The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-04
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Observation-Disclosures
By VEDDER GARD

T7UTLER rooters will forgive
the Bulldog eleven for any
number of things if it can
defeat Wabash on Saturday. But
it is very doubtful if the Irving
ton team can turn the trick against
the Scarlet.
Butler may be like the fighter
who suddenly tries hard to get
ready for big fight when 81 is
too late. There are some who
bring rather serious indictments
against number of the local
football players.
These folks say that the Irving
ton gridders have failed to take
the grid sport very seriously-not
that it is a matter of life or death
whether a team wins or loses. 1t
has been said that the Butler foot
ball warriors laugh after defeat
and joke about it instead of taking
it to heart"
II these accusations are true
then Butler, indeed. is in a bad
way. No team can win with such
spirit. We were inclined to
stick up for the Blue and
White youths.
We said that back of the banter
and horse play they really cared
that they were just trying to
show their sophistication-that
XAack of the attitude of whats a
'ae6otball game or two in our young
lives?" was a burning desire to
win.
But the people who said, "They
don't care" were hard to con-
vince. There must be something
to these stories. At least, there
is not enough of the "dO or die"
enthusiasm that accOmplishes
things on the gridiron.
Now. this does not apply to all
players and is not meant as dis
couragement, or a knock to the
whole team or coaching staff. But
if the shoe fits any one we hope
he reads this and gets "sore" about
1t.
Some Butler supporters will
say upon looking at this: "Well,
the minute a team loses a few
games everybody gets out their
hammers"
In way. this is true There is
usually something the matter with
team that is losing to other clubs
in its own class. There are differ
ent ways of losing.
A team can give its best and
lose and it can be out there Just
going through the motions and
lose. There is no excuse for the
latter method.
The Wabash game at Irwin field
is the high spot of the season.
Whether winner or loser, Butler
can atone for much by the way
it battles in that fray.
REAL sophomore football
Al star is a rarity. The play
L----g err who is on the varsity
for the first time may have every
M thing in a physical way. He may
8se smart, also, for that matter.
But in spite of everything, he has
not had the vital experience that
is needed.
If you don't believe this ask
Coach Page of I. U. On that
opening kickoff against North
western last Saturday, of which
so much already has been said,
Pat had all his men instructed
just where to play. The kick,
of course, was to go deep into
Purple territory.
Sibley's boot was short and car
ried only to the 3O-yard line. But
the Indiana players with heads
down charged down the field to
their allotted places. When they got
there "Tiny" Lewis was well on
his way to a touchdown.
The best laid plans of football
coaches sometimes go awTy.
Sometimes a gridder has to think
for himself. Players have been
known to meet emergencies with
rare iudgmert-but very seldom
were they sophomOres.
N++#
T-1HERE is a defense for every
attack in football. 1t takes
- time to devise scheme to
stop new offensive strategy, but a
smart coach always finds ways
and means. With an equal break
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