Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-09
HOOSIER GRID
CARD CROWDED
WITH FEATURES
Purdue Meets Stages Squad
Valps at Harvard and
Butler Plays Hanover.

Indiana football fans today were
groggy from trying to keep pace with
the done OF football games to be played
by their favorite elevens.
Local fans were confronted with the
task Of keeping an eye on four contests
played by indianapolis teams. Butler
was 10 meet Hanover on Irwin Held; one
Manual eleven was carded against Marion
at Marion, another against LOUISVILLE at
Louisville, and Shortridge was to take
its second stab at gridiron fame against
Richmond High ut Richmond.
Pat Pages Butler eleven was booked
to defeat Hanover. The christians put
in week OF stin drilling since their
game with Wittenberg. and their mentor
was confident that the marked improve
ment in their play would bring them
n win over the Outht that was trouhceu
by Earlham last week. Hanover, now
ever. was eager TO break in on the win
side OF the ledger, and could be expected
to put Up a stiff front. The 1913 Hanover
Butler game went TO scoreless Tie
Wallle Middlesworth, local boy, VINO mas
nosed In for a fret string JoO on the
wing at Butler tbs seas9hj Mas 80 W "a "a
out Of the contest with an Injury received
IN the Wittenberg game, but Page hau
several good men ready to take MS piace-
sHoRTRTDGE GOES
AGAINST RICHMOND.
Coach Julius had his Shortridge eleven
croomed for their battle with itieu-
mond and promised a much better snow
ing by the north siders thah that MhlS WIZ
they made against bloomfield last week,
With their first game nervousness ruDoeu
or. the Shortridge warriors were pre-
pa red 70 win. ~.
KIrklin. the team that fell before Tech
meal yesterday. defeated Marion ~
larre margin last week, and the Manuai
tenn iourneying to Marion was ready 10
perform the same trick. only on larger
scale Coach Evans was sending ms
strongest squad 20 Marion, with ths
hope Of making a heter appearance thah
There was little 20 go on In the Man
ual-Louisville game. excepting that louis
Vile always trots out s-Feng e'sEeIl,
and that the Red aud White boys We're
due for one u the hottest scraps OF the
seasan Several stin practice drills, FOL
lowing their defeat by Wabash, have put
me Nannalites on their mettle ana their
followers were pulling for a double VIC
tory.
PURDUE TEAM
CHECKS Up.
Coach scanlon. although bothered by
few criDples, had Formidable fur-
due eleven ready for COMBAT Win I-s
Chicago University team, which also was
10 LACK It's full power today. >due to tho
loss of Moot. Elton and Mcclure through
Injuries. word drifted Into Lafayette
this week that Cosch Stage was drllllng
hfs men I'm aerial work and the old chi
ago "shlnmv shift" and Coach Scanlon
drilled his men to check this style OF
ulay Twenty -nlue Purdue players were
taken 10 Chicago and the remainder OF
tho SQUAD was taken on the money over
subscribed for taking the university band
M to the Maroon stamping ground.
Purdue students were swarming out
of LAFAYETTE In the general direction OF
Chicago today by uso OF almost every
means of transportation known to man,
and II was certain that the Boilerma kern
would not lnek backing from the stands
RoCKNE PLAYS
SAFETY FIRST.
Notre Dame was to depend on the
strength of is line and the pln"g ~
ability OF It's backs to beat Western
Normal. Rockpe had an idea that Ne
hraska would have a scout or two on
hand 10 witness the battle and he or
dered all fancy stun Off the boards
In view Of the fact that the Irish out
weighed the wolverines man for man,
plenty of aerial play was expected from
the visitors, II was not question OF
who would win, the guesswork was being
done In regard to the size of the count.
Granting that the Valparaiso students
and followers knew their stuff. Harvard
was TO enjoy the best little practice drill
ever held in Cambridge when the Yalpo
eleven stacked into them this afternoon.
Coach keogan drilled his Woodworking
warriors overtime this week and they
ware ready to play their strongest in
the mystery game" Keogan was back
Ing his men TO upset the dope by holding
Harvard to a low count
De PAW invaded the land OF Colonels
FOR tilt with the Transylvania eleven
at Lexington. Ky, and the Tiger fol-
lowers were pulling for n more resided
count than Wabash registered over the
kentuckians last Saturday. This was
20 to 0. De Pauw's showing against
Purdue last week was nothing short of
brilliant and Coach Buss figured that
his team would score at win in this
afternoons encounter.
The Wabash gridsters had nothing to
do but practice. and they were going to
do lot of that. Next Saturday will
bring the Scarlet combination to Chi
cago for scrap with Coach Stages
Maroons, and they are getting in shape
to put up the battle of their lives.
The dopesters had Rose Poly down for
easy sailing against Meron at Terre
Haute. The Meron eleven is not just
what 1t should be this year, while Rose
seems to be set for one of the most sue
cessful seasons In its history
Franklin defeated Wilmington, So TO O.
last Saturday and today Earlham was the
favorite TO score a win over Whining ton
at Wilmington.