Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 December 1914 — Rensselaer Sports Lost Out at Morocco Wednesday. [ARTICLE]

Rensselaer Sports Lost Out at Morocco Wednesday.

Some eighteen or twenty loads of Rensselaer sports, including the Athletic football team and many of the high school students, went over to Morocco through the rain Wednesday to witness the “for blood” game between the Athletics and the Pine Village team. The latter team again won an easy victory by a scon of 12 to 0, and it is reported that a number of the Rensselaer sports are poorer in purse than when they went over to the game. Report has It that there was one side bet alone of SIOO. They had Capt. O’Brien of Purdue, up to referee the game and Rev. Titus, pastor of the Christian church of Rensselaer, was one of the time-keepers. The Athletics played this sam* team at Attica on Nov. 22, and were defeated by a score of 32 to 7. They desired revenge and wanted the Pine Villagers to play them here. This the latter refused to do, but offered to play them on a neutral field, and Morocco was finally agreed upon. Of course, there is no way of knowing just how much money changed hands over the game, but it is rumored that it w’as considerable.