Purdue debris . 227. The Backfield Men. HOMER L. THOMAS, Halfback. Tommy knows the game from A to Z, although how a man of his high moralstandard ever came to mix in such a game is still an unsolved mystery. He has playedtackle, half and full on the Varsity team in his three years of college life and deliveredthe goods in each position. Tommy is also famed as a hammer thrower and an afterdinner speaker. He has lots of spirit; it crops out all year, but no one has ever seenhim replenish his stock. As captain he was all that could be desired and led the teamthrough one of the most succe
Purdue debris . 227. The Backfield Men. HOMER L. THOMAS, Halfback. Tommy knows the game from A to Z, although how a man of his high moralstandard ever came to mix in such a game is still an unsolved mystery. He has playedtackle, half and full on the Varsity team in his three years of college life and deliveredthe goods in each position. Tommy is also famed as a hammer thrower and an afterdinner speaker. He has lots of spirit; it crops out all year, but no one has ever seenhim replenish his stock. As captain he was all that could be desired and led the teamthrough one of the most successful seasons in the football history of Purdue. He isPurdues All-Western man. V CONRAD W. ZIMMERMAN, Halfback. Zimmy is really twenty-three years old, but he is young for his age. He formedthe third of the catapult back field, his specialty being quick, shifty gains and the run-ning hack of punts, He comes From Maryland, my Maryland, and is taking a coursein Technical Chemistry, the only Tech Chemist in scho
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