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<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/h4>\n<\/h4>\nFront row: Ralph Wicks, Will Sprow, L.J.C. \u201cBrandy Freeman, William H. \u201cAbe\u201d Diddell. Back Row: Charley Ball, Harter \u201cDeac\u201d Walter, Paul \u201cPerry\u201d Stump, Walter \u201cGypper\u201d Gipe and Coach Ralph Jones.<\/em><\/span><\/h4>\nThis team was one of four coached by Jones in Crawfordsville, the other three were the Crawfordsville High School team, the local business college team and the YMCA team. A very busy man, Jones also coached football – he eventually coached the Chicago Bears in the 1930’s. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\nBack to the Wabash men on this team, in the Wabash Magazine of March 1908 we read, “Their record for four years, is unsurpassed by that of any team in the country. Sprow, Wicks, Freeman and Diddel have played together for four years, while Gipe and Walter have played on the same squad for three. In four years sixty-six games were won and three lost. Of the three lost, one Purdue won by a one-point margin at Lafayette and the other two were taken by the local high school by three point margins.” <\/span><\/span><\/p>\nAs a result of their winning ways, when the Indianapolis News of that year chose an all-state team, instead of choosing men from various schools as had been the custom, the paper noted, “This year Wabash has accomplished a feat that no other Indiana college has ever accomplished, namely landing five players on the All-State team.”<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
Front row: Ralph Wicks, Will Sprow, L.J.C. \u201cBrandy Freeman, William H. \u201cAbe\u201d Diddell. Back Row: Charley Ball, Harter \u201cDeac\u201d Walter, Paul \u201cPerry\u201d Stump, Walter \u201cGypper\u201d Gipe and Coach Ralph Jones.<\/em><\/span><\/h4>\nThis team was one of four coached by Jones in Crawfordsville, the other three were the Crawfordsville High School team, the local business college team and the YMCA team. A very busy man, Jones also coached football – he eventually coached the Chicago Bears in the 1930’s. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\nBack to the Wabash men on this team, in the Wabash Magazine of March 1908 we read, “Their record for four years, is unsurpassed by that of any team in the country. Sprow, Wicks, Freeman and Diddel have played together for four years, while Gipe and Walter have played on the same squad for three. In four years sixty-six games were won and three lost. Of the three lost, one Purdue won by a one-point margin at Lafayette and the other two were taken by the local high school by three point margins.” <\/span><\/span><\/p>\nAs a result of their winning ways, when the Indianapolis News of that year chose an all-state team, instead of choosing men from various schools as had been the custom, the paper noted, “This year Wabash has accomplished a feat that no other Indiana college has ever accomplished, namely landing five players on the All-State team.”<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
Back to the Wabash men on this team, in the Wabash Magazine of March 1908 we read, “Their record for four years, is unsurpassed by that of any team in the country. Sprow, Wicks, Freeman and Diddel have played together for four years, while Gipe and Walter have played on the same squad for three. In four years sixty-six games were won and three lost. Of the three lost, one Purdue won by a one-point margin at Lafayette and the other two were taken by the local high school by three point margins.” <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n As a result of their winning ways, when the Indianapolis News of that year chose an all-state team, instead of choosing men from various schools as had been the custom, the paper noted, “This year Wabash has accomplished a feat that no other Indiana college has ever accomplished, namely landing five players on the All-State team.”<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n