Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 November 1901 — We Plead Not Guilty. [ARTICLE]

We Plead Not Guilty.

Kninmn Item in Wheatfield Telephone. Last Saturday the Kniman foot ball team went to Rensselaer and were defeated by the Athletics thirty-four to nothing. Their treatment by the Rensselaer team was all that could be asked, and our defeat was not unexpected, as nearly all of our players are new to the game, while the Athletics are the unoonquered amateur champions of Northern Indiana. Our boys were asked to give them a practice game, and the invitation was accepted in the same spirit in which it was given. We are not sore over the defeat, but we do take exception to our treatment by the press of Rensselaer. All things considered, we object to the ridicule heaped upon us by certain aleoky editors, who can see no virtue in anything that belongs in the north end of the county. It is the same in politics and everything else with which the north end is connected, our favors and support are repaid with ridicule and insult. And the news-monger asks our support for his sheet, and takes every opportunity to insult those whom he should treat as neighbors. Squire Troxell on Tuesday fined George Townsend, of Fair Oaks, $1 and costs, (15.30 in all, for provoke upon S. M. Lamoine. The fine was remitted, but the costs he had to pay.