The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-25
Football
Reviews
I By Dick Miller
Times staff Correspondent

OJ tckered the Wabash College
grid teams THE Little Giants years
ago had a foresight of 1926. That's
the way the forty candidates struck
the ideas Of the writer, when he
watched them working out.
They are little giants If you want
to call them that, but many of them
are husky, towering around the six
foot mark and ranging in weight from
$50 to 225, that is, the linemen. OF
course the back field men are small
er, but that's where the Little
Giant" stuff originates.
Pete Vaughan, in Pete's casual
way, says: ooh, we got a little"
smiles and adds, but they're green"
OF course we gathered, he was talk
ing about the new men who grad.
uated from the Freshman squad to
the varsity this year. No mention
was made by the sterling mentor
about the seventeen letter men he
has back from last years squad.
He didn't add that most of these
men he has from the freshly squad
of 1925 were able to out play the
regulars last year. We gathered
that Pete meant they were green in
experience.
III APTAIN WEBER Is the right
end. Now when you are cap
- tain it is generally considered
you are set for a job, and Weber
is a star, and is a popular leader,
but McClain, another letter man, Is
back, and he plays the same end
as Weber. They are regarded to
be about equal on playing merits,
and for that reason Weber is set
at his job.
Viner, another letter man, is the
choice for the other wing job, and
what feeling Pete must have when
he figures McClain on the bench and
an array of reserve talent on the
bench that reads: Alexander. Lati-
mer, Remley. Wallace, Chilcott, Nc
Dowell, Thornburg, Collins and Nc
Corkle. Now the last two named
are just about as good as anything
Pete has and they are sophomores.
It would not surprise many to see
both Of them in the fray aften, as
they know end play.
Tackles are not so abundant, but
of the lot of five, three are letter
men. DeBard and Cheyney look best
to start, with Loer close in. March
is big boy who has all the ear
marks of a real star. Morganthaller
is another good sophomore candi-
date.
The same condition presents its
self as the guard positions are looked
over. Painter, an All-State player,
is back and that settles one place.
McCorkle, out with injuries. at this
time, Is the other choice it would
SEEM Carter, another letter man.
will take his place if he can beat
out Taylor, a graduate from the
SQUAD. Zollner. former Tech High
School player, is another real candi-
date Berkey, who played at War
saw High School, is a luminary and
McMasters Is also looking good. The
guard situation looks mighty sweet
to the writer and probably Pete
feels the same way.
T1ERGER, a veteran, is back at
center and If it's any news
- the man who sets on the
bench as reserve is a letter man
named Mulbarger. HINES, a man
who made them work while on the
freshman team last year, is also try
ing for the berth, and that position
also looks rosy from the Wabash
standpoint
The defense and line, as a whole,
looks mighty fine, with letter men,
two or more Of them, for every posi-
tion.' The general weight Of the
line would strike about $50 or more
average, 1t would seem. With such
teams as Butler, De PAW, Purdue,
Minnesota and Illinois on the sched-
ule, 1t will take all the squad for re-
serve, but when Pete and Harry
Scholler scheduled those games they
probably knew what they were do
ing.
At quarter back, one finds pair
of letter men. Prail, who it would
seem win direct the destinies of the
Scarlet, Is playing his best ball.
Geraldaeu is also going better, and
Of the two boys who came onto the
varsity this year, Spoerner and
Casey, the former has the earnarks
OF being the best field general. Both
these players probably will get plen-
" Of work in the minor games on
the schedule.
There Is bitter fight being waged
for the full back job. Meyers and
McDougall, both letter men, are the
contestants. The battle is a toss-up,
and with the opposition to be met, it
might be said they probably will see
about an even amount of service.
Bower, a star in high school, and
who played good ball last year, is
the third man.
WO Of the six half backs are
III letter men. Parr, a choice Of
- many for all-State berth, is at
one position. Helm is at the other,
Both these men can pass, run and
tackle. While they make the back
field average about 100, they are not
the husky, rugged type, and therein
appears the only weak point In the
Wabash team.
Bayer is a strong reserve man.
His punting 1t of such caliber that it
viii be hard to keep him on the
bench. He can run the ball.
Frank Reese, former Notre Dame
star, Is serving his second season at
the Scarlet school as back field coach.
Pete is handling the line.
Reese has three other men who
appear good back field talent, Pease,
Coffel and Graham.
y,hara is No folly in the sta ananf