Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 301, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 December 1920 — AND RENSSELAER GOT ALL THE BREAKS [ARTICLE]

AND RENSSELAER GOT ALL THE BREAKS

The following account of the Morocco-Rensselaer football game is taken from the Morocco Courier. The Courier editor attributes the defeat of the home pets to the fact that > “ALL of the breaks went to Rensselaer," which statment borbers on the ridiculous, as anyone who saw the game knows that not a single break went Rensselaer’s way. In fact Rensselaer was compelled to battle against discouraging odds throughout the game, and if it had not been for the element of luck that was continually coming to the aid of the home team, Rensselaer would have won by a more comfortable margin. The Courier editor also states that Morocco was beaten, not by a superior team, but superior play, which statment is rather confusing. How can a team be superior to its opponent if it does not play a superior brand of ball? But then every losing team must have some kind of an alibi, so perhaps Morocco is entitled to her’s. Editor Miller has taken a keen delight during the past month in announcing to his readers just how much money Rensselaer fans dropped on the Kentland-Rensselaer game ' and the Kentland-Morocco game, but, fails to- announce how much the Morocco-Rensselaer game cost the Morocco supporters. His squawk follows: The Morocco football team, which had weathered the season of 1920 without a defeat, met bheir Waterloo last Sunday when the Rensselaet eleven came here and carried off the honors of the day 6 to 3. The game was one of the best ever seen in this section. Both teams had put in a week of hard work preparing for the scrimmage, and when the signal came for the* kick-off at 2:30 Sunday afternoon two perfectly drilled • teams faced each other on Lucas field. So letter perfect were bobh teams that the backers of each were confident of victory and a large sum was wagered on the result. During the first and second quarters neither side scored. Three times JJorocco forged their way across Rensselaer’s ten yard line and tried for a field goal, but each time the effort failed. In the third quarter the locals again crossed their opponents’ ten yard line. Ringer, who was playing end, was called back for a field kick and the first score of the day was registered when the ball sailed squarely between the goal posts. Rensselaer became desperate. Once again they saw defeat staring them in the face and when they had rejuvenated their team with the best players they had, they started a drive down the field that the tired and worn-out Morocco boys could not stop and near the end of the third period a clever fake line punch and end run play netted them a touchdown. . The breaks had been against Morocco all through the game and when the visitors topped the. score, it took the pep out of all. Once again the locals obtained the ball in the fourth quarter and slowly pushed toward Rensselaer’s goal. When only three yards from the coveted line Rensselaer took time out, put in .new and fresh players and held Morocco for downs. Rensselaer obtained the ball and punted to the center of the field* Again Morocco started for the goal and were slowly but surely driving for a touchdown when the whistle announced the end of the game. The game was one of the best ever played here or in Rensselaer, and this fact is admitted by all except a few disgruntled chronic kickers. Morocco admits defeat, fairly and squarely, not by a superior team, but by superior playing with the breaks against the home squad.