Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 October 1901 — Outshone the Stars. [ARTICLE]

Outshone the Stars.

Rensselaer Athletics Win From Lafayette by 11 to 0. The Lafayette Stars foot ball team who visited Rensselaer last Thursday were a rather dingy constellation and bore closer resemblance to an inferior grade of tallow candle than they did to an actual stellar aggregation. This condition was evidenced as soon as they were brought face to face with the Rensselaer Athletics, who have long ago won the reputation in the foot ball world of the 1 sun, moon and stars combined, with a few arc lights and a little flash powder thrown in to make good at cloudy stages of the game. The Lafayette Stftrs are a nice lot of fellows and Thursday may have been the time spoken of in Isaiah, “For the stars of heaven, and the constellation thereof, shall not give their light.” The weather was ideal and the --usual large crowd was out to see it done. Lafayette won the toss and took the ball. It was kicked off by Shehan, the Jupiter of the visitors, and landed in the widespreading arms of Captain Sayler. On the first line up Sayler hit the left tackle for a gain of 10 yards and the manner in which the stars were strewn along in his wake bore faint resemblance to the “milky way.” Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune, the back trio of the visitors, went soaring away in the distance and had they been performing in the presence of their admirers, the Greeks, it is reasonably certain, they would have lost the brilliant names, so long mythically attached to them. The remainder of the story is told in the same way. Rensselaer was never held for downs and Lafayette never made the required distance but once. Rensselaer had fumbled the ball within a half yard of (a touch down and Lafayette secured it. It was a desperate situation and Mulcahy, the visitor’s right half back pushed through for 9 yards. He had spent all his force in this one attempt, however, and after that like the Neptune of the heavens, it would have taken him about 168 years to turn around. Mention must be denied all those deserving it. It was an individual game on the part of Rensselaer. There were no signals, no interference, no team work. The man that got the ball simply hit hard in the right place and Referee Fondig motioned the linemen up for another Ist down, Sayler shown with customary lustre and accepted the ball seven times in succession after Parcels left the game, and made good gaines each time. The new star of the game was the quarter back, Van Grant. He is quick and slick and has plenty of ginger to make him stick. At one time after a punt by Sayler, he got down the line in advance of the ends, struck some momentarily luminous star and bore him to the ground like a shooting meteor. Woodworth who replaced Parcels at half back rewon the title “beefy,” and made gain after gain, once carrying the pig skin over fora touch down. Moon played only the last half and his importance may be ascertained by a naked-eye comparison of the real moon with the stars that dimly shine when it is on parade. The five high school boys who helped in the game, all played well: The ultimate score was Rensselaer 11 to Lafayette 0, but Rensselaer would have made it twice as much if she had so desired. The line-up follows: Lafayette Rensselaer Edwards.. 1 e Hardy Taylor .... It Whiting Giaybel... 1 gWishard

Fagin .*.... c Wright Jonesrg Chesnut, Harmon Armstrong r t ... Harmon, Moon Lenihan . • reHopkins Davisq bGrant Mulcahy .. r h Sayler Shehan ... f bMills Gilmore... 1 h .... Parcels, Wood worth Time of halves 25 and 20 minutes. Touch downs —Sayler and Woodworth. Goal —Sayler. Referee—Fendier.