Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 89, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 February 1912 — Collegeville Items. [ARTICLE]

Collegeville Items.

Last Sunday brought us the following visitors: Mr. and Mrs. Michael DermOdy, Hamtmond; T. F. Maloney, Tefft; Mr. and Mrs. T. R Murphy, Mr. and Mirs. F. J. Annen Chicago; Miss Catherine Weber, Celina, Ohio; J. Hummer, Mishawaka; Rev. J. Walsh, Seeleyville; Rev. P. Thienes, Sullivan. The St. Joseph’s basket ball team has now an open record. Their second defeat of the season was wiped out last Friday night when the Monticello H. S. saved itself at the collegian s hands from scoreless honors by the slim margin of two baskets ip Past minute of play in their return game in the college gymnasium.

Two games of basket ball are surely too strenuous an exertion for any team. Yet Monticello SH. S. essayed the attempt to their utter sorrow when they tackled the St. Joseph’s quintette after having conquered the Rensselaer H. S. Apparently the visitors were not in a class with the collegians though a month before they had defeated them }, and M no stage of the game did they appear to be the same team that had gained that welldeserved' victory. But the college lAda had improved wonderfully both in floor work and In basket shooting, and had the advantage of their own floor. On the other hand the spacious floor and the double-header greatly handicapped the visitors. At that both teams missed one of their stars; Beckman being out of the game on account of torn ligaments in his right foot, and Schladelman for the visitors because of his wrenched knee. The high school lads showed a game spirit to the finish of the game. The locale scored right off the reel, and played the first half with their usual energy, for they had the good basket and must get a safe margin so as not to lose out in the second period. The second half, with the poor basket, continued in- the same fashion; and then it was the grim determination to keep the visitors scoreless that made the game entertaining. But Jacks saved the Monticello boys, from a shutout by two pretty, long shots from the center of the floor during the last few minutes of play. Deery, McArdle and Reichert did the scoring for t'he home boys, dividing the points among themselves 8 and 9 and 10, respectively. Moran and Winter at guard worked to well that during the forty minutes of play the visitors only once worked the ball to their own basket only to throw the ball out of bounds. The St. Joseph’s quintette wk play Hebron team, Lafayette, Sunday; St. Cyrir’s College at Chicago, Wednesday, • and Crown Point H. S. in the college gymnasium Saturday afternoon.