Purdue at DePauw

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  The Indiana State sentinel, Indianapolis, December 5, 1894, page 8

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  PURDUE YET CHAMPION. DEPAUW DEFEATED BY A SCORE OF IS TO O. terize the Thanksgiving Foot HALL Game in This City-Purdue’s Game an Open One on the Defensive other Games. 1t is still Purdue. the technics fourth year or daLldnce with this honor. At no stage Of the game was DePauw at all in the game, though she did get together after ten points had been marked up against her and do some good work, but she weakened at critical times and lost the game by poor team work. The day was beasdy one for foot bal game. Before noon a foggy moisture set ted down and made it most uncomfortable TO be out Of doors. but there was still hope eft that it would not be sufficient TO interfere with the grounds or the payers. This hope was Blasted. The game was just fairy begun and Purdue had just given the spectators and the men from Green castle a foretaste of her work when il began to rain. Only slightly, II Is true, but enough 10 soon render the part Of the grid iron which lay IN the race track almost I’M passable. The soft loan from Sheridan which goes to make the surface Of the track seemed TO drink in every bit Of moisture that came its way, and with the ever-increasing volume Of rain this part of the field became worse and worse until toward the close of the game 1t was almost impossible TO make a pay in it with any degree of credit TO the payer. The other half was not much better Ii Is covered with a short turf in places and is bare in others. The rain made the grassy spots slippery and the bare spots muddy, and the entire fed most decidedly uncertain. 1t was this uncertainty that made the playing difficult. In this mud and slush the bright, golden yellow emblem of DePauw was buried. It’s representatives were widowed in 1t; they were wa-oped in 1t and made 10 like IT, At every turn the Boilermakers made the Methodists eat it. Defeat was the .ot Of the Greencast.e men when the bal was put in play. If there was at any time a suspicion that DePauw would score il was in the mind of some one who was not IA miliar with the game or who had not studied closely the work Of the two teams True, DePauw recovered herself tempo rarily during the cary part Of the first half. and the u.tra-Sanguine began TO take some little hope when she he’d her own with the farmers, but even al this tlme while at her best, she made no great gains and seemed to be nearly always ON the defensive. Not Very Exciting. Under these circumstances il could not be expected that the game should have proved very exciting or that it should ere ate any great amount of enthusiasm Il did not. most certainly. The rain drove everybody but the. referees and linemen back into the grand stand early in the game, and the two e.eVens were left 10 enjoy the mud and rain while the 1900 peO- and tried consciendous.y to remain throughout the game. Most Of them did SO, but the stream of persons seeking the more comfortable quarters in hote. or home was not small after the trend Of the game became evident. The long, cold ride, with the prospect Of a rain, did not tempt many people to make the trip to the fair grounds. The two roads from Greencastle brought about 800 DePauw enthusiasts and the Big 7 came over TO howl themselves hoarse in the support of Purdue. These cOntingents Of course attended the game and enough Indianapolis people to swell the number to 1900 or possibly 1000 Joined them. They were for the most part eX-Indiana college men and their friends and made up a crowd which, under fair circumstances. would have been a most enthusiastic one. But rain and One-sided game soon dampened their spirits, and it was after that a matter Of tolerance with them. A few persons drove the four miles to the fair grounds and occupied prominent positions about the fence enclosing the field during the first half hour Of the play. but by that time the rain had become most disagreeable and they drove to cover. A party Of DePauw boys had ! the nerve to drive out in a tally-hO. but ! even they were soon compelled To give up their swell but most uncomfortable seats and to seek places with the common herd in the grand stand. Purdue’s Play. | Purdue played for the most part an / open game on the defensive, adopting Princeton’s style of tackling, and when she had the ball relied almost entirely on forcing short gains. The ground was in such bad condition that it would not per- NIT of work in this line. The run Of Schmitz in the last half from the center Of the field to DePauw’s goal was phenOmenal. He was assailed by nc less than three Of DePauw’s men, but they had no more effect upon him than the wind. They never “phased’‘ him, and he made the touchdown without even interfering assistance. Bushman of Purdue, who is, by the way, an indianapolis boy, also dis tinguished himself by a long run. 1t was ! made early in the game before the rain ! had spoiled the ground, and resulted in ! Purdue’s first score. On the side Of DePauw there was some good individual work, but without the proper supper. at critical times this could ! amount to little. Ballard, the full-back, ! distinguished himself by his clever kick / ing and by some good rushing. though in ! the latter the team seemed 10 go to pieces and there was no protection given him. Raub, left-end, covered himself with glory by his wonderful tackiing. He never let a man pass him, while the man on the ! other end hardly ever stopped one. 1t was around the right-end that Purdue made ] her gains when she did by running. In the last play of the first part Bushman hurt his eye and was compelled to retire / His place was filled by Schmtz, a man who continued the good work already be gun by Bushman and who in no sense : weakened the team. The Lineup for Play. It was 2:40 o’clock when the teams | lined up for pay. Lawrence A. Downs of ! DePauw and Purdue colleges was referee ! and A. V. Randall Of Wabash acted as umpire. Jack” Corbett of Harvard was | Hneman The teams lined up as follows: Purdue. Positions. DePauw. ! McHenry ....... Right-end .......... Sandy Award ........ Right-tack-e. ......... Gary Webb ........ .Right-guard.. MITCHELL capt0 Robertson ........ Center. ....La Hines Fulkerson capt.. Left-guard. Davis Smith ......... Left-tack.e.. ....... RO-er Marshall 1900. Left-end. .......... Raub , Gerber 1890. Quarter back. Ruiclx / Moore. $500. Left half-back.. Reeve ! Bushman.. Right half-back. ...... Scotch / Jamison ........ Full-back. ........ Ballard | Purdue won the toss and began by some brilliant playing. A kick by Moore sent the bal. twenty-five yards into the De- / PAW fed. DePauw lost the ball before she had regained any territory. A wedge then advanced Purdue slightly and Bush man. seeing an opening at the right-end, made a run for it and secured the first touchdown almost before DePauw real lied that the game had commenced. Full | L al nj fba wa

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Purdue leads 23–⁠1 in 24 meetings, counting the 21 since this game.