However by 1913, as was the custom in those days, Fort Wayne would on occasion employ a "ringer" or two who usually turned out to be a current star college player.
The final game of the 1915 saw the Friars shut out the Columbus Panhandles, featuring six of the infamous Nesser Brothers.
Some players left the team for better pay elsewhere, while some played only on a week-by-week basis for the highest bidder for their services.
The Friars based their financial strategy on the projection that they could draw at least 2,000 fans per game by playing at home.
Then after a series of scheduling missteps, that resulted in "no shows" by their opponents, the Friars beat the Pitcairn Quakers, 7-0, on a touchdown that was set up by an interference penalty.
The Friars lost a couple of players as a result of the previously unplayed "no show" games and later folded.