The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-27
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THE DOPE
By VEDDER GARD
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rET us warn all those who
select all-American football
teams before it is too late.
Don't leave Joesting off the list
Of stars. A full back like the Min
nesota crasher comes along only
once every twenty years or so.
Leaving him off the team is like
forgetting the ham withy~the ham
and eggs, or attending the Army
Navy game with a new raccoon
coat and leaving the tickets at
home. 1t just can't be done with
out embarrassment.
Many Hoosier football fans
will be roofing for the Navy to-
day because of the Middle coach,
Bill Ingram. The Annapolis
coach made many friends while
at Indiana u. in 1924 and 1925
and they are pulling" for Bill
to keep up his great record i'm
his first year at the Navy.
II is reported from Chicago
that the betting on the
- Army-Navy football game
has been very light. Those who
risk their coin on various events
seem to think that the contest Is
too tough a proposition. They be-
heve that breaks will decide the
battle and do not care to try to
pick the eleven that will get them.
The Army was a 6 to favorite
|just before the game, those odds
being offered by Cadet supporters.
1t was quickly covered, however.
No big" money from the East
was in evidence.
There are strict rules against
betting at Annapolis and West
Point, and so what speculation
there was among the future ad-
nirals and generals was much I'M
der cover.
Murrell, Army back field star,
does not seem to need doc"
Spears shift play to advance
the pigslin. The former Gopher
star has proved a sensation with
the Cadets this season and he
was a marked man in the contest
this afternoon.
Knute Rockne believes that the
Army has the edge. The Notre
Dame coach knows how tough
they are. A heavy field might
aid the Cadets who play a smash
ing, running game. A slippery
ball won't help the, Navy passing
attack bit.
-7T finally looks as though the
Big Ten coaches have the
- Gophers stopped. If they.
couldn't do it on the field Of battle
they did it in the meeting at Chi
cago. A two-second stop on the
shift play will do away with it's
value. The opposing team will
have those valuable seconds to get
into position for the expected at
tack.
Such a ruling by one group of
teams always causes complications
because Big Ten outfits play elev-
ems not in it's sacred precincts.
The Western Conference prob
ably hopes that the rules commit
tee this winter will follow suit and
do something about the shift. The
rule already states that complete
stop must be made before the ball
is snapped.
E-1E do not know how true
IWt the stories are, but it is
continually rumored that
Coach Knute Rockne of Notre
Dame receives a share of the gate
receipts in football contests. Els
Inmates on the "cut" run as high
as 10 per cent,
If it is true that Rockne gets
his share of the gate the coach
him If he has such a contract, so
don't misunderstood. If such is
the case, he is as smart a bust
ness man as he is a grid mentor.
And what great schedule he
has arranged for next year from
the standpoint of the gate"
Three of his games should draw
the biggest crowds of the season.
Huge throngs are sure to attend
the Navy game at Baltimore,
Army contest at New York, and