Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-11-10
TERMS APPEAR
EVEN IN PREP
GRIDIRON TILT
Neither Manual Nor Short
ridge Has Enough Adj
vantage to Be Favorite.
HOW TEAMS STACK UP

Take squint at the Manual and
Shortridge football elevens, compare them
man for man, and you will find that
never in the days of old, when football
was the breakfast, luncheon and dinner
food Of the high school youngster, did
team from the north side and a team
from the south side go into battle with
the chances for a victory more evenly
divided than they will be when the pro-
teges of Coaches Evans and Julius square
off for their great scrap on Irwin field
Friday afternoon.
Then again, that old spirit of rivalry
between the two schools that burned
down from the brightest fame to the
merest spark with the absence Of high
school grldiron competition for thirteen
years, has again burst forth with all the
fury Of Kerosene soaked timber touched
by torch and the game Is bound to be
a battle from the word go.
Here's what you get in comparing The
teams, starting with the back neld men
Wertz of Manual is without doubt the
best half back that will be seen In Fri
has been one Of the shining lights of
indianapolis high school football.
HARMEsoN is
CHOICE QUARTER.
II. Harmeson is undoubtedly the best
quarter in the city and his presence In
Fridays game viii be a big asset IN
Manuals favor. E. Barmeson is good
gamer. Stewart and Sommers are put
ting up a great fight for the full back
position and one Is as likely TO start
Friday as the other.
Turning to the Shortridge back field.
you ind a combination that looks more
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field Clark, right half. is Shortridge's
best bet in ths scoring department. his
puntinE beiLz of a high caliber. He Is
regarded as the best high school punter
In the State. In Kilgore. Shortridge has
big line plunger and he will try the
heavy Manual line to the limit. Riley,
Shortridge quarter, WAS shifted TO that
position recently from half back and has
been running the team In great style.
Riley Is heavy, but fast. and can carry
the ball for good gains. Dithmer and
J. Ray are the contenders for the other
half back position and both are good
men.
BOTH HAVE
GOOD LINES.
In Reichel. Manual has one of the cias-
siest high school centers in the State,
both on the ofense and defense, partlc-
ul&rly the defense. Standing on either
aide OF Reichel are York and Grossman.
NMo Dig guards VINO are steady. consist
ent players. Eminholtz and Grossman
are the likely men to start at the tackle
position and they are both good men,
particularly on the defense. Pratt and
Geisier at ends constitute the Manual
line. Roth men are fast and shlfty and
the Shortridge backs Will have to have
mighty good interference IL they expect
10 skirt the Manual ends for their gains.
Coach Julius has been shifting his
shortridgs mon freely In the line since
the wabash game and II Is uncertain as
to who Will start Harvey and Taylor
are the best bets TO start az the end
positions. Churchman and StulI prob
ably viii he Julius selection for the
tackle Jobs and IL will be a good one. II
seems undecided as to--zshefher fillmore
or Dunbar will start at center. but the
odds favor Elmore. Bash and Mitchell
are expected 10 be at the guard positions
and IL they are the Manual backs will
ind that Part OF the line bad place
to try for gains.
The game Friday should see two de-
eidediy different football machines in
action. The Manual aggregation. par
tlcuiarly the line. holds the edge on
Shortridge In the matter OF weight. but
the north siders come right back with
the edge in speed and stiffness