Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 October 1908 — FOOTBALL SEASON OPENS SATURDAY [ARTICLE]

FOOTBALL SEASON OPENS SATURDAY

High School Eleven Will Meet Brookston at Riverside Athletic Park That Afternoon.

Rensselaer high school is again to play football, and it Is thought a very excellent team will be made out of the timber at hand. They have been having signal and scrimmage practice for the past two weeks under the direction of Harry Parker and Rev. Parrett and believe they are in very fair form for the opening contest, which will be held on Riverside field next Saturday afternoon, their rivals being the Brookston high school team. It will be recalled that Rensselaer played three games of basketball with Brookston la t year :>ndth t the athletic relations of the two teams was very pleasant Prof, Garlough of the Brookston schools, takes a great amount of interest in athletics and demands that all of the sports be clean, and in this respect he will find hearty co-workers in Prot Brad-

shaw and Ross Dean, who propose to keep the playing of the home team free from rowdyism. Rensselaer has stood for clean athletics for several years and they do not propose to depart from it The schedule of games for the sear son has not been completed, but arrangements have been made for games with Hammond and Crown Point, and other games will probably be played with Michigan City, Logansport, Frankfort and Weet Lafayette. There are plenty of high school teams this year and all of them want to come to Rensselaer. . The managers of the home team are hoping that the opening game Saturday will draw out a good crowd of rooters, as they feel the success of the team depends largely upon the support accorded it.