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The Earlhams made the first touchdown
at 2:34, three minutes after the ball was
put in play. but, on account of q
strong wind from the southwest. the
kicker sailed to kick q goal. At 2:40 a
second touchdown was made by Earlham,
followed by a failure to kick goal. At 2:59
a third touchdown was scored. followed
team then showed it's hand. and revealed
the fact that 1t had several cells behind the
line. By sharp play it made a touchdown
at 500. but failed to kick goal. The two
teams then alternated, Earlham making its
fourth touchdown. nc goal. and Dayton its
second, but no goal. The first half closed
with the score IS to 8.
The second half began at $40 o'clock, and
was characterized by good team playing by
both sides. Earlham made three touch
downs. two goals bong kicked. Dayton
braced mp and made three tOuch-downs, but
did not succeed in kicking q goal. The
teams were learning each others plays;
Dayton would stop their opponents
rush by lying down while Earlham
did some tackling. and so com pletely
stopped the Dayton running game. The
latter team then changed its tactics and
played the "sneak" game. 1t succeeded
well. the PLAYERS often getting the ball
three or four yards before 1t was located.
The Daytons made their fifth and last
touchdown at APO. two minute before
time was called. The game was noticeable
for fair decisions and good humor. Fine
team and individual plays were frequently
made that caused great enthusiasm. The
several players of ability and speed. but
this only served to emphasize the low
tackling and good running of the Earlham
lads-
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such enthusiasm, and in the absence of
derby day" in Indianapolis. T~hanksgiv-
ing football day is sure TO take its place in
the interest OF the people. and more firmly
every year. DePauw sent q big delegation,
and so did Wabash College, and the State
University at bloomington, with its pretty
red and white colors. While DePauw
was defeated by Purdue two weeks
on the grounds that Lackey was not a bona
hde member of Purdue. still she gave her
cheers and bet her money yesterday for Pur-
due. because if she won then DePauw would
have the Thanksgiying-day game in this
city next year with Purdue.
The betting was almost universally in
favor OF Purdue, and odds of 2 TO l and
even 3 to | were given on her, with but few
takers. Butler knew or felt very fOrcIbly
that her team could not hope TO defeat an
eleven that had proven In its scores against
other colleges. that Butler had also played.
that 1t was stronger and heavier IN
every way than her own. THIS
f sesdg must have been strength
the Butler fellows lined up In front of their
opponents for the opening of the fray. The
most q inexperienced looker-on in the art of
Football could easily have discerned that
middle-weights. and that Butler was out
classed from post to wire. She practically
wasn't In 1t at any stage or .he game, and
1t was a mercy that the game only lasted
an hour and a half, instead of two hours.
Much of PIrdue's superiority. aside from
her strength, lay in the skillfuI train
ing she has had. With such men
as Snake" Ames and Sport" Donnelly.
the greatest football generals of
their day. to direct their course
of play 1t is no wonder Purdne had at her
command many more tricks and wiles than
the boys from Irvington. But all credit to
Butler all the same. If she had been
matched against eleven of her own callber
and bore, she would have gwen it a tough
tussel. and doubtless would have chalked
mp another victory to her already brilliant
football record.
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lined with lime-wash from end to end. at

lined with lime-wash from end to end, at
tive-yard intervals.
When the Butler team arrived and spread
themselves over the field for q little prac-
tice. a great shout arose from the amphi-
theater, but it was shown that Lafayette
was on hand i'll mighty numbers when the
Purdue team came upon the field. Shout
succeeded shout. and a horn-blast followed
that would have toppled the walls of Jeri-
cho.
l.. w. Anderson. of Albion. Mich, was
chosen referee, and W. Brooks. of Olivet,
Mich, umpire; these gentlemen to change
positions at the close of the first half. Me-
Cord, of Chicago. was chosen ~time-keeper.
Butler won the toss and took the ball. Pur-
due, having choice Of goals. took the south.
from which there was u medium strong
wind blowing.
The teams lined up at 2:3S p. NJ. to begin
the game. The following were the players
and their positions:
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newsboys, retired capitalists and boot
blacks. and each Wed with the other as to
which could shout the loudest. It is safe
20 predict that these same individuals who
cat perched upon those sharp pickets for
three hours couldn't sit ttgee minutes on
the sottest ehurch-eushions In this town
without Kicking on the length of the SER
mon. Well. when the plckets had all been
spoken for. aud no more space was left
about the fence. the trees were called into
service, ana every tree within seeing dis
lance Of the grounds held a dozen or more
young fellows on their limbs. Even the
house-tops were covered with people who
adopted this method of saving their 80
cents.
SOME OF THE T~URS-oUTs.
In addition to all this mighty throng.
there were scores of vehicles. each filed
with pretty girls. the majority of whom
probably had a sweetheart on one of the
teams. and Just which one was easy to tell
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and "coal-heavers." A few moments con-
versation will. however. dispel all such
thOug hts. Teeters has been known to carry
six men on his back, and it is avowed that
the more mon he carries the faster the ball
moves when in his charge. He has an I'M
easy. ~wabbling sort of gait; his running is
also peculiar. Captain Teeters is twenty
six years old, q postgraduate in mechanics
and o deep student. He stands five feet
ten and one-half inches in his stockings,
measures forty inches around the chest,
and weighs about 1S4.
LEFT GUARD.
Arthur Leamon Fulkersop. of Raglos-
Vile wherever that isl. alternates with
WacOner in the position of left guard.
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Such sympathetic and heart-wringing
EXPLANATIONS as oh. look at that poor But
Ter man fall right on his head" or I.See
that horrid Mr.. Waite throw poor Mr..
Moore down in thas nasty mud" were fire.
qusntly heard on all sides. That the
young ladies go in for football as heartily
as the men can no longer be doubted. Their
applause Is Just as frequent. though not SO
bOisterous; and their condemnation of de-
cisIons by the umpire when unfavor-
able to their pets is just as Sc
we're. though probably not couched in
as Inelegant or harsh language. Yes. and
they bet and bet heavily. too. if not In
hard cash. in it's equivalent. Two young
ladies who stood near the fence became
engaged IN a dispute over their respective
teams. One was a Purdue sympathizer.
hopes I'd on Butler. One remark called
out another until everybody within hear
ing distance was convulsed over the con-
test.
sional and. what IS moro, he never matric-
ulated into Perdue," quoth Miss Helen, the
Butler advocate.
Indeed he was.n answered Miss Grace.
you get Mr.. Waitef Nobody eve heard OF
him before to-day. and i know that he Is
not a regular student of Butler, for my
cousin Harry said SO. N he ought to
know
"Well. Grace. / can't help what your
cousin Harry said. Mr.. Waite is O stnhent
OF Butler. for the fellows got HIM yester-
day and matriculated him and the team is
paying his tuition for the rest of this
term just to get HIM on the eleven"
The Purdue fellows standing b ylaughed
very heartily at this. but poor Helen was
too much lost In the argument to pay any
attention TO them.
We'll. i tell you what Pll do, Helen
answered Grace. Il bet you that pretty
boz boniere that Frank rave me against
your tortoise-sheli lorgnette that Purdue
winsL"
Pill take that bet" promptly replied
Helen, and the two girls shook hands oyer
the wager.
Grace is in q lorgnette anyhow, If Helen
doesn't see fit to claim q foul on Mr.. Lack
ey's alleged professionalism.
LAFAYETTE WAS HERE.
There were fully one thousand people
came down from Lafayette to witness the
game. including students and townspeo-
pie. That city is celebrated for its interest
in her colleges football eleven. and every
year when the season opens and the treas
urer Of the team goes around with the sub
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Purdue's Heavy Men Do Great Work in
Rushing the Ball to the Goal Line.
The field was in much better condition
than the recent rains would have led any
one to expect. The moist places had been
literally treated with sawdust. which alb
sorbed the superf1uous wetness and was
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s~cription-book and demands q subscription
he gets 10. and n good big one too. Nothing
less than $40 IS ever taken, but the average
amount from each man ~ SIS. The mer-
chants OF Lafayette ali shut up shop when
there Is q football game in town, and they
families along. No State fair. or poli tical
meeting. or horse-race. or anything else
but a football game would bring Loo peo-
Die . distance of sixty-four miles on a
nasty. raw, rainy day like yesterday.
Derby day" In Kentucky can hardly show
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THE QUAKER BOYS WIN.

Dayton Y. NJ. C.. A. Team Defeated by Earl.
ham College by n Score of 81 to 90.
s JeciaI TO the Indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND, Ind. Nov. 26.-Earlham Col
lege was treated to q game of football
with the Dayton eleven to-day that aroused
as much enthusiasm as any Princeton-Y Yale
game ever did. and which resulted In q
score of "a to 90 in EarIham's favor. The
Dayton Y. NJ. c. A. team chose goal and the
Earlbam team started the game, at 2:31
o'clock, with q dash and q snap that meant
much.
The teams lined up in the following posi-
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DIED.

HAsELY-Margaret r. wife of Joseph Hssely.
Tuesday, Nov. ri. 1891. Funeral Friday, Nov. ~,
at 2 . IN from the family residence. 4e4 south New
Jersey street. FritEds invited
1HEws-sarah Ellen Matthew'S. wife OF
John r.. Matthews. No. % Rucsle street. al 2 p. IN.
Thursday. Nov. 20. age forty six. Funeral from
residence. Saturday. Nov. 2s. AZ = p. m Friends Of
the family invited. lPeru papers please copy.)
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THIS is F~ulkersOn's
first year on the
regular eleven. but
he has developed
No
man on the team
PLAYS mis- position
better than he
does. Like Teeters.
he has q deter
mined look i'm his
eye, which be-
comes almost Zero
clous when undu
ly excited. ''Fulk'
is n sure tackle,
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fourthinch in height
and weighing POI. he
is q sort of enigma
to the opposing GEN.
ter. The latter in
dividual is kept con-
t~inually occupied by
S~tevenson's tactics.
Stevey has never
yet found q man
who can hold HIM.
He is as tricky as
ANY of the players,
! and one is apt to see
him almost any
place on the field
during the game.
~
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lar with the team
and students. At
the beginning of
the year. as treas
urer of the Athletic
Association, he was
q constant haunter
of all who had not
taken up a member
ship in that organi-
cation. Noel Is u
of the best students
in the senior class
in c e. and.
withal. a Brilliant
orator. Hecan make
q speech on any,
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THE WINNERS.

The ~"Rail-Splitters" and "Boiler-Makers"
Who Hold the Championship.
Through the courtesy Of the Lafayette
Sunday Times the Journal is able to pre-
sent excellent portraits of the manager and
players of the winning eleven. with q few
interesting facts about each.
MANAGER.
James William Noel is manager of the
team. Jim" is q great hustler, very popu-
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During the contest Kruger met q serious
accident. his head being severely bruised.
Ee had to be conveyed ont of the field. but
soon regained consciousness. A substitute
was put in. Valley got under a heap of
the whole opposite team, and consequently
uses his crutches. III. Anderson came
near having his head crushed to jelly.
The game was well contested and resulted
in a victory for the Ynvincibles-2S to 0.
Both teams did creditable work. The In
vincibIes exhibited a remarkable degree of
skill and activity. Captain Kruger de-
serves credit for the success of his team.
After the conclusion of the game between
the Invipcibles and Try-hards. a picked
eleven of hea~rlng-speaking boys from the
city put in an appearance and demanded a
chance to wipe the earth" with the deaf.
Although tired ont. exhausted and sadly
bruised and crippled. the "Inylncibles"
started in for accommodation" and in q
n short time the game was ended. Score:
The deaf boys, 20; the "Wipers,"0 Q.
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the team. Every
one knows T~eeters,
but few know his
first name. He has
n grim, determined
look in his face,
which has been so
greatly enhanced
by a growth of
manly down all
over his %physiogno-
my that his appear
ance may we'll sug-
gest the idea that
the eleven are
"boiler-m n K or
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tion OF quarter
back. yesterday. is
not much known as
a foot ball player.
but is ono of the
best base ball play
ers in the college
and was on the
team last spring.
He is from New AL
bany and is an ex-
cellent all ronnd
athlete. Purdue's
regular gu q + t r
|, back is Charles n.
Hardy. also a new
player. Illness. how
ever, pre- ted
him from playing
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sides. But then it is the time to look for
FiDney. Watching closely. he will be seen
to emerge from the chaotic mass and speed
goalward with the ball. He has the knack
of making t~ouch-dowDs at seemingly the
most inOpportune moments. Nothing de-
lights his heart better than making touch
downs. His rendition of lagos advice
would be, Put tOuch-downs on thy score"
William Porter Flnney is his full name.
He is a junior in mechanics. always max
ing good grades.
QUARTER BACK.
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eleven. He played
in every game last
e n r.andIn each the
opposition seemed
to take particular
delight IN trying TO
kill him off," but
unnecessarily. He
guards himself with
his unencumbered
hand. and many a
time he has sent a
tackle rolling with
his good right hand.
He is well built and
solid. and fairly
speedy, and withal
n difficult man m
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AS the Butler boys faced Purdue. it was
plainly to be seen they were over-matched
as TO size. the rush line Of PurdUe being
specially formidable.
Starting with a side rush. which was aided
BY feeble blocking, Butler succeeded in
advancing the ball seven yards. X. Hall
made q further advance of five yards, was
tackeled by Thompson. of Purdue: and
thrown. Lackey. Purdue's left half back.
here took the ball and made q dash achiev-
Ing five yards. He was tackled and thrown,
and lay on che ground n couple of minutes,
evidently hurt. The injury was near the
shoulder, but. after a brief delay, he got up
and was again in the game apparently as
good as ever. After the game was over IL
was found that he had suffered n fracture
of the collar-bone. that particular part of
his anatomy having come in contact with
n Butler mans knee as Lackey was trying
TO make n hole IN the Butler line for
Thompson TO advance the ball. He very
pluckily played the game through. but
without perfect use of his left arm In
guarding. Because of the injury he was
compelled TO go round the right end in
stead of dividing attention with the left.
Little after Lackey's hurt gained twelve
yards for Purdue. and the ball was again
carried forward eight yards more, aided by
very pretty blocking on the part of the
Purdue team. Lackey again took the ball,
and made n gain of four yards.
A wrangle arose over M objection made
by Butler 10 ofiside PLAYING on the part of
Purdue. This was settled. and Lackey
carried the ball forward twelve yards.
which was passed To Little, who went over
the line and made touchdown. Moore held
the ball. and Lackey kicked the oval from
the twenty,tive-yard line. 1t sailed over
the goal like a thing OF beauty. while a
thunder of applause rose from the thou
sands of on-lookers. Touchdown, 4; goal
kick. 2. q total of q for Purdue.
On the second llning-up Butler carried
the ball forward on q V rush for five yards
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arrived and another will be on hand to
welcome the return of the conquering
heroes. 'Rah for Purdue.
DEAF AND DUMB KICKERs.

Many of the "Invincibles' More or Less
Maimed-The "wipers" Wipes Out.
Yesterday morning at the Institute for
the deaf. a very exciting game of football
was played between the "Invipcibles"
%(pupilsl and the "Tryhards" gex-pupilsl of
this city. The teams lined up as follows:
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quiet q lie new
er talks back, but be
does know how to
play football. If
anyone should hap
pen to drop the ball
Jesse is liable to
pick it mp. say moth
ing and make a
touchdown. He is
a prime ~favorlte
with all the boys.
His home is allow
ell. Ind, and he is
here learning how
toraise two potatoes
-h-~a 4~I- ono ann
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RIGHT-END RUSH.

BILE of moving with
any degree of alac-
rity. but he is. in
deed. a swift and
sure-fOoted terror
to the opposing
rush. His brilliant
t~acklingat Wabash
was q feature of
that game. ''Herk"
never gets hurt,
and is always in
playing condition.
A resident of
Knightstown. Ind,
he Is now q senior
=. .-.l -.-
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80
half-back. This ia
Jacks" second
year on the foot
ball-feld. and his
playing this year
il a marked i'm
p%rovenient o v @ r
that of last year.
He won the one
hundred-yard dash
last spring. W
ing that distance IL
the fast time of l0l
seconds. With a
clean field before
hin, four will catch
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tackle "Stevey's" man generally drops. and
not without some one falling upon him.
is twenty years old. and meas
ures forty-twO inches around the chest. He
has a peculiar giraffe-like motion when
running at full speed. He is a junior in
science, and has always made good grades.
LEFT END RUSH.
John Moore plays left end rush. and it
mas been O question as to which
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tie ia president of the sophomore class. one
of the best student in tho engineering
courses. twenty-one years old. five feet
eleven inches in height, measures thirty
nine inches about the chest, and weighs
III in the winter.
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twenty years of age,
weighs 1T in health
The never is sick,
stands 5 feet 7h
inches, and meas
ures 80 inches about
the chest. He is O
truly phenomenal
player. Very often
one will see dnringi
the game a multi
tudinOus mass of
upper and lower
limbs seemingly en-.
~compassed d
about the ball. hem
miny IL I'm on all
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Jesse LfWTe. where only one can
grow, with the sophomore class. He Is
twenty-three years of age. five feet ten
inches In height. measures forty-one inches
around the chest and weighs 10 pounds.
LEFT TACKLE.
F~inney-left tackle-is one of the best
all-rOund PLAYERS on the eleven. He is but
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from the colors they displayed. A bevy of
pretty girls. all bedecked with bright rib
bons. waving flags and giving vent to ex-
pressions of the greatest merriment. will at
tract more attention in q crowd of eight
thousand people than all the horn-blowing.
screaming. cheering and frantic men that
propensities. And this was prov
en- in many cases, yesterday, for
there were hundreds of each there and yet
one could hear some young man In the very
midst of an exciting play on the field turn
TO his nelghbor and say. by Jove. old
boy, who's that beauty over there in the
Purdue tally-hof She's waving the old
gold ana black. but i wouldn't stop on
that to get n chance TO meet her," One of
the most attractive turn-outs was a stylish
landau of the Brewster pattern. drawn by
a pair of bay cobs that fairly walked in air
so perfectly were they trained. In the
seats sat four young ladies that were each
livery pretty and they were waving four
little blue and white sIlk flags for Butler
every time that team made n play.
The carriage was trimmed all over with
little bows or blue and white, and even the
silver-mOnnted harness was adorned with
them, while the long lash of the whip was
made of narrow strips of blue and white
ribbons. 1t was q very pretty display IN
every detail, and even made the Purdue
clan turn around and look when they drove
by, and one of the girls roguishly waved
her flag in the faces of the young men
from Lafayette. They answered back
with q rollicking
Rahl Rah, Rah!
Rahl Rah, Rail-
Rah. Rahi Rahi
Sizz-z-Z. Booml Ah-h-hi
PurdOO-o-!
The Purdue tally-ho, on which were
Doctor Smart and party, was covered with
old 2old and black streamers. and from the
blJnds on the horses eyes pended long tas-
sells of that color. Every carriage among
all the vast number displayed the colors
OF one college or the other in
profuse quantities. No vast political
gathering ever that made
Its partisanship as fragrant and obnoxious
as did the thousands at the fair grounds
yesterday. Mrs. j.. NJ. Studebaker, the
Hon. and Mrs. <. s. Fish and Mr.. and Mrs.
III. d. johnson and son, who came down
from South Bend to see young Studebaker
distinguish himself as Purdue's full back.
occupied q very handsome surrey, with
yellow painted wheels wrapped IN black
ribbon, while Mr.. S~tudebaker and Mr..
johnson and son each blew tin horns vo-
citer0usly.
1.-THE LADIES, o BLESS EN-"
The judges stand. opposite the big am
p~hitheater. was filled with city ladies. and.
of course, they all cheered for and wore
the colors of Butler. Another attractive
little party was that which occupied the
box built out from the grand stand, and
covered with American flags. 1t. too, was
q Butler box, and the young ladies in it
kept mp q continuous horn-tooting In the
rhythmic measure of
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~ ~ =
end rush plays the
better game, he or
Herkless. John is
the hardest" play
er on the eleven.
He seems to take
the game so much to
heart that 1t wOr-
ries him. Moore
never misses n
tackle. Heis speedy
md sure. all that
conld be required Of
a tackle. His home
is at COesse. Ind.
He is a senior in the
school of mechanic
nj ~enrineerlDV- and
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tnlng, at any time. his nome Ia at SIar
City, Ind. where he will probably be prac-
ticing law some day.
APTAI RICH UAG
Josiah Cottrell Teeters. a native of Au-
burn, Ind. plays right guard and captains
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teen. height 5 feet 6 inches. chest Measure
80 inches, weight las.

Robert Allen Lackey is the man DePauw
objected to, and made such o row about in
vain. He probably makes the most brill
liant ''grand-stand" plays of any one of the
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He 10 the easiest man on the eleven
TO make q team play with. His age is nine