Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 293, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 December 1919 — TROUNCING ADMINISTERED LOCALS FRIDAY NIGHT [ARTICLE]

TROUNCING ADMINISTERED LOCALS FRIDAY NIGHT

The Rensselaer high school basket ball team went to Valparaiso Friday for their opening game of the season and received a terrible "trpuncing, the fihal score reading 48 to 10 in favor of Valparaiso. The onesided defeat of the locals was not entirely unexpected, as they have had but little practice and were in no shape for such a stiff opponent so early in the season. The local basket ball card for this season is perhaps the stiffest schedule that any Rensselaer team has ever been called upon to face, and last night’s humiliating defeat should so rankle the local players that a repetition of it will not again occur. It would seem that the local management made a grave error in scheduling such a strong team as Valparaiso for the opening game, especially on a foreign floor. Valparaiso is expected to cut quite a swath in Indiana basket ball circles this -winter, and will be a strong contender for the district championship in March. Larsh and Grooks worked at the forward positions for Rensselaer last night, Gollins was 4s at center and Lambert and Tilton patrolled the Rensselaer basket.