final of the season, as the game would have been sure to attract attention for miles around and would also help materially in untangling the knot that has been occasioned by the upsets of some of the leading contenders for the titular honors. The Pine Village team will meet the Pitcairn eleven of Pittsburg on next Sunday at Indianapolis. Pittcaim is regarded as one of the crack eastern eleven but Manager Rhoades will have on hand a team that should be able to stop the assault of the invaders. Pine Village has not had a very successful season from a victory standpoint, but they have met all the crack elevens of the country and at the end of the season should be rated as good as any of them. The Fort Wayne Friars and the Cincinnati Celts are the only teams that have not received setbacks. The Elyria, Ohio, team will be at Hammond next Sunday to collide with the Clabbys. Many Rensselaer people have signified their intentions of attending the Sheridan-Rensselaer game at Lafayette next Saturday morning and the Purduenlndiana game in the afternoon. On dope this year the Bloomington team should win, but Purdue generally prepares for this game more than any other and no matter how poor a season they have, they generally take the downstaters into camp.