Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 253, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 October 1919 — SUCKERS FELL IN HARD BOUT; LOCALS TOOK THIRD STRAIGHT [ARTICLE]

SUCKERS FELL IN HARD BOUT; LOCALS TOOK THIRD STRAIGHT

Watseka high school lived up to her past football reputation Saturday at Riverside park when she forced the locals to display all of their football wares to win by the narrow margin of one touchdown, a sgries of line smashes being responsible for the only score of the afternoon. The goal was missed and the final count was six to nothing. . It was the third straight victory in as many starts for the home team, which has scored a total of ninetytwo points in the three games, as against nothing for their opponents. It was a splendid struggle and the spectators pronounced it one of the best exhibitions of the great fall pastime that has been played here in many seasons. There were no long runs of the sensational variety, but there was plenty of brilliant defensive work by both teams and the tackling was hard and sure. Forward passes netted but little ground to either team, and when this style of play failed Coach Hadley instructed his men to batter the Watseka line, and the result was that the Red and Black had just strength enough to force their way across the goal line, Tilton being the back to carry the oval into the winning territory. , „ , The work of Tilton, Wright, Halleck, Phompson and Platt stood out for Rerfeselaer.