Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1908 — ONE WAS EASY, OTHER WAS HARD [ARTICLE]

ONE WAS EASY, OTHER WAS HARD

Girls Had a Picnic, Boys Had Hard Task In Defeating the Brookston 1 High School Team Friday Night. . g’ The Rensselaer high school basket ball teams won both the girt’s and boy’s games Friday night, the girls being victorious by the scorp of 37 to 1 and the boys by the score of 24 to 14. The Brookston girts were not used to the lively game, that Rensselaer puts up and they, were fairly played off their feet. ’ They ’struggled throughout the game without ever coming near to making a basket from the field, the single point to their credit having been a basket that Miss Erickson made from afoul. The score the first half was 18 to 1, and the second half 19 to 0. The teams were positioned as follows: Brookston position Rensselaer Erickson , f Coen Wright f Thomas Henderson u Hurd Klepinger c Pierce Morris g Jacks Smith g Bobinson Baskets from field, Coen 14, Thomas 4, from foul, Ooen 1, Erick ion 1. The ease with which the girls had been despatched made the boahs feet overconfident an l they were opt prepared for the lively pace set by the smaller but well'trained lais from Brookston. The visitors tool; the lead by three points aqd in a little while Rensselaer had tied them, then the visitors to fi ye points and again Rensselaer evened up the score. At the end of the half Rensselaer was two points behi ud, the score bbing 9to 7. In the second half the superior staying qualities of the home team began to tell and Wood worth and Meyers

worked many a quick trick play on their adversaries and Meyers got four baskets almost in a cluster. Once behind Brookston seemed to use interest and their playing was less spirited. The final score was, Rensselaer 24, to Brookston 14. It was generally conceded that Brookston played the best team work, but their disadvantage in height and their apparent lack of staying qualities was responsible for the defeat Rensselaer had improyed very materially since the game with Goodland, and the large crowd was very much pleased with the game. The positions follow: Brookston position Rensselaer Garlough c Woodworth .Ripley g Gowland Rhode g Huxford Mclntosh f Myers Ball f Laßue Ball was replaced by Holtzman and Huxford by Long near the end of the game. Baskets from field, Myers 6, Woodworth 1, Laßue 1, Mclntosh 3, Garlough 1, Ball 1, from foul, Woodworth 8, Garlough 3, McIntosh 1.