Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 264, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1917 — FOOTBALL [ARTICLE]

FOOTBALL

Arrange ments have been practically made for the Hammond-Sheri-dan high school clash for the state scholastic title. Sheridan has clinched the honors in her section of the state and Hammond seems to have the claim in the northern part. If the game is played it will be on next Saturday at Hammond. The only black mark on the Sheridan record for the season was her defeat at the hands of Rensselaer by a score of 2 to 0. ■* —o — The Fort Wayne Friars have finally accepted the challenge of Parduhun’s Hammond team. The game will be played on December 2, at Hammond, on a 60-40 basis. —o — Hammond will be the mecca for football ft. ns on next Sunday. Parduhun is arranging to handle the greatest football crowd in the history of Hammond. The game against Pine Village is attracting attention all over the state. The special fr< m Lafayette to the scene of the conflict is expected to carry a train load or rooters from the Lafayette section. The reversal of form shown by the Village eleven last Sunday against a Camp Custer .team has boosted the stock of the Villagers and there will be plenty of greenbacks in evidence for the Hammondites to cover Sunday A great many Rensselaer fans are expected to be sprinkled through the audience, and they will be pulling for Hammond. No greater game could have been carded for this time of the year, for the enthusiasm of the fan is at its greatest height at the present time. Dick King, who has played mediocre football all year, suddenly came to life last Sunday and played a wonderful game and the former AA-American fullback from Harvard will be hard to stop Sunday. Bacon, Stonebreaker, Sheets, the Fenters and Milligan are all high class gridders. In Rriscoll, Blocker, Myers, and Halstrom, Hammond has a quartette of stars, who need to bow to no one. Yes, it looks like a great battle with the odds slightly in favor of Hammond. And don’t be surprised to see some of the stars of Ohio State and Illinois University, who have just closed their careers at these institutions in the line-up of the elevens.