Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 149, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 January 1904 — RENSSELAER WINS AGAIN. [ARTICLE]

RENSSELAER WINS AGAIN.

Our Basket Ball Team Trounces Monon 25 to 7. The Monon High School girls were badly beaten here Saturday night at the armory, in an exciting game of basket bad. the final store being 25 to 7. The Rensselaer girls demonstrated that they have the making of one of the best teams in this part of the state. A large crowd witnessed the game, including the entire squad of high school rooters who made things merry with their yells and songs. The game was called about 8:30 and from then on until time was up, it could be plainly seen that our girls out-classed their opponents in every particular. When it came to catching the ball, throwing it in the basket, tumbling on the floor, bumping into the audience, arguing with the umpire, and squealing, “which by the way was a great feature of the contest,” our girls had the better of it every time so they simply could not help but win. Miss Josie Porter was easily the star on the home team; she was always at the right spot when needed and it was her skillful and accurate tossing of the ball at critical times that earned for the Rensselaer girls the majority of their points. The other members es the team however gave her excellent support and each is deserving of considerable praise. The Monon team although defeated was a plucky little bunch and if they keep a stiff upper lip they may yet gei

There were two other features during the evening besides the contest itself which furnished the crowd with considerable amusement. First, the lights went out twice and left the room in total darkness; then the flickering flame of a match here and there would light up a portion of the room and reveal the anxious upturned faces of the players, waiting patiently for the turning on of the glimmer A young dude clad in a long rain coat who acted as umpire for the Monon side was the other amusing attraction. He c'aimtd to be a special reporter for the Indianapolis News and to know more ab >ut basket ball than any other fellow in the state. Wed the way he strutted np and down the hall in that long coat, was too much for the bunch of high school boys seated on the north side of the room who began to yell out “take off that coat,” but he didn’t mind worth a cent so a delegation of students went over and tried to persuade him to do so and would have probably succeeded in taking it off whether or no had it not been for the arrival of several professors on the scene, who giving the high tchool boys a wink turned to the young fellow and told him if he were really cold it would be all right to wear the garment during the remainder of the game.