Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 October 1908 — Monon Forfeited Football Game. [ARTICLE]

Monon Forfeited Football Game.

The game of football at Monon Saturday ended in a very unsatisfactory manner, the Morion boys withdrawing shortly after the second half had begun and refusing to continue to play. All of the Rensselaer players and officials, including Profs. Bradshaw and Dean and Rev. Parrett, who refereed the contest, tell the same story. It is to the effect that Monon scored a touch down near the end of the first half, but that in doing so Fhy Clark*. one of the Rensselaer ends, had been tripped as he about to tackle the M,onon player that had the ball. The touch down was, however allowed. Rensselaer had not scored at that time and the half clos:d with the score, Monon 5; Rearsselaer 0. In the second half j Rensselaer played more of Itß older men and In less th a five minutes Elder had scored a touch down, i in: doing so he ran close to the edge of the grounds, which, were not marked off, making it impossible for a referee to say just where the side lines were. Both the officials were of the opinion that be had kept within bounds and both so ru’ed (Some spectators insisted that Elder had’ run. out of bounds and influenced the Monon players hu withdraw from the Held, j The referee then decided that the game went, to RpnsteUer by forfeit, by the score of l to 0. i So unsportsmanlike was the conduct of the Moao Players that they will not be offered a return game, and will probably toot meet Renssriaer hi *th'letics for some time to comp.