Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1913-10-25
PICK MAROON TO WIN
Coaches Look Upon Stages
Squad as 'Star" Outfit.
Critics Declare Chicago Holds Acvan.
taee in That Minnesota Comes
First on List--Not Afraid of
Wisconsin Team.

which the schedules have been
framed it would appear as If
coaches recognized a year ago that
the Maroons would be the team to
beat this season. No better proof OF
this could be given than the fact that
! Minnesota and Wisconsin, which for
| the last two years have been the
! principal contenders for the bunting,
! have arranged their 1918 meeting for
as early as November l. writes Lam
bert q. Sullivan in the Chicago News.
That Stagg has hard row to hoe
is shown by the fact that his men will
get little II any training between the
/ Minnesota contest at Minneapolis and
the Wisconsin struggle at Chicago II
is extremely fortunate for the Mid
wayites, however, that minnesota
comes first on the list. for Stages pu-
pills will be in far better condition for
the Gophers than they will be the
following week for Wisconsin. II is
even possible Stage win have to de
pend upon substitutes for the Badg-
ers for the Minnesota contest is sure
to be a grueling affair
Minnesota is regarded as the strong
est eleven against which the Ma
rooms are to be pitted this year
| Coach Williams has a wealth OF new
| material besides nearly all of last
years squad. and the astonishing
! ease with which the Giants of the
! North" trimmed South Dakota last
week demonstrated the men are quick
! to learn as well as possessing the
1 weight and strength requirements for
the game. With Shevlin helping
Doc" again this year. the Maroon
wings Will have to be particularly
strong to withstand Mlunesota's on.
slaughts
Wisconsin does not inspire the fear
among adherents of the Maroon which
might be expected from the champion
ship squad of the previous season
This is accounted for by the fact that
| Germany Schultz. who last season
aided Bin Juneau in the coaching de
| parment, has gone back to his alma
mater. Michigan, and is assisting
Fielding Yost in the same department.
The loss of Germany" is the sever.
est blow which has befallen the Card.
inal, not even excepting that of Ed.
die Gillette, last years sensational
quarter back.
Schultz coaching last year gener-
ally was credited with the rout of the
Maroons Although the former Mich
igan star had only men at his dispos-
| al who had been on previous Wis.
. { b.. 4 u ~.
than his predecessors had done. lie
brought their work TO degree of per
lection which only Michigan teams
| are capable Of showing and It was
the forwards even more than the
star backs who brought the bunting
to Madison last season.
! Both Minnesota and Wisconsin have
the big edge on the Marons In that
they are able to give undivided atten-
ton to one game. The Gophers have
/ nothing to fear from Illinois. WHOM
they meet the final week of the year.
and it will be possible for them 10
| Put all their efforts against the Ma
rooms. Chicago, on the other hand.
| viii be required 10 save a great deal
| of its strength for Wisconsin. which.
| although not considered to be as
tough proposition as Minnesota. new
ertheless is a team against which it
is imperative that the men must be
at their best
Wisconsin precedes the Maroon
contest with an open date, and has
TWO full weeks Of practice following
the Ohio State match, which has been
arranged for November 8. This
should put Juneaus men in rare form
for the Maroon battle and make the
concluding struggle at Marshall field
one Of the best In years
+ One Of the things which are on
couragng the Naroons In regard 10
! the Badger game is the conviction
/ shared by last seasons veterans that
/ the 1912 Minnesota team was strong
/ er than the 1912 Badger outfit Al
though the Maroons were trimmed
most decisiyely by Wisconsin and in
turn defeated Minnesota It Ia impos-
/ Eible 70 convince one Of them that
/ Minnesota was not the better team.
They base their failure against Wis
/ consin on not being sufficiently pre-
/ pared. II is known that the Maroons
were not familiar with signals and
/ looked like team which was decid-
eddy oyertrained and the players &C
/ knowledge this vas the case
With the two big games coming al
the conclusion Of the season This year.
/ however, Stages pupils are confident
the result viii be different With
signals thoroughly learned and men
trained to the edge they are certain
they viii trail the coiors Of both Min
nesota and Wisconsin in the dust
Murphy Is Missed.