Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 December 1911 — Collegeville Items. [ARTICLE]

Collegeville Items.

Last Friday night the C. L. S. rendered their last pre-Christ-' mas program. The'debate. ■ Re-* solved: That the /French Revolution was justifiable, was the main feature. Albert. Kaiser up-; held the negative, and by his' excellent points persuaded the judges to decide in his favor. The affirmative was defended by Victor Studor. Last Saturday evening those who participated in the Thanks-j giving play were tendered a de-; lightful treat by Rev. I. Rapp, in appreciation for their willingness to practice and eagerness to produce a good play. In a, body they repaired to Rensselaer and witnessed “The Dean”: at the Ellis Theater. It was an; occasion which they wilt long; remember.

The following members have been selected as the members of the S. J. C. basket ball team for the present/season: Clifford Reed, Mgr.; Charles McArdle, Capt.;_- Edward Beckman, Harold Moran, Paul Deery, Alois Reichert, John Endres. These athletes constitute the best timber for a playing five, and judging from the gameness and spirit of fight shown thus far, the coll|B<| }9s|Sßq B 9ABq qi.w team of stars who will strive for team work rather than grandstand stunts, and who will bring to St. Joseph's a long string of victories before they journey to Delphi March 1 lor the conclusion of the season. Xot a little of the success will be owing to Mr. Myers who is doing excellent work in coaching the team. The first set-to was pulled off in the college gymnasium, Dec. 9, when the last year's twice victorious team from Goodland came oyer to repeat the scalping operation. Xot this trip. The locals went out to win; they had the spirit, and the spectators could not brook the idea of having the nifty, new, cardinal-pur-ple-army-olive-gray suits stained with defeat in the very first encounter.

The collegians were nervous at first, missing some shots that should have been counted as sure goals; but they soon came back; got the stride, and then there was no stopping them, except by the loud blowing of the whistle, till a score of 36 to 14 had been amassed. The game was singularly free from fouls, and, nearly all the points were made from field goals. Beckman and McArdle shot goals with clock-like regularity; Moran and Deery never failed to work the ball up to their shooting mates; whereas the low score of their opponents show how well Winter guarded the. enemy’s goal. Reichert and Endres, to take out

of them the initial nervousness were worked a short time in the second half, and showed that the subs can do as well as the regulars. The victory has greatly encouraged the players, and on Saturday they journey to Kankakee for a game with St. Viator College whicli will be one of their hardest games on schedule.