Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 December 1899 — THEY REMAIN UNDEFEATED. [ARTICLE]

THEY REMAIN UNDEFEATED.

Our Invincible High School Boys Easily Beat the Lafajette TeamOne of the finest exhibitions of scientific football seen here this year was the game Thursday forenoon between the Rensselaer high school team and the Baltimores of Lafayette. Our boys kept up their record of invariable victory, and they beat the Baltimor’s by a score of 18 toD; but they had to put up a mighty good game to do it. The Lafayette lads, though disappointed at their defeat, were enthusiastic over the treatment extended to them by the players and the people of Rensselaer, “Never treated so well in our livesj” as they expressed it. The Lafayette Journal, under the headings, “Met a Tough Pro; position; Tackled a Te§m that has not been Beaten” has an extended account of the game, from which we extract the following: Rensselaer is a football town. It has two elevens. Both are crackerjacks. One is made up of pupils in the high school, and the other is composed of members of Rensselaer Athletic Association. The high school eleven has not been beaten this year. Only one team has scored against it, and that was an accident The Baltimore football eleven of this city matched skill and strength with the-Rensselaer high school eleven yesterday morning at 10 o’clock. Five hnndred people turned out to encourage the locals.

In the first half the Lafayette players were able to hold their opponents down to one touchdown which was made by- Sayler, Rensselaer’s fullback. Mr. Sayler added one to the score by kicking goal. In the second half the Baltimores line was’ badly broken Four of the players were disabled by the heavy players on the other side, and it was impossible for them to evade the defeat that was indicated in the first half. Before the second half closed Mr. Sayler had made two more touchdowns, and had kicked as many goals scoring 18 points for his side. The Baltimores had to be content with a goose egg. Although the Baltimores were defeated, they were credited by the people of Rensselaer with playing one of the best games that has been seen there this season. They were treated in a very cordial manner by their opponents and by the people of Rensselaer, and have no complaint to make on the account of their defeat. In the afternoon at 3 o’clock one thousand people gathered tp see the Rensselaer Athlectic Association eleven defeat an eleven representing one of the big Chicago dry goods stores. The Chioago team was beaten by a score of 18 to 5.