Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 141, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 June 1920 — LOCAL BOY ELECTED TO LEAD EASTERN TEAM [ARTICLE]

LOCAL BOY ELECTED TO L EAD EASTERN TEAM

The following letter was Reived by The Republican today fro™ Grove City, Pa., telling of the election of Fred Putts, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Putts, of south of Rensselaer, to the captaincy of the Grove City college foot ball team for the coming season: Q9n _ Grove City Pa., June 10, 1920. At a meeting Wednesday evening in Memorial Hall of the letter men of the 1919 football squad Fred J. Putts, of Rensselaer, Indiana, was selected to captain the foot ball team for the coming year. This selection is meeting with the hearty approval of the coaches, Acuity, and students, as Putts is one of the most popular men in school, a natural born leader and has perhaps the best all round knowledge of the gridiron game of any man m tne squad. Putts is a versatile foot ball man as he plays most any posii tion on the team, in addition to I which he is without doubt the foremost drop-kicking expert ini the tnstate district. With Putts as a leader and the splendid material which is assured the Crimson will undoubtedly be represented by the । most powerful team ever to be placed upon the local gridiron. Prehm- ' inary training will begin about September 15th.