The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-07
Fine BackfieId Men Com
pete for Positions on
Crimson Team.
SCHEDULE: VERY HARD
Victories for !. U. May Be
Termed 'Upsets.'
BY DICK MILLER

BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Oct. T.
H. o. (Pat) Page has a gang of fo~t-
ball hopefuls out for his Indiana
University eleven this fall. Forty
four of them labor daily under the
guiding eye of Page and four as
sistants that they might make
favorable showings before the home
fans against Minnesota, Notre Dame,
Michigan State and Purdue, also
against Northwestern and Chicago
on foreign fields.
Page startled the Big Ten Con-
ference at the schedule meeting last
fall by laying out the schedule he
did. He had little hopes of beating
the teams he had scheduled. Any
hopes were merely dreams.
But Page does have constructive
ideas and speaks his mind. Page
said he was experimenting with the
fans of the State. Should support
be afforded Indiana again can bring
the leading teams of the nation to
Bloomington.
Page has quite a bit of material
at the local institution. 1t lines up
something like the following:
Ends Are Weak
At the ends are A. Catterton and
Weaver both ineffective at stopping
lateral pass plays and cut backs.
McCracken, big, rangy Monrovian
lad, seems to have absorbed lot of
football knowledge and looks like
varsity calibre. w. Cattterton, Hitler
and Baker are other wingmen.
Pats tackles are just fair. He has
three letter men, Moss, full back
last year; Hull and Hellman, both
100 Founders. There are outstand-
ing weakness in the play of the
tackles. Failure to use the hands
is one, failure to drive through to
meet the offense another and fail
ure to keep loose to meet the play
a third.
A couple of sophomores, one an
Indianapolis boy, are likely looking
guards. RingWalt, former Tech star,
is standing the freshmen on their
heads this fall. Bundy is making
things hot for Hill, a letter man.
Trobaugh and K. Bennett are fair
reserves.
Centers Good
There are several nifty centerS.
Randolph and Mathews both are
clever passers. Randolph is a let
ter man who starred last season and
Matthews so good he may see serv-
ice at guard in many games. David,
Logansport, is another candidate.
-Four letter men are available for
the most important position of a
Pat Page football team-quarter
back. Garrison and Harrell are for
mer Tech players. Byers, half
back last year, and Lefty" Salmi
also are OH deck.
Harrell probably will, see service
at half and be used at quarter only
in an emergency. OF course, Chuck
Bennett is the outstanding ball
toter on the team. Chuck appears
in condition and that means lot
Balay, former Tech star, has posi-
bilities. A husky lad, Reinhardt of
Racine, Wis, will be heard of be-
fore this season fades.
Full Well Handled
Art Beckner seems o. K, also
Founce of Marion, and Todd of Bed
ford. Beckner, like Salmi, is small.
Their prowess in Big Ten football
is overrated.
Another position seemingly well
fortified is full back where Stephen
sen, veteran half, is holding sway.
Stoves punting is needed. Magma
bosco and Springer are other pos
sibilities.
Any of the backfield men can pass
but Indiana's passing game will not
be as fast as it should be. Indiana
fans and alumni are going to see
Aoo Was f1,ic foil