The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-11-26

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gentle game be has been playing. The chances
are that Stevenson will play all around smith,
and that IL will be next THANKSGIVING day before
smith finds out how it was done.
The two captains play at right guard. Mann OPP
posite Fulkerson and Teeters across nom BOO
Hall. Testers Is heavier than Han ana is a
quicker player. and is stronger than Hall, III one
can Judge by his appearance. AT the same time,
ne has ash no I'm mean n1o Spp ? t,Id IN ,b Inc t reverend c1srrv hoS,
will hold him very nearly level. Hall can hard
ly hope to 20 through Teeters. but Teeters may
eeteem himself happy IL he breaks the line by
downing the athletic priest in front OF him.
Mann and Fulkerson are nearly equal IN
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first game was played here last Thanksgiving
day, he having. been a substitute before that
time. Against him he will find one who has
been playing football for years, and who knows
as much about the game as tie oldest coacher in
the state, a man OF strength. and courage and
unccnquerable grit. Mann has the determine
ton and the cool nerve that has carried him
through many a rush line OF heavier men, and.
II Purdne's line is broken to-day, Mann is the
player who will do 1t.
Purdue's right tackle, Little, will face the Rev.
Archibald hall, and the left tackle, EiRney, VIII
ability lay him out. TRis is Finney's third
thanksgiving day game here and Th0msOn's first,
and FInney is ThOmpson's superior I'm weight,
strength and knowledge Of the game. lie Will
not he sorry to see his ministerial adversary OF
q year ago playing, at the other end OF tie line
against Little. Little is a good man, and plays
the game Tor all il is worth, but LIE is no better
In any respect than Archibald Hall. ami their
ffeenipgm DOWN tb aao scor ,ne S Sa : =" Will do apy.
thing that can hurt his side, and neither Is likely
to help his score.
PURDUE's ~ATTERIN RAM.
Herkless and Moore are Purdue's ends, and
they are good ones. Moore's skull must be of
tough metal. for he butts like a senegambian.
and is no respecter of persons. ramming all
corners, careless of where he drives his skull, so
that it is into the person OF an enemy. Herkless
is the stronger man, but plays the poorer game.
Last year they c0ntented themselves with badger
ing the opposing ends. This year Donnely
has taught them the the trick of jump
ing against the opposite taekler just be-
fore the ball is put i'll play for
the purpose of throwing over the line
simple and consists in running with violence
against the tackler just before the ball is put in
play. With a team which does not understand
the play it is apt to prove disconcerting and may
lose them the bali. Moore does 1t very well and
plays the trick with safety. Herkless does not
take the pains to wait till the moment the ball is
snapped, but takes the chances, and is in danger
of losing his side his valuable services should a
good umpire enforce the rules against unneces-
sary roughness and intentional off-side playing
on him: Davidson and Miller are both good
men, being strong. ready aud active. Davidson
Is a beautiful sprinter and Miller is very little
Hardy. Purdue's quarter back, Is an improve
ment Oh Hougham. who filled the place last year;
but he Is by no means a nrst-class man for the
position. In the DePauw game his position was
a difficult one, for the ball was soaking wet and
SO slippery that it could hardly he held; but even
with this excuse Hardy lost it more than he
should. Had 1t not been Tor the admirable as
sistance he received from his guards his unskill-
ful swapping might have cost his team more
dearly than il did.
The half backs will be the same as q year ago,
anG they all play about the same game. Lackey
wes not d success as q captain, but he is q mag
INDECENT half back. playing the position almost
without q flaw. He is q good runner, though not
so fast as either Studebaker, of his own team, or
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and nervy. He is too willing and undertakes
more than his share OF the work. He plays with
q dash that carries him through the line when
one would least expect 1t. He Is q most ac-
compllshed dodger and plays O perfectly square
gaJIe. He lacks the power. with which Baker
tarough often where Baker could not. Utterly
unlike in their style OF play, Lackey and Baker
would be so evenly matched that il would be
hard TO choose between them were II not for the
fact that Baker sometimes fails TO stop the ball.
while Lackey never does. The ball never gets by
him. Both are good %tacklers, as are Nichols aud
| Olds-though Nichols Is very light for the place
he fills. ODDS, a most accomplished tackier. mas
the same fault as Baker, he VIII not fall on the
ball, and he sometimes fumbles il. Lackey Is a
better half-back than either Baker or Nichols,
but either of them Is better than Odds.
Studebaker Is q brilliant player when In condi-
ton TO play, but his aversion TO training and his
quick temper mars his playing. He is short, ex-
ceedingly strong, the fastest runner in either
| team, unless. possibly Davidson. He isexcitable,
and sometimes abandOns the game for a scrap
ping match with an opponent, and has been dis
| qualified for smuggling. His weak point is that
he Is unwilling to wait, and plays too close to the
rush line. trusting to his speed to overtake any
one who may get through with the bail. He Is q
safc kicker. and can be relied on to kick any goal
| that can possibly be made.
AS q kicker, Fred Robinson, OF Butler, Is just
as good as Studebakcr. Robinson, however, is
Robinson runs well, tackles well, and punts well.
With another year, he will be as good a man as
6tudebaker; he is cooler now than the other
| fullback. but he lacks his speed, his experience
i and his strength.
CHANGE OF PLAYERS.
Baker, of Butler. has been severely hurt dur
ing the last three weeks, and Robinson Is not In
good condition for to-day's game. Should Baker
be unable to play, Cameron will ill his place
most acceptably; and in case Robinson is unfit,
his place will be filled in all probability by
] Waite, a new man, OF whose playing 1t is i'm
possible TO speak, as he is as yet ~untried, having
played with the team only in practice. and not
having shown as yet what there is in him. 1t is
a little late in the season to make any change
In q football team. and IL Is to lie hoped that
Robinson viii be able to I'LL the position he has
played all fall.
The Purdue eleven will average nearly fifteen
pounds TO the man heavier than Butler. 1t
plays a closer and more vicious game, using the
word vicious In the football sense OF keenness
and spirit. 1t has been longer at the training
table amt Is determined TO win on its merits
without trusting to the good fortune which has
become almost proyerbial with Butler. Butler
has the better captain. though Purdue's new
captain Is an immense improvement on his pre-
decessor. Captain Teeters plays q swift
game, giving his signals (which are mere CON-
binations of numbers, as ST., 6-2-3.
9-5-2) while the team are still on the ground
on a down. Mann uses q code. and gives the
word after the men have lined up to put the
ball in play.
Captain Mann has had command of his team
for three years, and knows its strength and its
weakness most thoroughly. He also knows the
Purdue team pretty well. He Is admirably cool,
keeping his courage and self possession under
the most discOuraging circumstances. He never
loses control either OF himself or his men, and
they have entire confidence in him.. Captain
Teeters has had less experience and is said TO
have had trouble from petty jealousies among
his players. He has a better team to ana
1t remains 10 be seen whether he can use his
strength to the same advantage as Captain Mann
will his. The probabilities are that Purdue will
play the wedge and will try to send Lackey
through or to have Finney escort him around
the end. On the other hand, Butler is likely TO
kick the ball, varying this play with attempts TO
send Mann and Baker through the line and
Nichols around 1t.
If Butler scores, it will be in the last half, un-
less by accident. III Purdue runs up a heavy
score IL will be early In the game, as the game
likely to be played By Captain Teeters is terribly
exhausting on the players.
Butler Is said TO have several new tricks,
which have never been played before, while the
coaching of Ames and Donnelly is said To have
made the playing of Purdue much rougher than
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