The Indianapolis journal., 1893-10-01
OUT WITH THE RUGBY
GreatSeason in Prospect for West
ern Football Teams.
Purdue Stronger Than Ever and Won
ders Who Will Be Her Victim on
Thanksgiving Day This Year.
Spec i.l % the Indianapolis Journal.

Special % the Indianapolis Journal.
LAFAYETTE Ind. Sept. S0.-This season
will be the best ever known in the West
for the famous game of Rugby" and some
surprises are sure 10 come to the most SAN
guIne seers. who attempt To forecast the
results of the football season. The game
will also be better played and more at
trsctive than ever. under q better code OF
ethics and better business msnagement.
While the history of football in the West
has been BRIEF one. short period of
training has not only developed material
10 feed Yale and Princeton teams. but has
organized few independent elevens
which are soon Co rank second TO none in
the science of the game. Football. as
played in this country. is peculiarly
American-so much go that it would hardly
be recognized as the EngiIsh game. While
the inception was English. the plan OF the
court and the shape or the ball
are practically the only features
which remain unchanged from the
hands of the ingenious YANKEE.
The last year has developed coterie of
slevcns which are making strenuous efforts
for championship over every thing west Of
".
lenge the New Workers. The University of
Michigan eleven. chosen from the ranks of
three thousand students. o.d coached by
Harvard talent, have had their own way
until last year, when they were defeated
by the University of Wisconsin, VINO went
Into the held with the heaviest tea IN ever
organized in :his country, coached by
Captain Crawford, ole. who has held to-
Rether so long the Chicago All-unIyersity
team. But the w WISCONSIN, giants Were beat
en- by small score by q rare combination
from the University OF Minnesota. which
came TO pnbllc notice with mushroom
rapidity. The University OF Illinois came
into the game with u team of trained aIh-
letes. under instruction OF Hall and Neei.
ham, and. although new in the science of
the game. held a hiRh place through sheer
dlnt cf Individual strength and quick
action. always present with pugIlistio
attainment. Nee1nam, the weli-knOwn
trainer OF Dixon. the puRilist. played guard
and no man went through hun. not even
under Queensbury rules The Northwest
ero. at Evanston, under the care OF the
University Climb OF Chicago, put out O
strong line and stronger backs and were
superior players. but their record was not
entirely brilliant. owing TO several tDis-
fortunes. The University OF Chicago mad y
sure her fortune by electing TO the chair of
physical culture AlOnZO A. Stngg. ale, who
Is pre-ominently the greatest trainer In this
country and who has hesitated - long time
thusiasm in athletics The preacher end
rush" selected bis men with care, and In six
weeks had organized formida BILE team ont
or entirely green material aDd gave the
0lcSr teams some of the hardest games of
toe season, although seldom winning.
To none of these we're the black and gold
OF Purdue ever lowered. The record of
the Indiana champions Is as wonderful as
their organization was fortunate. Ia four
years they have lost but two games. and
Ind N lie
grounds. In the last thrse years they
scored 5l2 points. against total of twenty
fonr from all opponents. and in the last
two years have but three times allowed
another team within twenty yards of their
goal. Illinois was defeated. IL to o; Mic hi
gan played one hour and was beaten, "A to
U. and the big men from Wisconsin. who
started with confidence. wept OF "a score of
81 10 o. and two players disabled for the
season. Stage wonderful energy was
OF no avail. and his Chicago
kids" carried home score of 20
60 and dishgured nose. leaving
az o SAD memento lock of Cbase's beauti-
full red hair. An unfortunate interference
of college duties on the part of the Cornell
people prevented q game In Indianapolis
which would have been very interesting 10
both teams. and would have been closer
means OF comparison of Eastern and Wes-
tern strength.
The other Indiana teams came up with
exceptional strength. Butler ami DePau W
now being tied tor second place. Oct. IA
will decide which IS 10 play Purdne al In
dianapolis OH Thanksgiving day. While
DePauw evldentlyshas the superior team,
Butler has the happy faculty OF doing the
right thing at critical moments. Her men
were evidently born with an aptDess
IN football tactics. and no one will
know the result before the contest Skill
ful play and good fortune gave Butler the
championship for two wears and may keep
her IN second place.
The teams of the Northwestern League
arc this year expending more money aud
time in training than before ami lnuiana
teams are training more vigorously than
over. Snger Is again working with the De
Psuw team. and Indiana University. who
has long had tirst-class unframed material.
has secured Hansen. the veteran Cornell
concher. Tor four weeks and will make her
debut III the front rank. Malley is putting
skill into the light weights of Wabash Col
lege, and Purdue. true to her Princeton god.
parents, 10 learning from the best tigers" in
the country. Ballet spent two weeks at
Lafayette, expecting to remain for the en-
tire season. A modification OF the rules of
the Eastern association allows him To line
mp again with Princeton and ne AMI King
wero called hack. Captain Erenchard
spent the larger part of week at Purd u o
and declared that with the material he
could make q team second To none.
Randolph. who played last year over tive
competitors for his end on Princeton. is
now with the Boiler Makers for the re-
mainder of the season. CAPTAIN Finney IL
first-class coacher himself, hayi ing studied
the greater Eastern teams In their work.
and altogether Purdue has seen the hi gh hest
and latest exposition OF tho game royal.
Annually it Is anticipated that with the
loss of few players she will loss her pres
tlge. but each year she has gained. and the
opening season Will see her stronger and
better than ever Stevenson graduated
last year and is now engaged in coaching
the UniveTs,ty of Nebraska, but will re-
turn In short time to resume his work in
science aud his place az centsr rush, re-
slstlng the ailuring temptations of the Ann
Arbor manager. Eulkerson the invincible
guard. Is senior mechanical engineer and
had decided TO devote his whole
time TO his professional work, but
last evening enthusiasm raieed about
ten degrees when he appeared in
the field In the old. mud d-benraggled
and blood-stained suit that he has worn to
every victory for three years. Little who
never talks. Is IN his old place. and Gerber
will take FiDney's place in the line, allow
place of half back. Finney, whom Walter
Camp describes in Harper's Weekly as
having the .'biggest leg In Indiana" is n
model captain. aud has faith IN his team.
He will place Jamison as full back. and,
with either German or Bushman by his
side. will put up the strongest backs ever
with the team. CroweiI end rush. broke
hte rlavieIe sQcareIy oil last Wednesday,
but is nervy. and has the assurance OF his
physician that he may play In four weeks.
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