Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-09-30
Scanl0n's Huskies Show World
of Offensive Stuff in Con-
ditioning Grind.
MEET TIGERS SATURDAY
BY HEZE CLARK,
Times STAFF Correspondent.

BY HEZE CLARK.
Times STAFF Correspondent.
LAFAYETTE, Ind, Sept. So.-Cool
weather has put "pep" and ginger" into
the workouts of the Purdue University
football men in their preparation for the
De Paw game, which will be played on
the Boilermakers' field Saturday, and
Coach Scanlon has team that is fur
Their advanced In offensive play than last
years eleven.
While the Purdue student body looks
upon the De PAW contest as only a
practice game before Purdue meets Chi
cago next week." Coach Scaulon does not
regard the game in that light.
In scrimmage yesterday Scanlon took
no chances on injuries to his back field
men and used his second string backs
against the freshmen eleven
The freshmen seemed unable to mars
the Purdue varsity, and the shift plays,
brought to almost perfection by the
work of Coach Seanlon, made 1t posi-.
bic for the varsity to gain much ground
against the first year combination.
ScanIon gives credit to the ten weeks
OF spring football practice for the e1
cellent team play his eleven is already
showing. What the Purdue regulars can
, do on defense is only matter OF con-
lecture on the part Of the writer, as the
freshmen did not have the ball during
the scrimmage work.
II would rather have n little man who
will fight than a squad of giants who
won't" declared the Purdue coach time
and again, but 1t must be said that Pur-
due is far from being team OF light
weights. The center appears 10 be Dy
far the smallest man on the line, for even
the ends weigh close to the iso-pound
mark
BACKS BUILT
FOR SPEED.
But while the Boilermaker line has
plenty OF weight, the backs are far from
being as heavy as the Indiana Univer-
sity back field. Speed" is the watch
word among the Purdue back field men,
and that, combined with fight" Is what
a back field man must have IL he Is to
get a chance on Scanlon's team. Butch
Is keeping the boys guessing and no
ulayer with the exception of Capt Fred
Birk, left tackle, is sure OF his position
The coaching STAFF at Purdue Is I'M
der the direction of Butch" Scanlon,
head coach; aud Includes Piggy" Lam
bert coach of back field and end men.
Rich" Edwards and Ben Dixon, line
coaches.
Purdue has had a big piece Of luck IN
obtaining the services OF Frank Mann as
n trainer Mann is, without question,
one Of the experts at his business Of
training men and applying bandages
Chicago University. but in 1906 Coach
Jimmie sheldon got Mann for Indiana
University, and he remained there as long
rs Sheldon was coach. but Iowa Uni
versity secured Mann rs a trainer and
he was with that school four years. Then
Mann was a trainer for Cornell College,
Iowa. for two years and later WAS trainer
at Chicago University, being with Coach
Stages team last season.
Rate and Watson are doing the kicking
for Purdue. Coach ScnnlOn's kiekcrs are
not exceptional. when distance alone is
considered. but they are developing the
ability to place their kicks.
MILLER TRIED
ON WING.
Miller. basket ball star. champion jaw
elm hurier and tackle on last years
purdue team, presents a problem that
Coach Seanlon Is trying TO solve. The
big athlete Is too valuable 10 sit on the
bench. and still Swank appears 20 have
him beaten out Of the right tackle job.
Miller was tried at center Tuesday, but
yesterday Stanwo0d was back In center
and Miller was az left end.
There IL q lot that Miller must leatn
about playing end before the big fello@
VIII be OF value In that position. In other
words. he doesn't fit In az the end lob
because he has never played that position
before and needs a world Of experiences
Stanwood. weighing about i55 pounds
seems almost out Of place In the center
of d line the size that Purdue has this
season. still, he has wonderful speed
and Is always on the ball and lines Up
faster than any player in the Boiler
makers squad, and he han the ''aght"
Frazer and Cooley seem 90 be fayorlts
for the guard positions. IL Is just pos
sible that big Miller might make better
guard than anything else, and he may
a former Indianapolis Mammal Training
High School man. He weighs 165 pounds
aud appears aggressive OH oTeuse. Frnzer
played his prep school football at War.
saw High School
Spencer is the giant OF the Purdue
squad He weighs 232 pounds aud Is
feet inches In height. He played his
prep school football at Frankfort The
big man was used in the second string
line yesterday as a guard.
Claypool, a Davenport (TOwa) High
School player Is being tried at both
guard and tackle and appears to be n
powerful athlete with plenty OF strength
and drive, but for some reason Swank
seems to haze an edge over him. Faust
and Amstadt are two other men trying
for line positions.
Swank, former West Lafayette High
School athlete, had no opportunity to
play football until last season, when he
was on the Purdue freshman eleven.
During two and a half months of spring
practice he showed wonderful develop
ment, under the personal coaching OF
Seanlon. Today Swank Is showing
promise of developing Into one OF the
most powerful aggressive tackles in the
Central West, and before the end of the
son he Will cause his opponents no
end of worry Guyer is another tackle
possibility at Purdue Wykoff, Purdue's
champion heavyweight wrestler, also
plays tackle.
BIRK HAS
JOB CINCHED.
or course there is only one tackle
position open at Purdue, for Capt. Fred
Birk, all-State tackle, has the left wing
Birk played his prep school football
at Greensboro, KY and he knows the
game. He appears to weigh about 173
pounds, but the Purdue coaches say he
Is much lighter than that However,
Birk's speed and fight and exceptional
knowledge of the game places him In
the front rank among the best tackles
In the country
While Miller was used at end In scrm-
mage yesterday. 1t Is hardly possible
that be win start in that position against
De Paw. Pierre. last years end is
showing good at the wing position. KEEL
Ter might play the other end Beeler.
Treat, Carmen, Mccoy and Jackson are
all end men. and In the workout at re-
ceiving forward passes these athletes,
under coaching Of Piggy" lambert,
seemed to know how to handle the ball.
What they can do on defense is not