The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-30

10 anybody VINO did not seem to be
interested in the future welfare Of
Jumping Joe. l have been to no
ehool where Joes' credits hadn't
Zen.
Godfrey Lands Joe
Jumping Joe jumped around The
story is that he was finally influ-
enced to ahght by his high school
coach-a man who played football
under Ernie Godfrey at Wittenberg.
Ernie is now line coach at Ohio
State and travels around the state
during the off season, inquirlng into
the health of young football players.
1t Is presumed that Ernie, with the
aid of his former pupil at Witten-
berg, convinced Joe that the climate
OF his native state would be most
salubrious.
Ernie would seem to have been
right for Joe has thriVed in Co
lumbus. There is no proof that he
wouldn't also have done we'll at
FOrdham, Columbia, Notre Dame,
Pitt or all OF those other places, but
here he is. Perhaps his work isn't
too heavy. l don't know just what
he does to earn his living, for
Gov. Davcy didn't include Joe in his
recent encyclical pertaining to ath-
letes on the state pay roll.
1T was my good fortune to OBJ
serve Joe jump during a practice
Oo fttf- hn, -
be present when he first carried the
ball in varsity competition. 1t was
against Kentucky. Joe ran Is yards
on the first play, put the ball on
the vineyard line, broke pp the
game and has done much me same
against Drake, Nor 5hwestern and
Indiana. Now comes Notre Dame,
and 10000 people will be in the
stands and millions on the radio to
learn how Joe's health will be
against the Irish.
Wears No l. Jersey
He wears No. 10 jersey by request
because it helped his health in high
school. He, therefore, probably
would be classified by the psycholo-
gists as a daring young man who
fiauntS tabOos I met Joe in one
of his rare moments when he was
not jumping He was lying on a
table while a trainer was gently
maSSaging his muscles. Joe has a
peculiar muscular development. He
is listed on the official statistics as
weighing 165 pounds and being
five feet five inches high. He might
go around ITO His age is not list
ed, but he would seem to be old
enough to cast his vote against Gov
Dayey with a great many other
state men.
If he were a fighter he would be
listed as one of those hght-heaVy-
weights with a heavyweight torso.
He has a big chest and shoulders,
but his legs are not massive. His
eyes are steely as HOrnsby's, and
there is in them nothing Of youthful
awe, l don't mean that he is too
old to be a sophomore but that he is
a kid who has always been old in
his head He would be classed as a
tough kid in any neighborhood. He
looks like Goose Goslin.
A veteran" From the Start
This maturity of mind undoubt-
edly made it possible for him to act
like a veteran from the time he first
started. 1t usually takes these
sophomore sensations some time to
feel at home But Joe moved right
in and became the star That's why
he has become the most important
figure in the nation this week. If
he doesn't Jump against the Irish
the Buckeye bayonets may be very
dull
He isn't really a jumper. Instead
his loW-Slung carriage keeps him
close to the ground. His nimble legs
move fast, and his barrel body slips
and whirlS, He leaps off the mark
and has the supreme virtues of the
ball carrier-Quick cutting, inStinc-
tive running Photographic eyes and
lightning refleXeS. He uses his left
arm as a rudder, waving it as he
flies through the air. converting it
into terrific stiff arm when neceS-
sary. He can't be easily tackled
about the legs or the chest, because
they are never still long enough to
provide a mark.
Jumping Joe may get his real test
as a defender against runners and
paSserS, as a tackler and blocker
against Notre Dame.