Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 November 1916 — RENSSELAER IS VICTOR AGAIN [ARTICLE]

RENSSELAER IS VICTOR AGAIN

Beat Watseka Saturday—Other Interesting Football Notes. In a fast and furious game at Riverside park Saturday afternoon, the Rensselaer high school, football team added another victory to their credit by defeating the Watseka high school team- 46 to 6. The first score of the game was made by the visitors with a touchdown early in the game, but they failed in their effort to kick goal, and throughout the remainder of the«game never < had a chance to acjd to their score. Before the end of the first quarter Rensselaer had tied the score, and with successful line rushes and end runs increased their lead to where the visitors had ho chance to overtake them. The Rensselaer team is now hard at work preparing for the game with the Sheridan high school at Lafayette on November 25. This will pejhaps be one of their hardest games of the season, but the boys are all confident of the outcome.

Outclassing their opponents in every department And outplaying them at -every stage of the game, the Pine Village eleven defeated the Wabash A. A. at Lafayette Sunday, 7 to 0. After two straight defeats, the villagers got together and with one or two weak spots strengthened, ran through, over and around the upstate aggregation, but after a touchdown and the resultant \?oal near the end of the first quarter, could not again score, although the ball was several times in the shadow of the Wabash goal. The Clabby A. A. football eleven defeated the Ann Arbor, Michigan, eleven at Hammond Sunday afternoon by a score of 30 to 0. The Hammond team scored four touchdowns, three kicks from touchdowns an< Finn booted a drop kick from the thirty-five yard line, making the total score 30. There was a large crowd in attendance and, although the visitors' put up a plucky fight, they were completely outclassed. On next Sunday the Clabbys will meet the strong team from 'Davenport. lowa. The Davenport ejeven has not dropped a game for two years, and will come to Hammond on a special train accompanied by a large crowd of fans.