Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 October 1908 — SAME OLD STORY; RENSSELAER WINS [ARTICLE]

SAME OLD STORY; RENSSELAER WINS

Start High School Football Season By Defeating Brookston High School 10 to 5.

Frank Maloy, of Lowell, once said, “You can’t beat Rensselaer playing football; they are taught the game there from the cradle to the grave.’’ That was just after Rensselaer had finlnshed trimming Lowell two years ago, when Lowell thought they had a really Invincible team. Well, Rensselaer dees know something about the game, and even when it comes to having almost all beginners they seem to recognize the necessity of keeping up the reputation of past years and ;etting Into the game with the kind of ginger that gets them the long end of the score. Thus, they started the 1908 season last Saturday by defeating the Brookston high school team that had been coached by a last year’s Wabash player. The teams were very evenly matched in the matter of size, but the Rensselaer boys played a considerably better game than the visitors, and the latter were never able to gain ground except by punting, and in this feature their sprightly little quarterback, Glenn Ripley, was very successful, sending the ball well down the field at least a half a dozen times when his team mates had failed to gain ground. The game was not as well played as Rensselaer rooters have been used to in times past, for the reason that almost all the team are entirely new and their period of training had been short On this account there was not much team work but the manner In which the individuals performed caused the coaches and managers to believe that a rattling good team is going to be had before the season is over. The hard work of this game came on

Hugh Kirk, who was the full back of the 1906 team, and on Leonard Elder and Ed Duvall, with all the others doing their very best with a willingness that don’t often get defeated. The final score should have been 16 to 0 instead of 10 to 0, for when time was called for the first half Rensselaer had the ball touching the goal line and that amounted to a touchdown and should have allowed a chance to kick goal, but the touchdown was not allowed by Prof. Sass, the visiting referee. In the second half Elder had procured the ball on a fumble and ran 15 yards for a touchdown. Kirk kicked a perfect goal, but that point was ruled out because Miller, the full back, had sauntered down to the goal poets to get a drink and was off side when the 1 kick was made. But the amount of the score was not so much a matter of consideration as preventing the visitors from scoring and faculty, players and high school rooters were very jubilant over the victory. The line-up of the teams was as follows: Brookston Rensselaer Nelson right end Clarke driest right tackle Elder Sanders right guard . Gundy Bartley center Fleam Brackney left guard Thompson Rogers left tackle Norman Woods left end Meyers Ripley, quarter back Roes, English Ollar right half Duvall, Porter Rhode full back Miller Gar lough left half Kirk Time of halves, 20-20. Officials, Parrett and Sans. Touchdowns Kirk and Elder.