University of Chicago magazine . tall, strong, eager, and ofthe real athletic fiber (he was a finebasket-ball player and the leadingpitcher of the 1913 Conference season),was also expected to make trouble inkeeping him off the team. Hardinger, a very powerful man,weighing more than 200 pounds, wasbefore the first game found to beineligible, as his work lay in RushMedical rather than in the the problem, therefore, Mr. Staggdecided to try Goettler at one had grown heavier since 1911and in playing-trim weighed nearly 190pounds. He is, moreover, nearly sixfeet thr
University of Chicago magazine . tall, strong, eager, and ofthe real athletic fiber (he was a finebasket-ball player and the leadingpitcher of the 1913 Conference season),was also expected to make trouble inkeeping him off the team. Hardinger, a very powerful man,weighing more than 200 pounds, wasbefore the first game found to beineligible, as his work lay in RushMedical rather than in the the problem, therefore, Mr. Staggdecided to try Goettler at one had grown heavier since 1911and in playing-trim weighed nearly 190pounds. He is, moreover, nearly sixfeet three inches in height, and thus ofgreat use in securing forward the other tackle Shull was thor-oughly tried out. About the same weightand height as Goettler, he was entirelywithout experience, and very nervous;and his nervousness made him slow toact; but he was strong and endlesslywilling, and Redmon, the 290-poundman in whom some had hopes, showedin two days that he was physically 46 A REVIEW OF THE FOOTBALL SEASON 47. a tjj — V- — O>.£T3 g-s bo f °-2--as s c co •a t-> •? c-: > 2> o as -a I-a t^u ™ol O .u -^ bo 3 a 5 a ^ _i o o a T3 ti J a—^S o^ ft 6 o a o k* .SO - 3 1-1 O ?£. u -P -T- Jj K§ -S ~ as J u ..ft - a o o . U en ^ — a •« <u *a ^ bo o cd ft _. 3 *v .13 ^J a t- £ W M O ci * a W M O IS 48 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINE unable to carry the pace of a Chicagoteam. Chicago faced Indiana, then, onOctober 4, with the following line-up:center, Des Jardien; guards, Harris andScanlan; tackles, Goettler and Shull;ends, Vruwink and Huntington; quarter-back, Russell; halves, Norgren and Gray;full-back, Pierce. Before the Dedica-tion Day crowd of ten thousand, Indianawas beaten 21-7. The game, unless tothe eye of Mr. Stagg, revealed little ofmuch promise. The old men playedwell, especially on the defense, but therecruits did not. Both Goettler andShull were clumsy and ineffective;Russell handled the ball clea
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