Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 249, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1917 — FOOTBALL. [ARTICLE]

FOOTBALL.

Although outplaying the Hammond high school team at every angle of Saturday’s matinee, Rensselaer high school suffered her second defeat of the season and thereby relinquished all claims she had to the state championship, prior to the battle. Mental lapses and costly fumbles at critical moments were the primary reasons for the defeat of Coach Meyers’ men. The final score was fourteen to six in favor of the upstate aggregation. Both teams battled hard and it was a merry seance from whistle to whistle. Hammond resorted to an aerial attack, upon finding that the line of the locals could not be punctured, and her gains through that style of play were steady and consistent. Time and again a well directed forward pass would light in the outstretched hands of an invader and before he could be brought to earth, Rensselaer had been driven back several yards. Capt. Gourley played like a dmeon. His breaking up of the Hammond plays was a revelation, his tackling was deadly and he was a power on the offense. Warren, allstate tackle in 1916, opposed Gourley and was made to look like a selling plater by the Rensselaer captain. Pullins, at left half back for Rensselar, was the most consistent ground gainer of the afternoon and went over for the only touchdown of the day for Rensselaer.

Claire Rhode and his squad of high salaried stars were humbled bfeore the Hammond Clabbys at League Park, Lafayette, before 4,000 fans by a score of 13 to 0. Rhode, with all his money and high priced football talent, was unable to fathom the attack of the Hammondites. Pattie Driscoll proved to be too much for the Villagers. All the former Northwestern star did was to boot two beautiful drop kicks through the uprights, score a touchdown, and kick a goal. Pattie was a whirlwind and his exhibition was one of the greatest ever witnessed in This section of the state. Pattie was as cool as the proverbial cucumber throughout the pastime and when placed in a difficult situation the little star was always equal to the occasion. He outpunted the Village kicker on every ’occasion. Frank Blocker, former Purdue center/ captain of the Clabbys, was in every play and time and again stopped the attack of the Villagers. Driscoll scored for Hammond by the air route toward the close of the second quarter. He repeated the performance in the third quarter and also scored a touchdown after Hammbnd had blocked an attempted punt. Dick -King, the vaunted Harvard star, did not finish the game for Pine Village, and as a whole his work during the time he was in the game was a disappointment and he suffered severely irr comparison with Driscoll;