Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-12-27
U. OF !. GIVES GOOD
ACCOUNT Of SELF
in 1922 ATHLETICS
STATE UNIVERSITY COPS BASE.
BALL AND TRACK CHAMPION
snip AlrHo NOT DOING so
WELL IN FOOTBALL.
ILLINOIS ATHLETIC
RECORD FOR te22.

Maior sport championships Won
Baseball and Track.
Minor sport championship
won--Wrestling.
Worlds record establiSheo--
-Four mile relay race
Urbana, M. Dee. es--Cniyers!Y OF
Illinois athletics save . pretty sool
account OF themselves during the year.
: The lllini won Big Tea c1niereuce
major sP0rts-b0sehal and track.
Considerirg the krea conpe'it'oa
IN tho conference il was no mean
achievement to wrest suprsmeey In
Aust half OF the MAJOR sport cham
,nionships which are contested Tor.
And this feat al the more note
worthy since Il was tho second ye9t
straight that. Coach carl !nndsreh
baseball men had copied the Big Ter
shnnora and tho third year IN row
that Coach Harry Gihs track men
she'd conquered the conference.
The wrestling team Won Inc CON
ference championship when Coaoh
Spaul Prehns young srapplers took all
NJ their six dual meets. The l'lini mat
Inen incidentally have los' only on
ont of u dual meets in ti:ce years.
since the advent Of Prem.
The greatest lllini track perform
ance of the year was tho feat OF the
four mile relay team in the races ~
brake where they established q new
worlds record Of lI;ij, The iorinS@
record was 17;j1 -. The NINA run
ners we're Yates, Patterson W Aarioh
and McGinnis.
In basketball in 1922 Illinois won
seyen of the i2 conference games p!ay
I'd TIE fllini won two swimming
meets and lost two. In golf tRey
nlaced fourth in the intercollegiate
meet. In tennis Illinois took the
conference championships in the
singles. and ranked fourth in the CON
ference gymnastic meets.
Zuppke's Record.
This record is a BALM FOR Orans'
and Blue enthusiasts who look bacl
anon football season in which III.
nois lost five games. At the same
time they remember that in ten years
Zuppke has won three championships
and tied another and that he has ?
margin OF victory over all the othe'
Zig Ten universities. excepting ONO
and Michigan which tied up with him
this year
Zuppke has lost eight conference
games in two yearS--it took him eieh'
wears to drop nine contests. Tha'
he maintain his position at the TOP
of the record in spite OF this handi'
cap is noteworthy.
Despite rnmors that Bob Zuppke
would he called to his alma mater
Wisconsin. to succeed John Richards,
~ may BIO written down that .fhe -faul
ons little mentor will not leave mn
n0ts. He likes to coach for the lilini
and they reeiprocate the sentiment.
One big event in Illinois sports an
nails was the actual beginning OF the
Memorial Stadium which will cost up
wards of two million dollars and WV
seat $4,000 persons to start with. It's
seating capacity can be increased TO
10000 when desired
Coaching Course is Popular.
Increased popularity OF the four
vea, course for athletic coaches was
anotI,sr feature. Illinois was the first
university to establish such course
with work leading to degree Oh
Bachelor of Science,
Early in January Coaches hafrY
CHI and Carl Lundgren will call out
their squads. Gill has lost most O.
The veterans who made his squad SUCH
q well.rounded machine but is said TO
haye some promising sophomores. IL
baseball most Of Lundgren's champion.
chin nine is available. The lllni
nlaye1s will take southern trip l.
April according to custom.