Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-26
BADGERS IN
NEED OF HELP
BIG DEBT HANGS OVER ATH-
LETIC ASSOCIATION
Iowa No Longer on Madison Schedule.
Basketball Main Attrac=
ton in Northern
State

MADISON, Wis, Jan. 25.-Athletics
at the state institution are hanging in
the balance. Upon the outcome of the
present canvass and sale of athletic
association membership books will de-
pend whether or not the Cardinal will
carry out its proposed track, baseball
and crew schedules during the coming
season. Provided 1900 of these books
have not been disposed of by Monday
the students are threatened with the
possible abolition of athletics here. The
athletic association succeeded in Wiping
out some OF the debt that hung over it
previous to the present football season,
but there Is still a heavy deficiency on
the wrong side of the balance sheet.
DR.. Hutchins, director of athletics.
has racked his brain in search of every
possible way of turning money into
| the Golfers of the somewhat defuncS
| treasury, and as a result all of the men
| connected with athletics in any way
/ have been put to work in the distribu-
! ton of the coupons. So far the results
| have not proved entirely satisfactory.
/ Those in charge of the sale, however,
have not been able to make a report,
so that no one exactly knows where tho
venture stands.
Winter Sports Pay Well
The committee of twenty-five. which
was inaugurated three years ago and
which has done valiant work for the
retention of athletics and also the sup
port of athletic teams here, has again
rallied its support and planned and
succeeded in bringing to Sue
cessful head a skating rink on
Lake Mendoza, and the revenue derived
from this will be turned over to the
association. A similar project two
years ago worked out very successfully.
both financially and otherwise.
The stringency has made itself felt in
the Withholding of athletic contracts
because the department had no money
to be used as guarantee. The depart
ment has tentative dates for football
| games with Chicago, Minnesota and
Illinois and it will not be possible TO
stand these schools off any longer. 1t
is highly probable that the Chicago
game will be played in Madison this
coming season. although the associa-
ton realizes that a game with the Mid
wayites would be more profitable IL
played in the Windy city. Madison has
not turned out for the games this year
in such way as to encourage the de-
partment, The. Minnesota game was q
frost, so Tar as attendance was con"
cerned The Minnesota game VIII be
played i'm Minneapolis and the Illinois
game at Urbana.
According to an interview given out
by Dr. Hutchins several days ago Iowa
will in all probability be dropped from
the Badger schedule Indiana Will be
kept on and 1t is thought that Mar
quette university will be given the
open place. If such an encounter Is
arranged it will probably be played
here, although Milwaukee has been
clamoring for a game for many years
and a game between the two would be
a profitable one, from a financial stand
point. Cody" Clark, a former half
back here, is coaching the Milwaukee
! school and has been trying to arrange
for a game with his proteges for long
time.
Basketball is at present occupying the
limelight. The team which was badly
demoralzed at the beginning OF the
season by the conference ruling barring
Scribner and Walvoord and later by
the loss of Capt. Frank, who failed to
return after the holidays; but through
the work of Coach Angel 1t has gradu-
ally been rounded into shape and Is
expected to occupy a good position at
the end of the season. OF the old team
but two, Capt. Rogers, forward, anu
Stiehm, center, are left. There are.
however, a number of promising men
in college and they are expected to
make a good showing. The team took
its first trip this week, playing Illinois
and Purdue, The men taken along for
these contests were Stiehm, center;
Cant. Rogers, Sheppard and Swenbolt.
forwards; Noe, Dittman, Lindemann
and Witt, guards.
Relay Championships
| Director of Athletics Hutchins yes
terday announced the date of the sec
ond annual conference relay champion
ships which will be held in the arrnory
of the university Friday night, March
A. 1t is expected that several con-
ference teams will enter this event.
Chicago won the event out here last
wear. although hard pushed by the Car
| dinai runners. The other conference
colleges have been asked to enter
teams, entry blanks having been sent
out. There are twelve events on the
program, including races of all sorts.
The baseball men have been working
for some time in the cages, but the cali
for men has not brought out a wealth
| of material, and DIR. Hutchins, who
has taken hold of the work, will nave
a hard time rounding out champion
shin nine Liese, who was expected 10
bitch the Badgers to victory this sea-
son. blasted hopes by playing profess
/ sional ball last year. but one or the
star batteries. Knight, pitcher, ana
Walter, catcher, both of whom were
Ineligible last season, have announced
that they will be out, OF the last year
men there are in college Messmer,
catcher; Mucklestone, first base Whit
tier, third base; Capt. Kaulfuss, field.
II Is thought that Messmer, however.
work as he was elected to lead the
~. 5r,o,e an this work fhfs snrinR