Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1897 — Admits the Kicking, But Denies the Licking. [ARTICLE]

Admits the Kicking, But Denies the Licking.

Hard Hearted HealeyClaims that Rensselaer’s Rooters Wot Licked at Battle Ground. . * The following is the Brookston Reporter’s version of the mix-up among the rooters that occurred during the recent foot ball game, at Brookston: A SCRAP OCCURRED. Big Bill Bunn, who was acting as a policeman invited a Rensselaer spectator to stay behind the line, but he refused and very properly Mr. Bunn put him back. As he went down he grabbed at Guy Fisher, and on regaining his feet he struck at Guy. Very naturally that gentleman jumped in to protect himself and done so in such an admirable way that bis opponent was soon completely knocked out, several Rensselaer fellows then jumped on to Guy and then Battle Ground went after Rensselaer in force. John Fisher left his position in the game, and with Osie Owens, Minus Irwin, Kite Runs, Frank Beeker, Link Robinson and a few others of knocking fame, set in to clear up Rensselaer, and save for a few cool heads who averted the matter, would probably have done so. As it was one Rensselaer man was knocked into the tile

ditch, another was pasted in the jaw, neck and back, and a third, the gentleman whom the Rensselaer Republican gives the reputation of being a “good knocker” got pasted in the head so hard that his eyes turned over. If there was a Battle Ground backer got a thump, we failed to see it, and have so far failed to hear of it. True, Battle Ground was out kicked, but not out licked, by any means. The editor has a personal acquaintance with nearly every rooter who accompanied the team, and they are all nice fellows, but they made the mistake of thinking that they could get full and run things, and the speedy calling down they got will probably serve as an excellent lesson.