The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-05
CHICAGO EXPERT
PRAISES BADGERS
AXELSON SAYS WISCONSIN is GOOD.
, BUT THE GOPHERS HAVE A
CHANCE,

Chicago, Nov. 5.-After several years
of trying the University of Wisconsin
seems to have gathered together an
old-fashioned football team, says G. w.
AXe1son. The eleven which defeated
the MaroonS Saturday certainly made
and even if the badgers should not
win the conference championship they
will die with their boots on. That is
a certainty.
without detracting in the slightest
from it's brilliant showing the 80 to II
score was not so much due to the
Cardinals prowess as to the Maroons'
weakness. Chicago was weak, lament
bly, so, but there is no need for dis
couragements on the midway. Fate
has seemingly decreed that the Ma
rooms must at least play one ragged
game each season and now with this
one out of their system, better things
may be looked for.
Chicago Worked Hard.
Chicago showed that it had good
workmen in its lineup but that was all.
They labored hard but only individual
1y and the work was all dom with feet
and hands. AT no time did brain work
enter into the argument. The showing
of some was brilliant so far as physical
eXertions were concerned, but nothing
more. AS for team work, interference.
tackling and all the other fine points
of the game, they were an absent
quantity. t..
In direct contrast to this was the
work of the victors. They seldom
made a slip and were on the job every
minute. There has seldom been a team
on the western gridiron which has
shown more ~ferceness in attack, more
alertness in following the ball, harder
tackltng and better interference for
their
Still, after all the good points shown
1t is hard to come to the conclusion
that Wisconsin has a certainty on the
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meet Minnesota and the gophers are
surely coming. The M~innesotans play
ed a more or less disappointing game
with Illinois, getting the verdict by a
far smaller score than expected, but re-
| ports from the northland indicate tina
! Coach Williams has a team of trem-
endous possibilities Int much may hap
pen In the next two weeks before the
badgers and gophers clash. Also, IL
can also be reasonably expected that
Chicago is likely to improve some SO
per cent and it may be a repetition of
last year. .... ..
Strong I'm Sports.
Coach Williams at Minnesota has
confessed that he has the best material
in years and all that's needed is prac-
tice. He seems to be getting 1t as the
teams which have ~journeyed to Min
neapolis this year have been playing in
top form. A heavier and more aggress-
i've set of linemen against the badgers
will undoubtedly change the method
of attack used by the Cardinals Satur-
day. Chicago was only strong in spots
and these were few n far between.
Even at that Chicago made some gall
ant stands and held the badgers for
downs a number of times. Des Jardfen's
work at center was above the average,
but the guards on either side did not
offer the opposition expected.
Even with Van Ripper out of the line
up, WISCONSIN presented a brilliant
considerably on the good work done by
the badger linemen and ends. Coach
Juneau had worked up a well nigh
perfect interference for Gillette, who
game. Gillette, Tandberg, Bright and
Tormey will gain against any team,
but not with the frequency with which
they. crossed the chalk lines against
Chicago. Butler and Samp are also
likely to hold their own against mosl
any lineman and Hoeffel and Oftsie
will be heard from in the closing
games.
Badgers Looked Good.
There are not a few at Madison who
without hesitance, picked wisconsin as
western champions, but its actual form
displayed could hardly warrant such
an assumption. The badgers, as has
game, both on offense and defense, but
1t was a uniform strength by contrast
only. There are two points in their
favor, low running and hard tackling.
CHc Is tDouHu 10 gam STOuHu against
any team while the other will shorten
the distances OF their opponents. 1t
usually took FIVE or six Maroons to
stop one Cardinal, but it never requir-
ed more than n badger to bring his
opponent to earth.
Reports from Minneapolis are to the
effect that the gophers played desper-
ately to beat Illinois 13 to 0. AS on
other western gridirons open plays
were resorted to frequently and this
has enIivened a game, which at the
start of the season, did not look pro-
missing from the viewpoint of the spec
tators. In this connection it was point
ed out that had Chicago relied more on
forward passes and kicking the result
might have been different or at least
the score might have been closer. There
was no question about wisconsin be-
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