Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 February 1917 — West Side Five Wins With Ease [ARTICLE]

West Side Five Wins With Ease

Lineup and Summary West Side (64). Rensselaer(ls) Forwards Seaman . Babcock Sammons Collins Center Morehouse Tilton Guards Holwerda. ~- Guild Kirkpatrick .. McLean Substitutions —'West Side—Fouts for Seaman; Yost for Holwerda, and Schilling for Fouts. Rensselaer — Claik for Babcock. Field goals— Seamon, 4; Sammons, 13; Morehouse, 8; Holwerda, 1; Fouts, 2; Schilling, 1; Babcock, 2; Collins, 1; Tilton 2, and Guild, 1. Foul goals—Holwerda 2, out of 5; Sammons, 4 out of 5; Tilton lout of 7, and Guild 2 out of 5. Score at first half, 38-12. Final score, 64-15. Times of halves, 20-20. Referee, Thurber. The West Side swamped Rensselaer five last night by the one-sided score cf 64-15. The West Bide boys early took the lead, which they retained throughout the contest. Rens 7 selaer started the scoring when Collins dropped one through from the center of the floor. Morehouse soon followed with two ringers in quick succession Both teams were evenly matched during the first few minutes, the West Side leading by only two points. About the middle of this period Sammons, the speedy West Side forward, got away for four field goals in sucession. Tilton tipped one in from under the basket, the half ending 38-12. At the beginning of the second half Morehouse took Seaman's place at forward and Fouts went into Morehouse’s position. Fouts made two goals at the start of this half and also played the floor well. Schilling was substituted for Fouts, while Yost was injected for Holwen da. Sammons played a stellar game for the West Side lads, getting thirteen ringers from the field and four free throws. Morehouse also played a fast game, getting eight goals from the field. Kilpatrick’s guarding was a feature of the fray, as most of the goals made by the visitors were from the center of the floor. Tilton was the individual star of the visitors, getting two field goals and one foul goal.— LaFayette Journal.