Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 264, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 November 1919 — PINE VILLAGE NOT TO BE HERE; MAY BE MOROCCO. [ARTICLE]

PINE VILLAGE NOT TO BE HERE; MAY BE MOROCCO.

The committee in charge of the entertainment for the armistice day celebration to be held here November 11 announces that efforts to get the Pine Village football team for that day have met with failure and that an attempt will now be made to secure a team from Morocco to play a local team instead, which is very gratifying news to the local followers of the pastime. Representatives of Claire Rhodes’ team were here from the Village Friday and verbally accepted the offer of the local promoters, but on returning to Morocco they learned that a date had been made for their team to play in Dayton, 0., on that day in the meantime. It is understood that the Dayton management made an offer of SI,BOO, which was more than the local committee- barfed to spend on Such an attraction, and which is far more than the Villagers are worth as an attraction.' ' • Morocco should prove a far better attraction playing a local club than would be the case with two foreign teams playing. Morocco will use all home players and the local team will also be composed entirely of local talent, and the game should be a good one. The expense will be far less and a neat sum of money should be cleared which will go to aid in defraying the expenses of the day. Negotiations will start at once toward securing Morocco and the charges of Simon Thompson will get busy at once conditioning themselves for the fray. A trifle stronger lineup will be sent against Morocco than was the case at St. Joseph.