The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-10-05
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yesterday
WABASH ELEVEN
BEST IN HISTORY
Harper's Aggregation Is
Strong in All Departments
Eckersall Writes.
MEET, PURDUE SATURDAY
Contest Expected to Be Hardest
Fought Among the Smaller
Teams This Season.

That Wabash college, located at
Crawfordsville Ind, will be represented
by one of the strongest football teams
in the history of that institution was
shown last week. when the Little Gil
ants trounced the Georgetown college
eleven of Kentucky, 81 to 0, in forty
four minutes of play.
In past years Wabash has been rep
resented by teams which were almost
the equal of the aggfegatfons OF the
larger colleges, and when the Little
Giants did meet one of the conference
college teams they made their heavier
and better coached opponents work for
every point wabash never has hest
tated to play any of the large college
teams. and the showing which it has
always made against these teams was
responsible for the players being called
the Little Giants.
This year. with a fine squad from
which to pick team, Coach Harper,
the former Maroon baseball and foot
ball player has developed an eleven
which is sure to give good account
of itself this season The players are
just the sort for the new game, as they
possess the fight and determination
which go long way in developing a
strong aggregation.
Every member of the squad is fast
| and every day the players are given a
!. long drill In practice lodging by run
/. ming through the linemen and using
| the straight. arm to good advantage.
i All of them are deadly in catching and
+ throwing the ball, while in other rudi-
rnentary principles they are drilled to
/ a high point of perfection.
Each player is a deadly tackler and
nearly all of them have the interference
! style down to a nicely. The linemer
! have been taught the fine points about
charging and blocking. and in the game
last week in which the writer acted as
/ an official the team was further ad.
vanced than any eleven seen thus fal
| this season.
Harper has perfected whirlwind at
tack on and off the tackles which is go
| ing to be mighty hard to stop. Thi:
| attack gained almost at will agains
.Georgetown. and 1T Is sure to gall
ground In harder and more importan
games. There is no loahng in the bacl
field, for the players get to the point o
attack quickly possible. as 1t Il
we'll known that the sooner a rune
gets to the point of attack the bette
are his chances of gaining ground.
Plays which compose the attack ar
varied with end runs. line plunges, OF
tackle plays and forward passes from
all sorts OF formations These play
were reeled off with clock-like preci
sion, and 1t will take wabash's oppo
nents some time 80 solve some OF tn
! deceptive formations which Harper ha
taught his aggregation.
In Indiana there is keener rfvzfr,
for the state championship than In an.
other state In the country, and as
result every contest in which the Lit
tie Giants engage they are compeile
. TO play their best football because al
} the teams IN the state would rattle
: beat Wabash than any other eltven.