Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-09-21

The first glance at the Wabash foot
ball squad Tuesday did not make the
writer think he was looking at wabash
College football aggregation. he red
jerseys and stockings were missing. In
their place the football men wore white
Jerseys and these were bes battered with
chunks Of clay, for which the west part
Of Indiana Is famous. However, The mys-
terry soon was solved. The white jer-
seys are just Cor practice, and in the
big gymnasium north OF the athletic field
there are about fifty new bright red foot
ban Jerseys and stockings TO match ready
to be used In he games.
That the men have been working was
evident. Their uniforms dripped with
perspiration Tuesday. The squad was
busy scrimmagtng when the writer
reached the field and ar excellent OPP
portunity was given 10 observe the work
Of every man oefore that scrimmage was
over. Coach Vaughan kept the men
shifting In and out OF the scrimmage
until they all had plenty of work. Then
came practice on the tackling dummy
The first glance at that scrimmage
practice showed shat Coach Vaughan was
developing IN his squad the one thing
that made Wabash famous-the ability
to tackle, hard, low anu sure. il was
this quality that won for the former
Wabash teams in the days OF Coaches
Tug" Wilson and Cayou. the name Lit
tie Giants" This quality is returning
this year and was evident throughout
the scrimmage Tuesday. The reason was
soon evident.
When the men lined up for work on
that tackling dummy there was no delay
The Wabash tackling dummy is suspend
ed from a rope This rope extends
through two pulleys and on the other end
Of the rope Is a heavy weight. The pull
leys are suspended from a heavy frame
this way, when a tackler bits the tack.
ling dummy the dummy falls just like a
man with a ball would fall If tackled
properly. and then the dummy jumps
back into position ready to be tackled
again. There is no delay. That Is just
what Coach Vaughan wants, 40 delay be-
tween tackles.
"Divew yelled Assistant Coach Huhine.
q a tall boy dashed in the direction Of
the tackling dummy Tuesday. The foot
ball player left his feet and the dummy
went down hard.
Not low enough" yelled Coach
Vaughan. Hit him lower"
'Dive!" yelled Huffine, and the next
man hit Mr.. Tackling Dummy low and
hard That's the way to tackle" com
mented Vaughan. and the next man
sprinted in the direction Of the tackling
dummy. That Wabash squad is master
ing the art of tackling and no matter
what team they play their opponents will
find they have met strong defense
The spirit these men put into that
tackling practice Is the same that they
put into the other parts of the practice,
the scrmmage and signal drill.
FIVE CANDIDATES
FOR CENTER JOB.
Five men are trying for the center
position at wabash. Clyde Crater,
former Lebanon High School basket
ball star, is one Of these. Bradley Of
last years wabash team Is after the
center Job Charlie Logan, an Indian
apolis man who played with one Of the
amateur teams in the capital city last
year, is working out at center. Logan
has a good chance to land a place on the
regular wabash squad. He has got lots
Of the old fight and under the coaching
Of Vaughn Logan should develop into
one Of the best center men on any col
lege eleven in the State. Coligan. a
DanvilIe (Iu) High School man, plays
center. as does Dimon, former Louis
Vile (Ky) Male High School player. who
is an athlete with much experience In
the line position and who passes well.
Wabash has a small army of guards.
Lee Thorn, who last year won four
letters, baseball, basket ball, track and
football, at Wabash, is just as big and