Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1908 — HIGH SCHOOL TEAM TIES WITH HAMMOND [ARTICLE]

HIGH SCHOOL TEAM TIES WITH HAMMOND

Rensselaer Lads Make Great Showing Against Their Heavy Opponents in Saturday’s Game.

The grit displayed by the Rensselaer high' school boys at Hammond last Saturday was applauded by the Hammond spectators. They were greatly outweighed by the Lake county team, but played such a spunky game that they held the terrors of the north end down to a tie score of 6 to 6. j The difference in the size of the players was very noticeable when they came on the field In Harrison park, Hammond, and the rooters were all predicting an easy game for Hammond, and even the Rensselaer boys, who always have a lot of confidence in themselves, thought the outcome would be a defeat, but they decided that what they lacked In size they would make up in ginger and they deserve great credit for holding the big nortnenders to a tie. Neither side scored during the first half. Rensselaer held their opponents for downs and forced them to punt repeatedly and only on one or two occasions did Rensselaer succeed in carrying the ball the required distance on downs, but they too were forced to punt When the first half ended and Rensselaer had prevented the crossing of their goal line they felt confident of the result, and soon after the second half began they got the ball to within

| ten yards of the Hammond goal Hue, but on the2d down they were carried back seven yards. They did not try for either a drop or place kick, but Kirk got through right tackle for 16 yards, just one yard short of a touchdown. The ball went to Hammond, who tried to punt, but Don Beam blocked tne kick and “Pede” Meyers fell on the ball behind the goal posts. Kirk kicked goal and the score stood Rensselaer 6; Hammond 0. Rensselaer was confident of victory until a fluke allowed Hammond to make a touchdown. They had punted and the ball after being touched rolled over our goal line. Haas was slow in going after the ball and a Hammond player fell on It. They also kicked goal and tied the score. After that there was nothing doing, although Kirk almost made a place kick on two different occasions. Kirk, Miller, Norman and English are said to have been the leaders in the Saturday game, Norman playing a star game at tackle against a 206 pound opponent The next two Saturday gauges will be played in Rensselaer; Oakwood, of West Lafayette, who succeeded in defeating Logansport last Saturday by the score of 26 to 0 being here the coming Saturday and Hammond being here the following Saturday.