Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 247, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 November 1917 — “Crush Rensselaer” Battle Cry Of Hammond Grid Warriors. [ARTICLE]

“Crush Rensselaer” Battle Cry Of Hammond Grid Warriors.

“Crush Renssleaer” is the battle cry of Coach W’allie Hess and his Hammond high school gridiron warriors who invade this city tomorrow afternoon to meet the representatives of the Red and Black. The former Indiana star has been driving his men harder during the past week than he has at any previous time this season and he is intent on routing the locals tomorrow and placing his club on a plane with the other leading teams of the state.- Rensselaer has always proved to be a thorn in the side of the upstates and they are determined to rout the jinx that is trailing them. . There was a tijhe when Hammond was scheduled by Rensselaer only as practice games, but those times havepassed and during the past few years the home of-Jimmy Clabby has been represented by a formidable crew of gridiron artists. , —Coach Meyers says the locals are ready and that he is extremely anxious to fake the Hammondites into camp on the morrow. A victory for Rensselaer will give them as good a claim as any of the other northern Indiana schools to the right to represent northern Indiana in the curtain raiser to the' Purdue-Indiana game this year. v