Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 January 1920 — 50-50 SPLIT IN NET CLASHES [ARTICLE]

50-50 SPLIT IN NET CLASHES

KIRKS GET BAD DRUBBING AS HIGH SCHOOL BUMPS MONON. Rensselaer was host to two basket ball, games Friday evening and the result was an even break for the city, the Independents taking a terrible lacing at the armory from the Goodland outfit, 50 to 22, and the high school team knocking Monon off in a fast bout 29 to 20. The high school game was a fast affair and the teams were well mated, while the exhibition at the armory was featured by roughness. Goodland’s victory was unquestioned and they showed their superiority over the local five in every department of the game, and were far better conditioned for a gruelling affair than was Rensselaer. They presented a far stronger quintette than the one that faced Rensselaer at Goodland Monday night. They shot baskets with uncanny accuracy and beat a constant tatoo on the Rensselaer basket. In Beadle and French the visitors presented two hefty guards that smothered the Rensselaer forwards and made their lives miserable. Gravel, the Goodland center, shot basket after basket from every angle” and in Logan and Heck he had two able running mates. The first period closed with Goodland in the lead 34 to 8, but Rensselaer came back in the final period and held the visitors on almost even terms. Captain Kirk starred for Rensselaer and got away for several baskets early in the first half, but was too closely guarded thereafter to score.

The Monon-Rensselaer game at the high school gymnasium was a clean, fast exhibition and most interesting throughout. Rensselaer’s lead was never a commanding one, and Monon threatened at all times to forge to the front. The entire Rensselaer five played basket ball as it should be played, but the work of Larsh stood out in bold relief. His scoring total was high and he dropped the ball through the net time and again from difficult angles. Captain Collins played his usual high class game, while the Rensselaer guards presented a stiff defence.