The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-10-18
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By VEDDER GARD

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Franklin Butler football
game two rabbits sorely disap-
pointed the spectators. After the
freshman snake dance the youths
gathered around while the two
Dummies were turned loose.
Evidently the cotton-tails were
too excited to run. They hunched
up close to the ground and did not
use any of their vaunted speed. A
couple of freshies hesitated to give
the Dummies a chance and then
pounced on them. The crowd
boo-ed.
This all reminds us of the time
worn story about the wrestler who
was put in the ring with bull
The animal refused to exert itself
and calmly permitted the grappler
to twist its neck.
The fans yelled their disap-
prevail The mailman became an
CRY and stepped to the side of the
ring, explaining, "Say, youse
birds. this bull may be taking, but
I'm not"
Now, folks, those rabbits might
have been taking, but the fresh
men were in earnest. Don't blame
the boys.
a The Army football team got in
= some good experience in their
chosen calling-that of fighting
in the Syracuse game Saturday.
Press reports say that Syracuse
resorted to cleats and fists when
skill on the gridiron failed.
f~1F we are not very much mis-
taken this tall boy Lyons of
! Franklin should be a whiZz
on the basketball floor this winter.
He was just a string bean in his
freshman year. He developed last
season as a sophomore and was
getting bigger and heavier. He also
was learning how to handle those
long legs.
Lyons is playing an end on the
Franklin eleven and if he is not
injured, the grid experience and
the accompanying physical devel-
opment should make him a real
court luminary. Just wait and
see.
Extra! Extra! Harvard won
football game.
T~7HIS ought to make Wabash
mad" A story from Min
nesota says the Gophers
will have a week off this Saturday
when they meet the Scarlet. The
Swedes need a slight rest after
playing Notre Dame and Michigan,
undoubtedly two of the best, but
whether they will get it against
Wabash is rather problematical.
Vaughans outfit is not in he
habit of serving tea on the grid
iron. They're plenty tough and
/. will give the Swedes an interesting
matinee.
Coach Duggan of Franklin de-
serves quite a bit of credit for
putting fighting outfit on the
field against Butler last Satur-
day. Ed hasn't so very many
gridders. but what there is of
them, surely battles.
The big sophomore linemen eff
fectively stopped Buffers fast
backs.
I'll is said by those who have
witnessed Notre Dame in
action this year that Niemic
in the backfield makes Flanagan
look slow And this is no retiec-
ton on Flanagan.
Some football write-ups had the
Irish crippled because Of the
loss of Boland and Collins. Knute
missed those players just like the
seashore would miss a couple
grains Of sand.
Rock" has a half dozen or more
better ones. Boland was undoubt-
eddy a loss at tackle, but Miller,
a recent find, who had not played
football before, was giving the
veteran a battle for the berth at
the time Boland was injured.
Miller played on the baseball
team. Football is an epidemic at
the South Bend school. If a man
doesn't have it when he arrives,
he catches 1t.
Lewis and Baker of Northwest
ern may not be very good stu
dents in the classroom, but on the
gTidirOn they are teachers.