The Indianapolis times., 1922-09-26

Franklin plays its old rival, Butler
College at indianapolis Saturday.
There is a feeling of confidence in
the Franklin camp that the writer has
never seen there before. Franklin
has a team formed for a large part
from seasoned veterans. The quarter
back and full back are new, but the
men filling these positions are remark
able players for first year men.
Confidence Prevails
This same feeling of confidence is
evident among students and business
men who watched practice yesterday.
Butler viii find out it hit something
when Pages team meets Franklin this
year." declared one of the Franklin
business men who has been faithful
and who has followed the Baptists for
years.
He is right. Butler will know it
has had a real football game when
the Irvingtin eleven clashes with the
Baptists. Franklin is Just as heavy
as Butler, f not a little heavier.
Franklin has a back field combination
that can travel. This behind a fast
charging line give the Johnson Coun-
ty college a team that would give
any eleven in the State something of
an argument.
There is no player who has ever
been at Franklin who has created
more talk among the football fans in
his freshman year than Ernest (Red)
Rohrabaugh. The writer when he
says this Is not forgetting Kingsolver,
OLwry or Cotton" Overstreet of a
few years past. or Webb or Bra nigan
of twenty years ago. The fact is that
Red" ROhrabaugh is the Franklin
gridiron hero even before a game is
played.
He Is a former Kirklin High School
star who last year was named as the
AII-State quarter on the Indianapolis
Times selection. Red" is a real ath-
lete. He is larger than most college
quarter backs. He is as fast as any
quarter back in the State at carrying
the ball. He has a good toe for kick
ing and a good arm for shooting for
ward passes. In scrimmage ROhra-
baugh was given no opportunity to
show what he can do on defense. He
mas one fault, or at least he showed
il in scrimmage. and that was when
he twice ran back in attempting to
circle the ends. He lost ground on
these trials, and while he could do
this and get away with it in high
school. he will not have any luck with
that type Of play in college. Other
times he made big gains going
through.
The other new man at Franklin
who is attracting attention IS Rich
ard Van TuyI of Houston, Texas. He
IS being played at full back. He can
hit the line. and on an off tackle
play gained plenty of ground.
After all the real strength of the
Franklin team is not its new stars,
but the fact that Coach Dugan has
an aggregation of last years grid
veterans, led by Stanley Stroll, cap
tain and end. This man is the beet
football player in the State going
,Iown the field under a punt. Stroll
lid not scrimmage but assisted in
coaching the team.
Many Vets Out
Among the veteran football men in
the Franklin SQUAD who went through
= long, hard scrimmage practice were:
Fob Records. tackle; Bob Pritchard.
5uard; Earl Kunney, half back; Burl
Iummert, the 225-pound guard; Burl
Pride. end; Earl Rich. half; Law
renee Booher. center, and John By
mum, who plays either center or guard.
He is also a good punter.
Carl N1egaI, tackle, and Forest
Woods, a back field man, who were on
the Franklin squad two years ago,
are again wearing gridiron togs.
Combine with these veterans.
enough new men to fill in the weak
places Of last years team, place them
under a man who knows football like
Coach Dugan and the result is sure
to be q: football team that viii give
all opponents a real argument. Be
sides Red" Rohrabaugh and Van
Tuyl the Franklin squad includes
some other former high school stars
who are trying for the Baptists grid
team this year. There is Buck Rob
rabaugh, q line man who was worked
at center. He is plenty big and he
played with last years undefeated
Kirklin high school team. Grover
Behr, a former Frankfort high school
basketball player is after a guard job.
Hiernaux, Kokomo athlete is working
at half back. He is a fast man.
Franklin high school mas furnished
some football material for Franklin
College and among the new men on
the Baptists squad are Hugh Town
send, half back. and Henry Fisher,
tackle. Big Philip Worthem of Hart
ford City is another line candidate.
woodford Richardson, basketball
star at Franklin College. is trying for
quarter back. Lyman McClain, tackle,
was on the Franklin squad last sea-
son.
Burns. tackle, played with Kirklin
High School last year. He is an ag-
gressive type of player who will give
strength to the Franklin line.
While Franklin is being pointed"
for the game to be played with But
Ter at Indianapolis the Baptists have
an unusually hard schedule. many
games Of which are important. The
schedule follows: Stp. go, Butler at In
dtanapolis; Oct. 6; open; Oct. IA. Han
over at Hanover; Oct. 21, Louisville
University at Louisville; Oct. q, Rose
Poly at Franklin; Nov. 3 or 4. open;
Nov. Il, Pennsylvania at Lexington,
KY; Nov. IS, st. Xavier at Cincin-
natl, and Nov. 25, Earlham at Frank
In.