The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-11-29

Columbus O., Nov. 2S.-How has
Ohio State emerged from football non
entity TO It's present commanding post
ton: Nine years ago. nobody. outside
OF Ohio. ever heard much about State:
today the fame OF its football team is
countrywide.
VIA has made it possible for Ohio
State 10 become one OF the most talked
about teams in the Big Ten or Western
conference? State Is the baby" OF tho
Conference. but It has become an en-
n terrible"
Around the University campus mere
.hey'n tell you the answe Is st. Jonn
Wilce."
They'll tell you that football Is a
serious business here at Ohio State, and
n les studied like any science. It's
q year-round job. this business or turn
ing out good football cams, not a sea-
sonal proposition.
State made veteran members Of the
conference rub their eyes in 1918. wheh
tho Buckeyes nearly conquered Ailno's'
champions OF the Big Ten the year De-
fore, In q game which ended ) TO 5.
A year later. the Ohioans had ar
rlved"-winning their first Big Ten FOOT
ball championship. In the following
season. they repeated impressiveIy. IN
1919, they lost the titie by q hair came
back in 1920 in brilliant fashion II
finished second once more in the season
Just ended. through a curious turn OF
fate in the ANAL game.
or thirty-StN contests with otner
members OF the Western conference. in
the nine years since II WAS admitted 10
that BODY. Ohio State has won Is. lost
10, and tied one game for a percentage
Of III. 2 record unsurpassed In the CIR
cult. Illinois, with 80 encounters on
the right side OF the ledger. Is defeats
and hve tied contests. is runner up in
the period indicated, with q percentage
Of .6SS.
In the nine years. the Buckeyes have
gotten away with three cha pionships
and landed twice in second place, finish
ing, in the ruck only in their first seat
son and in 1918. the informal s. y. L.
c. year.
How do they do IT." many fans are
asking. considering the lean years at
State before entrance into the select
circle.
The Littlo Things.
II you ask st. John. who is athletic
director, and as such guides the dos
TIMES of Ohio State varsity athletics.
he'll tell You. "a comblna ton OF things"
II you press him further, he'll answer.
somewhat onigmatlcaliy. IT'S the little
things that COUNT In It's essence there
in lies the secret. IL it be a mystery.
4 new era for Buckeye athletics with
the appointment OF St. ,Iohn as athletic
director in the winner OF 1928. TO
succeed John Y. Richards. prior TO and
since his BRIEF season at Ohio State.
football coach at Wisconsin. st. John,
q score OF years ago, was an Ohio State
varsity football player. going later -
Wooster to complete his education. He
returned to Ohio State. via FoStoria
high school and Ohio Wesleyan Univer-
sity. where ne coached athletics. Also
ne has been intimately connected with
big league baseball as 4 scout. He has
been engaged to coach baseball and
basketball. and to assist with football.
With Richards departure. John w.
Wilce. not so long before. an all-Wcst-
ern fullback at Wisconsin. and later
freshman coach at hat institution. was
obtained to coach football. with st. John
as director OF athletics. Spring foot
hail was ~inauGurated. and the present
Ohio State system WAS begun. The