Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 254, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1913 — PURDUE SPECIAL TO CHICAGO SATURDAY [ARTICLE]

PURDUE SPECIAL TO CHICAGO SATURDAY

Eleven Hundred Expected to Witness Football Game. At Lafayette politics has taken a temporary rest to give fans an* opportunity to talk about the football contest which takes place on Marshall Field, Chicago, tomorrow. The Purdue team went to Chicago today, and some eleven hundred rooters will go from Lafayette to Chicago over the Monon on a special train tomorrow. The train will leave Lafayette at 8:30 and pass through Rensselaer at about 10 o’clock. Agent Beam was unable to arrange for the train to stop here for passengers, for the reason that there arc several other trains during the morning on which per* sons can go to Chicago. During the past week Purdue has been practicing behind barred gates, thus preventing the possibility of spies from Chicago watching the plays and to the signals. The weights of the players composing the two teams shows that Purdue has the advantage by about 1 pound to the man. Purdue has the weight advantage in the line of about 2 pounds to the man, while Chicago has about 4 pounds to the man in the back field. That this game will be a great game Is the belief of all football fans in the central west and It Is expected feat the largest crowd wHI attend tnat was ever on Marshall Field. k . 'I Another game that is attracting a great deal of attention Is the In-diana-Illfnbls game at Indianapolis and Its curtain riser, the SheridanSummitville high school game.