The New York herald., 1921-08-07
ILLINOIS WINNER IN
TILT With MICHIGAN
Urbana Team Takes Confer.
ence Title When Wolverines
Lose to Wisconsin.
MARGIN OF ILLINI CLEA Is
Badger Nine Makes Good FigI g
but Fails to Reach Grade
of Leaders.
MARGIN OF ILLINI CLEAi
BY j. sHIPP M'CARRoLL.

Special Despatch to THE New YORK HERAr
CHICAGO, Aug. 6.-Western Conferenc
baseball which folks out here conteu
is faster than that played on Easter
college diamonds, resulted this year in
narrow but clear margin for Illino
over Michigan Through all the race
these two teams ran neck and neck. wit
Wisconsin only a little distance bac
In the big game at Ann Arbor Illino
won by to 2, but the Wolverines can
back strong week later in the conte
at Crbana, winning by 10 to 4.
This result gave each team a record
of ten games won and one lost The
season was over for the ulini. but
Michigan continued its journey to Mad
son to play Wisconsin in a game thss
meant winning Or losing the champion
ship, Wisconsin nudged the Wolverines
out by TO 6. and the blue ribbon came
to Illinois for the first time In sewers
years.
In spite OF its narrow margin. tha
advantage of Illinois was marked. tt
Ilhni and the Wolverines divided )
two game series, but Illinois won DO
It's games from Wisconsin. while Mic
igan was forced to divide with ti
Badgers on even terms.
Wisconsin forced Michigan to Ea
eighteen innings to win a game in Am
Arbor by to 8. This contest is tfs
longest ever played in the Western Cor
ference, and one of the longest In 4
history of college baseball. Illinois ana
Chicago held the previous conferenes
record with a seventeen inning contest
played at Urbana in the early days 8
the twentieth century.
Illini Deserve Title.
Illinois had one unplayed game
against Purdue-but the playing OF tia
contest most likely would have length
ened the Illini lead rather than mushirg
1t into nothing and making a tie with
Michigan. Purdue had an Indifferent
season. BY winning with Illinois Carl r
Lundgren boosted his conference recor1
to four consecutive years of victory
three with Michigan and one with Ii'ss
nots. He also won the Eastern cham
pionship with Michigan in 1914. his first
year out as coach-in the days when al
of Michigan's big games were in the
East. Thus he has q record Of five
championships out OF his first seven
years as baseball instructor-seven since
Michigan disbanded its team In 1917 on
account Of the war.
Wisconsin was a dangerous team all
season, but, despite the fact that It
rose In the crisis and deprived Michigan
OF the championship. never was able
to reach the level OF the Illini and the
Wolverines. There Is good material at
Madison. though, and another year may
see a three cornered fight for the title
ohio Lands Fourth.
Ohio finished fourth in the confer
ence with six games won and four lost.
The record OF this team was not overly
Impressive, however. since the six vic
tories were scored over Indiana. Chi
cago and Northwestern, while Illinois
and Michigan accounted for the four
defeats.
Indiana was better than her usual
average, and finished fifth. with five
victories and six defeats. The big COM
mencement week series with Purdue was
divided. after the prize seemed secure
in Indiana's hands. That Is one Of tho
annoying phases OF championship
baseball as II is played I'm the confer
ence-old rivals are unable to play .
deciding game IN the event of an eqyE1
division in the two contests regularg
scheduled.
Chicago. Iowa and Northwestern
brought up the rear In that order. C1
the three Iowa is the only one thne
showed much fight. Baseball at Chi
cago has lapsed into a feeble state. TIE
season Of 1921 was the first on the
diamond for Northwestern In marF
years, and no strong showing was e.
pected from the team.
The final standing of the teams fci-
lows: