The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-10-27
FIRST BIG GAMES
SCHEDULED TODAY
Players Are on Edge and
Have Been Trained to
the Minute.
COACHES QUEER CLAIMS
Three Big Games Attract the Atten-
ton of Football Fans in
the East and West.

Today's football program indicates
that the brief season of big games is
really here. In most Of the colleges
and universities the games which have
been played so far have been merely
tryouts in preparation for the two or
three big contests that mark the eli
max Of the season.
The 1ine-ups of the various teams
have been changed time and again, as
weak spots have been found and rene
died the scrubs who have shown up
to the best advantage have been given
places on the team, and in some cases
this shaking up, sitting out and re-
sorting process has gone on so long
that the players are not yet sure of
their positions
But in most eases the teams which
will face their strongest rivals today
are the finished product of weeks of
conscientious effort on the part of
high-salaried coaches. Each man has
been picked because Of his special
adaptability for the position he plays,
reduced to such fine art it is no ex-
aggeration to say that the teams have
been trained to the minute.
lie ulSH WHO Will 1ei1S CeASAA O1AACA
today on a score of gridirons in the
east and the west are imbued with
such a determination to win that the
very atmosphere seems charged with
the spirit of the players and the root
ing Of the thousands of partisans who
gather around the gridiron is what
makes football the magnificent spec
taele that it is.
The three most important games of
the day are those between Chicago and
Indiana, Michigan and Illinois and
Cornell and Princeton.
Jimmy Sheldon, of Indiana. has built
formidable team of gritty, spirited
players Last year he was able to
score against the champion Chicago
team, and this year. with what he be
lieves TO be a still better team. he
hopes to defeat the Midway players
Coach Stage seems to have the Chi
cago press subsidized in the interests
of his team, and the gate receipts, sc
when he makes the statement that il
is a toss-up as to which team will win
his ultra eonservativeness is taken
with a grain of salt. 1t is the general
belief that Chicago will defeat Indiana
decisively, and any other result woult
be big surprise to football dopesters
The situation is about the same il
the case of the Illinois Michigan game
Illinois has hopes, and Michigan,
heart confident of victory, sends on
the statement that the game will be ;
hard fought one, and the score is sur
to be low.
In this case. as in the case of Indi
ana and Chicago, these reports are no
taken seriously, and when Coach Hui
says, If it is ever Illinois chance,
is now" he is indulging in pipe
lream that he knows would not com
true in one chance out Of thousand
it might be possible for Illinois to bea
Michigan, but If that team did not tur
the trick it would shake the football
world from center to circumference.
In the east Cornell and Princeto
are more evenly matched and it actu
i ally seems to be a toss-up as to whic
team will win. The possibilities of tn
new rules have not vet been given
thorough trial by these eastern teams
and two well matched elevens ma
spring some surprises that make it dit
fcult to tell which is likely to be tn
winner