Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-09-13
Scarlet Football
Team, Gets First
Workout of Year
Coach Vaughan GiUes Grid
Squad Once OUer' in
Initial Practice.

CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind, Sept. 13-
Coach Vaughan got his first glimpse of
the Scarlet hopefuls yesterday when the
first football practice of the season was
held at Wabash College. None of the
advance guard of students got much
more than a glimpse, as the practice
was held behind closed gates. The same
procedure will be the general rule until
the first game with Augustana Sept. "a.
The "oId timers" who were out yester-
day included Capt Stasand and Colds
berry, ends; Knee and Johnston, back
field men, and Millstead, kcssler, Aul and
Thorne in the line Millstead looks las
big as q house." and should cause oppos-
ing teams lots of trouble. All Of the
men are fGll of pep, even though the
The prospects for the season appear
fair with much depending upon how the
new material will line up with the nu-
cleus of veterans left
The football field has been shifted
around q lit since last season and is In
of the squad. Entire new equipment has
been purchased and all the grid battlers
will be fitted out in big league style.
PURDUE READY TO GO.
LAFAYETTE, Ind, Sept 13.-The
Purdue football candidates are growing
restless waiting for the opening of the
1921 season. Conference ruling forbids
the starting OF practice before Sept. Is.
All of the players have returned from
last year with the exception of two
regulars, Stanwood, center, and Cooley,
guard.
Wagner, Meeker, Macklin. Eversman,
Murphy, Watson, Rate, Abramson and
Don Field will be fighting for positions
in the back field against Mckenzie. Har
ris. Patterson and Sailor, mem bers of
the freshmen varsity. Tho line candi-
dates have had experience and among
the men trying out are Captain Carmen,
Birk, Swank, Claypool, Kerr, Keller,
Geiger. Hedde and Merrill. The 1920
yearIing team brought out some good
players in Weber, Jones, Morgan, Noh-
sey and Murphy.
Coach Dietz viii arrive at Purdue to-
morrow fron Pop" Warmers football
camp in Pennsylvania. The new Purdue
coach played on the Carlisle team Under
Warner and was later assistant to him
for three years. Ward Lambert, as,
sistanf coach. arrived yesterday.
TIGER MEN AT GREENCAsTLE
GREENCASTLE. Ind, Sept 13.-At
tention Of the De PAW student body
was to be fixed this afternoon on Nc
Keen athletic field where the Tiger grid
material will run through its first home
practice. Prospective football men OF
the Old Gold school were expected to
arrive in Greencastle this morning from
the Culver Military Academy at Culver.
where Coach Fred NJ Walker OF De
PAW has been holding daily work outs
since Aug. q.
Due 10 changes in plans. the Ira b.
Blackstock athletic stadium which is
being constructed at De Pauw will not
be available this year. Present speciflca-
lions have IT that the main grand stand
VIII be built on the east side OF the
aeld instead OF the west as was original
~ planned.
Recent heavy rains have delayed the
work on the field Although the main
part OF the field has been graded and
the track scraped into shape the wet
weather has made II impossible TO SOW
grass seed on the field or place the Gin
ders on the track