The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-17
All Over Indiana Gridders
Are Busy Grooming for
Early Tits.
COACHES HURRY DRILLS
Majority of Candidates Set
for Fall Grind.
BY DICK MILLER

BY DICK MILLER
Indiana's eighteen college football
teams. were up to their necks in
football training today. Several of
the smaller schools were able to get
their squads out last week, but off,
cially speaking, Monday was the
grand opening of the grid sport in
Indiana. A rule of the Western
Conference has been that until the
middle of September grid mentorE
we're to remain strangers to their
pIoteges.
On the surface that is followed,
religiously. None of the Big Ten
schools takes to the gridiron until
that day, but behind the scenes the
coaches meet the boys, have them
QUILTED in advance, football is
talked and every preliminary time
saver is dispensed with.
When the big day arrives the boys
trot out onto the gridiron and get
right into vigorous activity. Head
coaches know their boys by first
name and pretty well know their ex-
act capabilities, for all of them have
served a year on the freshman squad.
Purdue and Indiana are the two
Hoosier Big Ten representatives, but
Notre Dame also abides to the Sept.
Is opening rule and Knute Rockne
likewise meets his gang on the turf
for the first time on that day.
Page Faces Task
The team that Pat Page presents
at Indiana this fall will be pretty
much of the machine variety. The
loss of the great Chuck Bennett by
graduation left the Crimson minus a
player of the billboard variety. Claire
Randolph, the husky center, also
graduated, but it was known last fall
when Randolph was injured that
Ringwalt, a former indianapolis
Technical high school boy, could we'll
fill his shoes.
The back field should be we'll
balanced with Hughes and Ross, who
had a touch of conference football
last year. The Crimson started
Monday pointing for Notre Dame
On Oct. 5, although they have Wa
bash and Ohio university in a dou-
header on Sept. % at Blooming
ton as conditioning games which will
give them a week start on the Irish.
Rockne Has Line
Tt is no secret that Notre Dame
will be quite sturdy on the forward
end of the machine.
Experienced ends, a great center
and capable and experienced play
ers to fill one guard and tackle po-
sition leaves only two places to fill
in the forward wall and we under
stand Rockne has the filler.
The quarter back position seems
well fortified and ball-toters are not
unheard of in South Bend. Mon
dav. Rockne invited, yes picked out
a select one hundred to come out
for opening practice.
Just the opposite to the Notre
Dame situation is the set-up al
Purdue. Jimmy Phelan has bunch
Of high-class, experienced ball tot
ers at the Boilermaker establish
ment His line was mussed up by
the dispensing Of sheepskins last
June. but Jimmy knew all along
that he was going to need linesmen
this fall, and Noble Kiser, who
coaches the line at Purdue, was
making hay for 1929 last year.
Butler Prospects Bright
There is not a roster situation in
the state than exists right out here
at Butler. Potsy Clark didn't hardly
have to be around at graduation eX-
ercises to tell any of his boys good
BY. Those who saw that game with
tufts last Thanksgiving realize
what is on deck for Butler oppo-
nents this fall A great line and
even better back field is an easy way
of explaining the Butler situation.
Wabash should be better off this
wear than last while De Paw will
find it rather difficult to build up
new line. Earlham seems in for a
hard year, while Lyle Butler, who
got his first dose of Indiana football
at Franklin last year with only a
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find the going a bit softer.
Harry Good. Indiana Central
mentor who had a great season last
fall married by a rainy day defeat
at Hanover. is planning on flooding
the Central field twice a week this
fall to give his boys slippery field
practice.
Wally Marks. the eX-Chicago star
has been turning in good work at
Terre Haute Normal and ne has a
good bunch at Camp KritenStein
now. Phil Brown makes his second
start at Rose Poly and undoubtedly
Phil will have a better year.
Evansville should be better this
year. according to dope and one
never knows much about Oakland
City until they get into action.
Red Money has quite bunch of
last year veterans back at Hanover
hard at work and Muncie Normal
is planning to surprise some one.
Russell Cook at Danville has been
enjoying high early season hopes as
usual.
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