The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-24
ROUNDING INTO SHAPE
BOTH =. III. s. AND VI. II. III. =. TEAMS
SHOW IMPROVED FORM.
Pratt and DeWar Will Not Play on
:. III. $. Team Observation-Disclosures
Benton Lectures Team.

The teams representing the Shortridge
and Manual Training nigh schools are
working hard to get into condition for
their games Saturday. The team from the
North Side school will play at Sheridan
on that day and the NJ. r. II. S. lads Will
probably meet the Danville High School
team on the gridiron at Danville.
Captain Saunderson, of the Manual Train
ing High School team. announced yesterday
that the players were rapidly rounding into
form under the tutorship of Coach Orme.
Captain Clark was criticised by the
Shortridge Echo of Tuesdays issue for
his action in taking the Shortridge team
off the field in the game against Wabash
last Saturday. The same paper yesterday
upheld the Shortridge captain.
Pratt and De War will not be used in the
game against Sheridan Saturday The for
mer was injured in the game at Crawfords-
vile last Saturday and De War has con-
tracted malarial fever and will be out of
the game for some time. The team that
will probably line up against Sheridan is
as follows: Shane. right end: Shank. left
end; Common, left tackle; Gipe, right tackle;
right guard: Buser or Donaker, center;
Mckinney full back; Captain Clark, right
half; Allerdice. full back; Joseph, left
half.
Mr.. Benton, the principal of the Short
ridge High School. met all the football boys
and large number of those interested in
the game yesterday morning and gave
them a heart-to-heart talk. First. he spoke
of the faculty disapproval of the actions
OF the team on last Saturday. He said in
substance that the race question in that
case is of very little importance and that
1t seemed childish to stop the game on
that account. He intends TO write a letter
to the Wabash team and apologize for the
conduct of the team on that occasion and
for putting an ineligible player in the line.
All games or contests of any kind in the
future viii be properly directed by MEM
bers of the faculty. Mr.. Benton emphasized
that hereafter when a certain person is
given control of affairs he must be obeyed
to the letter Last Saturday Mr. Tuck told
the boys to go ahead and finish the game,
but all the boys had thoughts of their own
and the game was not finished.
Those members of the faculty who are
interested i'm athletics think that this is
a critical time for the athletic association.
All the money has been drawn out of the
treasury to meet the expenses of last year.
In order to meet the expenses of this foot
ball season until the big Thanksgiving
game. the interested teachers have sub
Scribed $1G a guarantee to the coach
for the compensation of his work.
The cost of last Saturdays trip to Craw-
louisville was about SIS. The manager for
warded this amount with the expectation
of receiving one-half of the gate receipts
and thus get the money back. The gate
receipts. however, were not forthcoming,
the Shortridge boys did not finish the
game. Mr.. Tuck, of course, is out SIS, and
Mr.. Benton claims that il is up to the
boys to pay their own expenses as 1t is their
fault that their expenses were not paid
out of the gate receipts. 1t was also sug-
gested that all the boys that go to Sheri-
dan next Saturday shall pay their own
expenses, which will be refunded after the
game is over, provided they finish it in
good style.