Wabash at Purdue

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  The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], October 5, 1925, page 1

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  WABASH AND De PAUW FURNISH STATE UPSETS Scarlet Wins Over Purdue and Tigers Hold Butler to Tie -Notre Dame RompS Again. By defeating Purdue, 10 to Z, in the annual struggle at Lafayette, Saturday, the Wabash College eleven today stepped into the front rank Of Hoosier intercollegiate football. This does not mean to convey that the Little Giants have moved along. side Notre Dame, for the Irish” are in class by themselves as far as State elevens are concerned. Their crushing victory of 50 to over LON bard is but another instance Of their extreme strength on the gridlron. The Wabash-Purdue game. now ever, was the feature attraction on a very interesting early season card offered the sporting public in Indiana. In presenting his team in its first real test Of the season Coach Vaughan showed convincingly that Wabash will have to be reckoned with this year. Although light and lacking in experience, Wabash played like a veteran team at Lafayette. The Butler and De Paw game also was a surprise as Butler had been favored to emerge victorious. De Pauw showed a complete reversal Of form over the first week and by an early rally scored a to tie with the Page eleven. The result was a disappointment to Butler and a big thrill for De PAW. Aside from these two games, most contests were one-sided affairs. with Notre Dame running wild against

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Purdue leads 16–⁠8–⁠2 in 26 meetings, counting the two since this game.