Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 218, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 September 1918 — RENSSELAER MET DEFEAT AT MOROCCO SATURDAY [ARTICLE]

RENSSELAER MET DEFEAT AT MOROCCO SATURDAY

Last Saturday the Rensselaer high school football team journeyed to Morocco, where they met defeat by the Morocco high school team. In spite of the fact that our team was practically all new, except three old men, they worked hard and good until the final whistle blew. In the last quarter we scored our touchdown through the aerial route. Pbegley caught a forward pass from our fullback, L. Collins, and running five yards placed the pigskin over the line, and our snappy Captain Babcock kicked goal. The final score was 27 to 5. Randle worked hard at tackle and promises to be a good man. He booted the pigskin behind the goal on the kick-off.. Paul Collins is a promising man, while his big brother Lee is a veteran at line plunges and tackles, besides having a fine punting leg. Harold Harmon, at quarter, play' a heady game, while Captain Babcock kept up his fighting spirit throughout the game. All the other mtn worked hard and with more experience promise us a good team. Hendricks, a new man, showed up good at guard and landed several good tackles. Morocco pulled line plunges and off-tackle plays. Rensselaer has a return game with Morocco in three weeks, and the boys promise us they will show them a real snappy game of football. The Red and Black have games with Kentland, Logansport, Sheridan, Hammond, Watseka and several other that are being arranged. As Rensselaer is an old football town it is hoped that the fans will all be out and give good support for the first game at home. The line-up in Saturday’s game was as folows: Merica, center; G. Collins, L. G.; Randle, L. T.; Phegley, L. E.; Hendricks, R. G.; Gorham, R. T.; P. Collins, R. E-J Harmon, Q. B.; Babcock, L. H.; L. Collins, F. B.; E. Harris, R. H. Substitutes—Halleck for G. Collins, Weiss for Halleck, Zea for Mefica.