Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 November 1908 — Lost Their First Football Game. [ARTICLE]

Lost Their First Football Game.

The big athletes on the Rensselaer football team lost the'r first game of the season at Brbok Tuesday by the score of 5 to 4. The Rensselaer beys comp’aln that they were not treated fair ip decisions, alleging that tile Brook boys were not familiay with the pe sal y rules in the forward pass plays and also claiming that the crowd int rfered badly with the attempts to m:ke end runs whenever Rensselaer had possession of the ball. Rensselaer fumbled once when, within two yards of a touchdown. They made their 4 points on a fine drop kick by Morgan. No return game has been arranged with Brook, but the boys would be glad to have them come over and would give them a fair deal in every way.