Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-12-03

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and soon will be picking all Western eley-
ems until there will be as MANY offered
up AZ there are so-called experts. The
season has been exceptionally clean a. for
as rough work by the players themselves
10 concerned and consequently ae far "a
INJURIES received. The umpires have as a
rule been stricter as regarts spNine ON
that o dreaded feature Of modern
football. The referees have followed the
nel 90 well that 1t Is dOwned and the men
lined up before an opportunity has BEEN
AFFORDED for the rough work to creep IN.
AZ q result Of the season's work every.
thing points to Wisconsin's men as West
ern champions and mt even Stages pets
care to dispute the claim, despite the won
derful victory over MICHIGAN Thursday b.
Q score Of p to IL. Wisconsin chnched
all claims to the title when her lively,
welltratiied canvas-backs showed North
western under by a score Of % to O AZ
Evanston Thursday.
The West has been unusually weak in
tackles. Holmes, Forrest OF Wisconsin,
Sweeney Of Illinois, Lockwood Of Michi-
gan, Mortimer and Webb Of Chicago and
Rheighans Of Lake Forest would ceTtain-
~ be candidates for the aH-Westm team.
OF these, Holmes, for his work against
Chicago, Minnesota and Northwestern
in making holds, in defense work general
~, rs perhaps the first choice, with Swee-
ney a close second. The cares Of captain
have weighed on Sweeney considerably,
but in ali he has more than held his own
IN the big games played, with the possi-
bic exception of the Indian match.
On the ends, the work Of Mtchiean's
n W~iscOnsin's ends, Dean and Alrder-
son and Teetzel and Bennett, and that of
Hamil, mark them as candidates. Sickles
of Lake Forest, for u light nan, has been
much in the play, and on u heavier team
might be considered. OF these, Bennett,
Teetzel and Hamil and Dean would be
the four to choose from. Hamirs work
III the Michigan am in following kicks
marks him something of a favorite. Teet-
zel's work in driving the play in would
mark him as a favorite. Bennett for ex-
perience and Hamil and Dean inter.
c~hangeably seem to be the choice.
Behind the line, relver, Hunter, Schu-
Ter and Clarke are for quarter. Felver.
barring W very bad fumbkes in the Chi.
ago game, should have first choice. Hunt.
er. a good tackler, is too slow in running
the game. Clarke fumbles badly, al.
though he got Owe the fault in the Mich
igan game. Felver is perhaps the favor.
lite for general, hard, heady work, and
the fact that he can be used as a full.
For the backs, Herschberger, O'Dea,
Gardiner, Peele, Johnston and Jackson
Of Lake Forest IRE perhaps the cream.
H~erschberger is the choice for full. MOI
only can he punt, but in the interference,
in Hne plunging and place kicking ha
would o~vershadow O'Dea, who is never
IN the play except to kick. For halves.
Peele and Jackson would make an ex.
tremely strong pair.
Northwestern, losing to Chicago and
Wisconsin by big scores, IL out Of the q
Michigan's defeat by Chicago, overawed
by the mighty opposing fullback, yielded
all claims in her only big game Of the sea-
son. Poor Illinois, who was forced to
compete for championship honors before
her team had reached the climax of deyel-
opment, was put out Of the showing carly
when Chicago ran her down the field.
Next to Wisconsin, Chicago has fairly
the right to stand a good second.
After her Michigan and Illinois must dis
pute for the honors Of their place, with
the advantages in Michigan's favor, be-
aus Of cleaner, harder, au-around work
to the last in the face Of certain defeat,
After Illinois must be placed Northwest
ern. with her beefy eleven, with Oberlin
following because of her showing against
Michigan, and Purdue and Minnesota ut
the tail end of the procession.