Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 300, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 December 1916 — St. Joe to Open Basket Season Wednesday Eve. [ARTICLE]

St. Joe to Open Basket Season Wednesday Eve.

On Wednesday evening, Dec. 20, at 8 o’clock, St. Joseph’s college will open the basketball season of 1916-17. The Y. M. P. C. team of Lafayette has been booked for the opening game 'the same as last yea.. The Lafayette boys were a strong aggregation last season, and there is every j reason to believe that they are in ! good, if not better, condition how. Otto Ricks, whom many will rememi ber as a one-time St. Joe center, will be with the Y. M. P. C.,, while Lause , and Tremel of 4ast year’s varsity,, and O'Brien, formerly of the well-known C. C. team of Piqua, Ohio, will appear with the St. Joe squad. The visitors are coming ready to put up a stiff fight for victory, but the local boys are prepared tp uphold their part of the game. For some time past they have been undergoing hard ‘training under Coach Me vers, of Rensselaer, and are now in excellent condition. All indications point to a snappy and interesting game.