The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-02


promise to handle the vacant posi-
At Lafayette, where Jimmy Phe-
Ian makes football stars from po-
tentiaI engineers and farmers, one
of the strongest back field combi-
nations in the Big Ten looms.
Ralph (Pest) WEIGH, the Texas ter
ror, is being groomed for his final
and greatest season. In fact, the
big boy from the Panhandle went
50 far as to be Underground this
summer while ironing out some
scholastic difficulties at the Orange
and Black school.
Has Stout Mates
Eb Caraway, another Texan, and
Glenn Harmeson, indianapolis, will
aid WEIGH in providing the Boiler
makers offensive punch. Then
there is the promising sophomore
back, Hal Chasey, and Swartz,
another conner.
Phelan has the sophomore line
which he used in some of the 1928
games intact, and it is quite gen.
orally known that the Purdue men
tor had better than average fresh
man squad last season. His hard
est task, apparently, is to replace
Captain Olsen, stellar center, and
r. A Chubb of Michigan City and
Lewis Miller. Marion, are sophomore
contenders for the post. Eleven let
ter men are available.
Pat Page faces a different prob
lem down at Indiana, where it is
the back field that needs the most
attention. Pat lost his mainstay.
Chuck Bennett, all-Western half
back, and the HooSier mentor has
no little worry in trying to find bal
carriers to replace him. Paul Har-
rell is another offensive ace who will
be absent. Ball carrying duties
probably will fall to George Ross
and Frank Fauce. Ross bids we'll to
steal part of Welch's glory as the
leading Hoosier pastimer. Balay,
MagnaboSco, Brubaker, and Todd
are other available veterans.
Help From Freshies
Hughes of Gary should do the
Hoosiers some good this fall with
his plunging, kicking and passing
from full back. incidentally, Pat
had a couple of freshman backs
working last fall who looked better
than fair.
In the line, the Crimson have
three good tackles in Unger, Shields
and Jasper, and two three-year men
on the wings, McCracken and Cat
terton. Ringwalt, the veteran guard,
probably will replace Randolph, lost
by graduation. at center. All told,
about nineteen letter men will be
back battling for berths against a
squad from the just-average fresh
man team of last season.
New Faces at N. D.
Despite Rockne's usual pre-sea-
son silence, Irish followers are ex-
pecting an unusually strong combi-
nation with many new faces. If the
threatened change in attack style
materializes. they are anticipating
an even better eleven than the one
of last season.
AS in former seasons, the Ram
bling Irish will be just that, with
a light, fast team, banking their
offenses on spectacular passing at
tacks. Rock" will miss Christy
Flanagan, his fleet all-America half
back, and Chevigny. Niemic and
Collins in his back field. Garriedo,
according to inside" Notre Dame
fans. will rank as the best Irish
field general since Stuhldreher. Geb-
ert is his closest competitor. and
also is clever Mullins, Savoldi,
Kaplan, Schwartz, Koken. Grenin,
O'Connor. Shay and Jack Elder,
Notre Danes famous dash star, will
do the ground-gaining duties for
Rockne.
Moynihan at Center
Notre Danes line promises to be
a difficult one to get through or
around, with O'Brien, Vezie, Muir
ply and Conley at ends, Towery and
Donoghue. veterans, at tackles, and
Cannon and Law, two-year men, at
guards At the pivot position will be
Big Tim Moynihan, who was in
jured in the Southern California
game last season. Moynihan is
strong on both offense and defense.
Coach Potsy Clark is optimistic
about the 1929 season at Butler, his
greatest worry being relieved when
ne decided to shift Cavosie and
Royse, regular half backs last sea-
son, to end. Clark believes his 1929
machine will be rs per cent stronger
than last season. In making the
back field shift. Potsy believes his
wings will be we'll fortified without
weakening the attack. Kenneth
Boo8 and Robert Jarrett, sopho-
mores. probably will fill the vacated
half back berths, with Captain Ho-
sier and Curly Hinchman in the
other offensive posts. In the line,
the Bulldogs have four veterans who
played last season, including Walsh
and Schopf at tackles, Mccarthy
and Glunt, guards, and Jimmy
Puett. center. Thirteen junior let
ter men are expected to report for
practice soon.
Wabash Night Games
Wabash colleges outlook. figura-
lively speaking. is dark. but liter
ally not so bad. The Cavemen are
planning four night games this
fall