Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 255, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 November 1917 — FOOTBALL. [ARTICLE]

FOOTBALL.

Coach Meyers and his moleskinners from Rensselaer high school were tramped on Saturday, when they fell before the Logansport team in an interesting battle by a count of 12 to 6. The outcome of the battle was a surprise to the followers of the grid game. Advance dope favored Rensselaer greatly. It was simply another one of those upsets whicn happen so often on the chalk lined fields. Rensselaer did not possess the class Saturday that they had shown in former battles. Their play lacked dash and they went into the game with their heads down. The lone Rensselaer score came as a result of a forward pass, McColly to Babcock, the latter shaking himself free and skipping over the enemy’s goal line. .o — The wonderful toe of little Paddy Driscoll again won for Hammond Sunday at the H. A. A. park in Hammond. The former Northwestern star, aided by wonderful defensive work on the part of his mates, downed the Cornell-Hamburgs of Chicago 13 to 3. The game was one of the hardest fought of the entire season and the Chicagoans forced the leading Hoosier eleven to battle all of the way. “Rube” Johnson, the Cornell ace gave a wonderful* exhibition of kicking and frequently his punts were for 70 yards or more. Johnson booted a field goal in the first quarter and not until near the end of the second quarter was Hammond able to even the count. Driscoll during the afternoon scored two drop kicks and also scored a touchdown. One of the Driscoll drop kicks was made from the fifty-five yard mark: Blocker, as usual, put up a wonderful defensvie game. Hammond goes to Wabash next Sunday and on the following Sunday Pine Village will be at Hammond in to avenge their defeat handed them at Lafayette —o— Rensselaer and Kentland high schools will play a curtain raiser to the Pur due-Wabash game at Lafayette next Saturday. Kentland has been traveling at a merry clip this season and look to be about the cream of the northern high schools.