Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 93, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1912 — Collegeville Items. [ARTICLE]

Collegeville Items.

Preparations for the organization of the varsity' base bair tesim are now in progress. Every afternoon the main floor of the gymnasium there are a number _of twlrlers un.Umbering their muscles. ■ Prospects look bright for one of those oldtime winning aggregations. A strong schedule, which will bring some of the best college material In this and neighboring states to Ronsselaer, is also in the making. St. Joseph’s 13; St. Cyril's 21. To overcome a blizzard, live on a snail-paced train without a dinner and win a basket ball game from a well-housed team Is what the varsity undertook last week where they journeyed to Chicago to pl-.y tho return game with St. Cyril's College. The home team won by the score of 21 to 13. But that does not tell how small the floor was, how fast the game proyid to he, nor how hard the varsity played to overcome the many stringent odds. Every sub on the team was in the game. The loss of Moran from the team with a badly torn -ankle was worse than the loss of the game itself. i( The big guard cannot again play this season. St. Joseph’s 43; St. Stanislaus 24. On Febr 25, the husky five of St. Stanislaus College, Chicago, es-’ sayed to make their first appearance in Rensselaer on the college gymnasium floor. The visitors were far heavier than the locale, but on the big floor their weight did not help them against the speed boys who always held the - ball in Borne odd corner of the hall. The victory was decisive as the score shows. But the home team paid dearly for this victory for Captain McArdle, the most consistent worker on the team, will be out of the game with a broken finger the rest of this season. There is but one more game to be played, that with- the strong Indianapolis Independents, on the home floor next Saturday or Sunday afternoon. In Spite of the loss of the two best players the subs will go into the game determined to keep the home record clear of defeats, which would be a rmw record for a St. Joseph’s basket ball team. ,