Tigers Administer "Walloping" to Football Rival Wabash College

November 23, 1918

November 23, 1918, Crawfordsville, Ind. - The Indianapolis Star describes the performance of DePauw University's football team today as a "walloping," as the Tigers had no trouble putting away their rivals from Wabash College, 28-6. The triumph wraps up DePauw's 1918 football season -- which was abbreviated by the influenza pandemic striking the nation -- with a 4-1 record, while the Little Giants fall to 1-3.

Today's game, which was slated to be played at Washington Park in Indianapolis, was moved to Wabash's Ingalls Field because of a ban on public events in the capital city as a result of the ongoing health emergency.

A first quarter touchdown run by Buddie O'Neill got the Tigers rolling. He later returned an interception 60 yards for a score. DePauw scored one TD in each of the first two quarters and three in the third stanza. Wabash responded with a score late in the final period.

View a "Monon Memory" of the 1918 DePauw-Wabash contest here: [Download Video: "1918 Monon Memory" - 3233kb]. A complete roster of the video clips -- written, produced and narrated by 1982 DePauw graduate Ken Owen -- can be accessed by clicking here.

For comprehensive information on one of college football's oldest and greatest rivalries -- which in 1932 introduced a 300-pound locomotive bell as its prize -- visit the Monon Bell Web page.

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