Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 70, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 November 1916 — SHERIDAN BEATS RENSSELAER [ARTICLE]

SHERIDAN BEATS RENSSELAER

Locals Eliminated from State Championship Race Saturday. The Rensselaer high school football team went down in defeat at Lafayette Saturday morning before the Sheridan high school team, and at the same time all hopes of annexing the state championship vanished. The local team has shown up exceedingly well in every game this season and had high hopes of coming out at the head of the list, hut Sheridan’s heavyweights proved too much for them Saturday and put them out of the running. The last game of the season will be played here tomorrow afternoon with the Austin high school team, and the team hopes on this day to replenish the treasury, which has shown a dwindling tendency throughout the season.' Purdue and Indiana, ancient and bitter rivals on the gridiron, Saturday battled to a scoreless tie an Stuart field at Lafayette in the preence of over 8,000 spectators, the largest crowd that ever witnessed an athletic contest on the historic field of the Old Gold and Black. Although neither of the contenders crossed the goal line of the other, Purdue outplayed Indiana and lost two touchdowns by unfortunate breaks of the game.