Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-21
MEENAN MAY NOT
FACE OHIO STATE
HanIey More Worried Over
Stars Condition Than
Strength of Foe.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
@HCAGO, october 21.-Ken
Meenan worried Coach
~ Dick Hanley of North
western far more today
than Ohio States famous Bill Car
roll.
Meenan, one of Hanley's prize
backf1eld aces, was badly crushed
in a scrimmage last night, and it
was extremely doubtful whether
he would be able to start in the
aIl-important game against the
Buckeyes at Columbus Saturday.
The muscles in his left side were
torn and he breathed with great
difficulty.
The extent of his injuries may not
be known for two days but Coach
Hanley was worried and rightly so as
Meenan'S loss would rob him of one Of
the best ground gamers of 1881 foot
ball.
MeeEan's injury spoiled one Of the
best drills of the season in the Wildcat
camp last night. Pug" Rentner, his
star passer. and Ollie Olson, his best
punter, returned after a few days on
the injury list and their presence in
spired and keyed up the Wildcats to
the same pitch that enabled them to
give Notre Dame a tough, scoreless
afternoon in the mud of Soldier Field.
FORGETTING the cheers that fol-
l. lowed their upset of Michigan,
Coach Sam Willama and his Ohio
State team were busy throwing up a
defense for the Wildcats. Coach Villa
man said he believed his team had
sufficient scoring punch and that he
would stress defense most Of the week,
especially a defense against the cele-
brated Wildcat passing attack.
Smarting under criticism for their
showing against Ohio State last week,
Michigan'S Wolverines were In
dangerous mood for the Illinois game
as they hustled through a spirited
scrimmage against the freshmen. Dee
de Baker starred in the drill, going
across for three touchdowns in less
than 10 minutes. Meanwhile, Coach
Bob Zuppke, sensing psychological Up.
portunlty of getting revenge on Mich
igan, had his Illini in a cheer-leading
frame OF mind. The Illini attack ap-
peared greatly accelerated and "Zup'
worked overtime with cheers and orders
to stop Newman" Bill Hedtke
strengthened the line by returning to
| center duty.
because Of injuries suffered In the
- Wisconsin game, Coach Noble
Kizer was busy making shifts in
his Purdue lineup for the Carnegie
Tech game. Several sophomores were
tried in the line, while he planned to
shift Paul Pardonner to right half IL
Jack White can resume his quarterback
duties.
Wisconsin, too, had bruises to mend.
so Coach Glen Thistlethwaite drilled
his reserves for the Pennsylvania in
vaSion. All the Badger regulars were
expected to start in the Penn game,
however, but only one stiff scrlmmage
was scheduled for them this week.
Minnesota eaSed up on its training
for the same fear of injuries, while Iowa
drilled on blocking, which, Coach Burt
Ingwersen said, was the principal rea-
son why the Hawks failed to score
against Indiana last week.
There was considerable activity in the
Chicago and Indiana camps solely for
the reason that two coaches want that
game Saturday. At Chicago, Assistant
Coach Pat Page. who was dismissed as
head coach at Indiana at the close OF
the 1880 campaign, told the varsity
every Hoosier formation he had ever
used at Indiana, while his successor at
Indiana, E. G. Hayes, drove the Hoosiers
overtime III scrtSnmage with the fresh
men and then gave them written ex.
aminations on strategy.