The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-21
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NEW YORK. Nov. 81

NEW 1OfShs NOV. Z1.-
TINE Yale fence is gonel An auto
4 mobile bearing a Massachusetts
license was seen rushing the relic
away from a New Haven photog-
rapher's gallery. where 1t had
rested, unmolested, revered, since
1879. Harvard, which meets Yale
on the gridiron on Saturday, Is in
Cambridge. Cambridge is in Mas
sachusetts. The hawkshaws are on
the scent. Yale men from Terra
Del Fuego to Kamchatka are up in
arms. A foul plot is suspected.
The Yale fence is gone! No longer can
the official picture Of the Yale eleven, al
ways taken with the antique bit of fence
as a background he preserved for pos
terity No longer can the Yale captain
have his Official phiIZ and figure, always
filmed while the Ieader IS seated non
cbaIanty in historic pose on the faie
fence, Join the daguerreotypes OF hrn13Io'
mortal U,nkey, Chadwick Tom Sheylin ana
Hogan in the Bulldogs gallery of the GRID
iron gods.
Tho photographer whose studio was q
rerCeltory for the relic saws u IS worth
$1,000 $1,000 This viii be regarded, as an o afI
front BY ali OF the old guard. 100000
Why that mess Of worm e es EN-, W wsnt to
worth million. priceless II you nf is79
1 s5iitI of the muttonchops who still cher
ishes picture Of Fudge Hefelhnger. amos
stagg and Bum McClung sitting on the
famous fence.
THIS is no simple, every day
+vpe Of banditry. Small Won
der that the hawkshaws Of New Eng
land are bafTled. No professional,
laundering crook grabbed the Yale
fence. This is the job of a coterie
of Young men inspired, deep stu
dents of psychology who figure the
theft of the fence to batter down
the morale of the Yale team, which
is a favorite over Harvard for their
annual battle on Saturday.
How IS Captain Firpo Green going TO
crush the Crimson line when there IS no
Official picture on the Yale fence in the
offing2 Greene already is worried ne
member those old pictures OF Yale cap
tains in their sweaters, fondling immense
nose guards and wearing ferocious looks
and long hair? They hung heavy over that
Yale fence-and now the fence is gone.
faint right.
THESE are the days of football
L rumor which concerns itself
chiefly with coaching changes.
There seems to be something more
tangible than mere report to the
story from Princeton that Bill
Roper at last will give up the job
of head coach and devote himself
to law and politics in Philadelphia.
Roper has found the demands Of the
place at Nassau more exaeting each year.
and now he is reported to be ready t.
Al Wittmer for the lob. Wittmer has been
his chief assistant for several years and
seems to be an alert young man learned
in football lore and know how.
Princeton's fall to its lowest foot
ball level in years this fall, with
defeats by Yale, Chicago, Cornell
and Brown, may be traced largely
to reduced incentive at Nassau. The
Tiger needs the Harvard game-and
I think he needs it more than Har-
ward does the Tiger. Bill Roper
used the battle with the crimson
as his grand rouSer, Tor which ne
most often brought the jungle Cats
to high technical and mental pitch
that carried them through the fra
cas- with Yale.
FOOTBALL as it is played these
L days requires a series of objec-
tives. This is lacking in Prince
ton schedule which calls for no
meeting with Harvard. The aboli-
ton Of the Army-Navy game has
hurt both Service teams, and I think
it has hampered the MidShipmen
more than the Cadets. The Army
now is pointing with enthusiasm to-
ward the objective with Notre Dame.
But there is no such eXhilaration
at Annapolis over the contest with
dartmouth