Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 282, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 November 1920 — MICHIGAN CITY MANGLED, 48-0 [ARTICLE]

MICHIGAN CITY MANGLED, 48-0

LOCALS CLOSED SEASON WITH AN EASY VICTORY OVER UPSTATE TEAM.

The Michigan City American Legion football team, touted as being among the cream of upstate elevens, was deluged under a shower of touchdowns before a Thanksgiving day gathering at Riverside park Thursday afternoon, the Parkers accumulating 48 points during the frolic while the visitors failed to register. The first touchdown came after a minute and a half of play and thereafter the Red and Black indulged in burlesque in order to amuse the crowd. The visitors looked as if they were playing hookey from a morgue, and their battered condition made them an object of pity with the fans. Although greatly outweighing the locals, they were in no condition for a bruising battle and at no time were they able to stem the well launched attack against them. But to their credit it must be said they never once quit trying and gave all their condition would permit . Rensselaer kicked to Michigan City at the start of the game and the visitors ran the ball back to the thirty-yard mark where they were held for downs and forced to punt On the very first play Collins shot a long forward pass to Phillips who eluded the secondary defense and ran to the visitors’ five-yard mark where he was pulled down by the safety. Babcock line bucked his way to the two-yard mark and Collins added another yard on the following play. Moore smashed through center on the next play for a touchdown and Capt Nowfes booted the goal. From that time on Rensselaer line tore the Michigan City forward wall to bits while the backfield took turns in skirting the ends and smashing the line for long gains. At the end of the initial period Rensselaer was .leading 21 to 0, the result of long runs by Parks, Babcock, Phillips and Nowels. The second period was a repetition of the first and at the end of the half the Parkers were so fagged out from their sprints that the coach made several changes, shifting his lineup until it was beyond recognition. The half closed with Rensselaer leading 41 to 0. Kirk worked at quarterback during the latter part of the game and opened up an assortment of trick plays that the team followers did not know the team possessed. The game rang down the. curtain on Rensselaer football activities for the present year. The season was a great success both financially and in the matter of games won, the record being six games won, one lost and one tied.