Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 305, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 December 1920 — TO BANQUET FOOTBALL TEAM [ARTICLE]

TO BANQUET FOOTBALL TEAM

MEMBERS OF WINNING ELEVEN TO BE FETED THURSDAY EVENING, NEXT WEEK The citizens of Rensselaer and community, desirous of showing their appreciation of the efforts of the members of the Rensselaer independent football team, which closed the season in a blaze of glory with a victory over the strong Morocco eleven, will banquet the team and those connected with it at the Barnes restaurant Thursday evening, December 30. The banquet will be a strictly stag affair, with covers laid for one hundred and twenty. Approximately forty plates will be reserved for the members of the team, the management, the speakers of the evening and those frho are promoting the movement or the placing of a strong team in the’ 4 'field in 1921, which will leave about eighty plates to be distributed among the fans. Tickets for these plates were placed on sale at ten o’clock this Wednesday morning, with the first come, first served, rule prevailing, at the following business houses: College Inn restaurant, Wright Brothers’, the B. F. Fendig drug store and the Lee Myers pool room. The charge will be two dollars per plate, which sum will provide for the forty plates on which no charge will be made. Fansdesirous of attending the banquet should get their tickets early as it is expected that they will be disposed of quickly. Those in charge of the banquet regret that more .fans cannot be accomodated, but quarters prevent a greater attendance. “Paddy” Driscoll, of Chicago, who handled the locals during the final week of the season preparing them for the Morocco game, has be On extended an invitation and will probably be present. Aside from doing homage to the team members, the. banquet will serve serve as a medium for the introducing of the plans by the promoters for the coming season. The embryo designs call for the launching of the game on a far greater scale than was true even in the season just closed, which means, that the city is to become a prominent factor in the football world. Stronger teams will be placed on the 1921 chart and fans are promised some very high class attractions next seaSn. It is also the intention of ose who have the 1921 season in view to employ a well-known football star two days of each week to coach the team. Players will be under contract and compelled to attend practice sessions or suffer a financial penalty. These are only tentative plans, however, and are subject to change, but it is felt that they will, for the most part, be adopted at the banquet table. A manager and team captain win also be elected the evening of the banquet in order that early arrangements may be made for next season. *C The banquet will be served at eight-thirty o’clock and those attending are asked to gather at the Van Rensselaer elub rooms before that hour or be at the banquet hail at the appointed hour. Following the banquet, a smoker WHI be held at the club rooms to which all are invited. . , The following will be the toast program: „ Address of welcome. .. .B. F. Fendig Toastmaster . . .E. P. Honan “***..•' H “His Home Town—- • ® a o o e • e •••••■•'* • “Looking Backward”. • Moses Leopold “Looking Forward”C. A. Roes MENU Roast Beef Tenderloin and Sage Dressing Mashed Potatoes and Brown Gravy Noodles and Baked Bteans Olives Pickles Celery Slaw Parker House Rolls Bread Butter Jelly Cheese Pie Coffee