Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 October 1936 — Page 38
John Ww. Thompson
De’ Pauw Gridiron Tales Bristle With Fire-Arms and;
Trickery; Neal's Men Learn New Plays for Old Gold Day.
(GREENCASTLE, Ind., Oct. 23.—“The origin of Old Gold | Day is found in the desire of President Edwin Holt Hughes, the faculty, and the student council to find a suitable substitute for the uncontrolled, and unregulated outbursts of class rivalry and Auimogity | between the freshmen and the sophomores.”
The above is an excerpt from a paper prepared some years ago by W. W. Carson on the wherefore of De Pauw’s annual get-together day, the twenty-ninth anniversary of which i# to be celebrated here tomorrow with a full day’s program climaxed by the De Pauw-Manchester football game.
It seems that the entire morale of the school was jeopardized by the scuffies between first and second year men that took place early in the 1907 school year. A crisis had arrived. The President called council and decided to furnish a formal outlet for the energy and enthusiasm which was being demonstrated in rather pagan fashion. So De Pauw’s first Old Gold Day was celebrated Nov. 16, 1907, with contests in football and basketball between the frosh and sophs throughout the day.
» n = #n » HERE was also a special feature called the “Scramble” in which a picked group of sophomores and freshmen raced for a football and attempted to put it across the opponents’ goal line. Only such things as “choking, tripping and slugging” were barred. g Football was started at De Pauw, after much debate we understand, in 1889. Baseball had previously been the fall sport. But some liberal minded folks thought football should become a part of the program and a football fund was started. Donations came, as De Pauw publications stated, “thick and fast, as much as $38 being received at one time.” The first year, De Pauw played Purdue and lost, 34 to 10. They also played Indiana but no score was kept because “one boy on the Indiana team was found net to be a member of that institution.” Pawing through De Pauw football files’ here yesterday afternoon we came across the following chuckles and murmurs: 1 1891—The game with Purdue was called off at the half because Purdue already had De Pauw 30 to 0. 1892—De Pauw played Butler at Indianapolis and the game held until after dark. Butler put over a winning touchdown under cover of the night. The crowd surged on the field, interrupted the game and the whole thing was called off. , 1895—Wabash beat De Pauw, 6 to 0, after which the De Pauw paper had this to say: “The best of teams can not win when playing against 13 men, two of them (the officials) doing more than the other 11.” 1896—The De Pauw manager engaged a game with the Louisville Athletic Club, which turned out to be a bunch of toughies and ex-pugs. Before the game was over and won ae ae by the Louisville team, kicking, scratching and
slugging were well in order. » » 2 » n ”
HE De Pauw Weekly classed the game as “disgusting and disgraceful.” It seems that Capt. Shireman of De Pauw would take just so much slugging. He finally gave up and slugged back. It was described as “a telling blow.”
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and his antagonist, he was “met with the cold muzzle of a revolver in the hands of one of the Louisville linemén.” 1900—Before a game in which De Pauw tied Manual Training High School of Indianapolis, 0 to: 0, a gentleman presented himself as a member of the Indianapolis press, at the ticket gate and gained admittance. He watched each play closely. The next week when De Pauw journeyed to Crawfordsville to play Wabash it was discovered that the gentleman was Anthony Chez, Wabash coach. He was a clergyman who gave part of each fall to coaching any football team available. The following year he was hired by De Pauw. 1919—Coach Edburt C. Buss suffered a nervous breakdown just before De Pauw’s game with Centre College, leaving the team in a quandary. So Charles Jewett, then Indianapolis’ mayor, his brother Chester, Fred Tucker and Felix McWhirter, all “D” men, came to Greencastle and coached the De Pauw team for the rest of the season. 1923—DePauw defeated Indiana : Univefeity, 3 to 0, for the first time in 27 years.
#2 #n 2 » » #® Y ESTERDAY afternoon we shivered on the sidelines as Coach Gaumy Neal sent his. 1936 De Pauw gridders through some brain practice. Evidently Coach Neal has heard that Manchester's eleven is one of the heaviest in these parts, for he is instituting some whirligig tactics for tomorrow’s game. They fooled us. In the series with Manchester which was t started in 1929, De Pauw has won four games, lost one and tied last year’s contest, 7-7. De Pauw has scored 108 points to Manchester’s 61.
From the records we could find, De Pav has played a total of 355 football games since the sport was begun in 1889, | of which they have won 1883, lost 150 and tied 22. Statistics | on Old Gold Day games, of ;which there have been 24, show
that De Pauw has won 17, lost six and tied one.
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A special Old Gold Day play is to be presented tonight |
and tomorrow night at De Pauw. The title, Tquare Crooks," _ has nothing to do with grid officials.
When Williams, another De Pauw man, stepped between Shireman
the horses after growing too eavy for the saddle. 18 a bronco buster and steer "ras * with a rodeo ¢ fit in New York. :
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Proud National Champions| |
Gird Forces to Meet Hoosier Charge.
BY STEVE SNIDER Unifed Press Staff Correspondent
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 23.—Minne- | | 2 'sota, a notoriously slow starter, was | |:
picking up power today like a giant snowball careening downhill every hour hikes the odds in favor
of running its solid chain of vic-|
tories to 21 against unbeaten Purdue Saturday. Gridiron hunters have had the
Gopher at bay since the closing jy
days of the 1932 season, but on 27 consecutive football Saturdays, he's held his own or driven off the finest in the nation. . On the local gridiron tomorrow, Minnesota will send its proud national champions against the strangest gridiron case of 1936. From every angle Purdue was regarded as the major question mark of the Big Ten even before a gasoline explg sion removed two stars with fa burns.
Have Become Power
But now, with a tremendous surge which can’t be explained away as an emotional aftermath of the tragedy, the Boilermakers have become a power in the Western Conference. It will take the best defensive team of Bernie Bierman’s . three-year splurge to halt Purdue—and he believes he has it. There is some evidence, however, Bierman fears the Boilermakers. The Gophers now may not be as strong as in 1934 and 1935, but few observers can see Purdue’s flying backs ripping through the thick wall that held Washington to 96 yards by rushing, Nebraska to 32 yards, and Michigan to 43.
Cecil Isbell, whose 451 yards from scrimmage, six touchdowns and eight conversions make him the third high scorer in the country, already is # marked man in Purdue’s backfield. Stop him and Minnesota has stopped Purdue, observers here cay, despite the fact his brother, Cody, John Drake and Fred Stalcup all are capable runners,
Tries Youngsters During the process of reconstruc-
tion after hea aduation : losses, | - VY 8 - consistent ground gainer, with an
Minnesota whipped two good teams — Washington University on the West . Coast, and Nebraska. Unwilling to risk his previous streak, Coach Bierman clung to his known veterans. But against Michigan, out came all the untried youngsters on the verge of stardom and a half dozen clicked. This is Bierman’s style. No player is ready for heavy duty until he’s
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ready to star. From here on, the veteran Gophers must improve or make way for tested, ambitious reserves. In the varsity line there is no weakness, Ray King and Dwight Reed, ends; Co-Capt. Ed Widseth and Lou Midler, tackles; Bob Weld and Francis Twedell, guards, and Bud -Svendson, center, compare
favorably ia any Viking line. And is. a third guard as capable Bel Da first string.
The backfield, however, needs a |.
hammering fullback of the Sheldon Beise or Stan Kostka breed. Vic Spadaccini, Larry Buhler, Whitman Rork and Wilbur Moore haven’t won
the Minnesota system although the field was all theirs against Michigan. Bud Wilkinson, converted guard, apparently has answered Bierman’s quarterback problems and Co-Capt; Julie. Alfonse is a fixture at right half in the vital blocking role. Andy Uram, hero .of fhe Nebraska game. with his last-minute touchdown sprint of 79 yards, likely will start at left halfback, with Bill Matheny and Clarence (Tuffy) Thompson prepared for work. Matheny so far has been the most
average of five yards in 23 attempts. Uram has averaged 4.4 in 25 tries, Spadaccini 3.1 in 38 tries and Al | fonse 2.3 in 28. I Chief criticism of. ‘this balanced |
Mighty Mirinesota’s Tirst maior test in ‘Big Ten circles comes when Purdue’s brawny band of Boilermakers, undefeated this year, faces Bernie Bierman’s Gophers in Minneapolis, Saturday. Here is the Purdue backfield that has run up* 70 points in two Conférence games against
- Wisconsin and. Chicago. Left to right are: John Drake, right half;
Fred Stalcup, left half; Wayne Gift, quarterback; and Cecil Isbell,
: fullback. Late reports from Minneapolis indicate that the champion
Gophers fear Purdue on account of the Boilermaker swift aerial attack. It’s. the “key” game: of the week in the Big Ten.
Strangler Lewis to Grip G German
Two ‘of heavyweight wicslling’s best : = known. powerhouses,
(Strangler) ‘Lewis and Milo Stein-
born, German “strong man,” are fo
clash in the top tussle on the Her-,
cules. A. C. mat card next Tuesday night at the Armory. Lewis, the “grand old man” of
| the mat. world, will be making his
first - local appearance of. the indoor season.. He was in training on the Pacific Coast until a few weeks ago and is said to be in better condition” than at any time within the last five or six years.. The “Strang-
ler,” five times ‘heavyweight cham- |
backfield was of its downfield ‘block- i
ing after runners had burst into the | clear. Many insisted the were: too anxious to “receive la instead of blocking. -
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| Taking to the road for the third successive week-end, the
George (Sparky) Miller, center, R. L. a Kenderdine, star will be able to play tomorrow. Dileo, the “fifth man: back,” ably will be on the sidelines; his injury has not responded s factoritly to treatment. The mainder of the squad is in physical shape.
time tomorrow Vernon Huftogaly diana’s great. triple-threat quay back, who appears on the ros all-America honors. a The Indiana p probab be as follows: Beasley and K dine, ends; Capt. ‘Dal Sasso Livingston, tackles; Sirtosky Risher or Graham, guards; Mi center; Huffman, quarterb Cherry and Eads, halfbacks, Fowler, fullback,
L U. Departs. for Columbus
Kenderdine Likely Starters Against Bucks; Dileo Still Out.
Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind. Oct. 23.—
Indiana University football team, 35 strong, left here this afternoon for Columbus, O., where it will meet Ohio State’s Buckeyes tomorrow in the second Big Ten engagement of the season for both squads.
Many Leg Injuries
“Ohio State is one of the finest passing teams in the’ country,” Coach Bo McMillin said today, “and our showing in the Nebraska game indicated that we need plenty of work on defense. Our blocking also was poor, and we have tried to work the boys on that. It will take everything we have to halt the Buckeyes.” Although an epidemic of leg injuries has played havoc with Indiana’s plans, - it is probable that
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