South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-01-02
BIG TEN TOSSERS
TO START MONDAY
Wisconsin Picked as Dark
Horse of Conference Bas-
ketball Season.

CHlCAGO, Jan. 1. - Win the
opening Of the western Conference
championship basketball season
Monday. the quintet representing
the University OF Wisconsin looms
up tonight as the real dark horse
Of the 1921 race.
The Badgers are pinning their
championship hopes on w. r.
NIeanweu. basketball coach, whose
ability to develop fighting teams out
Of ordinary material is recognized
throughout the big Ten" In six
years, from 1871 10 1915. Coach
Meanwell turned out four cham
pionship teams for wisconsin. There
has been a scarcity o. seasoned ma
terial in the Badger camp. however.
Capt. Taylor at forward being the
only outstanding player.
The brilliant Purdue five. which
finished close 10 Chicago in the race
last season, will enter the field with
out its greatest aSSet-a high pow
cred scoring combination. Tillson,
Church and Campbell have gradu-
ated, leaving Capt White, a brill
liant running guard, and Miller. a
back guard, as the nucleous for
this seasons team.
Expect New Champion.
In the last five years, no team
In the Big Ten" has won the title
two years ia succession. and if the
race develops into tight struggle
this season, and recent tradition is
repeated, the championship won by
Chicago last season viii fall to an
other contender in the 1921 cam
paign.
Wisconsin will take the field
against Northwestern at Evanston
Monday night in the only game
scheduled. The other teams will
not swing into the race until next
Saturday, when two games are TO
be decided, bringing together Indi-
ana and Ohio and Wisconsin and
Michigan. The season Will close
March IA with Northwestern meet
ing Iowa at Iowa city. All OF the
the limit set by the conference.
The schedule follows:
Jan. 3. Wisconsin VS.. Northwest
ern at Evanston.
Jan. s. Indiana VS.. Ohio at Co
lumbus.
Jan. s. Wisconsin VS.. Michigan
at Ann Arbor.
Jan. 10. Indiana VS.. Michigan at
Ann ArBbr
Jan. 10. Northwestern VS.. Pur-
due at Lafayette.
Jan. Is. Ohio VS.. Michigan at
Ann Arbor
Jan. Is. Iowa VS.. Minnesota at
Minneapolis.
Jan. Is. Wisconsin VS.. Chicago
at Chicago.
Jan, II. Northwestern. VS.. Indi-
ana at Bloomington.
Jan. Is. Chicago VS.. Illinois at
Champaign.
Jan. p. Indiana VS.. Minnesota
AZ Mine A. Is.
Jan. 81. Iowa VS.. Michigan at
Ann Arbor
Jan. p. Michigan vs.. Northwest
ern at Evanston.
Jan. p. Purdue VS.. Ohio at Co
lumbus.
Jan. %. Illinois VS.. Wisconsin at
Madison.
Jan. %. Iowa vs.. Chicago at Chi
cago.
Jan. "a. Illinois VS.. Minnesota at
Minneapolis.
Jan. "a Michigan VS.. wisconsin
at Madison.
Jan. 25. Chicago VS.. Ohio at Co
lumbus.
Jan. 2S. Indiana VS.. Purdue at
Lafayette.
Jan. %. Michigan VS.. Chicago a,
Chicago.
Jan. %. wisconsin VS.. Minnesota
at minneapolis
Jan. 81. Michigan vs. Purdue at
Lafayette.
Jan. 81. Chicago VS.. Iowa at To-
wa city.
Feb. 8. Illinois vs.. Purdue at La
fayette
Feb. 5. Minnesota VS.. Chicago at
Chicago.
Feb. Z. Minnesota VS.. Iowa at
Iowa city.
Feb. :. Ohio vs.. Illinois at
Champaign.
Feb. s. Chicago vs.. Northwestern
at Evanston.
Feb, II, Ohio VS. Purdue at La
fayette.
Feb. II. Northwestern VS.. wis
conSin at Madison.
Feb y. Minnesota vs.. Illinois at
+ Champaign.
Feb. "a. Ohio va. Indiana at
Bloomington.
Feb. u. Minnesota VS.. North
western at Evanston.
Feb. 10. wisconsin VS.. Illinois al
NAitllllG 1lk H.
Feb. 10. Indiana VS.. Northwest
ern at Evanston.
Feb. 10. Purdue VS.. Iowa al Iowa
city.
Feb. 10. Ohio VS.. Chicago at Chi
cago
Feb. 81. Wisconsin VS.. Ohio a,
Coluu bus
Feb p. Indiana vs.. Iowa at To-
wa city.
Feb. %. Chicago vs.. NfinDesoto
at Minneapolis.
Feb. %. Purdue W. Illinois at
Champaign.
Feb. rs. Chicago vs.. Wisconsin
Feb. 26. Illinois vs. Michigan at
Ann Arbor.
Feb. 2e. Purdue vs. Northwest
ern at Evanston.
Feb. IS. Iowa vs. Indiana at
Feb. IS. Illinois Us. Ohio NJ 20.
ilumbus.
Feb, 2s. Purdue VS.. Michigan al
Ann ArbOr.
Feb. IS. Iowa " Northwestern
at Evanston.
Mar. g. Purdue vs.. Indian
Bloomin gton.
b Mar 5. Iowa vs.. Purdue az To
fayette
Mar 5. Michigan VS.. Ohio at Co