Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 269, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 November 1920 — CURTAIN DROPS ON H. S. FOOTBALL THURSDAY [ARTICLE]
CURTAIN DROPS ON H. S. FOOTBALL THURSDAY
The 1920 football curtain will be rung down on Renselaer high school with the staging of the Armistice Day game between Kirklin ana Rensselaer at Riverside pyk tomorrow afternoon as a part of the day’s celebration. The downstaters are reckoned as being among the real class of Indiana high school football circles and Rensselaer will face a foe that will tax every ounce of strength they possess. Kirklin has suffered but one setback this season ,and that came at the hands of the Sheridan eleven last Saturday by a 7 to 0 score. Sheridan is laying a strong claim to the state title and'have much to support their claim. The ngrrow
margin by which they won over Kirklin shows the true class of the aggregation that is to pit its strength against the Red and Black Thursday. ' . Coach Leighly has driven his men hard all week and will have therti in the pink when they step onto the chalk-lined field. Despite their unexpected at the hands of the- Emerson team, the men arg not disheartened and assert that they will close the season with a victory. The defeat at the hands of the Steel City crew removed them as championship contenders, but they are going Into the Kirklin game with their heads up and try to surpass the Sheridan score and thereby show that the Emerson game was a fluke. Get your tickets, please. Get tickets, please.
