Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 292, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 December 1916 — State Football Title At Stake Sunday. [ARTICLE]

State Football Title At Stake Sunday.

Lafayette,! Ind., Dec. 6. —Pine Vilage and Hammond will clash at Park Sunday, Dec. 10, for the professional fooball championship of Indiana. It promises to be the greatest football game ever staged in this state and is expected to draw the largest crowd that ever witnessed an athletic event in this city. Hammond fans have chartered a special train and over five hundred of them will make the trip to Lafayette over the Monon railroad. Fans alLjover the state have been anxious to see the two teams clash ever since 1 the season and they are to qt last have their wish gratified. The Hammond lineup contains several well known ex-purdue stars. Frank Blocker, captain and center, was captain and center of the Purdue 1915 team. He is regarded as the greatest center that ever flayed at Purdue and was the unanimous choice of every critic in the state for AllIndiana center. Practically every sport writer in the west shifted him to guard on their All-Conference and All-Western teams. One critic picked him for center on his All-American team. Blacker is the idol of Lafayette and Purdue fans and hundreds will witness the game just to see him

play. Johnny Finn, quarterback, held down the same position on the Purdue eleven of 1913 and 1915. He is a clever drop kicker. and has won several games this season with his toe. If the game is close his ability to drop them over the bar may decide the issue. Ruffner, tackie, played Quarterback on the Purdue team in 1908, but dropped out of school for three years and on his return played guard in 1912 and 1913. He was chosen AllIndiana guard both seasons. Dorias, former Notre Dame quarterback, will appear in the backfield. Dorias was All-Western and All-In-diana quarterback in 1914, and was selected for All-American honors by a number of critics. He has been with the Tort Wayne Friars all season and * was hired especially for this game. It- is rumored that Jim Thorpe, the greatest player of all time, will with Hammond, but the rumor has not been confirmed. Galvin, former Wisconsin football and baseball star, and Blair, of Northwestern, will appear in the backfield. Galvin is also a baseball pitcher of great ability and was on the training trip with the Chicago White Sox last spring. The game will be chlled at 2 o’clock and tickets can be secured at Deschler’s cigar store.