Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 November 1908 — STRONG OAKWOOD TEAM VICTORIOUS [ARTICLE]

STRONG OAKWOOD TEAM VICTORIOUS

Weight aid Training To* Mach fir the Yeiig Fellows on Oir High School Team.

Oak wood 20; Rensselaer 0. That tells the tale of a gamelyfought football contest playell titfih last Saturday. It is not often Chat jittered and black colors are trailed in the dost, but the well trained,' husky lads from West Lafayette were too strong for our smaller and poorer conditioned lads and while the heine boys put up a game fight, it was no use, and the superiority of the visitors was plain in almost every department of the game. Rensselaer kicked off In the first half and Lafayette carried Die ball back to the center of the field in a series of line bucks, hitting flrlt right and then left tackle. Dtk Rensselaer took a brace find Held for downs and Elder carried the trail back 30 on kn end run. Kiric followed with a" 10 yard gain rail then Oakwood braced and held fdr ivyo downs and Rensselaer trle4 ia drop kick, but it failed, Lafayette then went foe length ‘~ci* the field, only to be held for downs whed wftpin three yards 6t ifotouchdown. travail kicked foe ball well down '.Mi. field and for a tline Tt’TooEed n the local ‘ boys would hold their own, and then they made an error'll not punting on a third down, as Duvall was good for 40 or SO yards at any time. Lafayette again chaigdd the line and followed it with a goojd gain on a forward pass and when foe ball was again on our 10 yard line Rensselaer braced for two downs, | and Would have held for the 3d had Oakwood tried the line, which w& perfectly braced. But they saw fob and sent Wilson on a short end nm, and just got over foe line. Kirk offered Injuries that compelled him to leave the game and sols required * change that sent English from quarter to end, and Haas, who took quarter, was not fast enough in passing foe ball and this worked greatly to ottr disadvantage. Haas, however, placing defensive quarterback, made (wo brilliant tackles and saved touchdowns on both occasions. Duvall suffered an injury that pat him oat of the game and Gandy so badly bruised that he too had withdraw. There were no big reseryes to draw from and the team was weakened with each change, but tbe gams .little scrappers Jept fighting ratll the last. In the weakened conefopon Of the team there was no hope, rad save for the marvelous work of Elder, the score would have been enormous. Elder .was everywhere, and tackled so perfectly foat only on one oecaasion did an Oakwood runner get away from him. Elder's work was rather foe most, brilliant individual performance seen .on; the local gridiron since the “good old. days" when Marshall, Sayler and Parcells were the Idols pt foe gridiron. f ~ ( TLafayette succeeded in making three touchdowns, in kicking one goal, and then near the end of the last half making a splendid placement gcral kick from back of the 30 yard llne - Ttae visitors wei e a gent.emanly lot of players and indulged in no unfair advantages. They simply outclassed our lads and the credit of the Home boys is that the score was not larger. Everybody goes to the box ball alley.