The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-10-01
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\ push-over day in the foot
ball world, but in looking

F1ATURDAY is more or less
push-over day in the foot
ball world, but in looking
over the schedule one can pick out
some interesting tussles. Right
here in this State the De PAW a
Indiana u. scrap should be worth
seeing The Purdue at Navy con
test can not be called a setup for
the Middies.
In the far west the Olympic
Club of San Francisco tangles with
u. of California. Last year the
Olympics knocked off the Bears in
surprising fashion, Is to 0.
Missouri and Tulane should go
round and round at the Show-Me
Boys field. In 1925 the two clubs
battled to to tie. Nebraska
and Drake is another tough one.
Drake upset the Cornhuskers last
season, IA to 0.
Alabama at Vanderbilt looks like
a southern feature scrap. Florida
University made a long trip north
to take on Chicago. Northwestern
just nosed out South Dakota last
year. IA to 7. The Dakota team
is back at Evanston Saturday.
Those are the games that LOOK
like the class. The usual upsets
probably will be in order where
they are least expected.
%#*
Balboa. who discovered the Pa.
cific Ocean some 400 years ago,
has nothing on the present. day
sports writer's. Almost every
Saturday some of them fiyd seas
of mud.
Extra! Extra Four Hurricanes
are sweeping the East 1t is the
last game Of the American polo
season-Hurricane VS.. Meadow
brook Army team. The match is
for the Monty Waterbury Me
mortal cup.
Wonder if he is any relation
10 Helmy, the channel swimmer?
RarOOk Masuda, a giant from
Egypt, weighing 216 pounds, is
trying for a line position on the
University of Pennsylvania foot
bail team. II he brought some
of that Egyptian sand along
with him he may make the
grade.
TT77HE weather man in New
York predicts showers for
~ he opening game in the
wol4u series This is bad news. 1t
would be better If he had said rain. .
Commissioner Lands must be CON
sidered in the coming classic. The
Judge doesn't like showers.
According to his actions last
year he followed a rather peculiar
line Of reasoning. 1t seemed to be
something like this-If it drizzles,
No Game: if it rains, Play Ball!
The only remedy is for the sun to
shine.
4 =
Young StribIing is in his ele-
ment again. Once more he is
bowling over the set-ups.
frankie Bursch whoever that isl
was knockout victim Thursday
night atFMemphis.
-
Showers was k. o. d. the other
night. Sad to relate it happened
in the boxing ring and had moth
ing whatever to do with the wealth.
e.. 1t was a good omen, however.
This morning the sun peeped out.
But, hush, don't brighten that
timid orb which has been hiding
it's face for SO long.
The Maple Leafs of Toronto
refuse to fall. The Colonies
should have waited until later in
the autumn to put ON the "little
world series" party.
$50
Cn BASKETBALL is hard to
n down in Hoosierdom. With
- baseball world series and
football overlapping in a two-ring
sport circus, somebody called up
this department the other day and
wanted to know the score Of the
final game in the State high school
basketball tournament last year.
There is always something to be
thankful for. Princess Lobkowicz
was eliminated rather early in the
national women's golf tourney.
The first OF the season. We
notice that the NOtre Dame var.
sity is having trouble with the &,
Minnesota plays as used by the
Irish" freshmen team in prac-
tice. That is a favOrite line with
the college correspondence
always good for a laugh.
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The open season on ducks Except
wood ducks and elder ducks) starts
In this State today and ends Tan.
Is. The bag limit is fifteen. The
jack snipe can be hunted from
today until Dec. 20. Did you ever
go snipe hunting and hold the bag?
It's fine sport. There is no closed
season if you go at night and
don't use a gun.