Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1916 — RENSSELAER AGAIN VICTORIOUS [ARTICLE]

RENSSELAER AGAIN VICTORIOUS

High School Team Closed Season by Defeating Austin of Chicago. The Rensselaer high school football team closed the season Thursday by defeating the Austin high school team of Chicago most decisively, the score being 19 to 0. The Rensselaer boys had everything their own way thrnughoutClbe entire game, and at no time allowed the visitors even a chance to score. The teams were quite evenly matched in weight, but the locals played all around the Austins and had them outclassed at every stage of the game. The famous Pine Village team came back again Thursday by walloping Cincinnati Celts—the first team to beat the villagers in thirteen years—by a score of 23 to 3 The game was played at Washington park, Indianapolis, and was witnessed by several thousand people. The Celts made the first score when a village player fumbled the ball and it was recovered by a Celt who made a perfect field goal for their only count.