The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-14
AIKNc PURDUE, INDIANA SET FOR HOMECOMING TRAYS
IT OVER
BY JOE WILLIAMS

NEW YORK, Oct. l4.-It is easy
= to write football. There is al
ways some one around to help out,
correspondents and the like. All you
have to do is sit back and wait for
the mail man, and his wild cargo.
Already this department has been
tipped Off as to the class teams
around the country, namely:
Pittsburgh and Colgate in the
easC
Michigan in the middle west.
Vanderbilt and Alabama in the
south.
Stanford on the Pacific coast.
II these fail to come through. don't sue
me I'm merely repeating what the letter
writer's say. A case Of parrot fever with
postal complications as you, might say sy
November none Of these may be in the
running Football ana communistic can
stu. It looks Ike sound early season
sizs-up. though the boys may be taking
plenty for granted In turning the field
over completely 10 Michigan In the middle
west and Stanford on the coast For one
thing. they tell me Notre Dame and Pur-
que sun are playing the game-snd who
mas beaten Southern California this sea-
son?
You will be able 10 tell more about the
stsndouts after Saturdays games Pitts
hurgh gets It's FIRST real test against the
Army. This is likely to be whale Of
tney might be from tackle to tackle but
otherwise they look as If they will do.
a year ago they we're beaten 2e to 0,
anu neaten by great team. AS an old
BAN player said. 1T was the best team
PITTSBURGH had since Hans Wagner played
short :" The whole back field IS back, but
4 hA VlTr
team has shaped up we'll but for the
most psri the opposition was weak.
an me ie soldiers WI 30 into this game with
for the rout OF last season. and thus add
TO the mental comfort of their retiring
coach. Major Ralph Sasse This emotional
Similarly inspired. the Soldiers whipped
N Nodtre Dame in one Of the major upsets Of
seuint at Heller and Reider the Pittsburgh
passing combination that practically
ruined ruiiaso ne soldiers year ago. BY all ac-
me great passing combines Of football his
s soIy; ana right nov they appear to be abb
Greek and Niger Nate have made a come
PACK. They say these birds once made
hhIty-six passes in one night, and with che
WHENEVER new passing pair
wv achieve the headlines the old
tavorites are trotted out to take
bow in the daily gazettes and the
list almost invariably includes
Dorlas and Rockne, Oberlander and
Iulley, Friedman and Oosterbaan.
Pritchard and Merrilat and Wood
and Hugely. How about Oliphant
and Vidal2 Weren't they pretty
fair?
And how about that young fellow
Brick Muller of California and the
Joe Doakes who was on the other
end of the pass? You can't leave
Muller out of any discussion having
TO do with the refined art of heav-
ing the hogs hide and get away
with 1t.
dnere was passer among passers. He
eouio throw EN- ana he could eaten en-
hhn1 u tneV ,, had to be- caught witn' one
mana ne could 40 that for YOU too
In post season game with ONO State
ne ne, COMPLETED q pass Tor seyenty wards ana
ddn te lew minutes later for seventy
on Ny m recolIestion Is however that the sec
LOT some reason or other. but not before
Muller had thoroughly demonstrated thai
70 MIN football was as easv TO maninUS
iste as baseball. both in throwing and
Individually Muller and Friedman we're
probably the greatest passegs the college
game ever produced. each with a distinc-
his offense. ""e w
The Pittsburgh pair. Heller and Reider
nave oeen widely pubhcized. They must
be good. All the Armv hopes, is that they
aren't too good. AS for the customers. thew
prefer prefer to SIT back and Judge for them
selves, hoping That Jock Sutherland real
" turns the young men loose
You know how these Napoleonic minds
OF the gridiron are, They build up an
expectancy for one form of attack and
then spring an entirely different kind on
YOU This Is what is known as catching
to he pretty slick stuff