The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-09-21

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held at the time when the squad
his place was on the athletic fielC
Not only is Ashmore popular at
De Paw, but he can coach football.
He knows the gridiron and how to
teach it. He is assisted by Ned Mar
RAM, Chicago; Bob Gibson, De PAW;
and A. r. Kirk. Iowa.
The writer has seen De PAW foot
ball squads practice many times dur
ing the last twenty years but never
before has he seen an aggregation
more willing to work or as far ad-
vanced at this early date in the sea-
son.
They are green" explained Coach
Ashmore, land they have a lot to
learn about football"
This is true. but the system used in
teaching the players yesterday is just
what will make them real football
men.
There appears to be some exception
ally good material on the Tiger squad
this year. There is plenty Of weight.
De PAW football men have prac-
ticed two weeks. In the scrimmage
yesterday they shot forward passes
and caught them in better style than
the De Paw team did in the last
games Of the season in 1921. The
Tigers formations. shift plays and
style Of attack are different from
any used by Indiana college teams and
the plays seem to have a force and
drive to them that is hard to stop.
The preliminary work before the
scrimmage brought out some interest.
ing features. Kirk, giant Iowa Uni
versity line man. took the line candi-
dates to one end of the field. He taught
them the art of charging with the
charging machine. When scrimmage
started the back field felt the result
Of Coach Kinks work and were forced
to use an open attack.
Merriam Coaches Ends
Coach Merriam gave the ends a
long tackling drill using four tackling
dummies. It must be said that these
DE PAW Tigers this year tackle
low and this style of tackling was
not in evidence last season.
Coach Gipson drilled the men in
passing the ball and in catching both
long and short forward passes.
Coach Ashmore devoted most Of his
time to the back field. He is using
a back field charging machine. This
is far different from the heavy
wooden sled affair used by the line
men. The charging machine used by
the DePaUw backs consists Of two
poles with long heavy leather straps
at top and bottom connecting these
poles. In the center and suspended
between the two straps is an affair
that resembles a horse collar. The
backs form in their regular position.
the man carrying the ball hits the horse
collar affair. If ne hits hard enough
TO drag the two men holding the
charging machine about five yards
then Coach Ashmore is almost"
satisfied.
Roland Fisher, left guard; John
Clark, left end. and Joe RedD Ad-
ans. right end Of last years team,
are on the squad this year. Big Lyle
Burton. full back at De PAW two
years ago, who did not play last sea-
son, is also back.
Clark showed well in practice yes
terday. He is a sure tackIer. His
home Is in Brooklyn. n. Y. Besides
Red Adams there Is Glenn Adams.
the track team man, who IS after an
end Job. Frank Irwin. a Greencastle
high school player, reputed to be one
Of the fastest athletes ever at De
Paw. is trying for a wing Job. Jim
Todd, a Bluffton high school athlete,
is an end candidate.
Star Quarter Out
Fitzpatrick. star quarter on the
Lansing. Mich. team last season, is be-
heved to be one of the best field
generals ever at Greencastle. John
Cady. de Pauw's famous quarter-nile
runner, is another quarter back while
Bill CReD Wilson, who two years
ago played on the Wabash high school
team, when the aggregation was the
State champions. is at De Paw. He
did not show well last year, but ap-
pears TO be going good this season.
Besides Burton. T. A Crabb is a
full back possibility. Wayne Krurn-
heuer, is a speedy half back. Ernest
Daniels is half back who can punt.
Harold Nesbit, a former Garfield High
School player from Terre Haute. is
a husky back who will make the best
Of the Tigers step to beat him to
a half back job. r. Z. Omerod, who
played with Fl. Wayne high school,
is a speedy back. Zeke Young, the
Martinsville high school basket ball
star, should prove to be a clever foot
ball man. for he has speed and
strength.
After all De Pauw's strength viii
be its line. The Tigers have weight.
Weaver. Teel. Johnson and Webster
are center candidates. Webster was
center on the powerful Clinton High