Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1907 — FIRST REGIMENT HELD TO TIE [ARTICLE]

FIRST REGIMENT HELD TO TIE

Neither Side Scored at Foot Ball in Saturday’s Game Which Was a Friendly Contest. Probably no more friendly contest of football ever occurred in Rensselaer than that between the First Regiment team of Chicago and Company M, of this city at Riverside Athletic Park last kSatnrday. The rivalry was intense and the game contested to the best ability ot all players bnt it was mfnns the wrangling that frequently goes when the teams are so even- — ly matched. Madsen, the regular quarter back of the visitors, who was slightly disabled weak ankle, refereed and Fros. Gray umpired and their decisions were accepted without protest. At one time, after the visitors had failed to make a drop kick ami Brenner of Rensselaer and Greene of the visitors both went after the ball and both went down on it, there wap considerable controversy from outsiders, Dnt Referee Madsen promptly called it Rensselaer’s ball. It was one of the cleanest teams that ever came to Rensselaer, each one of the players having the conduct of a gentleman, and it is well known that the entire First Regiment of Chicago is composed of jnst this kind of material. The visitors considerably outweighed the home team and exhibited somewhat better training and physicial condition and they frequently used the tackles to carry the ball in short end runs, which Company M. had a hard time to break np, bnt at critical stages the locals tightened np and recovered the ball by in the -second half the first vegt* — ment punted on a third down and Collins cabght the ball and turned the punt, sending it well to "the end of the field. Jnst before the end of the first half, Rice Poiter, left half back, was knocked out bnt continued toplay alter a shoi t interval but he was dazed thrnoat the intermission between halves. He reentered the game in the second half bnt did not recover entire consciousness until the second half was half played Morgan sustained a similar jolt near the end of the second half and was replaced by Elder, and O’Connor took Elder’s place in the line. Both Porter and Morgan were all right in the evening and able to be down town. The line-up: Rens. First Reg. Murray r e Greenebaum Hopkins, Capt. r t Wallace Cbesnut r g Nelson Grant c Sass Elder, O'Conuor 1 g Dixon Michaels It Wirittey Woodworth 1 e Wengieski Brenne’ 1 q b' Kingsman Morgan, Elder rlit Clennin, Capt. Collins f b Parks | Porter r h b Hensell ) Length of halves 20, 20. Referee, I Madsen, Umpire, Gray, time i keeperrf-the two Bill Smiths, linesi man, Cox, Poster. Attendance 400.