The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-09


.IAI steam roller are much alike
when you meet them head
on. Particularly when the captain
is leader of Pat Pages Butler Bull
dogs. who held their first practice on
Irwin field Tuesday afternoon.
When the bunch of seventy-five
young gridircn aspirants "trotted"
On the field there was one queer
looking specimen with them. Most
Of the back was torn from his old
blue jersey shirt, while he had to
keep ''hitching" at his pants to
keep them on And his sox wouldn'.
stay up. Tho boys at the office
wanted to know how It felt to be
football hero, and was the goat.
The fellow who handed out the out
FITS certainly did all ne could to make
my tall. gaunt 150-odd pounds look
even funnier than ever He should
have been a makeup man for
comedy show.
Say. it was hot on that field.
Grange Is Wise
Red" Grange. University OF Tlli-
nois football star carries ice in the
summer to keep himself in good
trim. Any one Of those football
players would have given a lot to
have had a job carrying ice. He
would have carried II over and
wrapped himself around it.
Then somebody unleashed the foot
balls-queer, oval-shaped, leather
covered objects that have habit of
bouncing just the way you don't
want them to. They certainly are
hard to catch and harder to hold.
Everyone went through the open
ing exercises OF kicking. throwing
and catching the ball. Coach Page
and his assistant Coach Hinkle were
on the sidelines. I noticed them eye
ing me. Probably planning to make
a star player OF me, or discussing
my awkwardness.
Then "Over here. you freshmen"
yelled Coach Hinkle. TRY some
signal practice"
AS Romans Do
The best way seemed to watch
the others, and do about like they
did.
Formation R-26-36-45. 42-51-9O,"
barked one little fellow whom they
called the quarterback. They threw
the ball to him, ana everyone ran
forward. 1t wasn't so bad.
Finally ''scrimmage" was the call
Say, that word certainly means Just
what it says. We scrimmaged.
1t was just like signal practice,
except that there were eleven fell
lows facing you. and trying their best
to see that you did not carry that
play through. Tear 'em up was
their motto.
"Signals-Formation L-24-S3-1S 22-
1876" That quarterback was still
at 1t. Suddenly from out of nothing
ness came that football, right at me.
it and run. For about minute.
Four Wheel Brakes
Then "O-o-m-m-f." Four wheel
brakes couldn't have stopped me any
quicker. The ball slipped away, and
some young giant pounced on 1t.
Blue jerseys covering athletes were
all around. Several were on top.
but they finally rolled off. and I got
up, Felt rather numb. but all my
bones seemed to be intact. decided
a stone wall had blocked my
progress. Some one later said 1t was
just Capt. Louis Reichel, leader of
the Butler team. Then back at 1t
again, with some more hard Jars.
Finally that welcome that's
enough" from Coach Page. The
poor, bruised freshmen trotted in to
the locker rooms. Probably about
half of them won't go back out If
they feel like do today.
If Butler wins any kind Of a
championship this season, I'm going
to demand ono OF those pretty little
gold footballs that they give all the
players.
Today I feel like earned one.