Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1919 — OXFORD BEAT BROOK 34 TO 18 [ARTICLE]

OXFORD BEAT BROOK 34 TO 18

BROOK WANTS CREDIT FOR ADMITTING THAT OXFORD WON. Rensselaer papers are asked to copy the following from the Brook Reporter and this we gladly do. There can, however, be no argument. Brook admits that Oxford took them to a trimming, and when they have finished with Rensselaer, they will have to repeat the humiliating admission. The following is the article from the George Ade City trumpet, which had the Hearst American heading, RENSSELAER PAPERS PLEASE COPY: Brook chartered a train on Tuesday evening and 175 of the fans accompanied the team to Oxford, where they were trimmed by a score of 34 to 18, and for the benefit of our Rensselaer friends we will give the comments of the “unsportsmanlike,” “uncivilized,” “pumpkin buskers,” when beaten by a real ball team.

Prof. Hogg, team trainer: “The dancing floor made ’the going hard for the boys, but the main thing was that they were clearly out-played.” John Lyons, Jr.: “No kick on Oxford. They treated us fine. Gave us a good beating.” John B. Foresman, Jr. d'Tough luck, but ou£ 'boys didn’t have any license to beat them.” Postmaster McMillen: “It was a good game, but they outclassed us. I think the way they played, they could have beaten us on our own floor, but not so bad.” L. C. Lyons: “They out-played us. That’s all.” Fred Snyder: “Nothing to it, except they were too many for us." Members of the team: “The best team won. They out-played us. They were too much for us. It was their game, but we’d like to try it again.” _—_ —’ We would rather back a losing team with that spirit, than a bunch of champions who cried when they were whipped. And so the story goes. And to think of all this from a bunch of fans whom a writer in the Rensselaer Republican characterizes as “uncivilized, unsportsmanlike, pumpkin huskers.”