The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-30
TALKING
IT OVER
WITH JOE WILLIAMS

ATEW YORK, Oct. 30.-A week
IN ago when Army beat Harvard
by fifteen points there was, il
seemed to me, disposition on the
part of some of the boys to question
the power of the team. There were
even subtle intimations that ii
Biff Jones Soldiers hadn't been
blessed with diversified horseshDes
they wouldn't have won.
More than one faced
authority on the great autumnal
frenzy whispered behind his hand
to you that the better team was
beaten. Your correspondent
wouldn't know about that.
1T IS EVIDENT HARVARD HAS A
PRETTY SWEET FOOTBALL TEAM.
EITHER THIS IS SO OR DARTMOUTH
WAS GREATLY OVER RATED. 1T
WASN'T A CONTEST WHEN THESE TWO
NET SATURDAY. AND 1T IS DOUBTFUL
IF THE RESULT WOULD HAVE BEEN
ANY DIFFERENT IF THE BRILLIANT
AL MARSTERS. HURT IN THE FIRST
PERIOD, HAD BEEN ABLE TO PLAY THE
FULL GAME.
TXTHILE Harvard was taking the
w Hanoverians over the jumps
and making them like it, those Ca
diets, who had been lucky" the
week before, were bouncing Yale
around in quite a jolly manner.
Oddly, you heard little talk of luck
in connection with that one.
On the contrary, practically
everybody got together after the
game at New Haven and sang a
vast paean of praise to Biff Jones
team. 1t seems that after all the
Army is a mighty fine football
team. It had to be to win from
Yale and Harvard.
COACH JONES HAS A GOOD TEAM IN
RED eagle ALONE. THIS YOUNG MAN
is NOT ONLY ONE OF THE GREAT
TIME. AS TRICKY SLIPPERY ELU-
sIvE BALL CARRIER HE IS THE NEAR
EST THING TO RED GRANGE THE
GAME HAS SEEN. HE is JUST AS
FAST. JUST AS SHIFTY AND JUST AS
HARD TO BRING DOWN.
BECAUSE of his versatility he is
ID better player than the Illinois
red head. Grange was the greatest
ball carrier of his day, but that
about left him out. Grange was just
a fair forward passer, while eagle
is a great one. Tad Jones, who re-
signed a year ago as the Yale coach
saw eagle in action against his
former charges, and admitted the
red head deserves to rank with the
notable players of history.
You can put this young gent on
your aI-America right now. 1t
won't make much difference what
other players you put in the back
field with him. He won't need
much help from them.
YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN
READING SOMETHING ABOUT WHAT
THE BOYS CALL HIS BACKGROUND.
HIS FULL NAME is CHRISTIAN KEENER
eagle. HE is % YEARS OLD. WEIGHS
1877 POUNDS, Is FIVE FEET, NINE
INCHES TALL AND HAS ONE MORE
YEAR AFTER THIS ON THE TEAM. HE'S
FROM MERRYVILLE, LA. HE PLAYED
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL THERE AND
LATER WENT TO SOUTHWESTERN
LOUISIANA INSTITUTE, WHERE HE
WAS A LETTER MAN AT FOOTBALL,
BASEBALL, BASKETBALL AND TRACK.
r Asst year Knute Rockne called
IL him the most dangerous back
field man in the east. Mr. Rockne
can say that again if he wants TO
and nobody will attempt to correct
him.
Whether the Cadets will be able
to keep up their winning gait re-
mains to be seen. NOtre Dame
may have found itself by a week
from Saturday when the Irish in
wade the Yankee stadium. Ne
braska showed it's power by
crushing Missouri, and Stanford
is one of the great teams of the
far west.
y
THIS LAST GAME WITH STANFORD
IS ON DEC. l. LOT CAN HAPPEN BE-
TWEEN NOW AND THEN. BUT AS LONG
AS IT DOESN'T HAPPEN TO eagle THE
RED PERHAPS 1T WON'T MAKE ANY
DIFFERENCE