The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-31
THE FOOTBALL OUTLOOK
INDIANAPOLIS ELEVEN HAS A TOTAL
WEIGHT OF 1853 POUNDS.
some Crack Men on the Team-TO
Play by Electric Light
The Dates.

The game of football in Indianapolis this
year will probably be of unusual interest,
though ii is probable there will not be
many contests witnessed. There is really
only one high-grade team, that of the In
dianapolis Athletic Association This team
has for many years been known as the
Indianapolis Light Artillery team, but the
manager of the team has gone beyond the
artillery in the search for material ana
the Light Artillery objected TO the use OF
its name There are still a number of the
old Artillery boys in the team, but no man
has been chosen for a place for any other
reason than that he was considered the
best man available for the place. Ernest
Burford is manager of the team this year
and Samuel l.. Pattson is captain. me
other players are as follows: Harry Ohn'
right end; Sam Murbarger, left end; Harry
Griffith and Harry Bushman, half backs;
Will Hall, quarter back: Hans Orm, tuli
back John Lister, Kerchieval and Marion
Loop, tackles; Ed Johnson, Smith, Jay
(Baby) Turner and Baby Railsback, CEN
ter and guards.
All the men are experienced athletes and
most of them have had years of training
at football They are, moreover, all heavy
weights and all that is needed to make
the team one of the best in the State is
good coaching and practice. DIN weighs
161 pounds. He played with Annapolis four
years ago, and has for three
years past been with the Ar
tillery. Sam Murbarger is better known
as wrestler than as football player but
he has the material for good man in
him. He played last year with the Artillery
team He weighs 1853 pounds Griffith has
played with Butler and Purdue and last
year played half back with one of the Yale
players and made an excellent record. He
weighs 1856 pounds These three men are
considered among the fastest runners in the
State BUschmann holds the championship
of the State for sprinting. He is an all
round athlete He has played with the Pur-
due eleven. Last year he coached the Pitts
burg Athletic. Johnson played with the Ar
tillery team three years and made repu-
tation as g good head player He weighs
24 pounds. Smith has played with Butler
and the Artillery He weighs 234 pounds.
Turner is an old Purdue man and a veteran
at the game. lie tips the beam at 2Sl
pounds Railsback was dug up by the Ar
tillery and he is claimed to be the hottest
thing that ever happened He weighs 243
pounds Lister played with Butler i've
years. He was Earlhams coach this fail.
lie weighs 100. Loop is all OlU man
and weighs III. Kercheval has played at
Purdue and with the Chicago Athletics. He
weighs 1S1. Will Hall played with the Ar
tiilery team three years His weight is 156
pounds Orm played with Butler and the
University of Indianapolis. He weighs 1877
pounds
The total weight of the thirteen men is
| 1858 pounds, average of 1895 pounds.
| The team expected to go away to play to-
| day, but the date was cancelled 1t practiced
| yesterday at the Ohio-street park, and in
cidentally the men set poles for electric
| lights that the team may practice by
electric light. Tt will play every night with
| a second eleven. Next Saturday the team
will probably go to Chicago and play with
| the Bankers eleven a strong team of that
city, or the De Paw team may come here.
More teams than there are dates are anx-
iouS to play the indianapolis team this
year. 1t is recognized as having material
to make up one of the strongest teams in
the country and is considered good draw
ing card. Manager Burford is now at work
arranging dates. 1t may be that two games
q week will be played. but certainly one
game each week will be scheduled 1t is
hoped to book a strong team for the
Thanksgiving day game. The University of
| Indianapolis team and the Indianapolis
Athletic Association team had misunder-
| standing about the use of the ball park for
| this date, but it is now understood that
| the former team has given way to the lat
| ter.