Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 290, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 December 1920 — CHALLENGE HAS BEEN ACCEPTED [ARTICLE]

CHALLENGE HAS BEEN ACCEPTED

RENSSELAER TO MEET MOROCCO NEXT SUNDAY'—DRISCOLL TO HANDLE LOCALS o ■ There was intense excitement on the Rensselaer football rialto Sunday afternoon when Manager C. A. Ross and Hugh Kirk of the Rensselaer Independent football team returned from Morocco with the word that arrangements had been completed with the Morocco management for a post-season game at that place next Sunday to determine the football supremacy of the two towns. It is the game the fans have been waiting for for many weeks and it is expected the crowd will shatter all football attendance records in this section of Indiana when the teams take to the playing field, due to the bitter rivalry that exists between Rensselaer and Morocco. The actiqn taken yesterday follows the public challenge issued by the Morocco management about a week ago at which time they named Morocco, Kentland or Brook as the fighting ground. Manager Ross and Mr. Kirk decided to meet the foe in his own lair since Rensselaer owed the Newton county town a game, the latter having played here last year. Word had gone out that Rensselaer was afraid to meet the Mori>cco team, and it was for this reason that Manager Ross decided to go to Morocco to settle the issue. The contract drawn up between the team managers calls for all home players, and the certified lists are already in the safety vault. A violation of this agreement calls for a SI,OOO forfeit on the part of the offending team. The game will be played on the basis of sixty per cent to the winner and forty per cent the loser. Walter Eckersall, football authority of the west, at present a sporting writer on the Chicago Tribune, and for three years All-American quarterback, as a member of the Chicago University team, will refer-, ee the game, and his presence on the field will, almost be as great a drawing card as the game itself. “Pady” Driscoll arrived this Monday afternoon from his home in Chicago to take charge of the local squad for the remainder of the week, and it is expected that under his direction the team will be a one hundred per cent stronger one than any that has taken the field under the Rensselaer colors this year. Driscoll is one of the greatest players ever produced in the middle west and is recognized as the leading player in the Chicago semi-pro field this year. As a member of the Northwestern university team he was selected as an AllAmerican backfield man for two successive years. He has a head full of football brains and during the next six days should be able to develop the locals to such a degree that the chirps of the Morocco eleven will be forever stilled. Workouts will be held every afternoon at Riverside park between now and Sunday. •