Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 January 1918 — Locals Off Form, So Lowell Walks Under Wire A Winner. [ARTICLE]

Locals Off Form, So Lowell Walks Under Wire A Winner.

Two games in one week proved to be one game too many for the local high school basketball team, and they fell before Lowell at the high school gym last night in a slow, listless, uninteresting game. Rensselaer displayed none of the dash and whirlwind attack that has .characterized her previous games. Their play was tame and they went into the game with their heads down. Their basket shooting was poor and only four times during the entire evening were the local marksmen able to propel the ball into the net. Three goals from the foul line accounted for the remainder of the Rensselaer points. The game ended with Lowell leading 13 to 11. Half time found Rensselaer trailing 10 to 3. It was not the superior play of the visitors that gave them the victory. Lowell’s play was ragged and their was an absence of team work on their part, which was very noticeable.