Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-09-22

man has his jersey torn off of him in
practice trainer is on hand to give
him a new jersey and throw the torn one
into the discard, provided it is so
badly damaged it can not be repaired.
Inside of the field long rows of
bleachers have been erected and stands
extend half the length of the playing
space on the other side of the field.
There will be more bleachers built and
placed all the way around the playing
space. Every person who goes to the
Butler athletic field to see a game of
football this year will be able to see
every play and there will be good seat
on well constructed bleache-s from which
to view the game.
Then again, there is another feature
that has never been in vogue at Irving
ton. The Butler team does not practice
on the gridiron where the games are
played. full sized gridiron, with goal
posts has been marked off in the eastern
part Of the Butler athletic field. and on
that space formerly unused the Blue
and White players are sent through their
practice There is big advantage in
this. The regular playing space is kept
in good condition and becomes moved
lawn as smooth as a carpet on a parlor
floor, instead Of a barren space from
which all grass has been worn. Then
again, If the ground is muddy the cleats
or the athletes shoes do not cut holes
In the field in such a way that when the
ground becomes hard again the players
take chance on spraining an ankle.
THREE TEAMS
ON THE FIELD.
The equipment of the Butler players
seems to be more up to date and COM
plete than in other years. Yesterday
more than three teams went through q
snappy signal drill and workout, while
in other years a Butler coach sometimes
found only few extra men over the re-
Quired eleven from which to build his
team.
1t does not require much effort to learn
the reason for the change at Butler. Two
men have made the great Improvement
possible. These men are Pat Page, the
former Chicago University star, who is
coaching Butler this year, and Justice
Paul, who is the business manager. These
two men understand each other and they
know what is required TO make a win
ming football team possible.
Coach Page is not Boosting that he will
win all or even half of his games. That
talk stun Is not Pats style. The best
Pat will say It; I'VE will show improve
ment before the end of the season."
On the side lines yesterday were pos
sibiy fifty football fans,s ONE of them
old grads at Butler, and these men wore
the smile that won't come of =" Culley
Thomas, the greatest punter that ever
played on college team in this State
ana the man who won many games for
Butler and later coached that team, is
one or these old grads who watched Coach
rage send his huskies through practice.
10 say that Coach Page has a bunch
OF star high school football players
from which to build his team would be
untrue. Pat must start at the begin
.ng and teach most of his men inside
football and the rudiments of the game
He IL doing this. Pat yesterday worked
the men for almost two hours on exer-
cises which will teach them to handle
themselves and teach them to get rid
OF their -clumsiness. These exercises
varied from lodging past a series OF
men who would push the runner off his
feet, to diving over a player who is
on the ground or doing the circle with
the hands as pivot, and also the IA
bucking exercise.
GOOD PASSING
WORK SEEN.
Then camc a drill in passing the ball
and catching long forward passes. AT
mat branch Of the sport some Of the
pass aud catch the pigskin. These men,
while lacking as a rule in football
knowledge, had experiences in basket bali.
Ihen came light scrimmage consisting
ior the most part In charging and block
ing oy the line men and In going down
under punts by the ends. st this game
the backs handling the ball on the puHts
caused the end men plenty OF trouble.
but some good. clean tackling was
The shades Of night were making +,
difficult for the back field men To see
the bah long before Coach Page sent
his hopefuls TO the dressing room last
Butler opens its season Oct . with
Wittenberg on the local field Earlier
on the same day and at the Butler field.
Shortridge High School will play Bloom
field High School. Ae IL happens Ruler
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opening game. WittenberR was tied for
the Ohio Conference championship last
year and this season finds that team with
only two or It's last years PLAYERS miss
ing. Etter, half back said to be the
best In Ohio with the exception OF Chick
Harley last year. Will be in the Wltten-
berg lineup when the team appears in
this city
While Coach Page nnds himself CON
fronted with the problem of teaching a
lot OF football to his squad within a
short time, still he seems to have the
kind of men on his squad who can and
viii learn football
Phil Brown. tackle and captain Of the
team. played last year at Butler. His
toe was big factor in many games
Brown is big, wellbullt man and is
showing much improvement over last
year. II would seem that there are
enough other players who will weigh
more than 10 pounds TO give Butler
plenty OF weight IN the line Hungate.
a guard, weighs 212 pounds and is net
awkward. Rosenstihl, a former lions
Vile High School basketball player, is
after the center Job. He is probably the
tallest football player In the state. 1t
was impossible to judge last night what
the long boy could do on defense but II
must be said he can sure pass the foot
ball.
Sanders, touted by many critics as one
OF the best guards In the State last year,
is training hard this season. He has
plenty Of weight and Page is watching
him closely. Kenneth Moore formerly a
shortridge High School boy. was given