The New York herald., 1921-11-23

lieves that Richards invented football.
In the first place he was a famous
Wisconsin fullback and traditions still
live concerning his exploits. For in
stance. Wisconsin was once playing the
Carlisle Indians in the Chicago Coli
scum, that building in the Windy City
large enough for political convention
battles and indoor gridiron contests.
That was In the days when Carlisle was
on the warpath with such braves as
Bemus. Pierce and Metoxen in the line
up wisconsin also had a great eleven.
but the Redmen had been sweeping them
back and Richards was raging. Finally
Wisconsin secured possession of the
oval. The quarterback started to call
signals. but his voice was drowned by
n below from Richards. ITO hell with
signals" he roared. give me the ball"
Richards still has that fighting spirit
and instills it into his men.
Can show 'Em How.
Then he has the physique to inspire
respect. A big bull of a man, standing
six feet, and still quick as cat for all
his 200 pounds. he can jump into the
scrimmage and demonstrate to any
youngster how position should be
played. And his men know that he is
a real master of the game and that, like
several other coaches. he is SO situated
financially that there is no reason for
him to get out and work hard all season
except his pride in his university and his
love of the sport. So naturally his men
have absolute confidence in him.
Moreover Richards has fine coaching
staff, consisting of such men as Jones,
Driver, Carpenter and G.. S. Lowman.
Lowman is fine and experienced coach
himself and an authority on the forward
pass. He also coaches the baseball team
and is the professor at the head OF the
four year course offered by Wisconsin In
physical education. T. e. Jones is chair
man of the Department of Physical Edu-
cation and Driver and Carpenter are for
mer star football players. Carpenter
was selected by many as an all-Amerl-
can centre. and is now an assistant line
coach.
Every one except Richards Is an as
sistant, because sooner or later Rich
cards coaches each man individually
as we'll as working to develop his team
as a whole He Is a great believer in
fund amentals. although he strings with
Percy Haughton in declaring that 1t no
longer Is possible to devote a great
amount of time to the taclSling dummy
and to falling on the ball, for the reason
that. under the present type of game,
man must be taught to do so many
more things than used to be necessary
that there isn't time enough in a season
to teach him all he should know. There
fore the stress must be put upon the
things which are most vitally neces-
sary.
Strong in Fundamentals.
Yet, as we have said. Richards is
rt1,11 ,An1e 4.
has physical instructor come out every
afternoon and put the entire squad
through setting UP exercises, very much
the same as those practised In the army.
Therefore the least of the scrubs must
find at the end of a football season
that his body is better developed than
II was when he first came out. Nobody
has a chance to shirls. Richards watches
them with the keen eye of a good COM
mander of n regiment, and IL a boy
doesn't exercise in a manner to suit
him he doesn't hesitate to call attention
to the fact.
Then the varsity men practice starts
and fifteen yard dashes and the linemen
have game where they do O racing
crawl for few feet, the object being
TO teach them to charge low when oc-
casion requires.
Sometimes this Is not the pleasantest
exercise in the world on that practice
field. In wet weather the mud is so
plentiful there that only turtle could
make much progress with a racing
crawl. They are building some sort of
concrete stadium at Wisconsin, but
only part of one side of il is completed.
The old wooden stands still occupy the
east side Of the field and under them
are dressing quarters for the players, for
this is another university where the
gymnasium is a long way from the field.
A field house, with baths and other
necessary equipment. is TO be built and
u will be a good Job for the eleven
when II is completed as the present
quarters are almost as Inadequate as
those at Northwestern.
New Stands for $4,000.
The field is known as Camp Randall
and when the new stands are built as. 600
spectators can be accommodated at n
gridiron battle. The present wooden
blcachers probably will seat about ~, 900.
There Is TO be n wall around the field.
but the only part OF that now completed
- the gate. an imposing concrete arch,
which stands as solitary as a lighthouse.
Meantime you enter the field through
what appears to be vacant lot.
Wisconsin really should have n large
stadium Of some sort. because the uni
vorcify rtiro1Ixy