Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1899 — Foot Ball Notes. [ARTICLE]

Foot Ball Notes.

The Rensselaer high school team and St. Joseph’s College team had a well contested game at the college campus, Saturday afternoon. Both sides put up a good plucky game. The college boys were considerably larger and heavier than the high school boys, but the latter were in better practice, and they won the game by a score of 12 to 0 in Rensselaer’s favor. Our high school team is considered by good judges, one of the best high school teams in this portion of the state. In fact they have already established such a reputation for good playing that it is hard for them to get a game with any team in their class. The game at the college was brought to an untimely end and its pleasure considerably marred by accidents to two of the college boys; and one ofjour boys also was temporarily disabled. None of the injuries were very serious, however, and all the victims are all right now, or soon will be. A mixed team'consisting of four members of the Rensselaer Athletics and 11 of the high school team went over to Brook Sunday, and played with the Brook town team. The Rensselaer team boys won the accustomed victory by a score of 17 to nothing. Geo. Collins, formerly of Rensselaer, is captain of the Brook team, and Aaron Wood, now the Brook dentist, was their center rush. The game here with Sheridan next Friday promises to be a corker. The Sheridan men have a reputaof being terrors • from Terrorville, and the terror of these terrors, has spread so far that last season it was difficult to find a team willing to play with them. As opposed to this record, our own team had a nearly unbroken course of victory last year, and so far this year has been wholly invincible. The meeting of these two unoonquered teams next Friday will be a battle of the giants, and no mistake.