Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 270, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1917 — FOOTBALL [ARTICLE]

FOOTBALL

In a rough and tumble affair Pine Village defeated the Wabash A. A., in the final of a three game series by a score of 20 to 6, yesterday. Hammond defeated the CornellHamburgs, of Chicago, in a bitter game Thanksgiving day by a score of 15 to 0. All the play was in Cornell’s territory with the exception of the last five minutes, when brilliant forward passing by Johnson put Hammond’s goal line in dan ger. N. Barrett, formerly of Cornell University, starred for Hammond and electrified the crowd by his line bucking. Driscoll started the scoring for Hammond with a drop kick. Barrett made the touchdowns for Hammond. O ■ "O “Too bad,” says the Hammond Times in commenting on the proposed Pine Village-Hommand game at Rensselaer, “that the game cannot be played, for Rensselaer would be an ideal place to decide the western championship. The lateness of the season will make the game impossible and the teams will have to decide their fuss some other time.”

o—o . i Ohio State, conference champions closed their season with a victory over the Camp Sherman eleven by a count of 28 to 0. O 0 The Army eleven from Sheridan retreated before the onslaught of the Navy at Stagg field Thursday. The “Jackies” took the contest by a score of 27 to 0. A9O yard run by Erickson featured. o~~•o Georgia Tech won the southern championship yesterday by routing Auburn 68 to 7. The k Alabama plainsmen, who a week ago held Ohio State to a draw, were no match for the Georgians who scored almost at will. The record of the Georgia school this season is a great one and the team apparently has as much claim to the national title as either, Ohio State, Pittsburg or Pen. o—o For the first time in the history of the school, Rensselaer was defeated on Thanksgiving day. True, the locals have been held to a tie on one or two occasions, but within our recollection never before, had they ever met with a reverse. South Bend, carrying a much greater amount of avordupois than Rensselaer was able to muster, shattered tradition and counted 16 points while the Red and Black failed to score. The touchdown, a goal kick and a field boot counted

the scores oi the Benders. However, at no stage of the game did i the contest develop into a lop-sided I affair and the large Thanksgiving day crowd thoroughly enjoyed the fracas. The Red and Black showed to good advantage and never once gave up hope. The aerial attack* of Coach Meyers’ men was brilliant at times and in this manner they gained much ground but when a touchdown seemed 'pertain the Benders rallied their strength and forced their opponents to kick. The season of 1917 has been the most disastrous in the history of the school. Four defeats, two victories and two drawn battles mark the season’s efforts of the locals.

0 ' o The Kentland high school football eleven defeated the Morroco team at Morroco Thursday 7 to ,3 in the presence of 1,300 people in a contest advertised to , decide the state high school football championshop of Indiana The game was a battle royal from the start and the fans were vere enthusiastic and thrilled by the twenty*-two youths clad in mokeskins tussing on the gridiron. Both teams played unusually good football. Several men of authority on football suggested that if more high schools in the state could boast of teams such as represented Kentland and Morroco Indiana universities would not have to go begging for football material