Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-11-02
WISCONSIN WIN
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Badgers and Maroons Fighting
Today for Premier Football
HonorS of the Middle West.
Some Comments
an KIM ToNo 40.


Who will be the football champions
of 1912 in that great section OF the
country known as the Middle West
This question may in all probability
be settled today, when the two big
rival eleYens representing the Uni
versities OF Wisconsin and Chicago
meet on the gridiron at Madison,
Wisconsin's famous college town.
Imagine championship game to be
played after seven weeks OF gruelling
practice: this Is different from the
long established custom Of pulling OF
this game between Chicago and Wis.
consin on the last Saturday IN No
vember. There Is now no question
that the winner OF this Haryard- Yala
game or the West will claim thu
title as champion not only Of the
Middle West, but also fof the Big
Nine Conference. consisting of the
Universities Of Chicago wisconsin.
Illinois, Minnesota. Indiana. Iowa.
Northwestern, Purdue and Ohio.
The football heroes Of wisconsin
viii go in with the sole purpose oe
ayeneing the 5 to o defeat 1T the
hands OF AlonzO Stages team last
year on MARSHALL Field. Thus far.
Wisconsin has easily won three
games from the Conferences teams.
while Chicago came out on top Ii the
three games played. Including TO-
days game. however, each has four
big football matches to be played. but
1t seems almost certain that Mime
sofa and Illinois will not be able to
offer an Opposition strong enough 70
check the Badgers or the Maroons
From the latest report, Wlscore'Ii
win have one Of the most 10 i F|.I
human machines ID IT. history aver
aging $50 pounds to man. while the
Chicago PLAYERS win Be little light
er, but not any faafar FWltooaaIn,3
captain. Merritt HoeffeI. AlI.We111r1
end Of 1911 n TIE liehtest nm al
the Badger team, weighing 10
pounds while the Chicago team 4
led By Carpenter. right tackle and Z
veteran Of three seasons. Wiscon-
sins strength lies IN the batkfieId.
which remains praetioally soIl1. with
the exception of tie loss OF It's star
quarterback rKeckie' Mol, through
graduation. It Is now to be seen
whether Coach Bill juneau. Wis
consin alumnus and football star.
VIII be able to slip one over to the
Grand Old Wizard, Alonzo stagg.
II Wisconsin should win today.B
game, which has q great deal Ct
stake, it would be her banner year
in athletics, even though she Is hand
icapped considerably BY faculty OBJ
position. The basketball team cap
tured the big Nine Championship n
February with q perfect record Of
Is games won, without suffering
single defeat. The baseball team
won the big Nine pennant for the
first time in its history, besides q
victory in ten innings over the An.
Chinese team of Hawaii last April.
The cross country team won the
highest honor in the Big Nine com
petition. But the biggest surprise
was the wonderful showing Of the
two crews at the Poughkeepsie Re.
gatta on the Hudson, where Wiscon-
sin gave the CorneIls veterans the
closest kind Of q fight In both the
varsity and freshman races. and
came out ahead Of Columbia, Pennsg,
Syracuse and Stanford.
Madison win be in all its glory to.
day, not to speak OF the 1900 goods
The $4,000 spectators viii probably
watch the game with the temperature
registering around forty degrees.
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