Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 March 1917 — Basketball Game Proved To Be a Farce. [ARTICLE]

Basketball Game Proved To Be a Farce.

The basketball game at the high school gymnasium last everting proved to be a farce from start tp finish and at no stage of the game were the visitors given a chance of winning. It was one of those extremely rare games in which the losers failed to ■make a single point. The final score was 34 to 0 in favor of Rensselaer. The battle for baskets proved to be a joke right from the go, Rensselaer netting the ball for 20 points 'before the visitors had gotten their bearings. At no time did the locals extend themselves and made baskets about as they pleased, and once they had a commanding lead they took things easy. The ball was hooped from all points of the court by the red and black tossers.