The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-08
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best. But it appears to us as if
the midwest has the class Of the
country. The Army may be the
one exception. That will be decided
next Saturday when the Notre
Dame team plays the Cadets.
We believe that couple of
weeks ago when Northwestern
and NOtre Dame clashed, two
of the Nations best clubs faced
each other. Football fans just
won't believe the Purple outfit
is as good as it is. If the Irish"
and Northwestern met again to-
morrow it would be another ding
dong fray with the winner in
doubt.
What a sweet quartet that is
Baker, Lewis, Levison and Gustaf-
son. But it doesn't end there. Hol-
mer and Griffith are not far be-
hind. That is a marvellous combi-
nation of ball carriers, passers and
kickers.
The line is just as good. 1t
is q wall. And it is almost an
insult to call it wall, because
that would mean immOvable.
The Purple wall is far from sta
tiOnary.
1t crashes through the OPP
position. 1t stops plays before they
are under way, hurries passes and
kicks and tackles hard. 1t charges
fast on offense to open up holes.
If there is anything the N. w. for
wards don't do we'll it hasn't been
discovered yet.
NOtre Dame needs no more
praise. That team defeated
Northwestern to 0, so every
thing said about the Purple also
applies to ROchne's army. The
great reserve strength is a
tremendous advantage.
And one does not, have to stop
after mentioning the above two
clubs. Although Michigan was de-
feated by the Navy, the
Wolverines would be our choice
over anything in the East except
the Army if they played again
next Saturday.
Although Minnesota lost to
Michigan and NOtre Dame at the
start of the season, the Gopher
eleven is steam roller. Who
would you pick if they played
most any eastern team to-
morrow? And then there is Ohio
State. There is nothing weak
about the Buckeyes. More will
be known about them after the
Michigan game Saturday.
Well stack the Midwest up
against anything without fear Of
loss of prestige fo; this section Of
the grid world.
This seems TO be a hard season
on the football goal posts. The
college roOters i'm the East have
a pleasant little custom of tear
ing the cr0ss-bar up by the roots
and carrying it away. Nice little
souvenir All of the strong men
must not be playing football.
We have a new name for a Min
nesota player. Why not "Jugger-
naut" Joesting2 If there ever was
q human stick of dynamite, a pile
driver, or anything else you can
think of-Joesting Is that.
$50
WEEK or so ago we be-
Al lieved that the Army would
S defeat Notre Dame. The
great power of the cadets was
thought to be almost irresistible
The 33 to 0 defeat Of Yale helped
along this opinion. But Old Eli
seems to be complete flop and
some of the edge is taken off the
overwhelming Cadet victory.
1t is hard game to dope. If
the Army forwards are as good
as accounts say they are likely to
smear Notre Dame plays before
they get started. The best back
field in the world needs time to get
under way. The Irish" line must
rise to the heights if the HOLSTERS
bring home the Soldier scalps.
The contest has us on the fence.
The more we think about the game
the more complicated it becomes.
After two or three weeks of be-
lieving that the Army would
take" Rockne's horde we seem to
be slowly swinging over toward
Notre Dame. There will be more
about this later. 1t looks as though
daily bulletins are in order.
There is new batter.ing ram
at Michigan. His name is Weber.
How he did crash that Wiscon-
sin line. Last Saturday was his
day and he made two touch
downs. It's too bad the Michi-
ganders haven't . Fields to go
with Weber. That would be a
great combination.
Probably everyone knows it, but
just let us remind you once again
that this man Painter of Wabash
is SOME guard. He is product
of Manual High School. Also he
is the toughest bird we ever saw
wear a mustache.
wv 7.HEN George Little was at
WI Michigan some folks said
~ he was the real coach of
the Wolverines, and not Fielding
Yost. Little returned to Michigan
last Saturday as coach of Wis
consin. Evidently Yost must have
heard about some of those re-