The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-15
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BY JOE WILLIAMS

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IN =, OF the boys were whooping Il
VII N.Y. IN the Malamute. Now That's
ge .oi - know the music, but I for
S eS she words. Now that reneno
Club. 'i aC the columbia
~, was Wednesday night and ve WV,
n lust sitting there mIndino on 90.
Ssainess and talking about the big,, 49,,
" aruehokes; the impudence Of Al Canon
anu the fall OF the stock marie. To-,
sood clean fun-that's all ana tbo, ,o,.o
Dooy mentioned that Columbia-r1srtr, ,,''It
mat Is to be played on Saturday
NOW the first thing I know an, ~, -
my ears in football experts In mn a.
hocenee. had an idea that Dartroo,,th
"a, as Ia Ior soft touch this weekend and
.hat they would blot those little Columbia
DoyS out like Pepper Martin Il can't get
80. ey rom that mug h,otted out that kid
Saecher Connie Mack showed. What was
MS name? Oh yeah-Mickey cochrane
50, Due Lou Little hears me say something
-'Ae that and he says very calmly. Joe.
m boy. you're screwy again. I hate to
see newspaper man lose dough. so I'll
give you tip. Don't bet on Dartmouth
Saturday.
''WhY?" saws I. in NV well-modulateJ
verse.
Because" says he. my team Is not
gong In there with the idea OF holding
Dartmouth to a low score. My boys
mink they are going 10 knock of those
indians from Hanover and. by golly I'm
beginning to think SC myself Remember.
Joe. m boy. I have a lad named Ralph
Hewitt playing for me and If there's a
better ball carrier in the country than
iii Ralph show him to me-"
The man that is known as Lon had me
there. I can't remember seeing any one
carry the mail more prohciently than
Ralph Hewitt.
But Lou" says l. Il am over at a
friends house in Brooklyn the other day
and I meet this Hewitt kid and what is
he doing? He is playing ping pong. He
is playing ping pong with party named
Bill MacDuffee. who plays center for you
How can I string along with a couple of
boys who play ping pong?"
ooh, OH" says the man who is known
as Lou you think that ping pong is
sissy game. Hey2 Come over to my
apartment any night and I will have you
weaving and bobbing after twenty minutes
Of ping pong. That isn't sissy game. Let
me tell YOU"
lust then Dave Smyth, who was
j host at little informal dinner,
broke in. TN my time" chirps Mr..
Smyth, who is bloated stock and
bond player, amy man who played
ping pong would be given up for
Lent. There were giants in the
land then. In my time football play
ers took much more of a beating
than they do now. Today they hit
and run. In my day they got hit
and laid there"
Heads were harder in those days" ir-
reverensly interrupted Ralph Furey. who
is Lou Little's freshman coach at Column
bia. but the boys now take their lick
ings all right You should have seen that
Holy Cross-Dartmouth love feast. I am
still weak from watching it."
Things being what they are and the ice
having been broken and put into tall
glasses. the discussion became general. 1t
was Just a night for football tanning.
REYNOLDS Benson. graduate manager of
Columbia athletics was there by now. We
talked about amateurism in athletics and
NNNN~~-
the grandstand.
my goodness chortles Mr.. Benson.
COLUMBIA is the most amateur college in
the world. Some colleges Just put their
coaches in the grand stand. We put our
coach in the hospital"
Little. sitting at the head of the table
heavily encased in leather brace that
reached all the way up to his chin tried
1 ha
laugh these days.
Three weeks ago he tried to throw off
half a dozen years and get into Baker
Field scrimmage but he wound up right
behind the eight-ball with two broken
homes in his neck. He's been coaching
the team by telephone and through his
two bright assistants. Marty Brill and Her
ie Kopf. once great end at w. J.
Inevitably we got to talking about Ralph
Hewitt who is. many say. the best ball
carrier In the country. The kid is good
all right. Last year he won two games
all bv himself. He licked Williams with
a drop kick and he scored ninety-seven-
ward run and a forty-seven-yard field goal
against Cornell. which was enough to make
them sing Roar. Lion Roar" in the vi
cinitv of one hundred sixteenth street ana
"Hewitt is a great back" Little said as
he dipped into a bowl of soup. THE Kid
has taken beating for two years. II he
was with some team that gave him great
support he would be a standout. 1 think
he's the greatest ball carrier IN the
country right now.
'sBut a ball carrier is only as good as
his interference. I think that Hewitt Will
give Dartmouth plenty of trouble. some
of YOU birds think that Dartmouth mas a
push over on Saturday. Don't be fooled.
we are out to win that ball game and
we'll be putting it out from the start.
You can't ask more than that. NV team
NAV be beaten but it won't beat itself
Just then a little man came into the
room and said. mr.. Little the doctor told
ma to come and get YOU. It's time YOU
were back in the hospital"
So. feebly protesting. Lou Little was
hurried back to the French hospital
When the Lon and the Lou get together
ANYTHING can happen and they are both
feeling pretty good about that Dartmouth
game. You got to give them credit at
that.