The Indianapolis journal., 1902-12-12
HOTEL LOBBY CLEANINGS
- j. III. HORNE MAY RETIRE As ATH-
LETIC DIRECTOR AT L. L.
Prediction Made that University Will
He i'm Good shape Next Season
Hotel Notes.

]. II. Horne. who has been director of ath-
letics and coach OF the football team at In
diana University for the past five years. is
I'm the city to attend the meeting of the
Intercollegiate Athletic Association. which
will be held tomorrow.
Mr.. Horne is undetermined whether he
will coach the I. L. football team next sea-
son IL the last year his hearing has been
gradually falling until now ne is very deaf,
and this handicaps him in his work but he
said last evening at the Denison the prin-
cipal consideration with him in the ques-
tion of returning to the work is whether
the players can be brought together at
least two weeks before the opening of
school for preliminary practice.
1.-THE coach is always held responsible
for the condition of the team" he said.
''and yet he, is not always given fair
chance. Take the season just closed with
US. We were so delayed at the opening of
the year that we did not get down to real
work until three weeks after all the other
teams we were to meet had been doing
hard practicing. AS a result we did not
get the team into anything like shape until
the very close of the season. and even then
we were not in as good condition as we
should have been three weeks after the
season opened. Our difficulty was caused
by the fact that we had so many new men.
Next season Indiana should be in better
condition at the very start. The prospects
are now that we shall have all but two Of
this seasons men back. An effort will be
made to get the men together about the
1st of September. and IL this can be done a
good team ought to be turned out.
I'VE are now working on our schedule
for next year and we want very much to
arrange one OF our big games for Indianap-
oils Purdue will play at Bloomington. II
that game could be played here, as Ii would
draw an immense crowd IL conditions were
favorable. but the rivalry between the
schools Is so strong that the students in
sist that the games be played on the home
grounds We went to Lafayette this year
and PURDUE must come to us next fall.
Playing on home grounds has a great deal
TO do with the kind of football a team puts
up, and our people feel that shall have
better chance of winning than If we
played on neutral territory
We are trying to make a two-years'
contract with NOtre Dame, the games 10
be played in Indianapolis. and / believe
that II that can be done 1T will prove a sue
cessfui arrangement. game between In
diana and Notre Dame ought to draw we'll
In this city. Two years ago we played IIli-
nofs here, but our game with Illinois next
ington."
Mr.. Horne is now looking after basket
Dall affairs, and while he is in the city he
Will attempt TO get coach from the Y NJ.
Z. A. players to go down TO Indiana for a
few weeks.
Considerable interest is being manifest
ed In basketball" said Mr.. Horne, land
we hope to get good team and have some
good games. We shall try to arrange to
have the ShOrtridge and Manual Training
School teams come down to Bloomington,
as our game with Shortridge last year was
a good one"