The Indianapolis journal., 1903-09-17
THOMAS GAINED GROUND
PURDuE's NEW FULL BACK WEsT
THROUGH SCRUBS LINE.
Hotter and Adams Are the Best Pun-
ters ON the Tcnm-Game Arranged
with Englewood Team.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LAFAYETTE. Ind, Sept. 16.-For the
first time this season the Purdue Varsity
football team lined up against the different
auxiliary elevens yesterday afternoon and
some exciting scrimmages resulted. Coach
CUTS had four teams on the field and each
OF the three scrub elevens were tried against
the first team. Several OF the new candi-
dates for varsity positions showed remark
able form and made it all the more appar-
ent that the personnel Of the first eleven
is by no means unalterable. Thomas. the
Marion High School star, trying for the
position of full back. displayed great ability
in advancing the ball. He played with the
varsity and was one of the few members
of the team that could move the leather an
inch against the stubborn defense of the
second team. In mass plays Thomas man.
aged to find hole at each attempt and
once he wriggled out OF the heap and ran
for twenty-yard gain. Hotter. playing
full back for the scrubs. preventing him
making a touchdown The scrubs were
given the ball first and made the required
distance but once. Then they were obliged
TO punt and Adams. who is trying for
varsity quarter back position against Cap
tain Osborne. made fifty-yard kick with
ease. Hotter and Adams have thus far
shown up best in the punting line, none OF
any great strength in this respect. In addi-
ton to Thomas the two half backs, Zim.
norman and Mcwrey, proved themselves
consistent ground gamers. But few mass
plays were tried. majority OF the plays
being around the ends. Joe Knapp, who
was injured Monday in practice, out
on the field but could not use his knee well
enough to get into the game. Coach Cutt1
kept the varsity at work for half an hour,
putting in fresh scrub teams every Il
minutes. The varsity was unable TO score
against any of the opposing teams. but
managed to advance the ball more and
more as 1t limbered up. Leslie and Powell
played ends>yesterday on the varsity. They
ran down punts well and Powell stopped
several end runs. Allen and McManus at
guard positions were like adamant. There
was no yielding in the line despite the fire.
quent onslaught by the scrubs. Rebel and
Furr played guards, the latter having been
chosen by Cults in preference to Long, who
was playing the position in signal practice.
Hamilton at center proved himself a verit-
able keystone. He is not heavy as
Davidson, last years star center, but he
handles himself well and manages TO open
holes for the backs. Osborne at quarter back
is the speediest man in the eleven. Coach
Cults is practicing the quarter back run
permissible this year, and Osborne will
probably be called frequently to run
with the ball. After the scrimmages Coach
Cults made every man on the squad run
around the track. To-day the varsity again
lined up against the scrubs. For three
| quarters of an hour play continued.
Manager Leslie, of the athletic associa-
| ton, to-day announced that he had secured
| a game with the Englewood High School
| eleven, of Chicago, to be played on Stuart
| Field in this city Sept. 26. one week from
Saturday. This will be the first game OF
| the season, the next being scheduled fol
| Oct. 3 with Franklin College. Engiewood
| has q strong team.